Youtube comments of John Adam (@johnadam2885).

  1. If the Ukranian casualties are correct, it is condemnable that the west urged Ukraine to mount this Kherson offensive to make them more eligible for continuing western aid. The westerner leaders are having the Ukranians massacred instead of negotiating a settlement, just out of false pride. It is sick and horrible.
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  2. Putin has been interviewed by Meghan Kelly. He comes out super intelligent, he takes any question and answers it competently without losing temper - unlike western leaders.
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  3. After Pokrovsk falls, you can declare it is of no strategic value - like Bakhmut.
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  4. Generally, the western media underestimates Russia and tries to paints a rosy picture of Ukranians. We are told Russians don't have missiles left; their soliders are demoralised; they are making gains so slowly; Putin's hand is trembling and he has Parkinson's or cancer etc. On the Ukrainian side, the Azovstahl was an evacuation, Severodonetsk was a strategic retreat; in Lysichank, the Ukranians are impregnable due to high ground; Ukraine is planning a summer offensive to retake Kherson; the west is clearing a path to lift the blockade etc. Piers Morgan is reasonably honest and admits that the future is dark for Ukraine, it has lost land, there is no hope to get it back, and Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy. He cannot see what the end will be for Ukraine but he knows it will be bad, no matter what support it gets. However, there is no discussion in the western media about whether NATO and the west did anything wrong to precipitate this showdown with Russia. What was the purpose of reckless NATO expansion to Ukraine when Russia had warned against it, and when western Russia experts like John Mearsheier and even George Kennan (1990s) had warned NATO expansion will end the goodwill of the Gorbachov era and bring war ? The west portrays itself as innocent and constantly bleats pious humbug. It talks about belief in an international rules-based order (freezing bank accounts of others is stealing), NATO is a defensive organisation (what was it doing invading Afghanistan which did not invade Europe), it denounces false flag attack (Iraq was one), it boasts about European values (what are these ? supporting Ukro Nazis because they are with you ?), they assert Ukraine is part of the European family (is that different from the human family ?). Europe is a shameless dependent and doormat of the US. And the US is fading as it gets into confrontation with Russia and China. It has been living in debt, printing dollars which was possible because of the agreement with Saudi Arabia to sell oil only in dollars. But that system is being chipped away - as Russia, China and others launch and promote non-dollar based trade. And with the fade away of the US, Europe will also go.
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  5. Did not your channel tell us in 2022 that Putin had a mysterious hand tremor and was dying of cancer ?
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  6. Indeed, Macgregor is right : Zelensky reports to his US mentors, not to the Ukranian people.
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  7. Did she count the pennies she made posing for Vogue ? How much do Zelensky's handlers give him personally ? Those casualties are the price for serving US interests as if it is Ukraine's interest. Till Zelensky is deposed and Ukraine signs up to return to neutrality, those casualties will mount.
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  8. Refineries without nothing to refine. They need to present their defeats as victories.
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  9. Europe wanted to boycott Russian gas, they were demanding to speed it up. Then what is the cause for the worry now ?
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  10. Ukraine will be back for Avdeevka ? Like they were back for Bakhmut, Mariopol and Crimea.
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  11. This is what happens when the EU has to consult Ukraine and the US on what to do.
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  12. It was always evident that Russia holds the strongest cards in Ukraine and even over Europe. The Europeans got carried away with their sanctions, they did not think Russia could counter sanction Europe. They have done these things to Iran and Afghanistan, but Russia is different. They can give Europe a bloody nose.
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  13. The French should remember how the Russians dismembered Napoleon's Grand Armee in 1812. And how Stalin refused de Gaulle a position in the Potsdam conference to decide Germany's future and Europe's map - Stalin asked what contribution France made to defeat Nazi Germany. Only the Soviet Union, US and UK attended Potsdam. More recently, the French should recall how France was forced out of Mali, Burkina and Niger by Russian help. Ukraine is defeated and after the defeat, it is too late for France and Europe to send troops to Ukraine to reverse the situation.
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  14. I have tested Chat GPT. It reflects western prejudices. If you ask what is an example of a breach of the 'rules based international order; it will straightaway say Russia in Ukraine. If you ask whether invasion of Iraq was a breach of the 'rules based international order', Chat GPT fumbles.
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  15.  @michaeloravez2066  Don't twist things. Putin asked for a security guarantee and a peace treaty. The US declined. Then Russia said it will go ahead with a technical military operation to ensure US bases were not placed in Ukraine in the eventuality it joined NATO. Ukraine had the opportunity to remain neutral. It declined and sought NATO membership and indulged in Russophobia, thinking the US and NATO would protect it. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to support US and NATO in Afghanistan. Why ? It hoped that would help entrance into NATO. Then NATO should have reciprocated and sent troops to Ukraine to fight Russia. Instead, Biden and NATO announced they will not send ground troops. It is sick and horrible that the US and NATO after encouraging Ukraine with the possibility of joining NATO, left them in the lurch and did not send troops to Ukraine. Instead, the west is cynically sending weapons and asking the Ukrainians to get massacred indefinitely. Why has the west not negotiated an end to end Ukraine's misery ?
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  16. After losing the war against Russia in Ukraine, the British warmongers are hysterical about mobilisation just to avoid their debacle in Ukraine being questioned.
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  17. You have been reporting on Bakhmut for weeks. It was not in the usual media channels. However, two days ago, in the BBC, there was a report on attack on Bakhmut. The reporter, Orla Guerin, looked and sounded very glum and despondent. From her tone, I could see loss of Bakhmut was anticipated. The BBC is preparing its viewers for the news on the possiblity of loss of Bakhmut. All this time, they had their viewers elated by stories of Ukraine getting back Crimea.
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  18. Podolyak need not worry because Russia is not going to agree to the NATO formula : give up the 4 oblasts in return for NATO entry for the remainder. Russia went to war so that NATO does not have bases in Ukraine.
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  19. I got it : Ukranians tell us Lysschansk is absolutely the last city Russia will take. Let us see.
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  20. Why this BBC discussion is shallow is because he ends up saying UK has some technology to take out drones, and Ukraine has the most evolving drone technology. He does not mention Russia. The Russian strikes that took out the electricity grid in Ukraine was mostly with drones. The UK does not have war experience with drones, Russia has the greatest drone expertise and combined arms warfare expertise in battle hardened conditions, and they have an incredible arsenal. The UK claimed the Challenger was invincible but they were taken out by drones. Instead of having a discussion admiring oneself, let us have an analysis of what Russia has.
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  21. Ukraine cannot concentrate all its troops into the south and force a breakthrough. The US is asking the Ukranians to walk through minefields without air support, which would mean they would be massacred - without achieving a breakthrough. They did that at the start and lost manpower and equipment. Would the US army do that ? The Russians are pressurising the north and threatening to take back Kharkhov oblast. Hence, the Ukrainians cannot remove troops from the north to the south. The war is lost. The blame game has started.
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  22. The govt. condemns the sentencing of James Anderson on false charges by a Russian court. But he was caught fighting in Kursk. They could increase the term beyond 19 years with this kind of response.
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  23. I remember Sweden sent military instructors to Poltava to train Ukrainians in electronic warfare. 50 were killed in the military academy in Poltava by a single Kinzhal. After that, Sweden has fallen off the radar in its support for Ukraine.
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  24. Still the reporter cites the Ukrainian claim as if it is fact : 50 missiles fired, 44 shot down. We deduce that 6 missiles did all the damage at 18 sites.
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  25. Turkey is still blocking Sweden and recently Sweden said it cannot meet Turkish conditions. Then Finland said that it is not in a hurry to join, and said it will not join without Sweden.
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  26. Have to give credit for that speech. Russia has withstood the bullying of the US and 50 other nations unflinchingly. Not even China could have done that. It has ended the western 'rules based international order' that Boris Johnson was claiming so pompously a year ago.
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  27. '"great russian empire which never loses wars" (it does lose them regularly by the way).' The Russians are not going to lose this one - according to the video. And Ukraine will not exist. Ukraine had one chance to be an independent country and you blew it by selling yourself to America. You have lost the war that counts for you, and all you can do now is console yourself that Russia has lost wars regularly. Ukraine should never have been made independent, you are unfit for self rule.
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  28. Marr says if you go to Deep Seek and ask about Tianniamen or Uighurs, what comes back is the views of the Chinese communist party. But the same applies to Chat GPT : it gives the view of the collective west. If you ask it to give an example of breach of 'rules based international order', it gives Russia in Ukraine as the example. If you ask whether invasion of Iraq was a breach of 'rules based international order', it waffles. Chat GPT reflects the prejudices of the west.
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  29. After the fall of Bakhmut, Cragg had told us that it was a Pyrrhic victory. He is not saying that about Avdiivka anymore.
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  30. Interesting how IDF takes pictures of their soldiers, all of them with smiling faces showing their joy to be in IDF. Bet they did not have a smile on their faces after being killed.
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  31. You do not have an answer to his logic. Ukraine is fighting with others weapons, so what is wrong with Byleorussia using Russian tactical nuclear weapons to defend itself ? These are not ordinary weapons Rosenberg says, so Lukashenko's reply was it is a weapon like other weapons. If the US does not like nuclear weapons, why does it not set an example and give them up and persuade everyone else to do so ? It seems it is the usual double standard - the US should have and use nuclear weapons; but Iran should not have them, Russia should not use them.
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  32. Apart from shortage of gas and oil, and the high price, the euro has lost 20% of its value relative to the dollar. And oil and gas are priced in dollars under American direction, the Europeans have to pay 20% more. As for America abandoning its commitment to supply Europe oil and gas, soon it will have to abandon Ukraine too.
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  33. Russia did not say it will not sell gas, it just said the EU has to pay in roubles, as they do not want to be paid in a currency the EU chose to make worthless for Russia. Russia did not close Nordstream 2, Germany was forced to do it on the orders from the US and Poland.
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  34. High energy + high labour costs is killing Germany. Germany's mistake was not reliance on Russian gas, but its reliance on US defence and membership of NATO. This is glossed over.
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  35. No sympathy for these people at all.
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  36. No more rave parties for Israelis.
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  37. She says the Ukrainian strategy is to wear Russia's missiles down. Good one.
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  38. Why does Ukraine need more weapons ? Two months ago, I remember Zelensky saying Russia does not have ammunition after 3 days. Western experts also said Russia is running out of ammunitions and soldiers. So what is happening ? Russia should have surrendered to Ukraine 2 months ago.
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  39. Ukraine will return - to Russia.
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  40. The last question 'Will it (weapons delivery) be too late ?' Answer is 'it will be'. The industrial heartland is gone, the coastal areas are gone, the shipping lanes are closed, Ukraine's economy is strangled. By the time any weapons come, more of Ukraine will be destroyed. The west has to fork out the money for Ukraine's daily expenditure besides arms - when the west itself is being squeezed by Russia's counter economic war, by cutting gas and oil.
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  41. The west always knew they cannot win a direct military fight with Russia. But the west thought that they would be able to wage economic war against Russia, as they control the international banking system. However, they did not expect that Russia could wage economic warfare also. The Soviet Union did not have that ability, it had only military power. But the Russians have learnt the necessity to have economic power, and they have figured out how the west manipulates international finance. In the end energy and commodities are more valuable than a currency. It should be an eye opener for the west. Europe in particular does not have many raw materials, unlike former times when they could extract it from their colonies. Their closest supplier was Russia but they chose to pick a fight with NATO expansion. Russia has re-shaped the world order. They have given extra impetus to create a non-dollar denominated trade for commodities. And with that American power will decrease, and that will also diminish America's satellites.
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  42. The Europeans can buy US LNG at 4x the price of Russian gas, and close some of their industries.
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  43. I do not see a shift amongst Europeans. The Europeans are content with being doormats of the US. In fact, they are very proud to be in the US camp. The Europeans believe that being in the US camp confers them world importance. The Europeans never stood up against the US on NATO expansion to Ukraine. In fact, they have whole heartedly endorsed NATO expansion and anti-Russianism. Then they must accept the US's profiteering. That is the baggage that comes by going with the US on NATO expansion.
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  44. The war could have been avoided if Ukraine remembered the commitment it gave to neutrality it gave Russia at the time of its independence.
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  45. This man is not a journalist, he speaks like an IDF spokesman.
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  46. If they admit 20, it must be 40. Why are the newscasters so mournful and sympathetic to these invaders ? Why do they call Palestinians militants. They are freedom fighters.
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  47. It is a deeply divided country. It is an unsustainable country.
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  48. The US orders Ukraine to speed up its suicide mission. It says Ukraine is not meeting NATO's fighting standards. What are those ? Running away from Kabul, team leader first, ditching all the equipment !
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  49. Russia has all the strong cards. Both militarily and economically. The west knew Russia was strong militarily, so NATO cannot go for a direct war. The west thought it could wage economic war because it controlled the financial systems, and freeze the dollar and euro assets. They did not factor that Russia, unlike the USSR, has built itself up and could also wage economic war. Russia has the critical commodity, energy, and that is more valuable than currency.
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  50. At least this commentator admits it is unrealistic that Ukraine can regain the oblasts it has lost.
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  51. I remember how cluster bombs (also illegal) given by US were bandied as a game changer in 2023.
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  52. Some months back, the EU was saying it would wean itself of Russian gas - by Dec 2022. Some countries like Poland said they became independent of Russian gas years ago. Others like Germany said they have stocked up gas to 85% full. Putin is helping Europe achieve its goals.
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  53. She is playing the game. 'if we go down, you will go down'. 'We are fighting for democracy against autocracy.. Russia, Iran, Korea, China'. A feeble line based on western cliches.
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  54. Ukraine as usual appears to take suicidal western advice thinking it can beat Russia with a few Atacams and Storm Shadows. Russia has perfected the art of drone warfare combined with missiles. Ukraine must remember if it continues to misbehave, Putin has said he will use more Hazels. If a number of Hazels are used in the same area, the destruction is equal to a nuclear strike but without fallout from radiation. The west cannot give enough air defences to stop drones and conventional missiles when used in a large volume. So far Russia has sought to minimise casualties, but if push comes to shove, they have the capacity to level Kiev or any city. The west has nothing to stop Hazel.
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  55. When negotiations come between Ukraine and Russia, Turkey will be the mediator - not Switzerland, not UK, not France, not Germany, not the US. Well done, Turkey. Turkey can stay in NATO and is better off outside the EU. It can be genuinely sovereign.
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  56. British say Russia :610,000. Ukraine : 31,000. Russia fires 7x missiles and shells than Ukraine, so how can Ukraine have fewer casualties.
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  57. Zelensky realises that he is fighting a US war. Therefore, if the US changes course, then he has to make unacceptable compromises. And the US will change course when it sees the US desire to defeat Russia did not go according to plan, and the economic damage from inflation and de-dollarisation is too high.
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  58. Kiev has roads named after BoJo and Victoria Nuland, the architects of Ukraine's predicament.
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  59. Only Marina understands that the Russians have a point of view.
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  60. Love that red flag with hammer and sickle. Amazing one country terrifies Europeans into a huddle.
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  61. Exactly the correct argument : Europe is shooting itself in the foot to please America and the nebulous concept of 'shared western values'. Europe may be able to find substitutes for Russian gas - after years, and it will always be more expensive. Alternative to Russian gas is decline in living standards.
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  62. Funny, no African has said they are 'hostage' of Russia. Ukraine is in self-destruct mode with Zelensky as he is a hostage of US and NATO. Ukranian soldiers prevented African students from boarding trains to escape.
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  63. Ukrainians were given cluster bombs during the 2023 counter offensive, so why is Zelensky complaining ?
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  64. Dynamic and tense - like the Nazis felt as the Red Army approached on Berlin.
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  65. Indeed, the goal is not Ukraine, but to bring down Russia. Like the goal to support Afghans was to bring down Soviet Union, and not the Afghans. In the end, if the goal is achieved, the US will walk away from the Ukranian ruins like they left the Afghan ruins.
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  66. Classic explanation of how the British work - make a lot of noise to be relevant, and then try to use others to foment chaos. They are masters at that.
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  67. Six-day wars are over for Israel. It is best for the Palestinians to wage a war of attrition. Israel cannot take casualties and win a prolonged war - as observed in the last war with Hizbollah which went on for one month, and the Hizb was able to keep up and fire missiles everyday. At best, Gaza entry will lead to a stalemate, with objectives only partially met; and at worst, it will be a debacle with Israeli soldiers and captives killed. And if a second or third front opens up, and it is also attritional war, then Israel will have to climb down and accept a ceasefire.
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  68. If they admit 12, it must be higher. Admitting the truth will demoralise the Israelis.
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  69. Germany building a tank repair shop in Ukraine is laughable - as if the Russians won't notice. If they announced it, they are not serious.
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  70. 'breaching Israel's border' Maybe NATO could learn from the Palestinians how to do a breaching operation, before they train the Ukranians how to do a breaching operation.
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  71. They don't want to fight because they realise the war is lost.
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  72. Germany (and EU and UK) decided to commit economic suicide because they have shared values with US and Israel.
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  73. The Ukranians announced they are raising a 1 million army to recapture the southern lands and Kherson. It could be a tactic to influence the Kherson referendum as Alex says. It could also be a tactic to keep western donors interested in continuing their aid. The moment donors start feeling it is a losing business, they may cut their losses and abandon Ukraine.
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  74. The EU does not have the money and the air defences, what do you want them to do ? The EU should have given Russia the security guarantee it asked.
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  75. At the start of the counter offensive, this Sean Bell fellow said, the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine has to do a breaching operation quickly, and then do a blitzkrieg to the Sea of Azov and the Russians would be so dazed, they would surrender. He said Ukraine must not get bogged down in a war of attrition as the Russians would win on that. But what we observe is that Ukraine could not breach the Russian defence lines after 2 months, they could not even reach the first line and in trying, they lost much western equipment and got massacred. Then a month ago, this Sean Bell said the Ukranians are doing probing operations. After they had found the weak spot and worn the Russians down, he said they would bring their strike force and uncommitted equipment into the fray and force the Russians into surrender ! Meanwhile Ukraine's handlers in the US are beginning to voice the opinion that Ukraine cannot win. The US military is saying the Ukrainians are wasting their time and western resources with attacks on the bridge and on Moscow, and they should stick with the plan of breaching the Russian defences and heading towards Azov Sea. Meanwhile, Russia is advancing on Kupiansk with a view to get Kharkhov oblast back. In Vilnius, the US signalled acceptance of defeat when it said Ukraine cannot join NATO and there is no plan - they conceded THE key Russian demand.
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  76. The newscaster says Ukraine is losing ground in Kursk but he adds the usual consolation : the Russians are making progress at heavy cost. But look at the narrative. The lady says it is not clear how dramatically ATACAMS would change things. She says the Ukrainians are optimistic it will help - in the long run ! (How long is that ? Another 6 weeks). The Ukrainian soldier says it will take some time until we see the results of the long range weapons usage. He says when the Russians have an insufficient supply of weapons, food, water, then we shall see the results ! Read between the lines and the conclusion : the ATACAMS have no made no difference !
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  77. International law - where was that in Iraq, why are you supporting Israel ?
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  78. He says Ukraine has limited air defences. Really ? I thought the Patriots were shooting down the Kinzhals.
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  79. The gentleman in the TV screen says it is unrealistic to think Ukraine can reclaim what it has lost. So the narrative has changed.
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  80.  @krishnachaitanya1220  They already give state honours to Bandera. Ukraine has a problem with Nazis.
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  81. I don't know why is Britain sticking out its neck and escalating ? Does it want an ICBM ?
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  82. The elite brigade was to be used after the breaching operation, to punch through in a swift blitz krieg to the Azov Sea. But Ukraine's breaching force was killed off by the Russians, so Ukraine is forced to use their elite brigade. They will be killed in the battle of attirition with Russia having air strike capability. Also, even if they punched through, they can face a flanking attack and be surrounded.
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  83. The French will be like Challenger tanks, they will be deployed far from the front.
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  84.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  NATO is the US, and the US suffers from false pride. They want Ukranians to continue fighting, negotiation is like defeat for the US. People would ask why the US pushed for NATO expansion and then ditched Ukraine.
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  85. Piers lost it on the very first ball. Hijab exposed Piers's prejudice and duplicity when he introduced Hijab as controversial. Hijab nailed Piers when he said 'so are you', and the Israeli ambassador as well. As for the babies, rapes,etc. Hijab is right to challenge and ask where is the evidence. Piers was backed into saying the Daily Telegraph saw it. That is the newspaper that lied and said Iraq had WMDs. Why should anyone believe ? The best bit was at 8:47 when he asked Piers 'why are you stuttering' and poor Piers says he is not stuttering ! He was stuttering because he was at a loss. Piers is showing the typical western duplicity that is hated all over the world. He puts on a judgemental demeanour and ask Palestinians to condemn a particular incident. But he never invited and spoke to an Israeli ambassador or politician and acted in the same judgemental and accusatory manner over the expropriation of land and killings by the IDF. The westerners bow their heads to Jews and are deferential - to make up for their own past crimes towards Jews. Never has the west looked so shabby. The Ukraine war exposed their duplicity and this nails it.
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  86. Nick Connolly is less smug now. He has become more realistic.
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  87.  @TheCriticalSigma  The US is to be blamed for reckless NATO expansion and for staging a coup in 2014 in Ukraine.
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  88. Putin is so clever that he runs the west round in circles !!
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  89. Lithuanians talk like they are a superpower ! Ukranians had the same feeling but have lost 20% and the rest is being rendered into a failed state. If you fight with Russia, you will lose. As for Russia not challenging a NATO country, you are being foolish. Article 5 only says each country of NATO in case of an attack against a NATO country will do what it deems is necessary to counter the attack - it does not necessarily say everyone will engage in a military fight, some may put sanctions, some may send arms etc. NATO depends on the US. The chance that the US will fight a nuclear war risking its cities, to save Lithuania, is zero. Kissinger had said the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany and Europe. ARTICLE 5 "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.' I suggest you get a Lithuanian translation so your delusions are cured.
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  90. In 2022, Lithuania tried to a rail blockade on Kaliningrad citing EU sanctions. Three weeks later a Russia politician said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. Then Lithuania climbed down and abandoned the blockade. They realised they will be Ukrained and EU and NATO would look the other way.
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  91. Zelenksy and the Europeans feed each others delusions. Zelensky believes he can use his tag of being part of 'the European family' to fight Russia militarily. The EU knew it cannot fight Russia militarily but thought it will be able to bring Russia down with economic warfare. Ukraine finds the cost of military action by Russia is rubble. The EU found that Russia can wage economic warfare also, and it is damaging. As Russia takes Donbass, the Europeans find it difficult to report the news - that Russia is prevailing. They say Russia is making progress, but it is slow.
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  92. I arrived in India during the G20, and I saw a poster at the airport of Modi announcing that India was the mother of democracy. I soon found that Indians are mired in Hindu nationalism and they stake a claim to importance based on an imaginary golden Hindu past. The Hindu nationalists' ambition is to get even with Muslims in India, and not to compete with the best in the present. I watched one of their channels called Republic channel, where the anchor was in a hysteric rage against an Indian politician Rahul Gandhi who had said that China has excelled in low cost manufacturing and there is something for Indians and even the west to learn from. The anchor threw a fit and accused the Indian politician of being an anti-national.
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  93. Western news media tell us Bakhmut will not be a strategic victory, it will be only a symbolic victory. That means they think it will fall, and they are covering the eventuality by saying it is insignificant.
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  94. Ukraine does not celebrate Christmas on 25 Dec. Like Russia, it is on 7 January.
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  95. Now we see a grain of truth and logic in Bell. Now, he is not deriding the Russians about their inferior technology and morale and tactics as he usually does, and he is not over praising Ukraine's position and chances. He knows this is make or break for Ukraine, and the odds are that Ukraine will be defeated. After that, the west will not finance another offensive, they will put pressure on Ukraine to negotiate. However, as Putin said when Ukraine broke off negotiations when BoJo ordered it to, next time the terms Russia imposes will be much greater. In fact, Russia may not agree to negotiate if Ukraine's offensive fails. They will not buy the western idea of freezing the conflict and putting the rest of Ukraine into NATO.
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  96.  @JonWilde2105  Correct analysis. 'The US backed coup in 2014 doomed Ukraine to civil war and ultimately a war with Russia it never had any chance of winning.' That is what the US has done in several countries where it wanted surrogate governments.
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  97. I noticed that, only ranked officers are being mentioned, so the lower orders are being killed in unmentionable numbers.
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  98. de Gaulle once remarked, Europe has to get on together and not be led by the Anglo Saxon duo, if war comes to Europe, the Europeans suffer the most, because at the end of the day, the Americans do not live in Europe, and the British live on an island. That can be seen very clearly : Europe is saddled with the Ukrainian refugees, the British and the Americans took in very few.
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  99. The message is Severdonetsk is lost, 20% land is lost. But the video always ends with a positive message : the EU is giving us candidate status. And we won Eurovision. This is the intellect of the Ukranians and their supporters.
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  100. Sunak and this reporter have to just suck it up !
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  101. This is the first time I am seeing a a real debate in a pro-western channel, with one person for and one person against NATO and the news anchor supporting NATO - better than all three agreeing with NATO. Previously, no one against NATO expansion would have been invited to voice their view. Now that the west is defeated and Ukraine cannot recover, other voices are allowed ! The green lady is absolutely brilliant in pointing out that NATO incited Ukraine, that Russia did not wake up one day and decide to invade, this was brewing due to US policies. So far, I have not seen anyone in a European channel pointing fingers at the US.
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  102. If you are a vassal of the US, you will see spying on allies as completely normal. If the US sabotages Nordstream and makes Europe by LNG at 4x the price, that will be completely normal to you. Which vassal state are you from ? Poland perhaps.
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  103. The Ukrainians wanted to end the war in Istanbul but UK and US wanted the war to continue. Ukraine is not a free country as projected by the west.
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  104. They said they want to be independent of Russian energy by Dec 2022. They will not have money to subsidise their industries for long, but their leaders repeatedly say they will subsidise the war in Ukraine for however long it takes. How is this done ?
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  105. How very French ! Macron talking bravely about sending troops to Ukraine after it is defeated stinks of that characteristic French posing. It is like the French Charlemagne Brigade which fought for the Waffen SS to save Hitler after the Red Army entered Berlin. They became valiant after defeat.
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  106. The corporate media are not reporting Chasov Yar.
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  107. This joker Tobias is the one who said in 2023 he would create a 'coalition of the willing' to send troops to Ukraine. Nothing came of it.
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  108. Russia's military technology is awesome, and in combined warfare, they are experts.
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  109. And remember printing dollars to reduce debt reduces confidence in foreign countries holding their savings in dollars. It adds further push to de-dollarisation as national banks decide to keep savings in gold.
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  110. As usual, most of the drones were shot down. But power cut to 70% of even western Ukraine.
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  111.  @steveb890  For all practical purposes, NATO is behind the war. If not NATO infantry, there are NATO advisers on the ground. For example, the Swedes who were in Poltava training Ukrainians for electronic war fare, and who got killed by a Kinzhal. Without NATO instigation, there would have been no war. Get it, numskull ? Now that it is lost for you, you can say NATO was not fighting. NATO is too cowardly to fight.
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  112. Russia is spreading the R and D effort and diversifying suppliers. Good incentivisation.
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  113. The British have Churchill nostalgia. They feel Zelensky is a present day Churchill. Boris Johnson treated him as such. Hence, their support for Ukraine, and enthusiasm for firing Storm Shadows, with complete obliviousness to their own economic and physical suicide. They think they are still powerful as in the 19th century, and they have relevance and they are leading the 'free world'. In this Starmer, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Ben Wallace and the rest are no different. In the case of Germany, it was not a free country, appeasing the US has occupied their minds as a result of WW2, they are so fearful that they want to be on the right side of the US, even if it means committing economic suicide. It is impossible for them to break ranks with the US and state their self interest. They have been socialised into dependency on the US.
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  114. What peace effort ? It is a platform for Zelensky to stage his delusions in front of fawning believers.
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  115. Gliding shovels.
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  116. Counter offensive moving tree by tree. It has slowed down. Earlier they said, it was moving village by village.
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  117.  @bg1616  Your immature response shows you are burning inside about BRICS ending US bullying and blackmail.
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  118. The lady lies about the Budapest Memorandum. It was not in exchange for giving away nukes. Ukraine would not have got independence in the first place without giving up the nukes. Those nukes were built by Russia and the command and control was with Russia. Secondly, the Budapest Memorandum envisages that Russia, the UK and the US would not threaten the security of Ukraine - but it states that the security of ALL signatories would not be threatened (that is, it is not just about Ukraine's security). Ukraine was not going to threaten US and UK. The Budapest Agreement did not envisage that Ukraine will be used by the US to threaten Russia. In effect, the US, UK and Ukraine ganged up against Russia which was against the letter and spirit of the Budapest Memorandum. The three refused negotiations just before the war started in 2022. They thought that Russia was bluffing and then when military action started, they thought they could defeat Russia with economic and military means. In 2022, three months into the war, Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement in Istanbul, but the UK and US blocked it and asked Ukraine to continue the war. It did not work out for Ukraine and the west, after the failure of the 2023 counter offensive. Now Ukraine has lost more and it cannot get back what it lost; and if it continues, it will lose more. Ukraine and the west cannot complain after defeat. Due to the defeat, the US wants to withdraw and is ordering Russia to cease fire and negotiate ! The loser wants to set the terms of peace. But it does not work that way. Sir Vladimir had said when Ukraine reneged on the Istanbul agreement that next time, the settlement will be on Russian terms.
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  119. Now that Bakhmut may slipping out of hand, Ukraine's handlers are saying Bakhmut is not strategically important anymore.
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  120. Russia wants payment for Russian oil in yuan, not in rupees, because the rupee is worthless and India does not manufacture goods that Russians can buy. Whereas the yuan is gold backed and the Russians can buy very good cars from China, which are now better than German. What stopped Indians from manufacturing and having a gold backed currency ? Russia should reduce oil to India unless it pays in yuan, as there is no point accumulating rupees.
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  121. The interviewer is an employee of BBC, so he has to follow his govt's lie - Russia launched an unprovoked attack.
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  122. Short sighted for the US, not for OPEC. OPEC has to take one more decision - they will accept payment in other currencies also. That will finish off the US.
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  123. Ukraine on borrowed time? You are coming out of the delusions you had been spreading about Ukrainian victory.
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  124. Aha, Europeans will be paying more for LNG, and for oil - all priced in dollars. Allowing the US to use European territory to expand NATO to Russia's border has helped Europe, has it not ?
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  125. DW told us many times Bakhmut is of no strategic or military value, so why don't the Ukrainians just leave it for Russia ?
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  126. True. But it is US, Poland and such countries that pushed Ukraine into the water to drown.
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  127. Bakhmut is on the way to fall. It is very important to take this city. This has been going on for some time, but the western media was concentrating on saying Ukraine is driving out the Russians, and did not report this. Now as the fall draws closer, they are preparing the western public with emotive videos.
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  128.  @katerynaleontieva9050  They were studying how to fight Russia, so they got a lesson on what happens when you fight Russia.
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  129. 4 hour press conference from the man the DW said had a mysterious hand tremor and cancer.
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  130. You see what the lady says ? 'We can still impose secondary sanctions'. In other words, the primary bullying did not work, so let us look for secondary bullying.
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  131. There is no expulsion mechanism in NATO. Dont be dictatorial.
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  132. The western media were announcing details of the counter offensive every week. Blame them !
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  133. Russian losses nearing 1 million - no evidence. And what about Ukraine's losses ?
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  134. The fellow who expressed confidence in Ukraine not giving up due to blackouts turns out to be sitting safely in Oslo. The Atlantic lady is gas lighting about how US is going to build the energy infrastructure and how resilient the Ukrainians are. Rebuilding is only possible with Russian permission. The permission will be granted only after Ukraine signs up on neutrality.
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  135. Ukraine's independence was based on an international agreement that it would be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia, but since it flouted that international agreement by allowing NATO training bases in Ukraine, Ukraine's territorial recognition is no longer valid, and Russia is taking steps to break up and neutralise Ukraine.
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  136. Connolly is no longer talking about Ukrainian resilience. That phrase which was his trade mark is no longer there.
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  137. Earlier, the western line was 'Ukraine must take back Crimea, and it should be supported for as long as it takes. Macron now says US must help force Russia to accept negotiations. Why ? What can the US do to force Russia ? Nothing - with Biden or Trump.
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  138. The young lady will be sacrificed to save Netanyahu's ego.
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  139. The lady on the right is so desperate ! She is shouldering western humiliation. The reality is Russia is on a roll and cannot be stopped. Ukraine is like a man waiting for the ventilator and after that arrives, they need to scrounge around for oxygen.
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  140. See how she starts with the positive news 'Ukraine has captures 1300 sq. km'. And afterwards describes the consequences. Sumy is the logistical support base for the Kursk incursion. So it is being destroyed. The man in the video is angry as no one is coming to inquire of the villagers are alive or dead. No one is going to rebuild all this, if ever, he said. What happened to all those Ukraine reconstruction conferences that DW broadcast ?
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  141. The title is 'Deadly Russian drone attack on Ukraine reported overnight'. The content is about Ukrainian ingenuity in AI and drones. Why can't you make a professional report sticking with the title ? Why don't you interview the Russians about AI and drones ? They do it much better than Ukraine and its handlers.
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  142. Interesting, a threat of a beating for Lithuania was enough for the EU to find a way to lift the partial blockade !
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  143. Ukraine either does not understand the hard realities, or is blocked by the US. The hard reality is Ukraine cannot live by US supported Russophobia. They have to understand that, or the country will be broken up, little by little.
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  144. He talked about demilitarisation of Ukraine. And de Nazification.
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  145. It was the Red Army that liberated Poland, not Britain. The Poles would have been waiting a long time for incapable Brits to liberate them. And if UK will not appease, then why don't you send troops to Ukraine ?
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  146. The blame game has started already !
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  147.  @PowerfulMJ  The counter offensive failed with $ 100 billion, so how will $ 60 billion change the situation ?
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  148. Indeed, Russian arms technology is formidable. All those Bradleys, Leopards, Himars were burnt. A Challenger came out and died. Americans don't dare send out Abrams.
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  149. Note the number of Jews involved in warmongering : Zelensky, Shmyhal, Jermak, Zaluzhny, Blinken, Schapps, now Witkoff - Emil forgot the nastiest of them, the Jewess Victoria Nuland.
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  150. English Defence patriot with Irish passport of convenience.
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  151. Is their any point inviting Ukranians to say they are winning and they are remarkable ? We have seen too many of them. But we saw Maripol and Severodonetsk etc. fall. No doubt Russia had the wrong tactic at the beginning in launching an attack on many fronts, and the Ukranians checked them in Kiev and it was remarkable. But the game did not end their. The Russians moved the theatre to the east and south and have taken what is needed to strangle Ukraine's economy. What is the situation for the Ukranians now and the future ? Time is not on Ukraine's side. It is on Russia's side. Russia is prevailing.
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  152. Why is your mind tortured by the pain of the German tourist girl went through when you cannot imagine what the Palestinians under go everyday because of the Israelis ?
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  153. Define what is European. Germans thought European was decided by Aryan race and the Germans were at the pinnacle and the rest had to be subservient.
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  154. 'This man has been telling us for the past two years that Russia are losing.' He was revelling over Kursk, but now he realises, it speeds up the Russians to finish the job in Donbass. And Ukraine will be driven out of Kursk as well. The Kursk misadventure was the last desperate gamble of the US and its cohorts. Militarily, it made no sense.
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  155. When the blame game starts, you know that side is losing.
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  156.  @mag-s7  'Russia GDP = Spain GDP' That is an irrelevant comparison. It matters what is in the GDP. Spain's GDP is olives, tourism some cars, parts of Airbus. Russia's GDP includes steel, metals like titanium alloys, gold, uranium, planes, tanks, fertilisers, it is the biggest supplier of wheat, it launches satellites and has its own GPS, and now its own banking system. Can Spain do any of these ? Can any European countries do this ? So don't make dumb comparisons. Russia has beaten the collective west. Get it ? Don't dare to mess with Russia again.
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  157. Why tragic ?
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  158. A case where the truth did not fit the narrative that has been drummed out for months, has to be corrected.
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  159. This is a remarkably rational analysis from a westerner, free of emotional thinking. Westerners are governed by fright and get into a quivering frenzy about Russia coming after Sweden and Finland. The analyst says Russia is not interested in Sweden and Finland, they only want no NATO presence in Ukraine. Their objective is limited, but the US is interested in portraying to the Europeans a doomsday scenario saying that the Russians want to devour all of them, and Ukraine has to keep fighting to save Europe. Zelensky also uses the same rhetoric. The defence analyst is also shrewd in admitting the only card the west had, that is sanctions, is only hurting the west ! The west needs oil and gas at affordable prices, and other countries will not go with sanctions. The west comes up with hare brained schemes, one after the other. The latest being putting a price cap on Russian oil ! In contrast to the west, the Russians are far more focussed, sobre and calculating. I have always said Russia has all the strong cards in Ukraine and it was western folly to expand NATO. Even reconstruction of Ukraine needs Russian permission. The Ukrainians have been stupid and have been taken for a ride by the west. The west will continue for some more time due to false pride.
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  160. The EU is a victim of the US's NATO expansion politics. However, Europe cannot complain as it was a very willing accomplice and served as America's loyal subordinates. The Europeans took pride in 'shared western values'. That is, until now, they did very well out of being part of US led hegemony. Putin has punctured that.
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  161. I knew from Nov.2022, Ukraine was losing because they did not issue any postage stamps.
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  162. Great Anglo expert is saying Ukraine and NATO are learning from the Russians how to build defences !
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  163. The EU is all talk. There can be no reconstruction of Ukraine without Russian permission.
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  164. What Palki Sharma says is correct. I just watched an interview of Ehud Olmert by Tim Sebastian. Olmert said that Hamas was built by Netanyahu to play against the Palestinian Authority and he even funneled money to Hamas for that. Olmert was ex-PM of Israel. Good research by Palki Sharma - unless she listened to Olmert's interview.
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  165. All is not well. Nick Connolly's demeanour is grim. Pokrovsk.will not be as drawn out as Bakhmut. There are fewer Ukrainians to defend Pokrovsk. A lot of them were slaughtered in Bakhmut, when they should have withdrawn; more were lost in the hare brained counter offensive of 2023, and more are pinned and slaughtered in the even more brainless Kursk incursion. Connolly is clueless as to why Zelensky is firing his team.
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  166. Victory plan is Zelensky's survival plan.
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  167. If they admit 12, it must be higher. Admitting the truth will demoralise the Israelis.
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  168. They needed 2-3 days more to maintain their delusions that Ukraine is winning through its Kursk operation.
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  169. I remember the Siberian divisions of the Red Army were sent to reinforce Stalingrad, and they took part in nailing the Nazis in Berlin. No doubt they will nail the Ukro Nazis.
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  170. Putin does what he says he will do. He is a man of action. So what is your point ? He had objected to NATO expansion and had said putting NATO in Ukraine is a red line for which there will be consequences. He has said he does not want negotiations as long as Ukraine does not agree to neutrality.
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  171. Russia should cancel the grain deal till Ukraine signs up for neutrality. There is no need for concessions to a party that is waging war using 40 other hyeanas. As for power, end the grid till the Kherson offensive is called off. I can see the smug projections of capturing Crimea are over (Zelensky said that is where it started and that is where it will end).
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  172. It is time for Germans to stand up and say to the US, 'thanks for the Berlin airlift and post war reconstruction, but that was 70 years ago, now we prefer to work with Russia and have peace in Europe, and it would be win-win situation for all'. The alternative is Germany and Europe will be de-industrialised.
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  173. The European lady is burning with jealousy !
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  174.  @Arby631  'that’s a small price to pay for not helping Russians...' You mean the beating Ukraine got for Russophobia is a small price ?
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  175. The second, grim faced Anglo expert Ledwidge says 'reality is setting in literally and conceptually' ! Some months back he himself was delusional and cocky about Ukranian victory. What happened ?
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  176. Poland was itching for a fight with Russia, they should welcome the challenge instead of quivering in fear.
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  177. Their propaganda is incredible.
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  178. Perfectly written. Europe has to get on with its neighbour, and not obey orders of someone across the Atlantic.
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  179. Crash course in diplomacy -- ha, ha, ha. Ukraine could have negotiated if it had diplomacy.
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  180.  @lanasafron1879  Did Russia announce it will take Ukraine in 2 weeks ? You made that up. Russia will stay for as long as it takes for Ukraine to return to neutrality or perish. Those are the only two choices.
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  181. It is not the first British to be killed. I thought some died in the first missile strike in Lvov weeks back, on a base used by NATO to train Ukranians.
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  182. In 2022, I heard British military analysts saying Russian missiles are not 'accurate as ours'; then they said the Russian have run out of micro chips and were using washing machine parts; then they said they had run out of missiles. What is going on ?
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  183. Zelensky complains Russia is free to use all its weapons in its arsenal. Russia has not used the nuclear weapon on Kiev - yet. When that is used, Ukraine's partners will not be able to save Ukraine. Anyhow, Zelensky said in 2022 that Russia had run out of missiles and was using washing machine chips. Why is he complaining his hands are tied ?
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  184.  @bgcvetan  'given that West European countries often engage in purely selfish immoral policies, often into the detriment of US' The European countries were brutal and selfish with their colonies, and not with the US. With the US, the Americans had the advantage and they were ripping off Europe. Yes, there is a trade deficit in EU's favour. However, NATO expansion has benefited US arms companies as they re-kitted Warsaw Pact countries, but it has led to a devastating war in Europe. The US forced Germany to give up Russian gas and buy LNG from the US at 4x the price. But it has led to de-industrialisation of Germany and Europe. Plus Europe will be saddled with 10 million Ukrainian refugees, and they will have to subsidise any rump Ukraine for however long it takes. As the economies sink, Nazis groups will take over Europe and create violence and chaos. You see it in Germany, France, Italy, Hungary and Poland, even UK.
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  185. I am surprised Russia did not get credit for the helicopter crash in which the ministers and children died. I thought Zelensky would be shouting hoarsely about terror attack.
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  186. Russian shovels are destroying the power stations.
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  187. I am surprised that Russia did not this in 2022. They were too soft.
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  188. So much love for the Ukranian cause espoused by the elites.
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  189. The military industrial complex exists to gouge taxpayers, they lobby US politicians for NATO expansion and war, and the US politicians too get a share of the money by being on the board of Lockheed.
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  190. Roll out the red carpet for a convicted felon ?
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  191. Why don't you give information on whether Russians are preparing for battle in Kherson region ? Earlier, you said that Russians were evacuating from Kherson and surrendering Kherson to Ukraine. Now Ukraine says the battle is going to be very tough in Kherson. So were you lying before that the Russians were leaving Kherson ?
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  192. I am surprised Russia gave such a concession in the first place, during war time.
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  193. Yes, we remember the Swedish defeat in Poltava, they are still itching about it. The Russians are reminding them two can play the game.
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  194. I remember the Swedes who were sent to train Ukrainians in electronic warfare, who were smoked out with a single Kinzhal in Poltava. They were not merecenaries, they were sent by the Swedish govt.. Since that strike, the Swedes have gone quiet. They know none of the crap they produce in terms of equipment will stand up to the Russians.
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  195. NATO is officialy blown up - another Russian achievement.
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  196. Kuleba asks people should ask what Putin will accept. He should know that Putin's demand was simple : Ukraine remains neutral as it said it would in its Declaration of Independence. Ukraine was given independence on the understanding it will be neutral and not join in any military alliance against anybody. But it sought to gang up with US against Russia - and lost. Kuleba should also know that it was Ukraine that accepted an agreement in Turkey and walked away due to Boris Johnson. At that time Putin warned Ukraine next time you come for negotiations, it will be on Russian terms. If Ukraine had not reneged on neutrality, it would have all of it including Crimea. Russian terms now are Ukraine has to surrender Donbass AND cannot join NATO. That is unconditional surrender. Or war goes on.
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  197. Anders should comment about what Russia is doing now on the Avdivka front instead of what Russia would do when Ukraine gets more wonder weapons.
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  198. You do care what Lavrov says. When Kharkhov is gone, you will know.
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  199. The US made two brothers fight. It seduced one with money, and set him against the other. The Anglo Saxons have done this throughout the world.
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  200. Ukraine war 'leading nowhere'; give diplomacy a chance ? Ukraine war is leading to Ukraine's defeat, so need for diplomacy.
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  201. It is time for Germany and the EU to tell Ukraine - and the US - to negotiate.
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  202.  @danielmiddleman8613  The war for Russia was not primarily about seizing Ukranian land. It was about Ukraine not joining a military alliance that threatens Russia. They will not allow US naval and missile bases in Ukraine. They are ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent this.
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  203. Yes, you cannot get Piers from hiding his duplicity in every question. Indeed, he loves his own voice. He started with slyly labelling Hijab as controversial, to bias the audience against him. Hijab seized him by the throat and shook Piers ! And eventually, Piers was stuttering.
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  204. Russia killed a Danish F16 instructor in Ukraine.
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  205. The western leaders and public can reflect on who commands respect as the greatest leader in the world today - Biden or...... !
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  206. There can be no peace for land grabbers.
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  207. Yes, Europe was freeloading apparently. But the US gained immensely from their European vassals. They could sell their weapons using NATO. The Americans made handsome money out of this situation while complaining about freeloading. Europe is forced to buy LNG from the US at 4x the price of Russian gas.
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  208.  @slider903  I apologise if I gave offence. However, would you like to explain how the US will be able to keep complete dominance as before, facing two enemies at the same time, the path set for non-dollar trade to grow, and with the parlous state of democracy in the US ? Unipolar world is not sustainable.
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  209.  @callsigndd9ls897  Germans were also angry when their cities were firebombed. They were angry when the Red Army came and smashed them. But they had to submit and surrender. That will be the same with Ukraine. The Ukranians had the option to go back to neutrality and implement the Minsk accords in Dec. 2021 to avert the war. Russian would have preferred not to go to war. But the Ukranians thought with US and NATO help, they could get US bases in Ukraine to fight Russia. Their country got smashed, part of it is gone, and the rest will be turned into a wasteland like Libya. After some time, the US will get tired, or Trump will come back, and they will leave Ukraine to its fate, like Afghanistan and Iraq. If the Ukranians don't want those 'innacurate rockets' destroying them, then they should surrender and negotiate a settlement. But they are pawns in America's hands. There is no way Russia will allow the US to get naval bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine does not surrender/negotiate, then it will be destroyed, and so be it, however angry they or anyone feels. I am telling you the stark reality.
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  210. The Germans remember two traumatic incidents : Stalingrad and the Red Army entering Berlin. They don't want war.
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  211. Sir Putin is not intimidated by Trump. Rather, he has Trump under his spell.
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  212. Why is Stoltenberg talking about negotiated settlement and not victory. Why ? NATO is the strongest military alliance according to him. Russia does not want negotiations. They will keep some part of Ukraine and destroy the rest, and there is nothing much you can do. A war is fought on many fronts. Russia is winning the economic war. It is de-industrialising Europe and driving de-dollarisation. Only Russia could do this. It is an awesome country.
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  213. Here we go - Bell repeats the usual cliches : that Ukraine has the initiative, and Russians have low morale ! It does not go with what we see on the ground. Ukraine's counter offensive is now 2 months old, and Bell was the one who said that the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine has to breach the Russian lines, and follow up with a blitz krieg to the Azov Sea. He explicitly said Ukraine should not get bogged down in attritional warfare because Russia will win. The Ukranians have not reached anywhere near the first line of defence, they lost a lot of manpower and equipment, so now they say it is too early to make a judgement ! Meanwhile the Russians are advancing in Kupiansk and Lyman, and they have ended Ukraine's wheat exports (loss of $ 500 million of revenue). The US sold out Ukraine in Vilnius be vetoing NATO membership. Now they are busy covering up and claiming the initiative is with Ukraine !
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  214. Nothing wrong with the strategy.
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  215. On Bush and Blair's whims, did you express the same sentiment ?
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  216. True, the US had 3 or 4 attempts to make a hypersonic missile without success. The US does it through the private companies like Lockheed etc., and their purpose is to gouge the taxpayer's money from the US govt. and keep the project going as long as possible.
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  217. The reporter thinks more Ukranian cities will fall. But Zelenksy was saying Lysyschank will be the last city that will fall to Russia.
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  218. I like the ending announcing a possible advance on Kherson - it looks stuck on at the end, as they need to end on a hopeful note. If Ukriane tries, Russia will take out the remaining 60% of Ukraine's power.
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  219. '...country with a GDP of the size of Italy's....' The west makes all these shallow one-point analyses. It also matters what is in that GDP. Italy can make shoes, some fashion, luxury cars, cheese and agricultural products. Russia can launch space vehicles, hypersonic missiles, planes, ships, metals and alloys including titanium, and gold, it is the country with the complete nuclear fuel supply chain, it has oil and gas, it makes fertiliser, and is the largest producer of wheat. Italy and nobody in Europe can do that. Russia is self sufficient which Italy and Europe are not.
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  220. All the more reason for avoiding using the dollar unless it is for trade with the US. If the trade is between China and Russia, why should it be in dollars ? They can use their own currencies. BRICS should stick together and not succumb to US blackmail.
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  221. Ukraine needs to realise there will be no peace anywhere in Ukraine unless Ukraine reverts to neutrality and signs a treaty to that effect.
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  222. The Pentagon spokesman is also a pathetic tear jerking actor. The calibre of US and NATO staff is scarcely better than that of the Ukranian comedian.
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  223. The Red Army had a grinding slog when it reached nearly Berlin - but they still got there, nobody could stop them. Like that, they will take the Donbass and they have taken the coastal areas.
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  224. Putin asked for negotiations before the start of the war, to avert the war. He did not get a reply. Putin should therefore say nyet to all negotiations.
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  225. If Iran has hypersonic missiles, the US can ask for advice on how to build one.
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  226. I remember the Hezbollah and Israel fought for 1 month, and the Israelis could not subdue them, and Israeli casualties mounted so much they had to call a ceasefire. Israel can only fight short 6 day wars. Earlier, it could do so and be decisive. Anything prolonged and Israel's manpower shortage become a killer. If Israel has to fight a prolonged three front war in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon, it will be unsustainable. The west will have to send money and arms to Israel while they are floundering in Ukraine.
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  227.  @AcidBombYT  Russian helicopter gunships were taking out all the western rubbish like Leopards and Bradleys.
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  228. The notion that Ukraine is European has gone to its head. Ursula von Leyen encouraged this by saying 'you are part of the European family' - as if that is superior than the rest of the human family. Western Ukraine has been a hot bed of Nazi style ethnic nationalism - they are followers of the Ukro Nazi Bandera. Their nationalism is based on ethnicity. They treated the Russians as second class citizens - although all that Ukraine has was built by the Soviet Union, with the largest contribution from Russia. The steel mills, the Antonov aircraft factory, the tank factory, the nuclear power plants, the educational institutions were all built due to the Soviet Union. Under Soviet rule, the Ukro Nazis were kept under check. In the German invasion, the Bandera Ukrainians collaborated with the German Nazis. In fact, the Ukranians were favoured as guards in German concentration camps. After the war, Stalin sent Bandera type Ukranians to Siberia. But Krushchev, a Ukranian, released them back to Ukraine. The Ukrainian penchant for racialism was shown when it told Africans should not comment on the war as they have no understanding of Europe - so they should have no views. When Asian and African students were fleeing from Ukraine, they were not allowed on trains. Ukrainian refugees settled in Britain said they did not want to be located with Asians, Muslims and African origin people, as they felt unsafe - as if they would be safer in Ukraine. Hence, it is no surprise that the Ukrainians think Russians are inferior because they are Asian whereas Ukrainians have been reclassified as superior Europeans.
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  229. The British idea behind giving the Challengers was to be the first one in NATO to break the taboo of sending tanks, to force Germany and US to give their tanks. Their media were proudly saying that they were the global leader on helping Ukraine. Whether the tanks can fight remains to be seen but I believe what Emile is saying. They have seen what happened to the Leopards, it will be embarassing if the Russians torched the Challengers, so they are in hiding.
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  230. 'Don't give up. If we don't give up, justice will prevail.' Ukraine has no troops left. Why don't you send your own ?
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  231. I would suggest you cut out the false bravado. That is what got Ukraine and west into trouble. NATO and Ukraine also felt very safe in 50 years about NATO expansion. But see what happened @ (1) Ukraine got reduced to rubble (2) the rest of NATO was too scared to intervene as they don't want to be pyrolysed. You don't want to be at the receiving end of that Samrat missile. That was designed to take out the US cities, not for small fry like the Ukraine.
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  232.  @Charles-yq8vv  You bear responsibility for encouraging Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  233. Don't worry, Russia is not seeking a frozen conflict. It is aiming at forcing unconditional surrender.
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  234.  @re-vitiligo  They are fighting for the US.
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  235. Putin had said when Boris sabotaged the negotiations that next time, Russian terms will be tougher.
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  236. Why is it in all these discussions, we hear only western and Ukranian perspectives, without the Russian view ? That is the reason why these people have underestimated Russia, and both west and Ukranians have delusions about fighting Russia. Ukraine, NATO and EU miscalculated by trying to expand NATO to Russia's borders. It was predicted that Russia would go to war if this happened. When Russia goes for war, they will not back down, and in the end, Russia will prevail. The Ukrainians can fight (they are like the Russians), but Russians can also fight, and they have superior military strength and economic strength. The west also over estimated its capacity for economic warfare against Russia. The sanctions did not work, and the west did not realise Russia has powerful economic leverage to strike back. Russia has created economic hardship for the west, and they have also strangled Ukraine's economy by the Black Sea blockade. They just have to wait, Ukraine needs 5 billion per month for monthly expenditure, and the west has to fork out the money. Supporting Ukraine with arms and monthly expenses for an indefinite period is beyond European capability. Russia has all the strong cards. Weapons deliveries are not going to change matters. The Ukranians as usual say send us more weapons and we shall get back Crimea. The west is not capable of delivering the weapons quickly and it cannot afford it. Already NATO and western leaders are dropping hints that Ukraine must negotiate and cede territory. Even Biden says the new arms is for strengthening Ukraine's negotiating hand ! So the US also knows Ukraine cannot win, and in the end Ukraine has to cede more land. What is the mood in Kiev like ? The lady Tatiana tries to put on a positive spin on a losing game. She says Russia is struggling to capture Severodonetsk, it is a small city, they are taking so much time.
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  237. there are still many people who stand with Ukraine... So why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? Putin said those who think they can defeat the Russians should come to the battlefield and show it. Neither these Ukro Nazis, nor the British, nor the Americans can defeat the Russians. For when the Russians fight, they fight hard. They will do anything in defence of their country.
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  238. She puts on a brave face in a losing situation. The closing remark is 'it is very difficult for Ukranian troops, with heavy losses (on both sides !).' There was nothing upbeat in this report about Ukranian prospects , even by Ukrainian standards. Hence, one has to conclude the Russians will get Bakhmut like Mariopol, and the Ukranians know they are defeated. Only their fervent supporters do not want to believe the outcome. Once the Russians make up their mind, they go for it, whatever the cost. They have the same spirit of the Red Army when it took Berlin. Once the Ukranians were part of that Red Army, and they too have a similar spirit, but they are out numbered. They should know what the Russians are like. Once they fight, they fight hard and will not back down.
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  239.  @radio9730  'Russia: We stopped the attack on Bakhmut.' Russia took Bakhmut, what are you talking about ?
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  240. 'Our enemies have publicly stated their intentions, we should take this very seriously.' Which public statement are you referring to ? And why do you have enemies ? It is because you trouble and threaten others ?
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  241. Germany was forced by US to disassociate from Russia. Germany gave up on its national interest. As for US pushing for reducing emissions, the US blew up Nordstream and huge amounts of methane was released. Germany and Europe have committed economic suicide.
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  242. What is there to investigate when you want to avoid the obvious cause - a Russian missile ?
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  243. She is very American.
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  244. Your two rules are irrelevant. The rule is 'never pick a fight with someone who has the weapons, and is brave and willing to die'. The west may be richer, but they are cowards, none of them can fight like Russians (or Ukrainians). If for one moment the west believed it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. But they did not have the courage because they know Russia would incinerate their cities. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars. Ukraine may have friends richer than Russia, but none of them is willing to die for Ukraine - get it ? The rich US and NATO withdrew from Kabul with their tails behind their legs. They could not fight the poor Afghan villagers. So your theory is pretentious.
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  245. Putin said some while back, there are only 4 independent nations : Russia, US, China and India. These countries take decisions based on their national interest, while the rest follow others. They are not part of any alliance. The US has an alliance where it is the master, and the others (UK and Europe) are merely dogs that wag their tails. The UK and Europe need to understand they can keep their friendship with each other and engage in their colonial invasions, but really your time is past, and you are once-upon-a-time nations. Your collective, unholy record is well known in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, you are in no position to tell India or other countries who they should not engage with.
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  246. @danhodge2337 Most of those people coming are refugees from wars you fought for the Americans.
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  247. It amused me the outgoing partying UK PM was still blabbering on BBC about the need to make sacrifices for Ukraine. The news anchor did not challenge him. People are in this position because no one challenged their politicians over NATO expansion and pitting Ukraine against Russia.
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  248. No more news about ATACAMS and Storm Shadow missiles, that were going to change the scene. Already forgotten for new diversions.
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  249. Goodness, this is only summer. What will be the situation in winter ? The EU wanted to hasten the reduction of Russian gas. Russia is helping them on the way. Why do they interview the PMs of less useful countries like Sweden and Latvia ? Sweden's priority was to join NATO and be an unfriendly country to Russia. Now the Swedish PM says 'we are in a difficult situation'. I thought it was Russians who were in a difficult situation. So she has realised putting money in citizens' pockets will not solve the problem of inflation. The problem is shortage of goods - which comes from shortage of energy. NATO expansion has backfired, even for the US. But the west has to continue defending their surrogate Ukraine, out of false pride. Due to that false pride, they want to expand the war to Lithuania - which is even dumber. The 'European family' which they are so proud of, is empty headed. They cut their noses to spite their faces. And they are like lemmings, committing suicide jointly because they are a family ! In all this, the west did not realise that Russia is equally capable as the west of economic warfare. The west could sanction Iran or Afghanistan, but it does not work with Russia. The Europeans set out to make sure Russia will not have money to wage war. But it looks like Europe will not have money to wage NATO expansion. And Ukraine should start realising that Europe is not in a position to continue subsidising their war, and pretty soon, all the European talk of stopping Putin from winning will not work. Ukraine will be a forgotten casualty. It would be better off outside the EU and NATO.
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  250. Situation 'indescribably difficult' - means Ukraine is losing although we believe it is winning.
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  251. The Houthis did it.
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  252. India always seems to be envious to be in the big league but it does not have the capacity. It is stifled by Hindu casteism and sectarianism. Under Modi, India has showed off a boisterous Hindu nationalism, and self advertisement which is indirectly proportional to achievement. Modi even boasted India is the world's teacher. Xi on the hand does not talk much and the Chinese generally do not make verbal statements on their achievements, they just achieve.
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  253. And all this while, they were saying Bakhmut is irrelevant. If so why are the Ukranians not retreating ? Now the lady says that the Russians want Bakmut only because they want to show they have a victory after many months. Actually, if Bakmut falls, the Russians will take more.
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  254. When Lithuania eventually gets the beating, it will find the mutual defence team does not want to die for Lithuanians.
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  255. Russia is advancing but now the complaint is Russia is losing a lot of people and the advance is slow. But they are advancing. I get the impression the west is making face saving arguments for Ukraine.
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  256. When Ukraine walked out of the peace negotiations on the orders of BoJo and Biden, Putin had said if they want it again, they will be on Russian terms
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  257. Surprised Russia did not take out the power at the start. It was too soft.
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  258. 35 drones, as usual Ukraine shot down 30. Only 5 got through. Can 5 do much damage ? Then why the fear ? In this clip, there was no talk about Ukrainian resilience. Why ?
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  259. 'Historically the Russian society has been one of three repetitive stages: prepare for war, fight a war, recover from war, repeat. Russia has been subjected to invasion repeatedly by the west. So don't trvialise and demean a great country and its people.
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  260. 500, 000 dual citizens have already left. Even single passport holders should seek refugee status in the UK and the US.
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  261. Ukraine lost the war in 2023 when its counter offensive failed. Trump knows the war is lost, and there is no point wasting money on a loser. Cragg used to tell us about Ukrainian resilience, now that is gone. But now he is saying Ukrainians are believing that nothing will change.
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  262. Why would any Ukrainians be willing to die for a lost cause ? Nobody wants to be the last to die for a lost war.
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  263. Former defence minister Wallace said that 'we kicked the Tsar's backside in the Crimean war and we shall do so. again' That was in 1856 when Britain, France and Turkey jointly waged war against Russia and defeated it. However since 1945, the Soviet Union/Russia became a superpower while British power vanished. But in the British mindset, they are an almighty power still, and even after US backed off, the British want to incite Ukraine to continue.
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  264. There is no threat, this man is just hysterical. Don't believe him.
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  265. I advise Latvians not to misbehave and keep quiet. If you provoke the bear, it will gobble you. And don't count on NATO, the Americans don't want to fight Russia.
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  266. I could foresee this. They will give those Kinzhals to the Houthis to sink a British ship. Then what will Britain do ? The US will look the other way.
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  267. Ukraine has not confirmed Bakhmut has been taken.
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  268. Russia never said they will take Kiev in 3 days. That was said by some US general and quoted and twisted into a Russian statement. Russia does not announce war plans, time scales etc. The west does that.
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  269. How many Jews in Antwerp came out and opposed Israel ?
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  270. 'After 4 weeks General Milley said not to worry as it could take up to 10 weeks. We are now at 7 weeks. Three weeks to go.' Milley will say, the first 10 weeks were just probing operations to find Russian weaknesses and confuse them, and the real offensive will start after that.
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  271. If you are not ready to send troops to Ukraine and face getting killed, you should not have encouraged Ukraine to fight in the first place. NATO said at the beginning of the offensive that Ukraine had 98% of what it asked for, so where did you get the figure of 1/3.
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  272. What are the many aspects of Le Pen you like ? Racism, Islamophobia ?
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  273. Ukraine is lost and the EU cannot reverse it. But they have to do everything to save face. Ukraine's EU candidacy is a lollipop like the Eurovision contest. This is how capable the EU is.
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  274. No, Sean Bell started recovering his mind ! Actually, I found what he writes in Sky News is more balanced, what he says in interviews is the opposite - he told us Russia was running out of missiles in 2022; it could not get electronic components due to our sanctions, it was scrounging parts from washing machines; and best of all, Russians had run out of armaments in Bakhmut and were issued with shovels; Ukrainian 2023 offensive was hindered because of the season's tall grass ....
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  275. You don't go and poke the bear and cry after it claws you.
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  276. So you are admitting Iron Dome is not not so invincible as you made out on behalf of Israel ?
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  277.  @doubletap-z8c  What happened to the Nazis ? They were destroyed by the Red Army. Likewise, Ukro Nazis were given a beating in Azovstahl.
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  278. 30% of Ukraine's power system destroyed randomly in 3 days. It will be more by now. Good enough for me. No Ukrainian is feeling smug now.
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  279. When Dynamo Kiev played a Turkish football team, the Turkish fans chanted 'Putin, Putin..' The ordinary Turkish public supports Russia.
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  280. It is natural that if Europeans block their airspace, the Russians will do the same. Then the Chinese and ME airlines like Emirates will dominate even more. The European flights to Asia will require long detours and cost more. Likewise as Emil says, the Europeans abandon the Russian auto market, the Chinese will fill in.
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  281. Can you show us pictures of the military targets that were razed ?
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  282. First Europe has to decouple from the US. The Ukraine problem started with the US.
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  283. On the one hand you claim NATO is not at war with Russia; but you want Ukraine to strike Russia. Then why should not Russia strike NATO directly or indirectly ?
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  284. The Russians are using AI on the battlefield and cornering the Ukrainians in that. Even in such shows, they have to bring an Ukrainian.
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  285.  @oldTimer-x3r  I am sure the Belgians are clapping their hands and jumping for joy, but they cannot say so.
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  286. Has the US ever indulged in reckless behaviour - like expanding NATO ?
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  287. Yes, the world has been at peril from the US - both friend and enemy.
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  288. He is frothing at the mouth because he feels the west lost in Ukraine.
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  289. It is the Europeans including the British that consistently invaded Russia - and got beaten.
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  290. Emil, there are better arguments to show that Ukraine, UK and US violated the Budapest Memorandum. Many western supporters of Ukraine say Russia breached the Budapest Memorandum. They have never read it. There is a commitment that Ukraine's sovereignty is guaranteed by the signatories (US, UK and Russia), but there was an exception clause in the guarantee in the (unexpected) case Ukraine threatens any of the signatories. An unexpected situation occurred in which Ukraine teamed up with one set of signatories (US and UK) to threaten the key signatory (Russia). That is, by Ukraine seeking to join NATO thereby allowing US bases. Therefore the Ukraine - and also US and UK - made the Budapest Memorandum invalid. Further, the last Article of the Budapest Memorandum says if there is a dispute, the signatories will confer and try to resolve any dispute by negotiations. However, the US refused to give Russia a security guarantee and Ukraine refused to go back to neutrality in Dec. 2021. Hence, Ukraine, the US and UK violated the last Article which said that the signatories will resolve any dispute by negotiation. Instead, the US created a coup and installed a govt. which would allow US bases in Ukraine.
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  291. So why do you not send the 300,000 strong NATO rapid reaction force to save Ukraine annihilation ? Cowardice perhaps ?
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  292. Ukraine says will only sign grain deal with UN, Turkey . But only with Russian permission. Russia is generous. Who the hell is the US to say it will hold Russia accountable for the deal ? If Russia does not agree, what will the US do ? Well done Turkey ! The EU and US could not achieve what Turkey could. It is part of NATO but is not the US's door mat like the Europeans are, that is the difference.
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  293. Currently, Europeans are in the mood to fight Russia - and China. They feel these countries outrage their sensibilities. They did not feel the same way when the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. They joined in.
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  294.  @КАБы_да_КАБы  Talking about de-industrialisation of Europe, I know glass, aluminium and steel factories are shut in France and Germany. Some of these will not re-open again. BASF is in a critical position. They have several tens of ingeniously integrated chemical plants in Ludwigshafen. They are dependent on Russia gas. BASF said if their gas supply is reduced by the govt. by 50%, the entire complex will shut down with cascading effects on many industries in Europe. Even if the govt. gives them over 50% gas allocation, the prices are so high, some of the plants in the complex have to shut. The European leaders are forced to put on a brave front out of false pride. They are door mats of America. Backing down on Ukraine means defeat for them and that is unbearable humiliation. Some of their middle class public goes along with the narrative of their leaders, that is, innocent Ukraine was faced with an unprovoked attack, and the Ukranians are part of the European family, and we have to defend them. The lower orders do not have any strong views, but if they face the pinch (and they will be the first to face it), they may come out on the streets.
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  295. That is right, the Russians don't speak too much, they just do. The Ukranians - and the western media - choose their words to paint pictures.
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  296. It has become fashionable to interview minnows like Latvia and Estonia and seek their opinion on how to fight Russia, as if these countries know how to ! When the US is unwilling to fight, how can these unimportant countries fight ? Such is the failure and desperation of NATO.
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  297. Ukraine led by Johnson was not interested in ending the war. When Ukraine walked away from Istanbul 1 after Johnson's order, Putin had said next time negotiations are asked, Russia's terms would be stiffer. In March 2022, Russia was content with Ukraine agreeing to neutrality and ceding Crimea. Now Russia wants Ukrainian neutrality + Crimea + 4 oblasts. Soon Sumy and Odessa will be added to that list.
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  298. 'How exactly is 1 destroyed tank newsworthy?' They were boasting that they were the first to give the Ukranians tanks, and these tanks had such a good record in Iraq, they made out it will be a game changer. After seeing the Leopards burning, they did not want to bring them out. Now, with Ukraine trying to force a way, the Challenger was brought out, and in its first outing, it got destroyed.
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  299. Saying Hamas would not be capable of doing what it did without Iranian support is like saying Israel would not be doing what it does without US support.
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  300.  @ManuelPerez-pv8ee  'He could not even do anything to Ukraine.' Ukraine has lost 20% of its 1991 borders, it has $ 1.2 trillion damage, and Trump wants to give up. So cut out the false bravado. There is no stopping their hypersonic missiles.
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  301. Zelensky wanted to negotiate and settle it in Turkey, but that famous partner, Biden's errand boy BoJo was sent to Kiev to tell him to continue fighting and the west would back him till victory. Zelensky is angry as he perceives the west let him down and is abandoning Ukraine, but he has to be careful about criticising his 'partners' openly (in 2023, he was told to show gratitude and NATO was not an Amazon service for arms).
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  302.  @notalefty999  Tell your elites not to wage war as that creates refugees and immigrants - the latest being 10 million Ukrainian refugees. You wanted NATO expansion, you got refugees and you have to pay for it. Similarly, Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis came because you invaded their countries. On one side you are brutal; at the same time, you want to show you are humane.
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  303. Czechs and Estonians are leading the arms procurement effort. That says it all.
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  304. Sky has at last become more objective as the reality sinks in - that Russia actually has all the good cards. Russia will decide when to ceasefire, it will decide when Ukraine can be rebuilt, it will decide who is going to give Ukraine a security guarantee.
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  305. NATO has to realise it cannot beat Russia, then Ukraine will understand.
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  306. She is trying to put on a brave face and put some hopeful spin for Ukrainian supporters. The reality is Bakhmut is surrounded, the Russians forces are fighting in central Bakhmut and it is not possible to resupply the Ukro Nazis in the centre. Now this lady is saying Ukranians are planning a counter offensive to relieve the Bakhmut die hards. We shall see.
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  307.  @h0mo3rectus69  Besides giving up nuclear weapons, there was a second condition attached to Ukraine's independence - it gave a pledge that it would be neutral and not join any anti-Russian alliance. It flouted that by clamouring to bring a nuclear power, the US, into Ukraine, to set up bases. Therefore Ukraine's independence is cancelled.
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  308. I like the way he points out that lack of supplies from the US has led to a SLIGHT advantage to Russia and a SMALL window of opportunity. So we can go to sleep safely, Ukraine is safe.
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  309. The Ukranians said 4 months ago, Russians were short of semi conductor chips, and their missiles had chips stripped from washing machines !
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  310. And when in the US, he will practise caste discrimination at the earliest opportunity.
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  311.  @abba-Flammenfresser  Why is Ukraine now blabbering about drone attacks and destruction of power installations ? Why has NATO not sent troops to Ukraine if you or so confident ?
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  312. Try to bring Blair and Bush to justice, that is within your little hands, before attempting something out of your hands.
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  313. The writing was on the wall - when the US ditched Ukraine in Vilnius when it barred its NATO entry. If the US ditches Ukraine, there is no point its subordinates continuing to sacrifice themselves.
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  314.  @victorwinner9469  So why don't you go into Ukraine and save them ? Putin invited you to the battlefield to see if you can win.
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  315. The option that it was hit by a Russian missile is unthinkable ! The F 16 was sent from Denmark, they should get Danish experts to assign the cause : pilot error or friendly fire.
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  316. Trump said that he did not know the cause - but he said he had opinions !
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  317. The Palestinians and Lebanese and Iran also have a right to defend itself. Israel cannot enjoy rave parties next to a concentration camp it created.
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  318. Russia is an independent country and has the right to protect itself against US threats using NATO, and to crush all its enemies. It crushed the French, the Germans in the past and now the Ukro-western alliance.
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  319. So what is the extent of Russian advances ? I did not gain much insight on that. Conolly is blabbering about UK lifting restrictions. Russia has told British targets will be hit and the Russians don't bluff.
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  320.  @JackSparrow-vv2uq  Look at the whole picture. Russia has 17% land you say, it is a little less than before, but it is the industrial GDP creating area of Ukraine. It is worth more than 17%. Russia has destroyed the power grid, reducing Ukraine's ability to fight. Ukraine's shipping lanes are closed. It can export some grain because Putin gave permission (the President of the African Union appealed to Putin). Further, Russia's offensive has re-started, they are after Bakhmut. Ukraine's counter offensive has petered out. Russia withdrew from Kherson and then shelled it from the other bank and made Kherson unlivable. Some weeks back they said Ukraine's war damages are $ 700 billion and this will keep going up and cross 1 trillion. No one has the that sort of money to rebuild Ukraine. Besides, Ukraine cannot be rebuilt without Russian permission. Russia is an essential part of Ukraine's fate.
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  321.  @scepticalwalker3984  The US and west said that NATO would not be expanded after the re-unification of Germany. James Baker had said twice that NATO would not move an inch to the east. But it did - so it was duplicitous. Who are you to say NATO is not a threat ? NATO targets Russia, so it is a threat. Putin had warned if NATO keeps expanding, there will be war. NATO chose to ignore - and got defeated in Ukraine. Now NATO is in disarray.
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  322. Sovereignty does not give the right to invite a far off superpower to threaten the neighbouring superpower. If you do that, pay the consequences. The sovereign nation should find its weapons to fight its own wars. Get it ?
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  323. What is your hope based on ? What is the US record ?
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  324. They have to say 1000 casualty per day to console themselves over the defeat. Cragg first says it was cited by Ukrainian sources, then he adds British intelligence also says similar - the same intelligence that said the Russians were reduced to fighting in Bakhmut with shovels.
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  325. Gas is weaponised ? The EU did not have any issue weaponsing the dollar and euros. Anyway, did not the EU say they want to hasten freedom from dependence on Russian gas by the end of the year ?
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  326. The Ukrainain caller said we lost because we did not have a Churchillian figure ! I thought Zelensky was trumpeted as Churchill.
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  327. What he means is the pain felt by the EU citizens, but he cannot say that, so he has to say he cares for ordinary Russian citizens. He does not have to worry about the second. The Russians are patriotic and make sacrifices for their motherland when they have to, unlike westerners.
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  328. The Rear Admiral said it did not flout any rules, it was entitled to stay in the 200 km coastal seas.
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  329. Ukraine would not be doing all this without US instigation. It would be living sensibly with its neighbour.
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  330. Why are they wailing ?
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  331. Once Ukraine sold itself to the US after the 2014 coup, it did not have the freedom to decide what is best for it. The US decided according to what is best for the US.
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  332. 'We will take decisions without following anyone, we shall follow only our national interests.' Can Zelensky or anyone in the EU say that ? Can Starmer say that ? Can a US President say he will follow national interests instead of Zionist interests ? Therein lies the difference.
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  333. It must be more than a 1/3 of power stations by now. I thought Ukraine was winning and about to capture Crimea.
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  334. Some while ago, they said Severodonetsk is hardly the size of Mariopol, and see how long the Russians took. So they say Severodonetsk is not so important, in Lysychansk, the Ukros have the advantage of high ground.
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  335. Why is Al Jazeera using an American who bats for the west ? Al Jazeera is supposed to be neutral. Can Al Jazeera invite a Russian, like Peskov or Maria Zakharova so we can hear their view ?
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  336. The US defence industry is profit centred, it gouges the US taxpayer and makes its products as expensive as well. They thrive on war as business. Expanding NATO was for that. Russian defence industry is govt. owned and exists to defend Russia. They can ramp up when there is a national need.
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  337.  @Suspectlid  In 2022, Lithuania tried to a rail blockade on Kaliningrad citing EU sanctions. Three weeks later a Russia politician said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. Then Lithuania climbed down and abandoned the blockade. Putin did not have to do anything.
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  338.  @michaelkrzak5414  ' If NATO countries did the same they would produce ten times more then Russia.' Then why don't NATO countries do it ? The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouths, tiny fists. Putin had invited those who think they can fight Russia to come to the battlefield and show. NATO kept quiet as a mouse.
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  339.  @jeremyj5932  Then why is Zelensky in a panic and blaming his 'partners' of letting down Ukraine, if Russia cannot take Kiev ?
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  340.  @johngough2958  But the European public will not be happy to miss football (the only entertainment this cold winter), European national teams will not be happy, so I don't see that happening. Qatar has not done anything wrong. Europe can ask their American partners who share their European values to cap their LNG prices.
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  341. Stalin industrialised Russia in 10 years. He said 'we do it, or we shall not survive against western assault'. He did it in time for the Soviets to survive the Nazi onslaught. It was due to Stalin that the Soviet Union became a superpower and that endures in Russia. Stalin knew how to deal with Hitler, and also Churchill and Roosevelt/Truman. He knew the latter were not friends, they were enemies also. When at the Potsdam Conference, Truman dropped a sly hint that he had a wonder weapon (the atomic bomb), Stalin detected the tone of blackmail. He and went back and gave Soviet scientists 5 years to make the bomb; they did it in 4 years. The truth is without Stalin, the Nazis would have won and Europe would be under Nazism. And this BBC's smarmy anti-Russian propagandist Jew, Rosenberg, would be in Auschwitz.
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  342. It is better for you to believe he is a madman, for if you took him seriously and took up the challenge on the Oreshnik, you would lose and become mad. You know that you have nothing to intercept it with.
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  343. In retrospect, Ukraine should not have been given independence, they were better off under Russia. They did not have the political maturity to steer a neutral path between its powerful neighbour and American lures. It was given independence under the conditions that it would give up nuclear weapons sited there by the Soviet Union, and it would not join any military alliance. It unilaterally tried to renege on the second condition for independence, and thought it could whip up a militant nationalism based on Russophobia. It fell for American inducements, and the pompous western narrative that the decision to join NATO should be only Ukraine's - when the condition for separating from Russia was that it would not join any military alliance targeting Russia. Ukraine that it could renege without consequences because it believed America would save it. Naturally, Russia felt betrayed. Ukraine has completely squandered its independence because now not only is NATO entry not possible, it will be partitioned and be in a permanently disturbed state. Putin had warned Ukraine it will end up in a permanently disturbed state if it followed NATO
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  344. You ain't seen nothin' yet !
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  345.  @alexsilent5603  We remember the French performance in WW 2.
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  346. Ukraine has no choice but to trade territories for peace. More than territories, Ukraine has to give a guarantee that there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. That was Russia's primary aim, not land. The land got acquired as that was the only way to enforce the demand that Ukraine not allow its land to be used by the US to threaten Russia.
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  347.  @qili3899  Sovereignty does not give the right to invite a superpower from the Atlantic to threaten a neighbouring superpower. You are immature. You need to understand geopolitics and not come out with absolutes like 'it is none of Putin's business'.
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  348.  @kaspertube512  Depends what is in that economy - Russia produces energy (very vital), wheat and food, water; metals, and they can do many things that Korea and most cannot do like make planes, satellites, have their own GPS... So don't be immature. Size of GDP is a factor; but what is in that GDP matters. Russia is a power, Korea is a dependent of the US.
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  349. Ukranian independence was conditional on giving up the nuclear weapons. Then what is your point. Another condition for independence was Ukraine would be neutral. Ukraine tried to flout that. The Budapest Memorandum concludes that in the event of a dispute, all four parties would confer and negotiate. Putin asked for a security guarantee, why did the US not negotiate and give it ? When Russia and Ukraine negotiated in Turkey, why did Boris and Biden sabotage ? So you flouted the Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine will not exist and correctly so.
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  350.  @a0flj0  Thank you for explaining the theory of air defence - and how to over come them. 'Kyiv in particular is a large, widely spread out city - the densely populated part of the city, fully occupied by buildings, is over 100 square kilometers. It's difficult to defend this entire area, when you don't have enough equipment.' When you cannot make the equipment, and your handlers cannot supply enough air defence equipment, and the other side has the capability to find a way through with saturation and overload, or with hypersonics, then why did you choose to fight ? Why was Ukraine and the western media telling all along that Ukraine is shooting down 95% of the missiles and any damage was due to debris ? Ukraine should have stayed neutral and not have believed the US had the equipment in quality and quantity to beat Russia. Forethought is always better than afterthought.
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  351. They are patriotic.
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  352. The analysis in the video is correct. Fighting with airplanes, tanks etc. is outdated. Future war outcomes will be decided by combination of drones + standard missiles + hypersonic missiles. The west denies Russia, Iran, China and NK have hypersonics - because it has not made one. Sending 100 airplanes costing $ 300 million, with mid air refuelling, to fire a few missiles is expensive, compared with firing 100 missiles with 10 hypersonics. The explosive payload of directly delivering the missile is higher - the aircraft has to lug its weight.
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  353. Will costly sanctions last as long as the war in Ukraine? The question itself means there is doubt that the west can support Ukraine. Does anyone remember that the cooperation between states was actually broken due to the west expanding NATO to its borders ?Why did NATO not give Russia the security guarantee it asked ?
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  354. The video mentions the squalor seen round German rail stations. I can confirm this. I have been to Munich Hauptbahnhof in the last two years and I saw a shocking number of druggies. Last year, I saw a big Ukrainian flag on a billboard in the station. This year, it was gone. I agree with the video - Germany has decided to commit economic suicide to please America. The common people know this but the ruling elite has doubled down to fight Russia. The last time, America and the Soviet Union were aligned to defeat Germany. The Red Army beat Germany into a pulp, partitioned Germany and Stalin rearranged Germany's map so it lost Prussia and its eastern territories. Perhaps the German elite thinks Germany can at last defeat Russia because it is on America's boat this time !
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  355. Why is the military aid to Ukraine not sufficient ? Is it because the writing is on the wall that Ukraine is now losing ?
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  356. Keep praying because that is the only relief you will have. The war is lost and it is difficult for you emotionally.
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  357. Before the election, Tucker Carlson asked Putin if he had a preference for Trump. Putin said that he would prefer someone who is predictable ! He clearly saw the problem with Trump.
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  358.  @songsaboutj  They need more de-Nazification and treatment by the Red Army.
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  359. Saying Russia bombed its own pipeline is like saying Russia shelled the nuclear plant in Zaphorizha which it now owns. Sabotage would be Ukraine or Poland.
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  360. They said the Kursk operation was to humiliate Putin. Humiliation was the strategic objective. Putin was not humiliated, he was calm and collected. He did not pull troops out of the Donbass operation and transfer them to Kursk. So Ukraine is losing more of Donbass and is being squeezed out of Kursk.
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  361. What happened to Zelensky's Victory Plan ?
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  362. Himars, Atacams, were destroyed by the Russians. Like the Leopards and Challengers. The Germans don't want to give the Taurus because they know the Russians will destroy them.
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  363.  @Jg32234  NATO has nothing to boast about as it is a loser ! It did boast about Finland and Sweden joining, as if two weaklings made it stronger.
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  364. Ruthless empire builder was the US. Why was it seeking naval bases in Ukraine and running biolabs ? Why does it not stay across the Atlantic ?
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  365.  @ПростоОлег-и6м  Just like Ukraine after 2014 coup cannot do anything without permission from US and UK. Like agree to a peace deal in Istanbul that both accepted. Ukraine had to withdraw from it because Biden sent his emissary BoJo. So why are you complaining and acting holier than thou ?
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  366. I was told he ran out of missiles in 2022. Zelensky himself said it.
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  367. Especially that 100 year agreement to support Ukraine.
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  368. 'It's kinda sad that Russia has to agree that China is better than them just to get back at USA. ' Your analysis is shallow. Russia is agreeing that China is better than India. India has a worthless currency, with which Russia cannot buy anything, as India is not a manufacturing country. Whereas with the yuan, Russia can buy phones, cars etc. China has a gold back currency and manufactures 25% of the world's goods. Hence, it is a pure business decision.
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  369. If you do not have 155 mm shells, why did you encourage Ukraine to fight Russia ?
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  370. Old Russian playbook is defeating the enemy. Goebbels complained after the Stalingrad defeat that the Russians did not play by their playbook. The Ukranians should know the playbook as they were part of the Red Army.
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  371. Biden is in a good condition to fight Russia. I thought Putin is the one with the hand tremor and cancer.
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  372.  @Hasanaljadid  The German container shipping company Hapag Lloyd wanted to avoid sending goods to the Israeli port of Eilat, so the Houthis would not attack them. That was the condition the Houthis laid for transit of Hapag Lloyd's container ships through the Red Sea - boycott Eilat port. Hapag Lloyd was ready to comply as a business decision, but The German govt. threatened them with some anti-semitism law - boycotting Israel is verboten even if it is a business decision. So Hapag Lloyd cannot use the Red Sea and the Suez, their ships have to go round Africa to reach Germany and other EU ports. Meanwhile Chinese ships agreed to boycott Eilat, so the Houthis gave them free passage through the Red Sea. Trade between Germany and China costs much more if shipped with German container ships compared with Chinese ships. Lufthansa was forced to cancel flights to Tel Aviv. Supporting Israel also promotes German decline.
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  373. Does not fit your western delusions ?
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  374. Why do they need better air defences when they are knocking out 100 out of 100 of the flying shovels ?
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  375.  @thegreatdane3627  The Russians were lenient, they should have done this in the first week. But it is never too late. Why are the Ukranians crying now ?
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  376. Lot of countries will then opt to have good relations with Russia.
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  377. DW did not shown the pain in Gaza to attract your attention. Why this sentimentality for Ukraine only ?
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  378. Ukraine does not have right to Russian areas like Donbass, Odessa etc. This was gifted to Ukraine, and since Ukraine started misbehaving against Russia, Russia has right to ask for their return. The Ukranians also do not have right to put US bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. In that case, Russia has right to eliminate Ukraine completely.
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  379. 'Russian strikes on Ukraine: Over 40 cities and towns hit by drones" But there is no description. It starts with the usual claim that Ukranians are making advances, then it gives personal case study of a lady and her children. On the one hand, they claim Ukraine is advancing at a lightning pace towards Kherson, and at the same time, it is becoming dire in the rest of Ukraine, and it is a race against time as power supplies are cut. Western media reports are very low quality. They seem to be trying to prop up morale for the slava Ukrainian brigade when things look bleak. The clip does not mention anything about the 40 cities and towns hit by drones.
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  380. Russia is affected economically. What about Germany ? Aluminium plants in Germany have closed due to lack of power. This is summer, wait till winter.
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  381.  @pahatpahat9566  Unfortunately, the Europeans fought between themselves 70-80 years ago and they required American help to pull them up. So they have a debt to America. However, America started exploiting the situation and they want to keep the Europeans dependent permanently. Europe would be better off trading with Russia - it would be a win-win situation. America would get left out, so they create conflict, using eastern Europe to trigger conflicts against Russia, and western Europe has to support eastern Europe and be dependent on the US. Lot of Europeans also have a superiority complex believing they have shared values with a powerful America.
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  382. The Russian diplomat is very clear minded and precise : the west started with 'Ukraine must win', then it became 'Putin must not win' and now it is 'Ukraine must be put into the best negotiating position'.
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  383. You are exactly correct. The western media now downplays Bakhmut just like after Mariopol was taken.
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  384. Zelensky had said in 2022, he would retake Crimea by December. The 2023 counter offensive failed. Now he only says there is chance of victory; he does not say Ukraine will win. The chance has gone up from 0 to 10%.
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  385. Ukraine seems to be in suicide mode, driven by the US. On the Zaphorizhia front, they were killed with their Bradleys and Leopards. That having failed, they want to recapture Bakhmut. Do they imagine Bakhmut is undefended ? And before they said Bakhmut is not important.
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  386. It is also funny to see Russia reduce Ukraine to a medieval state without electricity and water. This will be Ukraine's future.
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  387. Fearmongering. I don't believe it.
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  388. How did a Christian migrate and get accepted in the IDF ?
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  389. When asked whether the incursion of Kursk oblast was a blunder or a strategic masterstroke, she says that we will not be able to tell till 2025 ! This is the standard of western analysis. Russia has taken back 50% of what Ukraine took, and they will drive out the rest. She has a nauseating American drawl as she puts on a brave face and tells us all is not lost.
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  390. To Russia, NATO is the most significant threat. That is why it had to take action against NATO expansion to its borders in Ukraine. That is why it will have to take action against Lithuania.
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  391. Did Michael Clarke predict the Ukrainian counter offensive would flop and explain why ?
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  392. Keep hoping. When the Himars came, Zelensky said in Sept. 2022 that he would take Crimea by Dec. 2022. If the west tries too hard, then Ukraine will be hit by a tactical nuclear weapon. Then it will be unconditional surrender.
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  393.  @corvanna4438  US and UK could not have reached Berlin, only the Red Army could. The US and UK don't have hardy soldiers.
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  394. As a Swede, there are plenty of other things to be ashamed about as well ! You can reduce your Swedish shame by sending troops to Ukraine. Show the Russians.
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  395. Delusion has no limits. What else can you do when defeated ?
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  396.  @william_marshal  Mercouris said Bakhmut is falling. It fell. The Ukranians have not acknowledged it still ! He is able to analyse. He is telling now about the west seeking an off ramp. Which is correct. Why would Stoltenberg's aide say that Ukraine should cede land ?
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  397. Yes, Ukraine stores military equipment in apartments housing women, children, and the elderly.
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  398. Thank you Russia, and Turkey. Let us hope devious Ukraine does not back stab and play games for NATO as it has been doing for years. Russia is allowing Ukraine to make some money when they had the power to strangle Ukraine completely. Turkey has played a much better role than the Europeans to bring the two sides together. The difference is the Europeans have become door mats of the US, and have shown enmity to Russia, so they have no leverage with Russia. Turkey has kept its door open to both Ukraine and Russia and has been far cleverer than the Europeans.
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  399. You do not have this class of diplomat in the west.
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  400. As for Europeans complaining now about US bullying, the Europeans were happy to go along and assist the US in invading Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Palestine. Indeed, they felt pride in assisting the US. Let the US take Greenland, and let Russia take some more of Europe. The Europeans were invading countries in the world for 500 years, so let them have a taste of invasions.
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  401. Lovely looking jet !
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  402. The anchor says there is good news, we wait with bated breath. Ukraine launched a counter offensive. The anchor shows his bias. What exactly has been achieved ? Keane is still talking about being in the preparation phase for the counter offensive.. To take a city would require 3x the defending force. The Ukranians don't have it despite the claim of raising a 1 million army. The partisan anchor says that Ukraine is begging for arms. One of the soldiers says at 0:27 that Ukraine needs more weapons, more heavy weapons - it clearly means they are outgunned and in a hopeless position. Keane himself is doubtful Ukraine can take Kherson. There is a discrepenacy between the anchor and Keane.
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  403. '"Never did I imagine over 50 countries need to be a military alliance, just because they fear 1 country(Russia 😁🤝🏾🇷🇺).' That is a good one. It is common for westerners to say 'we overestimated Russia's power thinking it is like the Soviet Union, but their conduct of the war has shown feeble they are'. I tell them, alright, if Russia is so feeble, why are Finland and Sweden clamouring to join NATO ? Disband NATO if Russia is feeble.
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  404. The wounded Ukranian says 'what the enemy is doing makes no sense to him, they are not going to win'. Well the enemy is attritioning the Ukranian army, firing 10 shells for every Ukranian one. That makes sense to me. The more Ukro Nazis killed or withdrawn from the front, the more the war's end is sped up.
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  405. The Russians will come back for Kiev if Ukraine rejects negotiations and accepts it will be a neutral state with no affiliations to NATO. Further, there is no choice about surrendering the land in the east and the south. Ukraine has a small window for negotiations. If it spurns it, after taking Donbass, Russia will push forward and take half of Ukraine. The rest can be turned into a failed state and Russia can take it later.
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  406. The interviewer says : you have been singing the same song for some months - more heavy weapons faster. Yet, what is going on ? On reconstruction, it is not possible without Russian permission. Russia will only give permission if Ukraine signs neutrality and keeps NATO out. Russia has taken 20%, they can keep attacking the rest sporadically and no one will come for reconstruction. The reconstruction conference is just vain posturing by the west to show support for Ukraine to cover up the loss of face due to defeat. Incidentally, why did the west not hold similar reconstruction conference for Iraq and Afghanistan ? Oh, I forget, our side vandalised them.
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  407. The British do not have the money but still want to be at the forefront of fighting Russia. Starmer is as enthusiastic as the previous lot in fighting Russia. But the fact that he was forced to make defence cuts means Britain cannot afford it. If this the case, then the question all should be asking is why is Britain trying to inflame the war when it cannot sustain it ? This is what the interviewer should have asked. Trump (whatever his shortcomings) at least understands the US has as an incredible debt and its manufacturing base is gone, so it cannot afford more forever wars despite being a superpower. Why is it the non-powers of Europe like Britain cannot understand this ? The British MPs and their media boast too much about their Storm Shadows. I remember when they were first brought to Ukraine in 2023, there was euphoria in the British media, they told us it will aid Ukraine's counter offensive and Ukraine would capture the Crimea and the Storm Shadows would take out the Kerch bridge and leave Russian soldiers without supplies. The Kerch bridge was hit a few times, till the Russians figured out how to knock out the Storm Shadows. They got hold of a major part of a Storm Shadow and took it to Russia for analysis. This round of euphoria will last less than 2 months. And Ukraine will be in a far worse position. Trump is annoyed with what Biden has done, he sees it as an effort to saddle Trump's terms with problems, hence he will be even more determined to cut Ukraine.
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  408. A gold backed rouble will be a threat to the printed dollar !
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  409. There is no evidence of sabotage, but somehow we need to change the narrative and put it on Russia. In 2022, Lithuania tried to blockade Russian trains to Kaliningrad stating EU sanctions - till a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered.
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  410. 'A single loss mean nothing and making more of it is ludicrous.' So why is Bell making all these elaborate claims ? Crew survived, the tank can be repaired, Russia lost 2000 tanks, Ukraine only 6 ! He is squirming with embarassment.
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  411. Britain's 100 year pledge to Ukraine is laughable. It is like Britain's Challenger tanks and Storm Shadow missile. Britain talked about them as if they were game changers. But now Starmer's talk is to 'strengthen Ukraine's hand at the negotiating table'. They do not talk about winning, it is about saving face ! Ukraine has been foolish, but it should learn from this experience not to trust 100 year pledges - from countries where rulers change every 4-5 years, such continuity is not possible. The change between all out support (for however long it takes) to no support was only 4 years. Ukraine was foolish to believe it will have support for however long it takes. Ukraine should not fall for 100 years support from a non-power. Britain's military capability is no more than Estonia's. The sheer doublespeak of the British when they talk about 100 year support is amazing.
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  412. Crux is a lousy Indian channel. I have observed their style. They play the game with both sides of the bat. One day they will spread Ukraine's unrealistic success on the battlefield and on next day say Russia suffers significant losses. Indians are not parties to this conflict, they are just making money. You have Indian private groups who engage in producing such shifty news analysis to get high viewing numbers, which brings in money. For that, they game both sides of the story. By projecting unrealistic Ukranian successes, they rope in western audiences. By projecting Russian successes next day, they get the crowd who believes the west instigated the war, and deserves the punch. But this analysis of the US projecting Ukranian successes unrealistically is correct.
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  413.  @farerolobos9382  Well written, explaining Russian patriotism is not exclusivist nationalism.
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  414. More shock and awe before Ukraine's offensive.
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  415. The DW analysis is a bit shallow. Russia has single handedly ended the 'rules based international order' which the west knitted to benefit itself and which it flouted when inconvenient. Russia's steps to cut energy to Europe is de-industrialising Germany and Europe. Russia has triggered de-dollarisation. In the long run, that will reduce the value of the dollar, and with that comes the end of US hegemony. Iraq was invaded because Saddam sold oil in euros instead of dollars. The rest of the world is seeking alternatives to the western banking system. Now Russia is selling oil to India without dollars. Russia is selling oil in yuan to China. So is Iran. Saudis are thinking of selling oil to China in yuan. If two countries are trading and the US is not involved, then there is no need to use dollars. These two key points were not discussed. Thank you Russia for ending the western manipulated world order !
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  416. You are a western propagandist, you have appeared before !
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  417. Ukraine will be joining Russia, so forget about joining the west.
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  418.  @garyhoward4064  BoJo regards Zelensky as the new Churchill of the British.
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  419. Now you do not have Indian army to fight for you.
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  420. He was forced to reject peace by his paymasters.
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  421. Reminded me of who did Nordstream ....
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  422. Your fears have good cause. Russia will take Bakhmut like they took Mariopol. After Mariopol was lost, the Ukranians and the west said it was of no use.
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  423. 'We're British and we told you about the EU, it us a sclerosis, ramshackle, decaying bureaucracy, and NATO is an out of date and dangerous security arrangement.' You may be right on the first part on the EU. But on the second part, Britain wants to be in NATO, and thinks it is the leader of NATO. The Daily Telegraph wrote an article saying if the US does not want to lead NATO, Britain should lead it. Britain sees NATO as a tool for western hegemony.
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  424. Who told you Russia is unwilling to use nuclear weapons on Ukraine ? It is not using it because it believes it can attain its objectives without using it. If Russia used a nuclear weapon on Ukraine, no one in NATO will go for an attack on Russia. Why would the Americans agree to have their cities incinerated ? Kissinger said long ago that the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany and Europe. The situation has not changed. The Americans would not sacrifice themselves for Ukranians.
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  425.  @gooseypig84  The Jew Victora Nuland, the architect of the Ukrainian coup in 2014 also needs to be prosecuted.
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  426.  @_Twink  'if countries committed to a little more up front, costing a lot less down the line.' Don't come out with 'if only...' when defeated. You are defeated, you should never have pushed Ukraine to fight Russia. You should have encouraged them to stay neutral.
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  427.  @Alexandrinka  You destroy Russia's prosperity by constantly waging war against it.
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  428. Putin is nailing Europe in more than one way !
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  429. He says that it is not possible for Ukraine to push back the Russians except in a minor way. But when asked 'Can Ukraine win ?', he says 'yes, it can' ! It is contradictory and is typical of the western position - trying to save face due to false pride. They know Ukraine cannot win but they don't want to admit it publicly.
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  430. Ask what the Brits did in India. Jalianwala Bagh massacre. Cutting off the fingers of the muslin weavers of Dhaka who wove better muslin cloth than British textiles. Killing 100,000 Indians when they 'mutineed' against their expropriation of Indian wealth. Or what the British did in Kenya. But what Clarke expresses is the typical colonialist British self image - we follow rules based order, we define what is terrorism as per our convenience. The German have had atone for their criminality. The British never did that.
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  431. I died laughing. Emil's presentation of geopolitics is humorous yet very serious. All this could have been averted if Russia was given a security guarantee so the war did not start. Now when the French say give Russia a security guarantee , it means the war is lost for the west and so sense has dawned. 'We may not like Russia's behaviour', but we have to concede it won ! But now, any negotiations will have to be on Russian terms. The lion will dictate after the kill.
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  432. Well the expected news is out in the BBC. But they proudly say all 4 Ukranians survived. They will now march towards the Azov Sea on foot. As for Challengers not being destroyed in Iraq, that did not make them special. They were against much weaker opposition. Now, we shall see what they are up against. I suspect they will meet the same fate as the Leopards. And the Abrams will follow.
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  433. Brits are following BoJo who told them in his departure speech to stick with US and Ukraine.
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  434. Leyen complains China is not neutral. Germany and EU are not neutral either. Then who is she to complain others should be neutral ?
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  435. One last ditch effort before facing the reality of unconditional surrender terms.
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  436. Russia will take Pokrovsk. Keep Ukraine pinned in Kursk, and take advantage in Donbass. Novohrovoskaya fell in 3 days, and the city was intact. The Ukrainians did not have the resources to fight. Earlier, such cities used to take months to take, and the the city had to be battered to a ruin. The writing is on the wall.
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  437. Zelenksy told us 2 months ago that Russia had ammo only for 3 days. Western media was also saying similar. Who is striking Odessa then ? Is NATO arming the Russians ? Or the Ukranians doing it themselves ?
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  438. I note the change in tone of the DW reporter. We hear less about Ukranian victory. There is still the customary reference to Ukranian resilience, but now there is a question posed about how long the Ukranians can put up with the misery.
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  439. NATO said Ukraine had 98% for its 2023 offensive. It failed. Nobody is going to waste more money.
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  440.  @NewBeginnings413  Churchill and FDR had help from Stalin without whom Europe would never have escaped Nazism, but that was all fair game for you.
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  441.  @JJ03330  Actually, his written articles for Sky are more objective. Probably read by fewer. For viewers, he needs to reassure the Russians are losing. And when they took Bakhmut, Bell said it is of no strategic value and it is only a Phyrric victory.
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  442.  @carlosr944  Afghanistan. Overthrowing governments including the one in Ukraine in 2014.
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  443. This is the price for fighting Russia. The EU and UK agreed for US led NATO expansion. No energy leads to high costs and prices = factory closures. Not only VW, but BASF. And they want to fight China for the US.
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  444.  @robertfrancis7767  Cannot totally blame Ukraine - the US is also to blame for Ukraine's plight. The US encouraged Ukraine to fight, and when peace was negotiated in Turkey, UK and US urged Ukraine to fight on as victory was within reach. Ukraine is also to blame - for agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US.
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  445.  @jensstergard9380  The Ukrainian army has lost, the counter offensive was a flop, western equipment was useless, there were no game changers. The Russians minced the Ukranian army that was trained by the west for the counter offensive. Ukraine is not getting back the oblasts it lost and more will go. The west cannot afford to maintain Ukraine and does not have the guts to go and fight. By now, you should know who is mighty, Russia or NATO.
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  446. The Ukranians did not have to provoke the Russians and agree to fight a proxy war for the Americans.
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  447. Your solutions are long term. Before that, you must stay alive before the solutions come into play. No one stays alive who fights Russia.
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  448. Cragg is completely unprofessional expressing his personal dislikes of Trump and Musk.
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  449. Britain exports misery - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Palestine....So what is your point ?
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  450. Did Zelensky not say this amount is only a 1/4 of his needs ?
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  451. So you declared Ukranians are Europeans - as if Europeans are special. The Europeans have fought the most barbaric and uncivilised wars.
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  452. And the wars that led to the refugees were not created by Germany, but by US and UK. Letting in refugees was one of the few decent things she did.
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  453. The current situation does not fit the desired western narrative, so they have to go with side stories.
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  454. The US wants Turkey in NATO. It has the second largest army that can fight. Out of NATO, it will side with Russia and the west will face pressure from the east and south. So it is not going to happen. There is no mechanism to expel anyone. Instead, you need to tell Sweden and Finland not to back terrorists.
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  455. Very probing Emil, on the kosher coincidence ! Sneaky is the correct word. It is good you brought it out, as I did not know.
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  456. Russia is investing all to thwart our counter offensive - surprise, surprise ! We expected them to run away. It is like Goebbels complaining after the defeat in Stalingrad that the enemy used devious tactics.
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  457. If Ukraine was not going to allow Americans the opportunity to put missiles targeting Russia, there would be no war. But with US and EU incitement, Ukranians got carried away with Russophobia. They thought they had become European and therefore entitled to Russophobia.
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  458.  @oceanwave4502  What worried you about immigration ? The war refugees from the wars you created or joined in; or your practice of creating wars to grab the resources of other countries which brought the refugees from Syria, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and even more Ukrainians ?
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  459. The correspondent obviously supports Israel and is trying to put on a brave face, he says only a small percent of missiles hit.
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  460. Impressed by African leaders ! They are ready to tell America it is their sovereign right to do business with whoever they think is right.
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  461. What happened to the 2023 counter offensive which the US and its almighty vassal promoted ? Why would this be different ?
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  462. It is the same joker who said Russia is running out of missiles in 2022. But the British have others like him (Sean Bell is another one), go and see Times Radio, there are many of his type. Clarke gives a choice of F16 going down due to pilot error or friendly fire. He has to hold himself from saying the obvious : Russian fire !
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  463. Latvia was one of the countries speaking like it is a superpower. Now, it is frightened like Poland.
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  464.  @ricardotate3392  Putin seems to be making the west shake. Finland and Sweden have run for cover even though Putin did not mention them.
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  465.  @itspeekaboo  Ukraine being governed by Russia is the better option. No more Ukro Nazis and US meddling.
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  466. 'Nato summit: Allies refuse to give Ukraine timeframe on joining' It is the US that decided that Ukraine cannot join NATO in 2023 and there should be no time frame for joining. The rest of the Allies have no say. In 2008, Merkel and Sarkozy opposed Ukraine in NATO as they feared it would lead to war; but Bush twisted their arms. In 2014, the US staged the Euromaidan coup that brought various groups including Ukro Nazis (Right Sector and Azov Batallion) into power. The neocon Jewess Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowds distributing sweets (what were they doing there ?). The 2014 US implanted govt. of Poroshenko immediately announced that Ukraine would seek to join NATO - the key goal of the US was to have missile and naval bases in Ukraine to contain Russia by blocking its access to the Black Sea. So why has the US decided that Ukraine cannot join NATO in 2023 and there should be no time frame for joining ? Biden said it is because Ukraine does not meet democratic norms and standards for low corruption. Says the country that engineered a coup to over throw the previous democratically elected leader, and whose current President's family (Hunter Biden) benefited from Ukrainian corruption ! But that is not the reason US decided that Ukraine cannot join NATO in 2023 and there should be no time frame for joining. The reason is if Ukraine joins, it will demand Article 5, and the US will have to send troops to Ukraine. In which case, the Russians will kill Americans on a scale higher than in Vietnam. The Americans are intrinsically cowardly and cannot take casualties. Recall their exodus from Iran, and Somalia, and Kabul 2 years ago. The US sent troops to Somalia to save the faction they favoured. All it took was for Somali fighters using RPGs to shoot down 3 Black Hawks and kill 20 Americans - and Clinton withdrew. Imagine what the Russians will do to the Americans if they went into Ukraine. It is time for the Europeans to realise the Americans started the game of NATO expansion for their arms business, and the European elite went along, till it led to a fight with Russia. The war is now lost for the west. America does not want to fight Russia directly. They are happy to use a proxy to fight, but if the proxy fails, the US will slither away. That is the end of the Ukraine story.
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  467. The equipment and warplanes are not available, so their needs cannot be met. The war is lost and the west should not have incited Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  468.  @ChiefsFanInSC  Your type said the same about Mariopol. Russia took time because the Ukro Nazis were entrenched there, but they smoked them out in the end, and the Azov Batallion surrendered. Russia will take Bakhmut. Ukranians are being slaughtered there.
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  469. 'We will see more atrocities carried out by Russia in Ukraine', says the country who instigated the Ukranian coup in 2014, encouraged neo Nazis and Russophobes, and gave them training, and thereby created the war.
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  470.  @hailarwotanaz5848  So Mariopol was a defeat for Russia, because it took 3 months ? Your desire for defeat of Russiai overtakes your senses and makes you delusional. The fact is Russia now has twice the land compared with 2014, and this time they have got the industrial part and the coastal belt. The rest of Ukraine will be strangled economically.
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  471.  @contrarian604  Russia is very much part of the nuclear fuel supply chain. There is no way of getting away from Russia.
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  472. The Heroes of Ukraine are surrendering. The game is over. And the west is ditching them.
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  473.  @terencechaiwat6750  The US economy is 70% services. It supplies Facebook, Netflix, financial services etc. It does not help to heat the home.
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  474. Ukraine does not want a frozen conflict. Russia agrees.
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  475.  @everready800  He is using the language (Putin continues to use energy as a weapon) needed to deflect the blame for western foolishness on to the opponent. Most westerners think Putin is the problem, and not their own leaders with their NATO expansion.
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  476.  @realitycheck1086  'Bakhmut has not been occupied by Russians' narrative again. They ran the same narrative in Soledar - for some time. The cover will continue for some time, as they make a song and dance of the counter offensive.
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  477. Israelis gave Palestinians no choice after running an apartheid bantustan. Why can't you see that ?
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  478.  @Dubjaxfilms  Have the British declared they have sent their army to Kursk ? If not, he is a terrorist. Get it ?
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  479. Sean Bell is a typical propagandist. He said 4 weeks ago that the first 72 hours are critical for Ukraine's counter offensive. He said they have to punch through the 3 defensive layers and follow up with a blitz krieg. Otherwise, he said it will lead to an attritional war which favours Russia. The Ukranians could not punch through the Russian lines, they did not even reach the first Russian line, and the Russians killed the wretched Ukranians and their Bradleys and Leopards. Now Bell says he knew all along that the Ukranian counter offensive will develop slowly ! Here this joker says Ukraine will wrest the nuclear power plant from the Russians - as if that is a foregone conclusion. The importance is not that the plant supplies electricity to Crimea, it produces 25% Ukraine's electricity. Russia is controlling it to reinforce Ukraine's power shortage. The Ukranians and their western sponsors have lost the war, they cannot dislodge the Russians.
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  480. Ukraine was allowed to fight but it lost. And the US is going to walk away.
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  481. It is 40% cut in power, not a 1/3. The west need to cut these emotive and selective clips. The common Ukranians are in no position to think out what is the best solution. The western reporter poses the dumb question asking whether the Ukranians think due to the power cuts, they would like the war to end. Obviously, they will put on a brave face to a foreigner and say they would like to fight on. The western reporter asks the questions to elicit answers that reinforces his own prejudice that Russia is wrong and the west is right. That is the typical output of western media - to avoid culpability of what the west did to land Ukraine in trouble with NATO expansion. Make a video saying Ukranians are angry with Russians, and are thankful to us. The reality is Ukraine's freedom is not in their hands : it is a proxy caught between the west and Russia. The questions to be asked are : Are the Ukranians in a better position after the US sponsored coup in 2014, than in 1991 ? No. Are the Ukranians in a good position due the US's desire for NATO expansion ? No. Can the Ukranians defeat Russia ? No. Can Ukraine survive one day without western money and military aid ? No. Is the US in a position to provide limitless money ? No ? What happens when the US starts to cut the aid ? Ukraine has to accept reality and realise it cannot team up with the west and defeat Russia, and it has to negotiate.
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  482.  @JohnSmith-ux3tt  So why does not NATO send troops to Ukraine ? The observer will conclude the richest and most powerful military alliance is afraid. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  483. India will be forever a country with a bright future that never arrives.
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  484. 'Russia, with an economy the size of Spain's. ' This is a fallacy and simplistic way of looking at things. One needs to compare Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) when one compares the economy of different countries. When analysed this way, Russia's economy is comparable to Germany. Further, the Russian economy is largely self sufficient - unlike that of any small country. It has plenty of land, water, energy, it is the biggest supplied of wheat, metals and alloys. No European country has all these. Energy is critical; as Gazprom CEO said, it is more valuable than currency. If you have euros and dollars and you cannot buy energy, it is no use. Russians will not be freezing this winter. Zelensky is pleading to end the war before winter. Russia's manufacturing is in Russia. The US economy is 70% services. People can do without Facebook, but not energy. Other factors also come into play. Russia is very strong militarily, since the USSR days. There is no one in Europe that can remotely compare. It has incredible full-spectrum military technology. It has army, airforce, navy, it is capable of knocking out satellites, it is an expert at cyber warfare. The Russians now understand how to wage economic warfare (which the USSR did not know). Besides using energy, Russia has taken steps for non-dollar trade. They realise that the creation of a non-dollar trade system undermines the dollar in the long run, and with that, US economic and military strength, and EU also is reduced as it follows the US. I hope the above explains the mystery of how Russia is able to hit the west if they trouble it, and why it does not flinch. Russia is not what is painted by the west.
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  485. Nauseating for you because Hijab reduced Piers to stuttering after he exposed Piers hypocrisy. Not used to that in the west, are you ?
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  486. Zelensky is a very sorry wreck, just like Ukraine. In 2022, Zelensky was feted as Mr. Churchill and got standing ovations in western parliaments. He stood for democracy, and righteous western values. But by 2023, in the NATO summit in Vilnius, he started getting the cold shoulder. The British told him to show gratitude and not whinge, and Biden told him Ukraine cannot enter NATO, that magical universe Ukrainians are dying for. The 2023 counter offensive flopped, the Ukrainians could not cross even the first defence in the Surovikin line. In 2024, Zelensky was touring the west with a victory plan. Now for 2025, he seeks a negotiated settlement. He had a chance for that in Dec. 2021, he could have agreed on neutrality and avoided the war. In 2022, Ukraine reached a negotiated settlement with Russia but Biden and Boris Johnson ordered him to scrap it. Zelensky passed a law against negotiations as long as Putin is alive. Now Zelensky wants a negotiated settlement because he sees that Trump will order him to do so. Ukraine is not a free country. It died for imaginary western values. The shameless Americans will move on to their next war, and the useless Europeans will go with them.
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  487. Russia said there were NATO instructors having food there. Hence, legitimate target. The Ukranians should not host them in civilian places.
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  488. Why is your heart not broken for what Palestinians endured under Israeli occupation ?
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  489. Send your troops to Ukraine first. You fellows are not ready to die for them, so I don't believe you are ready to die for the miserable Jews.
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  490. A true American who pushes others under the bus and leaves.
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  491.  @4TwentyFour20 Ukraine's territory is what Russia gave it. Ukranians started misbehaving since 2014, and Russia decided to take back its territory.
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  492. Emil, you are very perceptive. I remember the Sakahsvili episode. That is the modus operandi of American neo colonialism (learnt from the Brits who are the masters). The US has done the same in many Latin American countries, Pakistan etc., and implanted their dependents. They tried in Turkey. They educate and groom people from developing countries and support them to go back home and get power. They are supported till they become useless or become a headache, and are then discarded. The same has happened in Ukraine. Under the neocon Victoria Nuland, the US spent $ 5 billion to stage the coup in Ukraine and bring a pro-American govt.. The Ukranians sold themselves to the highest bidder. US support will be there for Ukraine and Zelensky but they will be ditched if it is too costly and they see Ukraine cannot win. If the money the US expends on Ukraine does not bring a return, Zelensky will be discarded.
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  493. Cragg does not boost our morale anymore with tales of Ukrainian resilience. Zelensky fired his air marshall, when is your channel firing Cragg ?
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  494. I was waiting for him to say the first overnight attack on Kiev in nearly two weeks shows how desperate the Russians are after having gained nothing in 2023 (Bakhmut was only a Pyrrhic victory).
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  495. This was long overdue. Russia could have done all this at the start. Ukraine behaved like a child and tried the super power's patience.
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  496. The Russia-Africa summit is causing burning in some quarters ! Many countries admire Russia.
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  497. Russia is not going to accept NATO guarantee and Article 5 for rest of Ukraine either. Only demilitarisation will do - in addition to ceding land.
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  498. It is too late for Ukraine. The goose is cooked.
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  499. 'Can we finally stop calling this "a deal". Yes, the actual state is Russia defeated Ukraine and the collective west. The US was the main instigator, the other western countries were cheer leaders. But as the US concedes defeat, Ukraine has to accept. Ukraine also has to accept it was foolish to trust the US.
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  500. What did US and Britain do in WW 2 ? Firebombing and nuclear bombs. Russia has done nothing comparable. If you incite Ukraine to fight Russia, why do you think Ukraine won't have consequences ?
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  501. There are pictures of Rumsfeld with Saddam.
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  502. So now that Russia is advancing, when can we expect French troops ?
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  503. I remember at the start of the war, western experts were claiming with glee that Russia had not achieved air superiority (unlike the west in Iraq) and this showed their incapability. Now we are hearing from Zelensky Russia has air superiority, and can watch what is happening all over Ukraine and target from the air. Russia is showing what combined attack means - with drones, helicopters, artillery, navy, missiles, hypersonic missiles....The west has no experience in this, but is telling Ukraine what to do. The west feels NATO has a superior fighting force based on fighting Iraq and Afghanistan, who did not have counter weapons.
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  504.  @fjellyo3261  Ukraine has neither mass nor class.
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  505. It is really difficult, says Zelensky. Well what did you think would happen after attacking the Crimean bridge ? What did the US do against Germany and Japan ? They firebombed German cities and nuked two Japanese cities. They could not remember Geneva conventions. The defence given is that it brought the war to an end quickly. In contrast, Russia has only attacked the power grid and not fire bombed or nuked Kiev. It too is speeding up the end of the war, so westerners need to cease moralising and support them. At some stage the Banderists and their handlers will realise they cannot defeat Russia, then they will seek peace.
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  506.  @wormcatman8652  Ukraine has not lost ? Is that why the US and EU are cutting off the money - because Ukraine has done a good job and won ?
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  507. The caller is correct how ? Ukraine fought a proxy war for the US and the west and lost. The US wants to bale out. The Europeans do not have the power. The terms will be set by the winner. Ali understands this. Why don't you ?
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  508. NATO does not have instructors in Ukraine ? Come on, why is Sky lying ?
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  509. It is best for countries to get out of US aid to escape from vassaldom.
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  510. There is nothing surprising that Zelensky is willing to consider ceding land - he has been ordered by its handler to do so, or else Ukraine will be on its own.
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  511.  @silverbowftw5225  European rivalry is too great and every one is nationalistic and out for himself.
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  512. The German embassy in central Kiev was hit, and the US has advised its embassy staff to leave. If the air strikes do not stop western weapons, then Ukranians cannot complain if its cities are levelled.
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  513. Russia should go round the west. Concentrate on creating a non-dollar system of trade. It is a long term game. Create an alternative to Swift, use yuan, or other national currencies, expand trade foot print to Gulf states and Africa and Latin America.
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  514.  @JoanneLeon  Russia's aim was not land. Ukraine could have avoided loss of Crimea if it had not angled for joining NATO after the US instigated coup of 2014. It would not have lost Donbass if it had implemented Minsk accord and agreed in Dec. 2021 to revert to the neutrality it promised in its Declaration of Independence in 1991. It had the option thus to avoid war and retain its integrity. But with US support, it thought it could defeat Russia. It has not worked out. Ukraine does not have the military strength to defeat Russia, and NATO is scared to come and die for Ukraine. Those who are afraid to die cannot win. The land was conquered to remove the Kiev regime. What Russia sought originally was Ukrainian neutrality. Ukrainains played hard ball and lost, and now cannot complain. Ukraine's cowardly supporters do not want to fight. Hence, what Russia conquers will belong to it. Certainly, Russia is not going to relinquish now the Russian areas like Donbass and Odessa (when it takes it). You need to come to terms with reality.
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  515. Awesome Russia !
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  516. Russia has the good cards, Ukraine is getting landlocked rump dependent on EU aid.
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  517.  @JunkerOnDrums  Then why is the west trembling about Russia ? It is you who does not have the energy. Russia is able to sell its energy to others. You buy Russian oil through India and pay more.
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  518.  @BarbaryLion85  When Ukraine was given independence, their declaration of independence said they would be a neutral country and not join any military alliance. Otherwise, Russia would not have agreed. After the 2014 coup instigated by the Americans, Ukraine changed its constitution and made NATO entry an objective. They reneged on an agreement, thereby violating the international rule of law. Ukraine was egged on by the US to join NATO so that it could sell arms and put missiles targeting Russia which is an existential threat. Therefore Russia stepped into correct the situation. The Ukranians have cheated on its obligations to Russia. The turn of events shows it is basically a failed country that should not have been given independence. The people are not capable of self rule.
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  519. I don't think Sunak or a joker like BoJo could have handled it like Sir Keir.
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  520. And which fascist are you counting on to take over ?
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  521. If Ukraine's air defences shot all of the 31 missiles, why is Ukraine begging for more air defences ? There is no need to give more money to these scroungers.
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  522. EU leaders are horrified that they will be defeated and peace will come.
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  523.  @arthurtane6505  America left its first world military infrastructure and ran away from Taliban. Was it the quality of the equipment or the usual American cowardice ?
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  524. When have losers admitted they lost ? They will try to persuade themselves it is a stalemate.
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  525.  @strigoiu13  Source Qatari minister. It is obvious LNG costs more : the gas has to be liquified and refrigerated, it has to be stored in cryogenic containers, put on ships, unloaded and stored again. Closure of German industries : BASF shut some plants and relocated to US or China; Volkswagen is shutting down. Don't you know this, numskull ?
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  526.  @md.fakharuddin4848  They will come back for Kharkov and Kherson.
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  527.  @Dragonfly657  Very good policy. Why not ? The EU is racist. It would not let Turkey into the EU, but will let in Ukraine because according to Ursula von Leyen, Ukranians are part of the European family. So Turkey has no obligations to the EU. It keeps flights to Moscow open and does not take part in sanctions.
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  528. It is amusing to read the western spin on Bakhmut as it slips away. He says it is of no strategic important, limited military importance, but it is important because of Kremlin infighting between Wagner and Russian army ! And Ukraine take care of soldiers, Russians do not care, they are just relentless !
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  529. Poland has been talking like a superpower. It should welcome this opportunity.
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  530.  @garethrobinson2275  Indeed, all weapons are not being used. Russia has not used the most severe, it has plenty of room to escalate.
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  531. But he still says Russians are only inching forward. We should not exaggerate, he adds. But gone are the days when he used to conclude with Ukrainian resilience. Don't hear him say that these days.
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  532. What does he mean that Putin has not been able to adapt to the situation (and negotiate) ? Why is it all of a sudden the Americans and Europeans are asking Russia to negotiate ? For 3 years, they did not want to speak to Russia.
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  533. The mainstream media had been telling us that Putin had a hand tremor, and he was dying with cancer.
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  534.  @mercedeswolf9473  Which is more likely ? Who is begging for weapons ? Who is being bombed to a pre-industrial age, who is going to be abandoned ? What is the point of being delusional ?
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  535. He was smug when he said Ukraine is fighting a proxy war for the west.
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  536. The US may be arranging to tell Zelensky to negotiate and have a life afterwards in Florida.
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  537.  @ax.f-1256  In the first month, Zelensky said Russia had ammo only for 3 days. What happened ? Ukraine lost 20% of its land, and more is going.
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  538. When there was a showdown between Palestinians and Israel, Zelensky said Palestinians are the agressors and Israel which has taken their land, is the victim ! By the same logic, Ukraine is the aggressor and Russia is the victim.
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  539. It looks like Lithuania feels suicidal. It is behaving like Ukraine and is lining up for the next beating. It is a signal for Russia to take back the Baltics. It was a mistake for Russia to give these states independence. As for Russia's threat being bluster, the Ukranians thought the same. They thought they could indulge in Russophobia, hiding behind the US's skirt. But they are learning a lesson.
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  540. Kiev is still disputing Bakhmut was taken.
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  541.  @JamesMacPh  Ukraine was given independence in 1991 peacefully. It was under the understanding that Ukraine would be a neutral state and not join any military alliance against Russia. In 2014, Ukraine decided to renege unilaterally on the commitment it gave Russia, by seeking to join an anti-Russian military alliance. It gave biolabs to the US and sought to give military and naval bases. It fostered a Nazi style Ukranian nationalism. Hence, due to its misbehaviour Ukraine's independence is terminated. Russia's stand now is unconditional surrender of Nazi Ukraine (like Nazi Germany), or it ceases to exist as a state. There is no other choice. When a peace settlement was negotiated 2 months of the war in Turkey, it listened to BoJo and Biden's orders to fight on. Ukraine was given independence, it chose to become a vassal of the US. It has no one but itself to blame for its end.
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  542. Sunak has to say it to survive. He is not winning the next election, but even to limp to the next election, he needs to swear fealty to the Jew.
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  543.  @geoffsimpkins7650  Your democrats were begging authoritarian Qatar to give LNG at capped prices, on your terms. Why don't you boycott their LNG ?
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  544. What is the point of support after defeat ?
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  545. The Palestinians come across as more normal than the Israelis.
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  546. Caste is the bedrock of Hinduism.
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  547.  @Triple_J.1  Russia is not interested in negotiating. You have lost the war.
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  548. Why does Poland go out of its way to show Russophobia, and then when Russia sends one hundred musicians, you start howling ?
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  549. Murray speaks with a posh accent, so no backlash.
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  550. You can tell from the resigned tone of the Ukranian soldier that Bakhmut will fall. He complains the Russians are sending waves and waves of people. That is exactly what the German Nazi soldiers complained about the Red Army ! No more talk about how Russian soldiers are low on morale. Russia did the same in Mariopol. They beat the Ukro Nazis into submission. Once the Russians make up their mind, they go after it.
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  551. But you can blackmail others with your currency and seizure of assets. Hence, others are also serious about ending dependency on dollar and euro.
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  552. Poland has been itching to fight Russia and soon they might get it. They feel the US is on its side, so they can fight Russia. Ukraine also felt the same way. The Poles are also dicing with their country. Like the US has started the process of ditching Ukraine, they will ditch Poland.
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  553. In the NATO summit in Vilnius in July 2023, the US told Ukraine it cannot join NATO and there is no road map. It would have been better if the US told Ukraine in Dec 2022 that it will not enter NATO. Then there would have been no war and so many graves. It is time the Ukranians realised the cause for their misery is the US.
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  554.  @nicke0b  The west has run out of how to escalate. Russia has the upper hand, the US is looking for a way out.
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  555. At least the Ukranian at 0:55 says Ukraine should negotiate. They now understand that they cannot win.
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  556. Cragg says the summit was a success because Zelensky said so. The 50 nations are the usual ones, and they have got people like Kenya which the west is building as their outpost in Africa.
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  557. 'I think over 150 or 200 million people came out of poverty in India since 2014.' 300-400 million were lifted out of poverty in the period 2003 to 2014 by Singh and Chidambaram. Modi is living off that. During Modi's period, there was no job creation, and Indian economy sank by 2.5% of GDP after by demonetisation. Covid was handled badly, and hospitals did not have oxygen, and people were cremated on streets and bodies were floating on the Ganges - it was the worst record in the world. Modi has created a couple of oligarchs, Ambani and Adani, and concentrated wealth in their hands, and they fund his election. It is crony capitalism. Where did you get your statement from ? You are taken in by Modi and Indian media's projections that India has become some sort of Hindu superpower. Modi's appeal is to Hindus who regard him as a Hindu god. He shows off his Hinduness and that is the basis of his appeal, nothing more. If Modi has done so much development, why does his party organise attacks against minorities at election time ? If he was confident of what he has done, he will be able to win elections on development alone. India aspires to be a great power like China, Russia, the US. But it cannot be. I have visited India and it is like a giant slum. I asked a Modi supporter, a Hindu in the north, what Modi has achieved that improved his life. He said 'nothing', but for us, he is the first Hindu king in 1000 years.
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  558.  @kihara4244  Then why is Zelensky howling, and NATO is having emergency meeting to discuss the Hazel missile.
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  559. True leadership is acting for an impressionable western audience like you.
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  560. These are the people who told us Russia was fighting with shovels in Bakhmut !
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  561.  @TapiKoks  Ukraine's indpendence was on condition it gave back the nuclear weapons and accepted neutrality. Ukraine is not free to unilaterally flout the second part. Hence, it got a beating it will remember if it survives.
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  562. 'The war will end when Russia withdraws its' military forces from the Ukraine homeland' That will not happen. The Russians have the upper hand. The answer is wrong. The war will end when the US decides it is war in Ukraine is not profitable (when costs outweigh profits) . For Russia, it is a security issue. For the US, it is question of when profits become losses. Remember there is an economic war being waged and the west is on the back foot on that as well with inflation and de-dollarisation moves.
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  563. The tribe of Zelenksy, Zaluzhny, Victoria Nuland, Blinken...
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  564.  @eastcorkcheeses6448  You do not have the tools to give Ukraine in sufficient quantities, whereas Russia has the equipment and manpower. You should have known this and not incited Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  565. If you provoke the bear, it will claw you. Sweden sent trainers to Ukraine to impart knowhow in electronic warfare. Fifty of them were killed in a single Kinzhal strike on Poltava. No electronic warfare could stop the Kinzhal. That was the end of Swedish resistance. And you will recall Poltava is the place where Peter the Great defeated the Swedes and ended their power.
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  566. Russia will keep quiet and do what it has to do when it chooses. It never lets these things pass.
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  567.  @qili3899  'Surrender even Russia haven't occupied any major city of Ukraine?' Russia has taken 5 oblasts. And they are making Ukraine an unviable state dependent on EU aid. And if you think the British do not surrender like the French, why don't you send troops to Ukraine ?
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  568.  @thetruthsayer8347  NATO gets the message alright. They ran away from Afghanistan in the most cowardly manner from people with RPGs mounted on Toyota pick ups. Seeing that, Putin thought it is time to call NATO's bluff on expansion.
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  569.  @luisekjeldsen1515 What is your meaning ? Learn to write English.
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  570. NATO expansion was senseless.
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  571.  @kaspertube512  Zelensky is doing a great job, selling his country for US interests. And if you are from the US, you would love him.
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  572. Actually, none of the NATO soldiers can cope with hardship. When NATO ran away from Kabul, Americans ditched hundreds of millions of dollars of equipment, while the Germans flew back 2 planes of precious beer so that was not captured by the Taliban ! I was thinking that these people cannot fight without hundreds of crates of beer.
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  573. Ukraine ain't going to change the course of the war, with or without tanks. After Soledar, 3 roads to Bakhmut are cut, the fourth is about to be closed as the Russians close the pincer. Once Bakhmut falls, it is onwards to Kramtorsk and Sloviansk. Then Donbass is completed, and time to think of Odessa and Kiev.
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  574. What is the message in this video ? First he says, Russian missiles are not hitting targets. Then why is he saying this region and that region is without power ?
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  575.  @divermike8943  'Ramping up support for Ukraine is also vital for Europeans'. It is not vital. Besides, it is too late. Russia has defeated you, and you are not a united force. You never will be.
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  576. Ah yes, missile attacks is a sign Russia is losing militarily, and these attacks are not helping the military objective. And the Ukranians' air defence is steadily improving.
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  577.  @josefnagy1697  NATO will not be expanding to Ukraine. There will be no US bases in Ukraine. Russia has settled that for good. That was the objective, and Russia has won. It has shown Russia can overcome 30 weaklings + 1 superpower. It has shown NATO is spineless, as they did not dare send troops to Ukraine.
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  578. Ugly repulsive fellow.
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  579. 'I feel really surprised BBC can handle this interview in such a calm and professional manner which is unimaginable in the past three years. Maybe the effect of cutting off USAID?' Rosenberg fellow used to put on airs but he is timid here. The reason is Russia has defeated the collective west and European bluster will not work any longer, with US support gone. Russia will stamp on Kallas, von Leyen, Macron, Starmer and all the European elites that imagine they can fight Russia.
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  580. The fear in the heart of Palestinian children did not break your heart in two in the past. Are you a Jewish settler ?
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  581.  @brandycat8513  The US decides whether Ukraine can join NATO, and not the UK.
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  582.  @DavidGetling  It is a special operation to reduce Ukraine's size, strip away its industrial land, take the ports and make Ukraine landlocked. Further, it is to make sure NATO forces cannot step into Ukraine. These are achieved already.
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  583. NATO needs to be innovative and invite Russia also to the summit ! No solution is possible without Russia.
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  584.  @lowersaxon  So why was Iraq invaded instead ?.....
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  585. Main thrust means we shall see more Leopards, Challengers, Bradleys burning.
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  586.  @bridgetmuruko4710  'War criminal' was decided by who ? Those who invaded Iraq and Afghanistan ?
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  587. Zelensky should have stayed with marketing. That would not have harmed his country so much.
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  588. 'The only way to impress Putin is to support Ukraine with everything we can produce.' That has all been tried and the collective west lost.
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  589.  @craigrheberling  Don't be pretentious about NATO being purely defensive. The US wanted Ukraine to join NATO, and ask Ukraine to evict Russia from Sevastapol in the Crimea. Sevastopol was the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet. The US desire was for Sevastopol to be the base for its Seventh Fleet, and shut off Russian access to the Black Sea. Russia could not allow that, so they took Crimea in 2014 as soon as the US staged a coup in Ukraine to put its govt. in place. Russia has no choice but to dismember Ukraine. Russia has shut Ukraine itself off from the Black Sea. That is how it is going to be. Ukraine will be shut off from the Black Sea, and Russia will not allow the west to foot in Ukraine again in the guise of reconstruction. Putin had said sooner or later Russia will have to fight US machinations in Ukraine. It is better to fight now, if Ukraine becomes NATO member, it will be more costly for Russia as it will have to fight a nuclear war to stop the US.
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  590.  @nigelgarrett7970  Winning looks like when you dictate terms : Russia says Ukraine has to surrender all remaining parts of 4 oblasts, and it cannot join NATO. That is Russia's entry point for negotiations. Russia is in a position to say this and act on it. If Ukraine does not agree to Russian terms, Russia will complete take over of Donbass and advance to the Dnieper and set sights in Odessa. In contrast, Ukraine and its handlers are not in a position to fight on. The west does not have the money and weapons, and Ukraine does not have the manpower. That is what losing looks like. Get it ?
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  591. 'My family and friends fought with the US in Iraq (twice) and Afghanistan. ' Why did they fight for the US ? If they had not done that, the US would respect you today. Since you fought for them, they naturally think you are expendable.
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  592.  @johnbui6530  'Russia is falling apart as we speak.' That is the wishful thinking born out of defeat.
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  593. I too thought G7 was childish. The jokes were lame. It shows they are pathetic.
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  594. The key reason for this economic and currency crisis is NATO expansion and confrontation with Russia. It triggered the energy crisis which then set off a chain of economic difficulties. Yet, they are enthusiastic about spending money on Ukraine. The government has the most ardent Ukraine supporters in the whole of Europe. Unbelievable.
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  595.  @attilaszekeres7435  ' he was all about territory gain' I remember the joker was talking about Ukraine winning due to Kursk.
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  596. Why are the British so insistent on striking Russia when the US is not ? Let us assume that Russia does strike UK with a Sarmat missile which can wipe out Britain with a single missile. What happens if Russia sinks a British ship and the US looks the other way ?
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  597. Stoltenberg has deduced that Russia is using winter as a weapon. This man is a military genius.
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  598.  @incurableromantic4006  Your country was not wrecked by immigration, you went and wrecked the maximum number of countries.
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  599. As usual. Russia keeps all the experts guessing !
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  600. Define what is European. Ask those who went from Europe to America and Australia to be resettled in Europe. Or shut up.
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  601. One Sarmat missile can finish Finland, if Finland messes with Russia.
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  602.  @KazimierzSurma  It is like the American health service. It is the most expensive, may have the best technology, but it does not serve the nation's healthcare requirements.
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  603.  @murrayflewelling1258  You are putting on a brave face to cover the pain of the coming Ukranian defeat in Bakhmut !
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  604.  @wolfgangwiesinger9502  'Europran countries have no intention to expand, people just want peace..... Hmm. So why did you invade Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan ? Liar.
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  605. The US is your reliable partner. Ask them to sell below the price cap.
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  606. You were telling us about Russian incompetence and lack of motivation. Now you are admitting Europe‘s incompetence. What happened ?
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  607.  @froglifes6829  You foolishly over estimated your capacity to wage military and economic war against Russia. You are now over estimating your capacity just to save your face. When NATO ran away from Afghanistan, you think this motley collection can fight Russia ? You need to have some spirit inside you, and none of you in NATO has it, least of all the Americans (Ukranians have some spirit, because they are part of the Russian family). Russia is poor and weak compared to Europe and USA - Afghanistan was poorer and weaker, but you had to run with your tails behind the legs to escape. Ukraine will be absorbed back to Russia. It was a mistake to give them independence, they have not shown the capability for self governance. Russia always plays it slow and smart, they are best chess players. They are not emotive like weak people like you.
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  608. Instead, Russia seems to be breaking up NATO.
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  609. Home will be Russia. Ukraine will be Russia, as it was originally.
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  610.  @vaska1999  Ukraine's foreign handlers will not allow Zelensky and Ukraine to sign a peace treaty with Russia.
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  611.  @raylopez99  Ukraine has the largest reserves of gas ? Who told you ? Anyhow, Ukraine is not a stable country, it is not going to be unless it gives up on NATO and signs a treaty on neutrality. The west will not have any access to that gas, if what you are saying is true.
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  612. Sir Putin is a master chess player. He is Russian. It is not he is too scared to reject Trump's proposals, he is too intelligent not to know a work around to get the best for his country.
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  613. You can console yourself but the Russian pilots were highly skilled to pull it off. The US cannot do anything about it.
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  614.  @Katoshi_Takagumi  Ukraine cannot bust those fortifications. It is wishful thinking. The Ukrainains have not done anything apart from lose equipment and manpower in their probing attacks. The counter offensive is not going anywhere and the Ukranians have said they are surprised by the Russian fortifications. Ukraine does not have the manpower or the artillery shells for sustained duels. The west will give some time, and after that the US will tell Ukraine to negotiate. The western economies have been hit hard, and they cannot sustain it.
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  615. Remember Russia also wanted to join NATO soon after ending of USSR - not realising that NATO was set up solely for anti-Russian activities.
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  616. Natalie is right - it is a dream that Ukraine will regain its sovereignty. It is not going to happen. The way for Ukraine to have preserved its sovereignty was to be neutral and stay away from US and NATO. However, Ukranians were too stupid to realise this. Hence, the time to preserve Ukraine's sovereignty is over. It can preserve partial sovereignty - if it negotiates. But now Russia will dictate the terms.
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  617.  @FromEurope  Lockheed has to gouge money first from the American tax payer with a few failures !
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  618. War can only end with Ukranian surrender.
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  619. In 2024, Putin had said to Tucker Carlson, why should we negotiate just because you have run out of weapons ? That applies whether it is Biden or Trump.
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  620. EU has surplus, it is going to connect Ukraine to its grid.
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  621. That will not save Lithuania from a beating when the bear comes to maul them. All the other flags will run away.
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  622.  @abrahamdozer6273  It was a killing zone for the Ukranians as well. They were killed in very large numbers.
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  623. The Ukranian lady still talks about not ceding an inch of land. Russia has no option but to press ahead with forcing unconditional surrender.
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  624. Hezb lost many missiles but the Israelis admitted yesterday a Hezbollah drone killed 4 IDF and injured 60. Daily there are drone and missile strikes evading the Iron Dome. What is going on, numskull ?
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  625. The Ukranian soldier says 'this is not a war you can win with a sword'. According to British intelligence, Russian soldiers won Bakhmut with shovels. So the Ukrainian should take inspiration.
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  626.  @sorinancuta3934  Nothing wrong in wanting cheap gas for his country. If Germany goes down, all the EU economies go down and production will be transferred to China.
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  627.  @stevengrice1807  When dealing with the west, he realised he needs the fist to back up. NATO expanded 5 times against his warning, for the 6th one, he threw his fist, Ukraine is paying the price for its Russophobia and neo Nazi groups, and NATO backed off fearing his fist.
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  628. Why should Iran warn the US and Israelis ?
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  629. Who is both sides ? Russia has, Ukraine does not.
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  630. The Ukranians are getting a taste of shock and awe. Still it has been mild. Russia has mostly struck power generation units.
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  631. The beggar is angry that he does not get what he wants.
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  632.  @SerenityMae11  The map shows Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, and made Ukraine landlocked. Russia may lose and take more. I am for it.
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  633. Wow !
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  634. Hindus have caste system, so you would not know about human rights.
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  635. ''We can't let them enter' says the Ukranian soldier (into Bakhmut). 'We can't let them enter, it will be too big a victory for them'. The reporter says capturing Bakhmut would open a key route to Kramotorsk and Sloviansk. Some time ago, British and western intelligence were saying that Bakhmut is small and irrelevant. They said they could not understand why Russia was expending so much. Now that the noose is tightening around Bakhmut, at last some reluctant admissions on its death are seeping out.
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  636. The Russians never announced any spring offensives, the west did it on their behalf. The west also predicted Russia would hit Ukraine on the first anniversary. That did not happen. However, the Russians hit many days later with a 80 missile barrage.
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  637. I read somewhere in the western media that Ukraine had entered Crimea for their independence day. That seemed odd and very dramatic considering I read the Ukranians were unable to reach even the first line of the Russian defence. It seems the entry into Crimea was a one day symbolic media invasion for their independence day. It is not in the media anymore.
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  638. Ukraine was promised 'no limits' support by the US, but the US is ditching Ukraine, so what is the point of blaming Xi when the problem is the US is untrustworthy ?
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  639.  @Roneck888  In business, often people pour money into a company that has been losing. But the losses continue but eventually someone takes the action to close the company. Likewise in such situations. It takes longer in political issues because of false pride and the inability to admit defeat. But eventually, the business factor acts here also. In the Afghan war, the US decided they could not afford the war - after 20 years. Someone took the action based on purely business terms - it was a waste of money when America has ageing infrastructure. Someone will realise that Ukraine cannot win, it is a waste of money, and the west cannot afford the energy crunch and the economic fallout. The false pride factor is because the west encouraged Ukraine with promise of NATO induction, and pronounced at the outset Putin cannot be allowed to stop it. Either Germany will stand up or if Americans feel the economic pinch, they might tone down their Ukraine support.
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  640. These drones are like the Kalashinikov AK 47. It performs in a war condition. Western weapons are not easy to use in a war situation. US weapons are like their healthcare system.
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  641.  @Piccyman1  US is also in NATO for what is in it for them. They made Europe dependent. Why don't you rage about that ?
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  642.  @Merica1776o  'Lately we haven’t been hiring our best with affirmative action and DEI. I’m guessing either the pilots or air traffic controllers were not qualified for the job.' So the US had no crashes and accidents before DEI ? When the spaceship Challenger blew up, there was no DEI. Boeing has gone down the drain because it is driven by profits and cost cutting to please shareholders and your type who hate DEI.
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  643. Only thousands ? Ukranian defence minister said he had raised 1 million army for Kherson offensive. Waiting for the results. Crimea will be back.
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  644. The anchor asks when will China end its bad behaviour. How about asking when the US will ends its bad behaviour, for example, the Iraq War. Keane talks about China seeking world domination. What has the US been doing for the last 70 years ? Incredible conceit !
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  645. Russians keep the west guessing and hoping ! That is their style. Ukraine and its handlers in contrast have been announcing imminent a Kherson offensive since June.
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  646. Glad to know it is only a PR stunt. It is only a beginning. Those Yasen submarines will be soon patrolling along both coasts equipped with hypersonic missiles. Reaction time is blinking time.
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  647. 'You need to finally understand that shelling Donbass (pro-Russian region) for 8 years and asking to join NATO is a BIG NO-NO for Russia that peacefully granted Ukraine its sovereignty and independence for the first time ever in 1991.' The conditions for Ukranian sovereignty was return the nukes, and agree to be neutral and not join any anti-Russian military alliance. Putin said he had no problem with Ukraine joining EU, but NATO was a problem. Ukraine backstabbed Russia.
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  648. Seems like Bakhmut will fall, it will take time like Mariopol but its goose is cooked, and the rest of Clarke's analysis is cover up for that. He is British after all.
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  649. Zelensky speaks to western parliaments and Davos. He is the west's poster boy, the cause celebre. The west feels mighty Russia has undermined its lofty existence. Zelensky has yet to speak to the Ukranian Parliament. It is closed and opposition leaders are arrested.
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  650. We have been hearing this for a long time, but somehow the Russians seem to be advancing. Ukranian morale is very high we are told. Then why is Zelensky begging to end the war before winter ?
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  651. The Iranians are lions. They kicked the US out 50 years ago and have never gone back on that. Contrast them with the Arabs and Europeans who are vassals of the US.
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  652. He laughs at Piers hypocritical outrage. The posters are selective, if the Jews had put up posters of Israeli and Palestinian children, it would be different. Otherwise, it is the usual Jewish manipulation and it must be torn down. The Jews commit atrocities and wail they are victims. Enough of that.
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  653. @urlauburlaub2222 Switzerland has survived for 500 years surrounded by powerful neighbours by being neutral. It is a model Ukraine can learn from. But it is too late for Ukraine. They do not have the sagacity of the Swiss.
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  654.  @bonnie7898  Did you have the same outrage over western murder in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Australian part in it ? You would have smugly supporter those.
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  655. As usual, DW says Russia fired missiles it is not supposed to have, and the Ukranians shot most of them down, but some Ukranian buildings were destroyed by the debris of the missiles. That will happen with Patriot missiles as well.
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  656. The Latvian President says war is winnable - why does not Latvia send troops to Ukraine ? 'We shall support Ukraine for as long as it takes' has become 'we shall support Ukraine for how long as we can'.
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  657. Now that they are discussing future wars with Russia, at least it means they know this war is lost !
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  658. It is best for the west to give Zelensky asylum, and the Ukranians should sign unconditional surrender. The hotel will reopen - under Russia.
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  659. 'Zelensky hails ‘resilience’ of troops facing fierce assault in east Ukraine'. That means the prospects are dim. Soledar to fall.
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  660. What are fair odds ? You seek to win wars, using all your weapons.
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  661. 'Ukraine War: Is it unlikely Ukraine will achieve victory this year?' The meaning is Ukraine will be defeated ! But we cannot say it. We have to stick to the script. The analyst more ore less said Ukraine is under test by the west - it has to deliver progress in rolling back the Russians or else, the aid will be cut. The pressure is on Ukraine. And what is Ukraine's manpower status ? The best of its arms forces have been killed. The west is unable to supply Ukraine the shells. A few tanks will not make a difference.
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  662. They should have thought twice about inviting US and joining NATO. They have no country left as a result.
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  663.  @joakimhausswolff9728  The German Nazis also fooled themselves and did not realise the Red Army would come after them. Likewise the Ukro Nazis also felt safe thinking they had US protection. The Lithuanians feel the same way - till they get a beating.
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  664.  @4TwentyFour20  Poland talks like a superpower. If it crosses the limit and misbehaves, then Sir Putin will teach Poland a lesson. Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad till the Russians conveyed it will cancel its independence. Then Lithuania quietly climbed down.
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  665.  @jordanelder321  Was this the intelligence that said Sadaam's non-existent WDMs will hit London in 40 minutes ?
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  666. The war is lost, Ukraine has no choice but unconditional surrender.
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  667. And after training, many lie in the cemeteries in Ukraine. The media reported there is not enough cemetery space in Ukraine, the logical thing to do is give them cemetery space in the training ground.
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  668. Ukranians were warned not to attack Kerch bridge and Crimea. They continued to misbehave. They pay the price. Should not complain.
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  669.  @DmitriyK12  Ukraine was a mixed country with Russian speaking people, it should have a had a dual language policy. he policy you advocate is typical of countries that destroy themselves. Russia should never have given the Russian speaking areas to Ukraine. Crimea, Odessa etc. were attached to the Ukraine when it joined the Soviet Union by Lenin. Ukraine's sovereignty was conditional. It had to (1) return the nukes (2) agree to be neutral. From 2014, it started to violate (2), so Ukraine shall not exist. Get it ?
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  670. The cadets at the academy included Swedes. What were they doing there ? Cannot complain about it. The last time the Swedes were in Poltava was when Peter the Great defeated them there.
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  671. The Professor says Netanyahu is the sole problem. However, he used the same language as Netanyahu 'we are the most civilised....' before he was forced to admit apartheid. He tries to put on a brave face and says migration out of Israelis is a temporary problem.
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  672. Richard Haas, any American political analyst wrote an article saying we should 'reimagine victory' ! He says that Ukraine should cede Donbass and the west should bring the remainder of Ukraine into NATO and then try to get back the land with more sanctions !
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  673.  @FanEAW  The Russians can come back to Kiev later, it is not finished.
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  674. Well, Ukranians should not have indulged in Russophobia and Nazism and threatening Russia with NATO. Since Ukranians misbehaved, Russia will take back parts of Ukraine. Everything Ukraine has was built by the Soviet Union. Ukranians unfortunately became back stabbers, and so pay the price.
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  675. They have not even conquered Hamas.
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  676. Basically, the west cannot bear the thought of another power that is not under their foot. Formerly, it was USSR. Now Russia, and China to follow. But this time they are not going to have their way. Russia has the military strength of the USSR and the economic strength (a real eye opener). China has also military and economic power. Needless to say Russia + China cannot be crushed by the west.
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  677. Ukraine is on life support, it is only a matter of when it will die. That will be when the US decides it is too expensive and switches off the ventilator.
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  678.  @divumque  If Russia is a paper tiger (1) why did NATO not send troops to Ukraine (2) why did the US veto Ukraine entering NATO and (3) why did Sweden and Finland take fright and demand NATO entry ? NATO seems like chicken.
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  679. 1500 French troops will run back to France when the Wagner musicians appear.
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  680.  @anoh2689  The immigrants did not stop you from having children and calling them John. If in some British cities Mohammed is the most common name for kids, then they are normal, and you can learn from them to have families. So cut out the whingeing.
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  681. So why does not Britain and US send troops to Ukraine ?
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  682. Ukraine is being returned to the agriculture state as it was was before it joined the Soviet Union.
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  683.  @sarahbrown5073  I would not go as far as saying western leaders do not care for their cities being destroyed. But they do not care that much for the general public. The driving force for NATO expansion was the cynical greed of US arms firms like Lockheed, who lobbied with US politicians to make it a policy in 1997. The US made it NATO expansion their policy and expanded 5 times eastward against the advice of Russian experts in the west and against Russia's protests. Finally, they tried to induct Ukraine, and came up with a Russia that punched them in the face. The west is not in a position to fight a military war against Russia. However, they felt they could launch economic warfare because they controlled financial institutions. They did not factor that Russia could retaliate with economic warfare that affects the ordinary citizens of Europe. Now that has happened, the western leaders do not have the possibility to climb down from their declared objective to defeat Russia. They are caught in a dilemma : if the western leaders climb down, their public would say they are weak and say they got defeated; but if they continue fighting with Russia, the western public will face job losses and rising prices.
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  684. But these people have money to encourage war in Ukraine.
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  685. They have been saying that for some time. Somehow the Ukro Nazis want to hang on to it.
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  686. She's admitting defeat, but Ukraine's backers in UK and US are not.
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  687. He is a Brahmin and you must be one. Truth does not go with Brahmins, I am told.
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  688. It is possible there are pockets of resistance in Soledar, but it is not enough to change the overall result. It is difficult for Zelensky to acknowledge because after fall of Severodonetsk, he pledged no more cities will fall.
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  689.  @starrysafari  They have selective empathy.
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  690. Piers is a liar and shows the duplicity of the west.
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  691. Western weapons may be high on specs but they do not last on the battlefield conditions. The Kalashinkov is rugged and is the real war weapon.
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  692. Ukranians are Little Russians. They have the same endurance capacity as the Russians.
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  693. What is that you want to do PUBLICLY ? The west egged on Ukranians with Russophobia, but was too cowardly to intervene when Ukraine asked for a 'no fly zone'.
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  694. Which innocents ? The land grabbers ?
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  695. And why have the Challengers not come on show to demonstrate their combat effectiveness ?
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  696. I have noticed Crux is a devious Indian channel making pseudo political analysis with lurid music. One day it will make a video stating the Russians are losing, next day it will be Ukraine is gone. It is a vulture spouting unsubstantiated and sensationalist analysis. Crux's aim is to gain views and money, and sending contradictory messages helps with viewership.
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  697. Now the talk is about Ukraine's survival, not about Ukraine's victory. That is sure admission that the war is lost.
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  698.  @fdllicks  "how does a desperate , losing side act?" You are talking about the Ukranians right ? They are the losing side, losing daily more land and people and totally dependent on the US. Perhaps it was a typing mistake 'I imagine all these events repeating with Putin, 2025. we will see!' You meant to say Zelensky.
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  699. Has got to be a Jew.
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  700. It is heartbreaking, but you should have thought this would be the outcome before you went for NATO expansion.
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  701.  @thedeal86  I agree with your assessment of US and UK - 'Leaders are not stupid that's why uk and usa didn't engage in the first place. If they for a second thought they are stronger they would've jumped right away'. US and UK can go and fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, but they will not dare against Russia. They will sacrifice Ukraine.
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  702. So Iran is humiliated, and Israel has no need to retaliate ? What are those satellite images of buildings with holes in the roof at Nevatim airbase ? Israel should consider itself lucky that Iran gave warning in the first drone + missile strike, and the second strike targeted only military sites. So far Iran has not hit civilian targets, but that is coming.
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  703. The war is already lost, it is like giving a ventilator after the patient is unconscious.
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  704. You said two years ago he had a hand tremor and was dying of cancer. Zelensky even said he was dead and a duplicate was reigning. You jokers are hallucinating as reality of defeat is hard to bear.
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  705. Germany also cut its defence and Ukraine budget. Wear the Ukrainian flag on the lapel, give pious humbug about spending 2% of GDP, but the GDP is shrinking, so the cuts tell the reality : neither Germany, nor the UK, nor even the US can afford to fight Russia.
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  706. English fans will not wreck the city after their team loses.
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  707. Russia should be put into a position to force it to negotiate - that was tried for the last 3 years and the west got defeated. If the solution is not to negotiate because 'Putin cannot be trusted', then keep fighting. The US does not have the money to support Ukraine. The US should cut all money and arms to Ukraine - and leave it all to the Europeans. Then when the Europeans cannot support Ukraine, they will negotiate - on Russian terms.
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  708. When the counteroffensive fails, the US will distance itself and say Ukraine was not following NATO training manual.
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  709. Are they going to replace Zelensky with this alarm monger ?
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  710. What does Putin think of the 'coalition of the willing' ? First of all, with such an absurd name, it is clear the Europeans do not have the capacity to fight. Secondly, it is like creating a parallel organisation to NATO. When NATO itself does not have the courage and capability of fighting Russia, how can this parallel organisation do it ?
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  711. Putin had asked all those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. The 32 sheep did not take up the challenge and send troops to Ukraine !
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  712. It is very poor reporting when the reporter is biased and partisan. He hopes the morale of the Russian troops will be down and Ukraine will make a breakthrough ! That is how pathetic the western position is.
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  713.  @abrahamdozer6273  You are deliberately ignoring some facts in your calculation. A very relevant factor is that Ukrainians could only fire 1/10 of the shells as the Russians, as they are very short of ammo. This is acknowledged by the west and Ukraine. That is why Zelensky frets and begs the west and says he cannot launch a counter attack yet. If the Russians are firing 10x the shells, then it more than offsets the casualties an attacking army faces. In recent western reports on Bakhmut, the western media slyly says casualties are very high on BOTH sides. That does not go with your wishful thinking that the Ukrainians killed more Russians. Ukrainains are running out of ammunition, they will not be able to break through Russian lines (well fortified now), and all that will happen is the Ukranians will be killed. It is the last throw of the die for the Ukranians and the west. Defeat is written on the wall. The Ukro Nazis will be killed like the German Nazis.
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  714. Hijab went after Piers after he mischievously called him controversial. That was an attempt to tarnish the invitee before even starting. Hijab then responded to the bias and went after Piers' throat and made him stutter !
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  715. Actually, he should have said Latvia holds the key to confront China. Latvia is another Baltic state that believes it is a new superpower directing the world.
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  716. Immature joke. What Lavrov said is basically now Russia has the upper hand, if Ukraine and west do not accept Donbass is gone and negotiate, and think they can reverse the situation with Himars, Ukraine stands in danger of losing more and if Russia has more, it has no reason to negotiate.
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  717. Looks like Russia has got its acts together. Concentrate the firepower and take it bit by bit. Hit from the air even Lvov, Kiev from time to time.
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  718.  @dichebach  Of that $ 60 billion, only about 12 billion will reach Ukraine - according to your press. And what was the result of the $ 200 billion that you spent in 2023 for the counter offensive ? So what makes you think this will not be a waste ?
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  719. They will tell you that this is not the right time to say it. You are supposed to cry for Israelis. Talk about root cause later.
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  720. Yes, those people should realise the folly of fighting a proxy war for the US.
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  721. Cragg is not spouting anymore about the latest game changer, after the F16. The euphoria about the F16s lasted a few days. But disappeared after the first F16 was shot down. Now Cragg concludes the Ukrainians are feeling bitter to the west, for urging them to fight on, and deserting them. Cragg was one of the eggers, applauding Ukraine to fight on. But now the realisation comes that the west does not have the money and weapons, and they miscalculated about Russia. The west was wicked and the Ukrainians were dumb and wicked, they agreed to fight a proxy war against Russia for benefits from America.
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  722. Russia never declares they are going to do a summer offensive. The western press and Ukrainians say it. Russia keeps quiet, and does its business.
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  723. Kiev did not decide on Kursk, its handlers in the US and UK decided and advised them to do it, and gave all the support. As they saw that Ukraine could not hold on to Donbass, they told them to create this diversion to uphold western support and money flow. Just like they pressured them to do the 2023 counter offensive. The attack on Kursk is senseless militarily, as the Ukranian forces are thinned down even more and it is not sustainable.
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  724.  @BarbaryLion85  Why is the Azov Nazi Brigade embedding civilians with them ? Are they human shields ?
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  725. Britain has deep warmongering instinct. But it did not work out in Ukraine.
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  726.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  Your sanctions have only shot yourself. Your economies are not in a shape to aid Ukraine. This offensive is the last attempt, when it fails, the US will ask Ukraine to negotiate and move on.
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  727.  @petertwiss4215  'Russia has already lost!' Who is trying to reclaim territory, Russia or Ukraine ?
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  728. I must say Putin's riposte is matchless, and the G7 leaders look childish because of their feeble jokes. It looks like they wish they were macho themselves but know they are flabby. Putin is not only fit, he is very musical, he sings the great Russian anthem with gusto and plays the piano.
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  729.  @bazooka712  'That's why when people say that Russia attacked Ukraine to supposedly stop NATO expansion, I laugh, a lot.' The Ukrainians are no laughing a lot.
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  730.  @iFryTube  'USA shouldn't have to defend Ukraine because it's Europe.' The USA should not be creating coups and regime changes as in Ukraine, and running away when that project fails.
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  731.  @GPSniper1  Ukraine is lost, just get real. Forget about it, you do not have the capacity to fight Russia. Get it ?
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  732.  @wafudave6041  Then why is Ukraine demanding missile defence systems ?
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  733.  @hangender  My comment is related to what Hodges said about international rules based order. I am discussing what is in the video. Those who invaded Iraq and support Israel have no right to comment on Russia. Get it, numskull ? What is your comment about ?
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  734. The BBC does not have the same consideration for the Palestinians.
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  735. What is the bias ? You think, Ukraine is holding on to all of Kursk and is not being pushed out ?
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  736. Zelensky will proclaim them as heroes of Sveredonetsk, like the Azov. No talk about the US weapons.
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  737. 20 year term in Siberia for Ukro Nazis after surrender. Like for the German Nazis after WW 2.
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  738. They are talking about Ukraine's minor advances in the south, but not mentioning Russia's advance in the north, where Kupiansk is nearly encircled. More decisive things are happening in the north. As for still saying that Ukraine needs more artillery shells, did not Biden say they are short of artillery shells, and cluster bombs would do the job ? In short, the expert is covering up - as he has been all along. Ukraine's elite force supposed to exploit a breakthrough has been thrown in, to make the breakthrough, while the units meant to create the breakthrough have been withdrawn to save them ! That is passed off as stroke of genius. The war is lost for the west.
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  739. The French are waiting for the Finns, who are waiting for the Swedes.
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  740. I tend to agree with the Chinese diplomat. There were no international rules that created new states out of the Soviet Union, and likewise there will be no disturbance to the international order if Ukraine, Latvia etc. disappear. There is nothing sacrosanct about national borders. Countries that did not exist, exist; and countries that exist, will disappear.
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  741. Gulliver's tune has changed, but it is more of the same : for now he concedes Bakhmut will fall, but he emphasizes that Ukraine will take Bakhmut back. He tells us that Russia will not be able to take anything more.
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  742. Not a single Israeli said he was leaving out of moral repugnance. That is what allows them to hold a rave party next to the Gaza concentration camp.
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  743. Regardless of Bell saying the counter offensive is about to gain pace, the real situation assessment was given in Vilnius. Zelensky went on a desperate begging episode to NATO to save him by admitting Ukraine into NATO so that US troops could be sent immediately to save Ukraine. The US reaction was to veto NATO membership and say there is no road map till Ukraine wins. These actions prove both Zelensky and the US know the war is lost. Ukraine now has to soldier on, as the time window before the muddy weather sets in is short, and they have to gamble and throw in the rest of the brigades and hope they can get more money from the west for next year.
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  744.  @charlyf9521  BoJo prevented the Ukrainians from going ahead with the peace settlement they reached in Turkey. He told them to keep fighting, otherwise the money supply will be cut. He told them with British and American help, Ukraine will surely be able to defeat Russia. Now that Ukraine is being defeated, he should go to Ukraine to save the Ukrainians.
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  745.  @S0ulinth3machin3  The war is lost... that is why you are saying if only we had done this or that. There was no point in time where the west could fight a war against Russia without being destroyed. Get it ?
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  746. Churchhil went to Moscow and begged Stalin to bear down on Germany. Churchill presented a ceremonial sword from the British monarch to Marshal Stalin as acknowledgement for the Soviet Union's war effort.
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  747. Ukraine is already a role model - for what happens if you follow America. Used and abandoned.
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  748. Ukraine has been preparing the ground for the counter offensive for a long time. The Ukranian defence minister said they are throwing a one million army into it. They are not very prepared, but the west is goading them on. Otherwise, their funding will be stopped.
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  749. Cameron took down his twitter post.
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  750. Then why is Zelensky begging for more air defence systems ?
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  751.  @ThePkmage  'The UK is the one that helped facilitate between the us and ukraine' The UK is the one who sabotaged Istanbul peace process. And Ukraine lost since then.
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  752. The wish the Gulf Arabs had also read Trump correctly instead of giving away trillions.
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  753. Decisive months of battle ahead which will lead only to Russian gains. Russia has the initiative, Ukraine has lost too many soliders in Soledar and Bakhmut. Soledar has fallen, Bakhmut is encircled. Even the Americans are advising the Ukrainians to pull out of Bakhmut - so they have some save troops left for American training ! Once Bakhmut falls, Donbass will be completed with the capture of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Then the Russians will be ready to move to central Ukraine. This expert is trying to live off the past, he recounts Russia did not succeed in capturing Kiev, he claims Donbass front has remained static etc. We can see the effort to gloss over and try to present a brave face for the west. Russia has neutralised the Himar led Kherson offensive. Zelensky's tall talk of taking Crimea by last December was just vain boasting. Russia on the other hand can mount a major offensive. For Ukraine, this time round, it will be difficult to defend. Ukrainians forces have been attritioned and depleted in the Donbass, so they are not in a position of mounting a significant counter offensive. The paltry western tanks will make as much difference as the Himars. The west is staring at the writing on the wall, but cannot admit it. Ukraine cannot push back Russia the second time, Russia will prevail.
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  754. Will something similar happen again? Something similar to that happened to Nazi Germany will happen to Ukraine. It will be razed and partitioned, and a portion will go to Russia.
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  755. The UK is not a major power after WW 2. Overnight its power disappeared, the Soviet Union and US emerged as superpowers. The UK got out of the EU and is now desperate to show relevance . The only way it can think of doing it is by showing extreme zeal in aiding the US. It is a vassal. Its decision to send tanks is only symbolic, 60 tanks from the west is not going to change the outcome. The war in the east and south Ukraine is already lost, and a few tanks can only prolong Ukraine's slow death, but that is all.
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  756. Shock and awe. Surprised the Russians did not do this at the start of the war.
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  757. Mr. Analyst said the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine has to punch through and do a blitz krieg, otherwise it will lose. Now he is says at 2:13 that the Ukranian offensive was always going to be a slow start !!
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  758.  @Boobobear  The disillusioned ex KGB has defeated the collective west. Cgratulate him.
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  759. When is Macron sending troops to Ukraine ?
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  760.  @thomasprice7893  Ask the Ukranians why they are evacuating people from Kherson.
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  761. Turkey is not a vassal of the US, unlike Canada. Only Turkey has played a useful role in holding negotiations. The negotiations to allow shipment of Ukrainian grain was through Turkey. When peace talks come, it will not be held in Switzerland or Sweden or Canada. Russia will not accept them. Any peace talks will be held in Turkey. Turkey has played its cards well, like a sovereign nation. Can one say that of Canada ?
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  762.  @johnwayne-kd1pn  'People need to return to their own countries when the war is over. When the war is over - US wars last on average 20 years. It takes another 20 years for the invaded country to recover. So people end up having to stay 40 years and by that time, they have families and become local.
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  763.  @googoo7750  'Why don't you speak German?' What is the relevance of your question ?
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  764. Poland is a vast country with a powerful economy ? Give me a break. It has a loud mouth, that is all.
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  765.  @jamesmichaels4979  Russia's goal was that there will be no US bases in Ukraine and Ukraine will not be in NATO. That is achieved. Russia has won, the US has abandoned Ukraine, and NATO and EU are at a loss. The trans Atlantic alliance is divided.
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  766.  @ffffuchs  You are making excuses. NATO cannot match Russia in quantity or quality. The Ukrainian losses of equipment in the counter offensive proved that to the world.
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  767. That crater looks like it was shovelled.
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  768.  @valentinakendrick  4 were absorbed in 2022. It is 5 for now including Crimea, 2 more to join - Odessa and Kharkhov.
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  769. According to the BBC, the Russians had to take Bakhmut with shovels because the Ukranians destroyed all their weaponry. The Russians bayoneted the Ukranians with the shovels.
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  770. If civilians are being trained to fight in Odessa, then they should not complain when civilians get killed. How will the Russian soldiers know who is army and who is civilian, he will shoot both.
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  771. Germany and Europe decided to commit economic suicide because von Leyen said it had shared values with the US.
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  772.  @KevinKonkol-vq7yw  Hijab was more intelligent and knowledgeable, that is why he reduced Piers to stuttering. Piers ended up being interviewed by Hijab, and the latter exposed Piers malice when he caught Piers slyly trying character assassination ('Hijab is controversial'). Only an intelligent person with lightening reflexes can respond that way. As for moral compass, what is your's ? You want to defend an apartheid state ?
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  773. Why did he not appear in court when asked ? That is a serious offence. Deserves longer than 18 months.
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  774. When the US withdrew from Kabul, it did not consult UK or EU NATO members, as it saw no need to inform these vassals. The US scooted and took the first flights out. There was some criticism in the UK with MP Tobias Elwood (currently an enthusiast for fighting Russia) lamenting the US was undermining western credibility.
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  775.  @Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage  I do not feel ashamed, the Swede said he felt ashamed how his govt. was not taking a stand against the Russian menace, so he should go or send his son to Ukraine.
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  776. I thought they said that the advantage of Leopards and Bradleys is that after a hit, the soldiers are saved. That is important because the soldiers can fight again.
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  777. Poland's help was futile. Russia has defeated the collective west - get it ?
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  778.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  One is enough for Russia to reverse engineer and neutralise it. They can give it to Iran as well. Anyway, how did the Storm Shadow change Ukraine's counter offensive ? 2 months later, they are still floundering. Russia destroyed the Leopards and Bradleys. So many of them, that the suppliers of the Challengers asked them not to be sent to the front !
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  779. Not for Deborah Haynes. One Sky News reporter said this should not be happening, these are Europeans.
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  780. So that is your wild hope. ' If Ukraine can bend but not break this spring/summer, I think Russia is done.' The Nazis in Berlin also thought Stalingrad was Germany's last defeat and they could stave off the Red Army from visiting Berlin. they did not want to believe they were defeated and the bear will come and devour them.
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  781. According to her, Russia is fighting the old way, as meat. Ukrainians are fighting the modern way with drones. Then what is the problem ?
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  782. The Europeans are divided and always will be. That is why it will be at the mercy of America, if not Russia.
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  783.  @nathanricketts1439  That double standard has undermined western credibility, that is why Saudi and Emirates and others ignored Biden's call to increase oil production.
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  784. The western media told me Russia has run out of missiles. Now the German embassy has been hit. The US has asked its staff to evacuate. Western politicians were taking train to Kiev and going for stroll in city centre with Zelensky. Russia spared them. The message now is no one will be spared. Western politicians who went to Kiev to show off may be collateral damage. I advise them great care. Zelensky is back to his familiar howling.
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  785.  @natalya793  Their choice of words is manipulative - they want to make out BRICS is begging for members, whereas it is the other way round.
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  786. You would not give that advice to Ukraine.
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  787. So why is he giving you sleepless nights ?
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  788. It is just like a high caste Hindu policeman behaves against a low caste or non-Hindu in India. That happens on a big scale. Then we do not see any outrage from Hindus. They will defend their police and politicians. But still the Americans should not behave like Indians.
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  789. This was one hell of an operation and whatever side you are on, all hats off. Israelis got a dose of shock and awe, and they will not recover from the psychological blow. NATO and Ukraine should ask the Palestinians to train them how to do a breaching operation with follow through !
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  790. The American is trying to put on a brave face. He says Russia is not doing very well - as if Ukraine is.
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  791. The wests needs consolation after a defeat.
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  792. Consulting useless countries like Latvia shows the desperation and loss of direction of Europeans.
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  793. Chinese saying : NATO entered Ukraine like a tiger and has to leave like a mouse.
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  794.  @fungames24 But somehow they feel humiliated. Having recited the mantra ' we cannot let Putin win as it will end our rules based order', they feel the end of the world.
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  795.  @kellylilypond  For propaganda about justice and liberty.
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  796.  @torgnyhansson7409  'Russia suffers significantly higher losses in Bakhmut than Ukraine. ' Who told you ? Russia fires 10 shells for very one from Ukraine. The Ukranians have a lot more killed.
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  797. ' Without US support, Ukraine may not be able to defeat the Russian occupiers, but with effective European support, it could certainly prevent any further Russian incursions.' With US support Ukraine could not defeat Russia - what are you talking about ?
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  798. Better than say Russia should have invaded Ukraine earlier, it is better to say 'Ukraine should have returned to neutrality earlier and avoided fighting a proxy war it has lost'. Now, the west has given up on Ukraine, it is asking Ukraine to negotiate. Ukraine will have to cede territory and accept neutrality. There is no other way. Russia will not ceasefire till Kursk is completely retaken, and all of Donbass is taken.
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  799.  @joeswanson5486  'Russian helicopters mainly takes out other soviet aircraft equipment. 'Ukraine can’t loose all it Bradley’s and leapords if it isn’t using any of them. According to oryx in the past month Ukraine has only lost 2 Bradley’s when in the 6 weeks before that they lost 48 Bradley’s' So what took out the 48 Bradleys if it were not the helicopter gunships ? You are saying that Ukraine is now preserving the remaining Bradleys by not bringing them out. How would that help their wretched counter offensive ?
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  800. The British people could continue as the Soviet Union and the US army fought the land war, and Germany did not launch Operation Sealion to occupy Britain. Ukraine is different. Russia has a huge arsenal, up to nuclear weapons. No NATO country is willing to send troops to help with the land war, as the Russians will kill you on a scale you have not faced in Iraq and Afghanistan, or WW 2. Therefore don't make invalid comparisons because you hope (against hope) that Ukraine will win. Either Ukraine reaffirms neutrality (no US bases in Ukraine) and agrees to giving up the 4 oblasts and Crimea, or as Lavrov said, the Russian military will settle the matter in due course (that is Ukraine will be turned into a wasteland). Russia has all the strong cards and the time.
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  801. Losers have to put on a brave face. It is very painful to lose.
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  802. I laughed when he said they will fighting in the dark !
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  803.  @fritzraake22  The bear bit the bottom and the west is squealing in anger and pain.
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  804.  @bod3102  China will not invade Taiwan, you want them to.
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  805. If it is bs, why don't you answer 'What are USA and NATO soldiers doing in Ukraine?' The Swedes sent instructors to train Ukrainians in electronic warfare. Was that not an escalation ? Then why ask about Koreans ? The Swedes were killed in Poltava by a single Kinzhal strike.
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  806. The duplicitous American in the video however is right that Europe cannot step up. But he is a liar when he explains the money is held up due to one man. The money is held up because many Americans realise Ukraine is a loser, and more money will not make it win, it will be a waste. Ukraine is at that point. Of course the Americans should be blamed for inciting Ukraine to fight and then leaving them. But Ukraine should have known you do not fight a neighbouring superpower to benefit a far off superpower.
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  807.  @robk7091  Sovereignty does not give the right to bring a far off superpower to threaten your neighbour who is also a superpower. Ukraine's independence was on condition it gave the nukes back and it was a neutral state. Ukraine unilaterally reneged on the second, so its sovereignty is cancelled. Get it ?
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  808.  @felipe-vibor  And they over estimated their own capabilities because they are so convinced of their innate superiority.
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  809. There may be pockets of Ukranian fighters trapped in Soledar, but they don't have any control. The Ukrainians want to make out there is strong fighting going on, otherwise there may be question marks on the aid and arms packages they have been promised by their handlers (aka 'partners' ). They launched 3 counter offensives to get back Soledar but they were beaten back.
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  810. ' This is further empathised by the fact that they have adopted a purely defensive posture in Ukraine.' The Russians are great chess players. You attack, then sometimes you have periods of defence to beat off the counter attack, and then you attack again. The Russians play the long game. The Russians are defending the 4 oblasts that they took back into Russia. They foresaw the west would encourage Ukraine to get them back. So the Russians consolidated. Ukraine now cannot dislodge Russia from the oblasts. They do not have the manpower, nor continuous supply of shells. But they are impaling themselves under US orders to show results quickly. After the counter offensive is beaten back with heavy casualties to Ukraine, the Russians will attack and come forward. They have to take Russian regions like Odessa. It is unfinished business.
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  811. Most of the Russian strikes are on military targets destroying Abrams etc - which DW does not report. Zelensky says Russia gives dishonest rhetoric about talks. But Zelensky talks about talks and peace conferences, Russia said there will be no more negotiations.
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  812.  @crpth1  It was sarcasm ! Generally, the Europeans have a surplus of belief in their superiority over Russia and everyone else, so I thought they may believe they have surplus of electricity as well ! But I read an article in The Daily Telegraph which says Britain has comfortable energy reserves to sail through this winter without any major inconvenience (apart from maybe high price).
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  813. Remember Ukraine, don't keep asking for urgent help, NATO is not Amazon.
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  814. NATO said they gave 98% of what Ukraine needs for the offensive. Ukraine has to prove its ability first before getting more. Anyhow, the Russians have time to prepare and will knock out F16s, and that will be too costly a donation for the US. Russia has knocked out all the game changers the west supplied including Himars, Leopards and Bradleys, and Storm Shadows. The Ukranian offensive is a flop. The war is lost for the west.
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  815. Why don't you interview a Palestinian prisoner that has been released ?
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  816. Sanctions are here to stay. De-industrialisation of Europe is also here to stay. Glass factories are shut in France. Aluminium and steel factories are shutting in Germany and Europe. Once shut for a long time, they are closed for good. Europe will import steel and aluminium from China and India, who will get cheaper energy. Russia can also supply through a back channel which will be arranged. Europe can import these providing it makes something else - I don't know what.
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  817. Doubling down on Stupidness results from false pride.
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  818. 'What a disgusting policy, sending troops to their death for finance!.' Lindsay Graham stood next to Zelensky and said the war is a win-win for both, Ukraine gains freedom and it helps US jobs and industry. The Americans intend to fight to the last Ukrainian and Lockheed will profit, and so will Lindsay Graham who represents these companies.
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  819.  @escallite  Interesting you say that. Zelensky said that in one of his unguarded moments. After coming back from inspecting the surrounding towns around Kiev that were razed, he said mournfully 'You call it a victory, I can't call it a victory'. Inside his heart, he knows he is stuck, but he wishes he has a way out. Now he is dependent on the US, they will not allow him to negotiate after giving money and equipment. The US seeks a return on the investment. He is forced to continue, which guarantees more destruction.
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  820. Whereas Russia sees it 'Just give Ukraine also to NATO, after that they will stop NATO expansion'.
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  821. Ukraine was forced to give up nukes - because that was one condition for its independence. The control and command of the nukes were always in Moscow. There is no reason to feel sorry for Ukraine. It was its choice to backstab Russia, for a bribe from the US. It was its choice to use the US to fight Russia. It played that game and lost. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone, what may be left will be unviable and dependent on EU aid, and the US will do what it always does, move on and hand their failed project to the EU. Just get over it.
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  822. What is the European family ? There is no such thing.
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  823. North America tells EU what to do. and the Europeans generally agree to be door mats - willingly !
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  824. Putin is weak ? Why was Zelensky howling after the Hazel strike on the missile plant in Dniepro ? Why did NATO hold an emergency meeting after it ? Why did they not ignore it ?
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  825. Ukraine ain't going to get those areas back. They should have stayed neutral.
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  826. Stalin is correct. Sanatan dharma is coded way of protecting the caste system.
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  827. That is how the Red Army took Berlin. The DT was saying some days back that Russia miscalculated and the Ukrainians are going to siege the Russians in Bakhmut. Is that story lost conviction ?
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  828. Add Victoria Nuland to the list. And Blinken. All drivers of Ukraine's Russophobia.
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  829. Hodges would not be able to do all the things he preaches because Russia will kick NATO's head in.
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  830. The Ukranians and their handlers were celebrating victory a month ago, claiming the Russians were defeated, and saying that Ukranians will march to Crimea next. Can we say the Ukranians are winning now ? The Russians managed a strategic withdrawal from Kherson without any losses, and they built solid defensive lines, across the river, and prevented Ukraine's Kherson offensive. They let the Ukrainians come into Kherson and then got them. This is the punishment for bombing Kerch bridge and threatening to take Crimea.
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  831. So it is Ukraine's choice not to demine. Then it should not complain. Let Ukraine's economy be strangled. The EU will have to spend money to keep Ukraine afloat.
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  832.  @pal41919  'no if they did that NATO will respond, very hard.' Why would NATO respond hard after the event of a nuclear strike on Ukraine, when NATO countries will be incinerated if they respond ? The US will save its skin. NATO will issue a strong condemnation and tell Russia not to do it again.
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  833. For Marioupol, there is no logistics.
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  834.  @henryseidel5469  The Finns caught the Ukranian syndrome - the belief a small European country can become important by serving America.
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  835. Ukraine becoming part of the EU. Final decision has to depend on whether Ukraine can save itself from being a failed country in the first place. Ukraine is not going anywhere without Russia's permission.
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  836.  @joskowal3711  Russia will not accept British and French in any DMZ. Both stoked war and attacked Russia.
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  837. The US and UK did not allow Ukraine to sign peace deal in March of 2022.
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  838.  @adityapuar3848  Western pride and belief in the superiority of their values is getting in the way of what is best for Ukraine.
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  839. They are training to hide themselves - like the Challenger tanks !!!
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  840.  @lurebenson7722  You are making feeble excuses to cover up defeat. Your behaviour is like a chess player who says if I had made another move on time, I would have won. Maybe. But when you play a champion like Russia, you will get beaten because it can see moves further than you can. You know what I mean ? The west dragged its feet only because it ran out of money and equipment. It underestimated Russia through a misplaced sense of superiority. Plus the west is afraid if it went to too far, Russia could attack the west with nuclear weapons. Ukraine was never going to win. When you cannot foresee much, why do you go to play a champion power ?
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  841. Russia has proved it is self sufficient militarily - and in economics. The west has shown it is dependent. The sanctions have only been the west shooting itself in the foot. Russia has taken back historic Russian land (Novo Rossiya) from Catherine the Great's time which was gifted to Ukraine by Lenin when the Soviet Union was formed, till the Ukranians started misbehaving. For Russia regaining Novo Rossiya is an achievement. Odessa region was part of Novo Rossiya, so the campaign goes on for its return.
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  842.  @andypdq  When did this British gentleman fight in a war he has won ? Has he fought the Russians or the Soviets ? In combined arms warfare, Russia comes out on top - air, sea, land,drones, electronic jamming, satellites, military production and adaptation on the fly, and sheer willingness to fight.
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  843. Huge step - but the Russians destroyed the Leopards and invincible Challengers. And they will destroy the Abrams equally. Helmets to Abrams - will not change the counter offensive. It has failed already. NATO is weak.
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  844. The EU fellows were claiming Finland and Sweden are NATO's game changers.
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  845. Can't blame Russia for winning. The are the best chess players. They can play the waiting game.
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  846.  @NOFX0890  Russia does not talk much, it does. It does not announce 3 months before that it is planning an offensive. It withdrew from the Kiev area, but reappeared through the backdoor, it did not announce its plans, the west had to guess - the west said the Russians aim to take Donbass, and the coastal areas up to Transnistria. The Russians have never stated how much they are going to take, and which area they are going to target. They are more professional and keep their enemies guessing. Ukraine and the west are childish - they announce the Kherson offensive months before, they boast about the Himars, there is no element of surprise, and they make tall claims, and make scarcely credible claims like Russia shelled the nuclear plant they now own, they have run out of shells and men etc.
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  847. Russia could have done this in the first week but it was too soft and did not want to harm civilians. Ukraine got more belligerent and finally Russia had to do it. Cutting the power infrastructure is needed to curb Ukraine's war effort.
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  848.  @Xtermy ' rusty old soviet gear...' So why did the US not put the 'no fly zone' that Ukraine was begging for ?
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  849. The west is losing, that is why it is gives so much importance to unimportant countries like Lithuania. What happened to Lithuania's blockade of Kaliningrad that was feted as a heroic act by the west ? It was quietly lifted after the Russians threatened to cancel Lithuania's independence. The RAF and USAF started firebombing civilians in German cities and they justify it by saying it was needed to force Hitler's surrender. The Americans say atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary to end the war. The British and Americans did not consult world opinion. Likewise, Russia may be forced to do the same. If you want to end the war and give relief to Ukrainain civilians, stop arming Ukraine, make them negotiate, or arm them and accept Russia will destroy all Ukranian cities.
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  850. NATO response to the news : ask EU for 7th round of sanctions to make life harder for Russia.
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  851.  @kiranrana5108  Keep that Hindu mythology to yourself, no one believes it. India is unable to make a jet plane today. Why is that ?
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  852.  @wakabuilder  The war was lost for the west long ago, in 2023, when the Ukrainian counter offensive directed by NATO failed. Nothing to do with NK.
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  853. Don't worry America, you can ask Finland, Sweden, Poland, UK and Estonia to send their fleets to guard you !
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  854.  @thegreatdane3627  You are trying to put on a brave face. The CEO of Gazprom said energy is more valuable than your currency. Energy runs an industrial economy. Get it ?
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  855.  @veritaspk  Ukraine is not the world's problem. It was a problem created by the US. Why should India and others get involved ? Israel is a world problem created by Britain and kept alive for over 70 years by the US, why don't you solve that first ? This is your bad side. The world recognises your duplicity.
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  856.  @gottfriedheumesser1994  The Soviet Union ended German Nazism, and compacted and resized Germany into a limited geography. Stalin redrew the map of Europe at Potsdam. That was the contribution of the great Soviet Union. Russia is now ending the Ukro Nazis, and reshaping the geography of Ukraine. Even more important, and of lasting importance, is that Russia has catalysed the de-dollarisation move. Even if no replacement global currency comes, the fact that a large set of countries is starting to settle trade between themselves in other currencies (their own, or the yuan) when earlier they only used dollars, automatically spells the end for the demand of the dollar, and its value. With the end of dollar hegemony, US power to print dollars and reinforce that system with the use of military power, will come to an end. As Putin explained in a recent speech, the US was extracting tribute from other countries and living beyond its means, and this will be ended by Russia and others. The Soviet Union played a stellar and unique role in the defeat of Nazi Germany, it played a very supportive role to the countries emerging from western colonialism, and it supported the struggle against apartheid - something which is not forgotten by Africans. Likewise, the world sees Russia is now playing a stellar role in ending US led western hegemony, by creating alternatives to the dollar, and alternative financial systems. You should watch the Eritrean President requesting Russia to take up the role of freeing Africa and the world from rapacious exploitation by the west. He says only Russia has the will and the military capacity to stand up to the US. As for your dream of resizing Russia, many Europeans have tried and all failed. The Swedes, Poles, French and Germans invaded Russia. All were beaten and had to withdraw and Russia remained powerful. The US itself had the same dream. One of Woodrow Wilson's aide's said Russia should be broken into 3 or 4 states. Putin cites this, so Russia is aware of your wicked designs. Modern Russia has the capacity to destroy all European and US cities in a blink of an eye. If it were not for that capacity, you would have sent troops to Ukraine, and even to Russia.
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  857. Tobias Elwood earlier wanted to create a 'coalition of the willing' to send troops to Ukraine to fight Russia. That never got off the ground. Now he wants to fight the Houthis to maintain Israel. He talks about people want to do us harm. What about the UK doing harm to others, such as NATO expansion against Russia, and creating and defending Israel. As for his talk about protecting the international rules based order, where was it when UK invaded Iraq based on lies ?
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  858. Obviously, a collection of hyenas cannot match a real bear.
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  859. Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, the British nor anyone can roll the Russians back, the US has backed out, and Zelensky is in the position where he has to cede land, and have no NATO membership, the alternative being Russia will press ahead and take more. The British are exaggerating their importance.
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  860. I can believe the Kherson offensive is blunted. That is, after a couple of days, there is no news in all the western media today of Kherson. Today, all the western media are all talking about the Russians shelling the nuclear plant and Zelensky raging about it.
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  861. Lizzie Lazy and Maharishi guy are no match for Putin !
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  862. Nuland, Albright - both Jews. No coincidence. Nuland's husband Kagan was also an architect for Iraq. Also a Jew.
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  863. No report on the military targets taken out.
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  864.  @zhangyiping100  The strongest military is the Russian. No one has their combined arms warfare capability. They have razed much of Ukraine and no one can stop it. The second strongest army is Ukrainian. NATO and US armies are chicken, see how they ran away from Kabul.
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  865. You are talking about the Romania that happily collaborated with Nazi Germany and took part in the siege of Stalingrad. That is why the Russians came and took entire factories, everything inside including the people. Romania deserved it. Stalin destroyed Nazi Germany because only he had the will.
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  866. 'No weapon is worth more than such sacrifice, Ukraine must receive any weapons it needs to win! ' No point showing so much support after Ukraine is defeated.
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  867. This Gulliver has been telling lies the whole of last year about Ukrainian resilience. Now he has dropped that term.
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  868. When you start interviewing non-entities, to console yourself, it means you are defeated ! Why don't you interview someone from the Russian govt. like Maria Zakharova ?
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  869. According to Sky, there is a news blackout in Kherson, it means Ukraine is planning something amazing.
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  870. That is a surprise. Ledwidge is being sobre and honest about Pokrovsk, Kursk and Storm Shadows. A year ago, he was gung ho and sure Ukraine was going to retake Crimea. That smugness has gone.
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  871. He tells it like you want to hear - Russia is being defeated. The reality is the west lost the war strategically in 2023 when the Bandera army's counter offensive failed. Now it has moved to the endgame, there is no see saw in 2024, and it is only going in one direction. Get it ?
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  872. No body can stop Russia.
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  873.  @dragonk1ller  Russia was not planning to move westwards, NATO moved eastwards and wanted to threaten them from their border. Now EU and Ukraine are paying the price for that folly.
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  874. 'Britain ill prepared for NATO war in Europe'. But Britain was the best prepared in NATO to send tanks to Ukraine - and boast they were invincible ! And when one appeared on the battlefield, the Russians promptly destroyed it. Why does Britain think it is carrying the burden of entire NATO ? When its fighting capacity is no more than Lithuania and other loudmouths.
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  875. We do not know the cause for the crash, but we have opinions. That is it.
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  876.  @frankt5987  The Russians have super quiet Kazen submarines patrolling both US coasts. Get it ?
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  877. Russia will sink the ships.
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  878. The Israelis are divided and demoralised. This is the price for running an apartheid state.
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  879.  @YuriiKW-g2b  I agree. The WW 2 experience makes Russia do anything for its security. It is not about land, or as Anders say about political sphere of influence. It is as Putin says : Russia's security. That is all he asked for and the US ignored it deliberately.
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  880.  @FindTheTRUTH337  I am able to say Ukraine is unfit for independence based on the result. If Ukraine was capable of self-rule, it would have realised staying neutral is the best considering its location. Inviting a far-off superpower to come and put bases in Ukraine to threaten a neighbouring superpower was not a bright idea. Get it ?
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  881.  @ajaxamsterdam9095  'Look what Russia lost. '... Look at what you lost. Russia's natural gas and oil sales have shifted elsewhere. India buys Russian oil, refines it, and sells it with a mark up to Europe. You have replaced Russian gas with American LNG which costs 4x as much. As a result, Germany is deindustrialising, BASF has shifted some plants, Volkswagen is closing factories. So who is the loser ?
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  882.  @raymax3155  My experience is applying my own mind and reasoning. Therefore I can see through Bell's wishful projections and inconsistencies.
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  883.  @lonesomelion8212  They need to keep up the fight till the US election.
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  884. False pride gets in the way of shame. Having told Ukraine that it can defeat Russia and having trained them, it is painful to be defeated.
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  885. Nick Connolly does not sign off with a mention of 'Ukrainian resilience'.
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  886.  @Dushmann_  What is your proof that the crew survived other than what your media recites as a consolation ?
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  887. His brother Zelensky also received 58 standing ovations . Maybe they should swap places.
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  888. You are obfuscating to pretend Ukraine is doing something of genius ! The chance of Ukraine breaking through fortified lines is zero, for the time being you can pretend with pseudo-strategic talk that it is all coming.
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  889. What is the European perspective ? They have a subordinate position and they serve America in the most servile manner. If they had sovereignty, they would have told the US that their interest in good relations with Russia, which means not propagating NATO expansion.
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  890.  @CountDuckEgg  'Ukraine didn't even breach Russia's first defensive line.' The western media were blowing the trumpet about Robotyne.
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  891. They will have a merrier Christmas after Bakhmut falls.
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  892. So that is the explanation for defeat ? It is NATO who trained them to NATO standards and set their goals.
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  893. You are perfectly correct about the US. Likewise, Ukranian leaders could have said they will not renege on the commitment on neutrality given to Russia as part of their independence declaration in 1994. But the Ukranian political leaders are in the pay of the US.
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  894. The Ukranians will as usual say the Russians struck their own nuclear plant.
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  895. I would not tempt fate and provoke Russia to send the Sarmat hypersonic missile which can take out a medium sized country in Europe with a single strike. Puny people should not go and fight with an awesome country like that.
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  896. 'NATO is officialy blown up. ' Is that so ? I was told that it became stronger than ever with Sweden and Finland.
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  897.  @marktrotter8971  You will have no say on rebuilding Ukraine when the war ends. It will be rebuilt by Russia. Russia is rebuilding Mariopol.
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  898.  @Keltibarian  Russia will not allow you to set foot in Ukraine again under the pretext of rebuilding. Get it ?
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  899. Ukraine has fighting guts, they are basically from the Russian family. Nobody else in NATO can fight, least of all the Americans.
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  900. 'If NATO were fighting they would make sure they had TOTAL air superiority before they'd send any troops in. ' NATO would never achieve air superiority against Russia, so NATO would not go in. The same applies to Ukraine. But that would not deter NATO from sending Ukraine in - Ukranians can be expended for weakening Russia.
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  901. And these people have money to finance Ukraine to wage war.... where is that coming from ?
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  902. They are raising it because some IDF soldiers are refusing to fight - not because of concern for abuses, but because they are afraid of being killed.
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  903. So the Palestinians have the upper hand. A few hostages and the Israelis will put them above the nation's interest. What makes this different is that it shows the Israelis do not have much courage when hit hard. Their self confidence has crumbled. When a sufficient number are killed and they cannot win, they will negotiate. The Israeli public is as much guilty as Netanyahu. They voted for him many times. They supported the creation of an apartheid state. They reaped as they sowed.
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  904.  @lilacer6841  Yes, the US - and the UK - are the two who appear to have the most vested interest in Zelensky to keep fighting and not negotiate. Well, I also read BoJo went on holiday twice to Greece or somewhere - yet it is a matter of wonder that Ukraine is very much on his mind than his own country. He certainly can afford to pay his electricity and gas bills, as he can afford two holidays. But that is not the situation for everyone, so how can he tell people they need to make sacrifices for an indefinite time for Ukraine ? Macron said the same. The media is not questioning on behalf of the people, these assertions. Instead, they are reinforcing these political positions. They made a mistake with NATO expansion, they find they cannot defeat Russia militarily or economically, they can't admit that, so they continue with their mistakes at the expense of own citizens.
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  905. The Wagner musicians have got a certain mystique now. The west was ridiculing them, but after seeing their performance in Bakhmut, they have got a fearsome reputation. The Poles were itching for a fight with Russia, but when 100 Wagner appeared on their border, they were panic stricken. The Poles were training with NATO to enter western Ukraine if the Russians advanced westwards in Ukraine. But Russia is putting counter pressure on Poland's borders with Byelorussia.
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  906. Almighty Britain to the rescue after America fails to save Ukraine !
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  907.  @liquidh5226  They are hoping Ukraine is not forced to surrender before the US elections - that is all the US wants.
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  908.  StormmShadoww  So why are the Challengers hiding ? As for the StormShadows, Russia brought them down.
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  909. Russia has been generous and only stepped it up gradually. First, the power transmission lines - that was a warning for Ukraine. Ukraine continued its misbehaviour, then Russia destroyed the power generation units also.
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  910. The problem is having taken the stand 'Putin must be not allowed to win' as Johnson stated, pride does not allow western leaders to say they did the wrong thing to encourage NATO expansion and not to give Russia the security guarantee. It feels like a defeat. The west cannot defeat Russia militarily, and they under estimated Russia's economic strength. False pride does not allow the west to admit they got defeated. The westerners believe they are intrinsically superior. So how can you convince superior people they goofed ? Unless the western public is willing to challenge its leaders (and media), then economic decline and poverty will be the result.
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  911.  @yousofkhan765  Yes, the west got punched in the face, Fareed feels the sting, so his recommendation is for the west to send its navies to lift the blockade of Odessa. But they don't have the guts.
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  912. This goes against the recent Ukranian and western propaganda that Ukraine is winning. The people from Kramotorsk and Bakhmut are leaving because the Russian army is bearing down on these cities, and it is the first indication these will fall. Bakhmut is nearly surrounded and that is a key Ukrainian defence point.
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  913.  @TheInfamousMrFox  The Russians took a long time to take Maripol. But eventually the Ukro Nazis surrendered. They have to surrender or they will be massacred in Bakhmut. As for Kiev, Zelensky says Russia is coming back for it. This time after bombing it to rubble.
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  914. Russia's missile count is negative. -10,000 I think.
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  915. It will be a strategic mistake for Russia to let you off the hook when Ukraine does not have the manpower and the US does not have the air defence systems. Get it, numskull ?
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  916. China took Indian land in Galwan, and Modi kept quiet like a mouse.
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  917. Petty minded spitefulness will not change your defeat in Ukraine.
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  918.  @trqster  Alright, I misunderstood you. I thought you were moralising about peaceful country versus unpeaceful Russia. But you understand it was Biden and Boris Johnson that pushed them into not agreeing to a peace deal. So I apologise. Indeed Ukranians are entitled to live in a peaceful country. But they need to learn not to disturb the peace by bringing American bases to threaten their neighbour.
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  919. 'The advantage Europe has at the moment is having brilliant minds at the helm not complete idiots. ' Can you name them ?
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  920. Can you imagine Putin sobbing ?
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  921. He wants to be British and extra Russophobic. His job depends on that.
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  922.  @lucifer1661  The US buys titanium from Russia. Ask Boeing. The US has not been able to make a hypersonic yet. 3 or 4 failures. Russia is firing them.
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  923. What US frustration when the he says that Israel's attack cannot take place without US permission ?
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  924. All that western money gone in smoke.
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  925. Today's news : Russia has taken Torretsk (see DW). Ukraine is not denying it. Times Radio should just shut up. Chasiv Yar and Pokrovsk will fall. It is only a matter of time. I shall save this video and post your comment when they are taken.
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  926. Did Russia announce a spring offensive ? It is normally Ukraine that announces it.
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  927.  @nick4819  NATO has not fought in Ukraine because it cannot stomach its forces being killed. Those who are afraid to die cannot win a war. For this reason, NATO cannot defeat Russia. If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine.
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  928.  @swedishburrito5073  Won't be freezing in St. Petersburg for certain.
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  929. Western spin is that Soledar is of no strategic value, Russia urgently needs a victory, even with small places like Soledar and Bakhmut. They say the Russian are suffering heavy casualties. Are the Ukranians suffering any casualties ? Why are the Ukranians taking casualties and desperately defending Soledar and Bakhmut if they are irrelevant ?
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  930. Stalin was the great Marshal of the Soviet Union, the architect of the Great Victory over the Nazis, the man who moulded the Soviet Union into a superpower, which continues with Russia. Watch the Red Square Victory parade of 1945 with Stalin, and the one of 2025 with Putin, and hear that stirring national anthem.
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  931.  @heyidiots.  Racist, Europeans have fought the worst wars in history. There has been no brotherhood between them. They make alliances to beat each other.
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  932. Puny countries like Latvia and Canada cannot exactly defeat Russia !
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  933. Russia will not allow Blackrock to set foot in Ukraine. Any reconstruction will need Russian permission.
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  934.  @2bb-2  'Ukraine can join whatever it wants, with or without Russian consent. ' In that case, Ukraine will not exist. Get it ?
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  935. Russia did make a mistake attacking on multiple fronts and miscalculating the Ukranian resistance. But now Russia has regrouped, taken Mariopol and the coastal regions, they are making slow but relentless progress in Severodonetsk and Donbas, and the Russians will make the remaining Ukraine landlocked and strangle its economy. Besides, they have forced Ukraine to accept it cannot join NATO and NATO also understands that. The Russians are not going to stop till Ukraine signs up for neutrality and distances itself from NATO. Westerners have been predicting imminent collapse of the Russian economy due to sanctions, high losses, antiquated equipment, malfunctioning equipment, running out of equipment, Putin has cancer, he will be overthrown etc. They have been predicting Ukranian victory due to high morale, western training, western equipment. But the evidence now is Ukraine is losing strategic land and Russia has the all the strong cards.
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  936. Why did NATO want to expand to Ukraine ? Why did not NATO give Russia the security guarantee it asked ? NATO and Ukraine had the choice to prevent the war, but perhaps false pride got in the way. One cannot sympathasize with Ukraine's foolhardy behaviour (just like Lithuania). If you poke the bear, you should know it will eventually maul you, then do you blame the bear or yourself ?
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  937. The BBC newsman is quivering and stumbling for words, to describe the missile attack. But he adds 'this is all after a failed winter offensive', as if to console himself. First off all, Russia did not announce a winter offensive; the west announced it. Secondly, the Russians have taken Soledar and Bakhmut, and minced the Ukro Nazi army in the process. And they have prepared fortifications for Ukraine's spring offensive. Ukraine says it shot down 21 out of 23 missiles. Then what is the problem ? The Ukrainian spring offensive is the last Great Hope of the west. The Ukranians themselves do not have much hope, they know the reality. The Ukranian forces will get mauled, and the cities will see more shock and awe therapy, and after the Great Hope is dashed, the US will ask Ukranians to be realistic and negotiate. The US has other important things to do like create a war with China.
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  938. The western media is still describing the brilliance of Ukranian strategy to attrition the Russians in Bakhmut, so the Russians cannot weather the coming Ukrainian offensive with the superior western tanks. The Ukranian counter offensive is the last ditch effort for the US.
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  939. Russia has said it will give grain free to poorer nations.
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  940. 'Big Escalation As Russian Aircraft, Projectiles 'Breach' NATO Airspace,,,' Did Russia cross any NATO red lines ? If so, how does it feel ?
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  941.  @dpelpal  Russia is winning the war. The last time I looked Ukraine has lost territory, and cannot get it back, and its has run out of manpower and the west has run out of ammo. The west has already lost the war. Get it ? On top of that, Russia de-dollarised and has got a strategic partnership with China to end western dominance. For your information, Russia is using AI, electronic jamming, and robot vehicles. So cut out your patronising attitude.
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  942. Italy, Germany and the rest of Europe should have been warned about the price of being doormats of the US, and being dragged into wars of US making such as NATO expansion to Ukraine.
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  943. Ukranians are doing small shaping operations. The Russians are doing bigger shaping offensives like blowing up Patriot missiles and arms caches.
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  944. This Ukrainian lady tells us that Russia is not interested in negotiations, and it is planning an offensive this summer. Why does Ukraine not do a counter offensive ? Why does it want to negotiate ?
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  945. HT always has lurid music, its presentation is typically Indian Bollywood style - lousy.
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  946. Economic cooperation is number 3 - give me more free money !
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  947. Apparently taking Bakhmut was an act of desperation. Destroying the Leopards, Bradleys, Himars, and Patriots were also acts of desperation.
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  948. Ukraine was preparing for 8 years with NATO but got beaten to a pulp. It will be the same for Lithuania. Small and weak countries often ally themselves to a protector and then feel emboldened to taunt above their weight against a powerful state. Eventually, they get a severe beating.
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  949. The start of the Ukranian counter offensive was disastrous, so now they are making some feeble claims of regaining some villages.
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  950. I advise Poland against its overwhelming and enthusiastic support and not to publicise it. Otherwise, you will get a beating as well. And the others may not come and help you.
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  951. No to US imperialism, such as NATO expansion.
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  952. When the Kherson offensive peters out and winter approaches, the west will backstab Ukraine and ask it to be realistic.
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  953. And the US sent banned cluster weapons, which they said would be game changers.
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  954. Macron said in 2022 that the west should not humiliate Russia. Trump is giving Putin a chance through negotiations to avoid defeat.
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  955.  The people of Europe  Ukraine's only choice is give up Crimea and Donbass, or lose more. You find that funny, do you ?
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  956.  @l.lokman3137  Yes, I now remember Guantanomo Bay and water boarding. The same people still pose as the most moral people on the planet. They are now telling us the UkroNazis of Azovstahl are their heroes.
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  957.  @sabrinatscha2554  'They didn’t fail miserably. They almost won.' If you are talking about Nazi Germany, even without US and Britain, the Red Army would have won. It would have taken more time, but once the Russians fight, they fight very hard.
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  958.  @jerrellholder8382  Ukraine's side of the bargain was it would be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia or anyone else.
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  959. DW channel says all missiles were intercepted, and damage was due to debris. Mayor of Kiev said damage to infrastructure was extensive.
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  960.  @laars0001  Why did you not agree to a negotiated settlement when Putin asked for it in Dec. 2020 and averted the war ? Why did the west sabotage Istanbul agreement in 2021, a few months after the war started. It is the US that incited Ukraine to fight Russia, and seeing defeat, the US wants to withdraw. Let the US give land to Ukraine. And also the countries that went along with the US, like Poland, UK, France, Germany, NL, DK should give their land to Ukraine.
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  961. You are correct, Putin only asked for payment in roubles, as the west made euros and dollars worthless currency.
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  962. Wishful thinking - Ukraine now has lost the east and south. It has lost too many men, and tanks and the rest will be too little too late. Just because Ukraine launched a surprise Kharkov offensive and a much touted Kherson offensive does not automatically mean it can repeat it when the tanks arrive. The west claimed 16 Himars will be game changing and Ukraine could get back Crimea. Ukraine touched the Kerch bridge and Russia kept Ukrainains busy repairing their power grid. Ukraine does not have the manpower and the supplies from the west while the Russian juggernaut has started to roll. Hence, come out of wishful thinking, the war in the south and east is lost for UKraine and the west, the only question is if Russia will advance into central Ukraine.
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  963. It required the Soviet Union to clear German Nazis, it required Russia to clear Ukro Nazis. The west is sympathetic to the Ukro Nazis.
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  964.  @justinmsc5 Russia is not a superpower but NATO does not dare put a 'no fly zone', does not dare cross the border. Why the cowardice ? If the facade of military power is destroyed, can NATO go in now into Ukraine ? Why is Zelensky begging alternately for help and negotiations ? Who in the neighbourhood of Russia has oil and gas ? Why do you want NATO expansion ? Why was NATO not dissolved when Warsaw Pact was dissolved ? The west wanted its cake and eat it. Now we know the cost.
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  965. The US is making handsome profits, selling LNG to Europe at 4x, selling arms to NATO countries, siphoning out industrial investments from Europe.
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  966. I wonder why the Eurozone economy shrank. How will they afford to maintain Ukraine ?
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  967. He says the rules were changed and it became a relay race.
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  968. The war will come to an end when Ukraine reaffirms in writing to Russia it is going to be a neutral state as originally stated in its declaration of Independence, and cuts out Russophobia and stops dancing to American orders.
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  969.  @petru-danielflorea9457  'the bear is bluffing' If you threaten the bear, it will paw you. But if you don't recognise that, you should sleep safely. Why are you agitated ?
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  970. What happened to 'nothing on Ukraine without Ukraine' ?
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  971.  @THE_LOST_FINEST  'You think NATO will not retaliate with nukes on their own?' Why would NATO retaliate ? Ukraine is not in NATO. No country in NATO is willing to die for Ukraine. Russia is capable of incinerating all NATO countries if they used nuclear missiles against Russia. All NATO would do is shout outrage and say 'don't do it again'.
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  972.  @szolanek  'Ukraine and maybe Lithuania, instead of Poland' - that is for the tank repair shop. But 1 month ago, Germany said Rheinmetall would set up a tank production factory in Ukraine ! Russia will destroy it on the spot. I was disparaging the vain talk of these countries. All these European countries, Germany, Lithuania, Poland....are useless. All of them want to fight Russia, but don't have the ability.
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  973.  @notalefty999  The immigration coming from non-war countries like India and Nigeria is controlled on the basis of work visas. There are labour shortages and to maintain your countries, you need to import qualified people. Take UK for example. It went for Brexit, based on uncontrolled migration of Romanians, Eastern Europeans etc. After Brexit, they all went back. Then what happened to the vaunted NHS ? It had a shortage of nurses, doctors and healthcare workers after the Europeans left. Could the 'native' British fill the posts ? No. Why ? Because you do not produce children, then who will keep your NHS looking after the old 'natives' ? It is the same in Germany. They took in a lot of Syrian war refugees due to shrinkage of the native population - due to lack of reproduction. Don't blame the immigrants for that. Some of the new Indians, Nigerians, Hong Kongers etc. you complain about are given settlement status on basis of bringing in vast sums of money for investment. If you want others money, you have to be free to the movement and settlement of 'foreigners'. Does Britain and Germany have money for investment ? Yes - for Ukraine and US led war projects. You are part of the elite that enjoyed a life style which would not be possible without the immigrants. When you removed the Romanians, pretty soon the Brexiteers needed the Indians. Get it ?
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  974. The Polish farmer who stuck up a placard saying 'Russia teach Ukraine a lesson as Soviet Union taught Ukraine' was no different from Trump who said he would encourage Russia to attack European states. We cannot blame Putin for all these.
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  975. Estonia Intelligence Chief - as intelligent as British military intelligence which said that the Russians were fighting in Bakhmut with shovels. Why do you start interviewing minnows like Estonia ? You must be feeling helpless. If the US is not willing to fight Russia, what is Estonia going to offer ?
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  976.  @Tubevictim  The whole NATO expansion drive was started by Lockheed in 1997 when it started lobbying the US govt. (see articles from New York Times which are still online).
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  977. The WHO is another mouthpiece of the US. The WHO can tell the Ukranians to surrender or negotiate. That is the only way out for Ukraine. The Ukranians conspired with the US against Russia, and got a sound beating, and the US and its allies were not willing to come and die for the Ukranians.
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  978. European intellect is doubtful. NATO expansion is preferred even if it means de-industrialisation. The problem is the Europeans have put themselves into a position where negotiating feels like defeat, which is intolerable. False pride goes with a fall.
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  979. 'Ukraine in NATO makes perfect sense.' Such good sense that Ukraine has 1 trillion worth of damage, it has to cede at least 20% of land, and it has 9 million refugees. If it had remained neutral, it would have had all of it including Crimea.
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  980. It was a security service building, so it was a military target Only 11 collateral people were injured. That is minor.
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  981. There is no question of humiliating Putin. Russia has all the strong cards. There is only a question of humiliating Zelensky and his western supporters.
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  982. Defending Kherson was difficult due to the Ukranian capability to attack the supply bridges. This would have led to Russian troops being sieged. So Surovkin ordered a retreat. Land is not so important as preserving the army and redeploying them to a more defendable position, and to use them to attack elsewhere. The Ukranians were sucked into Kherson and then killed. Ukranians will be pinned down there.
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  983.  @ds9510  Even in the nuclear fuel supply and processing chain, Russia is a key player.
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  984.  @robertscott961  No, I do not think the others want to die for Lithuania. NATO has not prevailed in Afghanistan, Ukraine or anywhere else. It depends on the US. If Russia moves in, the US public can understand that Lithuania and EU provoked it, and it is not worth US servicemen dying or US cities being razed.
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  985.  @tistakere5055  Football is more important than beer. If they feel so strongly about it, they don't have to go, they can watch it with beer on the TV.
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  986.  @michaelkatz275  So are you saying those videos of Bradleys and Leopards burning are not correct ? The Americans have not contested it. The Russians have been showing a lot of videos of failed Ukranians attempts, are they bogus ?
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  987.  @RedButtonTV1  The Ukranian troops were aiding a conquering country. Why did they not ask for sanctions against the US ?
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  988. The Jew Zelensky has retired his fellow Jew Reznikov and secured him a sinecure in London, now that defeat is on the card and the blame game will break out. Zelenksy has put the Muslim Rustam Umerov in place, to take the blame.
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  989. She said the missiles crashed in before the air raid sirens - means hypersonic was used.
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  990. [Seems we are back to "there us no upside to taking Bakhmut or Soledar"] If they say the above, it means Russia has taken Soledar.
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  991. The lady says it is a stalemate. So why are you howling ?
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  992.  @johndavidwolf4239  If Russia is a paper tiger, why are the Ukrainians howling for more arms and protection ? Russia did a minor show of 'shock and awe' and yesterday's talk about Ukraine capturing Crimea is gone.
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  993.  @ThunderingClouds  First give Sikhs Khalistan and Hindus get out of Canada.
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  994. Don't air your prejudices. The Ukranians themselves were emphasizing proudly that they did not negotiate with Russians, they said they signed a deal with Turkey and the UN. Russia has not attacked any ships loaded with grain. There certainly was no ceasefire agreed over Odessa or the rest of Ukraine. If the Ukranians were using other parts of Odessa to store arms, then obviously Russia has the right to liquidate them. Anyhow, this is a temporary arrangement. In the long run, Odessa is in the acquisition plan. Once Odessa is acquired, all grain exports will be under Russian auspices.
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  995. And yes, Russia thinks Odessa must return to Russia. It is Russian.
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  996. Ukraine can ask their handlers for supply of electricity. Ukraine should consider whether shelling the Kerch bridge was the right thing to do. If you do that, this will what Russia will do. Ukrainians can also reflect on the consequences of seeking NATO entry, when neutrality allowed it to be independent. Wherever the US interferes, and bribes to put politicians it wants in power, death and destruction follows. Just look at Afghanistan and Iraq, and Latin America.
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  997. The Nazis also dreamed of that, till the Red Army appeared in Berlin....
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  998. Did not this man say he was going to create a Coalition of the Willing outside NATO to send troops to Ukraine in 2023 ? What happened ?
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  999. The corollary is Russia has won all respect for defeating the collective west and ending western hegemony.
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  1000. Your Ukranian strategy revolves round destroying a bridge in Crimea. Russia has many ways to destroy Ukraine altogether - including a tactical nuclear weapon.
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  1001. Ukraine and NATO have lost, it is too late, forget about it and move on.
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  1002. Get the US and NATO out of Ukraine, then Russia would not have acted. Ukraine had the chance to avert war by saying it would not join NATO.
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  1003. Israel is the most subsidised country in the world. US taxpayers pay for it - either willingly or unknowingly.
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  1004. Finland had to cede Karelia to the Soviet Union. It is not coming back.
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  1005. Where are the French ?
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  1006.  @jaycristoval6155  Ukraine was part of the USSR and Russia was the main republic. The independence arrangement was negotiated with Russia, therefore Ukraine has to honour its independence declaration which stated it would be a neutral country. It is not up to the Ukranians to unilaterally renege on that agreement. You keep talking about international rules based order but you use it according to your whim. By unilaterally attempting to renege on the agreement and join an alliance that is a military threat to Russia, Russia has the right to declare Ukraine's independence is null and void. That is the situation now, and Ukranians will have to accept the new result arising from their irresponsibility. The eastern and southern part of Ukraine were part of Russia from Catherine the Great's time, it was gifted to Ukraine by the USSR. Now due to Ukraine's misbehaviour and attempt to backstab Russia, that part should be taken back immediately.
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  1007. Alright, console yourself. Ukraine is at the receiving end, and not you. This is the reason NATO does not want to send troops to Ukraine.
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  1008. Funny how the Poles were egging on Ukraine, when they thought Ukraine was winning, but now they declare Russia has to stop the war !
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  1009. Russians are great chess players - always able to plot cunning moves against their opponents !
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  1010.  @thomas9961  'There's a reason you don't see Russian Jets over Ukraine'. 'There's a reason you don't see Russian Jets over Ukraine'. Do you believe your lie ? Why was Ukraine begging for a 'no fly zone ' ?
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  1011. The Abrams will sink in the mud. The muddy season starts in October, so they will not see them till March 2024. But they have to create hype as there is no positive news.
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  1012. Love to visit Kazan, just read about it.
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  1013. India lost land to China during Modi's tenure, and he went over backwards to keep quiet and say nothing happened. Why ?
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  1014. Well done UAE.
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  1015. Workers sent on unpaid leave could be sent to reconstruct Ukraine. If Germany goes down, who will pay Poland and Lithuania ?
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  1016. Putin desperate must be even more frightening for you ! Solution is not to make him desperate.
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  1017. The speaker says Ukraine lost too many people to give up Bakhmut. All along, the western propaganda machine was saying Ukranians have inflicted heavy casualties on Russians in Bakhmut. Now as Bakhmut is slipping away, the west says Bahkmut is not important.
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  1018. An Ukrainian general announced Chasiv Yar is not strategic. Just like these villages.
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  1019. Until now, Ukraine's roll back was attributed to lack of arms and money. Now DW's message is 'Ukraine might get the 60 billion, but be prepared to accept it will not change the result' !
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  1020. Yes, creation of Israel by colonial powers and maintaining this apartheid state does not lead to justice and peace.
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  1021. The most delusional was BoJo. Who does Britain have ? Farage ?
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  1022. The loser admits he is losing but puts on the absurd pose he will still win.
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  1023. Russia also will not forget how the west said that NATO would not move 'an inch to the east' and then expanded NATO. You are duplicitous, that is why the non-west is with Russia.
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  1024.  @Believerin3  Absolutely correct point. This Ramsamy is a Brahmin caste, they are the inventors of racism, but they proclaim merit when it suits them.
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  1025.  @p_HoE_niX  Is not India's caste system the most cruel and racist system that has existed and that thrives even today ? Ramasamy is a duplicitous Brahmin. In the US he will say, there is no racism and if asked about India, he will say there is no caste discrimination.
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  1026. These countries should avoid provoking Russia, otherwise they will get the kind of beating Ukraine is getting. When you live next to the great bear, don't poke it.
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  1027.  @rdf274  'Receiving advanced combined arms training and logistical support. From whom, we can only speculate....' Judging from the precision and surprise element of the Palestinian attack, I can speculate it cannot be NATO training....
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  1028. Poles are getting fed up of the Ukranians. Poland does not allow Ukranian grain into Poland. The Polish complained Ukraine was not grateful enough, and a Ukrainian minister said the bond with Poland will end after the war ! The Ukrainian Nazis killed 150,000 Poles in the war. Poland itself has aspirations to take western Ukraine.
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  1029.  @samuelvera5048  'I can tell you If russia can't even handle ukraine how you gona handle 30 nations with much more military power than russian and also far more advanced' Russia is able to handle 30 nations because none of them is willing to fight if it means getting killed. The 30 nations you refer to are intrinsically cowards who are not be able to stomach death. Those who are afraid of death cannot win wars. In 2022, Sir Putin invited those in NATO who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. Needless to say that no one in NATO took up Sir Putin's challenge. If for one moment the US believed it could win, the US would have sent NATO troops to Ukraine. NATO's flaw is it cannot take a quick decision like Russia does, it is a very cumbersome, bureaucracy. It all depends on US direction and willingness to fight, and the rest of the 29 are useless. The US will never fight a stronger power if it means a large number of Americans killed. As for your equipment being more advanced, what is the evidence ? Russia has destroyed all of NATO's game changers : Bradleys, Leopards, Challengers, Abrams; HIMARS were defused with electronic jamming; it has destroyed Patriot batteries; the F16 was downed in its first sortie. Russia has fired Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. The US has failed to make hypersonic missiles, and its four tests to make them have failed. The Russian Yazen class super quiet submarines are patrolling both US coasts equipped with conventional missiles; if equipped with hypersonic missiles, the reaction time will be less than 1 minute. The US is not going to fight Russia directly. Get it ? Hence, I suggest you come out of your delusions and make claims based on evidence. The evidence shows Russia is the more powerful militarily, no one has the weapons they have, and their soldiers are hardier and tougher than NATO's chocolate soldiers.
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  1030. Russia has said that it will not allow any European forces in Ukraine. It has promised to kill them. So what is Nielsen talking about European forces co-mingling with Ukrainian forces ?
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  1031. Zelensky did say that the Kherson offensive will be super secret for security reasons. The west is also keeping very quiet.
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  1032. Mighty Russia sending shivers down NATO's spine !
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  1033.  @jonijoestar6871  Lithuania acts like it is a superpower. It is going to get a beating.
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  1034. The war is lost already, Ukraine cannot defeat Russia, and in fact it is going to lose more in 2024. Reason : the west cannot produce shells, and the Ukranian army got exterminated in Bakhmut and the counter offensive.
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  1035.  @bobpadok5331  Aluminium factories in Germany had to close. Europe's manufacturing will decrease and become uncompetitive.
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  1036. He is a first class joker. At the beginning of the war, he said he would kick Russia's backside just as Britain and its allies (France and Turkey) kicked the Tsar's backside in the 1856 Crimean war. It was a crude comment, unworthy of a Defence Minister, the sort immature Zelensky would make. Russia is a superpower since the end of the world war 2, and it is impossible for Britain or NATO to kick Russia without the Russians breaking the teeth of their opponents.
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  1037.  @Masterrunescapeer  It is because the Russians took Bakhmut, they could take Avdeevka. Avdeevka brought them to Pokrovsk, and then Kramaorsk and Sloviansk. Western media was pooh poohing the capture of Bakhmut, but now there is change of tone - they know Pokrovsk will fall. As for demolition, that happens if there is resistance. Berlin and other places in Germany were pulverised. Russia can rebuild those cities. They have rebuilt Mariopol. There were some places that Russia took recently which were captured intact because there was no resistance.
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  1038. Even though Russian sanctions are backfired, the G7 did not forget to discuss the Chinese 'threat'. They see anyone challenging their control as enemies.
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  1039.  @johnwayne-kd1pn  What you are saying is logical but there are practical difficulties. On the first point, sending war refugees back once war is over is not easy. Iraq and Afghanistan wars were over long before 2010. But the refugees have grown up in Europe, UK etc., they have families and children who have grown up here, so what do you do ? There are no Nazi solutions. 'US is saying Europe should pay for defence etc and that they should bill us, we should say the US should pay for the people who had to flee from US wars to Europe'. Europe has been entwined with the US. In some of these wars pioneered by the US, Europe has been a tacit supporter - for example, in the Israel wars with Palestine and neighbours. The UK created the Palestine problem, but they have never tried to solve it - it supports Israel. The Israeli historian Ilan Pappe says that Israel was the European solution to a European problem, at the expense of making Palestinians refugees. The French have colonial wars still in Africa. Europe did not go with the Iraq war, but UK was a key mover. Different parts of Europe have to bill not just the US, but also each other. In Europe itself, there was a genocide of the Bosnians by he Serbs, and Europe did not do anything. Take the Ukraine war. The US, UK and Europe have been active partners in NATO expansion. The Ukraine war has brought 9 million refugees. Ukraine is destroyed, so it would be difficult to send the Ukrainians refugees back. They would not be going to Ukraine, they will be going to Russia. The US is the main culprit. It created many wars in the Latin America - and it faces a refugee problem. However, Europe is not unique in the refugee problem. The US led Afghan war created massive refugee problem for Pakistan. The US war in Vietnam brought some boat refugees but neighbours like Cambodia, Laos soaked a lot up. They do not complain, they took them. Lot of Palestinian, Lebanese etc. refugees are in the Gulf states, Turkey etc. but they do not create a hue and cry. Europe is too highly embedded with the US, so it has to share the problems.
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  1040. Because they lost.
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  1041. Very hard for western supporters of Ukraine to face. In such a situation, many become delusional.
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  1042. What does she mean digitalisation industry ? Is it a service industry ?
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  1043. There is no need to whitewash the Azov and claim that some were not Nazis. We know its founder's ideology, there are plenty of videos showing there marches. It is not only Azov, there is the Right Sector. There are videos of their training camps, even their Hitler Youth style camps for children. Mariopol should be reincorporated in Russia, and the Azov Nazis will have to be screened and put on trial. We hear the western plea that not all Ukranians are Nazis. The same could be said about Germans. But the Ukranian Nazis even if few in number have a hold on Ukranian people, and are influential.
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  1044.  @lettuceha3368  Ukraine has also sold 35% of its agricultural lands to three US companies (Cargill, Monsanto etc.). Even the most corrupt countries have not done that. As for joining NATO, Russia will not allow it. Putin said even in the middle of the war that Russia does not object to Ukraine joining the EU as that is a business alliance. NATO is an anti-Russian military alliance and Russia will not let the US use bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. That is final and if Ukraine needs a nuke strike to understand that, so be it.
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  1045. 'it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger Zelensky is about to find that out.
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  1046. Horrendous what Israeli has been doing to Palestinians since 1948. If they had not what they did, they would not be killed.
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  1047.  @D1groupEngineering  The US and Europeans may get sucked into Ukraine, such is their false pride.
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  1048. I also think that would be uncharacteristic of Charles.
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  1049.  @justinwallace390  Big talk. Poland speaks like a superpower but as soon as 100 Wagner musicians were moved to the border, they were clucking like frightened hens. If it messes with Russia, it will be Ukrained, and you will look the other way.
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  1050. Ukraine declares combat mission is over in Mariupol with a Ukranian victory.
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  1051. There will be no negotiations till Ukraine is kicked out of Kiev and till it agrees to neutrality. Russia is in a position to continue.
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  1052. Well, Russia will have no shortage of goods. Americans also have chinese computers, chinese mobiles, chinese clothes etc etc .. and other cheap products from china. Russia produces other goods and it can pay for them. There will be Rouble-yuan trade bypassing dollar system. Western boycotts are ineffective and only weaken the dollar.
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  1053. So accept the current situation : Ukraine is losing, the west has lost. So beef yourself up for Russia's next imaginary attack and strut about showing bravery to cover up western cowardice in Ukraine. The new NATO will terrify Russia ! For NATO to take a decision or formulate a plan, 33 countries have to meet in Madrid. You can imagine this motley lot in an actual battle.
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  1054. Why are the British so incensed by American contempt for Europeans ? The British also showed contempt for Europe with Brexit.
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  1055. 'There should be no negotiation Russia' Russia is not asking to negotiate. So what are you talking about ? Ukraine is being reduced to a wasteland. That is the outcome in front of our eyes.
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  1056. Ukraine will not be in NATO, it is wishful thinking. Ukraine of 1991 is gone, Ukraine of 2014 is not coming back. No one knows how much of Ukraine will be left. Russia will not allow NATO to set foot in Ukraine again. They did not fight this hard to go back to status quo ante.
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  1057.  @dpelpal  If the Russian army is a joke, why is Ukraine begging for support, why are Finland and Sweden scared ?
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  1058. Losers may believe they are correct but they cannot dictate terms. It is like after losing your pieces in a chess game, you demand their restoration, so you can win. Get it, numskull ?
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  1059. And still the Europeans swear loyalty to US and Zelensky.
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  1060. The Lithuanians tried to blockade Kaliningrad till a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered.
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  1061.  @danielekirylo  Ukraine threatened Russia by planning to join NATO, and invite the US to put its bases in Ukraine. Ukraine thus flouted the pledge of neutrality it gave Russia as a condition for independence. Hence, Russia has decided to terminate Ukraine's independence and thwart any chance of NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  1062. Gorbachov made a great mistake allowing German re-unification. Thatcher and Mitterand opposed it.
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  1063.  @danielfernandeznungaray8996  They could have avoided the jaws of the lion in the first place.
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  1064. Mariopol has been rebuilt by Russia. Did you document that ?
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  1065. When defeat is faced, the knives are out. Connolly is no longer talking about Ukranian resilience. He now mentions Ukranians do not want to be sent to the frontline.
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  1066. I have heard about greedy and exploitative kulaks.
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  1067. 'We are all in this fight ...' Who is we ? Only the west. The non-west is the majority and is either neutral or supports Russia. And in the west, it is dawning on them that Russia will prevail, and so they are quietly nudging Ukraine to negotiate and cede land. It is a matter of time.
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  1068. A warrior nation that is unfortunately foolhardy. 'Slay the Orcs. Defend your Land. ' Don't incite them more. They are heading for defeat. As for Canadians, after inciting Ukranians, you can ditch them.
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  1069. Europe was happy inciting war with Russia on behalf of America and is paying the price. de Gaulle said that the Europeans need to remember if war comes to the continent, at the end of the day, the Americans don't live in Europe and the British live on an island. Europe will have all the refugees and economic fall out. Till the Europeans develop independence from the US, it is doomed. It is a disaster to have bad relations with your next door neighbour to please someone living across the Atlantic.
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  1070.  @AuditorInvestor  You have a choice now. You could tell Trump he could save money by closing US military bases.
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  1071.  @KazimierzSurma  Correct. Cuba has a better healthcare system. The insurance based health care system is a rip off. That is the US model and it pressurises other countries to adopt it so its insurance sharks can move in. It is the same with their defence industries.
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  1072. Why does Lithuania cross red lines itself and send troops to Ukraine ?
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  1073.  @Astitha  Slavery ended in the Christian world. It was not an integral part of the religion. Whereas caste discrimination is a tenet, in fact the only tenet, of Hinduism.
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  1074.  @MasterBot98  In Istanbul, Russia would have demanded to keep Crimea, but would have been willing to return much if what it took in exchange for Ukrainian guarantee to abandon NATO entry. Now the terms are worse : Ukraine has to cede more land AND accept no NATO. Besides, Ukraine has lost a massive amount of people since 2021, and now it has over $ 1 trillion worth of damage. Get it ?
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  1075.  @thatis-it  Piers was beaten to death by Hijab. He knows very well why Israel was attacked. Hijab was interviewing Piers and Piers was defensive and could not answer. Could Piers answer why Israel does not implement Oslo accords and chose to run an apartheid state ? Did Piers answer what he sees as a proportional strike ? He could not. When asked for the evidence of beheaded children and raped women, Piers could not supply it. He has not seen it. All he could say was weakly mutter that the Daily Telegraph published it ! It is the paper with the reputation for lying about WMDs in Iraq. See the bit where Hijab asks 'why are you stuttering ?' and Piers replies meekly 'I am not stuttering' ! Western credibility and its media have been trashed in front of the world.
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  1076. Your reply signifies that NATO cannot really fight Russia due to fear of WW 3. But NATO will go and fight in Afghanistan with people who cannot hit back. Then you know the limitation of NATO. Why did you seek expansion of NATO then when you know it will lead to WW 3 ? Were you insane ?
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  1077. Clive Myrie was doing his best to post the official Ukranian-supporting lines of the west. And he got beaten ? The BBC should be ashamed to hide this. Sure public enthusiasm for Ukraine will shift in Britain.
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  1078.  @fr2ncm9  Cheap personal attacks are born out of frustration when you cannot refute my analysis.
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  1079. As if Australia will make a difference. Nobody can defeat Russia.
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  1080.  @toby9999  'Yet it still can win.' So that is only a wish. It is like when the Red Army was at the gates of Berlin, some Germans thought Germany could still win because it had better weapons.
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  1081.  @Duck-wc9de  Europe will always be weak. There are 700 million people and about 50 countries. Asia has about 3 billion people and less countries.That is, there are too many small countries in Europe, so there are many vested interests. Once there were 4 European powers : Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Britain, France, Germany are now once upon-a-time countries. They think too much about themselves still, but the reality is of the former big 4 European powers, only Russia is the default power in Europe. Europeans cannot digest that. But to confront Russia, they need America. America realising Europe's weakness exploits Europe and keeps it dependent. France and Germany sought accomodation with Russia, but America would not allow that as it would lose relevance in Europe. America has sought to exploit the eastern Europeans for inciting Russophobia.
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  1082. Not really, they can go to Dubai and buy Gucci, Nike, Apple. It will even be re-exported from Dubai.
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  1083. What Zelensky means is that he wants weapons to strike in Russia, but the west is afraid of it. The reason the west is afraid is that it enters into the realm of Russia's nuclear doctrine, they would opt to strike Ukraine with a tactical nuclear weapon to force unconditional surrender. Putin has stated Russia's nuclear doctrine is to use them if put in a position of strategic defeat. What can the west do afterwards ? They would not want to fight Russia as they too will be hit with nuclear strikes. Zelensky and the west should have known the limitation to their respective capacities to fight Russia.
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  1084. When the US cannot reverse their failed Ukrainian project, what can France do so late in the game ?
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  1085. It is a pathetic last resort. The war is lost for the west. DW puts out face saving stories, like Finland and Sweden joining NATO, as if they will make a difference. The world's contempt for the west grows.
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  1086.  @cloudpoint0  If the Russians had not achieved anything, why is everyone saying Ukraine is being nailed because the US did not give money ? Russia has taken Avdivka and now in the Avdeevka sector, it is in hot pursuit. Ukrainians are deserting and surrendering. Get it ?
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  1087. Alex, wondered what Boris Johnson is saying now. He is the one who said 'we cannot ally Putin to win as it will mean the end of the rules based international order'.
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  1088. Pleeze ! The US needs permission of Zelensky and superpowers Poland and Lithuania whether to negotiate. Biden did say nothing will be done behind their backs. Like the Americans told the Afghan govt. they will not negotiate with Taliban.
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  1089. And how did that stop Ukraine from losing land and getting defeated ?
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  1090.  @SlackerBabel  I think Macron is stepping up for a role in a doomed assault.
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  1091. Why should India and China would be top of the list ? They are sovereign countries, they are not client states of the US like the EU.
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  1092.  @ChiefsFanInSC  'Russia simply failing to take Bakhmut.' The operation is ongoing. It has failed to take Bakhmut yet, it does not mean it will not take it in the future. The Ukranians are being massacred in Bakhmut trying to make a last stand.
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  1093. First an Ukranian minister and adviser to Zelensky said it was the debris of a Ukrainian missile that tried to bring down a Russian missile. Hence, it is an Ukainian inflicted own goal.
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  1094. This should be questioned. Where is his loyalty ? Suppose the UK changes its politics and supports Palestinians, what will he do ?
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  1095. This nauseating British journalist should go and ask why Boris Johnson stopped Ukraine from reaching a settlement with Russia in Turkey. Now he knows Niu York will be in Russia, so what is the point of going and interviewing people with a smug air when you contributed to their plight ? Seems very condescending. Boris Johnson wanted the war to continue, and now as the city is about to be captured, you go and offer condolences chirping about the beautiful morning.
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  1096. Yes, Zelensky is right that the world is waiting for peace but that will only come when Ukraine states unequivocally it will not give bases to NATO, and agrees to cede the 4 oblasts. Ukraine was encouraged to fight on by the US under the hope that Ukraine will have a better bargaining position, but it went the other way. If Ukraine keeps fighting on, it will lose more. Ukraine needs to recognise its folly and realise the west cannot fund Ukraine indefinitely despite their rhetoric.
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  1097.  lucabaki  Which civilised world ?? The one that practised slavery, slave trade and colonialism, apartheid, concentration camps, the one that invaded Iraq and Afghanistan ? Just shut up....
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  1098.  @DRC85  '3 day war, now a 3 year war. totally winning' Who decided to cut funding for Ukraine after saying 'we shall support for however long it takes for Ukraine to win' ? Who is asking for negotiations ? Who is howling for peacekeepers ? Who is unwilling and unable to send peacekeepers ? That side is losing. Get it ?
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  1099. And it had the desired effect. Cameron pulled down his tweet about allowing Storm Shadows to strike Russia and British media stopped writing that they were going to hit the Kerch bridge. The French also became shy about sending troops.
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  1100. Your Christmas is on 7 Jan. You will get a day off on 7 Jan.
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  1101. It was shock and awe that they will remember. They will never regain that cockiness even with western support. They will never be able to live in peace running an apartheid state.
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  1102.  @andrew30m  Half of Kursk is retaken, and more of Donbass taken. Once they have completed takeover of Donbass, it is an open path to the Dnieper as there are no more fortifications. After that, Odessa is realistically on the cross hairs.
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  1103. At independence, Ukraine said it would be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia. After 2014 coup, sponsored by the US, the new Ukranian govt. put into their constitution they would seek NATO membership. This would allow the US to have naval bases in Ukraine and shut off Russia's Black Sea fleet which sailed from Sevastopol, Crimea. Sevastopol was leased from Ukraine by the Russian navy under the terms of independence agreed between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine has unilaterally tried to renege on its independence agreement with Russia with western backing. Hence, Russia has decided to annul Ukraine's independence.
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  1104. You don't have to take the responsibility of reconstruction of Ukraine. Ukraine will belong to Russia, and Russia will reconstruct. That is the best solution for all.
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  1105. Stick with the topic : a F16 crashed and it could not stop destruction of power grid in Ukraine. No point bringing 10 days old news about Ukraine is making advances in Kursk, as if it portrays Ukraine is winning. Now the Ukarinians cannot advance, and the Russians are killing their staging bases in Sumy. And the Russians are advancing on Prokvorsk.
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  1106. The two Anglo Saxon powers have inflicted tragedies on Muslim nations (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya). Now they have inflicted the same on the Russians - and the Ukranians. The US organised the Ukranian coup in 2014 which ushered Ukro Nazis to take power. The Russians and Ukranians have the same religion and culture, but the Anglo Saxon powers are experts at sowing discord. They find some discontented elements and incite them - as they did in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  1107. Your stories are wishful thinking - like the ones about Putin being ill and about to die. The reality is Russia and the rouble has withstood the sanctions, and it is Europe that is suffering the energy crunch.
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  1108. You start with undemocratic tendencies, and graduate to fascism if people go along with it.
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  1109.  @lepetitroquet9410  Yes, but Russia has put Ukraine in a position where the US is forced to abandon it, and Ukraine is left with the choice of unconditional surrender or extermination. The amount of land, 27% or 20% does not matter, the problem is Russia has also reduced whatever remains to an unviable rump dependent on EU aid. Get it ?
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  1110. The Professor acknowledges the Russians are master negotiators. They are tough fighters on the field, they are patriotic and sacrifice for their country, and their rulers and negotiators will not forget the sacrifice they made.
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  1111.  octopus_news  They have been saying that they got Robotyne, but there is no surge towards the Azov Sea, that is certain. Their tanks will be fried, they will have to go on foot.
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  1112.  @tatianavorobiova8015  There would be military targets, but there is no value in mentioning that.
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  1113. They are running behind schedule. The comedian said Crimea will be with Ukraine by Dec 2022. That is where it started, that is where it will end. He also said no city will fall after Severodonetsk.
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  1114. The bitterness of your comment shows Russia has defeated you. So blame the Chinese instead of yourself.
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  1115.  @dosa2990  It is a Russian victory - because Lithuania invoked a step citing the EU, and then the EU had to back off from the step, due to the threat of Russia administering a beating to Lithuania.
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  1116. Hitler also held out in his bunker as the Red Army approached. The Nazi soldiers were told not to surrender.
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  1117.  @fr21_org  2% from a low income country is nothing versus Russia's might. You should contribute in proportion to your Russophobia. Poland is in the top four Russophobia, you keep saying things that will provoke the bear to maul Europe, so you should contribute 50% of your GDP.
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  1118.  @brizzy991  We remember Poland's contribution in WW 2. It took the Red Army to liberate Aushwitz.
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  1119. Now Ukraine should know who was the boss who gave them the privilege to export wheat. Ukraine continued to misbehave, so export licence is taken back.
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  1120. 'The Houthis described their target as a British oil tanker.' Is that true or not ? Are the British hiding it with Panama flag ?
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  1121.  @sorinancuta3934  Russia was one of the guarantors of Ukraine's borders but there is clause that says no armed attack against Ukraine will take place - unless Ukraine threatens the security of Russia. By conspiring with the US to join NATO (an anti-Russian military alliance), Ukraine negated the understanding. You have never read the Budapest Memorandum. Further, the last article of the Memorandum says that in the event of a dispute, the four parties would agree to meet to resolve the dispute. When the dispute arose over NATO entry, Russia asked for a meeting on giving Russia a security guarantee in Dec 2021. The US refused. Ukraine and the UK also kept quiet. Hence, on both counts Ukraine and the other two parties breached the Memorandum, so it is null and void. Ukraine has to pay the price.
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  1122. The cost of repairing Leopards (in a high wage country like Germany) is high. So Germany thought of repairing the Leopards in Poland. But Poland quoted astronomical prices to Germany, so it led to a break out of recriminations ! Poland did not want to miss out in profiteering from Germany. Now Germany is considering setting up a repair workshop in Lithuania. This is NATO unity for you. They will be repairing the survived vehicles in time for Ukraine's next offensive.
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  1123. You have no evidence.
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  1124. Ukraine's politics of Russophobia and reliance on the US to fight a war against Russia was bound to be disastrous. Logistics and supply lines are the most important in a war. Ukraine's supply line extends across the Atlantic. It was never going to be sustainable.
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  1125. Everyone is looking forward to the Russians take out an Abrams hulk. Please send them for entertainment value !
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  1126.  @KaiserShield I did not see similar outrage from you on Afghanistan and Iraq. Russia has not bombed Ukraine like Iraq, they have not used depleted uranium like the US. If Ukraine threatens Russia using the US, then Ukraine will not exist. Understand ? It is the duty of the Russian ruler to protect his citizens.
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  1127.  @moesheen654  Their side of the bargain was they would remain neutral and not join any military alliance.
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  1128.  @garyyoung3179  NATO expansion was nevertheless flouting the spirit of the verbal understanding. Russia was stabbed in the back for German reunification. Russia has checked NATO expansionism in Ukraine and it is working to break up NATO. We do not need such an alliance.
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  1129.  @KONAMAN100  The Ukraine plotted with the US to have NATO bases, and therefore got a beating. That beating will continue till Ukraine formally renounces plans to give NATO bases.
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  1130. It was really foolish of the Ukrainians to fight a superpower relying on shipments from abroad. Now the western press is being realistic - sometimes. But we still hear tall talk (especially from the British) about breaking the Kerch bridge and capturing Crimea, and the French about sending their army to check the Russians. I see Nick Connolly is now subdued; none of the boasting about Ukrainian resilience any more.
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  1131. So why does NATO not send troops to Ukraine ? Cowardice perhaps ?
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  1132.  @milkhit2714  Putin has said he has no objection to Ukraine joining the EU. Only NATO is forbidden . So what is your point of something worse that Russia will hate ? Russia has taken the industrial and coastal lands and is strangling Ukraine'e economy. Ukraine becoming part of the EU is only symbolic. The Ukraine that is left has little revenue and will become dependent on EU aid. And the EU itself is facing a dire economic future.
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  1133. After inciting Ukraine to fight Russia, and then being defeated, the inciter says piously that Ukraine has a right to fight. Ukraine clearly cannot fight without support, why don't the inciters send their troops and see how they fare against the Russians ? Putin had said those who imagine they can defeat Russia should come to the battlefield and show it. Why has not NATO taken up the challenge ?
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  1134. 'Russians prefer to sit at negotiating table and deal with Trump directly without involving Ukraine' Russia should negotiate with US, no need for irrelevant countries like Ukraine, UK, EU.
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  1135. Victory plan - can't the fool think of a better and more credible name ?
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  1136. Kiev is unfinished business. The coastal areas are taken, now finish taking the industrial heartland, and blockade the economy. Then come back for Kiev - unless Ukraine signs a treaty agreeing to neutrality, and agrees to weeding out Ukro Nazis.
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  1137. 'Capt. Nielsen for daring to suggest that the russian army is anything but invincible' Why is Zelensky in such a panic then accusing the west of letting down Ukraine? He certainly knows the Russian army invincible - like the Red Army. Why are Ukrainians now reluctant to join the army; why are they surrendering; why are units disobeying orders ?
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  1138.  @Daniel-vw7mw  Which war has Hodges won ?
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  1139.  @notalefty999  There is slow migration due to economic reasons, but that is controlled. The large volume migration has been due to war. Military actions leads to refugees. The bulk of the refugees come from war torn nations : Ukraine the most recent (10 million in Europe), Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia.. all victims of US led wars in which Europeans participated. If it were not for these wars, the bulk of them would opt to stay where they are. You do not want to admit responsibility. You elect a leadership that indulge in these wars, you and your media follow their incitement, so don't complain.
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  1140. Let loudmouth Denmark lead the war. They can send some troops.
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  1141. It is obvious Lvov railways and airports and roads will be targeted as they are the conduits for western gun running. In fact, it is a key city that they will think of neutralising.
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  1142. Vassals cannot dictate to their masters.
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  1143. ​ @JunkerOnDrums  It is not relevant whether your country does not buy any Russian gas and oil. Can your country fight Russia and change the outcome in Ukraine ?
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  1144. The newscaster does not know the contradiction in his enthusiastic presentation : he says Kiev says it had nothing do with the terrorist murder, but it is expecting Russian retaliation in the days ahead. If Kiev itself used the term 'Retaliation', Ukraine is acknowledging it is not innocent, it did something wicked ! Retaliation implies justice.
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  1145. You need to take cut in living standard, so the US arms merchants can sell arms to the US govt. which then forwards them to Ukraine. The UK's aid is not for Ukraine, but for the US (the beneficiary are the US shareholders of Lockheed). That is the part of the cost of the special relationship with US, you are supposed to accept that, otherwise you will not be free.
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  1146. @lati long That is what I thought ! The Germans evacuated their precious beer, probably had no fighting weapons to take back.
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  1147. Is Putin giving you sleepless nights ? This is what happens if chicken mess with the great bear.
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  1148.  @leifiseland1218  It is not stuck in Ukraine, it has broken down most of Ukraine's NATO defences. Once Donbass is completed, it is open terrain to the Dnieper. That is why the US is asking for negotiations, freezing the conflict, peacekeepers etc. Russia is not having it - because it is winning.
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  1149. European is a vague term. There are too many rivalries between Europeans. The British don't want to be in Europe, but they want to lead Europe.
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  1150. The cowards are burning inside as they cannot take up the challenge of the duel.
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  1151. There is no verifiable content.
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  1152.  @Anadrolus  Europe will never be able to match Russia's incredible arsenal.
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  1153. Zelenksy said Putin died in 2022, and a look-alike was in charge. Turned out to be wishful thinking.
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  1154. The Chinese have to go with Russia, as they are fed up of US threats and talk of consequences. China and Russia realise that they need to work together to break the western financial system based on the dollar.
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  1155. A country with class and tradition - compare with the classless behaviour of western leaders.
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  1156. It was a mistake to give Ukraine independence. Ukranians have proved they are incapable of self rule, with their Russophobia and Nazi leanings. Russia should not only take back Kherson and Mariopol, it should go after Odessa and eventually take back all of Ukraine.
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  1157. Trump did say that Ukraine could become part of Russia.
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  1158. We saw the effect of British training in the (1) 2023 counter offensive where Ukraine could not cross the first layer of the Survokin line and (2) the hair brained Kursk operation, where Ukrainians are pinned, and losing more in Donbass.
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  1159. I thought they humiliated Putin.
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  1160. Lithuania started the blockade of Kaliningrad claiming it was backing EU sanctions. Then after 3 weeks, it backed down, after the EU stepped up and asked Lithuania to climb down. It was certain that Russia would annul Lithuania's independence and they could mount a swift operation to cut off the Baltics. So don't claim the weakest and most useless nations of the EU are its leaders.
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  1161.  @lorrainetaylor5894  Article 5 for Lithuania ? No one wants to die for Lithuania. NATO is a paper tiger.
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  1162. 'the longer Israel delays the more support they will lose globally.' Delays what ? Do they know what they are doing ?
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  1163. If you did not want the war, you could have agreed to Ukraine to be neutral. So shut up. You gambled you could defeat Russia, but you got defeated.
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  1164. @sloth bear Scamming guests ? The tickets do not say anything about alcohol. Drugs are banned, why not alcohol ?
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  1165. Alexander described Marcon correctly - he is over complicated, he does know what he wants and what is feasible.
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  1166. There is no diversity of opinion. The interviewer asks the sly question 'we have the best army, the best intelligence...! ' None of them asked what is this assumption based on. Israelis have been brought up on exceptionalism and none of them has questioned that. It is a fundamental part of their psyche - Chosen One. It is this exceptionalism that has taken a blow.
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  1167.  @ksd593  Russia is not robbing other countries and printing money like the US.
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  1168. So this is confirmation that the west has accepted Bakhmut will fall. Of course, the conclusion is Bakhmut is unimportant, and by the way, the Ukranians are so resilient, they don't mind any hardship.
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  1169.  @antonlopatinsky9154  With Ukraine's and US's record of invasion of Iraq, why does Zelensky expect support from Arabs. They will say Ukraine deserves what it is getting.
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  1170.  @WHS_reviews  'go home ivan, do not pass go and do not collect 200 rubles.' Feeble, semi-intelligent response. People without much intellect are not in a position to fight Russia. Capitulation is the best option.
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  1171. Don't worry, Ukraine will not be a burden for EU, it is going to join Russia. Why waste your time after defeat talking about Ukraine joining NATO and EU ? Russia has won and it set out to stop NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  1172. Zelensky will be doing a western tour telling them he is fighting for their free world. Give me the money to do so !
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  1173. You told me Putin's war effort was blunted in the 2023 season. Why do you want more blunting operations in 2024 ?
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  1174.  @timmommens901  On the Russian side, they are advancing in Donbass, and getting ready to siege Pokrovsk. On the western side, they are begging to freeze the conflict. Russia does not agree. Get it ?
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  1175.  @RopekingRopethemall  As if you had the courage to fight Russia otherwise !
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  1176. What happened to all those Patriots the US sent ? And all the mini power generators the EU is giving ?
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  1177. What several counter showdowns ? Crimea was gone in 2014; Mariopol is lost in 2022; same with Kherson. Odessa might be next. Accept reality, don't indulge in wishful thinking. Ukraine will not enter NATO.
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  1178.  @laopang91362  Is the money the US giving Ukraine 'free money' or is it a loan which mortgages Ukranian future ? In the case of Iraq, they might have been able to recover some of the money by stealing Iraqi oil. But in Ukraine, surely the money cannot be recovered.
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  1179.  @antony6799  losing to some inexperienced Russian prisoners, with shovels....
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  1180. You are duplicitous liar. If there was no chance of Ukraine, why did the US and NATO not say that, and prevent the war ?
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  1181. And the US had to move US missiles out of Turkey which prompted the Soviet Union to put missiles in Cuba. Read up.
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  1182. One can make theoretical arguments about sovereignty but it has to be weighed with realpolitik. For instance, Lithuania was given independence on the condition it allowed a train corridor for Russian trains to go through Lithuania to Kaliningrad. Some months back Lithuania got carried away and tried to block Russian trains carrying EU sanctioned items to Kaliningrad. Then a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence should be reviewed. Within a fortnight, the EU and NATO forced Lithuania to back down. Otherwise Russia would have seized the Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics - regardless of Article 5. The Europeans cannot fight, and the Americans do not want to fight a nuclear war for stupid Lithuania. If the countries that became independent think they can side with the US and threaten Russia, they will get a beating like Ukraine. Then they will find (like Ukraine has) neither the Europeans nor the Americas want to come and die for them. What the Chinese diplomat said has to be taken in that context. There was no international law used to create those new countries. Therefore no international law will be broken if independence of Lithuania or Ukraine is annulled. The independent countries need to realise sovereignty does not mean the right to behave as you want and threaten others.
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  1183. Praying after being foolish does not help.
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  1184.  @lasse888  Who threatened Russia and played an underhand role ?
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  1185. The western media have been saying for weeks that Bakhmut is of no strategic value, so Ukraine must surrender it instead of prolonging the suffering for these old people.
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  1186.  @chrissmith7669  Is this the shameless NATO that ran away from Kabul 2 years ago, with their leader taking the first flights out without telling its subordinates ? You think such cowards can fight mighty Russia ?
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  1187. Is that so ? Then why are you distressed with the referenda ?
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  1188. That is the western style reporter. He directs the listener to the establishment view (Ukranians always noble; Russians dastardly) and occasionally admits he does not have any evidence.
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  1189.  @dpelpal  Russia is not a vassal of the US like South Korean, like European, like Dubai. Get it ? It is a great power and a great country.
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  1190. The journalist asks whether it is time to negotiate ? Why would Russia want to negotiate with backstabbers ? Russia reached an agreement with Ukraine in Turkey, but Boris Johnson came and told Zelensky not to agree, and Zelensky went with him. At that time, Putin had said that next time, the terms will be stiffer. That is the situation. Ukraine has to forfeit the lost oblasts and agree it cannot be in NATO. In fact, the only option for Ukraine is unconditional surrender.
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  1191. Ukraine has been foolish to think that Europe would abandon Russian gas and oil overnight, and sacrifice themselves for Ukraine. NATO expansion was an American plan, but it is a joint folly of Ukraine and EU to allow it without thinking of the repercussions. Ukraine has made a mess of a 'once in a lifetime chance' for sovereignty by taking a militantly anti-Russian stance to get European and American support.
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  1192. It will be settled on the battle field. Zelensky is still taking about his victory plan, so Russia has no choice but to settle it in the battlefield.
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  1193. What is the civilised world ? The ones who invaded Iraq and Afghanistan and who reinstalled Taliban and ran away leaving their equipment ?
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  1194. Evacuation of Kherson means Ukranians are losing more land. The counter offensive has failed, and Russia is getting ready to advance.
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  1195.  @cdfdesantis699  Russia will only be satisfied if Ukraine returns to neutrality and keeps its distance from NATO. Putin said he has no objection to Ukraine joining the EU. Russia was not primarily after land, they had to take land only to stop Ukraine from allowing US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine had accepted this in Dec. 2021, Russia would not have invaded. It is a loss for Russia also to have to do this. But Ukraine does not have the freedom to accept neutrality and disown ties with NATO because its leaders after 2014 are implants of the US.
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  1196. Zelensky the Jew should know Israel is the west's sacred cow.
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  1197. We were told Russian soldiers are low on morale. How did they take Adeevika ? Russia suffered the heaviest losses. Ukraine says it is therefore a successful operation for Ukraine.
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  1198. Is it that bad ? Zelensky said only 30,000 died.
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  1199. 'If the countries supporting Ukraine gave Ukraine enough resources, Ukraine could counterattack...' No point indulging in wishful thinking. The west does not have the armaments. Hence, the conclusion is the war is lost for Ukraine and the west. It was a strategic mistake to fight Russia. Nobody has fought Russia and won.
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  1200. They are saying now F15s will achieve the miracle.
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  1201. The most optimistic scenario is Russia takes Ukraine and rebuilds it. The west has taken Ukraine for a ride, thrown it under the bus by inciting it to fight to Russia, and then leaving when it could not win.
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  1202.  @331SVTCobra  'So far the Russian air force has not asserted itself. Ukraine sets up artillery, fires, then moves before counterbattery hits. ' Why was Ukraine begging for a 'no fly zone' ? Why did the US not have the guts to put one ? Was it its usual cowardice ?
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  1203.  @Backpacker8381  That is a good one. If the Ukranians continue to misbehave, they might get more 'no fly zones'. They may get all their ports sealed so no fly can fly.
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  1204. Why is it despicable ? He wants to end the war - because he realises Ukraine has lost.
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  1205. And what is Britain doing to solve the conflict which Britain created in 1917 ?
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  1206. The ship full of explosives anchored in the English channel has disappeared off Times Radio.
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  1207. Cragg finds the reality difficult, so he says the Russians will find it difficult advance any more after Bakhmut.
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  1208. Turkish ex minister is impressive. 'Ukraine does not have luxury to be with east or west, it should have a balanced foreign policy'. I am very impressed by Turkey in this affair. Turkey is better off outside the EU because it has genuine sovereignty. It provides an anti-dote to western hysteria which had led Ukraine down the precipice. The western foreign policy is to fight Russia to the last Ukranian.
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  1209. What is going on ? The Ukro Nazis and the Slava Ukraine brigade were telling us Russians were quitting Kherson fearing the Ukranian counter offensive. We were told the Russian troops are trapped, the Antonovski bridge is cut, Kerch bridge is destroyed, and the Russians were evacuating. The Ukranians were on the march to Crimea. But this video starts with 'Officials in Ukraine are bracing for one of the heaviest battles to come ....' That sounds like Russia will be on the attack. The order is to take Kherson before winter. Yeah right ! I see the Ukranians are going to get mauled and they are putting on a brave face.
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  1210. Or course, the western strategy is to fight Russia to the last Ukranian, but no one in NATO wants to die on behalf of the Ukraine. They value their own lives.
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  1211. When Turkey permits !
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  1212. You should treat Ukraine also as an extension of Russia.
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  1213.  @PG-3462  In the uranium processing chain, Russia is the biggest player.
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  1214. Can't imagine Americans fighting in this hardship. That is why they live comfortably and use proxies.
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  1215.  @craftpaint1644  'NATO's pride only allowed doing all this the hard and bloody way.' NATO's FALSE pride ... it believes it is the richest and strongest alliance, has best weapons etc. The false pride has taken a beating but it will take time to admit that.
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  1216. NATO has no business to threaten Russia, Russia decides its security. Get it ? Ukraine's survival ended because of wanting to join NATO, numskull.
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  1217. I died laughing - the boss (US) and the house servant (Britain) and bottom feeders (France, Italy...) !!!
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  1218. Now this Gulliver fellow says the Russians are resorting to long range artillery attacks. I thought Ukranians with their Himars would be doing that. At the same time, he says the Ukranian military and civilians are saying the 12 or less Himars are making a difference. But still Ukraine wants 100 Himars. Why ? These people put out propaganda that is self contradictory.
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  1219. When France invaded Russia in 1812, it got beaten badly. The Germans were also thrashed by the USSR. Hence, neither wants to fight Russia, they have direct experience of where that leads. So be understanding.
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  1220. I agree. Ukraine should be made a pastoral country. Grow wheat and sunflower. Much of their industry were in Donbas and that is taken away. All their military industries should be closed. The nuclear reactors should be closed and entombed in concrete.
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  1221. Who directed Ukraine to go for Kursk and why ? What was the objective ? The US directed Ukraine to go into Kursk. The reason is to offset the setbacks on the Donbass front. The objective of the Kursk offensive which is unstated was to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant, and then force Russia to negotiate. It would have been difficult for Russia to risk a fight at a nuclear plant. But Kursk city was too far, and the Ukranians got bogged down in some settlements, and Russia hit the supply lines from he air. They have also now fortified the nuclear power plant. So Ukraine cannot march onto Kursk city. Meanwhile Ukraine's scarce manpower and equipment are not available for Donbass, and what it sent to Kursk is being destroyed.
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  1222. Russia has defeated all the western countries combined. You were claiming you were superior.
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  1223. The Russian diplomats have a classical style of diplomacy. Controlled and measured words. Contrast that with uncouth Trump and Vance. Or the empty posturing of Macron and Starmer. Or the barking of Poles and Estonians.
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  1224. In Europe, everyone is a servile door mat of America.
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  1225.  @yanniskarageorgiou3573  NATO is not a defensive organisation just because you say so. NATO invaded Afghanistan and even Ukraine sent 5000 troops (Maybe Afghans should go to Ukraine and trash them). NATO is not a defensive organisation for Russia. It is a threatening organisation. Russia has every right to stop Ukraine from joining. Ukraine's independence was conditional on it not joining any military organisation to threaten Russia. Ukraine's independence declaration asserted Ukraine would be a neutral country. After the US instigated coup in 2014, Ukraine changed its constitution and put joining NATO as an aim. Ukraine was literally trying to make war. It is being a taught a lesson. Ukraine has squandered its independence, part of it will be taken back, the rest will be destroyed unless it accepts neutrality and keeps NATO at a distance.
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  1226. 'The only way to impress Putin is to support Ukraine with everything we can produce. ' That was tried and the entire collective west failed. Are you advocating more of the same ?
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  1227.  @MarkieB-66  Until recently, the British and Europeans were sailing in the US boat, and happily bombing Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya.....So you have not learnt from your past glory. You still have the colonial mentality. 'If the US prefers to spend money on its military, then that’s up to them.' The Europeans are planning to spend 800 billion euros, so how are you different ?
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  1228. Why should Russia agree to make concessions ? It is winning.
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  1229. There was no breach. Russia did not sign a ceasefire with Ukraine over Odessa. It did not strike grain loading systems and ships. It attacked storage sites for western weapons, which is entirely understandable.
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  1230. Do you think IDF can fight a long, urban war ? What was their record in the Hizbollah war and previous attempts in Gaza ? They will face heavy casualties and it will be inconclusive. Israel's weakness is lack of manpower and unwillingness to take casualties.
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  1231. What does America stand for ? Warmongering and bringing grief to one and all.
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  1232. Why does not the first rate military power and its allies send troops to Ukraine ? Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield. You saw when the missile struck Poland, how the US bent over backwards to say it was a Ukrainian missile to avoid the responsibility of fighting Russia. The first rate powers and their allies are afraid what happened to Ukraine will happen to them if they misbehave.
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  1233. @Simas Graliauskas I don't understand your first sentence. Second sentence is correct : superpower talking, small fry talking more than it can, small dog, is that your summarise?:). It is foolish to go and provoke a superpower next to you, imagining you have the infinite support of another superpower far away. What if the latter does not come to your rescue ?
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  1234. Russia has achieved its principle aims. Ukraine will not ask for joining NATO again. And NATO also knows what will happen if it tries to induct Ukraine. The Ukro Nazis in Mariopol have surrendered. Russia has the industrial belt, and the coastal areas. Ukraine is blockaded and the 80% that remains cannot be rebuilt without Russian permission. Russia has all the strong cards.
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  1235. Why would the Chinese do that to Walmart when 90% of what Walmart sells is Chinese ?
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  1236.  @jesan733  'the US could easily afford staying in Afghanistan' So why did it not stay on for another 20 years ? 'and can very easily afford supporting Ukraine.' So why are Americans so polarised and divided today if it is all hunky dory for them ? The days of printing of dollars and living beyond your means, and inciting wars are coming to an end. Russia's de-dollarisation move has kicked off and others have joined the bandwagon. Get it ?
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  1237.  @jesan733  You are indulging in a vague plea that America does not incite wars. But somehow you are always embroiled in all wars on the planet - Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Ukraine/Russia. Then you argue America has no financial and social problems arising from sponsoring conflicts the world over. Alright then, carry on ! 'People conflate budget deficit and printing dollars. It's not the same thing, and the problems are vastly overblown. ' You forced the Saudis and others to sell oil only in dollars; and when the Iraqis and Libyans tried to sell in Euros, like Saddam and Gaddafi, you invaded and did regime change. Why ? You should have let them sell oil in whatever currency they wanted. As a result of the wars you engaged in, the rest of the world wants alternatives to the dollar. Russia and China are leading this effort. We see trade emerging slowly in national currencies, the Chinese and Saudis are selling off US treasuries and buying gold. As more and more countries settle bills without using dollars, you will weaken. You are putting on a brave face. But you will see the US will lash out and engage in more reckless wars to preserve the dollar. The lasting and most impactful blow that Russia has delivered the US is de-dollarisation. It has kicked off the movement, and others have joined the bandwagon. Considering the fact that the US went to war to stop Saddam and Gaddafi selling oil in other currencies, it is sure the US is very concerned - but it cannot go to war against big boys like Russia and China who have the capacity to incinerate US cities. If it were not for that, you would have done what you did to Iraq and Libya.
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  1238.  @incipidsigninsetup  Have you noticed that Russia now has twice the land they did in 2014 ? Ukraine cannot get the industrial and coastal areas back, you think they can get Crimea back ? Zelensky is himself saying Donbas is being destroyed. He is begging for a ceasefire, but Russia is not interested.
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  1239. You said Himars were game changers. But Ukraine lost Soledar and had its power grid destroyed. A few tanks will not make any difference, whatever their specifications. It is wishful thinking.
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  1240. Emil's logic has common sense. It does seem to me Ukraine's western handlers are making a lot of celebratory trumpet calls out of loss of face. They want something to vindicate their sense of superiority over Russia. In a boxing match, one boxer may launch one punch that connects with the face, but he takes 100 punches to get that one punch. Unless that one punch is a devastating blow that the opponent collapses and it is a knockout, the one who hit 100 punches will prevail. It is common sense.
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  1241. The Red Army did the same when the breached the German lands and entered Prussia. They went for Konigsberg, they faced resistance, so they put a siege and locked it up, and moved on to Berlin, and eventually came to get Konigsberg. They are doing the same in Mariupol.
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  1242.  @varoksa  'US has outright said they will eliminate russian forces in ukraine in response to a nuke.' How will they eliminate Russian forces ? Why don't they do it now ?
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  1243. The Russians withdrew from Kherson's west bank and fortified their positions - wisely. They are in a better position now. The Ukranians tried to hold on to Bakhmut and got massacred.
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  1244. One lady Braw says Russia may still attack NATO, but the hope is Russia will get less than it hoped for ! There is no hope that NATO can actually defeat Russia ! The Lithuanian fellow says NATO is the most powerful alliance in the world - the one that competed to run away from Afghanistan 2 years ago and the one which did not have guts to send troops to Ukraine after encouraging it to fight Russia. The weakest countries boast most about NATO. The main presenter is so pompous she tries to put on a positive spin about everything. She says Finland and Sweden are the ultimate signal of unity - but Turkey held up the celebration (look at her wicked choice of words). The meaning is Turkey is a spoiler to NATO group think.
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  1245. Unfaltering support to Ukraine. Ukraine will have more income after Russia de-industrialises Germany and allows Ukraine to ship from its ports !
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  1246. They are immortals only in BBC media.
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  1247.  @crazyson6153  Germany is a sovereign nation and it is therefore their right to do what is best for themselves, and not what is best for America. America benefits by selling its arms; that was their aim in NATO expansion. In 2008, Germany and France had opposed NATO expansion to Ukraine fearing it would lead to war (correctly). But the US bullied them into submission. Germany has every right to say wrong NATO polices forced by the US brought this solution and only a negotiated solution with Russia is possible. Germany and France want a negotiated solution; so does Zelensky; but the US blocks it. China, India and others are not listening to US sanctions. They act like sovereign nations. It is time the European nations got the spine to ask America to back off. Germany should not have agreed to close Nordstream 2. It needs to stand up to the US. If the German economy goes down, the whole of Europe goes down. They subsidise all the scroungers in Eastern Europe like Poland.
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  1248.  @Tquaso  That is enough for MAGA supporters.
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  1249. I am for Bravermann despite fer fault sending mail from private account. I support her for bringing out Indians are the largest over stayers and her opposition to more migration as part of a trade deal. Bravermann had first hand knowledge because the Leicester riot occurred during her tenure. She has first hand police reports the Leicester riot was instigated by Hindu nationalist types imported from India. She does not want more Leicester riot.
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  1250.  @markushaahr9194  For Ukraine to get independence, it had to give up nuclear weapons and be neutral. There was no option to have nuclear weapons and join NATO, and have independence. Get it ? Ukraine tried to renege on the assurance of neutrality, so its existence is cancelled. That is pretty fair.
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  1251.  @Tuck213  Don't put on holy airs. Who pushed NATO expansion after Warsaw Pact was dissolved ? Why ? And who staged the coup in Ukraine in 2014 that brought Ukro Nazi groups to power ? You had an imperialist urge and Russia checked it. Russia has ended western hegemony. BoJo said if Putin wins, it is end of western hegemony. So who is imperialist ?
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  1252.  @kateryna5284  Are the Ukranian armed forces telling you they are winning ? Does Ukraine have the land of 1991, or even 2014 ? You would not last one day if US financial support ends. That is coming.
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  1253.  @Malcovic29  Bell's written articles in Sky are more balanced, and realistic, but on TV, he has to be a propagandist and cheerleader for Ukraine.
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  1254. Trump plays a victim of ABC, CNN, media....People hate that.
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  1255. Some months back, Zelensky was holding a conference where he spouted his Victory Plan. The deluded Europeans hosted the conference .
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  1256.  @pynn1000  You exaggerate NATO's capabilities. Not so long ago, NATO ran away from Kabul in the most cowardly manner. They were all vying with each other to board planes lest they were captured. The captain of the pack, the US, cut and run first, without even informing its 'allies', that is subordinates. Normally, when a ship sinks, the captain leaves last. With NATO, the captain runs away first. Do you think such abject cowards are strong enough to fight Russia ? NATO refused to send troops to Ukraine and also refused Ukrainian request for a 'no fly zone'. Why ? Because no one in NATO wants to be killed by the Russians. Even collectively, NATO is not strong. NATO is the US with a collection of weaklings. The US decides policy. If the US decides it needs NATO, it will ask the weaklings to come to Afghanistan to fight its war, and subordinates have to go. However, for an European war, the subordinates cannot ask the US to come and fight. The NATO command structure is run by the US, so if the US does not fight, the rest of the 30 subordinates cannot do anything.
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  1257. They will lose their money !
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  1258. Ramasamy is just an opportunist. He says there is no discrimination in the US.
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  1259. ' Ukraine has every right to use the means at its disposal to remove RU targets, especially on its soil. ' Russia has nukes at its disposal to remove Ukranian targets. So know your position before opening your mouth.
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  1260. Unbelievable ! 18 targets hit by 50-44 = 6 missiles. Why does the BBC present such ludicrous claims ? It undermines credibility of the report right from the beginning. The Ukrainians try to console themselves and say Russians are losing miserably in the war, that is why they are striking the power. The US did the same to Iraq in the first week. Ukrainians also went to aid the US in Iraq (they sent 5000 troops). So why are they complaining ? It is part of war. If the Ukrainians try their Kherson offensive, more of this is will happen. Russia has not gone out to bomb refugee trains or carpet bomb Kiev and other cities. Russia has the upper hand and will prevail. It is something that Ukrainians and its handlers need to realise. Come out of emotional self-deception.
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  1261. And NATO did not lie ? It said NATO would not expand one inch to the east after reunification of Germany.
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  1262. I thought Ukraine shot down them hypersonics with Patriots.
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  1263.  @kevinbrooke8104  Russia will take the Russian areas including Kharkhov and Odessa, areas which the Soviet Union attached to Ukraine. Russia does not need to occupy the rest of Ukraine, but it will not allow the Ukrainians to let NATO enter.
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  1264. Why don't they have such analysts and thinkers on BBC ?
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  1265.  @gordongraham1771  You need to have guts to take the fight to Russia and Belarus directly. The US and NATO do not have the stomach.
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  1266. All wishful thinking - born out of spite, caused by the mortification of defeat.
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  1267. Some of the “I stand with Ukraine!” people take the 60 billion as victory !
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  1268. Russia is using energy for blackmail ? The west is using dollar and euro for blackmail. Why don't you look at yourself in the mirror ?
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  1269. Why, because he is not giving the fantasy you want to hear on Ukrainian victory ?
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  1270. NATO has to pay reparations to Russia.
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  1271. Being labelled as mercenaries means facing firing squad and no one can complain.
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  1272.  @josephfrechette9916  Putin said he does not want NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. That is all. He never said Russians are superior. The Soviet Union was ruled by many non-Russians such as Stalin, Krushchev and Brezhnev.
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  1273. Let those who want to be converted convert. Not everyone is enthused by caste system, cow worship and mob violence.
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  1274. "Ukraine may have to cede a little bit of real estate..." No problem, Zelensky said it is temporary, he will get back by other means.
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  1275. Russia has been mild. They did not strike at the evacuation trains earlier - which they could have easily if they were after civilians per se. Even now the Russian strike has been a mild show of 'shock and awe'. Funny how the bravado about taking Crimea has receded from the Ukranian and the western press. The Ukranians are back to begging for protection. Ukranians need to reflect whether they can win against Russia by relying on America and NATO.
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  1276. 'Merit is enough.' Like the caste system, eh ?
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  1277. Make Ukraine landlocked, then come after Kiev. If a tactical nuke is used, what will the Kiev mayor do ?
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  1278.  @Amtcboy  Sinwar was not living in a palace, he stood up and fought like a lion, till the end.
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  1279. The US Abrams will arrive in time for the muddy season !
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  1280.  @joseaca1010  Due to geography and history, Ukraine's independence was always conditional - Ukraine had to give up nuclear weapons, not join any military alliance and allow Russian navy to use Sevastopol. Otherwise, there would have been no independence. There is no absolute independence, so don't impose your western views. Palestine wants independence, Israel does not allow it, the EU and US solidly back Israel - so hypocrites should not be shouting about Ukraine's absolute right to do what it wants. Ukraine cannot join any organisation it pleases if it threatens a neighbour. If you don't understand that concept, at least understand the reality now - there will be no Ukraine as it was in 1992. Russia did not violate the Budapest Memorandum first. It says 'The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense '. Read the exception clause. An exceptional situation has arisen : Ukraine conspired with two (US and UK) of the three guarantors of its security against the first guarantor (Russia), to threaten the security of Russia. In this Ukraine, US and UK are guilty. Hence, the Budapest Memorandum has been violated by Ukraine, US and UK, so it is null and void for Russia, and Russia is administering the beating that is due to Ukraine. The US and UK are howling on the sideline and trying to give some aid to Ukraine, but they cannot stop the beating. Finally, it means in future negotiations, Russia cannot allow the US and UK to be guarantors of Ukraine. It will have to be Turkey, China, UN, maybe France and Germany. Think about your shameless western duplicity that has landed Ukraine in this mess. Ukrainains are also at fault for backstabbing and not realising geography and history play a role in statecraft.
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  1281.  @666dualsport  Sour grapes. You are beaten by Sir Putin after you tried to create mischief on Russia's border.
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  1282. How did Modi try ? He is inaugurating temples, protecting the cow, building gigantic statues (made in China).
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  1283. NATO will have to call a meeting in Spain and have a unanimous agreement. While Article 5 says an attack on one will be an attack on all, it does not say the response will be unanimous. Article 5 is written by Americans and it carefully leaves an escape clause for itself - it says members may respond as they like including and up to war. But it does not commit all members to war. If the US does not want to die, which would be the case, none of the Europeans would not have the guts to fight Russia without the US.
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  1284.  @jamesewanchook2276  Stalin needed to industrialise the Soviet Union in 10 years, and the kulaks stood in the way. Now, if you don't like what the Soviet Union gave you, that is a country with steel mills, aero engine plants, tank plants, Russia will return you to your pre-Holomodor days . That is, you can return to agriculture and pig grooming. No need for power grid then.
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  1285.  @profounddamas  And you can go and live in Israel, it is a nicer country than Iran for practising racism and apartheid.
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  1286. The condition that Russia allowed Ukraine to become a sovereign state was that it would not join any military alliance. This was enshrined in Ukraine's declaration of independence. However after the US instigated coup of 2014, they changed the constitution and put NATO entry as an objective. They reneged on an agreement which is a flagrant violation of the international rule of law. Hence, Russia decided a correction was needed. Ukraine as a sovereign independent state poses no threat, but joining a military alliance that is there only to threaten Russia naturally brought a reaction. Ukraine is a suicidal failed state, run by US implants after a coup.
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  1287. 'There is plenty of uranium in Western countries, we have just been lazy and not bothered to look for minerals. The search has begun. Very good, keep searching at home, and promise not to trouble the non-west. Let the French search for uranium in France.
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  1288.  @MasterBot98  'deal in Istanbul was not an effective capitulation by Ukraine? Boris disrupted it by providing military support to Ukraine so they don't have to capitulate. ' What Ukraine is facing now is a bigger capitulation which even Anders can see. Can Boris do anything to reverse it now ? Russia is not going to agree to any western peace proposal like freeze the conflict, it is going to force unconditional surrender. Ukraine had much better terms in Istanbul, and Boris sabotaged it.
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  1289.  @Boca-do-rio  You destroyed Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and left....Now you thought you could play the same game with Russia, but Russia gave you such a beating that all the Europeans are quaking.
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  1290. So is Europe stronger after servitude to America ? She dances to the American tune. Have not seen the capacity for independent thinking.
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  1291.  @nikkimarland87  I asked you a question 'If NATO cannot fight Russia as it will become WW 3, why was NATO trying to induct Ukraine when Russia had warned since the 1990s not to expand NATO, and had specifically warned against induction of Georgia and Ukraine into NATO ? You agreed with me but you did not answer that query. NATO is run by the US, and US itself is manipulated by its arms lobbies. The push for NATO expansion came from the US armaments companies which lobbied their govt. till it became policy. The business case simple : the ex-Warsaw pact countries when inducted in NATO would have to replace their Soviet arms with American ones. If NATO cannot fight Russia as it will become WW 3, why was NATO trying to induct Ukraine when Russia had warned since the 1990s not to expand NATO, and had specifically warned against induction of Georgia and Ukraine into NATO ? The proof is here from 1997 and 1998 from the US press. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html
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  1292. The European public may want Ukraine to negotiate, but they have no say. The US decides. The European public is irrelevant, and its politicians have no choice because they fear America. What happened to Slovakian PM will happen to them. NATO's policies are set by the US. It takes care that the minnows are made to feel important - small countries like Estonia talk like superpowers. When France and Germany expressed concern about war arising from NATO expansion into Ukraine, the neocon Jew Victoria Nuland said 'f... the EU'. The US arms industry has a vested interest in the war continuing, and US politicians are entwined in it. Recently Lindsey Graham went to Kiev and praised the Ukrainians, saying it is good for them to fight for their freedom, and it is good for the US as it was creating a lot of jobs - a win-win situation for the US and Ukraine !
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  1293.  @pokey5736  'And what is your experience at managing a war ? None, right ?!!!!' None, like NATO ! They have not managed a war they have won.
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  1294. There is no indication Russian missiles targeted civilians. Cragg says it might have been a Ukranian missile interception and the debris fell over a civilian building. The bulk of the hits were on the power stations.
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  1295. Sweden and Finland joined NATO out of fright. But NATO advertises it as proof of NATO's greatness.
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  1296.  @NothingPersonalKido  Russians sacrificed for the security of their country and won. What did Ukraine do it for ? It cannot be in NATO and it has lost land.
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  1297. Now that you are not fooled by Putin, why don't you overcome your cowardice and send NATO armies to Ukraine ?
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  1298.  @wai828  James Baker said NATO will not be expanded one inch to the east. He said that twice, you liar. You expanded NATO, and pretended innocence saying eastern Europeans wanted it, but now Russia has ended US plans of bases in Ukraine. Ukraine's independence is terminated. And those who egged Ukraine to fight are giving up. Ukraine and the collective west are defeated. 'Russia however promised to never invade Ukraine in Budapest Memorandum.' There is clause in there that makes an exception if Russia's security is threatened. Ukraine conspired with the two other signatories to enter a military alliance against Russia. That was against the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum. Hence, you flouted the Budapest Memorandum, so there will be no more Ukraine. That is how it should be.
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  1299. Well spotted, I also wondered. The western media say 44 of the 50 Russian missiles were destroyed; they do not say Ukraine said this. They are trying to keep up western morale.
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  1300. I did not have to watch the video to know "NATO has no real plan."
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  1301. International law : Russia gave Donbass and Crimea to Ukraine under condition it would be a neutral state an not join any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine violated that understanding by seeking to join NATO and having NATO training personnel and by running biolabs, so according to international law, Russia has decided to take back Ukraine.
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  1302. Why are Israelis occupying the homeland of the Palestinians ? Once they stop doing that, hate is unnecessary.
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  1303. Get ready for the time Europe will not be able to poke the bear without being clawed.
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  1304.  @martijnstam6186  There can be no rebuilding without Russian permission. Russia will only give permission when Ukraine signs on neutrality and keeping NATO out. Till then it will be pounded and reconstruction will not be possible in areas Russia has not taken. Reconstruction in Russian controlled areas will be permitted.
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  1305. One memorable quote : Putin is bluffing till he ain't bluffing.
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  1306. 'the strength and reach of NATO Air and Naval forces in the region.' What is the strength of NATO Air and Naval forces ? When has NATO won a war ? NATO did not want to send troops to Ukraine even though it campaigned for its entry into NATO because NATO is averse to casualties. Those who are unwilling to die cannot win a war. That is the difference between NATO and Russia. Russia is not about to invade Europe. All it sought was to deny NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Russia has achieved that objective and there is nothing NATO can do to evict Russia.
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  1307. Maybe a future Ukrainian president in exile when Ukraine is part of Russia.
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  1308. Western tax payers money purchased these arms - but it went up in smoke when Russia attacked it. That is the problem sending large equipment.
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  1309. Thanks for the reminder of that amiable but hopeless Mr. Micawber from Charles Dickens. At least, he was not wicked ! He did not feed 100,000 people to their deaths and hope something will turn up.
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  1310. One has to give credit to Russia and Sir Putin for resoluteness in forcing the surrender of the collective west !
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  1311. You know Russia will make marginal gains, do you ? And do the Ukranians have the resources to get anything back ? The Russians have killed off their army, they cannot recruit enough, and after the elections, there is no more money. Your expectations are wishful thinking.
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  1312. The US does not like Britain - that was self evident by the way Ben Wallace was blocked by the US as NATO Sec. Gen.. The Americans did not like the British who always tried to show they were ahead of everyone in sending weapons. The British were proudly boasting how they were the first to send tanks, and how they forced America to agree to Abrams. The sort of clients the US wants is Poland, Baltics and Ukraine.
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  1313. Best leader is Putin - stands for his country.
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  1314.  @marcusc5170  But Russia is weak, NATO is so strong and you have new members, you have superior weapons, so what is the cause for panic ?
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  1315. Has NATO given Ukraine an ultimatum to show results ? I thought NATO said they will support Ukraine for however long it takes.
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  1316. This Gulliver fellow looks like an English speaking mercenary !
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  1317. Why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield.
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  1318. It has spent 12 billion on Ukraine.
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  1319. Why are Ukranians soldiers seen running away from supposedly civilian areas as the drone comes ?
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  1320. Britain is a superpower like Estonia.
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  1321.  @davidburke5782  'Russia - have a pile of crap weapons thinking you are invincible !!!' If that is so, why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? Ah, I remember Russia has the unstoppable hypersonic Sarmat missile, a single one can destroy an area the size of Britain.
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  1322. 'I don't understand either what is the point of helping Ukraine in the war if it is not to win it.' What you need to understand is that Ukraine did not have the capacity and never will have the capacity to defeat Russia. The west should never have encouraged Ukraine to think it could join NATO and it could fight Russia and win. It was a strategic miscalculation of the US. The west has thrown Ukraine under the bus by encouraging it to fight, and then not having the resources to do so. 'On the contrary, at the moment it seems very messy and as if the alliance does not know which way to go and what to do.' The reason the alliance is confused is the west is fighting Russia and not Iraq or Afghanistan. Russia dangles the nuclear sword and can incinerate all western cities. So your capability to fight is restricted. Unlike Iraq or Afghanistan, the economic consequences of the war were felt immediately by the west - high inflation, de-indsutrialisation of Germany, de-dollarisation. This has led to confusion about what to do. The west said it will be with Ukraine for however long it takes, but it cannot afford it. 'Ukraine must have F16 aircraft, so start training their pilots asap. And give them the missiles they think they need most, long-range artillery, anti-aircraft defense, etc.' None of it will make much difference. It is always going to be too little too late. The Bandera army has been massacred and there is not much left of it. The west cannot supply enough artillery shells. And if pushed, Russia will use tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev (Russia has said all weapons in its arsenal will be used if Ukraine crosses into Crimea). Don't come back and say the US will use nuclear weapons against Russia; Russia will incinerate all US cities. The Americans do not want to be exterminated for Ukranians. Russia has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, it will not let go and allow Ukraine to host US military bases to threaten Russia.
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  1323.  @Mortthemoose  And all the aid you sent led Ukraine to a worse position and they are losing more ground. Why don't you send your troops ?
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  1324. There is a recent interview of Rahul Gandhi in Georgetown University where he analyses issues of income, job and price, manufacturing, sustaining democracy and defending democratic institutions which are being undermined in India. China is also discussed. He said that China has built a manufacturing economy with an authoritarian state, whereas democratic India, US and Europe have become service economies managing consumption. And as the economies of the latter stagnate, democracy is attacked by Modi in India, AfD in Germany, Meloni in Italy, Wilders in NL, Trump in the US. That Modi character's following is not based on income, job and price, it is based on Hindu chauvinism against minorities. Likewise, Trump's following is based on white chauvinism and anger.
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  1325. Torretsk fell yesterday, much of Chasiv Yar taken, when Pokrovsk falls, you will say it was a strategically irrelevant city and you will harp on about Russian casualties because that is your only solace after defeat. But after these fall, the Russians will reach the Dnieper. They might as well go for Odessa.
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  1326. NATO told Ukraine they have given 98% of all that was needed for the offensive. But Russia torched the Bradleys and Leopards, and Ukraine does not want to bring out the rest to avoid meeting the same fate !
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  1327. You are a genius framing the culprit without evidence.
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  1328. Let the U.S and EU rebuild their power grid free of charge, as many times as it takes, as they promised.
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  1329. It is fake news to agitate you.
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  1330.  @j96700  'energized so many countries to build their own military forces to counter Russia... ' Russia already has the ultimate counter - Sarmat hypersonic missiles. 32 European countries are not a match for Russia. Russia did not invade Ukraine for empire building. It gave Ukraine independence on condition it was neutral and did not enter into any military alliance targeting Russia. There is only one such in the area. Till 2014, Ukraine obeyed the agreement. After 2014, militant Russophobes and Nazis came to power with US aid, and they wanted to join NATO and US was pushing for NATO membership. Ukraine unilaterally broke the agreement given to Russia on independence. So Russia is taking corrective steps to defend its security. Russia has taken critical industrial and coastal land and is strangling Ukraine's economy. There is no way for Ukraine to join NATO now as Russia has made it clear to the Americans it is ready to fight a nuclear war. 20% of Ukraine is taken back, the remainder will destroyed. This is the price for following the US.
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  1331.  @generalgrievous696  'The embargo on certain goods are part of international sanctions... There are no international sanctions. The west does not constitute 'international'. Don't speak on behalf of the world. China, India, Turkey, Arabs, African nations and South America have business as usual, or even better business with Russia. Ukraine violated international law by reneging on the commitment to neutrality given in its independence declaration. Russia would not have given it independence otherwise. Hence, Russia has taken corrective action to preserve its security by cancelling Ukraine's independence. The same will apply to Lithuania. Its independence was conditional and there was a treaty to allow transit to Kaliningrad. That Lithuania is part of EU and is following some EU agreement does not annul its agreement with Russia. If Lithuania violates that, then it will get a beating at some time in the future. Article 5 is not going to stop Russia. NATO is US and the US does not want WW 3 for Lithuania. The US does not its cities wiped out. You talk like a weak European trying to act as if you are a power.
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  1332.  @dysondave1  So don't mess with Putin.
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  1333. I thought Russia had no missiles left. That is why they are using drones.
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  1334. Of course they are not going to admit the true losses as it will undermine IDF morale further. For the Palestinians and their supporters, the best is to fight an unending war of attrition and wear down Israeli morale. Israel simply does not have the manpower to sustain an open ended war. The IDF is not trained to fight prolonged land wars against equipped armies. They can fight from the air because they have an air force; and they can fight against unarmed Palestinian children and women, who do not have army or air force. But not against a well armed and experienced guerrilla force. When they are faced with a land war with a well armed and experienced guerrilla force, their casualties will be high and their morale will drop. 500,000 high value Israelis have migrated. For the remaining, make their life so insecure that they too think of going back to where they came from. That is now possible with drones and missiles which are getting passed the Iron Dome. The Israeli economy cannot support a sustained war and even US aid will not be enough.
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  1335.  @sebastianrebiere9017  Nazi supporting Finland was forced to cede land to the USSR. Why ?
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  1336. Finger pointing to hybrid war has started.
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  1337. According to the Ukranians, they are fighting in Donbass and Kherson to wear down the Russians, so they cannot advance to Kiev. But I agree fighting a war with external tutelage will be disastrous because external parties have their own agenda, and not Ukraine's welfare.
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  1338. Why did you incite Ukraine to join NATO ?
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  1339. Putin said he will give military aid and collaboration to any country seeking an independent foreign policy.
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  1340. She is tough and scary - is that all you have left to fight Russia ?
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  1341. Not shown in western media.
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  1342.  @ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ  Zelensky said in Sept. 2022 after getting the Himars that Ukraine would take Crimea by Dec. 2022. His famous saying about the conflict in Sept. 2022 was 'that is where it started, that is where it will end'.
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  1343. Why should not Russia snoop in on German army communications when Germany is aiding war against Russia ? Russia is an expert in hybrid war and land war and aerial war. What is the frustration if someone is better at things you also do ?
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  1344.  @jonye7511  Russia already has uranium. Russia will build power stations for them. Only 10% of Niger's population has electricity; the French never bothered to give power to the country they ruthlessly exploited, even though 80% of their own electricity comes from Niger's uranium.
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  1345.  @AB-sr9mc  Ukraine has, due to its folly in serving America, lost its statehood. Ukraine has put itself in such an unfavourable position that only unconditional surrender is the alternative to being turned into a wasteland. The lady says without continued western support, it is over for Ukraine. And western support is waning.
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  1346. He should seek help of Boris Johnson who asked him to keep fighting because UK and US would help him win.
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  1347.  @mag-s7  ' I promised you that i would never dare to mess with Russia.' Your PMs want to fight Russia more than the Ukrainians, BoJo asked the Ukrainians to abandon negotiations in Turkey. He says a defeat to Russia would spell the end of western hegemony (his words). 'But i m good in economics.' I presume now that you know Russia has defeated your militarily, you are praying that Russia's economy will collapse. You said that in 2021.
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  1348.  @glieseseventen4921  There are people who blame Germans even for this. They say Germany made the EU dependent on Russia. Russian gas made Germany industry and prosperity and that radiated out to the rest of EU. It is the US that wants to spoil relations between the EU and Russia, so its importance is maintained in Europe.
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  1349.  @mitchyoung93  The sole power in NATO is in the hands of the US. It appoints minnows from Norway, Denmark, etc. as Sec. Gen. of NATO, creating a semblance of democratic equality, but in reality because these countries will be happy to have some importance, so that they do not block any US policy. Kaja Kallas is going to be EU's head, replacing von Leyen. Churchill said after WW 2 and WW1, the lesson is big powers should not be drawn into wars for small nations. Nothing is learned. Big powers are inciting small countries to war and then using them as a proxy.
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  1350. ​ @Funglutton  One has to conclude the AI bot is more intelligent than you since you cannot write an intelligent refutation.
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  1351. The lady in the programme says we cannot believe anything Putin says. Putin said 'give me a written security guarantee, that US missiles will not be stationed in Ukraine'. The US refused. Then Putin said he will take military technical action. He did do as he said. Putin said if NATO puts a no fly zone, it will face consequences they have not faced. Why did NATO believe him on that ?
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  1352. Yes, the debris did all the damage.
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  1353. Reunification of Germany was a mistake. Thatcher and Miterrand opposed it.
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  1354. How can Russian vessels be banned from international waters ? If you are a small European country, avoid conflict. No one messes with Russia and wins.
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  1355. In Sept. 2022 itself, buoyed by the strikes on the Kerch bridge with the HIMARS, Zelensky said Ukraine will take back Crimea by Dec. 2022. He said that is where it had started and that is where it will end.
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  1356.  @jov558  He laughed because he knows powerless Britain cannot reverse the defeat.
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  1357.  @zacksulics8021  'Russia played games with their gas so the EU played games with their sanctions and targeted Kaliningrad.' Russia did not play games with their gas first, the EU froze Gazprom's euro deposits in European banks. That is tantamount to stealing. Then Russia said for future payments, western customers have to open a Euro account in a bank under Russian jurisdiction, and another account in roubles. Some western companies complied, some did not. For those who did not comply and insisted on paying in Euros, the Russians said they did not want Euros as it was worthless for them - as the west blocks them from using them. To supply gas in Euros would be like supplying it free. So to those who don't pay in roubles, Russia ain't going to supply for free and accept a worthless currency. The EU using Lithuania played games with their sanctions and targeted Kaliningrad. Russia threatened serious consequences (meaning a beating for Lithuania a la Ukraine), and the EU reversed the sanctions. Now the EU says as long as the goods are not for export, and will only be used in Russia, it is fine ! So why did they do it in the first place and then reverse after Russia threatened action ? Surely it makes the EU look like a bunch of clueless clowns. The EU and US policy of freezing euro and dollar deposits is shooting oneself in the foot - it is actually the same as making your currency worthless. People start using other currencies and that undermines the dollar. That process is now accelerating and is official Russian policy now.
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  1358. Russia is not seeking negotiations. Putin said just because you ran out of ammo, why should we negotiate ?
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  1359.  @rambleon2838  The question is not that he reported the truth that the counter offensive is plodding. The question is why the reporter concludes with his personal hope that the morale of the Russian troops will be down and Ukraine will make a breakthrough. One deduces from this the depth of western failure and frustration - a correspondent hopes the Bandera army can make a breakthrough despite the facts on the ground. 7 years ago, the BBC was reporting on the rise of Ukrainian Nazism (Azov Batallion and Right Sector) and the threat it posed the west. Those BBC videos are still available. Now the BBC is hoping the same fascists will achieve a breakthrough. Shameless, isn't it ?
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  1360. And that the idea that you can beat Russia with the lights off and with western aid that will be cut off one day, is also risible.
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  1361.  @shonemumy  'Also; nothing was targeted (or hit) but schools, kindergartens and hospitals.' You made them up out of frustration. The video says that there was power cut to 70% of even western Ukraine. So are the power stations located inside schools, kindergartens and hospitals, you numskull ?
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  1362. Ukraine is winning in Kursk, so why are people agitated about a paltry strike in Lvov ?
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  1363. When the US left Afghanistan, it did not other to tell its 'allies' including the UK. Yet, BoJo said in his farewell speech to stick with America, and America's Ukraine project.
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  1364. As Zelensky becomes seen as a loser, America's public support falls. They only like winners.
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  1365. The Israelis are demoralised. The IDF has not found a single captive. The 100 that were released were due to Qatar's diplomacy. Now the incompetent and jittery IDF has shot their own people. This Israeli lady just wants the captives back. She wants something for nothing. She cannot imagine the Palestinians captives in Israeli prison. She has not said a word about what the Israelis have been inflicting on Palestinians for years. The interviewer also shows the same pro-Israeli bias when she asks the Israeli if she has lost hope in 'Your way of life'. What is the Israeli way of life ? To run an apartheid Jewish state, grab land, and imprison the Palestinians. Would Channel 4 interview a Palestinian about hope in their life ? The British created this toxic state and they continue running propaganda interviews for sympathy with their appointed colonisers.
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  1366. So what is it that Anders revealed about Russian strategy. All he said was Russia is not seeking land, it wants a political sphere of influence in Ukraine. The Americans tried to do the same by arrange a coup in Ukraine in 2014. Actually, Russia was only seeking a security guarantee that Ukraine will not be used to put US missiles and naval bases targeting Russia. Anyhow, it does not matter what Anders thinks was Russian strategy, he recognises the war is lost and Ukraine will be abandoned by the US.
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  1367.  @saja2981  When richardfroud says 'these people', he is showing his unconscious racism, just like Piers when he introduced Hijab as controversial.
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  1368. We need to deNazify Ukraine. Only Russia can do it. Russia is doing it. Break up Ukraine, reintegrate worthy parts into Russia, and leave the rest to be a failed state dependent on EU aid.
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  1369.  @fr21_org  2% of GDP - nobody will pay that because it will mean a cut in living standard, the money for education, health and social contributions has to be cut. Military strength does not depend on GDP alone. Russia is a unitary country with a single decision centre for tactical and strategic decisions. NATO's weakness is that it cannot be a unified force. The US controls it and has its own agenda, the subordinates do not have the same voice. Before any small decision can be taken, 30 countries have to meet. Big decisions have are taken by US alone. Look at the wrangling on what weapons to send. While you are deciding, Russia is mincing Ukraine. The US and NATO made a serious mistake expanding NATO and over looking Russian opposition. The Ukranians, the EU and the world is paying the price. NATO is a useless organisation as it destroyed Europe's peace for American greed.
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  1370. Russia gave Ukraine independence. So it is equally in their right to take it back when Ukraine started to misbehave with them.
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  1371. It is irrelevant whether ATACAMs are long range missiles or not. What is relevant is whether if NATO countries fire missiles into Russia using a proxy who is helped on the ground by NATO forces, then NATO countries have declared war on Russia. Russia sees it that way. It lowered its nuclear strike threshold to cover this. Initiating a nuclear strike is still not desirable. Russia has come up with the brilliant Hazel hypersonic missile that allows escalation without going nuclear. Hazel is precise and is a large-area destruction missile that leaves no nuclear fall out and which the west has no capability to stop. The decision to escalate to nuclear is left to the west, but Russia can destroy all western cities with the nuclear route as well. I advise Nielsen not to seek refuge in semantics to obfuscate, just answer if NATO is at war with Russia, and if it strikes inside Russia, why would it be wrong for Russia to strike inside NATO with conventional weapons ?
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  1372.  @mariaf.6601  You are obsessed with irrelevant semantics. Whether you call it SMO or war, what is Ukraine's situation now ? Is it going to retake Crimea or has it lost more land for good ? Will it be able to keep a salient in Kursk or not ? Is it going to join NATO or will NATO abandon Ukraine ? Do you have 150 mm shells to send ? Do you have anything to stop Hazel ? Ukraine is losing, do you have the courage to send troops ? Instead of seeking obfuscations, smell the coffee.
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  1373. Poland's borders are also improvised. They have a penchant for misbehaving and imagining they are someone big, and then one power or another gives them a beating.
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  1374. The colonel is real, but he is saying things that does not fit your expectations. Russia is going to prevail because as the colonel says, the Russians have time on their side, they have the manpower, they have the weapons supply line, and their people are patriotic.
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  1375.  @ameyas7726  Ukraine has the option to revert to the neutrality it promised in its independence declaration, and distance itself from NATO. That is the only option but now it comes with surrendering all the land it has lost to this point. Had it reaffirmed its neutrality before 24 Feb. 2022, of course there would have been no special military operation. Ukraine now is on the horns of a dilemma. Accept loss of 20% land and pledge neutrality and keep away from NATO and keep the 80%. Or fight on and lose more, eventually all of it. There is no chance Ukraine can win.
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  1376.  @Blanka1100  We won't worry for Poles if Putin came for Poland next. Hope you are preparing the bunkers.
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  1377. He said 'the counter offensive is under way ' ! Like it started yesterday - too early to say the outcome.
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  1378. 'IDF is a top tier fighting force, disciplined, dedicated ...' So what were they doing, sleeping or dancing when those bikers came ? Objectively speaking, the Palestinian breaching operation was absolutely brilliant (from a technical point of view) and surpasses anything the IDF has done. The element of surprise was stunning. The IDF was blinded for 24 hours. Some of them bikers even had IDF uniforms. The Palestinians are better fighters and they will show IDF when they enter Gaza. They can do so much without army and air force because they have raw courage. And the Hezbollah will show the IDF in the north. The IDF myth has been punctured in front of the world. The Palestinians reduced the IDF to crying. There are no more 6 day wars for Israels. If the Palestinians fight a war of attrition for 3-6 months on 2 or 3 fronts, IDF will not be able to take it. And if they have to repeatedly face war, many of the Jews will come back to Europe. Israel is a lost cause like Ukraine and the west is wasting its money to maintain them.
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  1379. ' we have to step up our support and get fully behind Ukraine to win, not only to get bye.' Europe does not have the capability. Ukraine is defeated, get over it.
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  1380. There is an article in Newsweek by Anna Skinner on 20 Feb. 2023, in which an American soldier in Bakhmut says the life expectancy in Bakhmut is 4 hours (he means for his side).
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  1381.  @lonewolfwolfclan934  The Slava Ukraine brigade is full of hypocrites. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to support Americans. So they should not be crying now about power cuts.
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  1382.  @sorinancuta3934  If all they wanted was to have business as usual, then why was the west pinning all its hopes on Ukraine defeating Russia with western weapons and sanctions ? They could have signed a security deal with Russia in Dec 2021 saying they will not put NATO bases in Ukraine, there would be no war, and business as usual would have continued.
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  1383.  @PeterSweden-qw8dy  Why does not Sweden send troops to Ukraine ? Putin had invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it.
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  1384. War is war. But is is asymmetric. If Ukraine aided by the west goes too far, Russia will knock Kiev out with a nuclear strike. So don't push Ukraine's luck too much.
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  1385. The Russians keep the west guessing on their strategy. They are masters at that. The west has been announcing the Kherson offensive since July. Russians have had plenty of time to evaluate and prepare. They decided it is better to withdraw from the west bank, and defend from the east bank. It forces the Ukranians to cross the river. That gives opportunities to kill the Bandera army. Defence is cheaper than offence. For Ukraine, it is the last throw of the die. If the casualties are very high, they won't have much manpower left. Then Russia can strike them. In 1812, Russia evacuated from Moscow when Napoleon's Grand Armee attacked . They let Napoleon take it and waited outside Moscow. Then in winter, they came back and struck the French. It is notable the Ukranians are being cautious as they know in pushing forward, they will face heavy casualties, but it is the west that is proclaiming victory.
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  1386. When can we expect French troops and British missiles ? Or is that show turned off after the Russians called the ambassadors and told them their countries would be hit by nukes ?
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  1387. Ukraine was assured it would be independent only if it gave up nuclear weapons. It had no choice. If it did not want to give up, it would have remained part of Russia. Get it ? No point claiming if only Ukraine had not given up nukes.... Next, the Budapest Memorandum did not foresee that one signatory, the US, would engineer a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and usher in a govt. that would conspire with the US to threaten Russia with NATO bases. The Budapest Memorandum says in case of any disputes on security, all four parties would have meetings to resolve it through negotiations. When Putin asked for security negotiations in 2021 for Russia, Biden declined. Hence, the US, UK, Ukraine reneged on the the Budapest Memorandum. The US thought Ukraine could defeat Russia by arming it. By 2024, it became clear that Ukraine had lost, so the US would like to go back to negotiations. Since the US, UK and Ukraine spurned negotiations to avert war in Dec. 2021, it follows any future negotiations will be on Russian terms. Those terms are : Ukraine has to cede what it has lost AND it cannot be in NATO. There can be no NATO or EU peacekeepers in Ukraine, as they took part in the war against Russia. If Ukraine does not accept, Russia will not negotiate and the war continues. Get it ?
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  1388. When Russia complains, it warns you of the consequence, and then follows through. It told Ukraine and the west unless a security guarantee was given to Russia and NATO expansion did not take place to Ukraine, it will conduct a technical military operation. You thought it was a bluff. But now you know - the Ukraine of 2014, let alone 1991, is not coming back.
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  1389. Everyone believes the US did it. Biden and Nuland said long ago the pipeline will be ended. There are some anti-US sentiments surfacing in Europe as people realise the US is a parasitic ally sucking Europe dry. Now the US is shifting blame on Ukraine as it realises anti-US sentiments may grow against the US and its control of NATO.
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  1390. Do the British feel left out ?
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  1391.  @Writeous0ne  'the best scenario for Ukraine is to concede the lost land, lift sanctions on Russia and Russia has to pay reparations to Ukraine out of its fossil fuel exports.' Agree with you, but that is not sufficient. Ukraine has to reaffirm neutrality and give a guarantee that there will be no NATO bases. Russia did not fight primarily for land.
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  1392. Warning was given. All hotels are targets. Soldiers may be using them. Civilians should not go into hotels. This is not holiday time.
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  1393. Russia could have done this in the first week. If Zelensky says Ukranians are unbendable, then take what is dished out. Otherwise, it is time Ukraine surrendered and negotiated. Russia is not going to let Ukraine off the hook. Ukraine has to sign a neutrality statement it will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  1394. Tomorrow the Daily Telegraph will report positive news.
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  1395.  @marioceva7163  NATO does not want open war with Russia as NATO members do not want to die. So better to use Ukranians. NATO give weapons to Ukranian soldiers. The Ukranians are willing to fight, and are good fighters, but Russia starts to prevail, it takes part of Ukraine, and makes the remainder landlocked, and strangles its economy, and even Europe's economy. Then what do you do ? For NATO to supply weapons, who pays and for how long ?
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  1396. Russia actually does not make that many announcements compared like Ukraine. They just do instead of talk. Ukraine makes all kinds of announcements like summer offensive in Kherson, raising million man army, reclaiming Crimea. The west talks about sanctions round 6, 7, reconstruction plan for Ukraine, EU membership etc.
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  1397.  @Concord003  'Nationalistic military units such as Azov, Aidar, and The Right Sector where armed and integrated into military or national guard AFTER annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. Poroshenko, who later campaigned on the slogans of "Army. Language. Faith." was elected President of Ukraine AFTER the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014. The law that more strictly mandates the use of Ukrainian language instead of Russian in official settings, was passed in parliament AFTER annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.' You are missing out a key detail: Russia annexed Crimea only in the aftermath of the so called 'Revolution of Dignity'. They saw that the Russophobes had taken over with American support, and they would push for NATO entry. Russia had to act quickly and secure Crimea as it has Sevasatpol, the HQ of Russia's Black Sea fleet. If they did not do this, the US Seventh Fleet would be sailing from there one day. You are very anxious to exonerate the US. US ambassador Victoria Nuland had for years funded anti-Russian groups as the part of creating a pro-US govt. in Kiev. In 2008, when Merkel and Sarkozy opposed induction of Ukraine into NATO, fearing it would lead to war, the US twisted their arms. Nuland had remarked 'F..k the EU'. Nuland and McCain were in the Maidan square celebrating the 2014 coup. What were they doing there ? They are deciding who will rule Ukraine - to their benefit, and not for Ukranian benefit. Since 2014, Ukraine had become a de facto NATO member. It had a NATO training base near Lvov. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan (why ?) The US has used similar tactics in Afghanistan, Iraq etc. (supporting and inciting one group against the other). Either it leads to civil war, or the intervention of another powerful country. But that country goes down the drain. Hence, once the anti-Russian coup had taken place, and the American hand was clear (even though it is not clear to you), Russia had to act immediately and take Crimea to preserve the HQ of the the Black Sea fleet. Since then, Ukraine did the further anti-Russian things you mentioned - which only made things worse for Ukraine. It made Russia to think of taking back all of Ukraine. Now you will find the west that supported you does not have the courage to come and fight Russia and you will be sacrificed. Russia gave Ukraine independence, it was a generous act. All that Ukraine has was built by the Soviet Union. But Ukranians became back stabbers, and fell for the lure of American money, and thought they could gain by renting out their land to America to put missile and naval bases against Russia. But now you you are paying for back- stabbing Russia. Russia has put an end to Ukraine's and US's NATO plans. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan to die for Americans, but the Americans are not going to come and die for you. Ukraine as an independent nation is over, as you blew your chances by being seduced by America to take a strident stance against your neighbour. You don't even understand that, so how can you be a successful nation ?
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  1398. Cragg has sobered up in his reporting ! No more talk about Ukrainian resilience.
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  1399. You have 2000 Indians killed in Gujarat, all acquitted, and some became PM and Home Minister. That is the level of support and commitment for the terrorists by the Indian authorities - and voters ! What are you going to say ? It is an internal matter ? Then Hindu nationalists should stay in India and not come and spread their nationalism to Canada.
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  1400. You want Censorship ?
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  1401.  @rodolforios2830  Russia entered Ukraine because Ukraine unilaterally sought to violate the condition of neutrality it agreed to in its declaration of independence. If they had not agreed to this condition, Ukraine would not have got independence.
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  1402. I am laughing at the Europeans. They were willing vassals of the US, helping the US execute US designs against Russia, Arabs, Iran and developing countries. Now, America's project Ukraine which was supported by the EU is going to be handed over fully to the Europeans - and they panic ! The Europeans need to think about patching up with Putin and Russia. That is the only way they are going to survive. There is no other way !
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  1403.  @RaineriHakkarainen  Yes, with the 3% military budget, Russia has the biggest nuclear arsenal, it has hypersonic missiles which none in the west has made, it has done a field test of a Mach 11 Hazel missile which took out a plant over 1 sq. miles, without an explosive, Russia has mastered drone warfare, it is expert in cyber and electronic warfare and it can knock out satellites. With all the combined NATO budget, you cannot even make 150 mm shells. Get it ?
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  1404. The body language and resigned tone of the Ukranian civilians and soldiers in the video shows they now understand they cannot defeat Russia. They want negotiations. The US will not allow it.
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  1405. How the British love to pass snide remarks on the Germans and French - they like to feel one up on them ! And how did the Challengers perform ? At least the Germans let their Leopards go to the battlefield to get burnt. But the Challengers were hid and when they came out, they too were burnt, and they were rehid !
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  1406.  @olivertremayne9985  Surprising the west has no objection to the Azov Nazis.
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  1407. Well, you are not going to get far with Russophobia. When you live next to a giant, the solution is not to show off you can threaten him with someone from across the Atlantic. That is what Ukraine thought it could do with its Russophobia and US support. It got a beating, and its protector from across the Atlantic played safe as he feared a nuclear beating as well. So Georgians should learn a lesson from this. Georgia and Ukraine can be independent countries, Russia has no problem with that, but you cannot be part of an organisation that exists to threaten Russia.
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  1408.  @XHALE303  'Nobody voted for even 1 EU official, we don't even elect our politicians who all don't govern countries. ' In another post above you wrote that 'USA is Europe and we all democratically vote for NATO and EU. ' So you yourself don't know what you are thinking.
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  1409. Sayers is incredulous. He should not be entertaining such bloody fools in the first place.
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  1410. Who needs the war ? The US needs it for NATO expansion. The Nazis are in the Azov Brigade. The commentator says the cost of the counter offensive will be very high even if it succeeds. In fact, the counter offensive is failing and so the cost will be greater. This lady should know Russia has been soft and not used a nuke on Kiev. There will be no reconstruction without Russian permission, till the Ukro Nazis are eliminated and they sign up for neutrality. That is the reality.
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  1411. Who is sending the Ukrainians on these suicide missions ? It is the Anglo Saxons to maintain the morale of the western public who has been led to believe the Russian army is useless and Ukraine will defeat them due to western weapons. Western politicians need to do maintain optical illusions for their public and their own credibility.
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  1412. We shall see how long that lasts before Zelensky complains again.
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  1413. Why does not Britain conscript its men and send them to Ukraine? Considering that the British support the Ukrainians fighting on, more than the Ukrainians now do, that would be a popular move.
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  1414.  @richardploss4494  Ukraine will not do the things it has done like fight Russia without NATO.
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  1415.  @teddygonzalez8098  Those American bases will not be in Ukraine. Russia will not allow it for your economic interests. Get it ?
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  1416. Valid point Irina ! For these people, history of Ukraine and NATO started in 2021.
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  1417.  @briannewton3535  Because the war is lost, and Trump is looking for an exit strategy. Get it, numskull ?
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  1418. If grain went to Europe preferentially, then Russia should stop this concession. If 38% went to Europe, then Russia is right. Ukraine is getting money to wage war through selling grain, so this should be stopped at once. Europeans are going to face energy, de-industrialisation and food shortage.
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  1419.  @davidty2006  Zelensky is the one who thought he could invite America to put missiles in his country to threaten Russia. Ukraine is getting the beating of its life, and Zelensky's actions have ended Ukrainian sovereignty for good.
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  1420. If you ask Germans 'who blew up Nordstream' ?, they become silent and embarrased and say they don't know. They are very afraid to point fingers at the US.
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  1421.  @Psyclonknight  Tell me, who has lost land, Russia or Ukraine ? Who has lost shipping rights in the Black Sea ? Ukraine can ship wheat from Odessa - only with Russian permission. Who has lost more than 50% of its GDP ? Russia or Ukraine ? Who is living without power and water ? Who needs $ 1 trillion to reconstruct ? Then who is winning ? Russia has decided to take time out to build defences to consolidate its gains and prevent any more Ukranian advances. The Ukranian Kherson offensive has petered out. Zelensky said that he will get Crimea by December. Where is he now ? He has been on a begging tour. And he says he wants an end-the-war conference in the UN - but Russia is not interested in negotiations. And now the Russians are bearing down on Bakhmut, a fortified Ukranian position. If that breaks, then Sloviansk and Kramatorsk will fall.
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  1422.  @zolandia5262  It is Europe that is being de-industrialised.
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  1423. The victim is also guilty. When it got independence from Russia, it agreed to be a neutral state and not join any military alliance. But after the US sponsored coup of 2014, it changed its constitution and put joining NATO as an objective. It agreed to be a proxy to threaten Russia, and it agreed to fight a proxy war for the US. Ukraine is as guilty as the US, it is not an innocent victim. Ukraine has shown it does not have the capacity for self rule, it allowed itself to be sucked into the whirlpool of military alliances that create tensions.
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  1424.  @AlexKarasev  In 1997 and 1998, the New York Times published article (still available on the net) describing how Lockheed's CEO lobbied US politicians for NATO expansion. The US arms industry saw NATO expansion as a business opportunity because Warsaw Pact countries would replace their arsenal with US weaponry if they joined NATO. The US arms industry is run on a profit only model. The US politicians then endorse wars.
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  1425.  @fgqgqlfqsfsffeff  If you are a weak vassal with no self respect, indeed that is what you will choose. But don't expect people with self respect like the Chinese, Iranians, Russians etc. to be vassals of the US.
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  1426. A summit to tell the victor 'we are not talking to you'.
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  1427.  @idrisali3947  My point is Russia was not targeting civilians per se. Had that been the case, there would be hundreds of civilian deaths in a strike. They were targeting a security service building. The Ukranians have a habit of locating them next to civilian targets. The Allies in WW 2 firebombed German cities and nuked Japanese cities. All killed were civilians. In Hamburg, the fire bombing killed 40,000, in Dresden 25,000. The justification given was that it hastened the capitulation of Germany and Japan and ended the war. The Russians could do that, but they have not. Give credit where due.
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  1428. Just stop spouting your silly slogans and become real. What is happening is everything about Ukraine without Ukraine.
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  1429. A tactical nuclear could be used to settle it. Like the US did in Japan.
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  1430.  @TheInfamoustrini  'We must go into further debt to help other countries absolutely not.' Hmm, actually you create wars and walk away.
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  1431. Ukraine is dying, what are you talking about ?
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  1432.  @joshuacampbell1625  Ukraine has taken very little back. Bakhmut is on the way to fall. 4 oblasts have been taken and are part of Russia. Russia has Ukraine's economy by the scruff of the neck. It controls the shipping lanes, Ukraine has been given a concession to export grain. Ukraine is effectively landlocked. True or not ? Now Russia has started a different from of counter attack by cutting the power grid. It reduces Ukraine's fighting ability. When a lion siezes a big animal, it holds the neck or the throat, but sometimes it has to hold a long time till the animal becomes lifeless.
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  1433.  @Ignash  'one of those weak countries are destroying Russia for half a year while only using basic Nato weapons.' Do you mean to say that weak country has taken 20% of Russia, its industrial regions, and its ports ? Talk about living in fantasy ! The west has been outwitted by Russia on all fronts, so fantasy is a substitute for defeat.
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  1434.  @robertscott961  Article 5 or no Article 5, no body wants to die for Lithuanians any more than for Ukranians. The world has seen NATO's performance and cowardly and unseemly exit from Kabul only 2 years ago.
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  1435.  @lorrainetaylor5894  Are you personally prepared to die for Lithuania ? I am 100% sure you are not. Kissinger had said US was not going to fight a nuclear war to save Germany if USSR invaded.
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  1436. Both are from the Chosen People.
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  1437. What is the plot ? Believing in delusions of a Ukrainian victory ?
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  1438.  @corbrandt9908  If Putin is bark, why has NATO not sent troops to Ukraine ?
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  1439.  @Withnail1969  'He's the fascist.' Who is that ? Trump or Musk ? Farage or Robinson ?
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  1440. All of the promised Patriot systems need to be delivered - that is only possible if you have them. Anyhow, Patriots are junk.
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  1441. Finland joined last, so it will be the last to board the NATO flights for escape !
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  1442. It took days for the western media and weeks for the Ukrainians to accept Soledar was taken. Western and Ukrainian reaction to the fall of Bakhmut will be like that also.
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  1443. Indeed, the elitist ruling class will never admit it was wrong to wage war on poor people.
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  1444. So once in the Cabinet, one has to show permanent loyalty to the PM. How about Geoffrey Howe and others who showed Thatcher the door ?
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  1445. The US may want to abandon NATO. But even if so, the US will not allow Europe to run an independent alliance as the US will still want to call the shots. The Europeans have been content as subordinates of the US and that will continue.
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  1446. I was under the impression Ukraine was winning with all that superior NATO support against Russian shovels. Russia should never have allowed the re-unification of Germany.
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  1447. Gingrich says the world is not a comedy. But the US chose a comedian as its hero and partner.
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  1448. I like the way the reporter tries to put a negative spin on Russia and a positive spin on Ukraine. Russia is making slow progress. Taking the second biggest power plant is only an incremental gain. Their tactic of concentrating forces at one point and battering it, and advancing is slow. Alright. Ukraine is moving slowly because it is just in the preparatory phase for the grand Kherson offensive. The newscaster is hopeful it is building momentum. But we have been hearing about the Kherson offensive for weeks now. There is no tangible evidence Ukraine has taken anything back.
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  1449. You are correct. Russia has not destroyed the power generators, it has destroyed the distribution stations, transformers etc. It can destroy the power generators also if thermal and hydro.
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  1450.  @darwel007  The US is also making its arms merchants even richer.
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  1451. Well, even the Lithuanians, Swedes, Finns and other non-entities talk like a super power these days !
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  1452.  @hellboystein2926  You are right, there is not the infrastructure in place yet to reorient the gas supply from Russia to China. But that will be built in due course, that is the direction. Meanwhile the infrastructure exists for gas from Russia to Europe. Europe chose not to use it. So Europe needs to find an alternative and build the infrastructure for it. The biggest loser is not Russia or China, it is Europe. It does not have the resources. In Europe's new chosen position, it is still going to be dependent on someone - America, Gulf - and it needs to build infra structure. LNG is never going to be as cost competitive as piped gas from Russia. On the equivalence of Japan, Korea's situation with respect to Europe, they have lower wages than Europe. And the other competitor for manufactured goods is China, and Europe will become even more uncompetitive. Whichever way you look at it, Europe has shot itself in the foot by allying itself with America. It is going for industrial decline; it has to feed and house 7 million refugees; it has to spend more on defence. So it means a cut in standard of living. That could lead to the growth of Nazi groups in Europe destabilising democracy. Democracy in the US itself is in danger with Trump threatening to undermine it. And yet the western leaders and the media say the west is winning against Russia. It is just false pride because it is difficult to admit defeat. Was NATO expansion worth it ? Is it not time for Europe to decouple from the US ?
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  1453. Indeed, the price cap is a harebrained scheme - born out of western desperation and false pride.
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  1454. Those nations in the east would not have sought NATO without American monetary inducements. Ukraine would have got on with Russia. Now, America has abandoned Ukraine. And it portents decreasing American involvement in NATO. Then the same countries have to face Russia without NATO. Always better to go for diplomacy rather than confrontation with neighbours.
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  1455. All wishful thinking.
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  1456. Medals for what ? The counter offensive is a flop. If they had achieved something, Ukraine would have issued stamps. That was in 2022. In 2023, it has been ALL losses.
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  1457. 'Europe needs to stand on its own without America and give Ukraine some real help.' You need to get real : no one in Europe has the capacity (money, arms and soldiers) to fight with Russia. Russia has defeated the collective west. Get it ?
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  1458. If you read the title, 'Kyiv to counterattack in Kherson after strengthening positions around the city', it sounds as if something decisive is going to happen. But the evidence cited is just hopeful. It is just wishful pumping up of Ukraine by western media, hoping the western weapons will turn the tide. Ukraine is going to lose and it is better to sue for peace before more goes. Flirting with NATO cost Ukraine to lose 20% of its land, its GDP is down by 50%, reconstruction would need more than 700 billion USD (that is, if Russia allows reconstruction). NATO and western media have got Ukraine destroyed.
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  1459. The journalist has more sense than the experienced diplomat. She realises Russia has the upper hand, Ukraine has lost 20% of its land, it is in a worse position than 2014, Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy, Ukraine has to cede land, it cannot join on NATO, there is no other way. If Ukraine continues fighting, it will lose more. As for international guarantees, who is going to give it to Ukraine ? Russia will not allow NATO through the back door.
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  1460. She is waffling, she does not know.
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  1461. Himars were the last turning point. The Ukranian counter offensive was the last turning point. Russia running out of missiles was the last turning point. Ukranians missing the chance to go back to neutrality was the first turning point that the country missed. Thereafter it is going from one turning point to another with its cities, soldiers and population steadily reduced.
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  1462. If it was Danish, it was only a mental case, I presume the people who faced him did not feel terror because police have said it is not terrorism.
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  1463. Europe has shot itself in the foot with NATO expansion to Ukraine. Europe's standard of living in the last 30 years was due to cheap Russian gas. Europe may find alternatives eventually, but even so, its standard of living will come down and its industry will become uncompetitive.
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  1464. Western media were saying Russia's capture of Bakhmut was a Phyrric victory. Now we are told that Ukraine is trying to get it back.
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  1465. It would be credible if you had stayed in the EU. Instead BoJo said Brexit was Britain escaping the European orbit, like Ukraine escaping from the Russian orbit. After leaving the EU, Britain thinks if can lead Europe against Russia. It has no capacity to do so.
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  1466.  @chrissmith7669  Overestimate yourself at your peril - as you did in Ukraine. Lithuania was also provocative, but the EU pulled back, fearing another beating.
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  1467. Putin did not ask a request for a ceasefire. He offered one, it being the Russian-Ukranian Christmas day (they follow the Julian calendar). Ukraine rejected it, so Russia will continue battering them. The Ukranians cannot complain they were killed on Christmas day.
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  1468. You can keep Modi and India out. It is irrelevant country
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  1469. The Houthis and Hezbollah coordinated to shut down international shipping to Eilat and Haifa. Both Red Sea and Mediterranean outlets closed or reduced. Shut down the BG airport and together it causes an economic stranglehold for the land grabbers.
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  1470. Ukraine would not have got independence if it had not given up nuclear weapons - so what is your point ?
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  1471. He has defeated the effeminate west !
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  1472. Ukranians have not understood.
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  1473. This lady reporter cuts out Ukraine's wild claims of shooting down 100% missiles, and stories about Ukrainian resilience. Zelensky has nothing to say now. Some months back, he said Ukraine will take back Crimea by December. It started there, and will end there, he said.
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  1474. When the west wants negotiations, it is time for the Slava Ukraine brigade to realise that Ukraine is losing the war.
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  1475. Russia did not accuse members of other Ukranian regiments. Only the Azov is accused - because of their ideology. So don't try your sly obfuscations.
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  1476. One of the points recognised by the big powers after WW2 was that little countries should not drag big powers into war. Like useless Lithuania should not drag Europe into a war. Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad till a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. Then Lithuania quietly climbed down ! If Lithuania misbehaves towards Russia, Russia should seize the Baltics.
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  1477. The prize has no credibility. It is like Ukraine won Eurovision prize. Why did the people of Iraq and Afghanistan not win the human rights prize for struggling against US occupation ?
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  1478.  @wamingo  He is the most important person, without him Ukraine will not survive.
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  1479. He says the Ukranians showed him a photo of the debris of a hypersonic !
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  1480. Poland will get stronger if it joined Wagner. Those musicians can fight, unlike over rated NATO. French NATO soldiers stationed in Romania complained their lives were very uncomfortable in Romania !
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  1481. Why have they not shown their capability in the counter offensive then ?
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  1482. The one person who trashed the self-righteous Meghan Kelly was Putin. Look up Meghan Kelly's interviews of Putin. He made her feel small and pathetic. She did not have the intellectual calibre to tackle someone as self composed as Putin.
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  1483. NATO said it had given Ukraine 98% of what it needed. NATO did not have 150 mm shells, so how could it give what it did not have. You should be asking when NATO did not have the basics, why did it encourage Ukraine to fight Russia ? Why did Boris Johnson persuade Ukraine to scrap the settlement it reached in Turkey ? That is where the fault lies, and not in supplying weapons it did not have.
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  1484.  @watchingthehawks355  NATO does not have the balls. They will fight Russia to the last Ukranian.
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  1485. 'Russia has admitted its ambitions about Poland. ' What is their ambition ? Poland was a gift of Stalin. He could have joined it to East Germany or the Soviet Union.
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  1486. Daniel Davis, you misunderstood Marina Miron in DW. She is the only sobre, realistic person in DW. What she meant was that Kursk makes no military sense, but it makes only political sense (she meant for Ukrainians and western political analyssy, not for her). In all previous analysis, she has been sceptical of Ukrainian and western interpretations. Check all her previous analysis.
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  1487. There were public protests due to the noise from artillery ranges when they sent Ukrainian forces to UK for training ! Hence, they decided to sent British trainers to Ukraine so there will be no protest from the Ukrainian public which is used to the sound of missiles. The problem is the British trainers will get killed in some strike. Why is Britain doing this when Americans are not ? Does it want to be the first, the trail blazer ? Send trainers, and force others to follow suit ? What is the point when Ukraine's counter offensive failed and the war is lost ?
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  1488.  @georgemorley1029  Ukraine would still have Crimea if it had not abrogated neutrality in 2014. Even Lavrov and Putin have said this. If Ukraine has not understood this, then it stands to lose more - including Odessa. It is a state that is unfit for self rule.
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  1489. How does this lady propose to save 'western civilisation' ?
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  1490. You are realistic. The Hamas showed precision and technical prowess in the execution of their strike on Israel. It surpassed what even IDF and Mossad have ever done. Israel and its western supporters are in shock. Plus the Palestinians showed raw courage - which they always had. They have no air force, no army, no navy, yet they can fight. If they could execute such a precision strike, they would be prepared for any Israeli invasion of Gaza. All the 5 factors identified in your video are correct and Israel will face a heavy toll. The captives are not concentrated in one place, they would be distributed this time and booby trapped. Israel has been into Gaza before and they had to withdraw. Israel is in a no-win situation, and they may face a three front war. Israel can fight 6 day wars and win. But if they are dragged into a war of attrition, they will not be able to take it. They do not have the manpower. The Palestinians have the advantage.
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  1491. They can come back any time. Keep your comedian on the toes.
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  1492. Making all kinds of pathetic shows to cover up defeat and please their western handlers !
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  1493. What is the right call he made ? Till last week, Nielsen was saying Ukraine made the right call in Kursk. Now he has realised Ukraine is pinned in Kursk, the Russians will leave them there, and take Donbass, and then come and drive out the Ukrainians from Kursk.
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  1494. This is what happens when you fight someone else's war, thinking you are very important to them.
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  1495. He is not scared of Trump either, or Starmer + Trump or Starmer + EU/NATO.
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  1496. Russia could have done this in Feb. at the start, but they did not want to affect the civilian population. The UKranian leaders continued to misbehave and so they are now getting a good caning.
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  1497.  @007dskidp  The US has already conceded in Vilnius the core Russian demand that Ukraine cannot be in NATO. If that is not defeat for the US and NATO, what is ? Zelensky was howling as he knows that Ukraine is being abandoned.
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  1498. But he is telling his people that Americans can sit back, no need to work hard, money will be coming in to the US govt. and with that America will get rich. The Chinese will work, and Americans can sit back and tax their products. No mention that Americans might have to work hard like the Chinese and have lower wages.
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  1499.  @sayonilsen6593  She would have killed a lot of Palestinians.
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  1500.  @PassivePortfolios  Is it inviting Germany ? It was only the Red Army that freed Poland from Nazism and Auschwitz. You should know if Germany had its way, there will be no Poland. The Poles were incapable of freeing themselves. If the Poles waited for the British, they would still be waiting. The Soviets liberated Poland from Nazism, and Stalin at least gave Poland a state from Germany's eastern lands. Stalin could have incorporated Poland into the Soviet Union.
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  1501.  @solidhg2005  Of course you are right. But the Ukranians politicians do not have the intellect to realise neutrality was the best option, and the west is egging them on. The west is happy to fight Russia to the last Ukranian, but the Ukranians do not seem to understand it is at their expense. They are getting their country reduced to rubble hoping for western support. I have never come across such a foreign policy.
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  1502.  @solidhg2005  But Ukranians are also responsible for this situation, and unlike the ANT, they do not seem to know what is in their best interest. Their politicians, Azov Regiment and other Nazi militias have driven Ukraine into this impossible self destructive situation. Now Zelensky has no room to manouevre - even if he could resist American pressure to keep fighting, his own far right will not allow him to negotiate as it would mean accepting loss of land. The ordinary citizen of town and village does not know why his country is being destroyed. But the Ukranian politicians and the Azov thugs who took US funding are as culpable as Victoria Nuland and the neocon gang of the US, as are the armaments lobbies of the US who pushed Ukraine in this direction of induction in NATO.
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  1503.  @brianfreeman8290  What is the evidence you have quality ? You might have fought against villagers in Afghanistan who had RPGs, but to fight the Russians, who have an incredible arsenal, you are incapable.
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  1504.  @MujahidKhan-fy6xw  No damage is the new propaganda, just like in Ukraine.
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  1505. The reason people like Larry, Macgregor, Ritter etc. are credible and have sound analysis is because they combine military knowledge, but they understand economics and geopolitics, and about other countries, and they can weave all these factors together with common sense. The conventional western analysis is based on narcissism and conviction of superiority.
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  1506. The saying 'gros bouches, petits mains' describes the British who spout on Times Radio.
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  1507.  @16252  Unfortunately the Donbas is not Russian... Ukraine's borders of 1991 are arbitrary and there is nothing sacrosanct or holy about it. Crimea, Donbass, Odessa were built and settled by Russia during Catherine the Great's time. These areas were attached by Russia to Ukraine during the formation of the Soviet Union. Sovereignty does not give one the right to invite and give bases to a distant nuclear power, to threaten a neighbour. Ukraine played this wicked game and therefore Russia has cancelled its independence.
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  1508. 300 billion will not help Ukraine and Europe. Russia has an iron fist, you do not want to provoke the bear.
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  1509.  @Ryanowning  You show an incredible cyncism : you pushed Ukraine under the bus, and you think you profited; and now you want to push Poland under the bus. What are you, British ?
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  1510. Don't distort amd lie. 'Ukraine at the suggestion of the West, renouned nuclear weapons and heavy bombers. ' You are wrong. Ukraine had to renounce nuclear weapons, that was one of 3 conditions Russia put for Ukraine's independence. Unless it renounced nuclear weapons, they would not have got independence. It had nothing with any 'suggestion from the west'. The other conditions were that Ukraine would be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia. And thirdly they would lease Sevastopol port in the Crimea as it was the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet. Ukraine, under the wicked machinations of two of the signatories of Budapest, tried to join NATO which goes against the conditions of its independence. For unilaterally flouting the terms of its independence agreement with Russia, Russia took action to terminate Ukraine. 'This agreement effectively left Ukraine vulnerable against Russian aggression. ' That is a falsehood. Signing the Budapest Memorandum has not led to Ukraine's end as a state. Ukraine's end came because it reneged on the commitment to neutrality it made to Russia. It sought to join NATO allowing the US to threaten Russia. Russia had to take back Crimea as otherwise, the US Seventh Fleet would be sailing from there, and Russia would be cut out from the Black Sea. Educate yourself before commenting on things you don't know. The west brought Ukraine's end, not due to Budapest, but due to flouting the terms of Ukraine's independence. That is the fault of the Ukranians and the west.
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  1511. 'so many dying that could have been prevented' It could have been prevented if the Europeans had spine and opposed the US's reckless NATO expansion.
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  1512. Resilience of the Ukrainian people is Nick's permanent fall back line.
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  1513. On the first major attempt, Ukraine lost soldiers Bradleys and Leopards. Everyone said Ukraine's offensive started badly. To counter that image, they claim some villages - basically to keep their donors happy. Why does Ukraine not issue a stamp ?
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  1514. "Those who desire peace must prepare for war." Russia took Plato's advice before you and decided to stop NATO expansion - successfully.
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  1515. The tanks are too few, too late. They will be like the Himars - no effect. Russia is prevailing.
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  1516. 'Noted then German Defence Minister just announced that "Dozens of Leopard 1A5 combat tanks provided by Germany and Denmark will arrive in Ukraine in the next few weeks," Pistorius announced. As if it will make any difference. The Russians burnt the Leopards. And they have the capacity to do it again.
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  1517.  @DrStrangelove-w9w  Simpleton, if Russia lost, why is the best begging for ceasefire and denouncing Russia for not negotiating ?
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  1518. Germany lost, so it could not demand anything. Ukraine and the collective west which encouraged NATO expansion to threaten Russia, and then lost, cannot be rewarded with ceasefire and negotiations. Ukraine has to surrender land as reparations. Get it ?
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  1519. The lone wolf deployed 3 men and 1 woman in a bikini in a yacht for Nordstream.
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  1520. Escalation means Russia will increase the intensity of strikes on Ukraine and also strike at the suppliers of the weapons.
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  1521.  @mikeceebo8611  'The only soon to be failed state is Russia.' That is generally the wishful thinking of those who feel Russia defeated them and find the reality unbearable.
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  1522.  @emailofjamesw  I am sure the Ukranians and the Ukro Nazis are not laughing now.
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  1523. Russia needs to teach Latvia a lesson.
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  1524. Good observation ! They are only saying, we are waiting for the investigation. They know the Europeans would not dare investigate it.
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  1525. When Trump gets put in his place, he responds with 'you are mean', 'you are so nasty' ! He himself insults politicians and media people, and expresses racial hate directly and indirectly.
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  1526. The only path that is left for Ukraine is to cede the four Russian majority oblasts + Crimea, and revert to neutrality for what remains. Ukraine had a chance to end the conflict after the Turkey negotiations but it chose to follow Boris Johnson and name roads after him. If Ukraine continues on the path set for them by the Anglo Saxon powers, much of what remains will go, and what may be left will be made into a wasteland that still cannot enter NATO. And when that becomes clear, the US will move on, and the UK will go with them.
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  1527. If you fight within a city, obviously the city would be flattened. The alternative is to surrender. You cannot have it both ways. The Ukranian army hides in apartment buildings and uses irregular militias to target the Russian army, so naturally there will be retaliation, and civilians get caught in the cross fire. If Ukranians don't want civilian casualties, surrender. Or fight on, and don't complain about war crimes.
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  1528. Russia and nuclear power prevents western mischief against Russia.
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  1529.  @anuvisraa5786  There was also Chernenko who was Ukranian. Russians accepted others at the highest level, but the Ukranians have developed a Nazi style nationalism.
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  1530. Hybrid warfare : have to say the Russians are brilliant.
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  1531. And the US wanted to create banking crisis for Russia. What happened ? Is there enough money to sustain Ukraine ?
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  1532. Russia will join the EU by then - because Ukraine will be part of Russia in 3-5 years.
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  1533. Why does not NATO send its armies to defend Ukraine ?
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  1534.  @pashakdescilly7517  After 20 years NATO could not win, seeing that Trump did the correct thing : withdraw, as the US cannot afford it. If he wins in November, he will do the same thing in Ukraine. Ukraine war is not his creation, and he realises it is a bottomless pit.
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  1535. @Natural Russia's invisible airforce destroyed Ukraine's power grid.
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  1536. The first time I have seen an intelligent and realistic speaker on Times Radio. Zelensky's peace plan and his conference without Russia is a joke. He wants Russia to surrender unilaterally ! Why should they ? Putin had said after Ukraine withdrew from the Istanbul negotiations because of Boris Johnson, that the next time, it will be on Russian terms. Even Biden thought Zelensky's peace conference will be futile, and decided not to attend.
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  1537. 'Far right in Europe is normal middle class values of 1960’s.' No, it was in the 1930s. Europe came out in 1945. But many like you would like to relapse to the 1930s.
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  1538.  @BebbaDubbs  The only one claiming and crying Russian air strikes are only aimed at civilians is you. As Bakhmut will fall sooner or later, you will say we knew it all along, and anyhow it is unimportant.
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  1539.  @majdavojnikovic  'Ukrainian refugees are less than 0,1% costs of this war for Europe.' Maybe. But my point is how much UK and US are shouldering this responsibility. You will find it is much less than Germany. But they are the inciters and continuers of this war.
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  1540. The Challengers are being hidden to avoid that fate ! A British General said the Challenger is like a dial phone in the age of smart phones.
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  1541. Then why are the Ukranains and their followers complaining about power cuts ? You should share your Finnish remedies with them.
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  1542. Despite American air defence systems, Bell says there is a lot of damage, and he wishes the Ukranians would speed up their offensive. Americans advertised Himars as game changers, but they are not in the picture now as the Americans reported the Russians jammed the GPS.
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  1543. It is not even considerate about the interests of its 'partners' - like blowing up of Nordstream.
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  1544.  @HenryTudorVIII  It was the whim of the plantation owner, and his house servant went along to get benefits. I did not see anyone go to the UN, the western media was not giving daily reports on Iraqi casualties, the USAF bombed Al Jazeera for reporting on Iraqi civilians. Now what is the credibility of hypocrites weeping for the plight of people in Bakhmut ? If they cared, they would have agreed to give Russia a security deal in Dec 2021, and avoided the war.
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  1545. optimistic to assume russia will exist in 20 years the way things are going for them... then why are Sweden, Finland and all the other European chicken frightened about Russia ?
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  1546. NATO's Article #5 is also a bluff . America will look the other way if Russia goes for the Baltics or teaches Poland a lesson.
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  1547. Europe is a collection of weaklings. Russia is the most powerful. Once the British, French and Germans were a power. They did not like each other and fought. Fear of Russia and due to American umbrella, the British, French and Germans are united now - on the surface. But America, seeing the dependency and incapabilities of the Europeans, takes advantages, and takes Europeans to fight in American wars against Iraq and Afghanistan. However, to fight Russia for America is a tall order. Russia can crush all the Europeans both economically and militarily, with or without US support - as the Europeans are finding out.
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  1548. @Rudolf Hillard 'Wars in Europe was never as destructive in Asia, Europe have laws and ethics, they priotized civilian lives, wars were stopped by civilian rallies and protests.' Europeans invented gas chambers to gas 6 million. The civilian rallies in Germany supported beating up minorities. The Nazi invasion of Germany cost the Soviet Union 20 million deaths (how much did the Mongols do ?) The British and Americans firebombed Hamburg (40,000 killed) and Dresden (20,000). They started WW 2 saying they will not target civilians, but ended up saying firebombing of cities was necessary to end the war. The US dropped two, not one, nuclear bombs on cities. The Americans defend it by saying it ended the war. In Vietnam, the US used napalm. In Iraq, the US used depleted uranium. The US ran a torture camp in Guantanomo. Not only has the European-US nations killed Asiatics, they decimated their own superior European tribes. The white population used to be 20% of the world population in the 1900s. It is a few % now; some authors attribute the wars between the 'civilised European nations' (whose thinking you embody) is one major reason for the decline of the whites. Going by the numerical evidence cited above, would you not say the Europeans are less civilised than the Asiatics ?
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  1549.  @williamzk9083  Sounds loft and self laudatory. When Ukraine became independent directly from the Soviet Union, it was under the condition that it would not join any military alliance. This was put in its constitution. However after the 2014 Euromaidan coup instigated by the US, it put into its constitution that it will seek NATO entry. Hence, it has reneged on a written document that it guaranteed and so Russia is right to take action. Further, NATO is an anti-Russian alliance and has become an existential threat to Russia.
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  1550. Shh.. don't mention methane from Nord stream pipeline ! The west is doing it for a good cause to make Europe dependent on US LNG.
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  1551.  @obsidianjane4413  Zelensky negotiated, and agreement was reached in Turkey in 2022 three months after the war. But Biden sent Boris Johnson to scupper the agreement, and ordered Zelensky to fight on.
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  1552.  @herrlich1461  Don't get carried away, Russia has all the same things and lots of possibilities. That is why you dare not send troops to Ukraine. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouths, tiny fists. You are dependent on the US, and they can throw you under the bus (like Ukraine) to save its own skin.
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  1553.  @Tuck213  Why did you expand NATO to Russia's border ? Why did you carry out a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and encourage Ukraine to fight Russia ? That shows an imperialist mindset.
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  1554. Why does Poland pose as a superpower and indulge in Russophobia ? Poland has been itching for a fight with Russia. And when Russia puts counter pressure, you start howling.
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  1555. 'it’s perplexing to me that Moscow has not been leveled to the ground yet.' Who can do that ? Ukraine cannot do it. The west cannot do it without being levelled itself. What is perplexing you ?
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  1556. Ukraine is losing 20% land, maybe more, but it is feeling something momentous about getting EU candidacy. It is like someone making Ukraine win the Eurovision song contest. They are like children who can be calmed with a lollipop.
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  1557. Support of 'our partners' ..... The partners do not have the arms and money, then what will she do ? She says if Ukraine gets defeated, then her 'partners' will face Russia ! The partners don't have the ability to fight Russia.
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  1558. People in Indian cities are not cowering underground.
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  1559. It is vain but keep hoping for Ukraine.
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  1560. Zelenksy has said in the past that Palestinians are the aggressors and Israelis are the innocent defendants. Palestinians must give up their land for peace. By the same argument, Zelensky must be told to give up Ukraine for peace.
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  1561. Burns is contradictory : one side knows the reality, the other side poses to the western public that the west is not losing. He says it is difficult for Ukraine to beat Russia - but at the same time, he adds Russian competence and morale are low. Then how did they take Bakhmut and Mariuopol, and why is Ukraine's counter offensive a flop ?
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  1562. Lithuania talks too much, as if it is a superpower. Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad saying it was EU sanctions, till the Russians said that it is crossing a red line and Lithuania's independence agreement will be reconsidered. Then Lithuania backed down !
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  1563. Funny, how Russia has not been blamed and Zelensky has not shouted about terror attack.
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  1564. @user-wp9hr3wl8d 'Russia did announce a 3 day victory of a operation over 2 years ago' Russia did not say this, it was US Gen. Milley who said it was his expectation. Russia never gives timelines, it has objectives, that is no US bases in Ukraine. They have tactical methods, if one does not work, they modify and press on. Ukraine has only two possibilities : sign up for neutrality, or face being bombed to a waste land.
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  1565.  @ramtron1775  The "second army in the world" - it is the first army in the world. NATO does not have the courage to send troops to fight it, and the Russian army caused remote countries in Europe like Finland and Sweden to shake in fear.
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  1566.  @kevinbrooke8104  Are they not ? Russia has taken 5 oblasts. That is good job. Next will be Kharkhov and Odessa. Most important, Russia ended NATO expansion for good.
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  1567.  @kevinbrooke8104  'Russia has taken 0 full Oblasts' Then what was Ukraine's counter offensive trying to regain ? You are a numskull.
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  1568.  @Skateandcreate9  Really ? NATO ran away from Taliban last summer and did not have the guts to put a 'o fly zone'.
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  1569. No point, Ukraine is beaten. Heavy weapons will not change the tide, because the Ukranian soldiers have been massacred already. Why don't you send troops ? After all, the US landed Ukraine in this mess.
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  1570.  @MrBakedDaily  If any country knows the Sarmat is safe for them, then provoke Russia and sleep soundly, and that country won't be missed.
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  1571. A bit like James Baker saying after re-unification of Germany that NATO would not move one inch to the east.
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  1572.  @WolfUkr  Well BBC and other western media do say sometimes that the cemeteries in Ukraine are overflowing since the offensive started. Must be a reason.
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  1573. The British special forces reported that the Russians have run out of rifles and are fighting with shovels. Shows their intelligence.
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  1574. @@MerrieMann Germany signed an agreement in 1990s with the Soviet Union, Britain and he US that it would not ask for any land in return for German reunifiication. Ukraine agreed it would be a neutral state and that was the condition it was made independent.
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  1575. Russia was never going to go to the bargaining table. Why should they ?
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  1576. Get real. Ukraine will face a Hiroshima moment before it has victory. Even the most fanatical Japanese had to agree to unconditional surrender, and so will Ukraine.
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  1577.  @georgekaradov1274  I was being sarcastic. I think the highest probability is it was hit by a Russian missile, but Ukraine and its handlers cannot say that.
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  1578.  @singularity-6339  'According to what Putin said it's a declaration of war and Russia will treat it as such.' Let us hope the Russians will not use a Sarmat missile on UK, but will be content with sinking an aircraft carrier. I can imagine the Americans looking the other way.
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  1579. It should be kicked out of Russia. Its Moscow correspondent Rosenberg is obnoxious.
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  1580.  @billrand4138  'quite right,,and its pointless tactically now anyway' Then the Ukranians should withdraw from Bakhmut and let it be incorporated into the Russian Federation. Let the Russians move to the next staging post that is tactically pointless for Ukraine to hold.
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  1581. Lot of this trumpet blowing about Ukranian advances is just making mountains out of molehills for a western public that feels its powerlessness exposed by Russia. The west feels humiliated both militarily because it did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine, and because its sanctions are not only a flop, they have backfired. Ukraine has to do some showbiz to keep the money coming in from its handlers. Winter is coming and Russia has been strangling Ukraine's - and Europe's economy - and the squeeze is yet to come. Russia can keep the war going indefinitely till Ukraine agrees to neutrality. Russia will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine. It may require complete destruction of Ukraine, they will do that.
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  1582. So why is the west planning for negotiations and Ukraine crying for security guarantees ? Why does Zelensky not say I have bilateral security arrangements with Britain and France, they will help Ukraine if Russia comes again ?
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  1583.  @lilacer6841  Your acting UK PM may reply, 'what you can't afford energy prices, why don't you go on two holidays like me to warm countries ?'
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  1584. Because he did not want US bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine had agreed to remain neutral, it would still exist. But Ukraine was persuaded by the US that it could win if it fought Russia.
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  1585. The Slava Ukraine brigades of Europe are not willing to sacrifice for Ukraine. They expect the non-west to sacrifice their livelihoods for them. They say Africa and Pakistan should not buy Russian grain.
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  1586. Marina has been the only professional analysts not giving cliches to project positivism. The concluding statement sums it : Europe will give aid (money and shells) but cannot give in the quantity needed for Ukraine to sustain itself. Such a state of affairs only prolongs Ukraine's death throes but does not prevent its death.
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  1587. Four random European leaders from irrelevant countries do not constitute world leaders. The BBC like all western media imagines the west is the world or the globe. Those days are gone, Sir Putin has ended the days when the west was the world. But you cannot come to terms with it. There was a larger cross section of the world's leaders in Moscow for the Red Square parade on 9 May 2025. The most important global leader Xi was there with Sir Putin.
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  1588.  @chrissmith7669  All wishful thinking. Ukraine had some success blocking Russia - in 2022. But not in 2023. A simple Ukrainain metric shows it. In 2022, they issues postage stamps after a success. In 2023, they did not issue any commemorative stamps. 'That’s exactly why Ukraine is shredding Russia’s logistics, staging areas, depots, and bunkers.' Russia is doing more of the same.
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  1589.  @MG23418  Ramasamy's type deny there is caste discrimination in India, everything is merit and their own success is proof of meritocracy in India. Ramasamy also denies racism in the US and he is proof of that. Only a few days back, an Indian girl was run over by a US police car and the policeman was heard saying she was of low value. Like Indians think of untouchables. They defend their privileges and deny the system they arose from allowed them to be privileged, and it actively denied most of the people the privilege of education.
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  1590.  @dominicvioli7098  The crusade against Russia is relentless NATO expansion and encircling her. So stop your pretence of innocence. You are duplicitous, and you know what you are doing.
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  1591. Ukraine cannot expect to live in peace. Kherson was a handicap for Russia to hold due to the city's geography across the river. It was better to give Kherson up, and destroy the rest of Ukraine remotely without sending troops; that is a far better strategy. Surovkin the general said he will take tough decisions and it is good Putin the politician did not overrule him and demand Kherson be held at all costs. With the precarious position of Kherson resolved, Surovkin can concentrate on destroying the rest of Ukraine, so that it cannot be reconstructed. Putin will leave it to Surovkin to destroy Ukraine by other means, till Ukraine gives up on giving bases to America. Surovkin's strategy will be to raze all the cities from Lvov to Kiev and further east. The reporter mouths the familiar conatridiction in the propaganda . The western media have been telling us for months that Russia has run out of missiles altogether. Now their line is they have run out of precision missiles ! So they are firing imprecise missiles which somehow end up on power transformers and water supply tanks. The western media has two messages now : laud Ukraine for another great victory and say Russia has run out precision missiles. At the same time, wonder why and how Russia is razing the rest of Ukraine.
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  1592. It is all wishful thinking of a frustrated American. Earlier, you said that the Himars were insane game changers. 'if the western tanks are operated correctly (operational, tactical, strategically)' Good you put a condition. If... On the battlefield there is a wily opponent, who will strike from the air with missiles and drones before a tank to tank battle. The chance of the Ukranians operating well this hotch potch collection of tanks with 1 month of training is low.
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  1593.  @davidcooks2379  What is your point ? Are you saying being white and non-Muslim is special ? If so, explain how ?
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  1594. Canada cannot help itself, what can you do against mighty Russia ?
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  1595. The Ukranians keep demanding more and more game changers.
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  1596.  StormmShadoww  Agree, they don't need to reverse engineer Storm Shadow, as they make hypersonics and you have not learnt even how to spell it. But they can learn how to knock more out.
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  1597. So the issue is they want a ceasefire, and Ukraine will have to give up land for it, but Ukraine needs peacekeepers to enforce the ceasefire. The dilemma for the Europeans is where to find the peacekeepers. NATO will not be acceptable. European countries that took sides against Russia and sent weapons cannot be peacekeepers either. So what is the discussion about ? The best is to forget about a ceasefire and let Ukraine decide to agree to neutrality, or let Russia finish the job of demilitarising and de-Nazifiying Ukraine. If the last choice is given as the only one to Ukraine, Ukraine will agree to neutrality to save its skin.
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  1598. The lady says the Ukranians are not ready for defeat. Then the feedback to Russia is it should continue. Step up the shock and awe, the Ukranians say they have not had enough of it.
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  1599. 'Iran and Russia help each other is like watching two sinking boats bale water into the other one.' So why is the west not ignoring it ?
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  1600. Ukraine has 20% less land since independence in 1992. But EU declared we are Europeans now and they gave us the Eurovision song award. Great achievement.
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  1601. But somehow after the missiles go round and round, Ukraine has no power and water for their washing machines.
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  1602. Maybe they don't want to make the far right supporters like you uncomfortable.
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  1603.  @jamesskinnercouk  As long as the Brits believe in an alliance with the US for its welfare instead of independence, Starmer will give you the same.
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  1604.  @vigilante8374  So if America has it all, then why is America still trying to test hypersonic missiles ? It failed in its second trial yesterday. 'As far as Americans being cowards, well, we lasted twice as long in Afghanistan'. Well, I was referring to the way American exited from Kabul. Americans made a dash to the airport and forgot its useless allies. Such was their fear of capture by Taliban. That was proof of cowardliness. You think such people can fight Russia ? Ukranians can fight, they are basically Russians. It does not matter who is President, that is the intrinsic American character.
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  1605. I thought some ministers were enthusiastically urging people to go and fight in Ukraine.
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  1606. Do you feel the same way about Gaza ?
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  1607. So you are telling their planning was good.
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  1608. Where is Finland, never heard of it.
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  1609. Excellent Maria Zakharova !
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  1610. Russia has won the war. Why don't rail with similar rage about Israel ? The west supports Israel, so need to pose about morals.
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  1611. Nick Connolly told us long ago Russia ran out of missiles. Now he says Russia has S 300 type missiles in abundance. Connolly sounds now resigned, gone is his tall talk about Ukrainian reslience. Now Kramatorsk is being softened up for eventual capture. The fall of Bakhmut allows that. The Ukranians cannot focus now on their counter offensive which was a disaster anyway.
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  1612. Wishful thinking, there is no alternative to oil. EV depends on electricity generated from fossil fuels.
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  1613. Escalation will be to the point where Ukraine realises it cannot win and decides it cannot join NATO.
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  1614. You hope he will become President in 2028, after the Ukraine defeat is forgotten.
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  1615. You reek of western frustration. Do you feel suicidal now that Russia has decided it will not tolerate anymore NATO expansion ?
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  1616.  @mmosnow1281  It is not Russia's fault. When Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved. There was a period of goodwill in the 1990s when the Soviet Union allowed German reunification and dissolution of Warsaw Pact. The Soviet Union even made several republics of the USSR independent. But the US and west became greedy and took advantage and expanded NATO to threaten Russia. James Baker had said that NATO would not expand one inch to the east. But there were 5 waves of NATO expansion. Hence, the west cheated. It thought Russia is weak and tried to take advantage. Russia had warned many times not to expand NATO to its borders. The US has incited the former countries of the USSR and Warsaw Pact to Russophobia and these countries imagine they have become powers themselves. Hence, there is no more goodwill left. Russia has decided to give the west the mailed fist which is the only thing you understand. Russia is not bluffing. It has given Ukraine a beating and it will take it back partially, and make the remainder into a failed state. Likewise, it will ask back for Lithuania and others who take Russophobic stand. Sweden and Finland were not on Russia's mind, but if they indulge in Russophobia hiding behind NATO, they will also get a beating. Putin reminded how Russia fought a 21 year war and removed Sweden and built St. Petersburg. There is only one power in this continent and that is Russia. The rest of Europe is a collection of weak states that survive due to the American umbrella. That will exist only as long as America can afford it, so you should know your position.
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  1617.  @SrdjanBasaric-w2s  'What do we do now? Russia suddenly becomes important.' The best is for Europe to swallow its false pride, break away from US dictation, and negotiate with Russia and agree for a mutual security pact. Ukraine has to remain neutral. Military alliances breed mistrust and lead to war. Then Russia and EU should rebuild Ukraine. Keep the US out.
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  1618.  @clivegibbo6441  Clarke said Russia will fight for 50 years if needed to take all of Ukraine. He accepts they have the stamina. The west does not have it.
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  1619. What was heartbreaking, the Russia-Africa summit ?
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  1620. Why did your peaceful country push Ukraine to continue fighting when it had negotiated a settlement in Turkey ?
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  1621. Good actress and propagandist. All these embedded journalists get permission only for that.
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  1622. I have wondered at British Russophobia, it seems even more extreme than American. I think you touched on it : it stems from Britain's small and insignificant world influence and power. The British have had a resentment since 1945. After WW2, they found their status and power had gone, and the Soviet Union was the superpower. They could not come to terms with it. In the 1956 Suez crisis where Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt, the Soviet Union forced a climb down with the threat of nuclear strikes on Britaina and France. Eisenhower looked the other way and did not want to get involved, and he asked the British to get out as well. It was a big humiliation for Anthony Eden's government. Since then I think the British have this grudge against Soviet Union and Russia. But as you say, the British are insignificant, they shot themselves in the foot with Brexit, and they have hitched themselves to a declining superpower. They are reduced to delusional channels like Times Radio which boasts about how their missiles are going to make Ukraine defeat Russia.
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  1623. 'The caller is 100% correct.' At present, what can US, Europe etc. do the reverse Ukraine's defeat ? It is no use saying we should gave given Ukraine everything and full freedom. You could not because then Russia was prepared to fight Europe and have nuclear war. As there is nothing you can do to reverse Ukraine's defeat, then Ali is right there is no point funding it to fight on only to lose later.
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  1624. One has to admire Russia for its unflinching stance. The world has suffered western war war mongering, colonialism and slavery, Vietnam, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Niger, South Africa..... The world thanks Russia for breaking western power for good.
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  1625. ​ @dougcoombes8497  'Under international law the US had every right to defend itself from further attacks from Afghanistan. And NATO nations to aid them.' Hypocrite under which international law did the US had every right to attack Iraq ? If Ukraine is not in NATO, why did it send 5000 troops to Afghanistan? It is getting the taste of the same medicine . There is an exemption clause in the Budapest Memorandum that allows the signatories to take military action against Ukraine . Ukraine conspired with the US to join NATO to threaten Russia. UKraine's independence was given under the condition that it would not join any military alliance. It reneged on this commitment, and hence Ukraine must be neutered. The new NATO rapid reaction force means nothing. They have no proven fighting ability. We saw NATO's cowardly exit from Kabul . If Lithuania messes with Russia in Kaliningrad, Russia will give it a beating for sure and the 300,000 won't stop it.
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  1626. The strikes are mostly on power stations. Only 19 killed. Russia has been relatively mild considering Ukraine's misbehaviour.
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  1627.  @freemanreed5228 Was it the Russians or the Ukro Nazis who got evicted from Bakhmut ?
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  1628. One minister Truss was urging Brits go to Ukraine, she was besides herself with enthusiasm. This minister now says 'please don't go'. It only needs a few western deaths, and the west's courage runs out, and they will not have the stomach to fight Russia. It shows the mess in western and NATO foreign policy. That was self evident from NATO's cowardly scramble from Kabul.
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  1629. You will lose a missile duel, so feign you don't understand. You understand that you will lose a missile duel with Miss Hazel.
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  1630.  @MrJuwarra  The west has historically invaded Russia many times. The French in 1812. The Germans in WW 2. The US sent troops and invaded during the Russian Revolution till the Red Army was formed and evicted US troops. Russia made many concessions, allowing the re-unification of Germany (which in retrospect should not have been done), and disbanding the Warsaw Pact. NATO should have been disbanded to build trust and peace. The US promised NATO would not expand one inch to the east, but already by 1998 US arms companies were lobbying US politicians to expand NATO. The west stabbed Russia in the back. And the final straw was to use Ukraine to encircle Russia and cut it off from the Black Sea. Hence Russia took the correct action at the right time. It has inflicted a strategic defeat on NATO. The Europeans and British who followed America and wanted to fight Russia through subterfuge have shot themselves in the foot.
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  1631.  @helveticaification  But you read my analysis of NATO and the west's defeat, and it bothered you so much that you had to inform me it needs no refutation !
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  1632. The difference now is Russia has nuclear weapons and hypersonics. That is the reason Ukraine was forbidden to strike Russia. Because Russia has said it will strike at Britain. A single Sarmat missile can incinerate Britain. Get it ?
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  1633. It is for the best if the US leaves NATO. The Europeans will then decide it is better to have good relations with Russia.
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  1634. What are you wishes for the captives ?
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  1635. The genius professor said that Russia is fighting with shovels in Bakhmut.
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  1636.  @maryanchabursky9148  Last year, Ukraine and the west said it would push out Russia from Crimea. They have abandoned that - it means the war is lost. Now the west talks about a stalemate - Russia keeps what it has and they hope Russia does not take more.
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  1637. Ukraine was given all it needed (98% according to NATO), and they have not got near the frontline, they lost a lot of manpower, and Bradleys and Leopards. The Russians can always settle it with a nuclear strike. Ukraine is living dangerously.
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  1638. What was that about Russia running out of missiles ? Industry gone. Agribusiness gone. Ports are gone. So Ukraine should not have income to wage war on Russians.
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  1639. Sovereignty does not mean the right to invite a foreign power to place its missiles to threaten a neighbour. Ukraine's sovereignty was conditional. In its independence declaration, it said it would be a neutral and not join any military alliances. Otherwise, they would not have got independence. Ukraine sought to renege unilaterally on its neutrality, therefore its sovereignty should be terminated. Further, Ukrainians allowed neo Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov batallion to flourish and promote a Russophibic style of nationalism. There should be zero tolerance for neo Nazis, and Russia is one such country that will stamp it out. Ukraine will not enter NATO and NATO also knows it. If they persist, Ukraine will be broken up and reintegrated into Russia.
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  1640. Europeans have armies but they are trained for military exercises, not for fighting. Russia has an army that can fight and it knows combined arms warfare.
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  1641. The analyst says the western consensus is it is too early to say whether the Ukrainian counter offensive is succeeding ! What he means is the west is unable to admit that Russia has defeated the collective west in both economic and military warfare ! At the start, the Ukranian offensive was billed as a sort of Operation Bagration where the Red Army stormed the German armies along a 1000 km front, cleared the minefields and cleared the path to Berlin. The BBC's expert Sean Bell said the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine must punch through a weak spot and then follow up with a blitzkrieg down to Melitipol. He said that Ukraine must not get bogged down in attritional warfare as that would be 'Advantage Russia'. For attritonal warfare, the Ukrainians do not have the manpower and the west cannot supply the shells at the rate the Ukranians use them. By the BBC's own analysis, Ukraine could not achieve a breaktrhough in 72 hours, and after three weeks, it is pausing the offensive. At best, Ukraine can come back for some attritional warfare. Russia will see it off, and then go for hot pursuit and chase down the Bandera army. The west and its surrogate have lost the war. The west talks all kinds of nonsense to cover up - they held a third Ukraine reconstruction conference ! They can't cope with the present, so they present dreams for the far away future. It is like Germany promised to build Ukraine a tank factory so it could have the supplies to fight Russia !
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  1642.  @cloudpoint0  What Russia is taking now they are consolidating so Ukraine can never regain it. At the start of the war, they advanced too fast with not enough troops, but they learnt from that mistake. Take and consolidate. And repeat. Once you get the advantage, don't give the other side chance to breathe. That is the situation now. The Ukrainians cannot repeat 2022 because they have been degraded. Just like the Nazis could not regain the initiative from the Red Army after Stalingrad.
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  1643. Better still, why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? It seems the greatest cowardice egging Ukraine to join NATO, and deserting them when mighty Russia cracked the whip. A dozen Challengers will not make a difference, Russia will destroy them.
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  1644. If the US walks out of NATO, what is NATO ? Even with the US, NATO has lost in Ukraine.
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  1645. Perhaps it is your western wishful thinking. There is no way Ukraine can defeat Russia.
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  1646. You ain't getting any gas !
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  1647. Ukraine is not an independent country, it will do as the US commands. It fought on US command. If the US says, cede land and negotiate, Ukraine will obey.
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  1648.  @stonem0013  Luxembourg - where is that ?
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  1649. Yes, the west will keep supporting Ukraine till the west is defeated. If Ukrainians say they will fight on after a tactical nuclear weapon is dropped, then Russia should test it out.
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  1650. He has broken the law - tax evasion, hate speech and incitement to riot (terrorism) and contempt of court (not appearing in court when asked). So don't make out 'telling the truth is now terrorism'.
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  1651. This was collateral damage and should not be discussed. Ukraine itself said the strikes across the country destroyed the power grid. That was the target. If Russia wanted to destroy the civilians, they could have bombed all the refugee trains going to Lvov at the beginning of the war.
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  1652.  @tonymacaroni6831  'are you out of your mind they've lost nearly half a million KIAs and the country is destroyed and has lost 90 per cent of its economic value' I have said the same thing about Ukraine, so what is your point ? Or do you mean Russia has lost nearly half a million KIAs and the country is destroyed and has lost 90 per cent of its economic value ? In that case, you are out of your mind.
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  1653.  @Khalkara  'How did Ukraine fight a proxy war for the US, when it was Russia who invaded Ukraine?' You trying to be simplistic and plead innocence for Ukraine, are you ? Ukraine was given independence on the understanding that it will be neutral and not in any military alliance. Ukraine's independence declaration said it would be neutral. After the US sponsored coup of 2014, Ukraine reneged on that by seeking to have US missile and naval bases to aid the US plan to cut Russia off from the Black Sea. Ukraine was encouraged to believe it had the sovereign right to join any alliance. However, sovereignty does not mean you have the right to invite a distant superpower to threaten a neighbouring superpower. If you do that, the neighbouring superpower will feel compelled to destroy you. It was Ukraine's choice, so it pays the price. And those who made Ukraine fight a proxy war will desert Ukraine when it cannot win. Get it, simpleton ?
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  1654. What is wrong with what Trump says ? Anyhow, Modi was rooting for Trump at the last election (Biden won). So Modi supporters deserve Trump.
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  1655. As for the Storm Shadows, the British media blew the trumpet when they were used in 2023 to attack the Kerch bridge. They were euphoric and predicted the bridge would be cut and Russian troops would be stranded and surrender to Ukraine, and thereafter Ukraine would go and capture Crimea. The bridge was damaged a few times, but eventually the Russians figured out how to take out the Storm Shadows. After that, the Kerch bridge and Storm Shadows faded from the news. We know the outcome of the Ukrainian counter offensive of 2023. Britain is making much noise about the Storm Shadows in Kursk, but I do not see much of consequence. The Russians have taken back 1/2 of what Ukraine took in Kursk, and they are going to drive out the Ukrainians from the rest of Kursk. No doubt the Kursk offensive was also planned by the UK and the US. But that is another fiasco.
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  1656. The Prof. has the same style as he has on Ukraine - all the Iranian missiles fell in the desert because Iron Dome is so clever, and the Ukrainians intercepted everything with Patriots.
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  1657. The west was telling us that Bakhmut has no strategic or military value, so they should tell their protege not to waste western shells on Bakhmut because they are not going to get it back.
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  1658. Let us have a discussion on why Israel blocked the Oslo accords and the Two State solution, and expanded settlements in the West Bank. Oh I forget, this is not the right time to ask this .... When is the right time to ask ? If Israel is blockading Gaza and cutting off power, then that is a war crime. When Russia cut off power to Ukraine, the same people said it was a war crime. Why is Israel excused ?
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  1659.  @3brenm  NATO had a training centre near Lvov before the war. The Russians struck it and killed a mercenary horde in the first month of the war. After the US sponsored coup of 2014, Ukraine changed its constitution and put entering NATO as an objective. The US was encouraging it to do so - because that would give US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. There is no misinformation. Ukraine was de facto in NATO.
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  1660. Stalemate ? You were telling us about Ukraine's imminent capture of Kherson in August, not to mention Crimea.
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  1661.  @Sigma.6  So why has superpower UK not sent troops to Ukraine ? Why did you run away from Kabul ?
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  1662.  @ivanexell-uz4mv  Why has superpower Britain not sent troops to Ukraine ? One British MP was talking about creating 'a coalition of the willing' to send troops to Ukraine. But as usual cowardice ruled. All mouth and no trousers. Whereas the Russians do not talk much, they do. They said they will not allow US bases in Ukraine, and that is settled. Very clear decision, very clear action and result.
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  1663.  @Mr.Monta77  'You don’t know much about Britain do you?' Well I know it is a vassal of the US and shows a lot of bravado - like Estonia. Chichua barking dog type. You know the saying 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. Correct me if my impression is wrong.
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  1664.  @mrd6869  You cannot win with Karate as Putin is a black belt in that as well.
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  1665. So what will NATO do ? Hold a meeting in Spain. There is nothing you can do.
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  1666.  @catalinxnecula  She is acting for a Hollywood war.
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  1667. If the Russian army is so weak, why did Ukraine lose Mariopol, Severodentsk, Bakhmut, Avdeevka ? Why is NATO getting together to brainstorm what to do ? Why did NATO's Ukrainian counter offensive of 2023 fail ? Advances are only going one way. Russia switched the attack and captured Torretsk. And the heat is back on Chasov Yar.
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  1668. Living Ukranians need to get freed from NATO manipulation. At some stage, when the west ditches them, Ukranians will have to surrender and accept Russian terms. That is the price for not having forethought and realising Ukraine could not defeat Russia.
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  1669. Now they can return home and wear those LGBQT bands, and get drunk. That was more important to them than the football (like Germany). The BBC spent its time maligning Qatar, complaining about lack of alcohol. Imagine what their drunken fans would have done afterwards.
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  1670.  @DisinterestedParty  Everyone knows how NATO ran away from the Taliban.
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  1671. He is correct but that is only one side of the picture. America has profited greatly from NATO and the Ukraine war. Its arms industries have made huge amount of money and America has made Europe dependent on its LNG which sells at 4x the price of the Russian gas. It has taken out Europe from the economic competition.
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  1672. It is clear Bakhmut campaign is coming to an end despite western hopes, and the Russians will move on to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. The people of these cities should evacuate to Poland. What happened to the Ukranian offensive with Leopards that was going to capture Crimea ?
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  1673. The Poles have a chip on the shoulder. Germany subsidies Poland and rest of the EU. Germany should ask for the return of Danzig and Breslau. And tell encourage Russia to breathe down Poland's neck. That will teach them which side of their bread is buttered.
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  1674. Emil's assessment is blunt - and brutally logical ! I like that bit where he mentions Zelensky saying he will negotiate only after Russia goes back to where it was pre-24 Feb 2022. So why did he not negotiate pre-24 Feb 2022 and avoid the war ? Very simple, and clear.
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  1675. Ban them on what grounds ? Did you ask to ban Israel ? Or US and UK when they invaded Iraq ? Hypocrite !
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  1676. There is no tangible content in this video.
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  1677. For a change, the Ukranian gentleman is objective. Normally, the Ukranians are vain and boastful.
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  1678. Putin has Hazel, it came in at Mach 11, you have nothing to stop it, Zelensky howled and NATO held an emergency meeting out of desperation.
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  1679. Intimidation ? Why does not almighty Britain intimidate Russia ?
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  1680. Austin says Ukraine's struggle is a great military success story.
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  1681.  @johanlaeveren735  You misunderstood me. If you check, @DRC85 wrote mockingly '3 day war, now a 3 year war. totally winning'. I quoted him back, and replied against that. The Ukraine supporters generally say Putin said that it will be a 3 day war, and now that it is 3 years, it means Ukraine has not lost. However, Putin did not say it will be a 3 day war, he never gives time lines, he only stated Russian objectives. The expectation of a 3 day war was made by US General Milley, and western media have twisted it and ascribed it to Putin; then they derive satisfaction that Ukraine has lasted 3 years. The brainwashed like DRC85 then cite it like Putin said it.
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  1682. Your assumption is wrong although conclusion is correct. 'If one follows the Ukraine war closely (and I have), what one sees clearly is that Russian forces have been severely degraded, and they are very far from "winning". ' Russia has won. The Ukranian counter offensive was beaten off. Ukraine cannot get back what it lost and more will go. Meanwhile the US has abandoned Ukraine, and the Europeans cannot do much. Ukraine will not be in NATO (a key Russian demand). In what form Ukraine will exist is not known, but it is sure the Ukraine of 1992 will not exist. So how do you say Russia is far from winning ? The fact that Russia has won is the reason the west and Times Radio put out hysterical threats about Russia's next war. They are doing it to divert the public from asking what is the cause for the western debacle in Ukraine. They are whipping up the public saying they will be next, so the public is engrossed with fear, and does not have the time to ask why Ukraine was pushed into war by the Americans and their hangers on, and then dropped when the going got too hot.
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  1683. 'Giving Ukraine everything it needs to win this war and Ukrainian integration into the EU and NATO is the west’s best self defense.' For the 2023 counter offensive, Stoltenberg said NATO gave Ukraine 98% of all it needed - but it failed. The west gave all it could and still lost. Suck it up and move on.
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  1684. Ukraine is on a yet-to-arrive ventilator, and when that arrives, Ukraine has to run to its 'partners' and ask for oxygen. No point wasting money on a patient that cannot revive.
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  1685. Europe and Ukraine have no sovereignty from the US, but Europe thinks it is fighting for Ukraine's sovereignty.
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  1686. Not meeting expectations - actually means not meeting western delusions.
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  1687. What are you talking about Ukraine taking Crimea, Ukraine is losing more land ? Putin has communicated that if Ukraine sets a foot in Crimea, it will receive a tactical nuclear strike. Mercifully for Ukraine, it is going backwards from Crimea.
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  1688. Gone is the talk about Ukraine taking Crimea. Russia only did a low key 'shock and awe' show targeting mostly power stations. Lvov is a staging centre for NATO arms shipments from Poland. The trains lines, roads and warehouses in Lvov will be targets. In the first month, Russia struck at the NATO training centre housing merecenaries killing about 50.
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  1689. Nazism does not mean much now, right ?
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  1690.  @hangputin3568  Your type was predicting the rouble's crash in the first week, now you say 2 years. Why ?
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  1691.  @lukebandolino882  They will give a shock and awe treatment to Kiev from the air, and then send in 300,000.
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  1692.  @superhumantrueman  Odessa was founded by Catherine the Great, so it is a Russian city. On the formation of the Soviet Union, Odessa, Crimea were attached to Ukraine. Now that Ukraine has misbehaved and tried to team up with the US to put naval bases to block Russia from the Black Sea, Russia should do the same - take Odessa and cut Ukraine from the Black Sea.
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  1693. Some British General said that the Challenger is like a dial phone in the age of iphone !
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  1694. There is no actual mechanism for what to do if one NATO nation is attacked. NATO will call a meeting after weeks to discuss, some will agree to send forces, some may not, and it all depends on whether the US is willing to fight. Kissinger said long ago that the US is not prepared to fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany. That is the current position also. The US is not going to fight a nuclear war with Russia to save Poland or Lithuania or Germany. It should be the look out of these countries not to misbehave with Russia. Stoltenberg did not answer the question whether Trump or Putin Is the 'Main Motivator' for increased spending. He is an empty shell. The US runs NATO for its own benefit but it selects such useful fools from irrelevant Scandinavian countries to head NATO. The next Sec. Gen. will be an Estonian or Lithuanian.
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  1695.  @jasonschnelle110  ' They said give us armor and we will show big results. Up until a month before the counter offensive started. ' NATO said that Ukraine was given 98% of their needs for the counter offensive. Then why are there no big results ? As for raising unrealistic expectations, it is not just Ukraine, but the west and its media also did the same. The fault is not Russia's, it has to lie with both Ukraine and NATO ! The west needs to grapple with the reality and not blame Ukraine. It expected Ukraine could beat Russia due to the superiority of western weapons, and Ukranian motivation, and it under estimated Russia.
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  1696.  @martinogold  Look at your actions, invading Iraq on false pretext, supporting genocide in Gaza. So the rest of the world hates you for your actions. Did you think of that ?
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  1697. So why don't you ask them to test their missile on you ? Some days back, the Ukrainians were saying 7 out of 8 missiles they launched hit a dam and breached it.
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  1698. He said 'we understand your fight for independence is similar to our Brexit fight to escape the EU' and 'we shall now fight Russia together with the last Ukranian'. The home crowd feels proud.
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  1699. That is the capitalist law of supply and demand. Supply cannot meet demand, so prices rocket. The suppliers will profiteer.
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  1700. She is a duplicitous Jew. She talks about working with Iranian women who are oppressed. Sounds very condescending. Why has she not collaborated with Palestinians who are oppressed - by Israelis ?
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  1701. All wishful brainstorming born out of defeat !
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  1702. ' The US will bail out and we have to deal with Russia ourselves.' It would be the best thing if the US did bail out, the Europeans will come to their senses and reach cooperation with Russia.
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  1703. 'Latvian President: Why Ukraine holds the key to the challenge of China ' Ukraine is being sacrificed for the US interest in challenging Russia and China. The Europeans are also being sacrificed with the Ukranians. There is the assumption that US's interest is Europe's interest. It is not. The relationship is one of master and vassal; one can say the Europeans are willing to be vassals of the US because they cannot stand on their own. The US is now selling LNG at 4x the price of Russian gas in dollars. The US is profiting and the Europeans are paying more and they cannot use their currency to buy the US energy. The Europeans are committing economic suicide. One can go on believing Europe is a superior place due to 'western values' but actually Europe is becoming more irrelevant. If the Europeans had independent minds, they will realise that their interest lies in good relations with Russia and China, and not in serving the US's game against Russia and China. You can see other emerging powers like India avoid such a situation, and that is why they are rising. The US will not be able to win in any battle with Russia, let alone Russia + China. Having the weak Europeans on its side does not change this.
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  1704. Russia has two tools, the Norwegian says - military and energy. The first has failed according to him. Really ? More of Ukraine has become part of Russia since the technical military action. Energy has knocked out Europe - it is heading for deindustrialisation. Euro and pound have fallen by more than 20%. So who is winning ? Can the west afford to supply Ukraine ?
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  1705. But Ukraine is happy as it won the Eurovision song, and EU candidacy, and it has been told by von Leyen it belongs to the European family.
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  1706. Sleepy Joe cannot give the equipment Ukraine wants. The battle in the south and east is lost.
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  1707. What would you like your Chancellor to do ? Russia has the stronger cards and will win. There is nothing your Chancellor can do to change that. Why did NATO want to expand to Ukraine ?
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  1708.  @FleksisLV  Even Ukraine and the west has not said the war is about oil and fossil fuel, so you are making that up. Russia asked for a security guarantee. Why could NATO not give it ?
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  1709. Credit for what ? Showing off ?
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  1710.  @Funglutton  The substance of Mitch Young's comment is correct. So you claim one word he used was archaic - just because your knowledge and vocabulary is limited. But you cannot refute his comment.
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  1711. They still have not rescued a single hostage. The few that were released were due to Qatar.
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  1712. That is only for contempt of court. He needs sentencing for other charges.
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  1713. He deserves the anguish because it was his decision to use the US to threaten Russia. He and his country pay the price. No one to blame for his folly.
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  1714. Well done, Russia.
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  1715.  @callsigndd9ls897  Good fellow, you have not read the Budapest Memorandum, or if you have, you don't understand it. Article 2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. If Ukraine threatens Russia's security, Russia can act in self defence. The US and Ukraine conspired together to threaten Russia by seeking missile and naval bases. One of the guarantors conspiring with Ukraine against another guarantor violates the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum. Russia signed it in good faith not anticipating such a situation would occur - both Ukraine and the US would back stab Russia. Article 6.The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will consult in the event a situation arises which raises a question concerning these commitments. In Dec 2021, Russia sent a letter asking the US to negotiate a security agreement with respect to Ukraine. The US declined. Hence, it violated the Budapest Memorandum. So what are you talking about ? Russia had to take action. They are not going to allow the US to have bases to threaten Russia, and if Ukraine has to be dismantled or destroyed altogether to protect Russia's security, they are following the Budapest Memorandum.
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  1716. They like to have their emergency NATO meeting with wine and food. They ran out from Afghanistan with their tails down before the Taliban deadline, how can they fight Russia ?
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  1717. I thought Ukranians were putting Russia under siege. The clip throws a kid with the drone is helping Ukranian army take out Russian tanks.
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  1718. What are you talking about, Ukraine is vulnerable to a tactical nuke from Russia.
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  1719. Russia's plan for victory is to force unconditional surrender. The Ukro Nazis will be forced to surrender like the German Nazis in Berlin.
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  1720. What is repulsive about Galloway's views (on Gaza and Ukraine) ? He did not create it, Britain and its allies created these wars.
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  1721. MoD Admits Ukr Offensive Standstill - I heard that was due to growth of weeds, another deceitful Russian tactic.
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  1722. The British are singularly crafty in making neighbours fight, and in inciting regime change operations, while claiming lofty morals and values. They did that in India and all their colonies. They pretend disinterest but are after wealth. They have a duplicity in their character. However, the game they played for centuries does not work with present day Russia. The British take pride that they were leading the escalation, they were the first to give tanks forcing the Germans and the US to give tanks, the first to give Storm Shadow missiles etc. But none of that changed the situation on the battlefield. 'but are then only to be found sitting at the head of the table when the spoils are to be shared'. In the present case, there are no spoils in Ukraine to share amongst the west. Further, the Russians will negotiate with the US, and they will not allow Britain to be present. There will be no more agreements like Budapest Memorandum where the British will be co-signatories. The British were selected as co-signatories earlier because they were among the winning allies in WW 2. But now they are seen as untrustworthy warmongers and nothing more, so nobody will invite them.
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  1723. Budapest agreement did not envisage two co-guarantors (US and UK) ganging up with Ukraine against Russia. The moment that the US and UK ganged up to get NATO bases in Ukraine, they made the Budapest agreement null and void. The fault lies with Ukraine, US and UK.
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  1724. The alternative is the west tells Zelensky to be realistic and settle for neutrality. Ukraine is going to be hammered otherwise, the west put Ukraine in this position by pushing for NATO membership, and the west is not able to fight Russia directly because they will end up in the same position as Ukranians. Biden has said he cannot go for no fly zone, and BoJo is saying the same. The west can do that against Iraq, it cannot contemplate it against a nuclear power.
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  1725. The Ukranians have dug a hole for themselves but feel entitled to demand more and more. The fact is Russia is not going to tolerate NATO bases in Ukraine. Ukraine can continue seeking NATO aid and see itself destroyed and turned into a wasteland like Libya. Afterwards, when the west cannot afford it, new politicians will come and the west will abandon it like Afghanistan and Iraq. There will be Melonis and Trumps asking why they should waste their money.
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  1726.  @redbear1935  The essence of survival if your small is diplomacy and neutrality. Learn from the Swiss, they have been that way for 500 years, and they are successful. Whereas your type of country tries to seek support from another power, and then throws stones at others, thinking you are under a protective shield. Lithuania has not only angered Russia but also faraway China. You think you are the leader of 'the free world' because you got entrance into their club. Ukraine, Poland and similar also have the same delusions. You would not survive one day if the US lost interest in NATO or decided it cannot afford it. That will be your day of reckoning. Using your intellect to decide what is best for survival is the best way to survive. Thinking you have the US and NATO, and you survived Mongols,Crusaders, Turks,Napoleon, Kutusov,Hitler, Stalin, therefore you can throw stones at Russia and say 'we are doing it because the EU told us' is exceedingly stupid. Most organisms have a survival strategy. Lithuanian behaviour is the opposite. You risk getting destroyed for the EU and an imaginary 'free world'. The weakest countries seem to have a death wish.
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  1727.  @ringring8938  You got it right - it is too painful for the west to admit defeat to Russia.
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  1728. Thank goodness Europe is preparing to help Ukraine on its own. ....ha, ha, ha ! Puny Europe is going to fight Russia ?
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  1729.  @ianb.6766  The Eurocentric world is fading. If Russia is a third world country for you, they are still exceptional and can punch you and destroy ! You made that comment because you are helpless and burning inside. Russia's punch is more severe than what the Afghans and Iraqis delivered. That is why you are scared to go into Ukraine, or put a no-fly zone. They can destroy you not only militarily but also your dollar based trade system.
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  1730. All this blame game is actually a sign that Ukraine is losing. When you have your backs against the wall, leaders start blaming others to avoid questions about their own failure. Now that Ukraine and Zelensky are heaping up losses, Zelensky has to blame someone else.
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  1731.  @SpecOpsDoctor  But they decided to show weakness in the end because the EU did not have the stomach for another beating.
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  1732. @@peoplesrepublicofninj3418 Ukraine's independence declaration of 1991 said it will be a neutral state and not join any military alliance. In 2014, after the US sponsored coup. Ukraine reneged unilaterally and said it will seek to join NATO. Ukraine thereby opens the way for the US to get naval and missile bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. That is the key issue - not just Minsk accord. Hence, Russia has decided to terminate Ukraine's independence. It has taken back the Russian areas of Ukraine that were attached to it when the Soviet Union was formed, and which Russia gave away to Ukraine in 1991. Ukraine will not be able to get back eastern Ukraine, and if Ukraine does not agree to neutrality for the rump Ukraine, the remainder will be turned into a wasteland. Nothing the west can do is of any consequence - as you can see. The Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. That is the reality.
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  1733. Stalemate is not an option, losing more land is. So Zelensky now says he wants to join NATO ? The beating Ukraine is getting is precisely to stop that. The fellow is dense.
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  1734. Actually, the Ukranians first denied it - and then said they downed it ! The business case is mentioned in the Ukranian article - a Ukrainian crew manned the Patriots, so it said it is a good return on investment !
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  1735. So what is the preparation Lithuania is doing ? In 2023, it partially blockaded Kaliningrad till a Russian deputy said Lithuania's independence needs to be reviewed. Then Lithuania quietly climbed down to avoid a beating !
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  1736. Whether you agree with political theories of how nations act, Prof. Mearsheimer stands above all the rest because he predicted correctly the result of NATO expansion. Although one can go into niceties that 'expansion' is not the correct word, because it was a voluntary accretion of members, Mearsheimer is still correct that NATO is a military alliance whose objective was to check the USSR, and whose subjective is now against Russia. The voluntary accretion of members does not change the objective, and to the Russians, it is the objective that matters, and not whether the members joined voluntarily or with inducements. When Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved. Russia had shown goodwill in the 1990s when it let go, not only of the Warsaw Pact countries, but also republics of the USSR. Even if there was no written agreement that NATO would not be expanded eastwards, James Baker had said to the Russians that NATO would 'not move an inch to the east'. When NATO 'expanded' eastwards, Mearsheimer says Russia saw that as a breach of goodwill and gradually the sentiment hardened in Russia that the west had taken advantage to threaten Russia. Russia had repeatedly warned that NATO expansion was troubling them. As Mearsheimer says, it does not matter if the west sees NATO as a defensive alliance, and it is not an 'expansion' in terms of forcible takeover, but the Russian perception right from the beginning was that NATO is an offensive alliance against them, and it is the Russian perception that matters. If Russia's perception (with good reason) is that NATO is an offensive alliance against them, and they warned about NATO expansion to their frontier would be seen as a hostile act and a red line, and NATO went ahead, then war follows. So Mearsheimer is correct that NATO is to blame as it deliberately pursued a policy that thinking people had warned would lead to war. There is only one criterion on judging whether someone's analysis is correct. There is the minority camp that said and warned NATO expansion will lead to war. There is other camp (the majority) in the west that said and still says it was not an expansion, and the purpose was defensive, and we cannot do wrong because we say so etc. It is unarguable that Mearsheimer is among the minority who predicted correctly what will happen years ago. Therefore his analysis has enduring value, and what he proposes for the solution to end the conflict has to be considered, because it is based on understanding. All the ones who justified the expansion should now understand the cost to Ukraine and the west. If the west is unwilling to go and fight Russia in Ukraine, it should not have pushed for Ukraine's induction in NATO. To all the supporters of Ukraine, who now see Ukraine is heading for a defeat (for which the blame has to be placed on the west's NATO expansion), Mearsheimer will cause burning as he will sound like someone telling them 'I told you so'. Hence, they invent various refutations to disprove him.
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  1737. Grant Schapps ran away hastily from a planned visit to Odessa when a Russian missile landed nearby a Greek minister who arrived before me. That sounded appeasement to me.
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  1738.  @SK-lt1so  How do you know Ukraine's claim they intercepted 44 out of 50 is free ? They have also fired anti-missile missiles, are they free ?
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  1739.  @MajkaLajka  Ukraine has already lost the war, they cannot get back Donbass and Crimea. That is why the US barred them from joining NATO. If Ukraine is partitioned, even the part that Russia does not want will have to stay out of NATO, otherwise a low intensity war will be kept burning.
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  1740.  @DrVictorVasconcelos  After the defeat of Nazi Germany and its unconditional surrender, the Potsdam conference was held to decide Germany's fate. Those attending : the Marshall of the Soviet Union, Stalin; Churchill/Atlee for Britain; and Truman for the US. de Gaulle demanded a place at the table. Stalin refused asking what was France's contribution. France had surrendered and collaborated with the Nazis - as had most of Europe. In the last days of the war, the Waffen SS's French Charlemagne brigade was sent to Berlin to defend Hitler and fight the Red Army as it entered Berlin. Hence, Stalin's refusal to allow de Gaulle to attend.
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  1741.  @Jonathan_Doe_  'Russias success at repelling most of the things you’ve listed has been very hit and miss compared to Ukraines success rate at taking down Russian drones. ' That must be very comforting to you. But you acknowledge Russia is successful. The problem for you how to explain away Russia's success. As for Ukraine's success rate at taking down Russian drones (which only you claim), the Ukrainans are the ones who don't have a power grid, and who are unable to breach or even reach the Russian lines. If the Ukranians are so successful why are they pleading for F16s now ? 'Currently, Russia’s basically got artillery and a defence depth ...' They did not destroy the Leopards, Himars and take down a Storm Shadow intact using artillery. Why have the Challengers not shown up on the front ? Fear of artillery ?
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  1742.  @ingai7014  NATO expansion is what created the problem. So how will NATO fix it ? Russia asked for a security guarantee from NATO in Jan 2022. NATO did not give it. Why ? Only after that Russia said it will take technical military action. Russia has now established Ukraine will not enter NATO and NATO forces will not be entering Ukraine again.
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  1743. Lil Z speaks to western parliaments and also Davos. LiL Z has yet to speak to the Ukranians Parliament. It is closed and opposition leaders are arrested.
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  1744.  @sassulusmagnus  Why don't you refute the bots ?
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  1745.  @mcwhadom  'And us here in the UK as Europe will have to step up.' You don't have the capacity. Trump is about to put tariffs on you. None of you can fight Russia, individually or collectively. Get it ?
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  1746. Ukraine has already lost, you need not fear, you need to surrender. Just like the Nazis after the Red Army arrived in Berlin.
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  1747. Israelis have been beating women and children daily, it is just not in the news, because it is a daily occurrence and you became desensitised.
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  1748. A watched a video on the Havana syndrome, Americans being attacked by Chinese and Russians with microwave guns. Did not believe it for one moment !
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  1749. What are you talking about, Zelensky got his country destroyed.
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  1750. Referring to Russian President as Mr. Putin and Ukranian leader as President Zelensky - it looks like Putin punched you in the face and this is the best satisfaction you could get. It is better to call him Sir Putin.
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  1751.  @navinkumar6388  Very simple and correct counter to western duplicity. Westerners have this simple view of 'innocent Ukraine got attacked by a bully'. The western discourse typically starts with an exculpatory statement of an 'unprovoked attack on a sovereign state'. They announce their starting premise as if it should be self understood, and from there on, Ukraine and west are 100% innocent, and neither has responsibility for the situation. The Ukranian politicians deliberately chose to flout the condition of neutrality cited in Ukraine's declaration of independence, thinking NATO will protect them. The western govt. plotters also knew what they were doing by trying to induct Ukraine into NATO, but they thought they could continue without consequences as they had got away with 5 waves of expansion.
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  1752.  @nomadclient4047  Ukraine will not be joining NATO, it will be lucky to exist as a country.
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  1753. Did you see how this Englishman was grimacing and frothing in rage before the interview ? Obviously his western surrogate was struggling.
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  1754. @@SnooffiesDad'In Putin's case, his silence gives away his position.' Putin has a position which is independent of what the western countries. Russia is a sovereign country, not under the control of the Jews or the west. 'But he messed up anyway by straddling the fence.' He has not straddled the fence, he has clearly stated his position : the root cause is the non-implementation of the two state solution and Oslo accord. The western response is to say 'this is not the time to say it'. This is the time to say it. Putin knows the Oslo accord was used to buy time for Israel to arm itself and try to make settlements in the West Bank a fait accompli. Like the Minsk accord was used by the west to arm Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  1755. Yes, Ben Hodges keeps your spirits alive with delusions as you lose.
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  1756. This is what Hodges said 8 months ago : 'Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of August IF...' | DW News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBhm5-y9h38&t=2s Why do you still follow wishful jokers like Hodges ? Mobilising Industry to Support Ukraine and Defeat Russia is not going to happen. You cannot even mobilise your industry to be competitive against China. The west needs to accept defeat and think about not repeating its follies like NATO expansion. The EU needs to get out of the US orbit and not follow Hodges and other useless Americans. As for the British, they are content as America's door mat, they think it gives them importance in the world. The countries that do not follow America like China, India, Russia are rising; Europe is sinking. Get real !
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  1757.  @MiltonMoJunction  'The majority of russians don't have a choice they have to do what their dictators say if not it is punishable by death or imprisonment.' That is what you want to believe. But actually, the Russians are very patriotic, they believe in their country. They will sacrifice for their country. That is the difference. The west's conviction is only LGBQT.
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  1758. 'What‘s Russia going to do? Escalate??' Yes try it, and you will see Sweden will not exist. One of those Sarmat missiles can take out Sweden. NATO cannot fight. The US does not want to fight, and the Europeans are feeble. You saw how they ran away from Kabul.
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  1759.  @alhambrabiker1476  Ukraine would not have got independence without handing over the nukes. Get it ?
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  1760. Zelensky is after Crimea. He promised to get it by Dec. 2022.
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  1761. They caused the fire, did they ?
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  1762. What is the threat to Europe when NATO has superior weapons and huge army ? What is the problem ?
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  1763. According to western experts, Russia has no air superiority either, so it was alright to push ahead. Ukraine is pushed by US timelines. It is based on Return on Investment. The shareholders have to be shown that Ukraine had made progress by year end.
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  1764. The main problem with western peace offers are that they are non-starters : asking Russia to vacate Donbass and Crimea. Ukraine tried to use the US to threaten Russia, it did not work out, it lost Crimea and Donbass, why would Russia agree to give them back ? Why would it agree to allow NATO bases in Ukraine ? Ukraine and the west do not have any good cards. The war is lost for them.
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  1765. A belief in the west that Russia is bluffing and so the west can continue to escalate. Russia is bluffing till its is not bluffing. Then it will be too late.
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  1766.  @maksms  You are correct, Ukraine's independence declaration said it would be a neutral state. Otherwise it would not have got independence. The Russians even gave away the Russian part of Ukraine out of goodwill. The Ukrainians reneged on that commitment to neutrality after instigation by the US.
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  1767.  @geoffoakland  Italy can recruit Al Capone's descendants from Chicago.
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  1768. The ventilator is coming, have some more breaths before expiring.
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  1769. Poland has been talking like a superpower, but as soon as 100 Wagner appeared on the border, they are quaking !
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  1770. So the almighty British are scared.
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  1771. It was insufferable for you because the Jewish narrative got trashed. Piers is a Jew sanctifier, but he met someone with a sharp mind and quick thinking reflex.
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  1772. One look at the repulsive fellow in the video with the white paste on his forehead shows why Stalin is right about sanatan dharmis ! You don't see such primitive people anywhere today.
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  1773. Don'e believe it for one moment ! The timing makes it sound like propaganda. The west is caught by Putin in an energy pincer. So they want to reassure their populations relief is just round the corner. Fusion research has been going on since 1950s, it is unlikely that just after Putin cracked the skulls of the west, they engaged their brains and found a solution that is too good to be true.
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  1774. So why did they not do it in 2022 ?
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  1775.  @milkhit2714  'not only Ukraine has a problem with exporting grain but also all the importing countries have a real problem. Thats why its politically difficult for Russia to hold on to that boycot. ' The grain importing countries are blaming the west for NATO expansion and western sanctions, not Russia. 'Ukraine already said that it will not be a member of NATO. ' Zelensky said it once, But Ukraine has to signal it is willing to negotiate and it will accept non-NATO entry into a treaty with Russia. That means no more NATO training centres in Ukraine, no more NATO equipment. It is a fanciful interpretation that Ukraine was going to prosper with EU, so Russia got mad. Russia is mad at the Russophbic neo Nazi groups funded by America, which were clamouring for NATO entry. 'If one thing this war made clear is that Russia is isnt that military strong like the whole world thought it would be. They have major losses against a smaller army. ' Russia is fighting Ukraine + NATO. If Russia is isnt that military strong, then why does not NATO enter Ukraine and save the Ukranians ? Putin has invited you to come to the battlefield. If NATO thought for one moment it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. The west's stronger economies are subject to Russian energy ! Come this winter, you will see. As for west's modern armies, it ran away in the most cowardly fashion from Taliban. There is no way you can fight Russia. A couple of western mercenaries get killed and you get mentally destabilised. Politically stronger - Europe is already divided and you will see more divisions with time. What are you talking about ? You are mouthing a smug conviction of yourself out of a need to console yourself over your weakness that Russia has exposed to the world.
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  1776.  @Concord003  Ukraine had the best chance if it had been in the EU but not NATO. That was acceptable to Russia. Ukraine has blown its chances by inciting Russophobia, following neo Nazis and their brand of Ukranian nationalism, and thinking it could indulge in these due to western protection. Now you find the limits of western protection : they don't want to die, they cannot fight against Russia and win. Showing enimity to Russia to get western support was an immature foreign policy. The consequence is Ukraine has lost its independence. You only get a chance once in life and you blew it. Of course, the US is to blame for seducing Ukranians with money to promote Russophobia and seek NATO entrance. But ultimately Ukranians are to blame for lacking the thinking capacity. 'I still hope it's possible for Ukraine to win, but I have to be open to the possibility that we may lose.' Ukraine and the west have been spreading great hopes about these HIMARs and the Ukranian counter offensive against Kherson with a million man army. If that does not happen, then consider it is game over. In that case, it is better to cede the land that is taken, and assure neutrality and stop all NATO contacts, in exchange for the Ukraine that survives. Go for the EU, Putin said he does not object. The other alternative is to fight on, but then face the possibility the Russian army will enter Kiev, just like the Red Army came to Berlin after 4 years of fighting. You should know that the Russians once they fight, do not give up. You were in the Red Army once.
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  1777.  @pravak6745  Anyone who cannot accept the truth that goes against their preconceptions can say the opponent's view is propaganda. Say what points did you find are Russian propaganda. Or don't come here if you do not have the intellect.
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  1778.  @sparkie996  Ukranians have to learn that they cannot invite a distant power to threaten a neighbouring superpower. If they do not return to neutrality, Ukraine should not exist.
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  1779.  @lilitheden6913  Wrong, Russia only asked for a security guarantee from NATO. NATO refused. Why ? If NATO had guaranteed no US missiles in Ukraine were planned, and then Russia still invaded, you would be right.
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  1780.  @SteffiReitsch  If it has not given up nukes, Russia would not have agreed to its independence in the first place. So pointless thought.
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  1781.  @marksnyder8022 Zelensky said Russia would run out of ammo 3 days. Western media did not say 3 days, but they have been saying all along Russia is running out, they are forced to use washing machine electronics, they are running out of soldiers, their morale is low, many generals have been killed etc.
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  1782. Why don't you demonstrate against Zelensky, who led Ukranian to disaster, and ask him to negotiate with Russia ? Why don't you demonstrate against the US which is interested in prolonging the conflict. The killing will come to an end when the US to puts a stop to Zelensky.
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  1783. How is Russia doing this when Cragg fellow told us in 2022 Russia ran out of missiles ?
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  1784.  @sergioleone8592  Boeing buys titanium from the US.
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  1785.  @mikolowiskamikolowiska4993  He stands for racism and fascism - and just money.
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  1786.  @longandshort6639  In geopolitics, sovereignty does not give you the right to invite a far off superpower to put missiles to threaten a neighbour who is also a superpower. Sovereignty has got to go with discretion. Ukraine got independence on the understanding it will be neutral and not join any anti-Russian military alliance. It flouted that, so it will not exist. Get it ?
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  1787.  @mastermariner490  If I am doing a bad job as a troll, why does it bother you so much that you reply ? I guess what I say pinches you.
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  1788.  @nerdyali4154  Ukraine's sovereignty was conditional on neutrality as explained by sofiya. Ukraine revoked neutrality, Russia revoked its sovereignty. End of the matter. Ukraine does not have the right to invite a far of superpower to put missiles to threaten its historic neighbour who is also a superpower.
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  1789. The vainest man is Starmer. He is irrelevant but wants to be a leader of an imaginary coalition of the willing.
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  1790. I agree with you, it is wishful western delusion arising from a sense of humiliation. The US is the principal cause of Ukraine's misery. The west had expanded NATO 5 times, sneakily to Russia's border, although US foreign policy experts had warned in the 1990s it will create a war later. Victoria Nuland was sent in Obama's time to create a coup to put 'a democratic leader', that is a pro western leader to get Ukraine into EU and NATO - and eventually put US missiles next to Russia. I feel sorry for the Ukranian people as they have been misled by US puppets like Zelensky, and now have to face the consequences of US machinations. When Russia reacted, the US and west quietly withdrew. The west does not want to die, they want to appreciate brave Ukranians dying on their behalf, on the altar of sovereignty. The Ukranians did not understand that sovereignty does not mean inviting a far off power to put missiles to threaten a neighbour who is a superpower. The plight of Ukranians today is the west. The west should have signed an agreement with Russia that they will not put missiles in Ukraine in exchange for stopping the destruction of Ukraine with massive casualties. Ukraine can be sovereign in all other ways. Instead, the west is making things worse, thinking it can supply arms to the Ukranian resistance, which will bring the Russians to use more savage weapons, and even the nuclear option can be used.
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  1791.  @KateWoodehouse  You are wrong. The majority come from war torn countries - Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Somalia and the latest is Ukraine. 10 million refugees have suddenly come from Ukraine into Europe, all women and children and govts. have to maintain them at state expsense. These countries were all destablised by western wars and regime change mischief. The refugees come, then you have to let their families come. This will go on because the west has got used to war for profit. That is part of western culture. Get it ? The economic migrants also come but that is mostly through the work visa route. For that also there is a reason - you do not have skilled people, or you do no have people willing to work for competitive wages. You do not have families and you do not work hard. You cannot blame immigrants or even the elite.
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  1792. The left has intellect and intellectuals. The right does not have that. Get it ?
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  1793. Americans may be thinking of slowing their 63 billion !
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  1794. Ukraine is standing up till now due to the US, not Europe. If the US leaves, all of Ukraine will be in Russia. Ukraine will not be making Europe great again mate because it has one of the largest armies in Europe with some of the most modern weaponry, and battle hardened troops with recent experience of modern drone warfare. How can you be such a numskull ?
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  1795. 'If We Want to Defeat Putin' I thought you defeated him, and he is going to sign surrender papers in Zelensky's peace conference, and he will be tried.
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  1796. Like Kirby, earlier some western correspondents sobbed and said Ukranians are nearly civilised Europeans, it is not like Afghanistan.
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  1797. Yes, I hope he has no objection Russia using a tactical nuclear weapon, it is a different type.
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  1798.  @mylet2658  If Ukraine or Georgia allow the use of their territory to put US missiles to target Russia, Russia will take action. They have always said they will. You can call it invasion or any other word. These countries were given independence on condition they would not join any military alliance against Russia. These are international agreements these countries signed. If they renege, Russia will correct and these countries will be razed and there is nothing you can do to stop it - as Ukraine is finding out.
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  1799. No, Putin has not opened a new frontline with capture of nine Kharkov border villages. He has not announced anything. He practises strategic ambiguity like Macron.
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  1800. Trump is disagreeable on many things and he has an uncouth style, but what he says on Ukraine is surprisingly correct - Ukraine is dead, Ukraine of 1991 cannot be revived. Biden has got America locked into a war that Ukraine cannot win, and America does not have the resources to support. Zelensky cut a sorry figure talking about a victory plan.
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  1801. Soon you will be living in Russia. And if Estonia misbehaves, it too will get Ukrained.
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  1802. This Cragg fellow is alive still ! Russia has kindly spared him.
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  1803. 'Nothing for assaulting police at an airport.' What is your evidence ? Britain is a law and order country.
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  1804.  @cwpv2477  ' I hope peace is reached soon and ukraine integrated into nato after that.' There will be no peace as long as Ukraine aspires to join NATO. That is what brought on this war in he first place. Ukraine will be partitioned and any rump state would be made into a wasteland where NATO cannot set its foot. Get it ?
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  1805.  @bluecanary9417  Ukraine is paying the price for needless and reckless NATO expansion
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  1806. @@badofi Putin said that present Poland is a gift of Stalin.
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  1807. In Sept. 2022, after he got Himars, Zelesky said Ukraine will take Crimea by Dec. 2022 - he said that is where it started, that is where it will end. Dec. 2022 came and went. In 2023, Ukraine lost Soledar and Bakhmut. Then it got tanks and Bradleys - NATO said 98% of what he needed for a counter offensive. They said the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine will punch through and push across to Melitopol - like the Red Army's Operation Bagration breaking the wall of German armies along a 1000 km from. That did not happen. The Ukranians did not reach the first Russian barricade, they lost troops, tanks and Bradleys. Then they said it was only a reconnaissance operation. Now, they need F 16s ! That was the 2% missing in the offensive. Till then they want to pause the offensive. But it will be months before the F 16s. When the Russians realise the offensive is paused, they will launch their own offensive and go in hot pursuit of the Ukro Nazis. They are not going to wait for the F16s.
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  1808. Th old lady in the middle of the video was most sensible : she cited Putin, if there is no Russia, there will be no world. And she added Putin will not do it just for the hell of it.
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  1809. Russia has to be ready. If pushed by NATO, it will use it if needed to force unconditional surrender. Russia does not believe in strategic ambiguity.
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  1810. So devastated they sombrely described how Russia took back Kursk.
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  1811. The territories belonged to Russia originally, it was gifted to Ukraine by the Soviet Union, Ukrainains started misbehaving, so it was taken back. The people who want to go to Ukraine should be let go.
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  1812. Netanyahu's action however means she is not coming back.
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  1813.  @tj4787  Prayers are not the answer. Reason is. If IDF does not negotiate and goes in, then the chance of finding the hostages is zero, and that girl and the others will be dead. They will be booby trapped. If IDF gets near, they will be blown up. So negotiate or accept to sacrifice them.
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  1814.  @petroleumalley  Well, Russia withdrew from Kherson in an orderly manner, the Ukranians were not in hot pursuit to kill them. Then they entrenched themselves on the other bank of the Dnieper, let the Ukro Nazis come into Kherson, and they started killing them. Ukraine has flouted the terms of its independence by seeking to enter a military alliance targeting Russia. Hence, Ukraine's independence is null and void for Russia. As for the Crimean war, at that time, the British were powerful and Russia got defeated by an alliance of the British, French and Turks. But after 1945, Britain and France became 'once upon a time powers' and the Soviet Union and the US became superpowers. Today, Britain makes do by being a vassal state of the US. The French try to work with Russia and the US, but it is not successful as they are ignored by both.
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  1815.  @guntaf1349  Why do you want to be led by the small, useless Baltic countries ?
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  1816. Who the hell is Latvia's defence minister ? If it messes with Russia, it will not last one day even with NATO help.
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  1817.  @NotApplicaple  Such as Ukraine has the initiative after their counter offensive flopped and Russians have low morale after torching the Bradleys, Himars, Leopards and Patriots.
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  1818. 'as long as Russia has any capacity to attack Ukraine without risk of counterattack, it will.' That will always be the case, why did you encourage Ukraine to fight Russia ?
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  1819. The Storm Shadows will not change the outcome of the war, it is already lost for Ukraine and the west, and all it does is it puts UK at a risk of attack. When the Storm Shadows were used the first time in the 2023 Ukrainian counter offensive, there was much euphoria in the British media, they said the Kerch bridge will be taken down, the Russian troops will be stranded and Ukraine will take Crimea, thanks to the British. But the Ukrainians could not cross even the first ring of the Survokin line, and the counter offensive was a flop. Storm Shadows made no difference and it quietly disappeared. The Russians even captured part of a Storm Shadow and took it to Russia. There is renewed euphoria and British bragging about their contribution, but it is not going to reverse a lost war. The danger is whether Russia will go nuclear yet. I hope not. It would be sensible to sit it out for 2 months, Russia will shoot most of it down, and Ukraine will run out of these missiles and Trump will end it. So no point reaching out for the nukes yet. However, Russia is not going to sit quietly. There will be a big strike on Ukraine. The second on the priority list will be British assets or Britain itself. Third the US. The British are very foolish, vain people, imagining they are a superpower who can fight Russia. Germany has committed economic suicide for America. The British are ready to commit physical suicide to show loyalty to America. They are so proud of their special relationship ! Britain is the soft target for Russia, after Ukraine. I cannot believe how irresponsible Britain's leaders, media and public are. They are consumed by false pride, ego and yearning to be a power. They have convinced themselves that Russia is bluffing. Well, Russia is bluffing till it is not bluffing. And when Russia strikes British assets as Putin said it will do, it will be too late to realise Russia was not bluffing. And then Britain will find the US will look the other way to save its own skin.
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  1820. Russia must return Ukraine to an agricultural country, as it was before the Soviet Union industrialised it. Close its power plants, seal the nuclear reactors, take away the factories, close all the ordnance factories. Much of this task is achieved. Rebuilding can only be done with Russian permission. With hindsight, it was a costly mistake to give independence to people incapable of governing themselves, who sell themselves to the highest bidder, and who invite far away powers to create war conditions in the region.
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  1821. The US did it, and the European public knows it. There is the possibility of anti-US and anti-NATO sentiment growing in Europe. Hence, the US does not want the finger pointed at it by the Europeans, hence the US is seeking a deflection. Ukraine is a good proxy to divert the blame.
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  1822. The Americans are running away as soon as the fire came near !
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  1823.  @mindbodyinstitute2652  'Europe has 10X the workforce and better technological capabilities. Plus Europe can take advantage of worldwide manpower and brainpower like US can. Russia is limited due to funding issues.' So why has Russia defeated you, why is the US chucking in the towel, asking the Ukrainians to cede land, and denying it entry to NATO ? Why are the Europeans unable to step up ?
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  1824.  @Libanass  Who said there are natural resources ? Do you have a geological survey of that part of Ukraine ? Someone floated a rumour and some repeat. 'But he will fail, because this war will never end, Ukrainians will not give up their lands and their rights.' Russia will not allow Ukranians to live in peace unless it signs a treaty accepting neutrality. Having tried to back stab Russia, Ukraine has (in addition to neutrality), to cede land, if it wants peace. Russia can keep striking Ukraine with missile strikes making it impossible to rebuild its economy.
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  1825.  @Thebuzxpress  In the real world, Ukraine's dream of joining NATO is gone, US's dream of putting missile and naval bases in Ukraine is terminated, the Ukraine of 1992 ain't coming back, whatever is left of Ukraine will be a landlocked rump dependent on EU aid, and Europe's standard of living has gone and is not coming back. Russia has proved to be stronger than 30 European nations + 1 superpower. As a man who lives in the real world, am I correct or not ?
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  1826.  @LeftWingNationalist  The smaller the vassal, the bigger the mouth - like Netherlands, Lithuania, Denmark.....
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  1827.  @S0ulinth3machin3  You may see all manner of things like 1938 Munich agreement, but you cannot stop Russia because you do not have the capacity to fight them. Then surrender and diplomacy are the best options. Russia sees expansion of NATO after allowing German reunification and being told NATO would not move one inch to the east, as a 1938 Munich agreement. No more Minsk agreements, Russia knows it has has to play hardball and be ruthless with the west. And that approach is leading to results.
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  1828. Are you feeling defeated by Russia already ?
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  1829.  @jeremytine  Does NATO have any hypersonic missiles that can destroy the area the size of Britain in one strike ? Also, does NATO have the willingness to die ? Not from what we saw in Kabul and Ukraine.
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  1830. What did Ukranians expect ? Did they think the war was won and over ? This journalist is as usual trying to put on a brave face on behalf of the Ukranians. If the Ukranians think this is all Russia can do, they could have more. Then don't howl when they do a repeat. Russians blame Ukranians for putting Zelensky in place.
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  1831.  @BjorckBengt  Insignificant countries, if they mess with Russia, they too will be Ukrained.
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  1832. Others see US and NATO should be stopped. And Russia has done it.
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  1833.  @JPCommenting  'No reason for Ukraine to give up, when it has the upper hand in this conflict.' You are the only genius who has figured this out.
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  1834.  @roberthoyt7921  Who is the we that will liquidate the Russian Black Sea fleet ? I understand that Russia has the capability of liquidating all NATO countries. Hence no one will dare, so don't make pointless suggestions which cannot be implemented.
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  1835.  @roberthoyt7921  No one has the capability of telling Russia what to do, least of all Ukraine. Russia is not denying Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania access to the Black Sea. Ukraine wanted to fight Russia and offer the US naval bases, that is why Ukraine has lost all ports will not be given access to any unless it signs up for neutrality.
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  1836. This was always on the cards after Ukraine rejected the earlier negotiation in Turkey based on Russian withdrawal in return for Ukrainain neutrality. Ukraine did this on the instructions of the US sent through UK. After Russia started taking Donbass, Russia made it clear that peace terms now would mean not only neutrality, but ceding Donbass and Kherson. They have done what they said they will do.
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  1837. It will happen when disparity widens and wealth is concentrated with a few.
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  1838. This discussion is like a post mortem of western defeat at the hands of Russia. No one can say the Ukraine war is a stalemate. Ukraine and the west are defeated, full stop. The Ukraine of 1992 is not coming back. Russia is an awesome country. It has taken on the US and the collective west and defeated them militarily and economywise. Who else could do this ?
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  1839. Did you not blow up the dams in Germany, and make a film called Dambusters ? So no point in being holier than thou.
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  1840.  @natalieturko4808  It was all embedded with Russian culture and traditions. You have become suddenly teary eyed and sentimental.
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  1841. Peace talks or not, Ukraine is not getting back any territory that is part of Russia.
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  1842. What did she say that was so smart ? Can she turn around Ukraine's defeat ?
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  1843. All wishful thinking. They have not even reached the Russian first line of defence and they suffered casualties and losses. 'I would describe the progress as slow but inexorable.' Western pundits said the first 72 hours are critical. If they do not puncture the Russian line and follow with a swift blitzkrieg, they will get trapped in a war of attrition, and that is advantage Russia. Ukraine does not have the troops and the the west cannot supply enough shells. The Russians will inexorably gain in an attritional war as they have done in 2023. 'When inevitably a front collapses, there will be a dramatic exchange of territory behind it and all the while the morale of the Russian soldiers will be nose diving. ' The Russians have fortified the front with four layers of defence, even Ukranians and NATO knows Ukraine cannot penetrate them. So what are you talking about ? You have been claiming morale of Russians is low, but the reality is Ukraine has lost Donbass and cannot get it back. And the remainder of Ukraine is made into rubble.
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  1844. Greek Cyprus will become the next God promised land for the Chosen One. The Europeans got rid of them, they settled in Palestine, and now Palestine has got too hot for some, so the search for another abode has started.
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  1845.  @ericmckinley7985  Odessa city exists, it was built by Catherine the Great, it was part of Novo Rossiya, it should return to Russia.
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  1846.  @Radzas  I presume you are not a troll. But your reply shows the limit of your intellect.
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  1847. The reason is if you look into what Israel has or hasn’t done, the question will lead to what Britain has done - that is hand over Palestinian land to the Jews.
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  1848. Ukraine will be strong - after shrinking more in 2025.
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  1849.  @amoslukyaa5792  The amusing thing about NATO's cut and run scramble in Kabul was that their captain, the US avoided telling the rest of NATO they were exiting, so they could take the first flights out of the airport. Normally when a ship sinks, the captain gets out last and gets out the weakest first. Some in the rest of NATO grumbled afterwards about the US treatment. But the European nations are so weak that they are back to serving the US agenda in Ukraine, although it is Europe that is ravaged with refugees and gas shortages. None of them has the guts to tell the US to get out of Europe.
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  1850. The new narrative is Ukraine is losing because its hands are tied by western restrictions on long range strikes. They said the same earlier, eventually they got Abrams tanks, Himars, ATACAMS, cluster bombs, Bradleys, F16s, and it did not change the outcome - the Ukraine with borders of 1992 is not coming back. Suppose the western restrictions on long range strikes are lifted, and Ukraine uses it to strike Moscow, then Russia will be goaded to use a tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine. Then Ukraine and its 'partners' will realise there was a red line and it was not bluff. But that realisation will be too late. Then the Ukrainians will find the US will withdraw as it does not want its cities incinerated like a Ukrainian city.
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  1851. Russia never announced any spring offensive, the west announced it. And now the interpretation is the Russians do not have the steam. Sky says 30,000 Russians were killed in Bakhmut - what is the evidence ? And they do not say how many Ukranians were killed. Ukrainians are on the ropes in Bakhmut, but Sky says Ukrainians are fixing the Russians in Bakhmut ! From March 2022, the west said the Russians had run out of officers and generals, and then soldiers; and out of missiles, and they are left with shovels. In the early months, they said Putin had a mysterious illness, he had a had hand tremor, he was about to be assasinated.... We cannot take the western media seriously.....
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  1852. To all those who say western tanks and technology are superior, then why has not NATO gone into Ukraine with these weapons and defeated the Russians and ended the war ? Putin did invite all those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. NATO was meek and quiet. Why ?
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  1853. @sloth bear None of this was a problem till Qatar refused the LNG price cap the EU was demanding. As mentioned, countries that are militant about imposing homosexuality on others (that is your religion) and single sex marriage, and don't want to abide by national rules of other countries on drink, can pull out of the world cup. Gary Linker has strong feelings about drink, he can ask England to boycott the games. No one will miss him as England was not slated as a winner. I see only the BBC is running a campaign to malign Qatar. You need to understand the days when you could impose your culture are gone. You think you lay the rules and others have to obey, and you can flout it when it suits you. Putin has ended your 'rules based order' for good.
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  1854. At last, some in the west are cutting out the pretence and admitting Russia has defeated the west ! Western defeat and disarray was plain to the rest of the world some months ago. But now it is sinking in. The west ganged up against Russia as they had ganged up against Muslim countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, but Russia is Russia, and defeated the western gang ! Russia has ended the western 'rules based international order' for good, which the west imposed on others and violated when it wanted. The world (Africans, Asians, Muslims, Latin Americans) salutes Russia. Only Russia - not even China - could have achieved this. It has demilitarised Ukraine and NATO - and de-industrialised Germany and Europe. Boris Johnson had issued anxious warnings about not allowing Putin to win - as he knew Britain will have no role in the new order. The west needs to lick its wounds and learn to adjust to the new world order where it cannot call all the shots as before. Restoration of the old western world order is not possible.
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  1855.  @ElTigre12024  Russia is winning this war - they have taken four oblasts into Russia, and the Ukranian counter offensive could not dislodge the Russians. They have also taken Bakhmut and Soledar. They will wait till the Bandera army's offensive is defanged, then Russia will sting.
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  1856. Ukraine had to give up nuclear weapons and also promise neutrality - those were the conditions for independence. Ukraine did the first, but reneged on the second after the US sponsored coup of 2014. Hence, Russia has taken corrective action which is justified.
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  1857. The victor has to show up in Istanbul. Keep out Boris and Starmer.
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  1858. Another useless meeting to create relevance for the non-relevant.
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  1859.  @matthewsill-ei5gf  'Russia hasn't defeated anyone'. Then why is NATO talking about planning for next war with Russia ? It is because this is lost. Get real, man.
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  1860. It is interesting reading he profiles of these rioters. Most of them have past convictions, some as many as 10 for assault, robbery etc. Nearly all have criminal backgrounds, they just stumbled upon a cause. Thugs by nature.
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  1861.  concretehead2790  So why does the US not send troops to Ukraine if Russia is not a superpower ? In Vilnius, why did the US agree to Russia's demand that Ukraine cannot enter NATO ?
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  1862. It is better to enforce Diversity and Inclusion, because you will have less war mongering. When you have only one type of people, used to colonialism, and warmongering, they will want to continue with that.
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  1863. Russia does not reveal what it is going to do - it keeps its enemies guessing ! This presenter is a typical British joker. He ends with the feeble hope Ukraine will hold up the Russians for the sake of the 'free world' ! In other words, he wishes the Ukranians to give up their lives to save his precious British life !
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  1864.  @marek7641  Russia will build roads in Ukraine when they are done.
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  1865.  @antonlopatinsky9154  Russia will lose ? Wishful thinking. Do you think Ukraine of 1991 or even 2014 is returning ?
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  1866.  @antonlopatinsky9154  Indeed, if you are not from the US, you are from a vassal state. Then you have no choice but to support the US. But people of other countries are independent - some want to be neutral and some support Russia, or see Russia's viewpoint.
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  1867. Zelensky to Starmer - gimme those Storm Shadows without restrictions ! Starmer - I wanted to but Biden is not allowing. Zelensky - but you have special relationship, and you are Churchill, you should be able to persuade Biden. Starmer - the Houthis struck a British tanker, and I am afraid more will be struck, and I would not know what to do if Biden does not fight for me. I too am a dependent of the US like you.
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  1868. The discussion is about Hindutva, aka as Hindu fascism. This is not India where they can send their fascist groups to silence critics.
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  1869.  @icu17siberia  Ukraine is fighting like the Nazis were fighting in 1945 when all was lost, as the Red Army approached.
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  1870. You are entirely right on titanium and Russian metallurgy. I have met people from Boeing who told me they bought titanium from the Soviet Union and and buys now from Russia.
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  1871.  @tempest411  Are the conditions so bad in the US that you would consider a person from a non-country like Estonia ?
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  1872.  @mikaellindroos1594  It depends what is in the GDP. Can Estonia produce oil and gas, build nuclear power plants, produce metals like steel, titanium and gold, build ships, produce fertilisers and grow wheat, or launch a hypersonic missile, or run an independent GPS system, or create a financial system independent of the dollar ? Therein lies the difference. It is not just the GDP, but what is in that GDP. Get it ?
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  1873. Armament refill for Europeans will be a big opportunity for the US.
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  1874. All these western analysts are going to have hard time as they cannot explain away why their mighty NATO is being defeated. No more talk about Ukranians probing the weak spots of the front line to launch the blitzkrieg.
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  1875. The lady is subtly provocative - as a news anchor should be ! She is the best western anchor I have seen, always probing behind the western propaganda about Ukrainians winning and the Russians losing. She starts by mentioning the Ukrainian ambassador sounded weary - meaning not confident this spring offensive will go well. The 'expert' sort of acknowledges. When she asks whether the Russian casualties the US cites are credible (she does not think it is), the expert says it is the best estimate the west has. Then he adds that the Russians are taking 6 killed in Bakhmut for every Ukrainian. Where is this figure from ? Is it credible when the Russians fire 10 shells for every Ukranian one (by Ukranian and western admission) ? He claims it was Ukraine's strategy to attrition Russia in Bakhmut so the Russians do not have people left against the Ukrainian counter offensive. There is no mention the Ukranians were heavily attritioned as well, in fact more so, and this weakens their counter offensive prospects. The fact is the Russians have somehow taken Soledar and pushed the Ukranians out of Bakhmut, using shovels according to the great British intelligence. This is a sore point for the west. The side that feels defeated always puts out wild propaganda. The Russians are hitting the Ukranians hard like the ammo dump in Pavlograd, so that the Ukrainian counter offensive is still born. There is no point of talking about how F 16 s will turn matters for Ukraine when there is no chance they will have them. It is like the Germans saying they will build a tank factory in Ukraine ! According to NATO, Ukraine has 98% of what is needed. They have to now show Return on Investment as some politicians colourfully put it. The fact is Russia has the artillery shells, the missiles, and all the other machinery to continue, compared with Ukraine and the west. The Russians have beaten the west in the economic warfare as well, and further their actions have started the de-industrialisation of Europe and de-dollarisation. It is embarrassing for the west that the world sees that 50 nations cannot match Russia in military or economic warfare. Could there be a bigger blow to western self esteem and feeling of superiority ? Mighty Russia has punctured their ego ! Hence, all the weak propaganda.
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  1876. I wonder why the British in particular are so Russophobic that they float unreal scenarios. '“Russian gains have not had strategic effect. They’re not really significant gains so its not something to worry about.” Then why all this chest beating ? Why does Zelensky say unless you send me arms and money, I shall have to retreat ? Was he lying ? If they are not really significant gains and so its not something to worry about, why send Ukraine more money and arms like it is an emergency ? The Russian strategic gain is not land, it is that they have destroyed Ukraine's army and killed off its most experienced soldiers. They have broken Ukraine's morale and young men are unwilling to enlist. The Ukrainians have started to realise and think 'what is the point of me getting killed in a war at its end, when I am only a proxy warrior for the US who will abandon Ukraine at the end of the year ?' In 2023, the Russians hit the power distribution, in 2024, they have gone after the power production. They could have done it in 2023, but Russia has been cautious and not hit Ukraine too hard, to allow Ukraine the possibility to change course. ]'Ukraine could "reverse" Russian gains in the Donbas area with new weapons, as they continue to to be successful in the Black Sea , says former special assistant to the president for Russia William Courtney]. From now on, Ukraine cannot reverse its losses. If the counter offensive of 2023 to regain Donbass and Crimea failed, why would it succeed in 2024, when Ukraine does not have the equipment, and most importantly it cannot raise trained manpower ? Checking the Black Sea fleet is an achievement, but it is a consolation, it cannot stop the Russian juggernaut. In 2022, the fortunes see-sawed with Ukraine clawing back Kherson and Kharkhov oblasts. But it changed in 2023, and Ukraine cannot regain the initiative. Even Ukrainian officials say it. Ukraine's position now is like Germany's position after Stalingrad. After Stalingrad, Germany never regained the capacity to attack, from then on it was trying to defend and stave off the Red Army's advance. Eventually the Red Army reached Berlin. The Ukro Nazis are on the backfoot after the failed counter offensive in 2023 and they are only fighting to stall the advance of the Russian army. The British need to wise up to reality : Ukraine and the west lost the war strategically in 2023, and now, only the military endgame is playing out. British military intelligence lost all credibility when it issued a barrage of falsehoods like Russia ran out of missiles in 2022, that it had to scrounge microchips from washing machines, the Russians were left to fight with shovels in Bakhmut, Bakhmut was not strategic, it is only a Pyrrhic victory , Russians are poorly trained and have low morale etc.. The British come across as very undignified liars, who sabotaged negotiations to end the war, and who are cowardly and do not have the spine to send troops to Ukraine after telling Ukraine to fight on. And add to that Britain's support of Israel, and one sees a duplicitous country, aiding and abetting genocide in Palestine. When Russia takes Ukraine, the British will be saying it is of no strategic importance, because NATO has expanded and has two new members and so Putin is actually defeated.
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  1877. 'And the sooner the free and democratic countries' leaders understand that, the better.' The free and democratic countries' leaders brought about this situation for Ukraine with NATO expansion, but none of them has the guts to send troops to Ukraine.
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  1878. Ukraine is on life support.
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  1879.  @RiccardoTheBeAst  The Leos are mainly in hiding. What use were they if they could not breach the Russian lines ?
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  1880. Zelensky said he wants his Ukranian heroes (Nazi Azov regiment) alive, so he ordered them to surrender.
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  1881.  @hellboystein2926  Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea,.. are ALSO paying more for energy in the moment, because they wanted to be classified as the west. However, China is not paying more and that is the main competitor for Europe.
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  1882. The jittery IDF thought they were Palestinians.
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  1883. Who is going to do that without getting New York and western cities razed ?
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  1884. Loss of Bakhmut by Ukranians with western arms to a bunch of convicts fighting with shovels is not embarrassing, because the west declared it a draw.
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  1885. The west was highly deceitful and irresponsible, expanding NATO after saying it would not expand one inch to the east. This after Russia disbanded Warsaw pact and even the Soviet Union. The Americans had designs on Ukraine's wealth and its port of Sevastopol. If Ukraine joined NATO, the US seventh fleet would sail from Sevastopol, and Russia's Black Sea fleet would be shut out from the Black Sea. Putin is a strong leader and he took decisive action, just like Stalin. He has checked NATO expansion, taught Ukraine a lesson for stabbing Russia in the back, and shown Russia is stronger than the combined west. No western country dares to send troops to Ukraine. He has inflicted a strategic defeat on the west and indeed ended the American world order. Only Russia could do it ! Thank you Russia.
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  1886.  @ipnorospo3000  Kherson was a problem to defend because it lay across the river Dniepro, and supplies had to come from the east across bridges. The bridges could be cut, and then Russian troops would be stranded. That is why Russia withdrew and destroyed the bridges. By withdrawing, Russia killed the Ukranian Kherson counter offensive. The Ukranians cannot advance or harass Russian soldiers. Instead, after withdrawing and letting the Ukranians come into Kherson, the Russians could shell them. It is not the same situation in Soledar. There is no river which is difficult to cross.
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  1887. Why do you think most countries are afraid to supply weapons ? Do you think the weapons will change the result that Russia will prevail, Ukraine will be a failed state, and the US will not get bases in Ukraine ?
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  1888. It would be good if the US leaves NATO. Then the Europeans will come to their senses and realise that they can engage more with BRICS. The US is a receding power, Europe has to go with where there is growth and markets.
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  1889. The Lebanese Christians did not have the courage to stay and fight, they left. The Muslims have the courage to stay and fight. It is the same in Palestine. 20% of the Palestinians are Christians, they were also affected, the earlier ones like George Habash and Hannan Ashrawi (PFLP and PLO) chose to stay back and fight; the Lebanese Christian singer Fairuz stood with the Palestinans. But later, the Palestinian and Lebanese Christians migrated to France and the US. But the Muslim Palestinians and Lebanese stayed on to fight the Jews and their western oppressors. You cannot say the Palestinians Muslims and Lebanese Muslims drove out the Palestinian Christians; they left due to Israeli attacks. The Muslims have more fighting spirit than the Christians, they will not leave Palestine and Lebanon. In a war of test of faith, the Muslims will prevail, because they are ready to die. Why do you want to fight with them ? Who asked Britain to create a homeland for Jews in Palestine ? Why did Britain not give away a couple of its counties to the Jews ? Why did the French carve out an artificial state like Lebanon ?
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  1890. You have popped up again. You go into hiding when the news in Ukraine is not so good. Never mind about ATACMS and Storm Shadow, tell us about the Hazel and why there is hysteria about it. Why is Zelensky howling and why is NATO holding an emergency meeting about an experimental missile ? A single Hazel seems to have destroyed a large area of an Ukrainian arms plant, with no nuclear fallout Hazel. lt is virtually unstoppable. Can you do a video about how Hazel works and do you have anything in the arsenal that can stop it ?
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  1891.  @blackfyre7096  NATO does not have the guts to fight. Why did they not send troops to Ukraine ? Apart from the Turks, no one in NATO is hardy enough to fight Russians. The Red Army crushed the Nazis, and the Russians have that heritage. Get it ?
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  1892. 'Giving Ukraine everything it needs to win this war'. Stoltenberg said that Ukraine got 98% of its needs for the 2023 counter offensive. Ukraine could not cross the first layer of the Surovikin line. They do not have the capability, so what more can you give ?
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  1893.  @devilsolution9781  Sounds like sour grapes.
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  1894. The Kursk incursion was not a Zelensky + Syrsky job, it was organised by the British and Americans. Syrsky wants to distance himself from it. The British and Americans will also want to distance themselves from it - as they see it is a strategic disaster now ! They are very good at covering their tracks.
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  1895. Probably the correct way to describe is not Ukraine is caught in the hands of monster Zelensky, but Ukraine and Zelensky are caught in the grips of the monster, the US. US did not allow and will not allow Zelensky to negotiate.
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  1896. This Cragg fellow told us Russia ran out of missiles long ago, now he says the question about the next missile strike is not whether, but when.
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  1897.  @woolymittens  Then why are Americans agitated about Putin going to Mongolia ? Why do they criticise Mongolia for not arresting him ?
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  1898.  @Blanka1100  Russia allowed Ukraine on the conditions it returned the nukes and abided by neutrality. Ukraine tried to renege unilaterally on the second, so it is being terminated. 'Russia's gdp is Spain's gdp' It also depends what is in the GDP. Russia produces oil and gas, gold, uranium, it is the biggest producer of wheat, it can launch satellites and missiles, it makes aircraft, it makes aircraft engines. Can Spain make any of these ? So don't repeat infantile comparisons. Russia has withstood the sanctions of 50 countries, and it is de-industrialising Germany and Europe. Europe's economy shrank, Russia's grew. Effectively, Russia has defeated NATO. Russia, not Europe or US will decide the future of Ukraine. Europe has no say. Get it ?
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  1899.  @mckenzietristan  Ukraine's independence was conditional on giving up the nukes. The US also did not want proliferation. It is gaslighting to say Ukraine was naive and if only it had not given up nukes. If Ukraine had not agreed, there would be no independent Ukraine. Get it ?
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  1900.  @chrissmith7669  You are trying to put on a brave face. The over confident Russian army is making progress. Industrial regions are taken, the coastal areas are taken, Ukraine's economy is strangled of revenue, and is reduced to EU aid. The bit not taken yet is subjected to air strikes, so no reconstruction is possible. 'From what we’ve seen of Russian incompetence so far, we would have nothing to fear if they did something provocative.' So why are Sweden and Finland running for cover ? They fear a beating, even though Russia did not have them in mind ! Lithuania took some action to block transit of some goods to Kaliningrad. Russia issued a warning of consequences. Immediately, EU backed off and said the goods could go through, as long as they are not exported from Kaliningrad ! They invent an escape clause fearing another beating. Can the EU check what is exported from Kaliningrad ? Hence, the fact is Russia can beat the hell out of NATO. It will not gratuitously attack NATO countries, but if NATO threatens Russia through Ukraine or Lithuania or someone else, Russia will deliver a beating and if the rest of NATO wants to join in, they will receive the Sarmat hypersonic missiles. The fact is Europe is a collection of weak states dependent on America, and America will use them to advance its interests, but America has no interest in fighting a nuclear war with Russia to save Europe. That is the stark reality and if you are from one of these weak, once-upon-a-time European countries, you better understand and not get carried away with your vanity. The best security for you is to keep quiet.
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  1901. This Chatham House lady piously wants to educate Zelensky on messaging !
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  1902. Why is Macron doing this ? He wants to show the Europeans are still relevant ?
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  1903. Ukraine would have been left alone if it had not reneged on its neutrality which gave to Russia on becoming independent. After the rise of Ukro Nazism and Russophobia, and the American sponsored coup of 2014, and Ukraine's announced desire to join NATO and put American missiles in Ukraine targeting Russia, it was asking for a beating from Russia. Ukraine should realise freedom does not mean freedom to invite a far off power to threaten a neighbouring super power that built all that Ukraine has. Due to its folly, Ukraine will be taken back by Russia.
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  1904. DW is back to projecting unrealistic claims that Ukranians are on the road to victory. Some of the flag hoisters were killed in a missile strike. Ukraine is putting on a weak media show to continue getting western aid.
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  1905. Russia has Ukraine's economy by the scruff of the neck, by capturing Donbass (which creates most of Ukraine's GDP), and enforcing a blockade. Those who imagine Ukraine is going to win the war have not considered the aspect of the economy. Was joining NATO worth all this ?
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  1906.  @mieszkoherburt354  Zelensky went out of his way to poke the Bear - because he thought it would provide fun to the west and they would pay him. He did not realise the Bear has claws and teeth, but there too, he might have thought he had American protection. You can see his predicament : on one day, he is issuing threats to Russia and claiming he will win (he threatens to walk away from negotiations), another day he says he is resigned to face a nuclear weapon and says no one will come to Ukraine's aid.
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  1907. They have switched their attention from one Jew to a more important Jew. Maybe Zelensky should migrate to Israel and take over the direction of the war there.
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  1908. The NATO summit will be a disaster - for itself and Ukraine ! Russia has demilitarised NATO. NATO has run out of shells, Patriot missiles, they do not have any tanks that work. Least of all, they do not have trained gutsy soldiers who can fight like the Russians (and Ukrainians). NATO is trained for soft war games, not real combined arms warfare. Russia is the leader in combined arms warfare. The last NATO summit was in June 2023 in Vilnius. Zelensky went there begging for NATO entry. Biden declined. Zelensky then begged for at least a road map for NATO entry. Biden said there was no roadmap. The US is not going to let Ukraine into NATO now as it will drag the US into a nuclear war through Article 5. The Americans do not want to have their cities incinerated by hypersonic missiles from Russia's Kazen class submarines lurking off the US coasts. What can have changed now ? Everyone can see NATO is a paper tiger, it cannot fight a real bear. NATO has a lot of little barking chichuas like Estonia, Poland, Britain.....If the US cannot fight, how can these little barkers fight ? It is best if Trump comes, and puts sense into the Ukrainians. It will be even better if he winds down NATO. It is a cumbersome bureaucracy like the EU parliament, run for US business.
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  1909. He posed as Churchill, then he found Zelensky was his Churchill.
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  1910. The landscape will be totally different (and brighter) next year according to this Ukrainian politician ! Yeah right, more Ukraine will be under Russia, more Ukrainian brigades will surrender.
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  1911. ''There is no path to victory for Ukraine' | Colonel warns no military routes left to defeat Russia' They realised this only now ? Who is responsible for Ukraine's plight ? The US and Boris Johnson. One has to admire Russia for its steely resolve against 40 countries.
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  1912. There will be no talks till Russia clears Kursk and takes all of Donbass. Russia is not going to trade Donbass for Kursk. That is obvious. In fact Russia should push to the Dnieper and take Odessa as well. There is no hurry. Now you are indulging in wishful thinking about talks claiming you want to put Ukraine in the strongest position. All this is face saving after defeat.
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  1913. Putin is clearly not interested in stopping the war on any terms other than Ukraine's capitulation. Russia is winning, so Putin's stance is correct. What additional sanctions can US put on Russia ?
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  1914. Russia has won the war already, it should plan for Poland.
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  1915. I got it. Its is a face saving effort. Slow advances means Ukraine's summer offensive is not going to drive the Russians out of Crimea due to Himars, as trumpeted earlier.
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  1916. All this while, the western media were glorifying Ukranian resilience and stoicism.
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  1917. According to Sean Bell, British military analyst on Sky, the west has air defence weapons against the hypersonic missile, they do not want to bring them out to Ukraine lest the Russians and Chinese figure them out ! The Americans are downplaying it - but they are holding an emergency meeting ! It is clear that the west has nothing to defend against the Oreshnik. But they want to escalate - and complain that Russia escalates when Russia retaliates.
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  1918. The western euphoria comes out of frustration but it is unfounded. If you look at the comments of US officials, the best they hope for is the Ukrainians can slow the Russian advance. No one imagines Ukraine can reverse the losses. The Russians have killed off much of the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut and the ill fated counter offensive. The toll on the Ukrainian manpower has been so severe that the morale is now low, and they are struggling to find recruits. Look at how the Russians are advancing all around Avdeevka. They captured the hill top settlement and hub of Ochertyne when the the Ukrainian brigades ordered to defend it disobeyed orders and ran away. The brigades had some of those hard core Nazi Azov Batallion. So you can imagine the morale, it is not like 2022 or 2023. The realisation has sunk into the Ukrainians that they are mere proxies who will be abandoned by the Americans after the elections, and they also know how useless the Europeans are.
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  1919. If you don't understand the causes of the war, don't make suggestions that are unreal. The war would not have started if Ukraine had reverted to its neutrality, instead of listening to the US which was egging it on to fight Russia.
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  1920.  @jarls5890  what Zelensky is doing IS working - like having his cities smashed, and losing more land.
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  1921.  @bingchilling4290  How were British volunteers going to Afghanistan treated ?
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  1922. @chrisviking7807 Just vacate Bakhmut. Go to your very strong Ukrainian positions west of Bakhmut.
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  1923. We have been hearing of the Kherson offensive for a long time. There is no chance Ukraine can dig out the Russians. Russians are taking Bakhmut and working on Zaphoriziya.
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  1924.  @Katoshi_Takagumi  In that case, the US would receive the Hiroshima treatment. The Americans know it, so don't talk nonsense.
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  1925. Why does Russia give you sleepless nights then ? Why did Finland and Sweden run to join NATO if they were not frightened ? And why are you hosting peace conferences and begging the rest of the world to endorse your failure ?
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  1926.  @anthony64632  Why do you reply to bots ? Are you burning ?
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  1927. Why are the western media presenting every demand of the crazy Ukranians as normal ? The relatives of the soldiers are pleading for them to be brought out alive. How is that possible ? The Azov soldiers are Nazis and it is well known. According to the relatives, their Nazi soldiers are heroes, and they are boasting they will fight on - at the same time, they want the world to get them out. These Ukranian militants chose to fight the Russians, they killed Russians, so why should the Russian soldiers let them free passage ? The only options are (1) fight on till everyone is killed or (2) surrender. There is no third option. The western media have to be more professional and and not present every daftness of the Ukranians as heroism.
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  1928.  @vyros.3234  Additionally Ukraine is taking civilian casualties, and its industry and economy are decapitated. They are totally dependent on the west.
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  1929. There is much exaggeration about Ukraine's counter offensive and capability. They took some area defended by the Donbass militias. When the Ukranians tried a counter offensive in Kherson, where Russian troops were stationed in numbers, they were badly mauled. The use of the word 'rout' is premature. A war is not a battle. The west thought Ukraine had won because the Russians retreated from Kiev, or because they sunk a ship, or because of their sanctions. But Russia kept going and hammered Ukraine. The Ukranians have taken 2% of what Russia had taken and it does not change the overall reality. The UKrainians are not disclosing the casualties they incurred. Russia has Donbas, the GDP creating area of Ukraine; they control the shipping lanes, and wheat only moves due to their permission; they have made Ukraine landlocked and strangled its economy; they have shut down 20% of Ukraine's electricity; Ukraine has $ 1 trillion of damage, and that keeps mounting. Russia can settle it any day with a tactical nuclear strike, or even with a conventional non-stop bombardment, they can raze Kiev. In addition, Russia is strangling the economy of Ukraine's funder, Europe. Russia is going to de-industrialise Germany and Europe. The Ukraine of 1991 will not exist again, and the US will not have NATO bases in Ukraine. All the cards are with Russia - still !
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  1930. Could this ambassador explain about Ukro Nazis, the Right Sector and Azov Regiment, and their Russophobic ethno nationalism ? Why was Ukraine indulging in Russophobia, and why was it trying to get the US to put missiles to threaten Russia ?
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  1931.  @JamesC785  I was not talking about Budapest Memorandum. I was talking about Ukraine's independence declaration. Even Budapest Memorandum says 'The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense' Russia has acted in self defence in an unexpected turn of events whereby 2 of the 3 guarantors of Ukraine (US and UK) conspired with Ukraine to induct it into anti-Russian military alliance, to put missile and naval bases, to threaten Russia. Thus, Ukraine and 2 of the 3 guarantors of Ukraine attempted to cheat. Hence, Ukraine's independence is cancelled. In any future negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, Russia will not allow the US and UK to be guarantors. Maybe it will have to be France, Germany, Turkey and China.
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  1932.  @alvaro701  NATO did not say 'No' to Ukraine, it said wait, we shall prepare for your entry. The west had slyly made Ukraine a de facto NATO member. NATO had a training base for Ukraine near Lvov. The Russians destroyed it in the first month. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan. Why did it invade a country that had not attacked it ? It cannot now complain if others invaded it.
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  1933. 'I would guess a large chunk of population would be headed back to their actual home countries as soon as anything kicked off.' And the people you consider native will migrate to Australia for safety.
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  1934. The Finnish PM like all EU leaders is stupid. When asked can Ukraine win, he replies 'Ukraine can maintain the situation, and in that way, they can win' ! Maintain the situation - lose more cities.
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  1935.  @derrickjoe1872  Correct, that is what I am starting to think : the US and NATO are stuck on air dominance by which they mean dominance with planes, whereas surface to surface missile dominance would do the job.
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  1936.  @derrickjoe1872  'a pilot(salary, risk of life, risk of POW), years of training(costly, requires trainers who also need a salary)'. That is what happened to Ukraine; the F15s were not game changers. They were of no use. Russia is firing hypersonics and they could take out the power grid without flying planes over Ukraine.
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  1937. Western countries also promised to rebuild Ukraine. They don't know which part of Ukraine will be left to rebuild, and whether it will be in any condition to be rebuilt, and whether the west will have money to rebuild them, and indeed whether it can be rebuilt without Russian consent. The US promised Ukraine NATO entry, and all it did was get the country destroyed. Ukraine even sent troops to NATO to invade Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  1938. Putin has all the cards, Trump and Zelensky none. Why would Russia agree to a ceasefire ? It has to complete what it has to.
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  1939. The west needs to become realistic. Neither their sanctions, nor their weapons supply are going to change Ukraine's fortunes now. Russia is going to take the industrial belt, and they have already taken much of the coastal belt. With that, they will strangle the rump Ukraine's economy. Russia will not allow the remaining Ukraine to be rebuilt or allow the west to come and settle there like before - unless the west and Ukraine become realistic, curb Russophobic nationalism and agree to sign a treaty of neutrality.
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  1940.  @Xtermy  When you care so much for Ukraine, why not go for a direct conflict with Russia and fight like a man, instead of fighting from behind Ukraine's petticoat, like a coward ? You slyly say 'US wants to avoid russia escalating to tactical nukes and such'. That smacks of cowardice. You also have nukes, go and use them. 'However, in a strictly conventional warfare scenario, U.S. F-22s and F-35s would be immune to russia's radar and SAM systems, including the S-400.' Is there any point making hypothetical and unverifiable claims ? It is like saying 'if Russia agrees not to punch me on the face but agrees to punch me only on the stomach, I shall win'.
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  1941.  @thomas9961  You read what I wrote, but you have no answer.
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  1942.  @dannykent3693  Where did you see decapitated babies. Piers did not see them
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  1943. 'Ukraine is readying its forces with Western supplied advanced weaponry and armor to launch a counteroffensive which will likely prove to be decisive.' You are dreaming. Ukraine's armed forces have been massacred in Bakhmut, Soledar etc. This report and others say Ukraine is short of shells and the west cannot make supply them in quantity. Western advanced weaponry is a collection of incompatible tanks, too few to make a difference. It is like the west claimed Himars were game changers.
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  1944.  @JackRowsey  You would need Russian permission to rebuild Ukraine.
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  1945.  @nrdy2theXtreme  'Russian state could collapse any day'. That is your wish. You thought sanctions would bring that. Russia can any time use a nuclear weapon to settle Ukraine. So don't push your luck too much. Medvedev said recently there are two ways to settle a conflict - conventional war forcing surrender; or a nuclear strike forcing immediate unconditional surrender. Those are the two options for Russia. No negotiations.
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  1946. 'Kicking Russia as hard as possible' brought about the extinction of Ukraine. And Poland is also paying a price.
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  1947. Correct. NATO is proudly counting on Sweden and Finland joining them to bolster NATO !
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  1948. The only question is whether the more powerful weapons will fall on UK or UKraine !
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  1949.  @notusneo  The Russian action has been the worst ad for NATO from a global perspective : it shows NATO is a paper tiger, and the Europeans are helpless dependents of America. There was a NATO training centre near Lvov (which was destroyed), and Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. Thus Ukraine was a de facto member of NATO. Considering this, can you tell us why NATO did not send troops to Afghanistan ? Cowardice perhaps ?
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  1950.  @solconcordia4315  $ 300 billion is nothing. Firstly, The damage to Ukraine is now reaching $ 1 trillion. It will keep mounting till Ukraine concedes it will be neutral. Secondly, Russia is not going to forgo the $ 300 billion, it will not allow Ukraine to be reconstructed if that money is blocked. Any terms for ending the war will require unblocking the $ 300 billion. You do not have the power to enforce anything on Russia.
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  1951.  @johnlenin830  BoJo lectures all about defence of the 'rules based order'. Britain cares about Ukraine but not Palestine. That is why it does not have credibility.
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  1952.  @КракенИляев  The Ukranians have already made 3 attempts on Kherson, all beaten back with severe death toll.
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  1953. He says reality check is not a term to be used ! Ledwidge was using alternative facts.
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  1954. A British general who has never fought a war and won. The sort who said Russians were fighting with shovels in Bakhmut.
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  1955. What is the point of doing military exercises after boasting it was the strongest military organisation, and then being defeated in a proxy war? NATO can do military exercises but it cannot stand a live fight. Russians (and Ukranians) are hardened fighters. Always have been.
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  1956. The Russians are doing it systematically and correctly. They thinned out the front by stretching the Ukrainians to Kharkhov and then they pushed into Torretsk sector. Meanwhile western media were celebrating how Ukraine checked Russian advance on Kharkhov. Why are Ukrainians now unwilling to fight ? They do not have the shells, and they now sense the US will abandon them. Then what is the point of fighting a proxy war to save the west ? It might have dawned on the Ukrainians at last.
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  1957. This is the PM who is going to strengthen NATO to fight Russia !
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  1958. Operational silence - means Kherson offensive has stalled.
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  1959. Ukrainians should consider transferring more of their population to Poland so they can have electricity and water.
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  1960. He will get Russian planes eventually.
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  1961. It is funny. First western media said Bakhmut is fortified and Ukraine had to defend it stoutly because its fall would lead to the fall of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Then when the Russian capture of Bakhmut became inevitable, western media said that Bakhmut is of no strategic importance and when it fell, they said it was a Pyrrhic victory ! Russia did not press on to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk after Bakhmut because of the Ukranian counter offensive. The Russians saw off the counter offensive and after 3 weeks, it is clear Ukraine cannot breach the Russian lines. The western pundits had said the first 72 hours are critical; Ukraine had to breach the lines and follow with a blitzkrieg with its superior NATO weapons and NATO training. But the Bandera army was fooling around doing 'probing attacks', and they got slaughtered and lost their superior weapons. Hence, the Russians have started operation Kramatorsk. Kramatorsk is being softened up with airstrikes before the ground assault starts with shovels. The citizens of these cities should move to Poland and EU. Meanwhile, the Bandera army has to give up the probing attacks and run to Kramatorsk.
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  1962. NATO and Ukraine can learn from the Palestinians how to do a breaching operation !
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  1963.  @TheLastCrusader22  This is Ivan, do you have anything intelligent to say ? Can you say the cowards who scrambled to get on planes to escape from Kabul (without telling their allies) can fight like Russians ?
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  1964. Funny, the western media said that Russian progress was grinding and that was meant to convey a negative image. Now Ukranian progress is grinding, but that is supposed to be taken positively !
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  1965. To get Cragg to admit this much about the losses in Donbass is a change. The situation must be very bad as he does not go on about Ukrainian resilience any more.
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  1966. Crazy because you are losing.
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  1967. The British can lie with the stiff upper lip.
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  1968. The Kiev Security Pact is a non-starter. Without Russia agreeing, Ukraine will never have security. First of all Ukraine with the borders of 1991 will not exist. Russia can keep Ukraine disturbed for as long as it wants. This is like the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference which was held - even before the war is ended.
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  1969. How does donating to lost cause help ? Americans will move on and so will you.
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  1970. They have big ideas to save Ukraine.
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  1971. In Poltava, in the cadet academy, Swedish mercenaries were giving training, lots of Swedes were killed. The Swedes invaded Russia and Poltava is where Peter the Great fixed them. Looks like the Swedes had a death wish.
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  1972.  @SwingEzzZZ  Yes that was their plan 1. Sanctions would cause crowds to stage a coup. It was a serious miscalculation. It did not work in Iran. Plan 2 was to equip Ukraine and make it fight, and defeat Russia. Ukraine has had some military successes in battles where Russia had to roll back, but Russia has still taken strategic land. Besides the war was fought on many fronts (economic, banking, currency, energy, materials) and the cost has been very high for Ukraine and its handlers, and this is where it has got unhinged for the west.
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  1973. Sounds like an even stronger Putin and an even weaker west ! No one imagined the west is this weak.
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  1974. Peaceful protest for a fellow who has criminal charges, including tax evasion and promoting hatred, and contempt of court ? Deduction : the protesters are likewise criminal minded.
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  1975. Needed longer than 18 months.
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  1976. When a Challenger is hit, you say that is a great job is damaging Russian morale ! You should ask the Russians to hit more. Then you will win.
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  1977. Another thing NATO can learn from Palestinians, besides how to do a breaching op - how to maintain secrecy and element of surprise. NATO was broadcasting Ukraine's counter offensive months ahead and complaining about the delay.
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  1978. 'Trump's plan to halt Putin's Ukraine invasion could involve US led peacekeepers' That is your wishful thinking after defeat. Everything you propose is based on 'could involve'. Trump is never going to agree to US troops being killed. Even Biden did not agree. Long ago Kissinger said the US would not fight a nuclear war against the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. The situation has not changed.
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  1979. 'and the rest of us who let them be our shield.' Your unconscious but wicked cynicism comes through. What makes you think Ukranians should be your shield ? Why don't you send your troops to Ukraine after you stopped them from negotiating a settlement with Russia (in Turkey) ? Now that Russia is breaking your Ukranian shield, who will be your next shield that you wish to sacrifice ? Poland perhaps ?
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  1980.  @Mygg_Jeager  ' I'd much rather we were fighting alongside them as a united Europen front.' No, that is not an acceptable stand either. You have to ask why (1) the US wanted Ukraine in NATO, and for that it staged a coup to overthrow the elected Ukranians govt. in 2014 (2) why the US did not agree on Ukranian neutrality to prevent war in the first place and (3) after Ukraine and Russia negotiated in Turkey in March 2022, why BoJo and Biden told the Ukranians not to negotiate but to fight ? Having encouraged Ukraine to fight, and when seeing they cannot win, to drop them is the end of western credibility.
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  1981. Actually, the learning point for Russia (and other countries) is to not to use private groups outside the Russian army. Russia should remember its Soviet glory days when there was only one Red Army that took out the German Nazis. Russia should only use the Russian army to take out the Bandera army. The Wagner should not be sent to Africa.
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  1982.  @kk-mc4sj  But somehow Biden was coherent enough to predict he will take down Nordstream pipe.
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  1983. Russia has been pounding the infrastructure quite successfully, says the reporter. But such reports always end with saying the Ukranians are resilient and they don't mind the discomforts. So then let the Russians continue pounding the infrastructure. Russia should return Ukraine to its agricultural days, as it was before it joined the Soviet Union. No power, no industry, close all nuclear reactors, destroy all airports and ports. The west needs to cut its false pride and realise that there can be no reconstruction possible without Russian permission. Like it or not, Russia will decide Ukraine's future.
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  1984. Loving your country is one thing, and trying to invite a far off power to come and put its missiles to threaten a powerful neighbour is another thing. I don't blame the Ukranian people, but you need to blame the US for encouraging the second idea and then ditching the Ukranians. If you want to save the Ukranians, the US has to sign an agreement with Russia that Ukraine will be neutral and demilitarised, in exchange for all other sovereignty. That is the ONLY way out to save the Ukranians.
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  1985. And yet the Russians took Bakhmut with shovels.
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  1986.  @ALFarrell-kv6ok  'We're certainly on the right track in preparedness now, though' But you just got defeated by Russia ! 300,000 troops would move to Russian border in 30 days, it says. Russia will seize the Baltic states in a few days.
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  1987.  @bobgonzales9680  Russia will not agree to freeze conflict because the west would then try to put the remaining Ukraine into NATO (the west has said this). Russia will ensure Ukraine goes to 1914 map. Maybe split off western Ukraine and give it to the Poles.
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  1988. Turkey is sensible. It may be in NATO, but it is not a vassal of the US, unlike Britain, Germany and the rest. Eventually some European countries will also apply to join BRICS.
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  1989.  @hoangle2483  At the moment, the west is relieved that their debacle in Ukraine is not in the limelight. Their stand is to fly Israeli flags and tell people not to question their support for an apartheid state. They say this is not the time. They have another debacle on hand, when Israel faces a three front war, and will require their money and arms. Zelensky may leave Ukraine to go and lead Israel.
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  1990. The American at the end tries to be bellicose but lets slip the statement "All wars end at a negotiating table". That means he knows Ukraine cannot win decisively and the US cannot support for however long it takes, so they will have to negotiate. But in any negotiations, Ukraine will have to give up more land.
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  1991. 'Russia: reduced to striking once a fortnight' They switch the attack from place to place as needed. Ukraine is skewered.
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  1992.  @solmak47  Turkey, not Finland, will decide on Sweden.
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  1993.  @healthyasmr9246  The public have no choice with how their tax money is spent. Instead, they hand over power to politicians who act supposedly in the people's interest. They tell the people they need to take part in this or that war, to defend 'our way of life', but in reality it is to defend the politicians and the military industrial complex's way of life.
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  1994.  @danfonze5135  An attack on one is an attack on all. That the US could apply to Afghanistan because it is defenceless. It could take its collection of weak allies. But fighting Russia ? The US will run away first. (It ran away first from Kabul, so you can imagine if confronted with nuclear war what it will do). Its spineless allies will prostrate themselves in front of Russia if the US left. Kissinger had said the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany or Europe. That will be the case now also : the US is not going to fight a nuclear war with Russia for Ukraine or Lithuania. That is self-evident in Biden's talk. When NATO was talking about a 'no fly zone', Putin warned NATO countries would face consequences they have not faced before. Biden quickly quelled the clamour for a 'no fly zone'. Before you spout from hearsay like a layman 'An attack on one is an attack on all; I advise you to read the fine print. According to the NATO website, Article 5 specifically lays out: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.' The action 'as deemed necessary' leaves it open to individual parties; the principal in NATO, the US, may decide it does not want to go to war. And the rest of NATO will back down. The statement 'including the use of armed force' is not the same as saying an attack on a NATO member 'will incur the use of armed force on the aggressor'. These things are worded by crafty Anglo Saxon lawyers and they leave an escape clause open for themselves - in this case, the US. The ones who don't understand English go with simplistic notions as 'An attack on one is an attack on all'. The US can demand that NATO allies go to Afghanistan and the 30 weak allies will oblige. The reverse is not always true - the 30 allies cannot ask the US to oblige them. Why should the US have all its cities obliterated for Ukraine or Lithuania ?
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  1995. The western media wants to tell us Ukraine is winning, Russia is losing, afterwards it became Russia is making slow progress. Well, the Red Army also took time to get Berlin because there was resistance. But they prevailed. It is the same now - Russia will take time but it will prevail against the Ukro Nazis.
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  1996.  @maconmiles2057  What is the propaganda ? If you know it, contest it.
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  1997.  @stephenhill545  Russia defeated Napoleon's Grand Armee in 1812. The USSR defeated Nazi Germany. 'We were allied with them once, but they surrendered to Germany.' Russia surrendered to Germany ? Only they had the stomach to finish Nazi Germany. Have you heard of the Red Army which swept its way across Europe and liberated it from Nazism ? Without the USSR, Britain would have fallen under Nazi Germany. Churchill went to see Stalin Moscow and met him three times in Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. Why ?
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  1998. @Simas Graliauskas I read Lithuania put the partial blockade and said they were obeying the EU. Then the EU became panicky and asked Lithuania to tone down ! Lithuania does not want to, it imagines it is a superpower. When the bear comes after you, as it will, the EU and NATO will say this is nothing to do with us. The geopolitical situation is Russia is gaining and consolidating in Ukraine, Zelensky is begging for the war to end by December, and G7 is trying to joke around to save face, and there is unrest in Europe over rising prices. Lithuanians are living in a bubble, you will find when the beating comes, the others will be sending you aid from a safe distance.
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  1999. 'NATO was an all for one, one for all.' No it never was. It was always run by the US for the US. Article 5 was only used once - for the US after 9-11. You were deluded. Get it ?
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  2000. This Sky News reporter is a racist of the first order, with his pompous British accent. I remember at the start of the Ukraine war, he reported from Kiev, and said 'these people (Ukrainians) look like us, this should not happen to them' ! He would feel smug if the west or its surrogate Israel kills Palestinians or Lebanese or Iranians. He is so sure that Iran's missile will be ineffective. Based on what ? Brilliant response from the Iran professor. Tells it as it : the western society believes in racial supremacy and hierarchy, unlike Muslim society.
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  2001.  @stevep4236  'look at the map, lines are drawn' Look at what map, and what lines ?
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  2002. I can believe that Russia did not intent to end Ukraine as a state. All Russia asked Ukraine was for neutrality and staying away from an anti-Russian military alliance. Ukraine had promised that in their Declaration of Independence. However, circumstances - Ukraine's misbehaviour and intransigence based on western goading - might de facto end Ukraine. The Ukraine of 1991 is already ended. Russia will certainly take crucial areas of Ukraine, and the rest will be turned into a wasteland, and the west will walk away from it when new politicians come. Putin has also ended the western 'world order' - for good. Only Russia could do this.
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  2003. She says it is not clear who blew up the Nordstream. I did ask people in Germany. I was met with an embarrassed silence. I am sure they know. The Germans are very afraid to criticise the US. I was told outside major cities, there is already 1h power cut. None of the small tips can change the fact that Germany and Europe are going to be de-industrialised. That is implicit in BASF's announcement that it is going to downsize in Germany and Europe and shift production to China where energy and labour are cheaper. They said energy cost is too high in Germany. China is the biggest importer of energy, but thanks to their good relations with Russia and Saudi, they have cheaper energy than Europe ! Germany's only fault is not having the spine to lead Europe to stand up to America. I guess with its WW2 and Nazi past, Germany does not have the courage to speak against the US.
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  2004. If Gutterez is forced to resign, then that will prove the toxic control of world bodies by the Jews. The Jews cannot behave like this and complain about rising anti-semitism.
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  2005. If Ukraine is shooting down all the 31 missiles, why is it begging for more air defence systems ?
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  2006.  @anuvisraa5786  Just a small correction. I think you meant of 55 years of the 70 years that the soviet union existed, it was governed by non Russians, it was governed by Ukrainians and Georgians. Ukraine did much better as part of the Soviet Union. Left on its own, it became a failed state. Even in the Olympics, the Ukranians used to produce 30% of the Soviet gymnasts. Now, they are barely in the medal list.
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  2007.  @Ebb0Productions  Ukraine's independence was given by Russia with the understanding it will not join an anti-Russian military alliance, and it will be neutral. Ukraine's US implanted govt. reneged on that unilaterally after the 2014 coup, so Russia has the right to cancel Ukraine's independence.
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  2008. Where is the Ukranian counter offensive ? Is it in Bakhmut ? They pushed aside an encirclement, so is that the achievement ? As for the Russian airstrikes, what happened to the western air defence system ? All we hear is Ukraine shot down many missiles and then we see pictures of fires. Russia was supposed to have run out of missiles in May 2022. Can the western liars come out with more credible lies ?
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  2009. Earlier, your channel was saying that Trump was angry with Russia and was going to get tough with Russia. Now that he has done what you wanted, you say it is an empty threat !
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  2010. 'We all know that putin would be delighted to freeze the lines where they are.' You misread the situation. Russia has said it will not accept a frozen war, if it means NATO bases in the Ukraine that remains. Without the rump Ukraine accepting neutrality, the war will be continued with no break. In other words, the terms on offer to Ukraine are : the land lost will go to Russia (punishment for fighting Russia on behalf of US) AND no NATO bases in Ukraine. Get it ?
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  2011. It is time for EU to ditch Ukraine, like the US has.
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  2012.  @jerrymiller9039  'The Americans have been doing the lions share. ' Yes, from a safe distance. But Americans don't have the guts to go and fight in Ukraine as they would be killed by the Russians. You incited the war, you encouraged Ukraine to fight, now you send your troops to save them. But you ran away from Kabul like cowards.
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  2013. Indeed, one section of the British are narcisstic and delusional. Boris Johnson runs around like a busy body drumming up support for Ukraine. He is always trying to show the UK is the US's only ally in Europe. Now the Daily Telegraph wants to show the UK is Europe's best ally, better than even the US - after badmouthing the EU for years ! Some months back, UK's Defence Minister Ben Wallace said that Britain could kick Russia's backside as it kicked the Tsar's backside in the Crimean war (mid 1850s). Even at that time, it was an alliance of Britain, France and Turkey that defeated Russia. But surely the British should realise after 1945, the Soviet Union became a superpower and Britain and France receded. The last time the British indulged in delusion was in the Suez crisis when they with France and Israel invaded Egypt to restore their sacred 'international order'. At that time, the Soviet Union threatened to nuke Britain. Uncle Sam looked the other way. Britain and its allies were forced to retreat from Egypt.
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  2014. The value of Bakhmut is questionable ? Now defeat stares the west, they are putting on a brave face and spinning narratives of a turn around !
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  2015.  @ragingmonk6080  The Himars were claimed to be game changers. What is the result ? Ukraine lost Soledar, and Bakhmut about to go, and more to go. Ukraine's handlers say they do not have shells and ammo.
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  2016. More than Odessa or territorial gain, Russia's aim is no US bases in the Ukraine that is left. That will remain the key demand even if a new status quo is accepted (Donbass and Crimea and maybe Odessa with Russia).
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  2017. Kherson is almost liberated ? Give me a break ! Even the Ukro Nazis are not claiming that.
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  2018.  @craigrheberling  The fight is over the Black Sea. The US sponsored the 2014 coup and the govt. immediately passed a resolution saying they want Ukraine to join NATO. Ukraine in NATO means the US can have naval bases in Sevastopol or Odessa. Russia will not allow that. Sevastapol is taken back, Russia will go after Odessa at some time.
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  2019. The news lady says tanks are needed to break the deadlock. There is no deadlock in the war. Russia is encircling Bakhmut. After that Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Russia has destroyed the power grid. Stoltenberg says Ukraine can take back lost territory. It is delusional. Russia has the upper hand. Ukraine is going to lose more.
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  2020. Bell is a waster, he spends half the video telling us about a 1970s Soviet era plane that went down, as usual to point out the inferiority of Russians and the superiority of 'our weapons'. But the superior western weapons like Leopards, Bradleys and Patriots got burnt, and they have told the Ukranians not to deploy the Challengers at the front line ! The Ukranians are not succeeding with them and their counter offensive is such a flop that the US vetoed the admission of Ukraine into NATO. That loss of face makes him compare with a Russian 1970s plane going down.
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  2021. We don’t care how much blood sweat and tears it takes - but not your blood. You don't care for Ukranian blood, you only want to save your pride.
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  2022. The inevitable is happening. The westerners misled the Ukrainians. And the Ukranians were foolish and selfish enough to indulge in Russophobia. Zelensky is now criticising westerners for letting Ukraine down. Perhaps westerners can think about what was the purpose of expanding NATO recklessly.
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  2023.  @dipladonic  Why has the UK not sent troops to Ukraine to save Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland ? Are you afraid the Russians will mince you ?
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  2024. Things are obviously not going well for the west and its surrogate. They are trying to put on a brave face. Now the western bombast and optimism is reduced. Ukraine has not got near the first defensive line and it has lost a lot of men and equipment. People were talking like Ukraine was going to launch something like the Red Army's Operation Bagration in which they stormed the German lines, cleared the mines and drove to Berlin. In that operation, the Red Army did not mess around for 10 days, once it started, it was a storm that could not be stopped. Here in the first 10 days, they lose men and equipment without reaching the first line of defence. They claim they are launching scoping attacks here and there, and take pride their soldiers survived due to western equipment. One can see Ukraine and western equipment are not up to it.
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  2025. You need to cut out the false NATO bravado. The Ukraine is paying the price for being foolish to believe in NATO. Leasing Odessa to a NATO country will invite a tactical nuclear bomb and no NATO country will be willing to fight Russia lest their countries got the same.
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  2026. What happened to Zelensky's Victory Plan ?
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  2027.  @tjk3430  Have you ever read Article 5 ? It says that any attack on a NATO member in Europe or North America “shall be considered an attack against them all.” NATO members can come to its defence with “such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.” But the action is left to each country to decide. War is optional ! The US is not going to fight Russia to save the skin of a lousy European nation. Don't make a mistake. If NATO messes with Russia like when Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad, Russia will seize the Baltics and no one would dare go to war with Russia.
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  2028. Ukraine has no industry and no agriculture. The loss of the agricultural exports is $ 500 million. The west as to subsidise Ukraine more and pay for higher food price.
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  2029. Blinken is trying to put on a brave doublespeak. He says Russia has lost strategically - because Ukraine is still there. But 20% is gone, the coastal areas are gone, the remainder is strangled economically, and is bombarded at random, and will need money to meet daily expenses. The Ukraine that is left will be a failed state depending on EU aid. Thus, Russia is thus achieving its strategic objectives also, maybe in a round about way from when it started. The west is in a bind. It knows Ukraine does not have the ability to recover the lost land even with HIMARs, it cannot prevent air strikes and missile strikes from all directions, the west cannot lift the blockade of Odessa despite propagandist claims, and the west is suffering from Russia's counter economic warfare. Does the west have the money to give to Ukraine indefinitely ? The Europeans should be asking tough questions to the Americans : why did you expand NATO to Russia's borders and ruin all of us ?
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  2030. Zelensky can at least shut up on this. He does not have to pronounce on every issue as if he is the leader of the EU and NATO.
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  2031. The support that ended Ukraine's life as an independent state and showed you are unfit for self rule.
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  2032.  @charliecan9603  'the European states of America is too weak and cowardly to stand up to there boss.' Indeed, you are right. But it is a pity.
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  2033. So anyone who disagrees with funding and arming Ukraine, will they be Putin puppets funded by Putin ?
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  2034.  @planeguy95  So no need to mobilise. Russia is not going to attack.
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  2035.  @bb-3653  'no they've been struggling to do something they claimed would be easy, against Europe they'd just disintegrate.' No one in Europe can fight singly or collectively against Russia. Russia has won in Ukraine, and Europe does not have the money or weapons, nor the courage to send troops.
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  2036. US and its 30 weak NATO allies got beaten in Afghanistan. They had to cut and run, with the US scrambling like cowards to take the first flights out. How can Finland and Sweden change this brain dead organisation which is manipulated by the US and its arms industries ? The very suggestion that Finland and Sweden represent some major change shows how weak NATO is.
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  2037. They do play the long game - Russians are the best chess players.
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  2038. Just like Europe signed an unlimited friendship agreement with the US since 1945. They are happy with the US blowing up Nordstream and having to pay 4x the price of Russian gas to buy US LNG. Europe is happy to aid the US arms companies with NATO expansion. There is no harm China seeking trade and military deals with Russia or anyone else. The Europeans are vassals of the US. China is an independent country, like Russia and India. Vassals cannot be models for anyone else.
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  2039. Russia will retaliate against NATO. Why should it not if Russia is attacked by NATO. Putin did remind that Russia too has weapons that can incinerate all US cities. Those super quiet Yasen class submarines with nuclear missiles are patrolling both US coasts. Russia does not bluff.
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  2040. 'Lesser of two evils ' Look at western arrogance. The west thinks everyone is evil, except them. The rest of the world might also consider they are a collection of evils to choose from.
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  2041.  @Capeau  Putin has not asked for negotiations. When Ukraine walked out of the peace deal in Turkey, Putin said next time, peace will be on Russian terms. Get it ?
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  2042.  @jasc4364  The people of Niger were waving Russian flags and asking the French to get out.
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  2043. If I remember correctly, it was Churchill who said one of the lessons of WW 1 and WW2 is to avoid small nations with their backers, sucking in bigger nations into a murderous war in Europe. What Ukraine is trying to do, that is a smaller country trying to draw in its main sponsor to fight its war, shows it is plus ca change. No lessons have been learned. Britain is trying to do the same. It is a small power, trying to do the same : draw in the US. The vassal draws upon its master.
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  2044.  @Bob-nd2mr  You did not live in a country struck daily with hypersonics and drones. Ukraine should have stayed neutral. It has lost its nationhood due to western interference.
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  2045. Excellent and admirable. No need to work with Americans. Americans are more interested in biolabs for Ukraine.
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  2046.  @francissantos7448  There were conditions for Russia's guarantee of the borders of Ukraine in 1991. Return the nukes, don't join any military alliance against Russia, allow Russian navy to use Sevastopol in the Crimea. Ukraine wanted to renege on item 2 which would have led to reneging on item 3. Due to these reasons, Russia has cancelled Ukraine's independence.
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  2047.  @SecretAgentBartFargo  Presumably some did not glow and hit the ground, and they are not showing what hit the ground. Why would they show that ?
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  2048. 'dependent on the situation on the ground, giving the chance to Ukraine to trigger tipping points in the occupational forces.' Don't get carried away. This increases the danger for Ukraine - if it triggers a tipping point, Russia will settle Ukraine for good with a nuclear strike. There is nothing anyone can or will do then.
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  2049. There is no way Biden will make such a commitment to strike Russia when he is a lame duck President. It would be committing the US to fight a direct war with Russia. Long ago, Kissinger said the US would not fight a nuclear war against the Soviet Union to save Germany. That still stands. Why would the US get its cities incinerated for Ukraine ? It have the choice to hand over its failed project to the Europeans and walk away.
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  2050. And Biden was shunned.
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  2051. 'Finland and Sweden, two historically neutral countries, immediately apply to join NATO. ' They applied to join because they are weak. Their arrival does not change the west's defeat in Ukraine.
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  2052.  @FishandHunt  Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, it is taking more, and NATO cannot alter the result, and now does not have the money to fund Ukraine. Russia set out to make sure NATO cannot set foot in Ukraine, and it has achieved that. So is NATO winning ?
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  2053. Donbass is not lost yet ! That kind of statement is like the Nazis remaining in Hitler's bunker saying Berlin is not lost yet when the Red Army was on its outskirts. The US official looks embarassed, like he has to go through these motions.
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  2054. The Kherson offensive is the Slava Ukraine brigade's Great Hope. This is needed till the mid Nov US elections.
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  2055.  @spage80  Russia did not claim all of Ukraine as part of Russia. But Ukraine had no right to seek the US to come and put missiles in its territory to threaten Russia (that is the purpose of joining NATO). Ukraine should have told 'no' to NATO and signed a security agreement with Russia. Instead, it chose NATO help to fight Russia, and so must pay he price. It will not exist as a country.
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  2056. The great part of the world was liberated by the Red Army - consisting of many Russian soldiers who gave up their lives. Europe would not be free without them.
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  2057.  @Epaminondas371  Why don't you apply your 'genocide is not acceptable theory' on Israel ?
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  2058. But each claims they have bigger GDP than Russia. But it depends what is in that GDP. If all you produce is croissants, pizzas and beers, then don't pick a fight with Russia.
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  2059.  @litlnote-wu6yv  Moscow has taken most of Donbass, its have killed off much of he Ukrainian army, so that Ukraine's main sponsor wants to withdraw support. That is as good as won for Moscow. Ukraine is left with the choice of ceding land and accepting it cannot be in NATO.
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  2060. Whereas you say 'our sanctions are effective, rouble is rubble'. Somehow Russia has held off 40 nations including the US. It holds a dagger at their throats if they send troops to Ukraine.
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  2061. That is correct. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq.
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  2062. 'Our government never told us to leave Ukraine. They suggested that people who own private houses in smaller towns or villages should move there for the winter' How many people have dachas in the country ? Is Ukraine in trouble or is everything hunky dory for you ?
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  2063. 'We can and must give them more and better equipment.' If you could, you would have done it by now.
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  2064. Civilian infrastructure where Ukro Nazis are hiding will be destroyed.
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  2065. This part of Ukraine was always Russian since the time of Catherine the Great (Novo Rossiya). Lenin gifted this part of Russia to the Ukrainian SSR when the USSR was formed. Even after Ukraine became independent, Russia did not ask for this part back as they assumed the Ukranians form a brotherly nation. But Ukranians became back stabbers. Hence, Russia has taken it back. In fact, there are some more parts like Odessa they will retake. It does not matter whether you recognise or not, people will get used to it.
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  2066. You are right, Zelensky is worried, he is throwing a tantrum saying the US is not supplying arms fast.
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  2067. The western media told us for weeks Russia has no missiles left. Russian missiles are not accurate. Then why is the power system down ?
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  2068. This combat veteran also is out of his depth. He says the Napoleonic wars were in the 1880s. Napoleon's defeat in Russia was in 1812.
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  2069. Why does the EU want to interfere in Georgia and support the opposition there, while howling piously about Russia interfering in European elections ? This is what leads to civil war and break up.
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  2070.  @rockmusic175  What were Swedes doing in a military school. They got killed.
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  2071. Whatever you do, even with modern weapons, Britain is no position to fight Russia or China, so don't waste your money. Get it ?
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  2072.  @r.s.4174  The slaves should have ignored slavery, if they ignored it, it would have gone away and would not affected them so much ? Your eagerness to hide the discrimination confirms discrimination exists in the US.
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  2073. Zelensky Says “End to Talks” With Putin if Mariupol Defenders Are Eliminated. Zelensky is an absolute joker, living in an imaginary world. He is pinned against the wall and he wants to dictate terms and threaten Russia. Why should Russians after this much effort and sacrifice not eliminate the last defenders of Mariupol ? The Azov Regiment is formed by Ukranian Nazis and was founded by the white supremacist Andrei Biletski. The Soviet Union eliminated German Nazism, and Russia will eliminate Ukranian Nazis. We should be grateful. Of course the citizens of Mariopol should not be harmed but what can Russia do when Azov Nazis are holed up in Mariopol like the German Nazis in Berlin ? And if Zelensky ends talks, does he have chance to prevent loss of more land, let alone recover what is lost ? This man is the bane of Ukraine.
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  2074.  @jimglenn6972 It is all lost, get over it.
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  2075. Kirby is funny, he cannot be excused.
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  2076.  @ramtron1775  Sweden and Finland are shaking in fear, why else did they run to NATO - which is ineffective and might not exist ? Soviet gymnastics was the best, and so was their chess, and so was the Red Army.
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  2077.  @Recordman42  EU is with Ukraine, but it does not have the money or the weapons or the courage to fight and die for the Ukrainians. So shut up.
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  2078. That ambassdor post will be a good one - he can campaign to get the remaining 40 Challengers.
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  2079.  @spektrumB  He should blame Somalia - they have a record of bringing down Black Hawks.
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  2080. Russia has single handedly ended the west's pretentious and false 'rules based order'. Only Russia could have done this. China can step in now and consolidate this achievement, and the road is open to promote the yuan and let others use it instead of dollar where it makes sense. Many countries have suffered harassment by the US, and they will go with Russia and China.
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  2081. Indeed it was a redline for Russia. Russia warned Ukraine.
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  2082. Russia did not envisage that Ukraine, US and UK would conspire against Russia when it signed the Budapest memorandum.
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  2083. This ambassador said Russia has performed miserably in Ukraine. Is that why western officials are now whispering that Ukraine is a lost cause and the counter offensive is a flop ? Now even in CNN, they are inviting military analysts who say this ! Poland is playing the role of third rate countries that think their importance is great if they serve US interests. Ukraine thought the same way and got a thrashing and the US did not have the courage and commitment to send troops. Instead in Vilnius, the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO, thereby conceding a key Russian demand. Poland's plan to invade western Ukraine was not stated by the Russians but US military officials (I think Gen. Petraeus) who talked about 'creating a coalition of the willing' to enter Ukraine. There is a video of a British MP Tobias Elwood talking about it. The coalition of the willing will be guided by the US and UK, Poland and the Baltics will go and fight and get killed. Germans of course will be annoyed if Poland takes up armed conflict to gain territory because Poland might one day want German territory. To counter the threat of Poland invading western Ukraine, Russia stationed nuclear weapons in Byelorussia, and moved the musicians there. If Poland commits mischief in western Ukraine for its US master, Russia will open a front in the direction of Warsaw. Poland has been provoking Russia at US behest, and now 100 of those musicians appeared on the border, Poland starts howling. It is another corrupt country run by US money. The US ambassador to Poland is none other than Zbigneiv Brezhinksi's son. Zbigneiv Brezhinksi was a US foreign policy hawk during the Soviet days. The US aim is to see Poland does not shift views and go the Hungarian way and become a peacenik, that the US retains the arms shipment routes to Ukraine through Poland. Further, can be used to provide bodies to fight Russia. Poland will of course be praised to the sky by the US and UK, and be told that it will have the most powerful army in Europe and so on, and it is certain to go to Polish heads.
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  2084. Here, we are told that the key development on the ground is Ukranians are preparing for more intensified fighting as Russia prepares to take Donetsk. In other places, we are told optimistically that Ukraine is raising a million strong army, to recapture the coastal lands.
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  2085.  @alyasagan3620 To be friends with the US is fatal. Ukraine is an example of that. I do not see any Ukranians who understand that.
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  2086.  @kimuvat2461  The rump Ukraine will be permanently dependent on EU aid.
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  2087. Did the Ukrainians ask for the Abrams to be kept away from the frontlines, or did the US ask ? In the case of the Challengers, the British took the precaution to ask for it to stay way from the front, after seeing what happened to the Leopards. When they moved them to the front later, two were lost.
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  2088. The Russians are professional in diplomacy.
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  2089. What are civilians being held in a chemical plant ? It is like Maripol steel plant. Ukranian army is using civilian shields.
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  2090. A Chinese ship was seen, Germany says it does not know how it happened, but discussion is Russia is waging hybrid war ! The Europeans are a hopeless lot, always engaged in war. As for the pretence, 'we can't do such things, because we the west are decent'....it is not credible.
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  2091. 'As soon as Lavrov said "we have no plans to invade Ukraine" it became a certainty in my mind. (I even made a meme about it using Baghdad Bob saying the Russians have no plans to invade Ukraine) since it was laughable that this huge build up was going on with no plans. I posted THAT on Feb 11 2022. I think by then it was pretty obvious.' Putin asked for negotiations and a security guarantee for Russia. You should have negotiated and stopped the war from happening in the first place. But you didn't - because you thought Russia was weak, and Ukraine will be able to defeat Russia due to NATO arms and training. Now that you are defeated, and you know Russia cannot be removed and will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine, you are doing soul searching. You thought Russia was bluffing when it said it will not allow NATO expansion into Ukraine. Your experts still say Russia is bluffing on use of nuclear weapons.
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  2092. Ukraine should never have got into a fight in the first place with Russia based on US promises, having one hand or two hands will not help against a bear. Get it ?
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  2093.  @RZakelis  But the panic is evident in Kiev, Zelenksy is pleading for air defence, and Blinken is serenading him on the guitar - please surrender only after the election. Why the panic ? Because both can see the writing on the wall. Zelensky knows Ukraine will crumble. And Blinken has no position after the election to support him. Get it ?
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  2094.  @79Cevin  Greatest power ran way from Kabul in the east with its pants down. Why was that ?
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  2095.  @u235x00  'Do you seriously believe Russia will stop at Ukraine? Let me laugh.' You people were telling me Russia is feeble and its army was poorly trained and had low morale and motivation, and it had inferior weapons than NATO. So what makes pose such an absurd question when Ukraine has stopped Russia and saved you ?
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  2096.  @a5cent  The notion WAS NOT that Ukraine (the poorest country in Europe) was or is a threat to Russia (the most nuclear weaponized country on the planet. Don't be pretentious. The notion was the US would put missile bases and naval bases to threaten Russia. Putin said that,
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  2097. EU countries are contended doormats of the US, Slovakia tried to be independent and this was the master's warning.
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  2098.  @marinaadamia9018  At some time, even with mother and father, you are expected to apply your own intelligence to make decisions to survive. Even mothers and fathers expect that.
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  2099. Is this the PM who wants to fight Putin ? He must be laughing.
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  2100.  @venkats0iitk  'he doesn't say it could not have been a Russian missile, he just said it was 'unthinkable' - for him.' No, you understood it wrongly. I meant unthinkable for the western press. They cannot consider it was hit by a Russian missile, because F16 is a wonder weapon for the west and their technology is superior.
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  2101. Did you not say this 3 months into the war ? Russia had run out of missiles, and had to scrounge for chips from washing machines. But the Russians seem to be getting better. The BBC reported Russia took Bakhmut with shovels. But then they declared it had little strategic value. The strike on the Kharkhov TV mast showed awesome precision. One power station was levelled and the Ukranians admitted it was impossible to repair. When Russia takes Kharkhov, the BBC will declare it is of little value. You ain't seen nothin yet. Russia is going to bust western delusions.
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  2102. Has ICC tried Blair and Bush ?
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  2103. Zelensky can select him to replace Kuleba.
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  2104. It ends with the consolatory fiction that the Russians have higher casualties. How is that possible when Russia fires 10 shells to Ukraine's 1 ?
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  2105. Long but gripping analysis.
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  2106.  @eaman11  Russia informed Blinken if Ukraine crosses into Crimea, it will use all weapons in its arsenal on Kiev. You know what that means ? Blinken said soon afterwards that Ukraine MAY have to accept giving up Crimea. He meant Ukraine has to give up Crimea.
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  2107. You can have a vote and you will find majority of the world supports Russia.
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  2108. Now that Ukraine is expended, Finns will have to be expended to massage Al Capone's ego. Nuland must be plotting that.
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  2109. NATO chief Stoltenberg says Russia ‘using energy as a weapon’ Why not ? The EU and US are using the dollar and the euro as a weapon.
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  2110. Marina Miron is objective. She is the only one. A few ATACAMS make no difference at the strategic level. It is not going to force Russia to the negotiating table. ATACAMS were used before, Russians dispersed their arsenal and got adept at shooting or jamming them. Ukraine would have to follow up with a ground offensive and it is not capable. The Biden govt. is putting on a last fling before it leaves.
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  2111. Thereby she learned about how to speak like an American and serve America. She can continue serving America, but she will not be a leader in Ukraine as Ukraine will be part of Russia.
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  2112. Germany was the best-equipped military force in Europe in the 1930s and the whole of Europe suffered. But the best-equipped military force in Europe was crushed by the Red Army. They administered Germany the decisive beating that made it into a peaceful nation. If Germany tried to become best-equipped military force in Europe, the French and British will be against them, and they will join Russia. In any case, no one will never be strong enough to beat Russia. Instead of speaking nonsense, Scholz should worry about the coming de-industrialisation of Germany caused by Zelensky worship.
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  2113. He says Istanbul negotiation was good but he does not know why it was stopped. It was not Bucha. He does not want to say Boris Johnson was the cause !
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  2114. Emil, while I agree with your analysis that the west got into a needless confrontation with Russia with NATO expansion, I am not sure Meloni and rise of people with fascist views and mindset augurs well for Italy, Europe and the west. While the talk about culture, religion, identity, nationhood etc. sounds reasonable to people, the question will be the methodolgy. You spotted the talk about genetics and how it leads to eugenics. Her talk about preserving her genes is way to say race pride. Italian fascists are not in a position to start invading neighbouring countries to make Italy great again. But they can attack people they define as 'other races' with other genes - violently. It may start as talk about preserving her genes, but it could lead to jackboots and militia to beat up people without the right genes, and they can pass that off to supporters as standing up to globalists. The whole of Europe is sliding into neo-Nazism and as Europe's economies crash, and their currencies lose value, and the standard of living declines, such demagogues like Meloni will arise and appear reasonable to many. The west has been claiming that it is superior to others due to democratic values and civil liberties, but there are people out to destroy that from within and they have support, so it is not Putin alone !
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  2115. Try closing Kaliningrad, Russia has stated it will use nuclear weapons. No one will dare.
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  2116.  @ecaeas4439  'They've also said the UK is the country they're most upset with.' So why do you go out of your way to upset Russia ?
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  2117. If the Ukranians had some intelligence as well besides bravery, they would not have provoked Russia with their Russophobia and Ukro Nazism, and got into a unwinnable fight in the first place.
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  2118. Why is CNN still giving credence to this joker ? The war is lost, the US govt. knows it, they are making efforts to wash their hands off. In Vilnius, the US conceded Russia's demand that Ukraine will not join NATO.
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  2119.  @andrew30m  A chess game has reversals, and readjustments, and the Russians are the best as it. Russia could not get into Kiev, as a multi pronged attack diffused the power, so they switched the theatre to the East and concentrated forces there. And now they have Ukraine by the scruff of the neck. They have the most valuable parts, the industrial land, and the coastal land. The blockade strangles Ukraine's economy and makes it an unviable state. Now Russia feels it has the upper hand, so it does not see the point of negotiating, it might as well go forward and take half of Ukraine. As Lavrov said, any negotiations will be on Russian terms, and that means Ukraine has to cede more land.
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  2120. There will be negotiations between the US and Russia. Ukraine and EU should not be present. Unless the US meets Russia's non-negotiable terms (Ukraine has to be neutral, and it has to cede 5 oblasts, no NATO and European 'peacekeepers'), Russia will ignore and continue the war, finish off the Donbass and advance to the Dnieper and then go after Odessa.
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  2121.  @abrakadavra3193  In Poltava, a lot of Swedish mercenaries were killed.
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  2122. If Europe thinks the negotiating stance is Ukraine getting back all its land and NATO membership, they are being delusional - it is asking Russia to surrender when it is winning !
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  2123. You need to be realistic and not indulge in wishful thinking.With all the EU and NATO help, Ukraine is losing its cities and its land, little by little. That is why Ukraine is asking for negotiations. But the polar bear which Ukraine happily poked thinking it will make America happy, has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, and will not let it go.
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  2124.  @KayAteChef  The trend does not favour Ukraine. It is wishful thinking. They have manpower shortage as they are massacred in Bakhmut and Avdeevka.
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  2125.  @ExileLTU  The Germans also went into Russia thinking their tanks were superior, till the Red Army taught them a lesson in the greatest tank battle in Kursk. If you are so confident western armaments are so superior, and Russian ones will fail, why don't you send US troops to Ukraine ? Cowardice perhaps ?
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  2126. As if Latvia will be the game changer - shows western desperation.
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  2127. As if those missiles made any difference.
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  2128.  @DannyHerd-x5h  People have a right to express their opinions, but accept the distaste if the timing is inappropriate. He is not an ordinary citizen, he is the leader, act like one and only console people at this moment, then look into causes and rectify. Get it ?
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  2129.  @meerzaali167  In her IDF career, she would have shot Palestinian children.
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  2130. The pompous man who brought Ukraine to this sorry state is the foolish Zelensky.
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  2131. That German professor is talking rubbish, that the US wants Europe to produce more of its armaments. Then what would happen to the US arms industry ? They will not allow it. After all, the US wanted NATO expansion to sell its arms.
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  2132. The Palestinians and the Arabs need to take Russian help. The US will back Israel and never take steps to end the apartheid state. The US supported apartheid in the South Africa, while the Soviet Union supported the ANC. The west labelled Mandela as a terrorist. In 1956, the Soviet Union helped Egypt when the colonial forces (France, Israel and Britain) invaded Egypt because Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal. They said it was breach of international rules based order. The Soviets forced these three countries to get out by threatening to use nuclear weapons. The US looked the other way, so France, Israel and Britain had to withdraw. If the Arabs had gone with the Soviet Union at that time, Israel was less than 10 years old, and the Soviet Union would have settled the Palestinian state problem then. Now, the Arabs need to to distance themselves from the US and have an alliance with Russia. They should see how the west unanimously supports Israel. Hence, when the chips are down, the west will always support Israel. Only Russia has publicly said implementation of a Two State Solution is essential for solving the conflict. The western thinking is that only by maintaining Israel's supremacy, the conflict can be managed.
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  2133. The west has been supporting Ukraine with weapons but it is not stopping Putin from taking Ukraine. The more this continues, the more of Ukraine goes. Ukraine has become a failed state due to indulging in Russophobia, encouraging Nazism, and due to seeking American and NATO protection to cover its Russophobia. Russia decided to take action to counter US machinations against Russia. Then NATO's heart failed, and it was not willing to come and die for Ukranians. The Ukranians may be brave, but they are not very intelligent or politically astute.
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  2134. The bear frightens all the headless chicken of Europe ! They fear it will come and gobble them.
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  2135. 'Let’s just stop the BS' So you want to accept the duel with the Oreshnik ?
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  2136.  @Grokku.61  In 2023, people predicted Ukraine will recapture Crimea. Now no one is saying that. People are asking Ukraine to give it up so as not to lose more.
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  2137. The western media are burning in rage about Carlson 'platforming Putin'. Amanpour, Rosenberg and all the other western hacks are trying their best to discredit the interview saying tough questions were not asked. Their journalism is merely about amplifying the policies of western govts. and never straying into challenging them on Ukraine, Iraq, Palestine etc..... The real fear is Americans and the west can compare how their leaders measure up against someone they had been demonising.
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  2138.  @GeneSlasten  BoJo in his farewell speech in the House of Commons after he was removed by his Party from PM's post advised the British people to stick with Ukraine and stick with the US.
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  2139.  @victorwinner9469  Russia is winning the war in Ukraine. And NATO (the strongest military alliance in the world) does not have the courage to go and fight. Russia can give Finland or Lithuania a beating also, if they threaten it. NATO is a paper tiger.
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  2140.  @hclau362  And Ukraine sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, and it is not even in NATO. So they should feel how being invaded is like.
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  2141. Rifkind, should be corrected, the origin of the dispute is not 7 Oct. 2023. It started in 1948 with the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by the Jews. As for Hamas, Netanyahu funded Hamas. Ex PM Ehud Olmert says this to Tim Sebastian in an interview. If Netanyahu goes, no moderates will come to settle peace with the Palestinians. The Jews are greedy, they want to grab more land. Greed is in their blood. Rifkind is wrong that Iran is Saudi's enemy. The Chinese have negotiated and brought the Iranians and Saudis together.
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  2142. The Republican Vance is correct. The war is not going to bring Ukraine victory, not matter how much support the US gives. Ukraine will take a long time dying. It is time to negotiate, Ukraine has to give up lost land and accept neutrality.
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  2143. I understand the date of the offensive is secret so as not to tip off the Russians. But she puts on a brave face and says the UKranians found the Russian are preparing the escape routes to retreat in the face Ukranian offensive. Did not see that in Soledar and Bakhmut. The Ukranians are trying to save the escape routes.
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  2144. He did not get into Oxford by reading one book. You would not be able to get into Oxford.
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  2145. His best friend is Meloni of the Italian far right.
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  2146.  @dancotton13  The Ukrainians and the west know the importance of Bakhmut, but when loss appears inevitable, they say Bakhmut is unimportant.
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  2147. Very immature analogy. Ukro Nazi nationalism is being crushed.
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  2148. Brave but stupid talk from the Ukranian MP. Ukraine is losing more land, and it is not coming back. She only says she does not war in European countries. But Ukraine sent 5000 soldiers to Afghanistan when it was not even in NATO, it had not qualms to invade another country then; therefore, the Ukranians deserve the beating they are getting. Russia should break it up piece by piece and take it back. Ukraine can have peace only when it signs up for neutrality.
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  2149. The other 9 hit weapons caches brought from Poland, and mercenaries. They don't want to talk about it.
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  2150.  @timosullivan5722  You believe the amount of soldiers the Russians are losing as stated by the British intelligence ? The same people who said Russia had run out of missiles in 2022 and was fighting in Bakhmut with shovels.
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  2151. Russia wants peace talks, but it does not accept Ukraine's terms. Ukraine has to accept Russia's term, or as Lavrov said accept the Russian military will settle it.
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  2152. If you had not expanded NATO to threaten Russia, this would not have happened.
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  2153.  @abhilashpradhan7671  Ukraine's conditions for independence were (1) return the nuclear weapons (2) neutrality, that is don't join any military alliance and (3) lease of Sevastopol to the Russian Navy. Russia had shown goodwill and had also given away historical Russian land with Russian speakers (Crimea, Donbass, Odessa etc.) under the assumption that Ukrainians were a brotherly people. Ukraine's Declaration of Independence had said it would be a neutral country. The US worked to place a govt. in Ukraine that would allow its missile and naval bases in Ukraine, which threatens Russia and aims to shut off Russia from the Black Sea. In 2014, after the US sponsored coup, the implanted Ukrainian govt. changed its constitution and put NATO entry as an Article. Thereby Ukraine reneged on the terms and understanding by which it got independence. There is something called geopolitics and nations have to master it to be skilful to survive. Things are not just determined by treaties and absolute rights but also goodwill and understanding. Sovereignty is not 100%, in Ukraine's case it was conditional from the start. Sovereignty does not entitle you to call a far-off superpower to put military bases to threaten a neighbouring superpower. In any case, when all critical decisions are taken for Ukraine by the US, like whether to accept the negotiated peace settlement in Turkey, Ukraine is not sovereign. Your declaration that Russia is 100% at fault shows immaturity and indeed a low IQ. You talk as if the war started on a certain day in 2022 without any background or reason, and the US had not played a dirty hand as it has done in conflicts elsewhere. The war is a result of the cumulative action that was initiated by the US govt. in the late 1990s when it sought NATO expansion at the behest of its arms corporations like Lockheed. The US could have avoided the war if it had given Russia the security guarantee it asked for in Dec. 2022. And after the war started, when Ukraine reached a negotiated settlement with Russia in Turkey, why did the US prevent Ukraine from accepting it, and instead asked it to fight on ? It means the US had a vested interest thinking it could defeat Russia. Now Russia has defeated the collective west, saying Russia is 100% at fault is irrelevant. Grow up.
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  2154. Why does not Ukraine agree to neutrality and end the suffering ? There is no way it is going to win.
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  2155. So when are the Europeans sending their puny armies to Ukraine ?
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  2156.  @TrrrashBoat  Piers very slyly started off with bias when he introduced Hijab as controversial. Why did Piers do that ? Because he wanted to discredit the invitee even before the start. But Hijab caught him straight away and asked why he said that. Piers replied 'because you are controversial', to which Hijab shot back 'so are you, and so was the Israeli ambassador'. Hijab then forced Piers to back down on that. When Piers cannot answer why he sought to tarnish the invitee before the start, what questions does Piers have that are worthwhile ? Hijab had a point, when IDF cuts off electricity and water and food to a civilian population, that is a war crime. The Nazis did that to the Jews when a Jew in 1938 killed assassinated Nazi diplomat Ernst vom Rath. That was used as a justification for Kristallnacht, a collective punishment of Jews. Israel is the new Nazi state. When Russia cut of Ukraine's electricity, you people shouted it is war crime. When Israel does it in Gaza, Hijab asked why is it not a war crime ? Piers could not answer. To make thick headed Irish Piers understand, Hijab said what would have happened if RAF razed Belfast for an IRA attack ? Piers was weakly waffling about Israel having to do something in retaliation but it should be a proportionate response. The Palestinians attack Israel for imprisoning a civilian population and taking their land. There response is under proportionate. Piers should ask the Israeli ambassador why Israel is an apartheid state. Look man, Hijab reduced Piers to stuttering. When asked why he was stuttering, Piers meekly replied that he was not stuttering !
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  2157. The western line was first : Ukraine must win and we should support it for as long as it takes. Then it became : Putin should not win. The latest I understand is : Ukraine's position must be strengthened for the negotiating table. Kallas must be going still with the first line. She has not updated herself.
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  2158. Ukraine was the proverbial Humpty Dumpty, the egg the west perched precariously on a wall. Humpty Dumpty fell down. Now all the King's Men and Horses cannot restore Humpty Dumpty. Ukraine is going to be a failed state. It has squandered the chance to be an independent state thanks to its immature leaders, its newly found Russophobia, and US machinations. Ukraine will be broken up, parts will rejoin Russia, the rest will be landlocked and will become reliant on western aid indefinitely. NATO expansion makes money for the Americans but is a policy disaster for Europe. If you go and poke the bear, you are bound to get mauled. Afterwards, you cannot blame the bear, you have to blame your stupidity.
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  2159. They are staying strong for you, but dying.
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  2160. 'America's "help as long as it takes" means as long as Ukraine survives.
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  2161.  @TheBrudol  Article 2 2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations Ukraine and two of the other signatories joined together to threaten the security of one signatory by trying to induct Ukraine into NATO. Ukraine and other two signatories have sides together against Russia. Whereas all the three outside signatories should be working together to protect Ukraine, and instead of two seeking to pit Ukraine against one signatory. Article 6 6.The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will consult in the event a situation arises which raises a question concerning these commitments. The US and UK refused to recognise the Russian request for security guarantee for Russia when they asked for one in Jan 2022, and persisted in their plan to induct Ukraine into NATO to station their weapons against Russia. Hence, by these three countries have violated the Budapest Memorandum and Russia is entitled to take action for its security.
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  2162.  @SK-lt1so  Russia has the power to drop a nuclear bomb on Kiev and force unconditional surrender the same as the US forced Japan. They have not done that. Putin has said Russia has been lenient, but the Ukranians should not take advantage of that as weakness. In the west's firebombing of Dresden and Hamburg, and nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 40,000 civilians were killed in each city. No one called it a war crime. Hence, the first is 19 is nothing, don't exaggerate. The second is if the west encourages Ukranians to escalate, then heavier punishment will come, and then you will be convinced 19 is nothing. You are shouting out of frustration. Two days ago, you were saying Ukraine is winning, and cheering, now the punishment has come, you are dejected and you feel maybe Ukraine is not winning as you imagined.
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  2163. The intelligence officer is trying hard to put a positive spin. Ukranians tried an offensive in Kherson but it was beaten back with severe losses to the Ukranians. This where the professional Russian forces were concentrated. So now the Ukranians are thinking what to do in the south - operation pause according this fellow ! The west has made mountains out of molehills and talked as if Ukraine was going to recapture Crimea next week. That is not happening, Donbass and Kherson are going to be incorporated back in Russia. Ukraine will have to adjust to the reality.
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  2164. According to the Ukranian lady living in Kherson that the journalist interviewed, she had heard nothing of the referendum in Kherson, she only came to know about it in the Ukranian press. Those who want to migrate to Ukraine or Poland should be allowed to go, and those who want to accept reality, use Russian currency and join Russia should be allowed to stay.
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  2165. @carsved9554 What is the lie the Ambassador said ? Israel has a record for massacring civilians and ethnic cleansing. Israel was built that way. It runs an apartheid, Jews-first state. The Ambassador reminded the history of Britain's role in giving Palestine to the Jews without consulting the Palestinians. That is the truth. Piers could not contest that.
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  2166. James Baker said twice NATO would not move an inch to the east. That was what allowed German re-unification. The west was duplicitous and Russia has duly shafted the west and its surrogate.
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  2167.  @NWer-c5u  Oreshnik means Hazel tree.
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  2168.  @JamesVaughan  The Baltics now are superpowers and talk like it. They need to learn to keep their mouth shut. During the early days of the war, Lithhuania tried to block trains to Kaliningrad from Russia, thereby violating the agreement at independence to maintain a free corridor for Russian trains to Kaliningrad through Lithuania. No doubt they were incited by NATO and the EU. Then a Russian minister said Lithuania's independence will be re-considered. Then the Lithuanians climbed down. What made Lithuania act in such a suicidal way ? If they continued, Russia would have attacked and siezed the Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics. And believe me, the Russians would have done it regardless of Article 5, and the US would have not supported Lithuania as it does not want to fight a war with Russia.
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  2169. You have already lost the war, that is why you have Times Radio peddling delusions.
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  2170.  @Spaaardaaa  It is worth it for US - sit at a safe distance, and fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, and profiteer from the war.
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  2171.  @chrismitchell4622  Legal right to respond is irrelevant when you don't have the strike capacity. Russia can also use a nuclear missile, Ukraine has none and the west would not give it one because Russia would incinerate western cities. Get it, numskull ?
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  2172.  @marcioborgesreis9066  You can watch to check the European response to see if sense has dawned on them, and they decided to become relevant. Europe shot itself in the foot by supporting America's NATO expansion to Ukraine. They have still not developed independent thinking, so currently they are irrelevant. But they might change, so we listen for updates.
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  2173. Transfer the French soldiers to the Kherson front ! They will have to face more than bed bugs.
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  2174. The typical Russian approach to warfare subdued the German Nazis and everything in the way to Berlin. And the Ukro Nazis in Mariopol and Bakhmut. What is the alternative way ? Collaborate with the Nazis ? That is the western way, but not the Russian way.
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  2175. The joker Zelensky refers to 'our partners'.... Ukraine has no partners. It had puppet handlers, who want to go home after the show. When are the French troops coming to save Ukraine ? Where are Sweden and Finland, the new champions of Ukraine ? And where are the Challengers and Abrams and F 16s ? Why has the BBC's tone changed from boasting about western victory to resignation to Ukraine's defeat ? The west is all mouth and no trousers.
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  2176.  @pavloz1818  Russia did run out of missiles ? Then why is the collective surrendering to Russia ?
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  2177. 'All we can, not all they need.' How much is all they need ? Stoltenberg said NATO gave 98% of Ukraine's needs for the counter offensive. Still they failed.
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  2178. Putin is infinitely more intelligent than any western leader. I liked his comment the brain is divided into two hemispheres but it is still one brain ! Like that, the world is divided into camps, but it is one world.
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  2179. The difference may last 1 month, till the Russians find an anti dote as they always do. They destroyed the invincible Challengers, Leopards and Abrams with drones. They destroyed the Bradleys. The US sent cluster weapons, it made no difference. The Himars worked for some time and then were jammed and missed targets. These ATACAMS and strikes inside Russia are not new, they were doing it, but it made no difference. Russia steps up and retaliates in a bigger way. The last time Ukraine did something in Russia, Russia destroyed the power production units. The war is lost for the west in 2023. Now it is the end game and it is in Russia's favour. The panic in Ukraine and the west is palpable. Every now and then there is a euphoria and hope and then it fades quickly. Sometime ago when 60 billion was sanctioned. But no tangible result was seen. Now missile strike on Russia is the great hope. Then Zelenksy's peace conference ! After that F 16s. The Russians get plenty of time to prepare the counter since the west announces its plans months before. Meanwhile Chasov Yar is being broken into.
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  2180. Russia could have done this in the first week of the war. They spared the Ukranians, but the Ukranians continued to misbehave and attack and mock Russia. Now some of the full Russian force is coming to bear on Ukraine. Even now the nuclear weapon has not been used.
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  2181. The Kursk operation was not secret to the UK and US, they were the planners for it. Now that Ukraine is trapped in Kursk unable to go forward or back off, and is advancing in Russia Donbass, the US and UK will now say they are not responsible, did not know about it ! This joker Bell is the one who said Russia was reduced to fighting in Bakhmut with shovels. Gen. Patraeus, an enthusiast for the war said with the Kursk operation, the idea was to force Russia to negotiate. He said western strategy is to force Russia to ceasefire and negotiate and then get Ukraine or what remains of it into the EU and make it a free market economy ! But see the confusion of the western mind. For the 2023 counter offensive, Patraeus said the aim was to drive Russia out of Crimea. That failed, so he is talking about negotiating now, so that some bit of Ukraine can be saved and rearmed to fight. Russia is not dumb like westerners, it is not going to accept that. Russia does no want to negotiate. When Russia agreed to negotiate with Zelenksy in Istanbul and reached an agreement, Boris Johnson and Biden ordered Zelensky to keep fighting. Ukraine at that time had the best bargaining prospects. Now Russia has the advantage (even Kursk has turned out to be an advantage as it keeps Ukraine's forces pinned), and is moving fast in the Donbass. None of the western schemes will work.
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  2182.  @georgine321  You are seeking vain solace because Russia brought in some NK soldiers. You want to say Russia is therefore losing. And what is Ukraine's position ? The Russian army is advancing along a 1000 km front on Donbass. And they have shrunk Ukraine's Kursk pocket. The US is going to abandon Ukraine. And the EU cannot step up. The west is requesting to freeze the war; it is talking about negotiations. The Russians are not talking about negotiations. So who do you thinking is winning, numskull ?
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  2183.  @regievelayo386  Ukraine might have met NATO standards (whatever that is) in 2022, but certainly not in 2023.
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  2184. The Ukrainian says the power plant will not reconstructable. DW journalist : One small hope - the western nations will be able to supply the parts to reconstruct it.
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  2185. That is Sky's propaganda show on behalf of Israel. Israel has lost the narrative and credibility, and all this will not change matters. Why don't they visit various civilian sites hit by IDF in Gaza like the hospital and church ?
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  2186. Poland is a pauper, what can it give ? Poland has designs to grab western Ukraine when Ukraine is partitioned and broken up.
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  2187. See the bias - the interviewer says at the end he is very disappointed Ukraine could not advance. Where is neutrality and objectivity in western media which regards itself as superior ?
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  2188.  @j7bsecond540  We saw how NATO army performed in Afghanistan. They ran away like cowards, scrambling to get out first. The US cornered the first flights and did not even tell the other NATO allies. Taliban were only equipped with RPGs on Toyota pick ups. NATO army against Russia - they would not have the courage !
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  2189. Why is it at the expense of Ukraine, if Ukraine is going to enter NATO and the land is only given temporarily ?
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  2190. I am shocked the Ukranians are so ungrateful to Russia. They stabbed Russia in the back, they wanted to give naval and missile bases to the US.
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  2191.  @ivankurtz1909  All rules and agreements (formal and informal) can be broken when ultra nationalists and Nazi types take over, especially when they feel emboldened by US support. Lithuania's independence terms said it would give Russia a land corridor to Kaliningrad. But they flouted it briefly.
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  2192. Well, the Ukranians shouted and produced videos claiming Russia was using chemical weapons to smoke out the Ukro Nazi Azov Batallion in the Azovstahl plant in Mariopol. It was a lie, it lasted about 2 days and disappeared from the news. The Ukranians shelled the nuclear power plant and made much drama. I can believe the Ukro Nazis will try dirty bomb tricks. Russia has to take guard with strict action if necessary.
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  2193. Israel, like Ukraine, is a lost cause for the west. It is all part of the end of the western world order.
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  2194. When I hear Russophobic Ukranians like this lady Tatiana Ogarkova talk about Ukranian victory and getting Crimea back, I think of reminding her that Russia can settle Ukraine with a tactical nuclear strike.
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  2195. Hitlerism is in their blood.
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  2196. There is no danger. Just don't mess with Russia.
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  2197. None of it can reverse Ukraine's defeat.
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  2198. The Ukranians got steam due to the Himars. It is noticeable the western media is cautious and says the Ukrainians say they have broken through the first line of defence in Kherson. They are hedging their bets. They want to keep the Slava Ukraine brigade in the west interested enough, but if the offensive does not work, they can fade out the coverage in 2 weeks.
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  2199.  @ethereal2620  Alright, he disbelieved Barbarrosa started, but his party members rushed to him and asked him to organise the defence of the Soviet Union. As the German armies approached Moscow, his advisers asked him to evacuate and run the govt. from behind the Urals. Stalin was at the station with his belongings and officers, waiting for the evacuation train. When it arrived, Stalin changed his mind : he decided if he evacuated, it would demoralise the citizens. He stayed behind and organised the defence of Moscow. Stalin acted as a great leader should. He sent his sons to join the Red Army, one was captured, the Germans offered to negotiate for his release, Stalin refused. He knew how to deal with Hitler : Hitler had to commit suicide. View the footage of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at Tehran and Yalta conferences and from the body language one can see who was the most imposing. Stalin redrew the map of Europe and imposed his will at the Potsdam conference with Atlee and Truman; the latter had to agree. Look at Biden and his son Hunter; or Trump using his political position to promote his family business. They are not leaders in the class of Stalin.
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  2200. The typical western presentation starts with Zelensky worhsip. This one starts with Jew worship ! Zelensky is an actor after all the anchor spouts. He is a joker after all ! The anchor says it is a war Zelensky might win after all - but it may turn nuclear. So how is he going to win ? Western media inflate Ukrainian capabilities with a prayer for a miracle. A defeat for Ukraine feels like a defeat for the invincible west. The west is used to fighting Iraq and Afghanistan and did not imagine the devastation of their economies by Russia in 6 months. The reality is a part of Ukraine is returning to Mother Russia. Neither Zelensky nor the west can avert it. The time for negotiated peace is indeed over. Ukraine had a chance to declare it will go back to neutrality in Dec 2021, and thus avert war. There were negotiations in the first month of the war, but the US did not allow it. Ukraine can continue fighting for its handlers but it risks losing more land and life. Russia will take Odessa eventually as that is part of Russian land gifted to Ukraine by Lenin. As for the pipeline, 'every one is blaming Russia' - says the anchor. No, everyone is not blaming Russia. The official western line is it is sabotage but the saboteurs are unknown' - which means the US did it ! The Europeans cannot say it is Russia because they they themselves knows it will sound incredible even to brainwashed Europeans, but they cannot say it is the US, since they are subordinates of the US.
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  2201. The latest in western standard media like Sky is that it is too early to say that Ukraine cannot win, and that Ukraine's strategy is two stage, first is probing for weaknesses, and then after finding that, to launch the big offensive for which the Ukranians have saved 9 brigades and a huge amount of weapons.
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  2202.  @charmaineristivo2563  How many Jews are left standing up and how many Muslims ? Just think about that and see who is desperate about survival.
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  2203. 'Ukraine needs support to the point where they can win.' No one can give that support. If the US cannot do it, GB cannot do it. Don't waste your time, the war is lost. You under estimated Russia. It is a real superpower stronger than the combined west.
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  2204. Blinken the Jew reassures Zelensky the Jew. The Americans are alarmed that Ukraine could collapse before the elections They have come to shore up Ukraine's morale lest Zelensky chucks in the towel.
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  2205. I guess that would be Sweden and Denmark...
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  2206.  @Sheebalba  Ukraine was fighting a war for the US. Now the US has said 'stop', Ukraine has to obey. The Ukrainians are always saying they are fighting on behalf of Europe and the free world.
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  2207. You have already lost in Ukraine. The US is leaving you with the mess and moving on. And you are clutching at Lithuania to save you.
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  2208. It is interesting they do not want to consider at all the possibility the Russians shot the F 16 down !
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  2209. I noticed that !
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  2210.  @marktrotter8971  Ukraine had reneged on neutrality after the US sponsored coup of 2014 and was seeking to enter NATO.
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  2211. Russia will not permit NATO forces in Ukraine. NATO is the creator of this war, how can it be a peacekeeper ? There will be no negotiations. Russia is not asking for negotiations, it has the capacity to continue the war and advance more.
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  2212.  @chrisbarnett6999  Which serious media ? If you mean Western media, they report the govt. view, and the Ukranian view. There is no debate with Russians.
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  2213. Losers have to pretend they are not losing.
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  2214. Some of them will be sold to Russia and Russia might be using them also !
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  2215. Zelensky makes statements beyond his capability to deliver. I shall find out the pilots and sentence them. The reporter himself says the problem is Russia does not have accurate missiles, so it is unintended collateral damage. Then the reporter says even though Severodonetsk had fallen, that is a minor gain. He explains Russian progress is slow. Russians are losing too much. What about the Ukranians ? Are they losing nothing by their Russophobia hiding behind NATO ?
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  2216. Relevant questions. But there is also a fallacy in one statement. What is 'fighting in our style'? Which war has NATO won ? Against which opposition ? Has NATO fought Russia in NATO style ? NATO style to fight Russia is through proxy because it is too cowardly to fight directly.
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  2217. Russia is prevailing. NATO should have thought about the consequences of NATO expansion when experts had warned expansion to Ukraine would lead to war.
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  2218.  @djdangermalawi4706  He is a Hindu aligned with Jewish fascists.
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  2219. Russia is done - did you say that to console yourself out of frustration ?
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  2220. You don't have to wait for the end of the war, Sir Putin has already changed the western 'global order'. This is the global order which was constructed to keep the financial system under western control, makes rules for others, use sanctions and wars against those who would not go along (Iran, Iraq, Russia...), make military alliances to threaten others, make exceptions for oneself to invade Iraq and other countries using false flag threats etc. This global order was maintained by the US by forcing the Arabs to sell oil only in dollars. It gave scope to US arms companies to wage wars and create conflicts, for business - this was behind NATO expansion. Russia has single handedlly initiated the end of the US led western global order. The move to promote trade settlements in non-dollar currencies will have the greatest impact, and it will end end US dominance. Russia has always changed the world. China will join in as it has a clear motive and ability to overtake the US. The rest of the world is lining up behind Russia and China. The west knows it. That is why they are bleating incessantly, but they just can't do anything. They cannot attack Russia like they did Iraq and Afghanistan, as the nuclear sword dangles on their heads. They thought they could win by economic warfare, but Russia gave a rude shock as they are a clear winner on that. The west is burning in rage. The world can see that. The Europeans have to be decide whether they want to go with the world or be America's door mat and commit economic suicide.
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  2221. The ceasefire is designed to buy time and help Ukraine re-arm. The Russians are tough fighters, and they are even tougher in negotiations. The west cannot match them in fighting ability and negotiations.
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  2222. They don't have the courage to send NATO troops to fight weak Russia ! Putin had invited them in 2022 to come to the battlefield and show their strength.
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  2223. It was predictable that Ukraine would resort to terrorism as it loses - and then blame Muslims. Russia's retribution is coming - to Ukraine, not to Muslims. You also know it.
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  2224.  @borghorsa1902  By the same logic, for Russia and the world, Zelenksy should not be alive. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq, so it should not complain if karma has caught up.
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  2225.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  You need to become mature and serious. Making a joke about the lone T-34 for Russia's parade day is fine if it offers you consolation from defeat. However, Ukraine is on the ropes, and their western junk equipment got burnt. The counter offensive is a flop, the 4 oblasts are lost for good, and the US seeing Ukraine's incapability vetoed its entry into NATO.
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  2226. ​ @davidmacdonald1695  'Hardly worth bothering with. Small economy, poodle of China. A minor player.' Then why is Russia on your brain so much ? What is the danger Macron is talking about ? And why did Finland and Sweden run to NATO ?
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  2227. Putin said he will not allow US and NATO to have bases in Ukraine. That was hos objective, that has been achieved. The US now knows Russia is prepared to fight a nuclear war to stop bases in Ukraine. The US does not want to get incinerated for a few bases in Ukraine. Get it ? In year 1, when there was talk of sending troops from a coalition of the willing, Putin said those who think that they can defeat Russia should come to the battlefield and show it. No western country was willing to send troops. France was talking about sending troops, but the Russians killed them, so they have backed off.
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  2228. It is a selective interpretation with western bias. The analysis talks about Russian invasion of 2014, but quietly skips the effect of the US inspired coup of 2014 with Nazi operators like Right Sector and Azov batallion, which led to Russia taking back Crimea because Sevastopol, the HQ of its Black Sea fleet was at risk if Ukraine joined NATO. The Russian invasion only came after the US backed coup. Hence, it is presented without all the US machinations in Ukraine to overthrow govt.. Ukraine is corrupt - the US helped corrupt it with 'influence corruption'. The US armaments industry and agro business were after Ukraine, and the US govt. aided in overthrow of the govt. in 2014. The maker of this video says that 'influence corruption' is less of a problem than the theft type of corruption. That is not correct. Ukraine has got invaded because its politicians succumbed to 'influence corruption' of the US. Victoria Nuland, John MacCain etc. were financing Russophobic groups selectively so they came to power. They thought Russia can be excluded from Ukraine and the US will corner all the cake - agro business, arms, commodities. That was influence corruption, and that instead of theft corruption, brought Ukraine such a severe beating from Russia that Ukraine cannot recover its territory let alone rebuild. The biased video maker quietly skips this aspect . Only Russia is at fault, and the west had no role in Ukraine's downfall.
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  2229. The agreement is only for the port area, and they have not attacked that. They would have fired at some other area in Odessa. Odessa has to eventually return to Russia. In any case, the US announced before that they will hold Russia to account. So I am waiting to hear what the US is going to do.
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  2230. Like saying 'Russia winning is a failure'. The west is demented, they are not able to accept the reality.
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  2231.  @raphaelfundafunda3205  Most of the Palestinians are held without charges or trial. So it is hostages.
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  2232. The war will only end when Ukraine clearly says there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine - that was Russia's original demand. By refusing that and opting for war, Ukraine lost more land - realistically Russia cannot be expected to be give that land back after expending its blood. It is like Israelis did not give up the land they seized in the 1967 war. The west has no issues with Israel, so it should accept Ukraine cannot get the land back. If Ukraine does not accept, Russia will raze the rest of Ukraine.
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  2233. When did Russia say that ?
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  2234.  @hailarwotanaz5848  You are making your own artificial criterion about 3 month encirclement to decide what is success and failure. If Russia wanted to settle it in one day, it could. It can drop a tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev, there would be nothing Ukraine can do to stop it, and the west would not have the guts as it does not want to get incinerated. Russia decided to use more costly methods, but they are getting there. They have taken the coastal areas, they will take the industrial area, and make Ukraine landlocked and strangle Ukraine economically. The west will try to send arms through the rump Ukraine, but Russia strikes at the railway centres and destroys much of the shipment. Somehow you find all this stinging to your false pride, so you make up some artificial points to say Russia is weak or unsuccessful. If the US felt it was strong for one moment, it would jump in and send troops to Ukraine, like it did to get Saddam out of Kuwait. But the US knows it will not last 3 months, it will be fried in an instant by those hypersonic missiles. Why don't you accept the reality ? If you mess with Russia, you will get mauled, whether it is in 3 months or instantly is decided by Russia. Get it ?
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  2235. Maybe this is the Ukranian counter offensive ?
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  2236. Correct, especially if the manufactured arms are supplied free to Ukraine. The armament company makes money from the US govt's order, but whose money is the US govt. giving away ? It will be that of the public.
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  2237. Here this devious (Brahmin ?) minister Jaishankar is being opportunistic and he speaks like the west now. He lambasts the west if it peers into his government's human rights record. He says China is flooding the world and India with cheap goods. What is wrong with that ? Why don't Indians (and westerners) become competitive ? And if they don't like it, why don't Indians and the west ban Chinese goods ?
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  2238. As usual, the analyst is trying to put on a positve spin on western and Ukranian chances. What else can he do ? Land grab was not the an aim as such. The aim is to still deNazify and demilitarise Ukraine and keep NATO out. To deNazify and defang Ukranians, the only way became to occupy Ukraine and eliminate the Russophobes. So be it. The west is interpreting Lavrov's comment as frustration due to supply of Himars - as if 12 of them make a game changer suddenly. Western analysts are infantile and their job is to save face and persuade people the west is winning. Two to four of the Himars have been destroyed and it is said that the Ukranians sold one. Even if this is not true, 12 Himars are not going to make any dent on the outcome. What Lavrov has signalled is ominous. It means the Russians sense Ukraine military is now degraded and Russia can think of now pushing beyond Donbas. And yes, the risk is if Ukraine continues, more land than Donbass will be lost and Lavrov is warning they will not get this back in any negotiations. Russia never said the operation will be 3 days (the west said that), it can be 3 years, Russia can continue. Lavrov said any settlement will be on Russian terms. That is, Russia will continue till Ukraine agrees to cede the occupied land, sign neutrality and distance itself from NATO - or else all of Ukraine will be taken.
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  2239. Lavrov is correct. The end of the western era is before us. Russia has ended it. Boris Johnson sensed it, that is why he was desperate to maintain the 'rules bases international order'. In which invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan can be done unilaterally, and Israel can run an apartheid state with US support. And US could expand NATO to threaten Russia. An order in which US and Britain had the leading roles. As India's foreign minister Jaishankar advised, it is time for the US to join the new world order !
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  2240. Ukraine has not even reached the Russia's first line of defence. The Ukranians have had some skirmishes in the buffer zone, and have had casualties and lost equipment. Petro Poroshenko who earlier was bellicose in his anti-Russianism has now become sobre and realistic. Now he admits the counter offensive is a difficult job, and Ukraine is only doing reconnaisance by fire! He admits Russia built a deep defence, 50 km deep, and he says Russia is still very, very strong..... Well. well, well....Ukraine is becoming realistic about its prospects. Ukraine's supporters were of the belief another Kharhov offensive and quick land grab was about to happen.
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  2241. When Ukraine launches its counter offensive, we shall know as they will issue a postage stamp.
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  2242.  @zhangyiping100  Ukraine was attacking civilians in Belgorod, so Russia decided to create a security belt.
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  2243.  @billcom7066  ' it is literally impossible for Ukraine to take back all the former territories they once had.' That was proved in the 2023 counter offensive. Zelensky is hoping that Russia will return those for Kursk !
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  2244. It is only clear to you that Ukraine is doing well. The US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO and refused to give a timeline based on the realisation the war is lost.
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  2245. No Putin, gave a warning. He asked US to give a security guarantee that US would not put missiles in Russia. US did not give. Then Putin warned he will take military technical action. He does what he says he will do.
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  2246. Banderistan would be a good name.
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  2247. Times Radio's delusional and wishful thinking is reminiscent of the Nazis holed up in Hitler's bunker in Berlin as the Red Army approached. They were partying and consoling themselves Germany had some miracle weapon that would stop the Red Army. When reality is unacceptable, people become delusional. The western media and public show a low IQ response despite their supposed education. Zelensky now says he wants to hold a peace conference and invite Russia ! It is like a German commander defending Berlin putting out a peace offer to the Red Army as it got near Berlin. Last year, Zelensky had said he will never negotiate as long as Putin is there.
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  2248.  @Kleicomolo  No, my friend, the Americans could not fight like the Red Army. Americans withdraw when the casualties are too high. The Russians don't. They are hardy people, and when they fight for their homeland's security, they fight hard. The British General Montgomery asked Eisenhower who was in charge of the western command whether we could make a dash to Berlin ahead of the Soviets. Eisenhower disallowed it, he said the Red Army would then fight the western armies. Germany lost 80% of its army in the eastern front.
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  2249.  @michellebrown4903  Russia has given Ukraine such a blow that Ukraine has given up dream of NATO entrance. The west also would not dare induct them into NATO. Russia has shown NATO is a paper tiger - NATO did not have the guts to put a no fly zone. Ukraine is going to end up broken. So what are you talking about Russia losing ?
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  2250. The instigators are now being reasonable and telling Zelensky the writing is on the wall : Russia is prevailing, he better cede the lost land, otherwise he will be ceding more.
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  2251.  @wolfvale7863  Zelensky says Ukrainians are now losing 100 a day, some of his ministers say 200 a day.
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  2252.  @ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ  Yes, Russia has no choice but to go back to Kiev. First secure Kharkhov and Odessa.
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  2253.  @SlavaUkrainiMax  Who told you that ? Ukraine is getting assaulted in Kupiansk.
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  2254.  @bck481  'the whole world wants to be like us,no one is rushing to live in China or Russia' Your world is rushing to relocate its factories in China. Germany is hit hard by lack of Russian energy, German factories are relocating to China even more, where they can function with Russian energy ! Why ?
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  2255. 'confront Russia & show strenth & power.' You tried, but got defeated by mighty Russia.
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  2256. Unimportant city - why did the Ukranians bust their gut hanging on to it, and why are they trying to retake Bakhmut.
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  2257. Churchill was like Zelensky - a back biting dependent of the US. Stalin met Churchill and had the greatest contempt for the poser.
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  2258. For that kind of widely spread fire, definitely ammo was stored there.
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  2259. We saw German arrogance in the Qatar world cup, they were trying to impose their love for LGBQTs on Qatar.
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  2260. The Smethwick/Birmingham incident was due to a Hindu extremist lady from India who was invited by a temple to give a talk. Apparently in the 1990s, she orrganised Hindu mobs to destroy a Mughal period mosque, and then incited a pogrom against minorities. In the Commonwealth Games, some of these militant Hindu groups were chanting their religious or war slogans in some matches. Hindus did not behave like this 30 years ago. The UK govt. has to stop giving visas to Indians involved in sectarian violence and Nazi groups in India called the RSS. Otherwise, the sectarian riots that have become common place under Hindu nationalist groups in India in recent years will spread to the UK. Pro-active screening for visas for Indians must be introduced and a question must be put if they have been involved in any paramilitary groups like RSS.
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  2261.  天照 林  Do you really think the people who did not want to send troops to Ukraine because they did not want to die, will fight a nuclear war with Russia in which they will be incinerated ? I don't think so. Kissinger said long ago that the US will not fight a nuclear war with USSR to save Germany and Europe. The same is the situation now. Everyone will try to save themselves.
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  2262. He is Norwegian.
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  2263. Is it disgusting to end a lost war ?
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  2264.  @tiii4017  'they havent lost anything :D, all those places russia has, has been under their regime since 2014 -.-' In that case, what is Ukraine fighting for ? Give back Russia all the Russian speaking areas and cities built by Russia like Kharkhov and Odessa.
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  2265. How will the war in Ukraine play out this spring? The US is pushing Ukraine for a counter offensive. Ukraine is ill prepared as it has lost a lot of manpower. Ukraine is being treated as a firm funded by US venture capital. Ukraine has to show some positive result and there is a deadline. If the results are not promising, funding will be cut and Ukraine will be sent for negotiated liquidation. Zelensky has said that if the offensive is not successful, he will have to accept unacceptable consequences (that is, lose land).
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  2266. Wishful thinking after months of Kherson offensive and no progress.
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  2267. The losers have no choice mate but to accept the terms of the winner. Ukraine chose to renege unilaterally its neutrality, although that was the understanding by which it got independence. It chose to bring in NATO, thinking it could defeat Russia. It went back on the Istanbul accord. Ukraine and the west lost after choosing to fight instead of accepting neutrality, so you cannot set the terms. There is no cognitive dissonance. At the end of WW 2, Germany had to accept unconditional surrender and Stalin set the terms for Nazis and their collaborators. Get it ?
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  2268. What is the takeaway from this video ? The Sky report is no longer upbeat about Ukraine's military prospects in Bakhmut, hence the emphasis on the volunteer Lyudmilla's work, giving biscuits and water to the war front - as if that will change the outcome. The report conveys a tone of resignation. It is clear that Bahkhmut is going the same way as Mariopol and the Russians will take it eventually. The Bandera army is being minced in Bakhmut and Russia will clear Donbass of them.
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  2269.  @jonye7511  The Africans prefer to do business with Russia and China. The terms and conditions for doing business are better than with the west. Russia has agreed to give free grain to the countries affected by loss of Ukrainain grain. Russia and China do not have your dark colonial record. The Africans distrust the west from experience. You look down on Africans, so leave. You are going to resort to sanctions. The result will be more will pivot away from trade using western currencies.
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  2270. Hinduism cannot exist without caste. Abolishing caste means abolishing Hinduism. The only way to abolish caste (for India to progress) is conversion to Christianity or Islam. Besides casteism, India has another problem they call communalism. This is sectarianism, that is Hindus persecuting Christians, Sikhs and Muslims. Hindus are into lynching and communal riots of minorities. For this, the upper castes use the low castes for mob violence. The analysis is absolutely correct. The caste system is the reason India will remain a backward country. Hinduism is India's main problem.
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  2271.  @piyushbawane2000  Christians and islamic civilised you, otherwise you would have remained dacoits. The British brought you education and good governance, and law and order. Without them, you have reverted to your former character - mob riots, rape, dacoity. Look at your Hindu king Modi - he committed a genocide to get elected. As for your comment of 'looted us of the wealth that we created with system of hindusim sanathan dharma', I read a book by Kancha Illaiah who says high caste Hindus looted the low castes who tilled the land and created the wealth, but who could not sell their produce. sanathan dharma means caste system. People left the Hindu fold and became Christians and Muslims, precisely because of sanathan dharma. Why don't you have common sense to realise that ? As the video says, India cannot become developed because of the caste system. It is obvious. Why should the high caste minority hold the majority to ransom and keep them undeveloped ? For India to become developed, the only way is conversion.
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  2272.  @Scorch428  Giving up nukes was a condition for Ukraine getting independence. Those nukes were made in Russia and they took them back.
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  2273. The reasoning is : Ukraine cannot win, the west is defeated, let us be realistic, we cannot fight and defeat Russia. We tried everything.
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  2274.  @rao521  What is the purpose of your reply ? It is unconnected with the subject that Ihlan Omar raised : the persecution of India's minorities as a state policy by its current government. Can you deny that churches were attacked during Christmas, Muslims have been lynched over cows, and Muslim houses were bulldozed for protesting their persecution, while police join Hindu rioters (BBC video of Delhi riots during Trump's visit) ? The US and western countries do not have elected representatives reporting to a Nazi organisation like the RSS, they report to their constitutions. There is no state sponsored attack on minorities in the west. People in the west do not go and lynch Hindus for example because they worship the cows or idols. So don't compare yourself to any western country, you are sliding to the worst of the third world, and you don't want to come out of it. Don't try to deflect India's current abymsal governance by bringing in colonial history. No one is damaging India today other than Hindus. No point blaming minorities, or former western colonialists. Address the problem for India's current failure : Hindu fascism. At one stage, India was presented as a rising democratic success, but not anymore. Hindu extremism, not Ihlan Omar, has undone India's former fair reputation.
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  2275.  @rao521  Churchill is not here. He is not the one who assasinated Gandhi, he is not the one raising Hindus mobs to beat up minorities, or lynch people over cows. These are done by Hindu 'nationalists' (that is the polite term used in the western press; the correct is Hindu fascism or Hindu Nazism). How can Churchill be blamed for the current Hindu fetish for Nazism ? I only mentioned that Churchill said Indians will not be able to rule themselves, sooner or later they will fight between themselves. It has come later than he thought, but we can see it in front of our eyes. It is good that Ihlan Omar raised the alert on the menace of Hindu Nazism. Why do Hindus want to destroy India and lead it to civil war ? What are you trying to prove ? I have been to India and China and frankly I am not impressed by India.
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  2276.  @rao521  The Gujarat riots were broadcast and your PM (before he became a PM) was persona non grata as a result as he was the chief organiser. The riots were triggered by Modi sending Hindu mobs to raise a temple for a Hindu god king. The train was burnt by Hindu group RSS, the same group that assasinated Gandhi, and to which Modi belongs. All this known. So why are you bluffing ?
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  2277. Yes, I noticed that he is being objective - because he can see defeat is unavoidable.
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  2278. Retaking Crimea ? Russia will end Kiev with a nuclear strike. Ukraine is losing Bakhmut but thinks it can get Crimea back. Why does DW bring partisan military analysts ? He says Ukranians are good at feinting and decieving the Russians - and adds 'lets us hope they will deceive the Russians'. His feeling of impotent frustration is so high he adds his emotions ! Such partisan analysts are not objective, they float their wishes and project Ukraine's capability more than the actual.
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  2279. Denmark can be ignored, it is irrelevant
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  2280. Just analyse the convoluted argument of Eggert to cover up for western defeat. He says Ukraine is in this (losing) position because we did not want them to win ! And why ? Because we were afraid and uncertain what will happen in Russia if Putin is overthrown ! This is an escape from reality. When you refused Putin's request for a security guarantee, it was based on your conviction that Putin would be overthrown due to sanctions. But Russia defeated you in the economic warfare designed to overthrow Putin. And you tried everything to make Ukraine win in 2023, Stoltenberg said NATO gave 98% of what Ukraine asked for the counter offensive. But that too failed. As for taking the war to Russia, that too was not possible - not because you were afraid Putin would be overthrown, but because he would nuke you. He carries out what he says. The writing is on the wall. Ukraine is being defeated and the aid will not making any difference. If you think allowing Ukraine to strike Russia with western missiles will work, you will find first Russia will use a tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine, and if any western country wanted to fight, they too would get it. That is what is meant buy 'we do not want Putin to fail'. Putin will not fail as he is resolute and he will use nuclear weapons (he has made that clear). For the US govt., the only issue is that Zelensky hangs on till the election. After that, if Trump comes, he will stop support for Ukraine; and if Biden comes, he will hand the failed US project to the unfit Europeans to carry on.
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  2281. You sound like some one who cannot actually refute Pappe, so you indulge in character assassination to discredit him with claims that he is not credible - without explaining what he said that is incredible ! Israel is a horrible apartheid state and Pappe explains all this.
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  2282.  @WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq  Yes, it is only you to blame. Who told you to expand NATO and threaten Russia ? What was the purpose ? Is Ukraine better off as a result ? Is the west better off ?
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  2283.  @callsigndd9ls897  Russia is equally determined that there will be never be US bases in Ukraine. The war can continue for years, or a tactical nuclear weapon might be used to force surrender.
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  2284. Raisat Akibova is from the Muslim region of Dagestan. The Muslims in Russia respect Putin because he attends Muslim festivals and has stated he will never allow the kind of cartoons published in the France and Denmark, or burning of Quran in Sweden ,under the guise of freedom of speech. He is a unifying leader.
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  2285.  Fresh Russian Meat  Surrender does not mean death.
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  2286.  @EsterTechSter  What is the other outcome ? How is Ukraine going to win when it has lost land - slowly but surely - and its handlers are reaching a stage where they cannot afford to support Ukraine ?
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  2287. Ukraine has to cede territory as it has no future. If it fights more, it loses more. What is it that you do not understand ?
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  2288.  @LasseEklof  Ukraine was given independence on the condition it will (1) return the nuclear weapons and (2) it will be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia. 'Ukraine neither will nor should give Russia any of what they stole. ' Crimea, Odessa, Kharkhov were always Russian, they will built by Russians and Russia gave it as good will. First these lands were attached to Ukraine when the Soviet Union was formed; and when it was disbanded, Russia gave away the Russians parts in a good will gesture as it did not imagine the Ukrainians would back stab them. Therefore Ukraine is ended. One has to accept the consequences of one's actions. The US is a war mongering nations, the Europeans assist the US, and that is where the problem. Without US incitement, Ukraine would have got along with Russia - and would have been intact still. But due to US incitement, it is no more. Get it ? Look at your faults and rectify them. Cut out your duplicitous reference to UN. You people steadfastly aid and abet Israel when it has flouted UN resolutions. The US and UK ignored the UN and invaded Iraq. So just cut out your moral posturing and shut up. You are not the policeman of the world. Finns were Nazis in WW 2 and you have no right to speak against Russia.
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  2289. You mean for fascists and white supremacists, your Great White Hope is blameless.
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  2290. You always acted with America, invading Afghanistan, taking anti-Russian stance - so why should Trump not think there should be no border between Canada and the US ?
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  2291.  @jasondrummond9451  'Canada, Denmark, France, Germany - ALL NATO members sent troops to assist in Afghanistan.' You honoured your NATO commitment because you are vassals. If the Baltics or Poland misbehaved with Russia, and Russia had to take punitive action, it is a delusion to think the US will come to fight Russia for you. Article 5 only says an attack against one is an attack on all, but the action is left to individual states. I know which action the US will take when it comes to fight Russia.
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  2292.  @eneagiordano7183  Best to shut up and keep quiet. Even if it is Russia, Britain cannot say so publicly, and get into a confrontational posture, otherwise Russia would notch it up. Never provoke the bear.
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  2293.  @matthewrampley1894  She is sitting safely somewhere outside Ukraine and finds it amusing.
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  2294. 'Putin the squealing mouse looking up and shaking his fist' - what is your answer to Hazel ? The Americans and British cannot make a hypersonic missile, let alone defend against it.
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  2295. Being taken by Russia is also an accolade.
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  2296. The Times Radio strategy : When your are defeated, project losses for Russia in the future, as a coming victory for yourself...and spew out curses. Times Radio is talking about 2025, not 2024. Because 2024 is Russia's year. In 2025, there is time for more fabrications.
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  2297. According to DW, Ukraine is retreating to more strategic positions. There is always a positive spin. In this report, it acknowledges loss of Severodonetsk - but predicts all the US weaponry will be a game changer.
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  2298. Blame game means things are not going to desire.
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  2299. As usual, Russians are taking huge casualties in going to for Kursk.... More like Russia played its cards correctly on Kursk, they did not panic, they kept Ukraine pinned in Kursk, so the Ukrainians cannot move forwards or withdraw - meanwhile Russia advances in Donbass.
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  2300. Wars are not won on wishes for what you do not have.
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  2301. Yes, Ursula von Leyen declared Ukraine is part of the European family, so Ukraine can now enjoy being upgraded to the superior status of European, with power cuts.
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  2302.  @casualdrifterendgames7307  Wrong, he has set up rouble-rupee trade with India. No need for dollar. Like that, with China using yuan. Hence, it s the dollar that is set to devalue. Russia is turning upside the western financial system, and that is the best outcome for the world.
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  2303. The problem is not that Macron and Scholz have no credibility for negotiations, the problem is Macron and Scholz would need US permission for any negotiations. All the Europeans including France, Germany and UK are subordinates of the US. They imagine it is friendship and shared values with the US, so they are 'willing subordinates', but the fact is, they are subordinates, so they cannot defy the master.
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  2304. You are right about 'hit the enemy as hard and as fast as you can, get into his soft rear areas before he has time to react.' Since Ukraine could not do that, you have to agree Ukraine's defeat is written all over. As for the US in Iraq, it was the reverse - you were a superpower fighting a small country which did not have any support. So you could do what you say was needed.
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  2305.  @MatejzKosic  When the US ran away from Kabul, they did not bother to tell their NATO allies !
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  2306.  @orttop  Bears do fight civilians if you encroach on their territory. Polar bears are cute but they are vicious when they fight.
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  2307.  @lorrainetaylor5894  What is the clue that I did not give ? Ukraine and west thought Russia was bluffing when it said 'give us a security guarantee or else we take military-technical action'. Then Ukraine got mauled. Here, Lithuania took a provocative action, saying they are following EU orders. When they get a beating, the EU will look the other way. They will ask Lithuania to cede land as they are asking Ukraine.
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  2308.  @mingmuyiyang8615  'So, even now or in the future, India will never be able to defeat China. Now, do you think India can stand tall in the world like China? Absolutely impossible.' I agree with you. I have been to India and China and I can see which of the two is cut out to be a superpower. India's albatross is Hindu caste culture. Indians are intrinsically divided within Hindus, and between Hindus and non-Hindus. Modi wallows in divisiveness and most Hindus go along with it.
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  2309. The present Poland is a gift of Stalin. Stalin even gave Poland the famous Polish general of the Red Army, Rokossovsky, as the first defence minister of Poland. The Poles seem to have a suicidal wish to fight Russia. In which case they will be Ukrained.
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  2310.  @Vorioth  Russia never said it will be a 3 days operation. Cite me the link. This was said by a US general, Milley (that was his expectation). This is now attributed to the Russians and quoted dumbly by people like you. Russia does not announce when its offensive will be . They only announce when it is done. Like Bakhmut. They have announced their targets. The war will only end on condition Ukraine does not join NATO. The US conceded that in Vilnius when it vetoed Ukraine from NATO.
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  2311. So Russians do not have proper uniforms, helmets, body armor, reasonable accommodation, training, guns that fire safely, ammunition that is not 50 years old, Medical kits, Medical treatment, sleeping bags, or pay. But they have somehow returned Ukrainians to the 16th century, with no electricity and water. Bakhmut is now getting ready for the Mariopol treatment. Ukraine will be returned to its agricultural roots.
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  2312. 6 months ago, Fareed was a typical western hawk against Russia, confidently exuding western supremacy about Russia's inevitable defeat. Now, he knows Russia has as good as won the economic war and is strangling, not only Ukraine, but Europe also, by squeezing its energy supply. He has also catalysed the end of the dollar as the sole currency for trade settlements, which in the long term will undermine US power. Now that Fareed has realised that the west and the US have shot themselves in the foot, he is feebly trying a line to salvage the west ! He wants Biden to tell the rest of the world, that the US is only using the dollar as a weapon in an exceptional circumstance because there was a threat to the 'rules based international order'. He wants Biden to assure the dollar will not be used against the rest of the world. But the US has used dollar as a weapon against Iran, Venzuela, Afghanistan and stolen their money. [The US has become so cynical and desperate in its greed to maintain supremacy, that Biden blew up Nordstream to make sure that Germany never connected with Russia for gas after the war is over. Even Europeans (at least those who can think) will have doubts about trusting the US on rules based international order !] As for the 'rules based international order', it is a pompous and self righteous term used by the west (BoJo, Biden, Fareed....) and hated by the rest as it is used duplicitously. Putin asked recently what is this 'rules based international order', has anyone seen the rules, has the whole world been consulted ? The rules are created for the enemies, the west can have exceptions, and ignore the rules when it suits them. Thus, Blair and Bush fabricated a lie about WMDs, invaded Iraq, without consulting the UN or anyone else. No one called them war criminals, or had them tried. The same with Afghanistan. The west can insult anyone, pronounce judgement, seize others money (theft), demand regime change, invade. Fareed needs to get real and not talk like a naive person and imagine the rest of the world is stupid. The rest of the world has suffered the west's rules based order, so they will not believe if Biden followed Fareed's advice and said this theft of Russian money is a one-off thing, taken only to preserve the 'rules based international order'. The fact is Putin has single-handedly ended the western order. There is no going back to it. The rest of the world realises that too, and they support Putin. The fact is the west cannot invade Russia (like they could Iraq) to preserve the dollar. Russia dangles the nuclear sword on them. Nor can the west win the economic war, which they imagined they could. Putin has a very clear understanding of geopolitics, and economics, and he has the will power to execute it. There is no leader like him in the collective west. In a way, Putin is another Stalin, that only Russia can produce - one changes the flow of world history. Hence, Fareed good try, but the rest of the world mistrusts Americans from experience. Biden himself will not be able to say what you advise because even he knows he has no credibility.
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  2313. The US has an agenda to break up the EU and stop the euro being a competitor to the dollar. How much money would Boris have taken from the US to push Brexit ? How much money would Boris have taken from the US to stop Ukraine agreeing to a negotiated settlement with Russia ?
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  2314.  @marketads1  You don't know Boris went to see Zelensky to stop Ukraine signing a peace agreement with Russia in Turkey ? He would have done that on US orders. Trump has always been against EU. He congratulated Brexit and he told a French leader (to Le Pen I think) to think about a Frexit. The euro is a competitor to the dollar. The EU is a subordinate of the US but that does not mean the US would not like it broken up.
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  2315. Europe faces de-industrialisation as well ! Aluminium and steel factories are shutting, there is danger BASF might shut.
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  2316. Stalin, Peter, Lenin, Catherine..made Russia into a great and powerful nation.
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  2317. NATO said it had given 98% of what Ukraine needed for its counter offensive. We now need the missing 2%. That must be the F 16s.
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  2318.  @electronicfarts5105  Kiev is a long way - then why are the Ukro Nazis shouting about coming Russian offensive and demanding tanks and planes ? Russia has not stated any offensive to take Kiev.
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  2319.  @scotmark  The US did not want to negotiate to avoid start of the war, now Putin has slowly but surely got the upper hand and is now unwilling to negotiate.
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  2320. The situation is very dire she says. Indeed, Ukraine has only one option to survive : unconditional surrender, and get rid of NATO. Otherwise, Ukraine will be driven into a pre-industrial era, and NATO and EU cannot stop it. Only the Russians can spare Ukraine.
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  2321. Good positive spin. Business as usual. Russia should do more.
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  2322. @Li F Your analysis is one dimensional and shallow. The war is a combination of military and economic warfare. Ukraine cannot survive one day without US money. That money supply is not indefinite. There are Congressional changes and the Republicans have said Ukraine cannot have a blank cheque. Ukraine's financiers are the west, and Russia has squeezed their economies which forces them at some stage to tone down the support for Ukraine. Russia has the upper hand when military + economic warfare is taken into account. At some stage, Ukraine will be abandoned by the US like Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq.
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  2323.  @knowledge3563  Message to future generations : no one goes and threatens Russia and wins. Napoleon, Hitler. And the same with US and NATO endeavours to make a Ukraine a backyard to threaten Russia.
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  2324. Russia is not interested in a frozen conflict, or any interlude.
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  2325.  @Karl_der_Genosse  De-dollarisation is an economic phenomena. Two countries that have a trade transaction would be paying money to the US if they do it in dollar. It puts up the cost of their business. The US has seized the assets of some countries or is blocking the use of dollars, so naturally economic relations continue without the dollar. Whether it is economics or politics, de-dollarisation is on the move, and with it, the US's power to print dollars and wage wars diminishes gradually. Get it ?
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  2326. But you people destroyed dams in Germany and made movies to celebrate. So why the pious cant ?
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  2327.  @REGameFly  'We're just giving people time to get ready'. You mean to say you are giving people time to provoke Russia and get a beating ? Like Lithuania trying another rail embargo on Kaliningrad.
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  2328.  @tenorio295  You tell me Lithuania is a mini country. In which case it should not have embarked on blockading Kaliningrad. As for NATO, Lithuania is in NATO, so why did it not continue with the blockade and assume Article 5 protection ? Probably because when the Russian deputy said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered, it realised it will be Ukrained and the US will not fight for it. Get it ? Lithuania believed Russia's word on reconsidering its independence more than NATO's protection.
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  2329. Russia is out of ideas to stop Ukraine’s counter-offensive - as if Ukraine knows what it can achieve. The Russians have had plenty of time to build fortifications. For Ukraine, it will be like invading a country (Russia) as the new borders of Russia are well fortified. It is no longer a case of Ukraine getting back its territory. There are no more Ukranians left in Donbass to support the Ukranian forces. Either they have evacuated to Ukraine, or Russia, or been killed. Hence, for Ukraine it will be like trying to conquer Russia. An invading force takes 3x the casualties.
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  2330.  @smallpeople172  So how will your aid work ? Ukraine had a failed counter offensive, the Russians massacred their troops, the could not retrieve any land, the Ukranians lost more ground, how are they going to get it back ? A second counter offensive ? The Russians will not allow them a breather to regroup.
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  2331.  @ekahab  The shells are not available, the Czechs have been scouting for them, the volume needed is simply not there, money cannot buy. Patriots are not there off the shelf, it depends if someone is willing to give an old one.
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  2332. Things are not going all the Russian way, Bell hastily adds. Means much of it is going the Russian way. The caveats come in early to reassure the west.
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  2333. Russia will deindustrialise Germany and Europe. The steel, aluminium and metal factories are shutting down. Once these are gone, they cannot be revived. The automotive industry will be affected. Europe cannot live on financial services and it does not have IT and Silicon Valley. Germany should have had the courage to stand up to America. The Soviet Union agreed to reunite Germany against the wishes of Thatcher and Mitterrand. Germany should therefore have stood with Russia.
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  2334. Musk has all the money, but he is destructive to countries, as he supports fascism and Nazism. He is a South African from the last days of apartheid, that is where it comes from. What he is saying is Farage is not fascist enough for Musk's liking, so he will be a loser.
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  2335. The shameless liar says 'they invade other countries while we uphold international rules....' Hmm - who invaded Iraq, who is supporting Israeli apartheid state ? When I hear such liars, I salute Russia (and China) for bringing a new world order in which Rutte and his ilk will have no say.
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  2336.  @SimonPaterson-b5c  Well the west admits after one week, Ukraine's counter offensive has nothing to show except losses of men and Bradleys and tanks. The Bandera army's counter offensive is nothing like the mighty Red Army's Operation Bagration against the German army over a 1000 km front, which broke through and cleared the way to Berlin. Listening to the hype, I thought it will be like Operation Bagration
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  2337. Biden and Blinken are praying, please do not defeat Ukraine before the US elections !
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  2338. It is a price worth paying because she says Ukranians are part of the European family.
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  2339.  @jackboot3946  When Ukraine became independent, it gave a constitutional guarantee to Russia it would be neutral - otherwise Russia would not have agreed to its independence. Afterwards, due to American machinations and the rise of the far Right in Ukraine, the Ukranians changed the constitution and put NATO entry as an objective. Ukraine reneged on its constitutional pledge it gave Russia on neutrality. Hence, a course correction by Russia became necessary.
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  2340.  @jackboot3946  Besides giving up nukes, the deal to get independence was they they would be a neutral nation and not enter into any military alliance directed against Russia. After the 2014 coup instigated by the Americans, Ukraine put into their constitution they would seek NATO entry. Thereby they reneged a key commitment they gave for independence. Russia had taken a chance giving a core state independence; in my view, Russia should not have given Ukraine independence. Ukraine has not shown the political skill and foresight how to navigate between Russia and the US. It thought by sailing with the US, it could push off Russia. The result of this folly is they have lost their sovereignty and part of Ukraine will be taken back by Russia, and the rest will be kept unsettled by western and Russian rivalries.
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  2341.  @piotra71  Poland fits the saying 'gros bouhces, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. Diplomacy and good behaviour, instead of showing off militancy, is the best way to avoid a beating.
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  2342. 'Throughout this conflict the US have been a bad faith actor. No strategy and lies from the start.' You realised that now after being defeated. You can blame that sinking Jew Nuland.
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  2343. Peter wanted something more comparable with France, but he was for a strong Russia, not for servility to the French or anyone else in Europe.
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  2344.  @Green-tf8uw  That is what I said, so what is your point ? Peter the Great looked to the west in order to modernize his country and transform it into a power of it's own. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union took another leap, and industrialised in 10 years and became a military super power. But Gorbachov undid it, and the west took advantage. Under Putin, Russia has rebuilt its economy in the capitalist system and come back, and is not going to put up with American efforts to threaten it. The rest of the Europeans are subordinates thinking they could benefit from the American scheme, but when the polar bear gnashes, it will be the neighbours who bear the immediate brunt. The Ukrainians and the Europeans are learning the painful way.
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  2345. The US is being cagey - nothing to do with us !
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  2346. The American belief that the Russian economy will collapse like a house of cards is similar to what the Nazis thought about the Soviet Union. The Nazis also thought German technology was supreme and Russians would be fighting with bows and arrows. The Europeans and Americans still think the same way now. They are victims of their own echo box propaganda. Indeed, the west thought the Russian economy would fold in weeks due to their sanctions, crowds will come on the street, Putin will be overthrown, and the Americans would get a Zelensky type they could control in Moscow, and sanctions could be lifted. But Sir Putin is a judo black belt, he deftly threw the western economy onto the floor ! In fact, he has single handedly ended the western 'rules based order'. He is de-industrialising Europe and has taken steps to accelerate the decline of the dollar.
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  2347. It is like a heavyweight boxer has knocked down a lightweight boxer. The latter is squirming on the floor. The referee and the crowd urge the lightweight to get up and fight on, as they bet on him and they will lose all their money.
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  2348.  @Morwenna1220  The west does not have more and more effective weapons nor can it be supplied in quantity. Zelensky himself sends SOSs every day saying he has only 10% of what he needs. Russia has the ultimate weapon. A tactical nuclear weapon will settle the issue. No NATO country would dare to intervene. The battle for Ukraine is lost. That is the reality. Russia could have taken the Donbass and then negotiated, but they see the Ukrainians are weakened, and the west does not have the resources to continue supporting Ukraine when they are faced with an economic crisis, so Russians think it is better to continue and take more. Time is not on Ukraine's side.
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  2349.  @Morwenna1220  If Ukraine had joined NATO earlier, the war would have come earlier. Finland and Sweden only showed they are feeble and cowardly countries. Russia had made no noise against them. You over rate NATO. Russia will take action against any country in NATO if they threaten its security. Article 5 is not a block. When NATO and the US were talking about a 'no fly zone', Putin said 'you will face consequences you have not faced in your life'. The US and NATO meekly announced there will be 'no fly zone''. Hence, the issue is not that being in NATO provides security, the issue is if you threaten Russia's security, being part of NATO will not save you. Recently, Lithuania thought it could misbehave with Russia and blockade Kaliningrad. A Russian MP said Lithuania's independence will be challenged. The EU and others intervened and made Lithuania block off.
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  2350.  @Morwenna1220  You are clutching at straws. By the time your weapons arrive and you train them, Russia will advance and take Krematorsk and Slovainask, and after the front line will move to the Dnieper. The Himars do not make much difference. 30% will be destroyed by Russia, a few will be sold. Ukrainian do not have F 16 much of an airforce. The Ukranians and the west talk too much. The Russians do not not talk much, they do.
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  2351.  @VisibilityFoggy  So why don't you match your talk with action and eliminate the entire Russian air force at this point ? Cowardice perhaps ? Putin did invite you come to the battlefield and see if you can defeat Russia.
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  2352.  @mereassassinates550  Sure, the Russians taught the French a lesson in 1812. The French and Germans are the most reluctant in Europe to fight with Russia because they have faced the consequences.
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  2353. Ukraine hit by uprecedented wave of air strikes targeting energy facilities - but they and their western handlers in this video are still dreaming of getting Crimea back. Behind the scenes, one can see a subtle shift in the western stance. The war is now not charted by Putin but by a professional Russian general Surovkin. That is how it should be. In wars, you don't hold territory if it is not defensible, you give it up, and concentrate the attack in another region or by other means. In chess, sometimes you sacrifice a knight or bishop to win the game. Surovkin has done that. The decision is to destroy the power infra structure. The intention is not to harm civilians per se, it is to reduce Ukraine's fighting ability. Despite western media saying Russia has run out of missiles, and Russian missiles are inaccurate, and that US missile systems are shooting them down 100%, somehow Ukraine's power grid is down. The triumphalism over Kherson is fading, as the tactic changes and Ukraine is being hit from the air. Russia should have destroyed the power infrastructure at the beginning. They were too soft. But Surovkin is not soft, he said he will take tough decisions. Withdrawing from Kherson was one, and going after the power is the other. The west is once again realising retaking of Kherson is not going to bring a Ukranian victory. The west will have to funnel money and equipment indefinitely as Russia is capable and ready to continue. The problem for the west is that Russia has won the economic war, and they are de-industrialising Europe, so funding Ukraine becomes a problem. Russia is undermining the western financial system that the west used to control the world. The west is now using the Polish missile strike to clip Zelenksy's wings. Normally, they will not say anything that benefits Russia, but it is a signal to Ukraine that endless funding would not be possible. Despite their public stance that Ukraine is winning (Kherson is evidence), the US has started directing Ukraine to negotiate. Zelensky does not like it, but the west is using his stance over the Polish missile to undermine him. More such incidents will occur.
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  2354. The problem with western analysis is that it is always self-exculpatory. This commentary ends with the comment all this is due to the whim of a leader - that is, it is due to an irrational person. It does not look at what Ukraine did by inciting militant Russophobia, and seeking to enter NATO when one of the conditions it agreed to with Russia for independence was that it would not enter into any military alliance. The commentary also does not mention American machinations to bring Ukraine into NATO, like staging the coup in 2014.
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  2355. Germany agreed to commit economic suicide to support US's NATO led expansion. The polls seem to say Germans support Ukraine, then they should accept the consequences.
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  2356.  @batanena  Everything goes according to US plans because most Europeans think they have common shared values with Americans. The European leadership, media and much of the public also believe in this.
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  2357. Did you have similar respect for Arabs and Afghans when they faced bombings by the US and NATO, or Palestinians facing Israeli bombings ? That would be different for you, right ?
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  2358. Sweden and Scandinavian were always pretentious, trading on neutrality, and posing as high minded liberals. But Sweden's shrill anti-Russianism and support for NATO shows its neutrality was bogus. And neo Nazis and white supremacists were always lurking below the surface waiting for their turn. Now with the economic crunch and job losses caused by the energy crisis, the neo Nazis will become prominent.
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  2359. Ukraine will not conserve its troops. It is cheaper to defend, when you attack you expend resources and manpwoer.
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  2360. What happened about that counter offensive the Ukranians had launched that was reported to be liberating Kherson while the Russians were tied up in Severodontsk ? The Ukranians are asking the population of Kherson and other regions to vacate so they do not get caught in the Ukranian counter offensive.
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  2361. Indeed, it is a coincidence. Lithuanians should not get into a fight with Russia, otherwise you will end up like Ukraine.
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  2362. And this divided America with native anti-democrats wants to fight Russia using Ukraine. What will happen when the economic pinch gets worse ? More will rally round Trumpist anti-democrats.
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  2363. Countries like Lithuania have a suicidal streak.Some time ago, Lithuania announced a partial blockade of Kaliningrad citing EU sanctions - till a Russian lawmaker said Lithuania's independence should be re-examined. After that the EU forced Lithuania to back down.
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  2364. Britain can afford both, what is the problem ?
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  2365.  @tomgnyc  'a lot of european countries have also lost their self confidence and independence and just kowtow to the US.' In fact, all of them without exception are door mats of the US.
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  2366.  @vrvaughn  'Time for Ukraine to take this war to Moscow..' They will announce it months before they are ready, and you will be waiting with bated breath.
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  2367. I do not see this in any other channel. It is fake news. Times Radio is an unsubtle British propaganda channel that likes to hyper ventilate about a Russian threat about which they cannot do anything.
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  2368.  @sorinancuta3934  You should think not only about what he said but what he did not say, and why. The German diplomat has said Ukraine has to settle for losing Crimea. Why is he saying this now ? Because he can see the Ukranians are going to be defeated. Ukraine does not have the shells or the manpower. The western leaders know that. What the western diplomat does not say and cannot say is that the reality now is Ukraine will have to give up the Donbass also. The west claims the Ukranians inflicted heavy casualties on the Russians, so why should Russia give up Donbass when it is won with such hard effort ? It is not going to happen. Russia has the upper hand and they don't need negotiations. The west needs an off-ramp. The west did not negotiate in Dec. 2021 to avoid the war as required by the Budapest Memorandum in case of a dispute, instead they supported Ukraine to flout the understanding that Ukraine's independence was linked to neutrality, thinking Ukraine and western sanctions will defeat Russia. But Russia flipped the western economies and systematically decimated and attritioned Ukraine. Russia has the weapons and ammo to continue a long war, Ukraine and the west do not have it.
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  2369. Boris Johnson compared Britain's exit from the EU to Ukraine's fight with Russia.
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  2370.  @petefrys545  Ukraine is not US or EU business either.
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  2371. Perhaps Britain can learn from Xi how to negotiate with Trump : be tough, match tariff with counter tariff. Or like subtle Putin, flatter Trump with a painting of him playing golf !
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  2372.  @drozdforce8853  It is a pity of course. Ukraine had a golden chance with its independence to run itself as a sovereign state, but unfortunately they did not have the political maturity to manage a bi-ethnic state, nor the diplomatic skills with all neighbours. The rise of Russophobic Ukranian militants encouraged and abetted by the US, has led to a great power confrontation over Ukraine's body.
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  2373. 'Ukraine aid is investment not charity' - indeed it is for Lockheed and similar blood suckers. The arms companies invited the Ukranian delegation to a reception with cards printed with their logos ! It is an investment. In the current case, Ukraine cannot pay for the arms. Lockheed and its board will be paid by the American govt. aka the American taxpayer. The American public is too dumb to realise. Ukrainians pay only with their blood. They are even dumber.
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  2374.  @stevelauda5435  I always say Lvov. Kharkov instead of Kharkiv.
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  2375. You told us west and Ukraine are winning a war against Russia, so what is the statement about waking up, Russia is at war. Presumably you are awake, that is why you are winning the war. Or were you lying earlier ?
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  2376. He is not beefing with Russia though.
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  2377.  @Asusexp  Tucker Carlson did say the streets of Moscow are cleaner and safer than any in the US. He said it was not an ideological statement, just an observation of what he experienced.
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  2378.  @kieronspiteri  'ukraine didn't lose anything'. Then why is the US pressing for ceasefire and negotiations ? Russia should continue till Ukraine feels it is losing something.
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  2379. Another propaganda film. Humanitarian group or a disguise for mercenary work ?
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  2380. You can see Ledwidge spouting contradictions as he struggles to put on a brave face in a hopeless cause. He warns there will be casualties - he means a lot of Ukranian are going to be killed; if it is Russians, he would not care, he would not say it. Ukraine is going with just 60,000 against 300,000. They themselves said earlier when the Russians were dislodging Ukrainians, the attacking party needs 3x the manpower. He admits it will be long and hard and it won't be finished by December - but he adds Ukraine will win before the US elections ! He says the US is going to stay with Ukraine come what may - then why does Ukraine need to win before US elections ? There will be set backs he says, but Ukranians are set to win. What a pile of contradictions !
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  2381. All wishful thinking born out of sense of western defeat !
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  2382. First they said 3.
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  2383. The west is making a mistake appeasing and allowing Zelensky to blackmail the west.
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  2384.  @anacc3257  Don't put on airs. You did not care about wars in Afghanistan, and Iraq. You maintained apartheid in South Africa and now Israel. You have created a war in Ukraine with NATO expansion.
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  2385. Ukraine is already defeated and in an impossible position. You mean Trump will finish off Ukraine.
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  2386.  @frankbevan413  Europe does not have the money.
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  2387. I scratched my head to see if the UK did anything to Russia that might have caused this.
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  2388.  @matty_mcmattface  What you have written is correct. Ukraine should have avoided seeking entrance into NATO. Putin said he had no objection to Ukraine joining EU as that is only an economic alliance. The US of course organised the 2014 coup to advance the interests of its arms merchants.
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  2389. @Warped Sounds True, let us hope the US does not create conditions where Sarmat needs to be tested in the US.
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  2390.  @AhmedAli-hu4vb  The western public has been brainwashed by their politicians that joining NATO is a matter of inexorable sovereignty. Only Ukraine can decide whether it wants to join NATO. Hence, western sensibility is offended. The same people did not apply the same inexorable sovereignty for Iraq to decide whether it should have WMDs or (in fact they did not have it). Iran cannot decide whether to sell drones or not, but the west can send Ukraine drones. Anyway, they are not fighting Iraq but a mighty power that can destroy all of them put to together. The outcome is nore important than Ukraine. Putin has single handedly ended the 'rules based international order' and initiated the process to end dollar based control. The 'rules based international order' was used against enemies, but the west had exemption when they wanted.
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  2391. ​ The EU's Nazi von Leyen said Ukrainians are part of the European family (unlike those Afghans and Syrians), so I thought the weapons and money are free.
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  2392.  @vincentvangogh8092  'USA`s part they have just been creating jobs for their arms industry and thats about all'. That is in effect what Lindsay Graham said. But he put it like a win-win situation, Ukraine gets freedom, and it helps American business. I would trust Russia more. Ukraine needs to learn to deal with Russia straight - stick with the neutrality of its independence declaration.
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  2393. It has moved on from Avdeevka, the Russians are closing in on Chasov Yar.
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  2394. On the one hand, we have reports like this saying, Ukranians are trying to dam the Russian advance on Siversk, Kramtosrk etc. But at the same time, on another day, the same channel will tell us of a million strong Ukro army is being raised for a counter offensive in the south to retake Crimea.
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  2395. What is even more shameful is western sympathy for the Ukranian Nazis.
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  2396.  @MA-ri5he  You have raised a politically incorrect point, which is of course correct. I am against this blind Zelensky worship. This is a shocking failure of western policy where the tail leads the body. The US-led NATO propagated Zelensky and got Ukraine into this. The outcome that NATO expansion would lead to war with Russia had been predicted by US analysts like George Kennan in the 1990s and Chicago University professor John Mearsheimer. The west wants to continue in a self-destructive path it initiated because course correction would be admission of guilt. On your question of free handouts of weapons, in the Gulf War, the US forced the Gulf Arabs to pay for it. In this case, the Ukranians cannot afford to pay, the western tax payer has to fund the arms, but there will be a limit, as the western tax payer has to pay to house the refugees, with shrinking economies and rising prices. So you have raised a valid point. We have to ask why western politicians are not leading peace negotiations. That is left to Turkey.
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  2397. Clarke needs to apply his intelligence and figure out why the collective west is defeated and he should educate people, instead of building more false premises of 'How the US and UK’s aid package to Ukraine will destroy Putin'. The west encouraged Ukraine to take on Russia based on the following false promises : Russia was economically weak, and sanctions would cause a public uprising, Putin will be over thrown and the Americans would support the opposition and appoint a marionette like Zelensky and the Russian people would accept this (the Americans thought they could create a coup as they did in Ukraine in 2014 and implant a favourable govt.). None of this happened. Biden was expecting currency collapse saying rouble will be rubble. Instead, Russia triggered off de-dollarisation, a movement that has caught on which poses the biggest threat to US power. It is unstoppable. Russia is militarily weak, and western technology is superior. Whereas the reality is Russia makes all the weapons and they are battle hardy - hypersonic missiles (which the US cannot make), planes, submarines, ships, drones, shells, thermobaric weapons, nuclear weapons, they have satellite information and their own GPS, and they are expert at electronic warfare. Currently, they have the best combination of hardware and operational experience in combined warfare, which NATO does not have. Another premise was Russian soldiers are trained poorly, and they have no motivation. The west has no understanding of the military tradition in Russia and its history. That country has been invaded by German, French, Poles and Lithuanians, by Swedes - and each time Russia has broken the backs of the invaders. Russia is a country where the people are patriotic and ready to make sacrifices for it - in a way which no western country will do. Russia will run out of weapons. The reality is Russia has industrial production as it has not outsourced it. The US and west have outsourced their production and they have run out of weapons. In a war of attrition, Russia will win. Finally, the rest of the world is either on Russia's side, or at least not willing to sanction Russia. The rest of the world has experienced American aggression, so they know. I suggest that Clarke get to reality. The US and UK’s aid package to Ukraine will not save Ukraine.
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  2398. Amusing to watch the west trying to put on a brave face and put some spin to cover Ukraine's impending loss of Bakhmut. It is not a strategically important city; Ukraine has attritioned Russia (as if Ukraine lost nothing in the process).
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  2399. Kissinger did say it is dangerous to be America's enemy, but it is suicidal to be America's friend.
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  2400. How can Ukraine be like Israel with US protection ? Israel is fighting a people without a state, army or air force. US can guarantee that. However, Ukraine is fighting a superpower. The US cannot protect Ukraine beyond a point because it does not want to go and fight Russia. If the Americans thought for one moment they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. As for hoping to get western Ukraine into NATO at all costs shows the west has given up on Ukraine getting back Donbass and Crimea. The reason they want to get western Ukraine into NATO at all costs is as a face saver, to avoid the impression of total defeat.
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  2401.  @Blanka1100  If Ukraine had remained committed to neutrality as promised in its declaration of independence, it would have been intact (including Crimea). US attempts to get Ukraine into NATO to cut Russia off from the Black Sea, created Russian reaction. NATO goaded Ukraine to fight Russia, and the result is Ukraine became a failed state. If the US had not incited Ukraine to join NATO, Ukraine and Russia would be living side by side peaceably. As Mandela stated, if two neighbours are fighting, be sure the US visited one.
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  2402. However, this kind of "victory" is called pyrrhic . ... sounds like sour grapes.
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  2403. If Ukraine does not negotiate, it is going to turned into a waste land like Libya. The US will get tired and forget.
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  2404.  @KONAMAN100 As if you have the power to enforce anything on Russia.
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  2405. All this economic suicide is the result of the war against Russia that Johnson and Truss so ardently and mystifyingly support. I am surprised because she said she was aligned with the Chancellor on the tax cuts. The U turn was due to the public reaction, but the blame is carried by an individual instead of collectively. But blame will eventually come on her as well. Whoever follows has an impossible economic situation.
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  2406. French tank on tyres ! The French are showing off they are relevant. The Russians will be terrified.
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  2407.  @geoffoakland  'A lot of older Italian Americans would probably like to retire there.' Your reply is pointless. When a country has a low birth rate below 2.1 children per couple, the country is dying. There are villages where only 80 year olds are living. What is the point of retirees of Italian descent coming from America ? They would have to be looked after. Italy like the rest of Europe needs young immigrants of working age from abroad. There is no surplus of young in European countries as all have the same dismal fertility. So only option is non-European. You do not seem to understand the basic functioning of the economy due to your obsession with ethnic purity. Italians went to America to improve their economic conditions. Others come to Italy for the same reason.
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  2408.  @paulgibbon5991  Why do you reply yo bots then ?
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  2409. 'Putin loses men and equipment as Russians surge towards Pokrovsk' So has Ukraine - in even larger numbers. Then what is your point ? Earlier, you used to tell us Russians are poorly trained and motivated. But Russia has taken Mariopol, Bakhmut, Avdivka, Severdonetsk.... Do you think they could take these places if they are poorly trained and motivated ? Could they have seen off the Ukrainian counter offensive in 2023 ? Would it be bearing down on Chasov Yar and Pokrovsk ? You told us Russia has run out of missiles and was using shovels in Bakhmut. But they scored a bull's eye with the Iskander strike in Poltava and killed of Swedish instructors. Ukraine's army is attritioned. They have 40-50 year olds, and 20 year olds dragged off the street. There is no point Times Radio peddling delusions of Ukrainian victory. Ukraine cannot reverse its losses, Russia will take entire Donbass and recover Kursk, and it a defeat for the west. Instead of peddling politics of delusion, let us have politics of reality.
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  2410.  @AndyWowhoo  If Ukraine had remained neutral as it was, it would have all including Crimea. Get it, numskull ?
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  2411.  @matthew-005  'I mean is it really too much to ask for Peirce's guests to conduct the themselves with dignity' Piers should not have introduced Hijab as controversial. That was deliberately offensive. Thereafter, Hijab seized Piers by the throat immediately and shook him, till Piers was stuttering !
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  2412. One thing I noted about you - you are frustrated about the defeat of the collective west.
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  2413. NATO has become a tool for US domination and exploitation of Europe. It is time for the Europeans to disband NATO and have an independent foreign policy, bring in Russia and mutually guarantee each others security. The US is not needed as it thrives on creating wedges. Learn from China which brought the Iranians and Saudis to end a conflict spawned by the US.
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  2414. Sometime ago the western media were claiming that Bakhmut is unimportant.
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  2415.  @Kyr93  85 out of 81 !!! This time, they did not say their kill rate. Looks like they were caught by surprise.
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  2416. Yes, you say Russian missiles are inaccurate, so just take it as collateral and forget about it. No need for Article 5 hysteria.
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  2417. @Macusakk The Russians have destroyed Leopards, Bradleys, Challengers, Abrams and have captured some. They shot down 1 F16, and since then, the F 16s are hidden.
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  2418. Just hope the WORLD keeps on helping Ukraine and does not start forgetting to do so. Only the US and its lackeys are 'helping' Ukraine. That is not the world. The US and lackeys will not have the money to keep 'helping'.
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  2419. The lady in blue says Iran is funding this and she is outraged. The other side can say the US and west is funding Israel to run an apartheid state and give it a carte blanche for it. Was she outraged about that ? The west has not forced Israel to abide by the Oslo accord, Israel has settled 500,000 in the West Bank to make it a fait accompli and you are asking Palestinians not to retaliate. You need to get real. From Palestinian experience, the Israeli civilians work for the army, the women work for IDF, their children will grow up and join IDF and shoot Palestinian children. So why would Palestinians care ? All this moralist argument by the likes of Piers about the horror of this incident comes after quietly backing and arming the side that is perpetrating apartheid. Nelson Mandela was also called the T word. If the Jews carry out the ethnic cleansing they do in Palestine within a country in Europe, I assure you the Europeans will gas them - and Piers will lead it. The Jews did not do ethnic cleansing in Europe but still the Europeans gassed them. And these Europeans are lecturing on what is unacceptable. They say 'You have to denounce the attack before we can consider anything else, because it offends our refined and superior sensibility'. The reason the west has lost credibility is due to backing Israel, Afghanistan invasion (9/11 was due to Palestine war), invading Iraq and inciting Ukraine to fight Russia. Russia ended the western world order by checking the US's NATO expansion, and the west's backing of Israel will be another losing case.
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  2420. The British are irrelevant. The saying about the British is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. Britain with or without Europe cannot fight Russia and win. Britain is not even in the EU. Germany was beaten into a pulp by the Red Army, and Germany doesn't have any capability to fight today. The French learnt in 1812 what happens when you fight Russia. Britain, France and Turkey defeated Russia in the Crimean war of 1856. But the situation has changed - today Russia has the arsenal to crush Britain. A single Sarmat missile can wipe out Britain. Get it ?
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  2421.  @vladimir08090  I agree with you that for combined arms warfare, Russia is the best. The Ukrainians are good fighters also. NATO is a bunch of cowards. It will take them a month to make any decision. But I would not include Israel in the category of best armies. It is a nation of under 10 million, it has an army but a lot of reservists. In a land war, Israelis cannot fight for an extended time due to casualties and lack of manpower. They can fight against stone throwing children and women - they are trained for that. But they cannot fight Hezbollah. The Israelis have air (air force) dominance until now. However that advantage is now reduced due to land fired missiles and drones.
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  2422. I guess the Challengers, Leopards and Abrams destroyed were also decoys
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  2423.  @robsurname4054  Ukraine can write that negotiations are illegal, but they are dependents, once its handlers say they cannot afford to maintain Ukraine, the law will be changed. Ukraine will not survive one day without US help.
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  2424.  @nozhki-busha  Russia has taken 4 oblasts, Ukraine is now looking for electricity, water, heating and food, they are in no position to mount any major counter offensives to dislodge the Russians. At best, they can make pin pricks. In a war, you look at the trend, not small battles. The war is fought on several fronts : military, food, energy and financial. On the food and energy, Russia has the upper hand. Even on the financial, Russia turned the tables, the euro and pound have devalued by 20%, and there is a shift to non-dollar trade settlements. In the military field, Russia has not won outright, yet it has the upper hand; there is no way Ukraine can win. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. Russia is de-industrialising Europe. BASF has announced downsizing in Europe and shift to China, due to intolerable energy prices. China is the world's largest energy importer, yet it can offer lower energy prices to manufacturers thanks to its links with Saudi and Russia. More will follow. BMW has announced it is going to close EV production in UK and shift to China. Sir Putin has ended the western 'global order' for good. No other country - not even China - could have done this. Russia throughout its history has done world changing things.
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  2425. Has the Slava Ukraine brigade of the west digested the fact that Russia defeated NATO and the collective west single handedly and even ended the western dominated 'global economic order' ?
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  2426. When is Syrsky going ?
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  2427. Sir Putin is in command, he did not ask for negotiations, Biden and Scholz are approaching him for diplomacy.
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  2428. The Russian musicians are not there yet, but it is no surprise that the public is waving Russian flags. The Niger's public knows they have French and US puppets as rulers, who allow the exploitation of Niger'e resources. And a lot of the people believe the US itself created the terror network, to justify its own existence. Whereas in the countries like Mali where the Wagner came and the French were driven out, those terror networks have been stamped out ! Hence, Niger's public is signalling it wants Russia's help. There is nothing puzzling. As long as America and France are there, those terror networks will thrive.
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  2429.  @faiezcader5681  Indeed, Ukrainians sent 5000 troops to invade Iraq to please America, now the Ukranians are getting the beating of their lives for misbehaving against Russia, and they find Americans are not ready to send their troops to save them.
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  2430.  @owenb8636  'sorry, we won't let Russia rebuild its Soviet empire' Who is 'we' ? Who in puny Europe can match mighty Russia ?
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  2431.  @TheisKrarupHansen  What bothers you is what I write cannot be ignored, and you do not have the ability to refute me.
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  2432.  @realsimonwest  The US has been pushing NATO expansion against Russian protests. Why ? They pushed it to Russia's doorsteps and Russia reacted. After reunification of Germany, James Baker had said NATO would not expand one inch to the east. But there were five waves of expansion. When Yeltsin protested the expansion and reminded the US assurance not to expand NATO, he was told 'that was said to the Soviet Union, you are Russia'. Yeltsin was furious at the betrayal, he said ' you wait, Russia will be back'. Russia is back and has struck at those who threaten it. There can be no security for Europe as long as there is no security for Russia. Russia will not tolerate western duplicity any longer. Get it ?
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  2433.  @alfisti93  [You're mistaking disdain with "frustration"] You are showing disdain to hide your frustration. Russia is winning, it cannot be forced out of Ukraine, the west which imagined it was powerful does not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine, they are divided on what weapons to send, the US is profiteering in Europe to sell expensive LNG, Russia flipped Europe's economy and there are closures and strikes in UK, France and Germany. So naturally, you have to affect disdain to hide your frustration about mighty Russia !
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  2434. If the Russian military can be summed up in one word: 'malfunction', no need to patrol. Sleep soundly and don't waste money that people need to heat their homes.
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  2435.  @Onwrikbaar  America has committed the largest number of wars and war crimes, and often Europeans have been willing accomplices. Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Did you forget that deliberately, or it did not occur to you because you are in the virtuous western camp, so you don't even look at the mirror ? Russia has so far been soft. It could have gone for the electricity grid in February 22. It has only started demolishing that now. They never targeted all those refugee trains going to Poland, they could have easily done that. They have not used their full firepower yet. They have not done carpet bombing of cities or used a nuke. But these things may happen if the Ukranians and the west push their luck. If you threaten Russia by expanding NATO, then you will not be resting or sleeping.
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  2436.  @Onwrikbaar  Why not whataboutism ? When you talk about 'rules based international order' and you exempt the organisers of the Iraq War for a false flag attack, what right do you have to criticise Russia ? You will have credibility if you held yourself to account first. Get it ?
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  2437.  @JoeStrange709 'Genesis 16:12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.' That sums up the Jews. They are at war with everyone they live with. That was the case when they were in Europe, that is the case after they moved to Palestine. They are in a permanent war.
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  2438. The best thing for Trump to do is to stick to his original plan and divest of Zelensky and Ukraine. It is a toxic asset and in business you divest it and cut losses. Let Russia finish the job as it is determined to do, whatever Trump says. Trump has leverage over Zelensky, not Putin. The war is lost for the US, it is best to say it is Biden's war and drop out. Hand it to the Europeans, they are itching to fight Russia. If Trump continues, he will find Russia will not budge from its goals, and it will become his war, and he will just get bogged down. Stay out of it till Ukraine loses Odessa, and then come and offer to mediate, then Russia will agree.
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  2439. Putin came out as super intelligent in his past interviews with Megyn Kelly. No western leader can match his intellect. Look at this joker, Rees Mogg who wants to keep Ukraine fighting a proxy war, although the military man is telling him that Ukraine cannot win, and the failed counter offensive proved it. Rees Mogg is a typical blundering, shameless British leader. Behind that pompous accent there is a similar intellect and wickedness as Boris Johnson. This is the type of leader the west can produce. Leaders who take countries into war, and then evade responsibility and demand others continue suffering because it is against their pride to admit their folly.
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  2440. The neocons and Zionists are in control of the west.
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  2441.  @sharingsharedudebro1236  The Soviet Union took 4 years reaching Berlin and eliminating German Nazism. No one else could do that. Russia will take less time to eliminate Ukro Nazism. Once the Russians make up their mind to fight, they hunker down and fight, and don't let go (the Ukranians are also like the Russians temperamentally, but they do not have the power).
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  2442.  @kyriakoslk8267  US won't be able to fight Russia, they know that, that is why they did not dare put a no-fly zone, they don't want to give long range artillery to Ukraine. If they did, Russia will come after them. They don't want to get killed.
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  2443. The Ukranians are politically unintelligent. If Ukraine cannot produce the weapons, and it was known Russia could produce, it was folly for Ukraine to go for the war route based on US support. The latter will be limited by US politics and the support can only be for a time. Ukranians were foolish to believe Biden when he said the support will be for as long as it takes. This is what happens when you have an US implanted government.
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  2444. Why is the EU so agitated about the referenda ? The EU has been telling us Ukraine is about to capture these areas back in two weeks. So does it matter ?
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  2445. I did hear a Russian analyst say the only options are Ukraine surrenders under Russians terms to stay as a country, or Ukraine will cease to exist as a nation.
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  2446. China and Russia are doing something even more momentous to end US hegemony : promote non-dollar trade. Once the dollar's value decreases, western power will fade.
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  2447. I wonder how it ends asks the anchor ? It ends with a Russian win and a loss for the west. Keane was smug forecasting western victory a month ago. But now he knows the reality and is more realistic. Russia has taken the industrial lands and the coastal regions and it is in a position to strangle Ukraine's economy so it has no revenue. Ukraine will be dependent on EU aid.
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  2448. Indeed, this highlights Modi’s Embrace of Authoritarianism in India & Abroad. As Mr. Sethi said, Modi's India has killed Sikhs, Muslims, Dalits and Christians. It is not the Chinese but the Indians who are actually the greatest threat to western countries. Indians have migrated in large quantities to western countries and with it they have brought Hindu sectarian wars to western shores. Western countries need to wake up and realise India cannot be a partner in their China containment programme. First of all, India is not strong economically or militarily to counter China. All it can give is spread its Hindu chauvinism abroad. The Hindu Nazi group RSS poses a threat to the west. It should be banned as a person in the video said.
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  2449. Ukraine is defeated, get real.
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  2450. This lady from Sky Australia has as low IQ as Trump. She is such a fool that she does not realise Trump made a fool of himself. The lefties have not lost it, Trump has lost the plot. He is losing to Kamala Harris as people see he is unchanged, he is the same whining, delusional narcissist, infantile and racist to the core. His diatribe against blacks, ABC etc. has ruined his chances against Kamala. Why is Sky Australia still pretending Trump is a genius ?
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  2451.  @ElenaLyda  Trump has lost the plot by selecting Vance. The undecided are shifting to Harris and Trump made an ass of himself at an interview with black journalists. That should seal his fate. Can't expect better from a racist, felon.
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  2452. All European countries know they cannot fight Russia, and each one is taking evasive cover from the 'coalition of the willing'. This is Poland's method : Poland to become logistics hub for Ukraine peacekeepers ! Earlier the Poles were the most vociferous Russophobes because they felt the Americans were with them. Now American support is gone, the Poles realise they will be used by the British and French, and pushed into Ukraine, so they will face the brunt when the Kinzhals strike. The Poles have therefore toned down their militancy, they don't want to be killed for Ukrainians, British or French. Shouting against Russia with American support is brave, but to go to the battlefield against mighty Russia needs another level of bravery, which the Poles and none of the Europeans have ! They all know how the Russians fight. If you look at the Americans, they fight using Ukrainians. The British and French wanted to use the Poles. The Poles want to be warehouse keepers only. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  2453. Simpson is disappointed !
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  2454. Land grabbers living in fear now. They felt entitled to peace. This Sky News lady empthasizes with them. They never ask why Israel is running an apartheid state and whether that is viable.
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  2455.  @famousmwofficial8046  You need to put out delusional posts on Ukraine.
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  2456. By now, Poland, Baltics, France, Germany.....should realise they cannot match Russia, and the best is to avoid provocation, which will lead to a beating as Ukraine found out. Article 5 will not help. America will look the other way. In fact, Trump said he would tell Russia to take more !
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  2457. The mood in Kiev - no problem with these referenda, we are capturing Crimea next week, thanks to the Himars and the one million army we have, and western media support.
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  2458. It will be astonishing to Ukraine to know Donbass and Kherson are gone, considering they were told Ukranians would capture Crimea by next week.
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  2459. Why is the BBC glorifying such fools ? Isn't it against the law ? It is all a hopeless cause. As one of the fellows said, it is not like fighting the Taliban. The Ukranians counter offensive is a flop and the Ukranians are being pummeled. Russia is now turning up the heat and smashing the ill trained Ukranians and destroying their superior western weapons. This Sharif fellow is a Muslim, but a strange one with tattoos. If he had gone to fight for the Iraqis and Afghans, he would be a terrorist. But for Ukranians, BBC makes him a hero. He is just a bloody fool, and the BBC is clutching at straws hoping for a Ukranian victory which is not to be.
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  2460.  @erikdekter2384  At the start of the special military operation, the US talked about putting a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Putin said you would face consequences you have not faced in your life. The message was understood, and sure enough, the US climbed down. No one messes with Russia.
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  2461. Who are G7 ministers to tell Russia what to do when NATO could not do anything ? Where is its principal clown, BoJo ? The G7 issuing pious statements asking for withdrawal shows how weak the west is. If you threaten Russia, you will get a beating.
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  2462.  @YvanKorshinsky  India, like Russia and China, is an independent country, it is not a vassal state of the US like UK and EU states. It decides its policies.
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  2463. Yes, if the Baltics misbehave, they too will be Ukrained.
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  2464. Why is the west questioning Ukraine's march into Kursk now? The US organised the incursion.
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  2465. What is wrong with that ?
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  2466.  @Skippylani  What is based on lies ?
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  2467. These western jokers are talking now about what the west should have done - put sanctions before the operation as Ukraine demanded. As if Russia would have been defeated by that ! The reason they were delayed was the west thought putting sanctions would instigate Russia to go ahead. Look at the muddy western minds. The only thing that would have stopped Russia was if the US agreed to a security guarantee, not to induct Ukraine into NATO. If not, they said they will go ahead with military-technical operations. Sanctions before or after would not have changed the outcome. But such wishful and pointless statements (like 'if only we had listened to Ukraine and put sanctions early') show Ukraine and the west are defeated now. Ukraine has lost 20% of the land that used to contribute 90% of its GDP. It has lost 20% of its electricity supply. Its shipping lanes are blocked. As for McDonald's, sports companies etc. leaving Russia - Russia is not going to go down because of that ! All this has shown that Russia is strong militarily - and economically. Russia's economic resilience is beyond the west's expectations. Russia has shown greater political astuteness than the west. Russia is not isolating itself economy, it is open to China and other countries. Laura is trying very hard to put on a positive spin for Ukraine - they will be integrated in the western economy through IT, and Russia will be cut off from the world ! Give me a break - first, how much of Ukraine will be left ? Secondly, IT is service industry, how many Ukrainians can profit from it. If there is no energy, there can be no IT. Thirdly, the world is not the west, cutting Russia off from the west does not mean Russia will not work with China, India, Arabs, Africans, Turkey and the rest. This war has shown Russia on its own is more powerful than the EU + US, and in future Russia + China will end western dominance. In short, western analysts as usual tries to present a rosier than rosy picture of Ukrainian prospects, while presenting the bleakest possible picture of Russia's economy. Of course, there is no admission of the havoc Russia is playing on western economies. The west is subsumed by false pride and the stinging pain of defeat.
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  2468.  @richardjacob7898  Russia is the largest wheat producer and when it has more of Ukraine, it will be streets ahead.
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  2469. Russia has donated wheat to Africa.
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  2470.  @michaelcantwell316  But Russia and Ukraine are the largest exporters of wheat. China and India produce wheat but they have large populations that consume it.
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  2471. Putin went to Baku to meet Azerbaijani President two days ago, if what you say is true, he would not have gone. It is wishful thinking, you are burning inside.
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  2472. Sean Bell on Sky TV was boasting how the Challenger saved the lives of the crew, and the tank is not destroyed, it can be repaired ! And further he scores a point that Russia lost 2000 tanks, and Ukraine says they have only lost 6 tanks !
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  2473. 'Putin faces mass Russian backlash.' You said that two years back. You also said Putin had a mysterious hand tremor and cancer two years back. You have no credibility. You are defeated.
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  2474. More time means Russia will go on the offensive. See Ukraine and the west's dilemma : there is no hope in hell that Ukraine will drive out the Russians from Donbass, let alone Crimea, and the only thing that will happen is they will be massacred. But if the Ukranians don't do anything, their handlers will breathe down their neck and ask for their pound of flesh (they want a Return on their Investment). If the Ukranians launch the offensive and they don't make headway, the west has told them no more money this year. The Russians are not afterwards going to wait for Ukraine's next funding round, they will engage in hot pursuit and more of Ukraine will go. Ukraine does not have the sovereignty to decide whether to make an offensive which only result in their people being killed fruitlessly. They have to get killed to please their financiers.
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  2475. How can the Ukrainians be so corrupt and dumb as to sell their country to the US ? Ukraine was never promised NATO entry.
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  2476.  @mountainguyed67  If NATO is defensive only, what was it doing in Afghanistan ? Even if you lie once like you have, that destroys your credibility.
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  2477. So you are nostalgic for Hitlerism? Where did that leave EUROPE ?
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  2478. ​ @XHALE303  USA is not Europe, it is the owner of Europe. Europeans ae vassals. You will go and fight for US in Afghanistan when ordered by the US. And when the time came to run away from Kabul, US did not inform NATO allies as it wanted to take the first flights out. Get it, numskull ?
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  2479. Ukraine will not exist.
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  2480. Gazprom CEO had said to the west 'Energy is more valuable than your paper currency'. That is what it boils down to.
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  2481. It is bad for Ukraine, it just means Russia will use even heavier weapons, maybe a tactical nuclear.
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  2482. The UK is the number 1 vassal of the US. The vassal is helpless, he has to trust his master, otherwise the UK will meet the same fate as Zelensky.
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  2483. So DT is admitting at last that Ukraine and its western sponsors have failed ! The DT was claiming only a few weeks ago that the Ukrainians had breached the front lines and was advancing. This fellow is saving his ugly face.
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  2484. The commentator says it is hard to judge the success or failure of Kursk operation. It was a planned withdrawal. Really WSJ !
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  2485. 'this American arrogance is totally unacceptable especially in the context that Ukraine should become a member of NATO.' Get real, the Europeans are vassals of the US. Indeed, they were proud of their vassaldom. How can vassals complain about American arrogance ? ' This is the security Ukraine needs in any present peacedeal and is not provided by the USA in the context of the Budapest memorandum and Minsk agreement'. According to the Budapest memorandum, should there be a difference in view, the signatories would sit and negotiate. The US and UK were ganging up with Ukraine against Russia - which was against the spirit of the memorandum. Putin had called for negotiations in Dec. 2021 to solve this. Biden had refused. Hence, the US cancelled the Budapest memorandum. Russia took military action. Then you cannot complain about the result. Now the US accepts Ukraine cannot be in NATO, and it will not put its troops in Ukraine to enforce a ceasefire, and Russia will not accept European 'peacekeepers'. The terms are set by the winner.
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  2486. It is clear from this video that the war is lost for Ukraine.....The narrator does not say it, but it is clear.
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  2487. The German govt. said it will build a tank factory in Ukraine to enable it to resist Russian aggression ! It can be blown up any time Russia chooses. The talk about Ukranian membership is in similar vein. Not serious as it is not feasible.
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  2488.  @Sebby6666  You are hiding that burning sensation of defeat. Have you made a hypersonic missile yet ? The Russians have submarines patrolling your coasts with hypersonics and they can incinerate all US cities before you can even react.
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  2489.  @mylet2658  Ukraine's independence declaration stated it will not join a military alliance and it will be neutral. The was the condition that Russia agreed for independence. After the American aided coup of 2014, Ukraine changed its constitution and put NATO membership as an aim. Therefore Ukraine has reneged on an international agreement, and hence Russia has taken corrective steps to counter that, and bring Ukraine back to neutrality. They are enforcing international law. Putin had asked NATO to give a security guarantee that it would not place missiles in Ukraine targeting Russia. NATO refused. Why ? Then Putin said he will take technical-military action. So how has he lied ? He has given you a chance for peace, you declined, and he acted as he said he would. It is like the Azov Nazis in Mariopol who are trapped in the steel factory, and they kept civilians as human shields. The Russians have asked them to surrender. They have refused. So Russia has no option but to starve out or kill all of them. It seems to me you want your cake and eat it : you want to go for reckless NATO expansion, pretend you are holy and innocent, and when the reaction comes and you get a beating, shout it is genocide. American and NATO troops had a training centre in Lvov (which was bombed and foreign mercenaries were killed). What were they doing there when Ukraine is not in NATO ? What were these suspicious bio labs ? Victoria Nuland was very evasive. As for business interests, read NYT articles from 1997 on why the Americans wanted NATO expansion See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html The US is an international trouble maker, Iraq and Afghanistan being recent examples. Ukraine is the same. Ukranians are the proxy (albeit willing ones) in the US fight against Russia. That is why US credibility is low in the non-western world.
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  2490. The airforce shot down most of them but infrastructure got damaged due to debris from Ukrainian anti-missile. As usual. Connolly is paid to recite this after every attack. You ain't seen nothin yet !
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  2491. Why is the west so distressed ? Just get over it. Russia gave Ukraine independence. Ukraine misbehaved with Russia and wanted to bring NATO to threaten Russia. Russia therefore decided to take back parts of Ukraine that Russia gifted Ukraine.
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  2492. 'That demands thinking from a necessary outcome backwards, even if its not academic.' So just think backwards that Ukraine's counter offensive in 2023 was successful and Ukraine captured Crimea ? You are a numskull !
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  2493. What are you talking about , Ukraine is being defeated despite all aid from the ultimate military alliance.The DW video is about signs that Russia is finishing off Bakhmut and moving onto Sloviansk, and no one can stop them.
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  2494.  @antebratincevic6764  There is confusion in Connoly's face. He wishes he was not answering questions.
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  2495.  @dpelpal  Putin never said Kiev in 3 days. Send a link. That was said by an American general as an expectation. Western people now say it is a statement by Putin. Putin does not announce dates, or details of offensives.
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  2496.  @76rjackson  You are the ones who used nuclear weapons. So you set the good example and de-nuclearise. Don't say Iran should not have it, Russia should not use it.
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  2497.  @SupaSaiyanGoku  If Belarus comes under attack from NATO, then it has Russian nuke protection.
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  2498.  @Foxyfreedom  You are showing off your racism about Iran. The US with nukes used it twice, you have no say asking Iran not to make it or Russia not to use it.
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  2499.  @ukjop  Ukraine does not have nuclear weapons. Giving up nuclear weapons was a condition for Russia to give Ukraine independence.
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  2500.  @realsimonwest  The US cancelled negotiations once when it got Star Wars type anti-missile systems, perceiving it had advantage over the Soviet Union. Now Russia has hypersonics and the US does not have, Russia does the same. The US set the precedent.
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  2501.  @realsimonwest  The US set the precedent when it got anti-missile systems and got a temporary advantage over the Soviet Union, then it cancelled missile reduction treaties. Now Russia has got hypersonic missiles, and the US does not, so Russia does the same. You should not complain.
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  2502. Whataboutism is perfectly logical. The people who invaded Iraq should not be preaching about Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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  2503.  @skade245  Nuclear bomb has been used twice by the US, they did not consult anyone, so who are you to say others should not use them ? Why don't you give them up and set and example and encourage others to give them up.
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  2504.  @kirkpatrick7475  Ukraine does not have right to invite the US to have bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Then it should be eliminated.
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  2505.  @kirkpatrick7475  I thought you fellows say that after seeing Russia fight in Ukraine. you did not realise Russia is so weak. Then why is Finland so scared ?
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  2506.  @kirkpatrick7475  The Budapest document says Russia will not use force against Ukraine - unless it threatens security of Russia. It also says in the case of a disagreement, all parties would meet to resolve the issue through negotiations. Russia sent a letter to the US asking for a security guarantee for Russia, the US declined. Why ? The US, UK and Ukraine thereby flouted the Budapest Memorandum. Thus Russia has decided to cancel Ukraine's independence.
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  2507.  @salbron7611  'Nobody says that Russia should not have a nuclear arsenal. Everyone is talking about the fact that she should not use it in the war against Ukraine. ' Putin has said Russia will use a nuclear weapon only if threatened with a strategic defeat; and not otherwise. What would be a strategic defeat in the present context for Russia ? That would be Ukraine entering NATO and the US placing missiles targeting Russia, and having naval bases in Ukraine, cutting off Russia'a access to the Black Sea. Hence if NATO grants Ukraine NATO membership, Russia will use a nuclear weapon. Just as when Ukraine declared after the coup in 2014 that it would seek to join NATO, Putin moved in straight away and took Crimea (Sevastopol is the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet). Hence, don't play with fire. Russia gives warning, don't mistake it as bluff. Russia does as it says when it comes to its security.
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  2508. Isn't this the correct time for the French to make good their promise of sending troops to defend Kharkhov ? And for the Brits to give their missiles for Ukraine to attack Kerch bridge as euphorically touted by their media ?
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  2509.  @markobakovic627  And the Poles were demanding during the middle of this war, $ 1 trillion in compensation from Germany as part of EU brotherhood ! The Poles did not dare ask Russia for anything. It is a nation with a massive inferiority complex, feeling it is someone very important due to US pampering.
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  2510. If there is a stalemate, why is the morale gloomy ?
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  2511. You said this two years ago. You expected the Russian economy would collapse due to sanctions, the Russian masses would come out on the streets and overthrow Putin and you hoped you could replace him with a Zelensky type reporting to the US. You told us that Putin was living in fear, he had a hand tremor, and cancer. Zelensky even said Putin had died and a double was acting ! Your military experts told us Russia ran out of missiles, and was forced to use washing machine chips. But we saw the missiles kept coming, including those awesome hypersonics, and they destroyed the power grid and Patriot batteries. The Abrams, Challengers and Leopards turned out to be junk. NATO pumped up Ukraine for a counter offensive to recapture Crimea. Zelensky even said by Dec. 2022 he would retake Crimea because 'that is where it started and that is where it will end'. But Russia defeated you. It shrugged off the sanctions, it saw off the 2023 counter offensive, it killed off the Ukrainian military and is making steady advances. You are shouting more falsehoods to console yourself. Get real. After 2023, Ukraine is unable to push forwards, it is only being pushed backwards on all sectors, without exception. There is no way Ukraine can now reverse what it has lost. NATO does not have the arms, even the shells. And the Ukrainians are short of people. Russia will keep what is taken, the rest will be converted into a wasteland, and NATO will not be allowed to set up bases in Ukraine. Ukraine will be returned to a pastoral land as it was before it joined the Soviet Union. It will have no industries, no military, no electricity.... And all your principal war mongers are gone, Biden to the asylum, and Boris Johnson has disappeared to follow Trump. In contrast, Sir Putin is still there and dictating terms !
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  2512. Russia asked for a security guarantee. Why did the west not give it ? After that, Russia said it will take technical military actions. Now, Russia does not want negotiations. Ukraine needs to be broken up so that it will not use the US to threaten Russia again.
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  2513.  @walk6932  It works both ways, but when you know Russia can vapourise you, you will stop to think and realise it is not Iraq. If it were not for that fear, you would have sent troops to Ukraine.
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  2514. Nonsense, Russia ran out of missiles in March 2022.
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  2515. Heroes of Ukraine award - like Boris Johnson and the Jew Victoria Nuland ! Jonathan, and Jake will not get that coveted award because Ukraine will not exist.
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  2516. Who is the west to decide it is a sham ? The majority in Donbass are Russian. After the Nazis were defeated, the Allies held elections under their rules to find people who will run the govt. according to their precepts. Were they sham ?
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  2517. This report is surprisingly objective even though it is from the western media. The western narrative now is that Soledar and Bakhmut are strategically irrelevant, but Russia is desperate for a victory, any victory, so they are after it. Then one wonders why the Ukranians are defending it ? The Ukranian side is presented as resilient. Russians are depcicted as low on morale after a string of defeats. However one Ukro soldier in the video says Bakhmut is important for Russia because if they take it, they can advance to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. So Russia is not being crazy just for a victory. As for the low morale of Russian soldiers, you can deduce the reality from the Ukranian soldier who says that keep coming at them, like cockroaches, no matter how many are killed. It is clear he thinks the Russians are unstoppable. The Russians want Bakhmut and they will get it. One old lady is desperate for peace. No vain boasts of resilience. This report goes against the usual doctored descriptions from the western media about the Russians fighting aimlessly and desperately for just a small victory, and about their low morale versus Ukranian resilence.
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  2518. Tell the Ukranians not to misbehave against Mother Russia and smuggle arms.
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  2519. They use Africa's name when suited, so as not to sound as if they are themselves begging for wheat. They don't give a damn for Africans.
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  2520.  @kihara4244  ' if all the NATO countries were to actively take part in this war...' Don't go by ifs, go by actual. No NATO country wants to die, they have seen how Ukrainians got killed, they know that would be their fate if they enter Ukraine. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars. Get it ? If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine.
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  2521. Without watching the programme, perhaps Indians are fed up of Modi's Hindu India where the cow has more human rights than its citizens ?
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  2522.  @victory-ukraine  You are not fighting for the whole democratic world. First of all, you are not democratic. You have a govt. descended from a coup which overthrew a democratically elected govt.. In this US sponsored coup, Ukro Nazis (Right Sector and Azov Batallion) took part. Ukraine became sovereign based on the commitment given to Russia that you would be neutral. But you reneged on that commitment by trying to join an anti-Russian military alliance. Hence, your sovereignty is cancelled.
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  2523. '“They lacked valour, not means”… Yes, there is a difference between 32 hyenas and a real bear. You will have to say Russia had the valour and means to defeat 32 weaklings + 1 superpower
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  2524.  @Psyclonknight  If the Ukranians are doing so well, why did Zelensky go on a begging tour of the US ? The latest is he is wants a peace negotiation under the UN in February 2023. Russia is not interested in negotiations. Why has the US not sent troops to Ukraine or put a 'no fly zone' as asked by Ukraine ? Can you answer that ? It was not due to me telling the US not to escalate. In fact, Putin invited NATO to come to the battlefield and show it can defeat Russia. Why did you not go ? 'Russia has been attacking bakhmut for 6 months now but you've probably been ignoring it. Just like you ignore that sloviansk and kramatorsk are more heavily defended than bakhmut is...' Clearly, you accept Bakhmut will fall even if it took 6 months, that is why you switch to sloviansk and kramatorsk and claim hopefully they are even better defended. But even western analysts say if Bakhmut falls, sloviansk and kramatorsk will fall, so it looks like your face is burning and you are writing out of frustration.
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  2525. Funny how the weakest and most useless countries in Europe like Poland and Denmark shout the loudest. Poland is sending 4 Soviet era Migs. The Russians must be terrified.
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  2526.  @Oyou812-b1x  'Utter rubbish.' The fact that you cannot write an intelligent refutation means I am correct.
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  2527. Putin 'doesn't have the tactics to break out' as Pokrovsk continues to resist - so why are the Americans pressing for negotiations and ceasefire ?
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  2528. Trump says Biden's election was sham !
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  2529. 'How Ukraine can use Challenger 2s to push ‘deep into Crimea’ Yeah right ! The Ukranians made the video, not the Russians. Probably the Ukrainians are sending the message they don't want to be in this tank !
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  2530. Snake Island is strategic for Ukranian folklore, so they are sending their troops there.
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  2531. I agree, the US may tell the British to use their Storm Shadows on condition that the US will not have responsibility afterwards. Then Britain will find itself on a limb when the Russians strike British assets as promised. I admired Keir Starmer for the way he handled the riots in Britain, with quick sentencing and control of law and order. But on the Ukraine issue, Starmer is making a fool of himself - just like Macron.
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  2532. VW is relocating to Ukraine as part of the Ukraine reconstruction programme.
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  2533. 'Russia bluffing this time....' Russia is bluffing till it is not bluffing.
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  2534. Western media had been propagating that Ukranians are highly motivated and Russians have low morale etc. But Aristovich says the Ukranians do not have a sense of unity and don't know what they are fighting for, and trying to make a mono ethnic nation when it is actually poly cultural has been disastrous. And he adds that Putin can recruit because the Russian knows he is fighting for Great Russia. That is totally different from the lies of the western media.
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  2535.  @Give_Peace_a_Chance123  Ukranians have not realised that the US is waiting for the counter offensive to fail, so that it can disengage and say China is more important. The US has got what it wants : Europe is now totally dependent on the US for LNG and arms. They can abandon Ukraine and tell Europe to feed it.
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  2536. Canada is as irrelevant as Estonia. No one can fight Russia and win. Get it ?
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  2537. At least DT is now admitting that Ukraine had early failures ! There are many DT articles that were proclaiming Ukranians were cornering the Russians. In fact, nearly 2 months back DT announced that Ukraine had captured some islands in the Dnieper river and this was the start of the Ukranian offensive, and the islands were the stepping stone to evicting the Russians from Crimea. The story disappeared without a trace !
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  2538.  @Agora1981  It can be neutral like Austria - in the EU but not NATO. Austria's neutrality was demanded by Stalin. Austria benefited by it. Putin and many Russian officials say they have no objection to Ukraine joining the EU, as that is only an economic alliance, but Russia will not allow US bases in Ukraine. Russia has indicated to the US that it is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop US bases in Ukraine. The US also now understands Russia is not bluffing. Get it ?
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  2539. How long will it take for the west to realise Israel is a toxic asset for the west and it should force Israel to accept the Two State Solution ?
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  2540. The rise of non-dollar trade is the most negative impact to US and the west. The west did not anticipate this. Just as the west says that it will curb Russia's military machine by reducing Russia's finances, Russia is doing the same, it is planning to curb the US's military machine by weakening the dollar.
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  2541. How will the Russians know what these aid convoys carry ? They may be soldiers, merecenaries and equipment. If there is no way of knowing, then the Russians have the right to shell them as they may be bringing supplies to kill Russians.
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  2542. Russia's military fights strategically like its chess players. Alright, Ukraine made a surprising incursion into Kursk thinking Russia would panic and pull out troops in Donbass. Russia decided to check the Kursk invasion so it did not advance to the Kursk nuclear plant. Afterwards, they decided not to chase out the Ukrainians from Kursk immediaely, but increase the pressure on Donbass. The Ukrainians are pinned in Kursk, they cannot retreat, as Russia would go in hot pursuit, nor can they advance. Meanwhile Russia's advance in Donbass cannot be opposed.
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  2543. Has he asked for Blair and Bush to be tried ?
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  2544. Ukraine's independence declaration of 1991 said it will be a neutral state and it will not join any military alliance. Ukraine reneged on that commitment unilaterally by seeking to join NATO, a military alliance against Russia, so Russia has ended Ukraine's independence. That is entirely reasonable.
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  2545.  @auggieeast  Ukraine cannot join NATO just because Stoltenberg made a vague promise. Ukraine's border is not settled and Russia will not allow what is left of Ukraine to join NATO - because that is what they fought the war about. 'Russia, which is now running out of advanced munitions. ' Western media have been saying this for ages. But engage your brains and think independently - daily Ukraine receives a salvo of missiles, and drones, destroying its power infrastructure, and daily Zelensky pleads for help. 'All they have is nuclear blackmail...' You do not have the guts to call their bluff - because you do not want to die. Russia will use a nuclear weapon on Ukraine if needed and nobody will dare do anything. Why would the US want to fight a nuclear war against Russia, when it does not want to send troops to Ukraine to fight a conventional war ? If they don't have a single one of the oblasts, then why does Ukraine keep saying 'no negotiations unless Russia vacates all land' ? Again, engage your intellect. 'Then you have the Russian economy falling apart.... '' Is that so ? It is wishful thinking. The Russian rouble was the best performing currency while euro and pound de-valued by 20%. I read Russia is deindustrialising Europe by creating a shortage of energy. But Russia has energy for its houses and industry. 'Ukraine has the support of the rich West, so they have the best equipment.....' The west was rich due to cheap Russian gas, and will not be so rich when it has to pay 4x the price for gas. Then it will not be able to subsidise Ukraine. The west has been saying that Himars were a game changer, before that switchblade drones were a game changer, but Russia continues to grind down Ukraine. As for Ukraine's morale, let us see after the power system is destroyed, and after the west starts putting pressure to negotiate. That pressure has already started with Biden and Scholz making hints about a diplomatic solution.
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  2546.  @AkselGAL  'We have more modern MBTs, better trained soldiers, can churn out drones to bloat the sky. ' And yet you got defeated. The US has chucked the towel in, it has said Ukraine has to cede land, it cannot join NATO and nobody is acceptable as peacekeeper.
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  2547.  @Fsh7486  'Russia? Can't even invade ukraine. A failed state' So why are the Europeans in panic saying Russia will not stop at Ukraine, it will come after Poland and Baltics ?
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  2548.  @randomDIYguy-k4r  If Russia did not have an incredible arsenal, NATO would have sent troops to Ukraine. But NATO knows Russia has the arsenal to kill its troops on an unimaginable scale. As for artillery shells, you are reduced to buying from Pakistan.
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  2549.  @AkselGAL  'Ukraine can agree or not agree.' Ukraine's agreement is decided by the US and Russia. 'Europeans allready provide more help then the USA.' Then why does Zelensky say that without US support, Ukraine will not last ? 'Trump also showed how bad he is in diplomacy. Getting into a negotiation with giving up all position is so pathetic.' Therefore you confirm that the west and Ukraine have lost.
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  2550.  @kolle128  Russia does not need the west. Sanctions have damaged the west more than Russia. So to hell with your sanctions !
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  2551. But it is the Russians who scare the wits out of the west ! Look at the Baltics, Poland, Sweden and Finland, UK and France and Germany running around like headless chicken. And look at the Americans, slyly slinking off after throwing Ukraine under the bus and saying I cannot afford to spend a dollar !
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  2552. Why are you afraid of fighting them ?
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  2553. It is not a Russian gas embargo. Russia asked for payment in roubles, and not in currencies like euros and dollars which the west chose to make worthless for Russia. Accepting payment in euros and dollars is like giving gas free.
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  2554. I agree. Defeating NATO and preventing the US putting missile and naval bases in Ukraine is the top priority. Resources are only a bonus. Russia went for Kiev, and only when that could not succeed, they went for Donbass. The claim that Donbass has 12 trillion $ worth of minerals is unproved gossip designed to deflect from Russia's prime concern. Firstpost, like many Indian channels, provides spurious and sensationalist analysis, one day for Russia, one day against Russia, to maximise the number of hits.
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  2555.  @steveosborne2297  What is the evidence ? Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, Ukraine joining NATO is over, and putting US bases in Ukraine is now never going to happen. Ukraine of 1992 is not coming back. If Ukraine tries too hard, its unconditional surrender can be forced buy a single tactical nuclear weapon. You are not going to go and die for them, you don't have the required courage.
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  2556.  Robert Beck  You fellows were so shameless that you ran away from Taliban one year ago, without even telling your NATO allies ! There is no chance cowards will be able to fight the Russian army. Remember, the Russians were a core of the Red Army, the greatest army ever.
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  2557.  @ianlouden7939  Your response is immature. Oh, look Finland has joined, so Putin's move backfired on Russia. a No, Finland joining Russia does not change the course of the war in Ukraine, or alter Russia's economic grip on the west. The only significance of Finland wanting to join is that it is another scared and weak European country that fears a beating from Russia - without any reason !nated a Ukraine matters more to Russia - because if Ukraine joins NATO, the US will put missile bases and most importantly will get naval bases. Ukraine has a substantial Russian population which was being discriminated by Ukro Nazis. Russia therefore set out to make sure Ukraine never joined NATO. They have achieved that. Ukraine will have to sign up for neutrality if it is to have respite from war. It will now have to cede territory as well. The US hopes to have naval bases in Ukraine are also ended. Russia has strangled Ukraine's economy - and is also strangling Europe. It is indeed a strange win because you predicted Russian economy would collapse and rouble will be rubble. Instead euro and pound are 20% lower.
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  2558.  @paulking4490  The US's record where it put ground soldiers is defeat @ Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. The US does not have the stomach for casualties. There is no point of 'if scenarios'....That is wishful thinking. 'Russia's only hope is nuclear weapons....' That is why it is called a superpower. I read one of those Sarmat missiles can finish off an area the size of Britain in a single strike. And they have hypersonic missiles which you are still trying to make. They reach you in a blink of an eye. Even in conventional battle, the Russians will prevail because they are ready to fight and die for their motherland. You don't have their patriotism. NATO countries are chickens who cluck when frightened - like Finland and Sweden. It was the Red Army, not the US army, that destroyed 80% of the German army and captured Berlin. The US army would not have been able to do it. When was the last time NATO won a battle ? It ran away from Kabul in a most cowardly manner, with the US running to catch the plane, without informing its allies ! That was shameless. Seeing that, why do you think such an army can fight Russia in a conventional war ? Use evidence based reasoning, and not thoughts based on false pride. Russia is fighting 30 European weaklings + 1 superpower and prevailing. Putin invited those who think that they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield. The US declined. When Nixon met Mao, the Chairman told Nixon : we know you can drop 100 nuclear weapons on us; we shall only drop one on you, and we know you cannot take that. That is an accurate assessment of the US character.
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  2559.  @truthseeker6116  Cut out your pretentious hysteria and moralising. The US and NATO did much bigger scale war and atrocities in Afghanistan and Iraq, and I did not see your type shouting about prosecuting your neocon war criminals, or taking Afghan and Iraqi refugees. Putin has every right to demand dissolution of NATO. As PM of Xi of China asked, if Warsaw Pact was dissolved, why was NATO not dissolved ? Russia showed goodwill, but you exploited it in a one sided way, and you want to pretend innocence. James Baker after the reunification of Germany had said that NATO would not move one inch to the east. Later on the Americans said that there was no written agreement. When Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, protested the first wave of NATO expansion, he was told 'that assurance was given to the Soviet Union, you are Russia'. Yeltsin was furious at western duplicity, he said 'You wait, Soviet Union is gone, but Russia will be back'. Indeed, Russia is back, with its usual military strength, a resilient economy and a strong leader. Ukraine is the proof that if you mess with Russia, eventually they will punch you on the face, and it will be painful. Once the Russians fight, they fight hard. They taught Nazi Germany and a lesson, and they will teach the Ukro Nazis and their supporters a lesson. 'There is no justification for Russia's actions. All this talk of de-Nazification and saving the Russian speakers is the biggest load of crap'. Who told you ? In the 2014 coup, Ukro Nazi groups with Nazi emblems, like the Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part. Do you know about them ? Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowd, what were they doing there taking sides in a Ukranian coup ? How would it be if Russian MPs appear at a Scottish independence rally and instigated mob violence ? 'Russia will pay a very heavy price for what they have done. And the sad thing about it is that the true number of murdered Ukranians is most probably much higher than the world realizes. I think when this war is over and Ukraine is liberated. The true scale of Russian atrocities is going to shock the world. ' Did the world hold Americans and their allies to account for the death and destruction in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghamistan ? So don't put on airs. Start with yourself before you preach. You want something for nothing. If you wanted to avert war, you could have given Russia the security guarantee over not expanding to Ukraine, even if you could not disband NATO. Otherwise, Russia warned you they will take technical-military action. Ukraine and NATO chose to decline the offer, so now you have to accept Ukraine of 1992 is gone, Russia will take the historic Russian lands of Crimea, Donbass, Odessa and Transnystria (which were gifted to Ukraine by the USSR). As for Ukrainian casualties, they chose the war option, they could have said they would not join NATO and allow US bases in Ukraine. They thought they could continue with their Russophobia because they had your protection. Finally, Russia has proved that it is stronger than 30 weaklings + one superpower.
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  2560. @VladLen Same, I liked the Soviet Union, I like Russia. Its literature, music, history, chess, gymanstics, the Red Army's defeat of Nazi Germany. Russia is vilified, but it has always had a knife held against its throat by the west - in the past the French, Germans, now the US and NATO. So it has not been able to settle down and have normality.
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  2561.  @williamdewarrenne5848  Ukraine thinks it is in NATO ....dummy. It sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan. Why ?
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  2562.  @michaelkelly339  Good fellow, if you knew that putting NATO troops on the ground and a tactical nuclear strike were not options for you, why did you encourage Ukrainians to think they could join NATO, why did you tell them it is their inalienable right and you would support them to the hilt ? Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan to support NATO. Why ? Because they thought this will advance their case for NATO membership. You had NATO training centre near Lvov, the one Russia hit in the first month, killing your mercenaries. If Ukraine sent 5000 troops to die for you in Afghanistan, should NATO not be reciprocating and sending at least 5000 troops to Ukraine ? If you are not willing to do this, you should have given Russia the security treaty it asked, and told Ukraine in Dec. 2022 that neutrality is its best option for its integrity.
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  2563. Ukraine and NATO are defeated, how can Ukraine join NATO ?
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  2564. Zelensky appoints new General - because he was defeated in 2023 ! Zelensky was Sean Bell's Great Hope, Zelensky was feted as Churchill himself. Last year, Zelensky replaced the Defence Minister, the Jew Reznikov with a Muslim Crimean Defence Minister. Did it make any difference ? The lesson of 2023 is no one can defeat Russia. How will Sirsky make a difference ? No one is going to finance a second offensive. The US is not giving the money. The west cannot produce enough shells. And the Ukranian manpower was decimated by the Russians. The Ukranians cannot fight without weapons and manpower. Increasingly, Ukrainian men are resisting the call for war - there is no point going to the front when you do not have shells. The west needs to accept the result and the bloody carnage it has caused between two nations in its drive for NATO expansion. When Trump comes, it will be publicly over. The foolish Europeans and even more foolish British will not be able to change the reality. Humiliation it is. But what to do when you are led by self-righteous folly ?
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  2565.  @boloalain4082  Ukraine should have known not to gamble away its statehood to gain US favour.
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  2566. No body can defeat Russia, not the US, let alone Ukraine. Russia is a colossus.
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  2567. All the losers like the British and Europeans are wishing Trump would clash with Sir Vladimir. But Trump has expressed his understanding of Russia's position. NATO expansion to Ukraine should never have happened. Trump even admires Sir Vladimir - said people like Putin and Xi are on top of their game, unlike sleepy Joe.
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  2568. The US has delegated the war to Europe, specifically Germany, Germany is blamed for all delays and curbs on Taurus missiles.
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  2569. The Baltics need to be careful. They have been shooting off their mouth and talking against Russia as if they are superpowers.
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  2570. Europe is moving from dependency on Russian gas to dependency on US LNG which costs 10x as much. The Europeans have been indulging in its own criminal actions like freezing the money of others, and they expect nothing will happen to them. That is their customary arrogance.
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  2571.  @lexluong8155  Other basic factor : none of these Europeans or Americans want to die for Lithuania. When a couple of their mercenaries get captured or killed, they get unbalanced.
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  2572.  @nilutpalkonwar4015  Lithuania believes it is the US, the leader of 'the free world'. Lithuania wants to take on not only Russia but China.
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  2573.  @jeremytine  Ukraine broke the condition of neutrality and pledge it gave in its independence declaration that it would not join any military alliance. Now there is only one military alliance and its only purpose is to target Russia. Since Ukraine broke the assurance of neutrality unilaterally, Russia is correct to take back Ukraine. Ukraine's independence should be annulled unless it signs back on neutrality.
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  2574. On the one hand, the Ukrainians demanded F16s before they could start the offensive. Then the US and west said that Ukraine has 98% of what is needed and they should get cracking with the offensive, and show the Return on Investment, before Ukraine could ask for more.
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  2575. Kremlin on the verge of collapse - you said that in 2022 ! You even said Putin had a mysterious hand tremor and was dying. Just go and watch Putin's interview with Carlson last week. He is cool as a cucumber, no western politician can match him. He has sewn up Ukraine and NATO. The US is seeking negotiated settlement to end the war and Putin will not agree unless it meets Russia's terms : Ukraine has to cede 5 oblasts, AND there will be no NATO in Ukraine. Otherwise, the war will continue till Ukraine surrenders. The US is not in a position to fund Ukraine, it has neither the money nor the weapons. Putin has divided NATO and shown it is a paper tiger. You are burning as a result.
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  2576. So Russia is winning. It is strangling Ukraine's economy. Why don't the Ukranians negotiate and agree to neutrality and forget about NATO ?
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  2577. The west became a victim of its own propaganda, and delusions about sanctions, and now cannot accept the reality that Russia has defeated them and ended the west's 'rules based international order'. The rest of the world can see that. And indeed the rest congratulate Russia. Russia and China held a meeting yesterday to push ahead with a new multi polar world. That is the reality. The west can join it or fizzle away.
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  2578.  @Oomph6006  So why has Poland not sent its army to Ukraine if it is bigger and better trained than Ukraine ? Poland's record is not so good. It was occupied by Germany, and only the Red Army could liberate it.
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  2579.  @Oomph6006  Who liberated Auschwitz and Poland ? Red Army. If it was Germany's decision, there would be no Poland. And if Poland had waited for the British, they would not have reached there. The Soviet Union could have incorporated Poland into the Soviet Union. But Stalin was considerate; today's Poland is a gift of Stalin.
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  2580. If the NATO countries can escalate in Ukraine, what is the objection to Russia escalating ? These reporters and security experts have not read Article 5 or understood it. While it says an attack on one is an attack on all, the response to be taken is written in ambiguous terms (each country may respond as per their feeling and the action can be - but not compulsorily - up to war). The US has written the Article 5 loosely as it may decide it does not want to die for Europe in a nuclear war ! Kissinger did say the US would not fight a nuclear war against the Soviet Union to save Europe. The thinking will be the same now. As for the rest of the Europeans, none of them will be able to fight Russia. Poland is a useless loudmouth. Europeans need to cool it and pressurise the US to make Ukraine negotiate. The nuclear sword hangs over them, and they mistake the Russian resolve in Ukraine over NATO expansion.
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  2581. Poland spoke like a superpower between 2021-2024. But lately it has become cautious after seeing the result in Ukraine and US reaction. When Sikorsky was asked whether Poland will be a major contributor to the' coalition of the willing' as expected, he replied that Poland will not send troops, it sees its role now as being a logistical warehouse funnelling European arms and provisions to Ukraine !
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  2582.  @fresatx  Exactly. Russia can hold the places taken, and build a firewall against Ukranian counter attacks. Russia attacks the power grid, then waits some days while the Ukranians try to repair, and then attacks it again; this minimises casualties for Russia The Ukranians will be running from pillar to post. Either way Ukraine is losing indeed.
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  2583.  @fresatx  I entirely agree with you. 'But we have a BAD record of betrayal our aliies. We cannot dictate terms to Russia and were foolish to think we could. Ukraine will pay dearly, unfortunately.' Ukraine has already paid dearly, in loss of independent statehood, lives, economy. America will walk away at some time, maybe not under Biden but under a new President. The Ukranians were foolish to put all their eggs in the American basket.
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  2584. An attempted show of strength she says - before the Hazels strike Kiev.
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  2585.  @IndSoldier  North Indians are cow worshippers, lynchers and rapists, right ?
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  2586. Baldman accepts the west does not have enough equipment to supply the air defence. He said the west cannot make the equipment fast enough. In that case, why did it encourage Ukraine to fight ? Why did Boris Johnson tell the Ukrainians to scrap the peace agreement in Turkey if you do not have the capacity to fight Russia ? Ukraine is demanding the west to supply long range missiles. How much does the west produce that they can keep up with Ukraine's demand ?
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  2587.  @khmer31  I am sorry that coming from a communist country does not make your analysis automatically sound. The argument here is not about the west's democratic republic socialist open quasi-free economy (your words) against totalitarian system like Russia or China. The issue is what business does the US have to come from across the Atlantic to put missiles in Ukraine facing Russia (that is the ultimate goal of getting Ukraine into NATO). Russia had warned against NATO expansion, and said it would take military action. It called NATO's bluff, and NATO was found to be cowardly and unable to stop Russia. Ukraine is just an unfortunate pawn. The Maidan Revolution and overthrow of the existing govt. with US aid was not exactly democratic and Ukranian neo Nazis were parading around with Nazi symbols. The US funded Russophibic groups to come to power. The US has played the same game of backing factions in Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam, Afghanistan. Ukraine cannot capture back the two independent republics or Crimea - those are gone for good, due to the irresponsibility of Ukranian politicians. Now they have lost more land along the Black Sea coast and the Russians will not give those back. Ukraine cannot win, it will become a waste land fighting an endless war - in which case it will become like Libya. Ukraine for Russia is not like Afghanistan for America. America could leave Afghanistan as it is far away. Ukraine is next to Russia, and therefore it is a matter of vital security for Russia if it falls into wrong hands. Hence, they will not leave like you imagine. Your analysis is shallow and wishful thinking. Russia can take Donbass, the land along the Black Sea Coast and then keep targeting other parts of Ukraine - occupation is not necessary, they can reduce other cities to rubble with missiles, and they can create a condition where Ukraine cannot rebuild. Ukraine is seeking external guarantors. But the way the west has acted, US will not be allowed to be a guarantor by Russia as that is backdoor NATO entry. Ukranians have shot themselves in the foot by willing to use Russophobia and western aid, as a means of getting into EU and NATO. Russia will not allow it, they don't have to occupy the whole of Ukraine, they can just keep Ukraine disturbed and unsettled. Europe is second biggest loser after Ukraine as it has to take refugees, pay for them, the fuel price will make industry unsustainable, and Europe has become even more dependent on America and its machinations. Neutrality and keeping good relations with Russia would have been the best option for Ukraine. That would have also allowed ties with the west. The root cause is reckless NATO expansion (caused by American desire to sell its arms to these new countries). If Ukraine had been inducted into NATO, the US would have put missiles there, and it would have required a nuclear war to dislodge them. Hence, Russia had to pre-empt it now. They have done that successfully. Ukraine has abandoned NATO entry, and the west now knows the limit of NATO expansion. The west also has to face the economic consequences. As for whether Putin or Zelensky will survive, I would worry about Zelensky. If he signs a negotiated settlement, his people are going to ask why he did not do that before Ukraine got destroyed.
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  2588. They are being called sham referenda - by the west. Prove it. Ukraine had the opportunity to negotiate and accept neutrality and be left intact before the war, but it chose confrontation with Russia to get NATO favours, and planned to use the US to threaten Russia. Ukraine fought with Russia, and lost land, so that is the price they must accept. They can fight more and risk losing more. Why is the west agitated ? Can they stop it ? The west accepted Israel's annexation of Palestine, West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem. Then accept this also.
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  2589. @@peoplesrepublicofninj3418 Firstly, the four layers of defence is actually mentioned by western media and western military experts. Secondly, Ukraine has not even reached the first layer of defence. The military experts said that the first 72 hours are critical, if Ukraine does not breakthrough, they will be forced into attritional warfare in which Russia will prevail. Russia does not need to man thickly along 600 km front. They know Ukraine will try Zaphorizhia front, and maybe around Bakhmut. That is what has happened. Thirdly, you are talking as if Ukraine has not any dead. They were massacred senselessly in Bakhmut. They are down to half trained fellows with a plethora of equipment they are not familiar with. When they tried to advance, the Russians picked them off. This is not going to change.
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  2590. 'belarusian president talk a lot and when poland display their might he is now want to talk just like putin' Poland talked like a superpower, but when 100 Wagner musicians appeared on the border, the Poles were quaking. Putin does not want to negotiate. Why should he, when he has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, and he knows NATO does not have the courage to intervene ?
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  2591.  @ric.t.s1380 If what you say is correct, why is Poland running around like a headless chicken even before being beheaded ? And if Ukraine is so strong, why was Zelenski pleading for entry into NATO ? And NATO is so strong, why did the US agree to the Russian demand and veto Ukraine's entry into NATO ? Have a reality check. Russia has defeated NATO and you are looking for an off-ramp. NATO members went and attended a peace conference in Saudi Arabia to end the war. Russia did not bother - because they are getting their way.
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  2592.  @ric.t.s1380  NATO obviously does not have the courage to wage a war against Russia, as Russia can incinerate all its cities. But NATO has waged a war against Russia through a proxy. Russia has defeated that NATO plan to get Ukraine into NATO and thus get naval bases for the US. In Vilnius, the US agreed to the Russian demand and vetoed Ukraine from NATO.
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  2593.  @davidshaw123451001  'And NATO A/A has been taking it down?' NATO claimed Patriot was taking down hypersonic missiles. They can lie. A single Kinzhal struck a Poltava military academy and killed 50 Swedes. The Oreshknik flies even faster at 10x the speed. That is why Zelensky and NATO have going into an emergency huddle next week.
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  2594.  @thegreatdane3627  Ukraine is effectively landlocked. It can only ship wheat from Odessa due to a concession by Russia. Nothing else.
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  2595. Amusing to hear this joker Nielsen asking 'Why did experts fail to predict Russia's invasion of Ukraine?'. He claims he got it right. The reason is western experts did not heed Putin's warning on NATO expansion, and thought that Putin was bluffing. In any case, the west was supreme, Ukraine with NATO weapons and training would defeat Russia, sanctions would make the rouble rubble, the whole world would rally round the west, and there will be an uprising in Moscow. The surprising thing is why Nielsen is posing such a question now. His previous videos were euphoric on how Ukrainians had nailed Russia in Kursk. To raise such a question now is an admission the war is lost for the west, and the soul searching and blame game have started. The EU will say the US abandoned Ukraine; Trump will say it is Europe's problem and the war was due to Biden; the British will say the US and EU did not have the Churchillian resolve of the British. They hate to accept the reality : Russia is more powerful than the collective west, and NATO is a paper tiger. Now Nielsen knows the west has lost. Russia is going to finish off Donbass and move forward to the Dnieper, and then it will chase out the Ukrainians from Kursk. The US will not give the irresponsible British permission to strike Russia with missiles, as Russia has promised it will attack Britain and the US does not want to fight a nuclear war to save anyone else. Instead of asking ''Why did experts fail to predict Russia's invasion of Ukraine?', the question is why did your experts not listen to Russia and accept that NATO expansion was a threat to Russia, and Russia would take action ?
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  2596. No western leader can speak on history, geopolitics, diplomacy, economics and military matters with such as composure as Sir Putin ! He has good understanding of his enemies but he speaks with courtesy and logic. Look at the ill qualified Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, Truss, Scholz, von Leyen, Borrell who froth at the lips. Or the western media that was hiding the truth about the outcome of the war in Ukraine.
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  2597.  @Ignash  Russia has the troops and the determination. Once they decide to fight, they fight hard. They do not need a meeting of 30 weak countries to decide what to do.
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  2598. Russia can go for war, and it will test NATO's resolve. A few missiles can be lobbed. None of the others want to die for Lithuanians.
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  2599.  @goodboysady  All means are fair. Lithuania thinks it has become a superpower after independence.
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  2600.  @gtrocajrc  Things were evolving into a Eurasian economy connecting the EU, Russia, India, China - it is a contiguous landmass. The US does not want that because it will be left in the cold. The US sees the EU as its sphere of influence - talk about Russia wanting its sphere of influence. The Europeans accept being with the US - but that is inevitably as door mats. But there must be people intelligent enough to see the US is now a problem for Europe.
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  2601.  @rogerphelps9939  Ah yes, Lithuania is immune to anypolitical or economic pressure from Russia. It believes it became a superpower since becoming independent. Then why is it asking for reinforcements ?
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  2602.  @lafem7886  I am sure the Ukranians are laughing now with you.
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  2603.  @amoslukyaa5792  Amos, the Americans did not bother telling anyone, those with and without special relationship, that they were going to exit from Afghanistan. They negotiated with Taliban in Qatar without inviting the very Afghan govt. they were propping up. When the cost of propping up Ukraine becomes too much with no victory possible, the US will negotiate with Russia, and not involve Ukraine, or NATO allies with our without special relationship.
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  2604.  @amoslukyaa5792  WW 1 and WW 2 were started when small countries got caught up in big power plays.
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  2605.  @thegreatdane3627  So you admit Russia has won ? Zelensky said Ukraine will take Crimea by Dec 2022. That was your expectation.
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  2606.  @joe4171  'this is literally the reason Ukraine sought allies.' Amusing to read. Ukraine got allies who pushed it under the bus, and then walked away, and made a deal with Russia. Ukraine got what it sought and deserved. Its allies are shown to be cowardly opportunists. Do you feel no shame ?
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  2607. This sort of video about 'had Ukraine had not given away these planes...' is pointless. Whatever Ukraine has, whether it is steel mills or planes, it was contribution of the Soviet Union, of which Russia gave the lion's share. Ukraine is only something because of Soviet Union and Russia. On its own, it is not a viable state.
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  2608. Gone are the usual claims that Ukraine shot down 110% of the drones and missiles. Now it is Air Raid Hell in Kyiv. Any reason for the change ? Does TVP feel a tremor inside telling it that Ukraine is losing ?
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  2609. Russian casualties are cited as a consolation for being defeated. We lost, but Russia had a lot of casualties.
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  2610. On the subject of 'Despite Incremental Gains in Territory Russia has Failed to Breakthrough' A Ukrainian general just announced Chasov Yar is not strategically important. Soon the western media will repeat. That is sure sign they are preparing for its fall. Then Jake Broe type of American jokers will say Russia made another incremental gain without breakthrough. If you look at Zelensky's latest announcement on the Russian attacks in Kharkhov, he looks downcast and resigned. He is not claiming anymore that he will roll back Russia to Crimea. He cannot show anger against the US for the delay of weapons as then he will be accused of ingratitude. He has to appear grateful while losing ! Jake Sullivan says the US plan is to help Ukraine survive in 2024, so it can launch an offensive in 2025 ! Meanwhile the F16s are now the great western hope. When Russia shoots them down, the US will ask the Ukrainians not to fly them near the frontline. Russia has the military, economic and human resources to fight a long war. The Russian soldier is courageous and believes in Great Russia. The Ukrainian soldier is also courageous but Ukraine does not have the military, economic and now human capital to fight. Demoralisation of the Ukrainian soldiers has occurred as they realise they are only a proxy that will be abandoned by the US at the end of the year. The Americans and NATO are cowards who are unwilling to die, and those who are afraid to be killed, cannot win wars. Jake Broe belongs to this class of entitled, vain numskulls. It as simple as that.
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  2611.  @sergeyb8  'Orthodox Christmas took place in December'. You are an ignorant. Orthodox Christmas follows the Julian calendar, which means they generally celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, and not December. Some Ukranians started celebrating Christmas on 25 Dec. as they want to differentiate themselves now from the Russians and pretend they are Europeans. There was no reason for Russia to offer ceasefire on 25 Dec. Russia has offered 3 days truce for Orthodox Christmas, if the Ukranians do not want it, that is fine, but they should not complain afterwards they were killed on Christmas.
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  2612. What is outrageous about Russia's demands ? If Russia's 4 demands cannot be met, Russia will continue the war. It is in a position to do it. The west is in disarray. Trump wants to wash his hands off Ukraine. The Europeans are not capable.
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  2613. Putin has said he will not accept truce unless Ukraine accepts it will return to neutrality, and NATO accepts it cannot have bases in Ukraine. Russia did not fight this hard and make sacrifices unless these objectives are not met. If Ukraine and the west cannot accept these terms, Russia is prepared to continue.
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  2614. All scaremongering because Russia inflicted a strategic defeat.
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  2615.  @Imjm001  Caste is English name, varna may be your language. Who are the untouchables ? Why made them untouchables ? Certainly not the British. Who afforded them the right to education. The British.
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  2616.  @zainaljaberi7940  'which sentence are talking about' No NATO bases in Ukraine, no military exercises in Ukraine..... Otherwise no negotiations, Russia will continue the war. The message is clear.
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  2617.  @burns281981  On the day the Russians get pushed back and out of Bakhmut ? Watch the video. It says the Russians are closing in on Bakhmut. Just 500 metres away. Listen to what the Ukranian soldiers are saying. They say ''We can't let them enter' says the Ukranian soldier (into Bakhmut). 'We can't let them enter, it will be too big a victory for them'. The way they said it, one can see it is a last ditch effort. The reporter says capturing Bakhmut would open a key route to Kramotorsk and Sloviansk. The goose is cooked for Bakhmut.
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  2618.  @jamescastle6297  It is not a matter of luck NATO or West didn't get involved directly. The reason NATO or West didn't get involved directly is precisely because of Russia's hypersonic missiles.
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  2619. Now the US and EU and NATO are slowly realising Russia is prevailing and there is only so much Ukraine can do. The economic cost to the west makes supporting Ukraine not worthwhile.
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  2620. Whether Trump has a personal dislike for Zelensky is irrelevant. He has concluded that Ukraine has lost, it is irreversible, there is no point throwing money at a losing business, and Ukraine has no option but to surrender to Russian terms. This is a correct assessment. Trump is correct to say he did not create this war. Previous US administrations created the war conditions, and Ukrainians went along thinking they will get benefits from the US and the west, by showing anti-Russianism. But it backfired on the dumb Ukrainians. The Europeans find it difficult to accept the reality that the war that they backed is lost. Unlike the US, they have the fear Russia will come after Europe ! They want Ukraine to keep fighting so they do not have to fight Russia and get killed. Diplomacy is not in European brains.
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  2621. Why do you give so much time to wasters like this ? She obviously wishes NATO will fight Russia on behalf of Estonia, because she has a grudge against Russia. Zelensky thought the same and see where Ukraine is. The war in Ukraine was strategically lost for the west in 2023. One of the realisations of the WW 2 was that big nations should not be dragged into world wars due to small nations. If war breaks out between NATO and Russia, Estonia will be useless. At least Ukrainians are bigger and can fight.
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  2622. You people encouraged Ukraine to fight, you said you will support Ukraine for however long it takes for Ukraine to win. It is puzzling why you are demanding negotiations now. You should fight on.
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  2623. NATO is very glad it is not at the end of the 75 missiles.
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  2624. The western weapons are the next Great Hope of the Ukranians and the west. But according to the report, it will be weeks before they arrive. And Russia will destroy a good proportion of the famed weapons before they can be deployed. And more than 20% land will be gone by then. Ukrainian politicians are suicidal in going to pick a fight with Russia, just to get a pat for heroism from the west. The Ukro Nazis got carried away, like the German Nazis when they picked a fight with the Soviet Union. Sad that Ukraine squandered its independence and became a failed state.
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  2625.  @henryseidel5469  The Polish today believe (1) they have NATO, that is, US protection and (2) they have become someone important because the US and Britain say so. When a missile fell over the Polish border and killed two Poles, along with Ukranians, shouted it was a Russian missile, and they cried hysterically for Article 5. Within few hours, the US established that it was fragment of a Ukranian anti-missile that fell over. The US was bending over backwards to avoid defending Poland with Article 5 !
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  2626.  @AnonimUs-gu2dk  This newspaper tells us it is bad in Ukraine. In Europe, if you misbehave with Russia, you can be Ukrained with Hazel.
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  2627. But you are watching him and you are enraged.
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  2628. Odessa was Russian, it was built by Catherine the Great. It should return to Russia. Ukranians have shown they are unable to govern Ukraine with their Russophobia and UkroNazis. It is time to evacuate. Russphobic Ukrainains and UkroNazis should go to Poland.
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  2629.  @PjotrII  'Finland have aided Ukraine with 2,5 billion (that is 450€/citizen), the US has aided Ukraine with 210-220€/citizen....' Did Finland make any difference with 2.5 billion ? Ukraine is being defeated. Why don't you send some soldiers ?
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  2630.  @user-he4ue6is7k 'EU countries combined has a larger population and have contributed more than double that of the USA.' Still, Russia beat the EU and US. Why is that ? Why did you go to pick a fight you cannot win ?
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  2631. 'Ukraine should be given everything and military capabilities '. The problem is your barrel is nearly empty. You should not have pushed Ukraine into a war.
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  2632. 'it's easier to let a wounded soldier pass than to spend all the effort and resources to treat and transport him back to Russia' Now that defeat of the US in Ukraine stares you in the face, come out with fanciful consolations.
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  2633.  @josephbitton6818  They are lucky because the Jews will migrate to Israel and the Belgians won't have to listen to Holocaust stories.
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  2634. The western media wants to show Ukrainian people's suffering. But they hide what Israelis are doing on Palestinians. That is on a much bigger scale.
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  2635. All the countries have decided there is nothing more that can be done for Ukraine.
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  2636.  @sekumezu  You are right. Crux plays a dual game : one day for Ukraine, next day for Russia. They just want to collect number of hits. It is a lousy Indian channel.
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  2637.  @Pid75  Poland and Lithuania need to be added to suspect list !
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  2638. Infantile G7 leaders; it was a feeble joke, to think that consoled them is in fact a sign that G7 has no substance. Russia is winning and is unstoppable. Russia will dictate the terms in any negotiation with Ukraine and the west will be left with no role.
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  2639.  @paulburton8264  'No, russia is a rump and losing fats. Current economic projections for the russian economy depression end of summer total economic collapse end of 2023' Previous prediction made in 2022 said the same - so why are you making the same in 2023 ?
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  2640.  @rogermartinez78  'Russian war machine is being bled...' You have been saying that for some time. But you are the ones without artillery shells and shoddy equipment that got bust in the Ukranian counter attack. In Vilnius, the US agreed to the demand that Ukraine will not enter NATO. Zelensky howled. Get a grip with reality.
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  2641.  @sluxi  I watched many other western videos saying Ukraine is winning and the people are highly motivated. But all I see is more and more of Ukraine being battered, the west sending more weapons, and Ukraine getting battered even more. What have you seen ?
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  2642. Now you know what happens when you fight Russia ? Amanpour and CNN were encouraging Ukraine to fight. The Ukranians stabbed Russia in the back even though Russia gave it gave independence. The west encouraged Ukraine to fight and then stabbed it in the back. Who is more despicable ? Ukraine or the west ?
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  2643. 6 months ago British jokers like Clarke were pompously telling us about how the Ukrainian counter offensive was going to do a breaching operation and head swiftly to the Sea of Azov and the Crimea. Some even said Ukrainians will be able to vacation in Crimea by December. When that dragged on, and the Ukrainian Leopards were destroyed, and Ukraine's handlers started realising the crafty Russians had anticipated their advertised offensive and built the Surovkin line, they scaled down the tune, and Clarke assured us that Ukraine was conducting probing operations all along the front, to find the weak spots, and this was making Russians fearful and depressing their morale. British intelligence even said Ukraine was not making progress due to the growth of tall weeds which obscured their view ! One can only have contempt for Britain's intelligence and military and political analysts. Why do they do it ? Ukraine's soldiers (who the UK boasted were trained in UK) were killed off. In Bakhmut, Clarke said Russia was reduced to fighting with shovels because it was so short of equipment. It seems the Russians bayoneted the Ukranians and took Bakhmut. Then Clarke said Russia got Bakhmut at heavy cost and Ukraine attritioned the Russians, and Bakhmut had no strategic value. But the reality was the Ukranians lost a lot of their army in Bakhmut. In the counter offensive, they lost more. The Ukrainians were pressed into doing the offensive due to western time lines and demand to show return on investment, even though it was known that the Russians had built a three layer defence. After the offensive failed, the money and arms supply dried up due to doubts about Ukrainian capacity. It was a poor return on investment. Then the Russians advanced and panic set in the west of Ukrainian collapse. Zelensky sounded the alarm and said he has no option but to retreat. So more money is being released 6 months late, to stave off the impending defeat. But when Ukraine fails again (which is expected as their position is now even weaker), then the US will abandon Ukraine after the elections. Liars like Clarke will not tell you that. Then you will find Ukraine will have to rely on almighty Britain and the useless Europeans ! It is time for the British and Times Radio to have a reality check. On the Avdeevka front, Russia has advanced and punctured Ukrainian defence lines. One Ukrainian elite mechanised brigade consisting of hardened Azov Nazis refused orders to defend a crucial town. The crucial Ochertynay town on a hill was lost due to collapsing morale. Another less trained brigade of new recruits was sent to defend a settlement, in place of an elite brigade which the Ukrainians did not want to lose. There was resentment by the new recruits that they were going to be slaughtered to save the elite. Hence in Berdychi the Ukrainian troops are trapped, and surrender talks are going on. That is the situation. There is no point Clarke claiming what the Ukrainians will be able to do in future due to arms from the US and UK. The Russians are not going to allow Ukraine to settle down. There was a devastating airstrike yesterday, as usual Ukraine claimed it shot down 90% of missile, but it was pleading desperately afterwards for Patriots. But Lloyd Austin said yesterday the Patriots are not a 'silver bullet for Ukraine' - he was signalling the US will not give them away ! The US needs them for the war it wants with China. The US is pressurising Greece and Spain to give their Patriots away, and they are also reluctant. Greece has refused. The British are the least relevant and least capable in this conflict. But as usual they do the most shouting and pretending. They seem to be trying desperately to show they are relevant. The British are imbued with a deep inferiority complex, they resent that they are not a great power anymore and they cannot digest that Russia who they regard as inferior from 2 centuries ago, is a superpower. They want to show off to the Europeans the British are holding up Ukraine, and they hitch themselves up to the Americans and talk as if the Americans (with British direction) have a plan. British politicians and Clarke talk like that. America's plan is only to go its own way after the election. They want to fight China. Ukraine's situation now is like the Nazis in Germany after Stalingrad, as the Red Army pushed westwards. Fabrication of 'positivism' out of frustration will not reverse impending defeat. The outcome is not in the hands of the British.
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  2644.  @RedButtonTV1  What is not simply true - just because you say so ? 'you do perfectly describe feudal authoritarian autocratic dictatorship mentality that presently thrives in russia' Russia is not your business. You work on getting rid of the colonial mentality you still have from your days of colonialism and slave trade. The US created a problem in Ukraine with NATO expansion, accept and own the consequences.
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  2645.  @barryporteous4904  Rosenberg the Jew is quiet as a mouse here. He speaks Russian with a bad English accent and at the start of the war, he questioned Putin.
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  2646.  @ToxicBro-q8u  Europe never had the capacity to help Ukraine, it was abetting US mischief.
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  2647. @perlaursen51 What is the civilised world ? Europe ?
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  2648. There is no verifiable content in this report. The heroic pilot shot down three cruise missiles and a Shahed - what is the evidence ? There is no information on what took the hero out. The negative news is preceded by a statement that Ukraine stated it advanced 2 km. Where is the verification ? BBC reporting has become a platform for Ukrainians to make unverified assertions.
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  2649. No it is not derailing fast. The west is making a weak effort to derail it due to jealousy. They are also miffed with Qatar as it did not reallocate LNG sales from Asia to Europe and it did not agree to the price cap. The games will start and everyone will enjoy it.
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  2650. The west does not have the shells. So what help can you give ? The west miscalculated on western capacity and blundered on Russia's capability.
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  2651. And Kiev will get 10 strikes in the city centre everyday.
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  2652. It was just collateral damage.
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  2653. This is what happens when you spend your money on Ukraine and America's war, and neglect your people.
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  2654. So the Ukranians are not marching to victory as projected by the west. It is not as simple as that. How are the Russians preparing for strikes when they do not have missiles left ?
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  2655. Perhaps NATO can first take training from the Palestinians on the subject of a breaching operation with combined arms and then train the Ukrainians.
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  2656. Shocking that the western media is admitting their equipment is being wiped out. They have not admitted the fall of Bakhmut.
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  2657. First of all, what is your source of Russia losing half a million soldiers in Ukraine ? It is western media. What is their credibility ? Did the British media not say the Russians ran out of weapons and are fighting with shovels in Bakhmut; that they do not have precision weapons; that they they are using washing machine chips. It is clear the west lost the war strategically in 2023 after the failed counter offensive. So only consolation you have is to propagate falsehoods about Russia losing half a million soldiers in Ukraine. At the end of the your, the defeat of the west will be undeniable. The US will abandon Ukraine.
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  2658.  @chriscampbell9191  Presumably the reason Ukraine's 2023 counter offensive failed was because of NATO training ?
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  2659. The belief that time is on the Ukranian side, and they will be able to recapture the lost areas with miracle weapons and American tutorials, is a delusion. The Ukranians have been claiming a counter offensive against Kherson and Kharkhiv for months but there is marginal progress. Russia is prevailing and will prevail. The Ukrainian goose is cooked. As winter approaches, Ukraine's backers' doubts about Ukraine will increase.
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  2660.  @jpa5038  These are numbers you have made up about Russian casualties, to console yourself after being defeated. What about Ukraine's ?
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  2661. Georgia can be finished with Sarmat missile.
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  2662.  @amelio5720  I was being facetious about using Sarmat. I just meant a small country like Georgia needs to learn from Ukraine that stoking Russophobia to get western support would be a disastrous foreign policy. Ukraine has blown it, it is the end of their country. Some of Ukraine is reabsorbed back into Russia, the remaining rump will be dependent on EU aid.
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  2663. But Britain is at the forefront of fanning the flames in Ukraine. It seems to have the money for that. And it is more enthusiastic in following US neocons who believe the US will be the sole superpower for ever. Since 1945 to 1990, the Soviets were the enemy. From 1990 to about 2022, the Muslims were made the enemy and Britain was at the forefront of that narrative. From 2022, Russians are the new enemy. The self righteous west saw no issues with US-led NATO expansion. Britain leads in the new anti-Russian narrative (BoJo said it was an unprovoked attack on sovereign country and Putin must not be allowed to win). And further down the horizon, the US is itching for a fight with China, and Britain will position itself to take the lead (in the rhetoric). The US, and its vassal states like GB and EU are about to find that fighting Russia will not be like fighting Iraq and Afghanistan. Russia has the capacity to defeat the west in conventional war (and it has the nuclear sword), and even in the economic war.
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  2664. Truss speaks unrealistic nonsense. The speaker is politely realistic and basically says it is impossible to get back Crimea etc. lost in 2014. He does not want to say it is impossible to get back Mariopol and the new territory that is lost - but that is the case. Ukraine has lost strategically important slivers and it is impossible to get them back. He also says much of western talk of sending planes etc. is just talk. The only way the Ukranians can save what they still have (let alone get back anything they have lost), is to reconfirm the neutrality that was in their independence declaration. They have to give a firm assurance to Russia that Ukraine will not lease out its territory to NATO, to allow the west to threaten Russia. Anything else risks losing more land and even a tactical nuclear strike.
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  2665. '...they are losing in slow motion.' So why does Russia give you sleepless nights ? Ukraine cannot get back the land it lost, it is losing more, Ukraine does not have the manpower, and the west does not have the ammo, so the west's goose is cooked. The bear will eat it. Get it ?
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  2666. Trump will abandon Ukraine but escalate the war in Gaza for the benefit of the Jews.
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  2667. Earlier, Russia let Lvov go as it was only a transit point for refugees going to Poland. Then they took action against a mercenary recruitment centre and an oil depot in Lvov. Now it has become a transit point for weapons smuggling, so Russia would want to destroy Lvov. Strategically and tactically, it makes sense now for Russia to destroy Lvov completely, especially the rail station, the airports, roads, arms depots and fuel storage tanks.
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  2668. This man who is a Russophobe admits that the west has failed. At the end of the day, the side that is unwilling to die cannot win a war. The west is unwilling to die, so how can it win ? There is no stalemate, or frozen conflict. The Russians have won and will take Kharkhov and Odessa. Russia is not interested in negotiations.
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  2669. The strikes on Lvov were very good. Russia should continue striking Lvov, and destroy its rail links to Poland. Russia should consider the tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine, but give them a warning and an ultimatum. Alternatively, it should target Poland, engage NATO and see them apply article 5, and see how the American public reacts when some of their soldiers get killed. Americans are not in a mood to get killed.
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  2670. The US and UK drive these wars. Agreed, that the Europeans have trapped themselves as vassals of the US. Long ago de Gaulle had remarked that another war in Europe would be most disastrous for Europe. He added , at the end, the US lives across a sea and the British live on an island. The Europeans face the consequences. In this case, the Europeans will be holding the Ukrainian refugees and subsidising whatever remains of Ukraine for as long as it takes, when their own economies are shrinking. The US can and will walk away, as they did in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  2671. This is the western rules based international order. If elections don't go your way, declare them invalid. Ukraine, Romania have guided democracy - guided by the west. They are not allowed to formulate foreign policies outside the NATO construct. It is like the opposers of Brexit referendum wanted another referendum to get the right result. The west is shameless with its duplicity.
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  2672. @Itsnotmeitsmybrother He can replace Netanyahu as wartime leader of Israel.
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  2673.  @lyudmilavelya2140  Well, it is the first time I am hearing a Ukranian's perspective that is not in accord with the western perspective which is the Ukranians are willing to do anything to be European. Generally, they select Ukranians who speak what they want to hear - and never a single Ukraine who feels NATO is not in Ukraine's interest, and others are making a mess of their country and using it as a proxy to fight Russia for their own interest. The US/UK/west did the same in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US finds a group and installs it to run the government for their benefit, eventually when it became too costly, they pulled out and left Afghanistan and Iraq without reconstructing it. The same will happen to Ukraine. The west will only look if it is profitable enough for them. None in the west has helped Ukraine to negotiate with Russia. Instead, they are encouraging Ukraine to fight an unwinnable war. Only Turkey is trying to play a mediation role. Ukraine needs to distance itself from the US, and come to a settlement with Russia based on neutrality/ At least Russia would be prepared to rebuild. But of course the leaders are paid by their handlers.
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  2674.  @sofiabrekhova1551  You have answered the question on why Ukraine sent 5000 TROOPS to invade Afghanistan by asking 'Do you think we have that much?'. Now, your defence minister is saying you are raising 1 million. You invaded Afghanistan with NATO in order to curry favour with the US. So you should not be crying now when you misbehaved with US help and Russia punished you for seeking to US to threaten Russia. Budapest Memorandum was signed by Russia, US, UK and Ukraine. Your safety was guaranteed providing you did not threaten the safety of the other 3 signatories. There is an exception clause in the Memorandum which allows use of force. Now Ukraine conspired with US and UK to join NATO to threaten Russia, the party that agreed to make you independent. NATO is a military alliance that exists for the sole purpose to threaten Russia. Hence, you and the US/UK jointly violated the Budapest Memorandum. On why Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the Maidan, you reply 'Omg, you’re right, handing out sweets is like nuclear bombs.'. Again, you are evasive. Foreign powers were meddling in Ukraine's elections and politics, and if US can do that, Russia can also respond. You chose to live dangerously, it could be indeed nuclear bombs, just see if Victoria Nuland will come to protect you. As for overthrowing the President, using mobs, that cannot be right. It is like Trump trying to overthrow the elected winner. Also, you did not explain all the Ukro Nazis in your society : Right Sector, Azov Batallion, Andrei Biletski, Bandera worship.....There should be zero tolerance for Nazis, and Russia is committed to de-Nazify Ukraine. Their HQ in Mariopol was seized and they are waiting trial. Ukraine of 1992 is finished. You were given a chance for independence, but you proved incapable of ruling yourself, you let Americans manipulate your politics, and you thought you could make money with anti-Russianism. As a result, your country is gone. You will find at some stage America will leave as they cannot afford it, just as they left Afghanistan and Iraq, and they will Ukraine destroyed as those two countries. If not in Biden's term, the next US President may decide Ukraine is too costly to maintain. Only Russia will rebuild Ukraine.
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  2675. More likely - Why do we need fortifications around Kharkhov when we are winning and destroying Kerch bridge and advancing to Crimea ?
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  2676. This western joker Gulliver is desperate to find some saving grace for Ukraine : Ukrainians say there is still some hope of saving Bakhmut - although they readily admit they may have to give up and withdraw. It shows the disorientation in the western mind. It is just not Bakhmut, the war in Ukraine is lost for the west, the problem is how to inform their people who have been told Ukraine will win as soon as western weapons arrive.
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  2677. The Daily Telegraph jubilantly declared a month ago that Ukrainian forces crossed the Dnieper and seized some islands and this was the start of the counter offensive. It said this was a bridgehead to assault the Crimea. This story disappeared without trace soon after.
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  2678. Why should Russia leave Lithuania alone when Lithuania goes out of its way to be provocative ? Lithuania is heading for a good beating.
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  2679. The US decided Ukraine is not joining whether it is war or not. Because if Ukraine joins, it will ask for Article 5, and the Americans will have to go and the Russians will kill them in the "special operation".
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  2680. Boris Johnson used to proclaim loudly that it was an unprovoked war on a sovereign nation, and it is an attack on the rules based international order the west claims to have built, which they flout themselves (Iraq war on WMDs that did not exist, support of Israel's apartheid state). That is the standard western narrative. In 2024, as Johnson saw defeat inching closer, he gave an interview in the Daily Telegraph saying defeat to Russia would be the end of western hegemony. That is what is troubling all western people. Their rules based order by which they dictated to others and which they used to evade themselves when it came to the non-west, is crumbling. The fear of the end of western hegemony is what makes the west desperate about Ukraine.
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  2681. The Europeans felt so special and superior being the vassal of America. They imagined they had shared values and felt proud and superior to the rest of the world. Now some of them realise that being vassal and committing economic suicide for those nebulous shared values may not so be good. America's interests come before their's. Hence, they want to think about being sovereign ! Well, one cannot be a vassal and be sovereign. The astute Putin said there are only 4 sovereign countries : Russia, US, China and India. They are not any one's camp. When an Austrian TV interviewer asked the Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar if Russia was India's ally, he responded 'we do not think in those terms'. The word 'ally' evokes some are subordinates.
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  2682. Glad you understand Russia is not negotiating - because it is winning.
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  2683. A dangerous new world created by NATO's reckless expansion to Russia's borders, despite warnings from Russia and Russia experts in the west. We do not see any discussion in the western media on : (1) why NATO expanded to Russia's borders when the Warsaw Pact was dissolved, when Russia made many concessions the 1990s and (2) why the US runs an agenda for NATO for the benefit of the US at the expense of Europe, and why the European leaders agree to be doormats of the US. NATO countries are highly irresponsible to create conditions where they have to live under the Russian nuclear sword.
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  2684. If Putin is just exaggerating, then take up the duel.
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  2685. The US and the west were the biggest beneficiaries of Ukraine's corruption. Three US corporations got 35% of Ukraine's agricultural land. The Biden family has done well out of that corruption. NATO expansion to Ukraine is to promote arms sales, and corruption goes with it. The reporter ends with a comment about stark madness of it all (the missile attacks). The US should never have incited Ukraine to join NATO to fight Russia, and the Europeans should not have been willing accomplices. If the west wants Ukraine in NATO so badly, and the west is very honest and uncorrupt, it should send troops to Ukraine.
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  2686.  @bayafrica5909  Merkel has said Minsk was to buy time to train Ukraine to fight.
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  2687. Putin has said there will be no MINSK agreements. He is well aware that one has to be ruthless and play hardball with the US and the west. He is not asking for negotiations. It is the US and EU that is talking about negotiations - after rejecting Istanbul in 2021. They have realised that Ukraine and the west are defeated.
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  2688.  @danieldach4697  'One possible solution is to increase the provision of air defense equipment and completely restrict the airspace over Ukraine'. How will you do that, genius ? Patriots don't have radars that see missiles travelling above 3 Mach. And it is a relatively slow travelling missile, so the chances of it taking down a faster travelling missile is negligibe. Russia is in fact degrading Ukraine's air protection by launching swarm brigades, forcing Ukraine to fire expensive missiles. The Russian strategy is to run Ukraine out of air protection missiles, just as they have run Ukraine out of artillery shells. They are doing this at the right time, ahead of Ukraine's counter offensive. Then they can come and strike the new western weapons from the air. The west does not have enough artillery shells let alone anti-missile missiles to feed Ukranian consumption. You need to cut out wishful thinking and be realistic : the west and Ukraine combined cannot defeat Russia.
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  2689. The western media told us Russia has no missiles left. Their missiles are inaccurate. The Ukranians are shooting down the missiles with 100% success. Then how is 40% of the power system destroyed ? Are the Americans selling missiles to Russia ?
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  2690. Ukraine listened to Boris Johnson and walked out of the agreement reached in 2022 in Turkey. The UK and US wanted the war to continue. Then why is Zelensky and the west calling for peace talks with Russia now ? It is because you are muddled : you have lost and you are in a fix. At that time Putin had said the next time Ukraine wants peace negotiations, the terms will be set by the Russians. Those terms will not only ask for no NATO bases, but ceding the lost areas. Unlike the west, Putin was clear minded, then and now. After the US and UK sabotaged the peace agreement reached in 2022 and encouraged Ukraine to fight, after losing, how can you demand your terms ? It is the west and Zelensky;s terms that are not taken seriously. Zelensky demands return of Crimea. He said he will get it back by fighting in 2023. Now that you failed, can you get Crimea back by holding a summit and demanding Russia surrender when you failed in the battle ?
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  2691. Ukraine needs nothing, we have been told for months that they are winning.
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  2692. All these jokers thought they could defeat Russia. But Russia has defeated the collective west. Russia has defeated the west, get over it, and forget it. No one in the west has the money and the will to fight Russia. No one in NATO is prepared to get killed, and those who are afraid to be killed cannot win a war.
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  2693.  @TurinStark5  Other countries are sensible, and don't allow the US to incite them against their neighbour. Imagine for instance if Russia funded Scotland to breakaway from the UK, and came and gave them weapons and training.
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  2694.  @aslampervez2294  Europeans adore Zelensky as they need someone to shore up their morale. They are relieved Ukraine is taking the beating rather than the Europeans. Apparently Johnson wanted to be a Churchill, he sees Zelensky as Churchill.
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  2695.  @SimSimon87  'NATO countries have more money, manpower and weapon systems than Russia by a huge margin and the production capabilities even more so. ' The difference is Russians are patriotic and have courage, they are ready to fight and die for their homeland, whereas you are all cowards, you are unwilling to die. There is a difference between a bunch if hyena and a real bear.
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  2696.  @GPSniper1  It will be better for EU to close NATO and ask Americans to get out of Europe. The US has become a predatory ally. Europe should work with Russia, China and BRICS to build a gigantic Eurasian economy. Then the US will be isolated and you cannot create mischief everywhere when your military bases are shut down.
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  2697. What is this mysterious truth you hint at but never say what it is ? You are not allowed to engage in violent mobs, attack innocent people and police. Get it ?
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  2698. So what ? Why is it an escalation ?
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  2699.  @ipnorospo3000  I can see your are burning. I would not worry about whether Russia can keep Soledar, I would worry about Bakhmut. Ukraine's circumstances are degraded - they lave lost a lot manpower, Russia has knocked out Ukraine's power system, Those affect its fighting capacity.
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  2700. Get over it, Russia has beaten the collective west. That is the ground reality. Accept it. Ukraine will not exist.
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  2701.  @Liboch  Very good comment ! The EU wants to cut dependence on Russia, so when Russia does it for them, they howl it is blackmail ! Freezing bank accounts is not blackmail, that is defending the international order, the very epitome of being a reliable partner with the customer.
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  2702. Poland talks like it is a superpower, but always acts like a cry baby, even before Russia has administered it a beating.
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  2703. So more or less the Ukranian news reporter admits that the 'transport train' had troops. Civilians are mixed in with troops by the Ukrainians, that is their well know tactic.
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  2704.  @SubhashishBagchi  'Khalistan will be created in LAHORE'. Then why are Sikhs fighting with Indians rather than Pakistanis ?
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  2705.  @bm2588  Why is a nation of 1.3 billion looking up to Israel as its saviour ? Are you that weak ?
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  2706.  @oight  The UK seems to be the most militantly anti-Russian; more than even the Americans. They project themselves as a cut above the Europeans in combating Russia; Johnson decries the French and Germans as wimps who want to sell out the Ukranians. He goes out of his way to show off that he is with the Americans on Ukraine. It seems that the UK is desperate to be with America. Especially now that they cannot get on with Europeans and have burnt their boats with Europe due to Brexit, they have to bend over backwards to be with America. Like in the Iraq war. The UK is paranoid about losing that 'special relationship' and will do anything harmful to it and others to maintain it. They framed many of the international organisations and their rules (together with America), and that gave them importance. Johnson is very afraid of the vanishing 'rules based international order' which Putin has engineered, as British importance will end. Most Europeans have not realised America is now a selfish, opportunistic, predatory ally. This is not the America of the Marshall Plan and the Berlin airlift. When I pose the question 'who blew up Nordstream pipeline ?' to English, Germans, Dutch, French and other Europeans, there is an awkward silence. They all know who did it, but they are afraid to point fingers. The Germans are positively scared at pointing fingers at the Americans. If you pose the same question to Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Turks, Africans etc. they would have no hesitation to say who did it.
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  2707.  @Jack-qq2ni  It is not just EU politicians, much of the EU public believes in the US, in anti-Russianism etc. because the western media endorses what their politicians say, and they get brainwashed. The western media generally projects superiority of the west (that is US + EU), over Russia and the rest. Superior values, superior technology, superior everything. Who would disbelieve if continuously told they are superior ? Who does not enjoy feeling superior ? The westerners have the colonial hangover and it will take one more generation to get over it.
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  2708.  @clxssicsisgod  The people of England largely go with what their politicians and media tell them, that is Britain has a special relationship with America. In his resignation speech, BoJo conspicuously said 'stick with the US, stick with Ukraine'.
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  2709.  @clxssicsisgod  I can imagine Americans will be concerned about their lives, Europe is far. But silly Europeans imagine America is an ally. Their politicians and media tell them. Being small countries, they are dependent and quite content with that. America exploits them subtly.
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  2710. Funny that the Ukranians reported this video footage of the Challenger before the Russians ! So no room for doubt. Maybe the Ukranians see the Challenger as a liability. The only thing we do not know is about the crew. Believers in the west's superiority believe the crew escaped and are now marching through the Russian lines to the Azov Sea.
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  2711. Pledging support after inciting Ukraine to fight Russia, and being defeated, is only a face saving balm. Duplicity, wickedness, and cowardice all on show. And Russia dealt with it. The US and the EU has covered itself in slime and the rest of the world can see.
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  2712. Russia has plenty of time to prepare to knock the F16s out. Meanwhile, for the next 6 months, they can continue to destroy more of Ukraine and degrade its fighting capacity. Anyhow, after the US election, things will change.
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  2713. The blame game starts when defeat stares. For the west, the Russian action was presented as a moral outrage, 'an unprovoked attack against a sovereign nation' (BoJo). No discussion and questioning of the US drive for NATO expansion, and the US action of cultivating and stoking anti-Russianism in Ukraine, and staging a coup in 2014 to position an implanted anti-Russian government. The west believed its own propaganda : Russia was weak economically and militarily, the west would be able to strangle Russia with sanctions, and the western equipment was so much superior, and Russian equipment was so much inferior, that Ukraine will defeat Russia and Russia would surrender and accept western terms. These are convictions that westerners still hold. Hence, indeed western expectations were high, and Ukraine promised what the west wanted to believe as it has an implanted govt., which knows the tune its master wants to hear.
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  2714. In the peace negotiations in Turkey, both sides reached an agreement that they were willing to sign, then Boris Johnson was sent by Biden to scuttle. Ukraine walked away due to pressure from the Anglo Saxon powers - it is their war, they want it to continue. At that time Putin said, 'next time, any peace settlement will be on Russian terms and the the terms will be stiffer'. Indeed, that is the situation now. The terms now are 'a Ukraine minus 4 oblasts and Crimea' and no NATO bases in what remains of Ukraine. ' Can Ukraine and the west reverse these terms ? If Ukraine rejects, it will be lead to loss of more oblasts, and if anything remains, it will be turned into a wasteland in which NATO cannot set foot. If you look at western leaders, they are numskulls ; Boris Johnson proclaimed he will stop Putin to save 'the international rules based order', but he did not last; the leader of the free world is retarded mentally and may not survive; Macron first said he did not want to humiliate Putin, thinking Putin was going to lose, but after Russia helped African countries throw out France, he wants to send troops to Ukraine; Scholz is forced into an unwilling role, he is pressurised by the US to step up, but he will recall how the Red Army beat Germany into a pulp; and then you have Duda and other eastern European leaders talking as if they are superpowers. The European leaders talk in many voices, they do a lot of PR and theatrics, but have no substance. In contrast, Sir Putin is logical, focussed and resolute. He sticks with what he has to do - protect Russia from US bases in Ukraine.
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  2715. Russia can strike one of these delegations and say they did not know. They can make one such strike as an example. There would have been no ramifications if Schapp was struck. Can Britain go to war ?
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  2716. The Russians struck Lvov in the early days of the war to kill 40 mercenaries who were using a NATO training base there. I am surprised that the Russians did not go after Lvov earlier. It has been a NATO training centre and it is used as a staging centre to ship NATO arms. Anyway, it took just a few air strikes on power stations to bring the Ukrainians down to earth. They and their handlers are talking less about capturing Crimea. That would bring Judgement Day for the Ukrainians. Russia has the firepower to destroy all Ukrainian cities. That was just a warning.
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  2717.  @navinkumar6388  The west feels it has a monopoly on truth and virtue.
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  2718.  @razorburn7745  'I’m sure if you asked any of those 12k dearly departed Ukrainian souls, they all would have told you they were willing to give their lives if even it was only 1 cm regained.' Yes, you would like to see Ukraine fight to the last Ukrainian sitting safely somewhere in Europe and the US.
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  2719. I thought you said Russia is weak. We did not imagine how weak. Than why increase spending to deter - it does not make sense.
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  2720. What about respect for the Russians who agreed to a ceasefire and hand over the body of a mercenary who shot at them ?
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  2721.  @funkyplasmaman  Ukraine violated the agreement on neutrality in its independence declaration. It agreed that it will not join any military alliance against Russia. Otherwise, Russia would not have given it independence. Having violated the understanding that it would be neutral and would not join any military alliance against Russia, its independence should be cancelled. Sovereignty does not give anyone the right to invite a far-off power to put missile and naval bases in its territory to threaten a neighbour. Ukrainains have been back stabbers and are paying for it. They are not serious people with whom one can negtotiate seriously. They are the foolish type that cuts their noses to spite their faces. If they had been clever in Jan 2021, they would have given Russia an assurance they would not seek to join NATO, they would not allow Americans to put missiles bases and naval bases, and thus averted the war. Instead, they opened a NATO training base in Lvov and they were running biolabs under American tutelage.
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  2722.  @srenheidegger4417  That is why the rest of the world does not sympathasize with these Ukranian opportunists. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan and it is not even in NATO.
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  2723.  @MAXlMUS  You are so profound.
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  2724.  @juliuscaeser9834  'Iran gave advance notice before firing missiles....' No, not this time. Last time when they sent drones, they gave pre-warning. At that time, they said next time, it will be severe.
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  2725.  @UnfollowYourDreams  'russia is outnumberd 20:1 by NATO, even when factoring in the mighty economies of iran and north korea on russias side.' So why did NATO not send troops to Ukraine if it as 20x strength ? Because no one in NATO (apart from maybe Turkey) has hardy soldiers who can fight like the Russians. Get it ? Everyone saw how NATO troops scrambled to escape from Kabul.
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  2726. Zelensky says he wants to negotiate with Russia, if they get another President ! Till then, he prefers to surrender land.
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  2727. You thought Russia was bluffing when it said it will not allow NATO expansion into Ukraine. Your experts still say Russia is bluffing on its red lines, and will not use of nuclear weapons. But on NATO expansion and build up of troops at the border, you found out Russia was not bluffing. Better you learn and realise Russia will strike Britain or British assets if it lets Ukraine use Storm Shadows inside Russia. Today a British tanker was hit by the Houthis. Either Russia will hit directly or through one of your enemies. There is nothing you can do. You better believe it that Russia will strike with a nuclear weapon if needed.
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  2728. She has learnt about Oreshnik, it is on their lips now. She said she has intelligence that there will be an Oreshnik strike but she goes out of her way to assure it will not be a game changer, she assures the war will continue ! Biden wants the war to continue, Ukraine has to send 18 year olds to save the western face.
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  2729. Trump goes with the victor.
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  2730. Europe should fold into delusions.
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  2731.  @ukrainewarroom  Is that the best you could write ?
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  2732.  @paspa  Ukraine will not exist to be part of the EU.
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  2733. The war is lost, no point saying it would have been different if no-fly zone was put in 2022.
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  2734. Economy will go down the drain if America is locked into Zelensky, so he has a valid point.
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  2735. Like the Red Army on the roll.
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  2736.  @pgs1796  DW asks Ledwidge and other such Anglo experts because they tell them what DW and western public wished to hear - that the west is winning. It is difficult for the western public to accept they are not at the apex of superiority.
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  2737.  @univeropa3363  In fact, Stoltenberg said NATO had given Ukraine 98% of what it needed to win. Maybe that missing 2% led to failure. What is that missing 2% ? F 16s !
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  2738. The joker who rang in and was starry eyed about Musk's intergalactic ambitions claimed he had exceptional insight because he we a scientist. Musk was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific body. Now, they have realised their mistake and there are moves to remove him from the Royal Society.
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  2739. The US psychology was expressed by Bush - you are with us or against us. Only the Europeans and British are willingly with the US, the rest of the world is not.
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  2740. Awesome country !
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  2741. The world is not impressed by the US fighting Russia through a proxy. It is manipulation born out of rank cowardice. And after all that boasting about the superiority of western weapons and NATO training, there is no evidence of it !
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  2742.  @karsten11553  The Russians are brilliant - they took Bakhmut with convicts and shovels and defeated a NATO trained and supplied army.
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  2743. Why are the British sniping about Russia building Mariopol ? What did they rebuild in Iraq and Afghanistan. So cut out the propaganda, Russia has won, the west has lost.
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  2744. Indeed a chain reaction....coming by messing with the bear.
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  2745. Ukraine has been striking inside Russia, it has invaded even Kursk, so what is he talking about his hands being tied ? Russia will always hit Ukraine harder than Ukraine can ever do.
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  2746. Why is Ukraine raging against Russia for a frozen conflict ? The US must have suggested it to Zelensky. He should denounce the US. Russia has never said anything about seeking a frozen conflict. Russia has said it will keep going till (1) Ukraine agrees to de-Nazification (2) de-militarisation and (3) neutrality and no NATO bases in Ukraine. If not, they will totally destroy Ukraine and raze all its cities one by one.
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  2747. Stalin is asking to eradicate sanatan dharma because it is against equality and social justice. sanatan dharma is the Brahamnic caste system that has enslaved India. So what is wrong he said it ?
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  2748. Vain poser ! Like those game changer Challengers !
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  2749. A few days ago the same joker was begging to end the war by December. Reconstruction of Ukraine does not depend on Czechs and EU, it needs Russian permission. Russia will not give that unless Ukraine goes back to neutrality.
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  2750. He is investing in Challengers for Ukraine
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  2751. This English gentleman is different - he is objective, and not a fantasizing Russophobe like most of them.
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  2752. That rhetoric 'Russia is using gas as a weapon, and it is blackmail' is typical western duplicity. The EU seized Russia's euro deposits and hence made the euro a worthless currency for Russia. The euro was used as a weapon first. Russia therefore asked for payment in roubles. The west can have gas if it pays in roubles. Otherwise, it is like Russia supplying gas free to the EU. Why would they do that ? There is no free lunch. Now, the Europeans can tell us what they gained by reckless NATO expansion. Ukraine and the west are the losers.
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  2753. It shows how Indians are divided. They hate each other. And it comes from top down. Their PM is uneducated and he himself organised a riot and had many Indians killed, all for an election. He was banned from western countries. Indians cannot get on with their neighbouring countries. The Sikhs are the backbone of the Indian army, I cannot imagine Hindus being able to fight India's adversaries China or Pakistan. After persecuting the Sikhs, the Hindus are persecuting the Muslims and Christians now, and showing it off as Hindu pride. Hindu mobs rape and kill minorities at the instigation of Hindu politicians and Hindu police. And then the Hindus strut around in India and abroad proclaiming Hindus have become a notable power and the world is in awe of them. Hindus are settled in Christian and Muslim countries, imagine if they got beaten up by locals.
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  2754. You are so intelligent, Ukraine needed someone like you to advise them on hot water bottles. How will they heat the water ?
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  2755. If you think it is appeasement, why does not Britain overcome cowardice and send troops to Ukraine ? You fear Russia will kick your head in.
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  2756.  @Blanka1100  If Russia is not a super power, why don't you send your troops to Ukraine like you sent to Afghanistan and Iraq ?
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  2757.  @packersfanforlife7903  The Pole may have disdain for Russia, but he knows if he messes with Russia, he will be Ukrained.
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  2758. Fools with power are unrepentant.
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  2759. The west is already defeated in both the military and economic front. So it too late to stop Russia in Ukraine. Where have you been ?
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  2760. NATO is a paper tiger, it cannot fight a real bear.
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  2761.  @duartesimoes508  Ukraine is fighting with NATO. Russia is mighty as it can handle 30 NATO members without flinching and strike such fear that Sweden and Finland run for protetcion.
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  2762.  @duartesimoes508  When Lithuania gets the beating, they will be alone.
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  2763.  gusgarcia2440  Glad you see Putin's generosity.
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  2764. Where are all the people that thought Ukraine was winning - some of them like the Sun are recanting now ! Others are pretending Finland and Sweden joining is a victory for NATO expansion.
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  2765. The Bandera army has not even reached the first line of Russia's defence. What is confirmed is a lot of Ukranians have been killed, and Bradleys and Leopards have been destroyed. The west is unable to dispute it because of the videos Russia published. That is a sure sign the Ukrainian offensive will be a flop. The Russians will fend it off, and then go in hot pursuit.
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  2766. Whoops ! Ukraine has to go back to Amazon again !
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  2767.  @amenbrother8818  Chatham House is a pretentious British think tank.
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  2768. They have to do in the eyes of the public as they are doing little but need to show off they are doing something. NATO has been cowardly, even Zelensky said so. If they do too much, Russia will spread the war or reach for the nuclear.
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  2769. Nothing will happen if Russia uses a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. You will say 'don't do it again'.
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  2770. He knows he has many fervent believers in his lies.
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  2771. 'Might Trump and Putin make a deal behind Ukraine's back?' Why not ? Ukraine is a vassal, it has to obey the US.
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  2772.  @Balnazzardi  So keep fighting, Russia said there will be no more negotiations after Ukraine backed out in 2022 from the agreement reached in Turkey. Russia is not organising peace summits, and seeking sympathy, it does what it has to do. Get it ?
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  2773.  @Balnazzardi  Unfortunately, NATO does not have the strength of force. If it had, it would have sent troops to Ukraine in 2022. Get it ?
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  2774. Is that the best you could do ? You should be asking if the Houthis can hit Britain in this way, imagine what Russia will do to Britain if Britain gives Storm Shadows to Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  2775.  @FandersonUfo  Zelensky has said he is ready to abandon NATO membership for negotiations. The US and the west also now realises NATO membership means Russia will fight nuclear war - and no western country has the stomach for that. Learn to swallow your false pride and accept Russia will dictate this as you do not have the guts to fight.
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  2776.  @kabzaify  Putin explained that shells cost $ 1000 at the start of the war, now it is $ 4000. Even if they increase their budget, it will go to procure the same shells as 3 years ago. There is no money or capability to make a hypersonic.
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  2777.  @lostlogic6911  'However, as this war keeps prolonging, Ukraine can only keep getting stronger ..' Western experts said 4 weeks ago that Ukraine must break through Russian lines and do a blitzkrieg, and they must not get bogged down in a war of attrition as Russia will win that. So your conclusion is wishful thinking, and rewriting the script after Russia checkmated the Ukranian counter offensive before it could even start.
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  2778.  @Matt-YT  'Just offer total normalization of economic and political relations if the leave all occupied territories. ' Why did the west not offer the security guarantee that Russia asked ? Instead, the US wanted to have missile and naval bases to threaten Russia, you put sanctions on Russia and supplied weapons to Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine reached a negotiated agreement in Turkey, but US and UK blocked that and wanted the war to continue. Now Russia has checked and defeated you, then after you are defeated, you recommend ' offer total normalization of economic and political relations if the leave all occupied territories.' Russia cannot leave the occupied territories as that would dishonour the Russian soldiers who laid down the lives to defend their motherland. Russia does not want normalization of economic and political relations according to the terms of the defeated. You are crazy and deluded even to suggest this. Putin has said Ukraine led by the west walked out of the agreement in Turkey, so the terms will be stiffer next time. Ukraine and the west have to accept the political reality : surrender of the 4 oblasts + Crimea, and no NATO forces in the Ukraine that is left; otherwise, Russia will prosecute the war to the conclusion it wants. Get it ?
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  2779. How can Trump de-escalate tensions between Iran and Israel? He is openly and smugly supporting Israel. Iran will cancel the upcoming talks. As usual, the US is playing a double game : incite and arm Israel to attack Iran, and when the blowback comes and Iran hits critical targets and damages Israel, the US will step in and ask Iran for a ceasefire and negotiations. We have the US precedent in Ukraine. The US encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia, it armed and trained Ukrainians, but when Ukraine got hammered, the US started asking for ceasefires and negotiations. Putin did not agree and the US is stuck on Ukraine. Iran also will not agree to negotiations. Trump claimed he wants to end never-ending wars. The Israelis (like the Ukrainians) would like to draw the US to fight their wars. In Ukraine, Trump could resist that. But on Israel, he will not be able to resist the Jewish manipulators around him. AIPAC and the Jews are well embedded and control US politicians. Iran may well attack US bases in the Gulf countries. Then the US may launch some some missiles at Iran, but it does not have the capacity to launch a ground war. Trump will then have the choice to withdraw or get embroiled in another never ending war for the Jews.
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  2780. Failing against Russia: Can Ukraine survive the war? Forget about the foolish Ukrainians. To the point : can NATO and western credibility survive the war ? Can the west run its 'rule based international order' with which it bossed and kicked around the world ? I do not think so.
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  2781.  @mec8690  Of course not, Wendy Wilson's heart would not have bled for Iraqis - because her side attacked them. You are right, people such as Wendy Wilson would 'cherry pick their compassions, often based on skin color.' The correspondent of one US channel said these are European people, they are almost as civilised as us. The BBC's Lyse Doucet was waxing lyrical about how Kiev looks like any European city, it is unbelievable it can happen in Europe (30 years ago she would have looked down and said Kiev is a grey Soviet city). Ursula von Leyden said that Ukraine is welcome into the EU, it is part of the European family (Turkey is not). Europe has had the worst wars in history, yet they feel they are special.
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  2782.  @mec8690  That is right, but most western people cannot see Zelensky's catastrophic error, because he survived beyond expectations, so they have deified Zelensky. The people removed from the conflict like the Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Africans etc. can easily see Zelensky was misled or misled himself. But the west keeps pouring in emotional and other support, and that is only digging Ukraine's grave. At the end of the war, we are not going to have a situation like the end of Nazi Germany, with NATO troops in Moscow capturing Putin and bringing him to Nuremberg; yet, the west's outlandish rhetoric mimics and feeds Zelensky's unrealistic rhetoric. It is the west and Zelensky that need a ramp off. But since the west has decided we cannot see Putin win, they will support Ukraine to destroy itself to check Russia.
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  2783.  @milesinnz  Your reply is feeble and based on wishful thinking. 'NATO does not set foot in Ukraine again" - when did NATO set foot before" NATO had a training centre near Lvov. Russia struck it in the early days of the war. Western mercenaries had congregated and 40 were rendered lifeless in that missile strike. Russia is fighting to war to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine. At the end of the war, they will not allow NATO to set foot in Ukraine. 'Putin managed to get Finland and Sweden to want to join Nato'. So what - these are weak and irrelevant countries. Russia has proved 35 EU countries, UK and the US do not have the guts to enter Ukraine and fight Russia. All of you are afraid of being killed. Adding another two weaklings will not put courage into NATO. These countries only want to join NATO precisely because they are feeble. 'Now, Putin has managed to get Germany to build a tank manufacturing plant in Ukraine '. That is a fanciful announcement, it does not mean it will happen. To build a factory takes time, Russia will destroy it with a missile. German workers will not dare go to Ukraine because they will be killed. Russia has already destroyed Ukraine's Soviet tank factory, its aircraft company. What will stop them for destroying the German tank factory ? ''Now, if there was a nuclear attack on Ukraine, Nato would move in - you can be assured that this is planed for. It would be the end of Russia.' NATO is afraid to send a conventional army to go to Ukraine to fight Russia, they will not have the guts to fight Russia with a nuclear war. Russia has the capacity to incinerate all western cities in a blink of an eye. Before Ukraine is nuked, Russia will take the precaution of putting its nuclear missiles targeting the US and Europe on alert for strikes to eliminate all western cities if NATO dares to strike Russia. Nobody in the west wants to get killed for Ukraine. 'You need to be on the Ukraine front line, in your vintage Russian tank facing Abram/Leopard and Challenger tanks.. then you would be wetting yourself...' What you can provide is too little, too late. You can provide < 50 tanks. The US said Abrams will arrive in 2024 or 2025. Russia has 14,000 tanks. By that time, Russia will end Ukraine. It is like your Himars. You said it will be a game changer. It was nothing of the sort. After the Himars, Russia destroyed the power grid, took Soledar and now Bakhmut is ready to fall. Don't fool yourself. The war is lost for the west. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouths, tiny fists. Your writing embodies that.
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  2784.  @krissuneson6993  What is traitorous ? Objectivity and exercising one's mind ?
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  2785. What the hell is a British fellow talking about European unity when the British left the EU ? As for infringing international law, who the hell are the British to talk about it when they invaded Iraq based on a lie ?
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  2786. Ukraine has to claim something to keep up the morale of its financiers - after the debacle of their probing encounter where their soldiers were eliminated with their Bradleys and tanks. Ukraine has not even reached the first line of defence. They are getting struck well before that. The Ukranian narrative is not so boastful now. They know they will be blown to bits when they bang the heads against the defensive wall. One feels sorry for them, but they have been ordered by their handlers they should try.
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  2787. And why not, after all the US supports all types of dissidents in Russia and interferes and destabilises many countries. So why should Russia not do the same in the US ? The US accuses Russia and China of cyber attacks. The US was doing cyber attacks on Russia and China before them, and it took umbrage only when the Russians and Chinese retaliated and got better than them !
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  2788. That is because India is not China's equal. Indians are obsessed with China because they have an inferiority complex. The only thing they have exceeded China is in population. They feel entitled to be a power solely based on that. But no one accepts that.
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  2789. @anahata.mohana The Chinese diplomats are so good they get the work done without self advertising like vain Indians. Look at Modi and Indian media in G20. Indians have to constantly play at ' look we are Hindus and are someone, we have arrived on the world stage'. The streets of Delhi were covered with banners with faces of Modi. One banner even had a popularity index of the world's leaders; Modi was on top. All this 'Hindu nationalism' that India shows off is a sign of an inferiority complex. You are not an equal footing with China, Russia or the west. Kissinger said India is the largest unimportant country. India is trying to change that image, but not successfully because it has an uneducated and embarassing PM and a Brahmin minister who talks as if he is super intelligent.
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  2790. Some months back, this joker Elwood proposed creating a 'coalition of the willing' to send troops to Ukraine. It would consist of Poles, Lithuanians and similar Eastern Europeans, and the force would be steered by the British and Americans !
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  2791. Poland is the second slowest gazelle in the savannah ! I fell out laughing. So true. However, I have noticed when taking children to football tournaments, the weak ones who are forced to be subs shouted the most about their ability and demand to be in the first team.
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  2792.  @umadbro1570  Million men lost ? You said that last year. But does Russia look defeatable ? If so why is the Ukrainian counter offensive a flop ?
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  2793.  @csh5414  Russia is losing ? Means Ukraine is winning. Let me check : Who has lost 5 oblasts ? Who has become landlocked ? Who does not have any industry left ? Whose agriculture cannot be exported ? Whose power grid is destroyed ? Whose leader is begging for help ?
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  2794.  @csh5414  The performance of western tanks is embarrassing. After sending them, you have to hide them.
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  2795. Jew promises to a Jew. But Blinken will not be in office soon. And Ukraine can go and suck.
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  2796.  @BitcoinandGold  I am not a NATO supporter, it is NATO supporters that support Ukraine, so they should go to Ukraine....
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  2797. Austin says Ukraine's struggle is a great military success story ! Then what is the problem ?
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  2798. McMaster talk about US genocides in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq ?
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  2799. There can only be peace when Ukraine accepts it has to be neutral and accepts it has to cede the land it lost by walking away from the Istanbul deal. Russia should just continue.
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  2800. It is Ukraine's grain that is blockaded. Russia is not under blockade.
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  2801. Only a few years ago, the BBC, Time etc. reported on the Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector, Azov Batallion. These are still on Youtube. The Europeans are now collaborators with the Nazis, such is their hatred of Russia.
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  2802. The Dream Team is only a dream. It is losing to Russia. The purpose of dreams is wishful thinking.
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  2803.  @caseymalambo1306  Independent nation does not mean inviting a distant power to put missile bases and biolabs to threaten a neighbouring country.
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  2804. Clueless Russian attacks ? Is that why the Ukranian counter offensive failed ?
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  2805.  @sergiyrospysdiyenko6224  Russia did not claim it will take Kiev in 3 days, that is not their style. The western press made the announcement of 3 days. Russia does not make announcements on what it will capture next and when. They just do it, and then you know. They keep the west guessing - will they annex, or not; what will they do in winter; will they use nuclear weapons or not ? Empty vessels like Ukraine make the most noise.
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  2806. Thumbs up for eliminating the Nazi Azov Regiment.
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  2807. The Ukranians could have been wiser and kept their distance from the US.
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  2808. Ukrainians are slow learners. They are incapable of learning that they cannot win against Russia with NATO, and the only outcome is self destruction.
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  2809. Creating legitimacy with 50 people - eventually they say 'international community' supports them !
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  2810. The lady said hypersonic Kinzhal missiles are very dangerous. The Ukrainians were saying gleefully that the Patriots shot them down. What is going on ?
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  2811. The British and French were hoping to send Poles to Ukraine to fight ! But you only want to play the role of logistics hub ! The Poles were the most vociferous Russophobes, and acted as America's attack dog. Why the change ? Now you have realised the US is walking away and you fear the Russians will kill you if you step foot in Ukraine.
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  2812. What a joke, the Ukranians are squealing that Russia has cut off 20% of its electricity after seizing the nuclear plant. Anyway, Ukranians should not boast they are going to send power to Germany, otherwise Russia will finish that also.
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  2813. The problem for the western leaders is self-righteous false pride. They think they are full of principle defending Ukraine, and they believe they are superior to Russia and the rest of the world, so the feeling of being defeated is intolerable, they would do suicidal things.
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  2814.  @philv3941  You are like the Hitler Youth brigade and Charlemagne brigade fighting till the very end as the Red Army entered Berlin. They were brainwashed into thinking they will prevail. The Ukro Nazis of Azov brigade also tried to fight, but the Russian army prevailed and the Ukro Nazis in Mariopol surrendered.
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  2815. Russia is an amazing country - it took on 30 countries and the US, and got the upper hand both militarily economically ! No one can defeat Russia on the battlefield - let them try ! Now, Russia has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, and there is little hope Ukraine can defeat Russia or recapture lost land. Even the west knows that. No matter what weapons are given, it is futile. And Russia has the European economy and the euro on the rack as well. The west is staring at a comprehensive defeat.
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  2816. What has Zelenksy done other than pawning Ukraine's future to America ? What happens when America cannot afford it and turns away ?
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  2817.  @lassesuurmunne8340  How do you know it was pilot error ? Do you think the Ukranians will admit it was shot down ?
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  2818. The pictures show mass graves ? Nothing can be discerned in the pictures - they are too low resolution.
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  2819. Your own people ? The 'own people' are unable to say who blew up Nordstream.
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  2820.  @cartofulfierbinte  Russia did not claim it will take over Ukraine in a few days. The western media said Russia thought it would take Ukraine in a few days. Russia generally does not announce its plans and offensives, or changes in its tactics. Russia did not announce it will switch the attack from Kiev to the Donbass, or that it would attack the power grid. It adjusts its tactics without notice. Ukraine and the west announced the Kherson summer offensive, Zelensky said Ukraine will take Crimea by December 2022, so Russia prepared defensive measures. Russia on the other hand keeps Ukraine and its handlers guessing what its next move will be.
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  2821. Ukraine negotiated with Russia and reached an agreement in Turkey. BoJo went and told him 'You can’t negotiate with a bully.' Now what is Ukraine's situation ? BoJo is gone, and the US will abandon Ukraine after the elections. You are a simplistic numskull.
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  2822. Ukraine should be given only option : unconditional surrender. Odessa has to be returned to Russia. Ukraine has to sign up on return to neutrality.
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  2823. 6 billion is trivial. The west does trivial things and blows its trumpet.
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  2824.  @anthoantho1989  What is the point of your comment ? Is the loss of 20% of land and the ports, and strangling of Ukraine's economy a tale of Russian trolls ? Ukraine and its handlers have been talking since July of the Kherson offensive that would recapture Kherson in August.
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  2825. Russia will run Ukraine out of Patriots and then continue. Connolly concludes 'Even Russia has trouble finding missiles To say 'even Russia' is like saying unconsciously 'even mighty Russia' ! The west and Ukraine have run out, but even mighty Russia is finding it difficult to get missiles. Earlier Connolly said the Russians ran out of missiles and they were using shovels. Look at the confusion when they lie !
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  2826.  @grus599  It is no lie that Boris did not want Ukraine to reach a peace deal with Russia. Why ? He had a vested interest in keeping the war going.
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  2827. Italy and Spain claim to have greater GDP on Russia.
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  2828. 'Russia's war economy is unsustainable'. I recall Biden saying rouble will be rubble. But Biden has faded into mental incoherence, and Sir Putin drives with an aim. And de-dollarisation is in swing and others have joined the bandwagon. Printing dollars and waging war is not sustainable.
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  2829. Bell is the expert who said the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine has to break through the Russian ranks, and follow up with a blitzkrieg to the Azov Sea. He warned they must not get trapped in a war of attrition, as that would favour Russia. The second scenario is what happened and according to what he said before, it favours Russia. Now the story is 'it is too early to say Ukraine has failed' ! They are now trying to spin it and say 'this was always going to be a two stage attack'. The first stage is only slow and probing, the real one is going to come. It is going well and according to the new plan ! It is difficult to admit that Ukraine cannot win, it has lost. But the US knows know that their surrogate has lost, that is why the US vetoed Ukraine entering NATO and was unwilling to give a schedule. Meanwhile Zelensky went to beg for US intervention (NATO membership) because he too knows he is done otherwise.
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  2830. Sweden is another non- important country that thinks too much of itself - it wants to fight Muslims and Russia ! Under the veil of liberalism, white supremacy and Nazi ideology stalk. The Swedes might be able to fight with a few immigrants inside, but if they mess with Russia, they will get a beating like Ukraine. Sweden is symptomatic of the western world - for the last 30 years, Islamophobia kept them going; after defeat and exit from Kabul, they were going to switch to Sinophobia. They were getting geared up for Sinophobia; but then Russophobia intervened. Russia is next doors, and they can give a severe beating, so they are clucking like hens out of fear and running to NATO for protection. But even in the midst of this, they cannot drop their Islamophobia.
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  2831. 'Higher resistance than expected from the Russians' is the usual western condescension to others. The west had painted a narrative that due to sanctions, the rouble would be rubble, the Russians would overthrow their govt. and the west would be able to place a Zelensky-type leader in Russia to be a 'partner'. That did not work out. Then they thought with western equipment (which westerners believe is way superior), Ukraine would be able to beat Russia. They claimed western equipment was highly precise. They said optimistically their Himars, tanks, Bradleys would be game changers. They also ran a propaganda campaign that Russia had run out of missiles. In fact, the west has run out of artillery shells and missiles. They had all along said the Russians have low morale and poor training, while the Ukranians were brimming with morale and superior western training. Pompous western pundits declared that the Ukraine war had shown the west had been mistaken to fear Russia as a power. I wondered why Finland and Sweden ran to enter NATO when it was clear to all that Russia was incapable. Yet the same Russians drove the Ukranians out of Bakhmut. Now the Ukranians and their partners are finding it difficult to reclaim lost land, due to higher resistance than expected ! False pride goes before a fall.
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  2832.  @ManiSRao-bt3xw  Thanks for the explanation. I do not know the subtleties of the Indian caste system. Anyhow, not relevant to the discussion on Ukraine war. Sorry for personal attack.
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  2833. Marinka is taken, Avdeevka is surrounded. Russia has degraded Ukraine's army and its is running down Ukraine's air defences, and in 2024, they will move further. The west does not have the money or the arms. Then it is obvious Ukraine cannot sustain and Russia will overpower. Absurd to blame Telegram channels and Russian disinformation.
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  2834. He is 100% correct that the threat to the world comes from the Anglo Saxons.....they plotted the Iraq war, Britain created Israel and both maintain it. I can understand his strategic thinking to take out London first. He knows if London is made an example, the Americans won't stick out their necks.
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  2835. Boris Johnson is waiting to come back and help Ukraine.
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  2836. The inevitable has come. Russia is prevailing. The Ukranians and the west were delusional. Once Russia decided enough is enough about NATO expansion, it will fight hard and will not back down. It has the equipment and the will. The Ukranians are delusional if they think they will get more weapons, quickly. Even if they do, it is not going to change the outcome.
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  2837.  Mr Wonder  Zelensky has backed Israel's attacks against Palestinians. But karma visited him.
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  2838.  @starflyer3219  They are not seeking land, they do not want US missiles in Ukraine threatening them. They took military action, the outcome of which will be Ukraine will have to cede more land and be broken up and partitioned. Ukranians brought it upon themselves by following the west.
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  2839. Vivek Ramasamy, upper Hindu contestant for POTUS declared there is no racism in the US.
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  2840. Anders is a joker. He says that Ukraine is doing very well in Kursk. But is it relevant ? Ukraine cannot advance in Kursk, it is pinned down, its rear in Sumy is attacked, and its soldiers and equipment in Kursk are being hunted down. Anders goes out of his way to say the situation in Prokvorsk is not critical and the Russians have not won the war even if they take it ! All options covered. The numskull is trying to hold back a fart and put on a brave face ! He says it is going to take a long time to take Provorsk (like Bakhmut). No, that is not correct. Ukraine has just 5 brigades in Provorsk. Provorsk is a key logistical transport hub on which supply lines for the Ukrainians depend all along the eastern front. When that falls, the effect is big. Then he says even if Provorsk falls, so what, there will be a new front line ! That front line may not have time to form. There are no massive fortifications built further west. Another of his feeble lines is 'Look it took Russia 6 months to advance 10 km, so it will take years for Russia to take a city'. It does not work like that. Initially, the defending side has the manpower and equipment, and the attacking side's penetration will be slow. But when the defending side's manpower and equipment is reduced to a low level, the resistance will crumble at one point - and the floodgates open. Novohrodvika was taken in 3 days intact and that was a key supply centre. Several other small towns were taken intact because there was little resistance. When some Ukrainian military officials say the Donbass frontline is crumbling, why is Anders so eager to lie on behalf of Ukrainians ? Ukraine's last days will be like Nazi Germany's against the Red Army. There were many Nazi supporters who believed Germany could turn the tide, it had miracle weapons etc.
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  2841. '5 billion from Germany this week 2.4 billion from the UK last week - the USA is not the only player in this'. Europe and GB do not count.
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  2842. Alright, let Poland lead Europe then. Good luck ! What is Poland's fighting capability ? Poland was liberated by the Soviet Union.
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  2843. Lavrov is right. The Russophobes in Ukraine who wanted to put NATO missiles to threaten Russia must be made to feel enough heat to negotiate and accept neutrality. No EU or NATO for Ukraine. If this is not done now, Russia would have to fight a nuclear war in 10 years from now to eliminate NATO missiles from Ukraine.
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  2844. Sunak should prove he is a proud Hindu by drinking cow's urine or even Modi's urine. He is on video stroking a cow. Even education cannot change the Hindu of his primitive habits.
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  2845.  @captainbadger1013  Just remember who decided to expand NATO and for what reason - to feed Lockheed.
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  2846. The interviewer says the Russians are liars... wow that is very impartial right from the start. The west needs to stop idolising this comedian. Serious foreign policy cannot be built with comedians, emotionalism and Russophobia. Such an approach shows western weakness. Zelensky says we cannot trust Russia because nobody expected Russia to invade. Really ? Putin had asked the US to give a guarantee that no missiles would be placed in Ukraine pointing at Russia. He asked Ukraine to be neutral. The US refused. Ukraine, thinking it had American uncle's protection, also refused. Then Putin said he will take technical-military action. He did as he said he would do. Where is the lie ? Unlike a western politician, he calculates and does what he says.
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  2847. Note how he talks about asymmetric warfare that the west has found difficult. In other words, he sees Israel is part of the west, a western colonial outpost. They cannot understand how these inferiors are giving a nightmare to the west.
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  2848. Ukraine is going to fight a spring offensive on US orders despite having not much of an army and with shortage of shells. What will be the outcome ? It is a last ditch effort after which the US will cut funds and Ukraine will be left as a wasteland.
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  2849. Tony Blair is responsible for getting Britain drawn into American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Britain elected Blair and never punished him, so it has to take Afghan refugees.
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  2850.  @sogerc1  The Russian army got 4 oblasts, they control the access to the Black Sea, they put Ukraine on life support, and they hold the nuclear sword over NATO so it dares not enter Ukraine.
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  2851.  @seanmchugh3476  Russia did not say the war will be over in 3 days or couple of weeks. That was the expectation of US generals like Milley. As for your statement that Ukraine never said that the war will be over in a couple of weeks, that is a weak effort to cover up Ukraine's failed counter offensive. Russia can stay on course for this war, even for 10 years. For Ukraine and the west, this counter offensive is make or break. Ukraine is running out of manpower, and the west simply cannot supply the artillery shells that Ukraine uses. The west was not prepared for this kind of artillery war. Ukraine consume 3x the entire capacity of he west. The west had fought in Afghanistan and Iraq with air power. Russia on the other hand has the shells, missiles, drones. It has more air power than Ukraine.' Hence, the question is not the length of the war, but the sums which show the west and Ukraine cannot sustain a war of attrition.
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  2852.  @jameswambede4524  The Americans need Zelenksy, they have invested a lot in him.
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  2853. Note that Russia is not asking for peace talks. The instigator of the conflict, the US, wants to be the peacemaker now ! The US instigated the coup in Ukraine in 2014 which brought Nazi style Ukrainian nationalists to power, who sought NATO entry. The project failed, and the US wants to leave. Whether there is peace or not after the peace talks is irrelevant. The fact is the US wants to give up on Ukraine. Peace talks will be on Russian terms. Ukraine has to be neutral, there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine AND Ukraine has to surrender Donbass. No European forces will be allowed in Ukraine as peacekeepers. Those are the entry terms for Russia. If the US does not agree, Russia will continue and take by force the remaining part of Donbass, and advance to the Dnieper, and also go for Odessa. No one can stop it. Time is on Russia's side. US support is going, the Europeans cannot step in and if they continue their suicidal polices, the current European leaders are going to swept away by 'nationalist' or Nazi governments that do not want to support the war. Russia just killed a Danish F16 instructor. No western govt. will be able to send forces to Ukraine as the Russians will kill them and there will be uproar in the western public. Peace talks taking several years suits Russia. Russia is adept at the long chess game. Due to Trump, NATO weakens, tariffs mean the trans Atlantic alliance is over, and neo Nazi governments want Dexit and Frexit, so end of the EU. The west is falling apart.
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  2854.  @Kat-zv3vy  What genocide ? The RAF and USAF firebombed German cities in WW 2 and they said it was needed to bring the war to an end. Russia has not firebombed the Ukranian cities, they only destroyed the power infrastructure, they have hardly killed anyone, that too after 9 months of Ukranian misbehaviour.
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  2855.  @perrystone879  'most NATO countries are battle experienced' ? But the NATO countries ran away from Kabul in the most cowardly and unseemly manner, so what is your bravado based on ? The leader of NATO grabbed the first flights out, without telling the other vassals !
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  2856. Your prayers led to Ukraine's defeat.
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  2857. Zelensky knows the US has ditched him, only feeble Europe is left.
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  2858.  @maghambor  'The ONLY reason NATO isn't going into Ukraine is Russia's nuclear threats. ' That is part of military strength - which Russia has. 'In a conventional fight, Russia would be toast.' That is unproved. Show me a conventional war NATO has won. It ran away from Afghanistan. No one in NATO has hardy soldiers like Russian, except the Turks. No one in NATO is willing to die. Cowards who are afraid to die cannot win wars. Get it ?
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  2859. This is the problem Russia will have : The US knows Russia is a great military power, hence it will always seek to destroy it. The same with the US view of China. The US will only accept vassals, like the EU. But the US capacity to maintain supremacy are over. Russia and China will work together, and others (except the EU) will go with them.
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  2860.  @donaldshotts4429  US used it in Japan and Americans said it was needed to make the Japanese surrender quickly and bring the war to a close quickly. So why should not Russia use it ? I think they will win without it, but I am saying they have that up their sleeve as a final resort, so it is always going to be advantage Russia.
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  2861.  @thomas9961  So are you a semi-literate ?
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  2862.  @thomas9961  To teach me, you need some minimum intellect. Most Americans don't have that, otherwise you would not have tried reckless NATO expansion.
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  2863.  @stevenbradford4392  'you don’t walk away from your allies and into your enemies bed…' You were deluded, you were not allies, you were always vassals. Vassals are dispensable.
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  2864. In some western media, like DW, they say all hypersonics were intercepted, so any damage is due to debris. But here it does not look like it. The lady says she does not know why this is happening. She needs to be told this is a result of the US sponsored coup in 2014, and attempts of the the US to use Ukraine to encircle Russia. She should know that Ukraine agreed to fight a proxy war for the US. She should know that Ukraine assasinated a Russian general and fired ATACAMS, that is why it is happening. She is asking how long she has to live through to get to victory. She should be told there is going to be no victory for Ukraine, it has to cede land and it cannot join NATO. She needs to come to her senses.
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  2865. Denmark, Poland and von Leyen all say sabotage - but they would not have the guts to point the finger at the US. They have to point to Russia. The Europeans as much subordinates to the US as Ukraine.
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  2866. Peace on Ukranian terms will not come. The Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. Nor will the borders of 2014 return. Ukraine will have to cede land taken in 2022, or face more destruction.
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  2867. The Russians are clear. If they reach an agreement, and say I shall give you a rouble, they will honour the agreement. But if you try to short change Russia, and threaten them, they will kick your heads in. It has always been like. They have crushed Swedes, Poles and Lithuanians, French, Germany, and now the Ukrainians and the European elites backing them. Don't mess with the bear. Get it ?
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  2868. To all the people who believe Zelenksy is the Man of the Century, he is a Jew who sold his country to the US and invited destruction. And the country that bought him has already indicated it is ditching him when it vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO. They have realised Ukraine is a loser, but they are pressurising Ukraine to persevere because it is 'weakening the Russians' for the comfortable west.
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  2869.  @buddyrojek9417  As if Australia matters and can change the outcome. The war is lost in Ukraine, Australians cannot change the outcome if the US cannot.
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  2870. Sir Putin has delivered a devastating blow to the collective west and its proxy Ukraine. Russia has been fighting without that cash all along. It is a trivial sum. The devastating blow that Sir Putin delivered to the US is de-dollarisation, a move that cannot be stopped and which will undermine US capacity to wage war. Stealing money further pushes de-dollarisation. Times Radio is smarting from the defeat and daily makes wishful claims.
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  2871.  @bonnie7898  'NATO ix the combined militaries of 32 countries with 3.33 million personnel, plus all their armaments, logistics and intelligence capabilities.' That is all irrelevant. Courage and willingness to die are absent. Cowards cannot win wars. We saw how NATO ran away from Kabul. And how it does not dare sent troops to Ukraine.
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  2872. It must cause burning to the Americans.
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  2873. Still talking about sanctions .... !!! Will that stop the Russian offensive the west has announced ?
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  2874. @@NeelEdu You are lucky you could keep half of Kashmir. It should have gone to Pakistan by rules of partition - connected Muslim majority areas of NW and NE were meant to go to Pakistan. Nehru used the ruse that the ruler of Kashmir was a Hindu king who wanted to be part of India. By the same logic, the ruler of Hyderabad wanted to be independent, but Nehru used force there to accede. There was no UN seat available, that is made up by Hindu propagandists. Nehru otherwise was very good - he started India's quest to be a nuclear and space power, he started the IITs, he laid the foundations of democracy and he integrated the minorities and made them Indian. But all that is being undone by the same Hindu fascists who murdered Gandhi. They will return India back to a collection of squabbling states, as it was before the Mughals and British. Hindus are divisive by nature. It comes from their caste system. China will take NE, Kashmir will break away, and the 4 southern states are better off on their own. The northern, primitive cow belt can form the Hindu state.
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  2875. Anders new line is 'Russia wants political control over Ukraine to prevent Ukraine joining the west as it would become prosperous' ! The joker pretends this is a very profound understanding that the west has not realised. All he is spouting is the western superiority complex. Ukraine has been defeated, but the explanation is it is because the west did not understand despite its superior system. Anders does not admit that when the US arranged the coup in Ukraine in 2014, it too was seeking political control over Ukraine. Ukraine was not allowed to sign a peace deal with Russia in Istanbul. Biden sent his errand boy Boris to scupper it. But now that US political control of Ukraine is thwarted, he has discovered the Russians seek political control of Ukraine. All Russia had asked Ukraine for is that it did not allow NATO bases in Ukraine. It is unfortunate that small countries become victims of big power rivalries. Unless small countries become neutral and avoid taking sides, they will be torn apart. Ukrainians did not have political maturity to tread carefully and not take sides.
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  2876. All these British and western jokers were euphoric after the 63 billion was released, and they were boasting how their Atacams and Storm Shadows would be busting the Kerch bridge in May. Now they are not talking about it. The concern now is which front the Ukrainians will collapse on, and whether it can be staved off before the US elections. As for Britain lifting restrictions on striking Russia, the British ambassador was called and told that Russia will hit British targets outside Ukraine and it was ready for nuclear war. Cameron pulled down his boastful tweet about striking Russia after that.
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  2877. The Zionist project is collapsing.
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  2878. All the more reason for the world to back the Russian campaign to clear out the Ukro Nazis.
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  2879.  @Scapestoat  'We support the Ukraine against a bully. ' Why don't you send troops to Ukraine to save them from the bully ? Afraid to be killed by the Russians perhaps ? Sir Putin did invite those who think they can defeat Russia to come and show it on the battlefield. NATO kept quiet. 45 nations combined cannot defeat Russia !
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  2880. People are in disbelief - that it was a white British man. Farage missed a political windfall, and the BNP did not get a chance to riot.
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  2881. Hodges says God forbid Trump comes. Other countries should step up... which countries ? He says Russia does not live by agreements, so point in negotiations. It was the US that promised NATO would not move an inch to the east - and then reneged on that. Russia also thinks the west does not live by agreements and so is not interested in a negotiated settlement. The de-militarisation of Ukraine is the target, Ukraine will not join NATO, and if it continues, it will not exist.
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  2882. The Ukrainian soldier grumbles the Russians come in wave after wave, and he makes the usual snide remark that they don't value lives. The Russian soldier is not rebelling, he fights for his country. The Ukrainian lost Ochertyne because their brigades refused orders. Sounds like sour grapes. Goebbels also said after the defeat in Stalingrad that the Red Army does not fight like us.
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  2883. Biden also said rouble will be rubble. Now how will the US finance the Ukraine war ?
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  2884. There is danger that BASF's huge chemical plant complex in Ludwigshafen, a master piece of interconnected engineering may shut down. That would be a disaster for Germany and Europe. It will trigger the de-industrialisation of Europe. Already, some glass, steel and aluminium factories have shut. The Europeans have shot themselves in the foot but false pride keeps them going on the wrong track. It is difficult to admit Putin is winning both the military and economic war.
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  2885. You attack the Red Square parade, and then Kiev and Lvov will receive some Oreshnik strikes and maybe a nuclear strike. So don't get carried away. President Xi will be there, also Fico and other international guests. Russia has never struck at Ukraine and killed international leaders. The commemoration is for the Red Army's super effort that defeated Nazism and liberated Europe. We know western Ukraine where you are is a hot bed of Ukro Nazis. Some of the Ukrainians collaborated with the Germans and carried out massacres of Jews and Poles. The Germans employed some Ukrainians as concentration camp guards. [Of course most Ukrainians were not Nazis, many Ukrainians fought honourably in the Red Army, and we recall the Fourth Ukrainian Front of Red Army led by Marshall Konev]. However, after Ukraine became independent, Nazi style ethnic nationalists spewing hatred against Russians came to the fore. Ukraine was a bi-ethnic state and the Ukrainians wanted to have Ukrainian supremacy - that is always a recipe for disaster. Ukrainians did not have the capacity for self rule, it became a failed state due to Ukro Nazi nationalism. Russia has sworn to destroy Ukro Nazis. The Red Army destroyed German Nazis and Russian army will destroy Ukro Nazis. The war is only going one way. You either surrender unconditionally or Russia will eventually force unconditional surrender. The Americans and Europeans are not capable of stopping Russia, and America has given up. Russia will take the Russian areas, the rest of Ukraine will be bombed into a waste land. At best, Ukraine will be partitioned, or Russia will take all. Due to your Kursk adventure, Russia is in Sumy. If you attack the Red Square parade, Ukraine's non-existence will be fast forwarded.
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  2886. Poles stronger than Ukraine ? What was Poland;s record in WW 2 ? They were under Germany, and the Red Army had to liberate the Poles.
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  2887.  @jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713  Qatar's energy minister told the EU that if any one in the world offers them 1 euro more than the EU's cap price, the LNG will go there. Why has the EU not asked its ally the US to cap its LNG price ? What the EU and west are trying to do is blackmail. They are hoping to rely on the fact that London insures most of the shipping in the world, so they say if a ship carries LNG valued above their cap, the ship will not get insurance. They are trying to use their monopoly on insurance to blackmail. But it will not work. Eventually, others will get into marine insurance business and London's dominance of marine insurance will end.
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  2888. US is not dragged into conflicts, the US creates conflicts as a matter of foreign policy. Like WMDs in Iraq. Like the US organised a coup in Ukraine 2014, to implant a NATO favouring govt.. Like backing Israel.
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  2889. Shock and awe.
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  2890. 'People are cheap in Russia…' You are saying that because you know Russia defeated you and you cannot understand why.
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  2891.  @andrew30m  So Ukraine should surrender Bahkhmut and leave. It will be simpler for them.
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  2892. Why is this British podcaster asking Bolton what should the British do in front of Trump ? Don't you have an independent mind, why do you need foreigners to advise you ? Shows how servile you are.
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  2893.  @dpelpal  Thee Rushin' military is a bit of a joke, but you always sound like a frightened rabbit despite being far from the bear.
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  2894. What do you mean Putin will not discuss or seek solutions ? He knows what he wants : no NATO expansion to Ukraine. He has achieved that. Zelensky understands that, so does NATO. There will be no compromise on that. The only solution is Ukraine agrees to surrender and cut out its Russophobia.
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  2895. The US incited Ukraine to misbehave by plotting to get NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Beware of misbehaving against Russia by siding with America. It will look rosy till you get a beating from Russia and find US cannot stop it. Cancelling Russia is not possible, Russia can cancel Moldova if it misbehaves like Ukraine.
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  2896.  @RobBCactive  'Total nonsense, Vladolf Pootin is a liar! ' So why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? Better still, why not launch another Operation Barbarossa ? Cowardice perhaps ?
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  2897.  @solconcordia4315  Ukraine is not neutral, it is a de facto NATO member. NATO had a training facility near Lvov which the Russians eliminated at the start of the war. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to invade Iraq and also some to Afghanistan. So it is not an innocent country as you pretend. It has invaded others who never attacked Ukraine, so it cannot complain if it is invaded. 'Does Russia want a guarantee that Ukraine concedes that it will be neutral. Of course, no problem, Ukraine will give a Russian guarantee.' The US will not allow it. The Ukrainian leadership which is an implant also thought they could fight with US support and win. If Ukraine had given the neutrality guarantee in Dec 2021, Russia would not have sent troops. The rest of your post is not comprehensible.
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  2898.  @anomanderrake3593  Churchill had no choice about ending the British empire. It ended because the subjugated protested.
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  2899.  @DipakBose-bq1vv  Often people of mixed parentage take pride in both cultures. But Boris looks down on Turkey (there is a video of him visiting Turkey where he talks about the superiority of western civilisation over Ottomans). He is eager to show off he is part of the great western civilisation. He wants to be more Anglo than the normal Anglos, by idolising the racist and colonialist Churchill. As Boris has not had the opportunity to be Churchill himself, he sees Zelensky as the Churchill of this age ! He does not know Churchill went to Moscow to seek Stalin's support, and it is the Red Army that defeated Nazi Germany. Boris was the first one to say 'Putin must not be allowed to win, and break the 'international rules based order'. He did not say that when Britain invaded Iraq. Boris is keenly aware that a Russian victory spells the end of western domination (that is what is meant by 'international rules based order'), in which Britain had a role as assistant of the US to formulate the rules for others. He knows a Russian victory means Britain will have a diminished role in the future. That is why, in his farewell speech in Parliament, his last words were 'Stick with the US, stick with Ukraine'. Oddly, his soulmate in the US is Trump - because Trump shares his notions of white superiority. But Trump is ready to sell out the Ukrainians ! While boasting about the superiority of western civilisation, Boris at the same time disparages and mocks the EU. He prefers to be America's errand boy. Boris epitomises the confused British character, post-empire.
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  2900. The new 'Hindu nationalist hates Muslims and Christians. He is a product of Modi's India. They are carrying out hate campaigns against Muslims and Christians in India. However, Hindus should not get carried away and think they can do the same abroad with the same impunity as they do in India. The west is aligned to support Israel against the Arabs. It arises due to the guilt of their massacre of the Jews, plus the control the Jews have over their media, politics and economy. The west has its agenda in the ME to control the oil and the wealth. India will never be allowed to join in their control and decision making. So there is no point trying to join Israel against the Arabs. If there was an attack on India, the west will give a routine message, they are not going to do anything for India. The Arabs governments may not be able to go against America, but they can go against Indians. They can chuck out the Indians or reduce their recruitment. UAE did that when a similar Hindu insulted Arabs through hate messages. India has big business operating through Dubai and all that can be seized overnight. That is why India rushed its FM when Dubai expelled some Hindus, when similar hate messages were tweeted. UAE will not be like Canada. All the foreign assets of Indian oligarchs like Ambani and Adani can be seized overnight and Indians can be deported. The Arabs are now becoming aware through social media forwards of hate messages that Hindus are putting out that Hindus hate them. This Hindu doctor is a product of the recent indoctrination he has received. Hitherto no Arab felt enmity to the Hindu, but now the Hindus wish to be Jews. What for ?
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  2901. There is going to be no war with Russia. This is all vain talk born out of frustration after the defeat of the collective west in Ukraine. Russia itself has not said it is preparing for conflict with Britain. Russia is not looking to invade Britain or Europe. On the other hand, if the British want to mess with Russia, a single Sarmat missile with nuclear warheads can takeout a country the size of Britain. So the British will not mess with Russia, they know the consequence. They know what happened to Ukraine. In 1956, the British, the French and Israel invaded Egypt over the Suez Canal. The Soviet Union (Bulganin) sent a letter to the PMs of all three countries that it will use nuclear weapons if they did not withdraw. Eisenhower looked the other way and made it clear the US would not come to the rescue. The three climbed down. Since the 1956 debacle, the British have a grudge towards Russia. All this posturing about fighting Russia comes from pent up British frustration. They would like to be a world power like Russia, but they do not have the capacity. Britain is a once-upon-a-time country. Perry is the old colonial type of British who would like to fight Russia and thinks it can win like in the Crimean war around 1857.
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  2902. If they admitted 700, it is several times more.
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  2903.  @john_in_phoenix  None of those masterpieces are going to happen again. Russia has Ukraine lined up against the wall and is strangling it.
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  2904. “This counteroffensive in the South” started to be promoted in May by the western media. ' It is the Great Western Hope.
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  2905. You can try attacking the Russian homeland - but the response will be devastating. As the Ukranians and their handlers are finding out. As the Nazis found out.
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  2906. Now, all western channels accept that Russia will not accept NATO peacekeepers. They understand now that Russia, not the west, decides. Earlier, the west said Ukraine is a sovereign country and it has an inalienable right to join whichever alliance it wants. Now it is not pushing that right. Russia called the west's bluff.
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  2907. ' We will be as per Article 5 under 'the nuclear umbrella' of NATO'. You have never read Article 5, you are just parroting by hearsay. Article 5 only says an attack on one will be taken as attack on all. However, Article 5 does not say there will be a unanimous reaction by all members. Its says members can help the attacked country by all means, including and up to war. However, it lays open the decision to each member - some may offer to send medical aid, some equipment but no troops, some may opt out etc. Further NATO is the US. Kissinger said long ago that the US would not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. The situation has not changed. If Russia, used nuclear weapons on Finland, the ones who have nuclear weapons in NATO will naturally decide that they do not want to be incinerated like Finland. Finland has been foolish. You are just dumb if you imagine the others will agree on self immolation for Finland. Why should they ? After they see a Sarmat missile incinerate Finland, the natural reaction would be 'I don't want that to happen to me'. Russia clobbered Ukraine because it was planning to give its territory to the NATO and the US, to threaten Russia. Russia was not threatening Finland. Now, Finland by joining NATO, brings the possibility of a nuclear strike on itself. And there is no guarantee the ones with nuclear power will strike Russia, because they will save their skins first. Try to engage your brain and think.
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  2908.  Elena R  Russia ran out of trained infantry. Zelenksy said 2 months ago that Russia had ammo only for 3 days. Any idea why Zelensky is now asking to end the war by December ?
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  2909. No matter who is Chancellor, or PM, and who or which party replaces them, no one can save the economy. Truss referred to Putin's war as the explanation of Britain's economic mess. That is the core reason. Putin has won the economic war.
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  2910. Ukranian and westerners are now not boasting now, slowly realism is striking. Russia will prevail. 'Ukraine belongs to Europe'. How does that help ? Does enmity towards Russia qualify Ukraine to be part of Europe ? What happens if Russia uses its heaviest weapon, the tactical nuclear weapon ?
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  2911. What is the crucial information that Anders has revealed ? That Ukraine and the west have lost the war ? Many knew that long ago, but Anders deluded you.
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  2912. As if Israel will be saved by your prayers.
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  2913.  @D.A.A.321  Russia has the right to have have an alternative point of view in international affairs regardless of whether it is an autocracy. If you threaten it and you ignore its warning, it will hit you, and indeed it has a right to hit you.
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  2914.  @andybassman104  And how many Russians are there who will sell their country for the west, and who would agree to be doormats of the US ? Very few. The bulk are patriotic in a way no westerner can be. The Europeans agree to be doormats of the US. But do not expect that of the Russians. Therein lies the difference.
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  2915. The alternative is to become dependent on America's LNG. It costs about 7-10 x more than piped gas. European cost of living will go up. The Industrial goods produced i the EU will become uncompetitive. It is a high price to pay for NATO expansion.
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  2916.  @mv69969  They may hide the Challengers ! Leopards are not coming out anymore.
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  2917.  @JonWilde2105  'I guess they're going to have to make an update to qualify that claim .' They will now say the Challenger has never been knocked out except when fighting Russia, but the crew survived.
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  2918.  @rankoorovic7904  After seeing the fate of the Leopards and Challengers, the Americans will delay sending the Abrams. The British were the first to send tanks and they forced the unwilling Germans and Americans. After that the British kept a back seat, and told the Germans to send their tanks. After seeing the outcome, they did not send the Challengers to the front. But eventually the Ukranians ran out and had to field the Challengers. The British reputation is in tatters like the Germans.
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  2919. Sir Putin offered to fight a gentlemanly duel : Oreshnik versus Patriots, at any venue in Ukraine. The US did not want to take up the gentlemanly offer.
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  2920. How come the Iron Dome did not work when needed ? Did Iran or Russia switch it off ?
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  2921.  @willengel2458  Ironically, Zelensky was elected on a platform for bringing a peace settlement with Russia. But overall, the Ukranian governments since the US staged coup of 2014 were directed by the US. The US was its paymaster, so it had to do what the US ordered - which is to work against Russia . Ukraine was a guided democracy !
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  2922. So the toothless G7 leaders poked fun at Putin and felt consoled at their toothlessness - like the reporter.
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  2923. 'Should Britain stand up to Russia? ' Britain is not in a position to stand up to Russia. It stands on other people's shoulders and tries to fight, and it tries to act as the boss.
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  2924.  @TheAArmstrong  If Russia is bogged down in Ukraine, why is Zelensky desperately begging for missiles, when F16s were supposed to be the game changer ?
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  2925. First let them find the money to heat their homes. Where is that coming from ?
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  2926. Nobody is pulling India down, except your love for fascism, Hindu style.
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  2927. One can see the sheer desperation of the west to stave off defeat. The tanks have become the new Great Hope of the west. A few months ago, it was the Himars. They are forgotten now. A 100 tanks are not going to change the outcome - Russia has 12,000 and they hit Ukraine with many things. The Ukranians do not have basic things like shells. The war is lost or the west. This is the last fling of the die. Russia will defend for a period and beat off the Ukranian offensive, and after that Ukraine will have nothing left. The west cannot afford to continue. The economic situation is dire and there are mass protests in France and strikes in Europe (see DW).
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  2928. Exchanging Palestinian hostages for Israeli hostages is the only way. The suggestion that Israel won't allow Gazan prisoners back to Gaza on the grounds that they could attack Israelis and can demand Qataris to take them is arrogant. What if the Gazans demand that the Israeli prisoners in their hands cannot return to Israel because they could pose a threat to them and should be sent to a third country ? The Israelis need to come to terms with the reality that they cannot dictate to Gazans.
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  2929. Ukraine will be returned to the stone age unless it signs up for neutrality. No industry, no agriculture, no power - as it was before it joined the Soviet Union.
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  2930. Such shows indicate the disarray in western policy, and the lack of seriousness and professionalism. Turkey hosted peace talks where both attended and reached an understanding - which the US and UK did not want, as it is their war. What is the point of the west holding a gathering to get funds for Zelensky to continue the war and then calling it a peace summit ? The west has lost all credibility. It is responsible for the Ukraine war and the Palestine war, and in both cases, it is backing the wrong side, and sticking with them because defeat is difficult to digest.
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  2931. The Prof. need not lose sleep over how European 'peacekeeping troops' will operate in Ukraine. Russia will not allow European troops in Ukraine. The Europeans can't be trusted, Russia cannot allow another Minsk accord which according to Merkel bought NATO time to arm Ukrainians.
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  2932. The war is lost, the west is making smoke clouds to hide the defeat.
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  2933. Why is the west so agitated about the referenda ? Just ignore it. After all, it has been telling us Ukraine is advancing at great speed in Kharkov, Donbass and Kherson, and was on course to liberate Crimea in a few days, due to the high morale and superior arms of the Ukrainians.
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  2934. Germany and Europe will need Russia to save them from the next round of Nazism.
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  2935. Is the war sustainable for Ukraine and the west ? Who is calling for a ceasefire, negotiations, freezing the conflict, peacekeepers ? It is the side who cannot sustain the war and does not have the capability of mobilising money, weapons and manpower. That is Ukraine and the west. Sir Vladimir has said 'Russia is not going to negotiate just because you have run out of weapons'. If the west cannot accept Russian terms (surrender of Donbas, no NATO in Ukraine), then Russia will complete the capture of the entire Donbass in 2025, push to the Dnieper, and plan for Odessa. Negotiate or lose more.
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  2936. If Lativa misbehaved against Russia like Ukraine (which wanted to bring US bases) or Lithuania (which tried to blockade Kaliningrad), it is predictable Russia will annex you.
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  2937. How has the situation unfolded ? The US can use Ukraine as a battering ram but look at the result. Ukraine has list 20% of its land, the remainder is made effectively landlocked and turned into a waste land. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. The EU economies have been strangled and Europe is being de-industrialised. The US dollar is being de-dollarised which erodes US power in the medium and long term. Russia has achieved its aim : no US bases in Ukraine will be possible. The US will have to fight a nuclear war, and it does not think it is worth it. The US aim was regime change in Moscow, they thought sanctions would force crowds to come out on the street, overthrow Putin, and a Zelensky type will be found to run Russia, and sanctions could be lifted and there would be no damage to the west. The US did not see how it will unfold : Putin is still in place, and he has damaged the western economies and put it in a death spiral. Obviously Russia has had some setbacks, but overall the situation has unfolded in Russia's favour, and the west will have to swallow its false pride and agree to negotiations when the winter strikes.
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  2938. Amusing to watch these western experts doing a cover up job for Ukraine. 4 weeks ago, they said the first 72 hours were critical, the Ukranians need to puncture the Russian defence lines and make a blitzkreig down to Melitopol and Sea of Azov. These pundits said Ukraine should not get bogged down in a war of attrition which Russia would win. 1 month has passed and the Ukranians have not reached the first line of defence. The arrows in the presentation are shown passing near Melitopol as if the Bandera army has reached there Now, they say the Bandera army is doing probing actions wearing the Russians down, keeping them on edge, making them guess etc. The west is in a losing position but no commentator can say that. It is clear Ukraine cannot break through; they will get slaughtered as in the first attempt. It is a war of attrition which the western experts said suits Russia. Behind the scenes, there is pressure for Ukraine to show results. It is like any business venture. No results, no more money. The Americans are crude capitalists and they will demand their pound of flesh from Ukraine sooner or later. Zelensky also fears the US will desert Ukraine and ask it to negotiate.
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  2939. Russia has crushed European war mongering elites who attacked Russia many times. The Europeans elites have been taught a lesson in Ukraine.
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  2940. You have no problem creating and accepting Israel on someone's land, so what is the problem, hypocrite ?
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  2941. It is just wishful thinking, a few paltry tanks will not make any difference. Your type said Himars were game changers and Ukraine would capture Crimea by Dec 2022. It is all too little, too late. The Ukranians needs artillery shells and the west cannot supply them. So the Ukro Nazis are being massacred in Bakhmut. The war is lost for the west.
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  2942. ​ @cylentone  Russia has 12,000 tanks. They just need to destroy half the 100, the rest will have maintenance problems. It is like your sort mentioned 18 Himars and some French equipment would change the course of the battle. Nothing will stop Russia.
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  2943. 'Absolutely great news' leads to unrealistic expectations. It is like your Himars were supposed to be game changers. Zelensky said he will retake Crimea by Dec 2022. Instead, he lost his power grid, and Soeldar, and Russia is massacring Ukranians soldiers in Bakhmut and Adveekva.
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  2944.  @carlmilsum7203  A lot have Palestinians died even before. The apartheid regime of Israel has to end as in South Africa. In South Africa also, the settler colonialists killed a lot of the natives, but the natives prevailed in the end. The Palestinians can lose a lot of battles, but they can endure. Israelis do not have the manpower for prolonged war. Israel cannot trade and have normalisation with neighbours and run an apartheid state at home. It needs to become civilised and abandon its Nazi ways.
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  2945.  @ThePkmage  Britain is irrelevant. The US is not inviting the British to Moscow.
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  2946. Very good analysis. The US got greedy with NATO expansion and the Europeans were too weak to rein the US in.
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  2947. Europe has surrendered its foreign policy to insignificant countries like Estonia.
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  2948. The gentleman is smarmy, the lady is straightforward. It was a miscalculation to give an invitation to Trump. It was done under the impression that Trump could be tamed from his fascistic mindset. Starmer thought it would make Trump committed to Ukraine. But that will not work. He will use the state visit to project himself and continue with his ways. There is bound to be protest - as during Trump's first visit.
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  2949.  @Mnkskanal  'We were told that Israel's occupation would be the issue. So Israel left Gaza almost 20 years ago. ' Don't lie and pretend innocence. Israel harasses Gaza, controls them, it is an open prison. It runs an apartheid state and has confined Palestinians to bantustans as in South Africa. That is why they fight. You need to ask why the EU and US have been condoning and backing an apartheid state built on race. A Jew born in Europe has automatic settlement right in Israel. But a Palestinian who has lived generations in that land has no right, his property can be bulldozed and confiscated. What is this ? How is Israel different from a Nazi state based on racial supremacy and exclusivity ? You gassed the Jews and then you off loaded them in Palestine and you plead you are civilised. That is why western reputation is in tatters. Due to your hypocrisy, the rest of the world backed Russia.
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  2950. The Storm Shadow has US components, so Britain cannot use it without US permission - which is not forthcoming. The Americans are wary of direct fight with Russia. Why do the British have a suicidal urge to fight Russia ? Let us say Russia does not target Britain with a hypersonic Sarmat missile, but it sinks a British ship, and the Americans look the other way. What will Britain do ?
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  2951. After those British Storm Shadows were launched and killed civilians on a Crimean beach, Russia gave a warning if that kind of thing happens again, then a nuclear strike on Ukraine would be on the cards. The US and Germany have a tacit understanding with Russia on that, that it is why they will not allow Ukraine to use their missiles on Russia proper. If Ukraine was allowed to escalate, Russia would put all western countries on their nuclear sights as a precaution, and then nuke Ukraine. No western country will be able to do anything fearing the same would happen to them if they intervened. These sort of things are not said openly. Get it ?
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  2952. As if IDF has any strategy.
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  2953. The Ukranians have a behavioural problem. They messed with Russia to get US attention, and so Ukraine has become a failed state.
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  2954. Ukriainian soldier says 'if we have these Leopards, we shall be unstoppable'.... yeah right !
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  2955.  @manickn6819  They have 40. They are all mouth and no trousers.
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  2956. Ukraine is getting the beating of its life for its stupidity, there is nothing to envy. Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, it has destroyed Ukraine's economy and made it landlocked, it will not allow NATO to get bases in Ukraine, it has started to de-industrialise Europe and is it has triggered de-dollarisation. Only Russia could take on the west, withstand its sanctions and flip the western economies, hammer Ukraine and hold the nuclear sword on the west and prevent it from sending troops. Even China could not do this.
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  2957.  @rustydog4404  No one inflicted blame on you or your family. But Ukraine and its neo Nazis and comedian on the US payroll asked for it. If you want to invite a far off power to come and put missiles to threaten a nuclear neighbour, then anyone with a little intelligence can foresee the consequences. I am talking at the political and national level, and not at the micro level of the individual. You should be questioning the US policies (US arms industry that lobbied for NATO expansion; Victoria Nuland financing the coup in 2014) that led to this.
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  2958. I see, if someone gets elected with 95% of the votes, then it must be North Korea, it cannot be Britain. When anti-Brexiteers tried to block Brexit because the Brexiteers only got 52% of the votes, there was outrage that it was subverting the democratic will. Now, if Galloway won, accept the verdict and uncouth scum like Farrage should not bitch about it.
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  2959.  @SwingEzzZZ  So far the EU-NATO countries have not faced US military tactics. But they are facing the economic tactics : blowing up Nordstream pipeline to sell US gas at inflated prices, making EU countries fork out money for US arms, and siphoning out investment out of Europe.
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  2960.  @victoneter  Russia took Crimea due to the coup the US engineered in Ukraine. Why did the US sponsor a coup ? Why were Victoria Nuland and John McCain in the crowd distributing sweets in the Maidan ?
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  2961. The Ukranian lady is desperate blabbering on how Ukranian wheat was saving Africa. She does not care a damn about Africans. Odessa was hit because Ukraine attacked the Kerch bridge. In 2022, when Ukraine did this, the punishment was severe - Russia destroyed the power grid. Ukraine did it again. It was a pinprick which would not win Ukraine the war, but now Russia will destroy Ukraine's ports which had been spared. She talks about getting Russia out of Ukraine. That is not going to happen. The Ukranian offensive has failed and the US is unwilling to die for Ukrainians. She says Russia has no business in Ukraine. The US has no business in Ukraine seeking missile and naval bases. She demands sanctions. Sanctions have been put already, they are a failure. It has damaged western economies more than Russia.
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  2962. Why does the BBC indulge such a fool and his victory plan ? Taking Kursk and asking Russia to give back 4 oblasts and Crimea is not going to work. He is going to lose more in Donbass and be driven out of Kursk. If the US agrees to his victory plan to use western missiles inside Russia, Russia will end Ukraine with a nuclear strike. There will be no Zelensky, and the US will heave a sigh of relief.
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  2963. It is sad to see the US push Ukraine under the bus and then not have the courage to go and fight Russia.
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  2964. It is higher than 70. They are only naming officers.
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  2965.  @KOPITE8989  The problem is you over estimate yourself in places where you are out of your depth. You have no business to be fighting in Ukraine. You have no capability to fight a land war against a superpower with an incredible arsenal, who has practical experience of combined arms warfare. Maybe 200 years ago, you could fight naval battles. Believe me, if the British sent troops to Ukraine, they will be hit with a Kinzahl or Oreshnik and after that, you will withdraw. That is what happened to Sweden. The Swedes sent military trainers and they were hit by a Kinzhal that killed 50. After that, they withdrew.
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  2966.  @tylerk3616  'It's unlikely Ukraine will be able to take any meaningful ground there, just like the offensive in sept they want you to forget about. This push is happening before the midterm elections in the US and co-ordinated with the Pentagon for political purposes'. I agree with you entirely. It is very cynical to send Ukranians to fight just to please US's vested interests. In the earlier attempt at taking Kherson, the Ukrainians had many killed. That might happen again.
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  2967.  @296jacqi  On the battle readiness for Kherson, that applies to the Ukrainians as well. Their regular professional army has been decimated as well (but the western media avoids that) - that has to be the case. The Ukranians are also using reservists.
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  2968. This man is a liar trying to defame Russia. Why would Putin want to attack the Zapohorizia nuclear power plant when it is under his control and it will affect Russians more than Ukrainians ? When I heard that comment, I was certain this man is making cock and bull stories and hyper ventilating against Russia. Typical British. There is no danger - unless Britain uses Storm Shadows in Russia. Only in that case, Putin has said Britain or British assets will be attacked. Biden did not give Starmer permission to use Storm Shadows in Russia.
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  2969. The apartment was not targeted, why is this lady posing the question 'was it a war crime ?'.
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  2970. This comes across as another vain western posturing. No reconstruction will be possible without Russian permission. Ukraine has to sign neutrality and keep NATO out, otherwise the rest of Ukraine will be made rubble and no reconstruction would be allowed. The terms are stark for Ukraine. At the moment, they say $ 750 million, in another month it will cross 1 trillion. No one is going to spend that money on Ukranians. How can Ukrainians be so foolish as to squander their independence by getting into bed with NATO to attack Russia ?
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  2971.  @sigi9669  There is no loss of fossil fuel income - the EU companies are paying up in roubles, in fact Russia is getting more money due to higher prices.
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  2972.  @karliskokorevics6902  'Atleast 13 members of Latvian Special Forces have already been in Ukraine along with US SOF and British SAS. Most likely to train Ukrainian SOF.' And did that change the outcome ?
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  2973. And how is Kherson now ? Unlivable and nothing to celebrate now. Gen. Surivikin withdrew from Kherson, let the Ukranians come in, and then started massacring them from the other bank. Meanwhile the withdrawn Russian troops are battering Bakhmut. And Russia destroyed the power grid. The plan is to return Ukraine to its agricultural age, before the Soviet Union industrialised the Ukraine. No electricity, no airports, no trains, no ports, no munitions factories, no steel mills, end the capacity to wage war, just agriculture....
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  2974. Did the US condemn its own brutality in Iraq and Afghanistan ? They said Baghdad was shown 'shock and awe'. They used depleted uranium. The US created this war by staging a coup in Ukraine to get naval bases, and for the Biden family's business interests. The US has no credibility.
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  2975. Naughty Miss Hazel might visit Poland in the night.
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  2976. Time to sanction Iran, freeze their assets - whoops, forgot, those are already done, we have no more cards left.
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  2977. Indian government should ask all Hindus to return from Canada to be part of Hindu nationalist India. There is no need for them to settle abroad. Canada should also expel all Modi supporters.
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  2978. This is the man who handed the Soviet Union to the west, without getting security guarantees about NATO expansion in written treaties. The west used him - and took advantage. Due to Gorbachov, we have NATO expansion in Europe to encircle Russia, and attempted NATO expansion in Ukraine, leading to thousands of Ukranians and Russians dying. No one is mourning Gorbachov in Russia.
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  2979.  @airheart1  Your type said the same about switch blade drones; Javelins; then Himars; then Bradleys, Challengers and Leopards; and you are hoping the same with F 16s. At every stage, the Russians have neutralised your weapons. The Himars were neutralised by jamming their GPS. The Bradleys and Leopards were burnt. The SAMs pose a hazard to air forces of both sides. F 16s will be brought down SAMs and then the US will not be able to keep supplying indefinitely. You need to face the reality. Russia has killed Ukraine's counter offensive before it could take off. And Ukraine is not going to better with F16s or anything else. Ukraine performed well in 2022, but in 2023, Russia has started to prevail and this cannot be rolled back. The western economies are hit hard by inflation, and they cannot sustain Ukraine. The US will ask Ukraine to negotiate; they will give Ukraine some more time with their counter offensive till the bluffing is unsustainable. But Russia does not want to negotiate unless the issue of Ukraine in NATO is solved.
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  2980.  @dpelpal  If Russia is a joke military now, why is it the US is begging for negotiations ? Why is Zelensky asking for security guarantees ? Why are the Europeans living in fear that the Russians will come after them next - Times Radio is constantly warning of this ? The reason Times Radio's is so disturbed is because of the burning caused by Russia's defeat of the collective west. You are also smarting from it.
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  2981. This man Cragg's body seems to have shrivelled. Perhaps the strain of telling lies. He said that Ukraine had checked Russia's northern attack but he says now 40% of Vovchansk is a grey zone. But it is not important.
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  2982. Trump has been pushed into war by the Jews, and he is just buying time for the logistics.
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  2983. Europeans need to rethink and reset. The problem Europe has is not Russia, but the US which controls Europe's decision making. If Europe insists on confrontation with Russia at the behest of the US, then be prepared for a beating like Ukraine which surrendered its decision making to the US. As for the UK, it is never inside Europe, it is a door mat of the US. They are the top cheer leader for fighting Russia, but would not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine.
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  2984. Just shut up, the war is lost. Russia is winning and it cannot be stopped. The US has slithered away. That nasty Jew Nuland who organised the coup that brought this war has scooted. The Europeans are incapable of fighting without US support. Ukraine's position now is the same as the Nazis in Berlin as the Red Army advanced. The US is pressurisng Ukraine to agree to a frozen conflict. That is why Zelensky is saying he will accept 2022 borders. That is a non-starter : why would Russia give away Mariopol, Bakhmut, Severdonetsk, Lcyhchansk, Avdeevka ? Ukraine walked away from Istanbul at the behest of Boris Johnson, and Putin had remarked, next time the price will be higher. As Putin said, why should Russia negotiate because the west has run out of weapons ? Russia will take more, eventually Kharkov and Odessa. Let the Czechs or whoever brings the weapons for Ukraine. America will withdraw and the Europeans will be holding the refugees and bearing the financial responsibility for Ukraine. European economies are in no position to manufacture shells etc. The British are nauseating war mongers, inciting and backing wars in Ukraine, Iraq, Palestine but eventually it eats up their own country. But it is in their blood - as you can see with this pompous presenter. This man wants Ukraine to shed more blood of its youth to save western face.
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  2985. You realised that now ? Most Third World countries knew.
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  2986. 'Ukraine must fight. ' Like the Germans were told to fight against the Red Army in the last days of the Third Reich. The US told Ukraine to fight, and when it did, and got thrashed, the US abandoned it. Why don't you send troops ? You are shameless.
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  2987. When is India tackling its Hindu Nazi RSS problem ? Their foot soldiers wearing masks marched in Leicester chanting some Hindu chauvinist slogans. Why were all of them wearing masks ?
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  2988. This is typical confused western analysis. It starts with 'will Germany send the heavy weapons Kiev needs to repel Russian aggression ?'. And at the same time asks whether there is time to de-escalate. The west wants to arm Ukraine in the hope it can continue fighting and recover the lost land; but at the same time, the west expects de-escalation from Russia. The west wants to have its cake and eat it. They want 'le beurre and l'argent du beurre'. Something for nothing. They want to seize Russia's euros and dollars and expects Russia to sell gas in euros and dollars. They have an incredible inbred arrogance. Sir Putin is the kind of person who says 'you hit me once, I shall hit you twice'. That is the message that the west understands. Whereas a clear mind will tell you the west has to stop arming Ukraine, and make it negotiate, otherwise Ukraine will continue to be pulverised, it will lose more land, and an atomic bomb may be dropped on it. And Russia will wreck Europe's economy and de-industrialise it.
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  2989. Can you tell is what Putin's victory could mean for the west ? That is more relevant.
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  2990. As a Japanese, you are a meek vassal of the US who dropped an atom bomb on you. Nothing to be proud about. You do not have the courage to ask for reparations.
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  2991.  @markcarruthers9902  The US asked Europe to fight in Afghanistan.
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  2992. 'Yet the whole of Ukraine still got stabbed in the back with this atrocious war.' That is your fabrication. Ukraine agreed to be a neutral country in return for independence. But in 2014, it sold itself to the US and indulged in a suicidal anti Russian nationalism. It conspired with the US to join NATO and give the US naval bases to cut off Russia from the Black Sea. Ukraine back stabbed Russia. Still Russia gave it a chance to reaffirm neutrality in Dec 2022. Ukraine ignored it, thinking the US would protect it. Hence, Russia terminated Ukraine's independence. Ukraine should blame itself.
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  2993. Russia started the incursion into Kharkhov, forcing the Ukranians to divert troops from the Donbass front to defend it. That thinned out the Donbass front and it helped Russians advance. Now the Ukranians themselves opened a front - and thinned themselves. They did not divert troops from Donbass, but they kind of abandoned them instead of reinforcing them. They threw their reserves into Kursk. They got the Russians by surprise and sure it was an embarassment. But in the long run, they cannot hold on to Kursk when they are simply short of manpower. Over a period, the Russians will kill the Ukrainians in Kursk. And meanwhile, the Ukrainians lose in Donbass. The Ukrainian and US objectives are not clear. Zelensky first said it is to strengthen Ukraine's negotiating position. Russia was not inclined to negotiate, but now it is inconceivable. Then Zelensky said Ukraine wanted to create a buffer zone. Russian missiles cross all buffer zones. Then Zelensky said that it was a message to people of Russia that war was in their country - as if the population will be angry with Putin and it would cause an uprising against Putin because of it. Instead, Russians would be angrier at Ukraine and the west and they will agree with Putin. All it does is strengthen the hand of those who advocate a nuclear strike on Ukraine. The Kursk gamble was taken under US instruction, and it is a publicity stunt. The plan was to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant to force Russia to negotiate, as they would not be able to fight at a nuclear power plant. But the Ukrainians could not get close, and now the Russians have fortified the Kursk nuclear power plant. The Ukrainians are left with sparsely populated areas of Kursk and they are hunted by the Russians. Clarke is distancing himself from the narrative that Ukraine is winning for the time when the folly will be exposed.
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  2994. India is a country currently ruled by Hindu Nazis. It is run by the ideology of a Hindu group called the RSS which wrote praise of Hitler in the 1930s. It assasinated Gandhi. It is good that Ilhan Omar has called out the persecution of minorities in India. The RSS and Hindu Nazis also represent a global threat. Recently some Gulf states called them out. The Hindu majority beats up the minorities in India and claims it is the victim. This has been going on for 10 years. Instead of fixing its problems, these militant Hindus say the US has its own problems. The HT is also run by people who subscribe to Hindu Nazi ideology. India's growth story from around 2000-2010 is over. India has always flattered to deceive. The last few years has seen an economic decline because the country is run by uneducated Hindus like Modi, whose only achievement is a riot. India has a large population, but is unable to perform due to its wretched caste system, idolatry, cow worship, and sectarian politics. The logical conclusion is India is another country heading for break up, due to internal conflict.
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  2995. He had a Churchill fantasy, but the circumstances were not right for him in the UK, but he found the setting was right for him in Ukraine, where he found a Churchill.
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  2996. The western world was built on robbing others. The Iraq war was an example. It bankrupted the west and flooded it with refugees. The US and the west could not continue in Afghanistan because they could not afford it. Is that the left's fault ?
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  2997. @Gold Man You think there is some value in being white and Native English speakers. Is there any value in these if you do not have intelligence ? Or do you think that 'white and Native English speakers' is an entitlement to decide the world order, even if you have low IQ ?
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  2998.  @AahFukIt  All your other game changers were failures, the Russians figured out ways to destroy every western weapon system. They will have no problem shooting down F 16s.
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  2999.  @renehernandez6868  'Ukrainian has a nice treat for them' - did the Ukranians says that ? Zelensky was still begging for NATO entry in Vilnius, because otherwise he knows Ukraine is finished.
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  3000.  @Ikkeligeglad  Who told you the Russians are losing the war ? The reason the US is not letting Ukraine into NATO is precisely because it knows Ukraine is lost, and the US does not want Ukraine in NATO asking for US troops. Get it ? The Americans don't want to die for losers. They now know no one can beat mighty Russia.
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  3001.  @Ikkeligeglad  You do not have the power to make Russia pay back. You don't even have the power to defeat Russia.
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  3002. To solve corruption, Ukraine will have to get rid of Zelensky and its political establishment, because it is an implant of the US. The US is reported to have spent $ 5 billion to engineer the coup in Ukraine (which they call colour revolution), and Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowd distributing sweets. The implanted Ukranian govt. sold 35% of agricultural land to three US corporations (like Cargill, Monsanto). The US itself is the source of Ukraine's corruption and benefited from it. Even Biden's family (Hunter Biden) benefited. Thus, the US demanding Ukraine to end corruption as a condition for joining NATO, is rich. It is only a pretentious cover to defend its decision to veto Ukraine's entry into NATO. Zelensky himself is reported to have property in the US.
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  3003.  @zhangyiping100  Russia withdrew, NATO literally ran away. Russia never claimed it is first or second best army. The US claims it is the best army; NATO claims it is the most powerful and richest alliance. Yet in Kabul, the US ran to take the first flights out, and they did not even tell their NATO allies. The captain scuttled from the sinking ship first - cowardice of the highest order. Neither the US nor NATO has the courage to send troops to Ukraine because they know what the Russians will do to them.
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  3004. @TacticalFumo-sg2dt You know NATO ran away from Taliban, with its leader taking the first flight out, without informing its partners ! You think such a cowards can fight Russia ? You are trying to put on a brave face with your laughter.
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  3005. I guess Europeans have to cough up an extra 20% for Ukraine's reconstruction.
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  3006. They say the Storm Shadows would be the game changer.
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  3007. The US brought Russia and China together. Russia + China is more powerful than the US. Russia and China have the tools to reduce dollar trade, and they are operating it. In the long run, the greatest threat to the US is erosion of the dollar. Both countries know this is needed to cut the US diktats.
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  3008. 7 billion euros is trivial. The Europeans are impotent and they are just showing they are someone. The truth is Russia is the only power in Europe and Sir Putin has Europe by the scruff of the neck.
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  3009.  @kazab873  Never underestimate British military intelligence either - Russia is reduced to fighting in Bakhmut with shovels.
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  3010. How successful is Russia's spring offensive? The progress is slow ? Put on a brave face. You ain't seen nothing !
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  3011. The Slava Ukraine brigade says Bakhmut is not strategically important anymore.
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  3012. He is correct. Ukraine has lost its statehood due to following the US.
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  3013.  @TrilobitesRTasty  Source is various new channels. Hungarian parliament will ratify Sweden in Feb but Turkey is undecided. Finland said it will wait for Sweden.
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  3014.  @TP-nv7zz  There in no mechanism for expelling anyone from NATO. Besides Turkey's location is more strategic for NATO.
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  3015.  @solmak47  'they already shut off Black Sea to NATO due to Ukraine war to support Russia… ' They have done this according to the Montreux convention from 1936 which regulates the traffic between Black Sea and Mediterrenean. In wartime, if Turkey is not involved in the conflict, warships of the nations at war may not pass through the Straits, except when returning to their base. Since NATO countries are aiding and abetting a warring party, Turkey does not let NATO warships enter during a period of war. Equally, Russia's Baltic fleet cannot enter to support its Black Sea Fleet. Hence, Turkey is following the rules. Russia has access to the Black Sea due to its fleet in Sevasatopol. The US push to get Ukraine into NATO was to expel the Russian Black Sea fleet from Sevastapol. That is why Russia had to seize Crimea in 2014, to stave off NATO mischief to block Russia from the Black Sea Yes, Turkey is doing well, as it is does not listen to US and EU. UK, Germany and France have to tow the US line. They are doormats of the US. They have to buy LNG at 4x the price due to order from the US. Germany does not even have the courage to name who blew up Nordstream pipeline. Generally, vassal states do not have a control of their destiny. Turkey is not a vassal state. It can get energy from Russia or anywhere. In fact Putin met Erdogan to create a gas hub in Turkey. Turkey also dictates terms in NATO - again, because it is a sovereign state. 'Why send troops? Their basic weapons on the hands of Ukrainians are doing great job!' That is a face saver. If NATO is strong, you could have stopped the war by defeating Russia quickly. No need for Ukrainains to be massacred. But then the Russians would massacre you instead - and you do not have the courage. Ukranians are doing a great job ? They lost 20% of their country, they are losing Soledar and Bakhmut, they have more than 100,000 soldiers killed, no power or water, they have no access to the sea, their GDP is < 50% of before, the damage is $ 1 trillion, they have 7 million refugees, and the beating will continue. Great job ? You are sitting smugly and safely in Europe, like a coward, and declaring Ukraine is winning.
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  3016. GB News argument is Israel has the right to defend itself. So do the Palestinians. In fact, the occupier has the right to fight the occupier, who has been tormenting him much before 7 Oct.. If the occupier has much greater power than the occupied, then the occupied will use any means to break the will of the occupier. Israel itself was created by Jewish terrorism in the 1940s. Read up about the Stern and Irgun gangs, the blowing up of King David Hotel and the number of British they killed. There is nothing special about what happened on 7 Oct.. Israel has made Gaza into a massive ghetto. Just like the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto made an uprising to kill their Nazi tormentors, so have the Palestinians. There is nothing more to it. Cut out the double speak.
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  3017. What is the problem, we have loudmouths Sweden and Finland, and the Baltics and Poland to defend Europe !
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  3018.  @elbibwen3019  The fellow is in a losing position, but he cannot admit that. He says NATO is stronger than ever before - but it did not help Ukraine !
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  3019. To speed up the peace settlement, Trump should just cut off arms, money and intelligence to Ukraine. Ukraine will then sign on the dotted line.
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  3020. The war is lost, putting on late shows of ending corruption cannot alter this reality.
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  3021.  @m.k.s.7417  Well, I hope after the Ukrainian debacle incited by western leaders (of which British leaders were the most enthusiastic cheer leaders), the British public will question their leaders and refuse to be taken in by their orders for conscription and civilian army.
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  3022.  kylekyle9618  It was in WW 2, and the Germans over ran them, and it required the Red Army to free them.
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  3023. Charging a spy would indicate that the Russian version is correct : it was a den for Ukranian and NATO trainers. I read that Black Hawk helicopters arrived afterwards to remove injured and dead people. Who can that be for ? If Russia wanted to hit a civilian target to sow fear, they can select anywhere without a spy. Russia has indicated that command centres will be hit, and if NATO trainers are there, tough. The west has been telling us Russia has run out of missiles, and they do not have accuracy. The Russians are destroying the superior Bradleys and Leopards, and the Ukranians are hiding the rest.
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  3024. Lavrov did not complain about western weapons. He just said that if the war is prolonged, Russia will not stop to negotiate, it will bear the cost and push forward and take more. And once more land is lost, Ukraine cannot expect it back. He clearly said any negotiations will be on Russia's terms. Taking back all of Ukraine and not just Donbass would be the target. It may take a year or more, but that becomes the target. The war can only be settled by fracturing Ukraine first and taking it back. It is a simple and stark message.
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  3025.  @davidhenningson4782  I don't think Russia is or was planning an invasion of Europe for imperialism. But it will fight Europe and NATO if anyone threatens it. Ukraine was one such case. Russia had warned against US plans for NATO expansion to Ukraine in 2008. Merkel and Sarkozy had opposed NATO expansion to Ukraine as they said it will lead to war. But the US twisted their arms. Even before 24 Feb. 2022, Russia asked for a written security guarantee that Ukraine will be neutral and the US will not put missiles there targeting Russia. The US refused. Why ? The US wants to provoke, and the Europeans have neither the guts or intelligence to oppose the Americans. The US has led Ukraine and Europe to a disaster. Now the flash point where Russia could attack another part of Europe is Lithuania. Again, it is not driven by imperialism, it is driven by Lithuanian provocation and the attempt to cut off Kaliningrad. Again, Lithuania might have been driven by EU and NATO. Due to this provocation, I do expect an attack on Lithuania at an opportune moment. Europe is an a dicey situation because it is dependent on America, and America does not want close relations between Europe and Russia because it feels it would lose out.
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  3026.  @PlaYer-sn5or  Indeed, only US can fight Russia's 6000 nukes. But the US does not want to fight Russia precisely because of those 6000 nukes. If they thought for one moment they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. Biden goes out of his way to say he is not looking to fight Russia. The rest of NATO is so scared and useless they talk as if Sweden and Finland are powerful assets who will change the equation against Russia.
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  3027.  @danfonze5135  'Soon no more russia' Your assessment is based on what analysis ? Wishful thinking of the defeated.
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  3028. Biden has already informed Zelensky there will be no fly zone. All these speakers are just frustrated.
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  3029.  @bearsagainstevil  Russia has not said it has any spring offensive. The west announced it for them, and now Economist says it is a damp squib ! Russia does what it has to do and gets on with it.
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  3030. 'give them everything they need to defeat Russia. ' is a failed rhetoric, no point continuing with that line after defeat. Firstly, Ukraine does not have manpower, it cannot recruit enough, and the ones sent to the frontlines now are deserting. Secondly, the US does not have money and arms of quality and quantity to give.
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  3031.  @mogsya3367  'you do realise that US invited UK and others so they didn't feel alone'. You are pleading diminished responsibility. You are lying. You actively enjoyed vilifying Muslim and African nations and you invaded them with the US, using the same rhetoric. Now the US vilifies you.
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  3032. Ukraine should not worry about ceding land - I understand it is temporary.
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  3033. Ledwidge was full of 'Ukraine is winning' rhetoric in 2022-2023. But now he sees the reality. He is the only one who has corrected himself. He says very plainly - why should Russia negotiate when it is winning the war ?
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  3034. It is a wishy-washy analysis which does not discuss the economic cost to Ukraine and the west, which is tilting the war further in Russia's favour. Ukraine's summer offensive is hyped talk. It has lost momentum. It is impossible for Ukraine to push back Russia. It is clear Russia has the strong cards. Russia has got the industrial heartland, it has blockaded the Black Sea Ports, and so Ukraine cannot get its agricultural products out. So it has little revenue generation compared with its expenditure. It needs 5 billion $ per month just to survive, and the EU has to pay. The west is facing the economic pinch. It imagined sanctions will only affect Russia, but Russia has proved adept at squeezing the west's economy. The cost of reconstruction is astronomical and Ukraine expects the west will foot the bill. Ukraine's war model is limitless western support, but the west cannot afford it. Russia can carry on. That is why now voices in the west are quietly suggesting to Ukraine it has to negotiate and cede land. There is no other way. Ukraine cannot fight without limitless weapons, but it is becoming too costly for the west to sustain Ukraine. Russia can sustain economically and militarily and so will prevail.
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  3035.  @donaldhysa4836  Counter offensive is the great hope of the west. First they said it will start in 2 weeks, then 3, now 6 weeks. By that time, the Russians will have destroyed more. The Russians can dig in and defend what they have captured, it requires 3x for Ukraine to dislodge them. Time does not favour Ukraine or the west as Ukraine suffers from a crippling economic blockade. Russia can come back for Kiev another time.
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  3036.  @donaldhysa4836  Ukraine needs to get revenue. Its industrial production centres are in Russian hands, its what and agriculture is exported from the ports, they are under Russia or blockaded. So Ukraine's revenue sources are cut - and the EU needs to pay to keep 5 billion per month to keep them afloat with money for daily living, along with money for arms. The burden is becoming too much for the EU and the US, with increase in petrol and gas prices. The west will not be able to sustain bank rolling Ukraine for long. Russia on the other hand did not collapse, the rouble held its value, and is the best performing currency against the dollar. Hence the EU and the US have realised they cannot win an economic war against Russia, let alone a military one. It is a painful realisation, there is much loss of face for the west. That is why quietly the EU is dropping hints to Ukraine to negotiate and cede land.
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  3037. @@peoplesrepublicofninj3418 Prigozhin saw an unwinnable situation - means he realised Putin is strong and cannot be dislodged.
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  3038. Way to dangerous to film from Bakhmut means that Russia will take Bakhmut. There is the usual statement that Ukranians are determined. The western media say that Bakhmut is not very relevant. But the reporter here says that Ukranians are digging in. If it is not important, why are the Ukranians digging in ?
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  3039.  @bremCZ  What is my blind belief ? Do you have proof that the Ukranians were not hiding arms in Odessa, and Russia did not strike an arms cache in Odessa ?
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  3040.  @bremCZ  I have not seen you question or ask people who claim the opposite (that Russia did not strike an arms cache) for proof. You do that first.
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  3041.  @bremCZ  Don't write to me, write to those expressing outrage about striking a grain storage site, and ask them for proof. I have not seen your type do that.
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  3042. If you want freak out Trump, say Canada will seek to join BRICS and trade with those countries without the US dollar.
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  3043. 'she answers the question "how is the counter offensive going?" with a description of WHERE the fighting is happening!' What else can the loser do ? The BBC questioner is also shameless asking slyly whether Ukraine should have waited for air cover before launching the offensive. He should know NATO is pushing for this suicidal offensive. Basically, the US has told Ukraine to show results before the NATO meeting, or else the aid will be cut. NATO has put Ukraine in this miserable position. Ukraine cannot punch through the Russian lines and do a blitzkrieg, it cannot win a war of attrition because the west cannot supply enough shells, it cannot negotiate as its hand is weak, and there is the spectre of the US giving up on Ukraine.
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  3044.  @ninzki143  The 5 drones got shot down. Remember Russia can go to a higher strike level - like nuclear. So there is no way Ukraine can win.
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  3045. Article 5 does not commit anyone to war. It says, an attack on one is an attack on all; but each nation may take its course up to and including war. There is no commitment that all members have to agree to fight a war. That is the escape clause for the US.
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  3046.  @3s0t3r1c  Don't talk as if the problem with Ukraine started without any history in 2022, without any provocations from the west. Why did Europe allow NATO expansion when Warsaw Pact was dissolved ? The Europeans wanted to aid America trouble Russia. Why did the Europeans not persuade their 'partner' the US to give a security guarantee to Russia so war did not start ? After Ukraine negotiated in Turkey to end the war, why did the Boris Johnson and the west want the war to continue ?
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  3047.  @Юрий-т7ф9п  The b.s. about shovels came from the highly respected British intelligence, not from any vladbots.
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  3048. Interesting, at the end she hopes Europeans will put a security guarantee for Ukraine, but also for Russia at some point. She is not as dumb an Ukrainian as I thought. The Europeans do not have that much intellect, they think they can harm Russia and win.
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  3049. What has Zelensky learnt throighout the war ? That Russia will kick Ukraine from another side just when Zelensky thinks he is winning ?
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  3050. 'I was told that the Russian economy was equivalent to that of Italy.' It depends not only on size of GDP but what is in that GDP. Russia makes steel, titanium, metals, it has energy and food and land, it can launch satellites, it makes 150 mm shells and hypersonic missiles and jets. What can Italy do ? It makes leather and fashion, and cheese. Denmark and Sweden are good at porno. Germany could make many things but based on Russian energy. America's production is placed in China. Russia has not outsourced its production.
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  3051.  @timonsolus  Americans don't have the capability of supplying Ukraine either. Don't put on airs.
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  3052. These volunteers should help to evacuate the Ukranian army next, they need help.
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  3053. Ukranians should then not blame Russia for the blockade. Russia should continue to strangle Ukraine's economy.
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  3054. Shameless PR on behalf of the US petro-chemical industry.
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  3055.  @thomasprice7893  Russia can come back for Kharkhov. The mission is not over. In the war against the German Nazis, certain cities changed hands. It is the same with the Ukro Nazis.
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  3056. China is buying Russian LNG and selling it to Europe. Saudi Arabia is buying Russian crude and selling to Europe. India is doing the same. Hence, the sanctions are delivering Russian gas and oil through resellers at a high price for Europe !!
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  3057.  @moele6923  Only a kid from primary school bereft of knowledge will reply like you - with no substance.
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  3058. Zelensky did negotiate and even reached a peace settlement, but Boris Johnson blocked it and asked the Ukranians to continue fighting.
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  3059. A pair who cannot accept the reality of western defeat.
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  3060. That would be difficult as UK is an enthusiastic partner of all US conflicts.
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  3061.  @gideonthesoundandtheglory9523  ' It has two trillion dollars of rare and precious metals, a well-experienced army, and a huge stash of military equipment, drone tech, air, and water.' So what ? Ukraine has lost and it is paying for its folly for abandoning neutrality. It had all the potential, but it was unfit for self rule.
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  3062. Those who pay the piper commands the tune he will play. The US pays, and now Trump's appointee has said Ukraine has to negotiate, if it wants to fight on and play its own tune, it can but it will not be paid. Get it ?
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  3063.  @christinemarshall1366  Prestige of being a NATO member ? What prestige ? Scrambled to get on planes from Kabul with their tails behind their legs two years ago. NATO did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. What are you talking about ? Turkey is in NATO, NATO needs it, but Turkey is not a vassal of the west like UK and Germany, it wants to be a medium sized power in its own right.
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  3064. @Clay None of these people were shouting about war crimes, Nuremberg trials etc. when Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya were bombed by the US. None of their media said Bush and Blair are war criminals. On Ukraine, western media journalists explained, these are Europeans, nearly civilised like us, Kiev feels like any European city (40 years ago, they would have said it is a grey Soviet city). Besides ,NATO is not the culprit.
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  3065. The sinking ship is NATO, and Wallace wanted to be its Sec Gen.. But the Americans who control NATO did not appreciate Wallace trying to upstage the US by sending tanks, missiles, etc. and claiming to be the forefront of the western effort, hence the US preferred the stodgy Stoltenberg ! So much for the 'special relationship' ! Wallace was one of the strongest pushers for the Ukraine war. At the beginning of the war, he had pompously declared on TV that Britain kicked the Tsar's backside in the Crimean war in 1856 and would do the same now. What happened ? Russia and Britain of 2023 are different from 1856. Russia is a superpower and Britain is not, even in an alliance. Now Wallace knows Ukraine is a sinking ship , so he is not standing by what he endorsed so vehemently. He told the Ukranians 'NATO is not Amazon' and demanded they show gratitude. Thinking NATO could beat Russia shows a shameful lack of intelligence and throwing Ukraine under the bus when the going got too hot, and blaming the Ukranians, shows poor character. Russia is defeating the west and Wallace knows that, so he is cutting and run. Wallace should go to Ukraine and join their military. They will name roads after him.
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  3066. @ruger6049 Jake is sour grapes indeed. After predicting Ukraine capturing Crimea in 2023, the consolation now is Russia has made only incremental gains.
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  3067. Odessa is a gem built by Russia. By Catherine the Great. It has to be returned.
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  3068.  @51097kenneth  "return to neutrality or perish" Do you understand that is the reality for Ukraine ?
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  3069.  @richardivonen3564  Lenin attached Russian lands like Crimea, Odessa (Novo Rossiya) to the Ukraine when the Soviet Union was formed. Whatever Ukraine has - Antonov plane factory, T 72 tank factory, steel mills, nuclear power etc. was given by the Soviet Union - which means Russia made a major contribution to Ukraine. Ukraine back stabbed Russia after 2014 by trying to enter anti-Russian military alliance. It has to pay the price.
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  3070.  @richardivonen3564  Countries have come and gone, borders have changed in due course. Parts of Ukraine were with Poland, Hungary and Romania, besides Russia. In all good faith, Russia gave Ukraine independence in 1991, and even gave away the Russian areas like Crimea, Donbass, south and Odessa. But from 2014, due to the American instigated coup and implanted government, Ukraine started misbehaving, it jettisoned the neutrality it promised in its independence declaration, and sought to join a military alliance against Russia, and started discriminating against Russian speakers. Hence, Russia decided to take back the Russian areas. If Ukraine continues to misbehave, the rest will go as well. The writing is on the wall. There is nothing inviolable about countries. They exist, they disappear, depending on how well or badly they are governed. Ukraine has blown it by cosying up to America. America bribed and infiltrated Ukraine, and implanted a govt., but when the axe fell on Ukraine, they supported from outside.
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  3071. The strategic goal has not changed : there will be no US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. The tactics can change. It might be to take critical land, or destroy the power system, strangle Ukraine's economy etc.
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  3072. Ukraine will have a truly great nation after rejoining Russia. Ukraine on its own committed political suicide and became a failed state.
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  3073. He was telling us Ukraine is winning, now why is he complaining about failure of western leadership ?
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  3074.  @kel5944  Let us say there is too much restraint. All along Hodges was saying Ukraine was winning - so what is the failure in leadership ? Ukraine has taken Kursk, using western weapons, so what is the restraint ? Hodges is now decrying failure in leadership because he knows Ukraine is losing. Those who are peddling delusions to the gullible know very well that NATO is defeated. They need someone to blame except themselves for peddling delusions.
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  3075. 'He and Ukraine have my deepest respect and support.' What is your support amount to ? Is it better than that of Macron, Boris Johnson and Biden ?
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  3076. Ukraine is a not a key western country.
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  3077. This Bell lies endlessly. He explains Zelensky dismissed Reznikov because 'it was time for a fresh approach'. When Bell has been telling us about Ukraine's breakthrough in Raboitniae, why is a fresh approach needed ? He credits Reznikov of transforming the Ukranian MOD so it is ready - when ultimately it joins NATO ! Who said Ukraine will join NATO ? It will require Russian permission and US permission to join NATO. In Vilnius, the US barred Ukraine from joining NATO and gave no time line. So what he is talking about ? As for Russian drones hitting Romania, it is amusing how far NATO will fall on its back to deny it fell in NATO territory - Bells says it is to avoid escalation ! They want to escalate using its proxy, but they do not want US soldiers to have to fight and get killed by the Russians. NATO and the west appear pathetic and spineless.
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  3078. Why are you burning if China wants “to eat Russia’s lunch” ? Your plain jealousy shows the facts are the opposite : you fear that a combined Russia + China will end western power. That is now unstoppable. The two are working together to end the western financial system and the dollar. Both know that is the way to end western threats and hegemony, and they need to work together to end it.
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  3079.  @srve1149  'Would love to see British trops facing Russians..' The British do fantasize about being a superpower, but they know what will happen when the hypersonic missiles strike them. They have seen what happened to the Ukrainians they trained for the counter offensive. They have seen what happened to their Challenger tanks about which they boasted. After losing two, they told the Ukrainians to deploy them away from the warfront. They have a burning Russophobia and resentment after WW2 when their power ended and the Soviet Union became a superpower. In the 1956 Suez invasion which they masterminded, the Soviets issued an ultimatum in which they threatened a nuclear strike on London. Anthony Eden's govt. had to withdraw from Suez as the Americans refused to help. Since then, the British have a desire to fight Russia.
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  3080. The EU is not bothered about food for Africans or anyone else. The industrial lands of Donbas are gone. The reason Ukraine and EU are shouting about grain is because its sale is the only source of revenue now for Ukraine. If the grain sale is stopped, then the EU has to pay more money to Ukraine for day to day living. How long can they do that when they are facing an energy crisis ?
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  3081. Ukraine is not confident about the offensive due to shortage of men and shells. But its handlers have said they want results quickly and see Return on Investment. That is the proof that Ukraine does not have sovereignty.
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  3082. Russia's plan is not to take Kharkhov, it is only to create a security belt beyond the border, to prevent attacks on Belgorod..
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  3083. 'And the answer should be really short - you hit us, we hit you back twice as hard.' If you had the capacity to do what you want, NATO would have done it. The problem is Russia will hit you so hard your countries will not exist. Get it ?
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  3084. Why not ? What is the indignation ? Russia is buying with its money. Ukraine is receiving donations to extend the war.
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  3085. The US dictating conscription age in Ukraine is cynical. Why does the US not send troops to help out if they want to defeat Russia ? The US and UK scuppered the peace deal reached by Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul. Ukraine has no sovereignty,
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  3086. John Kirby's grief shows how pathetic the US and the west has become.
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  3087. This man's life centres round planning western conflicts against others. Against Soviet Union till 1990s; then Muslims; now Russia; in future, China. NATO is in no position to plan "overwhelming force". Only 4 years ago, it ran away from Kabul, with the US scrambling to get aboard flights to escape first, without informing allies. It is unwilling to send troops to Ukraine, its protege, a de facto NATO member. The US will not be able to match Russia + China combined. The Europeans + UK are irrelevant. Russia and China are setting the new world order, the US can only think of fighting, whereas the other two are seeking economic cooperation in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Muslim world. The rest of the world has suffered western invasions and financial blackmail, they are going to go with Russia and China, and BRICS.
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  3088. Alright, let US and UK send troops to Ukraine. The Budapest Memorandum also says in case of a dispute all four sides would sit together and negotiate. When Putin wrote to Biden in Dec. 2021 for a security guarantee, why did the US and UK not arrange discussions to avoid the war ? When Ukraine and Russia reached a settlement in Turkey, why did BoJo stop it ? It is clear both US and UK wanted the war.
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  3089. 'The skills needed to administer a large company are directly transferrable to running a country.' Due to his skills listening to his 'partners' like BoJo, Zelensky will not have a country to run.
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  3090.  @deanbarnett8538  It is unfair, that is why in boxing, you do not arrange a match between a heavyweight and medium weight. Ukraine's handlers should not have arranged this fight.
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  3091. Frustration that Ukraine is losing.
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  3092.  @ANONYMOUS-XXX Basically, you are unable to say anything substantive about what the US will do if Russia uses a nuke on Kiev. I can tell you what they will do : more sanctions.
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  3093.  @johnhume4346  Ukraine sold itself to the highest bidder, the US in 2014. The US spent about $ 5 billion to arrange the coup in Ukraine. When you are bought, you have to do things on behalf of your purchasers.
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  3094.  @she825  The US wants Turkey in at all costs. They control access to the Black Sea/Mediterranean. Sweden and Finland are show figures, there is little value in them.
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  3095. You in Easer Europe should know it is unwise to be a proxy for the US and mess with Russia - for when they fight, they fight very hard. Never poke a bear for the entertainment of others living far away..
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  3096. Don't worry about the US. It plans to throw Ukraine under the bus. Trump certainly will. Borrell has said the EU will step up funding to fill the shortfall.
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  3097. Ukraine got a victory ? An incursion is not a victory. A surprise is achievable once, but Ukraine cannot hold it.
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  3098. Britain has gone out of its way to needle Russia, and act self righteously afterwards. This would not occur without provocation. As for rearming NATO, Trump may be thinking of walking out of NATO !
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  3099. Who is asking for negotiations, US or Russia ?
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  3100. The BBC fellow asks if NATO missed an opportunity by not getting Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire, and then get Ukraine into NATO ! This comic idea was suggested by a retired general, but it is presented as if it is brainwave. As if the Russians would fall for that ! Russia fought a war to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine. They are not going to be fooled by NATO negotiated ceasefires, which would allow NATO to induct Ukraine later. They don't trust NATO because it expanded after giving them the assurance it would not. Russia's negotiating position is (1) demilitarisation of Ukraine (means no NATO in Ukraine) and (2) de-Nazification (remove Bandera ideology supporters). If those are not agreed, Russia will continue. In 2023, they have the upper hand. They know the Ukranians do not have the manpower, and west is not able to supply shells or equipment in quality or quantity, whereas Russia has both. The Russians will see off this counter offensive, attrition the Bandera army (with cluster bombs next), destroy the western equipment, and then go in hot pursuit for the Russian areas like Kharkov and Odessa. If Ukraine does not agree to neutrality, Russia will just turn the remainder into a wasteland and prevent NATO from setting foot. No one will be able to stop them. At some stage, the Americans will get tired and walk away, and the incapable Europeans will be clutching the refugees and giving aid.
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  3101. American understanding of WW 2 is indeed through the Nazi generals the US recruited like Manstein who wrote a book called 'Lost victories'. Stalingrad would have been German victory if not such and such mistake was not made. Manstein and the Nazi generals wrote books trying to say that their defeat was not due to the Red Army being better. That is the same attitude that pervades NATO. NATO is superior and Russians cannot fight.
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  3102. The undertone of all the comments here is the great white countries here let in all the non-whites and therefore are ruined. The reason for the decline of London and European countries is that there are no more colonies to extract wealth from and reinvest and continually in London. Britain applied 50% taxes on Indians, and after their overheads running India, there was surplus to invest in London. Britain took India's raw materials like cotton, converted it to textiles, and sold it back to India. The French extracted minerals from African countries and hardly paid them until recently. Likewise, the west extracted oil from the Arabs, paid them less then the price of water - till King Faisal raised oil prices and demanded a fair share. That led to great prosperity in the Gulf states with transfer of goods and services there. The west has wasted whatever money it has to invade Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and now it is engaged in war in Ukraine and Israel. That is a tremendous drain on losing causes. Why is the west doing this ? Out of a desire to maintain the western order which allowed it to loot others, using regime change to install puppet regimes that will hand over their resources at the prices the west wants. Recognise that the economic structure of the world has changed, see BRICS. Work with them instead of engaging in wars to maintain a western order that cannot be maintained. Another factor is the fertility rate in the west is lower than the replenishment rate. Among the 'natives', there is no family, men and women are career oriented, they regard children as a burden. Then there are two choices : keep a pristine white society but die off; or import immigrants to sustain the standard of living. West Europe and US opted for the latter. So either die off or give up your concept of pristine western/white society or get used to multi ethnic society. Cut out the moaning about 'London not being what it was like in my childhood'. It has not changed because some elite wanted to import inferior non-white people, it has changed because you don't want families, and because your control of the world's resources is coming to an end.
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  3103.  @HenriHattar  'Just because YOU say so, does NOT make what you say correct, indeed what YOU say is NOT so.' And just because you say I am not correct does not make what I said incorrect. Besides, those 4 countries Putin indicated, which others are sovereign and independent, who do not dance to other's tunes ? Start with your country and tell us.
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  3104.  @HenriHattar  'It is YOUR intelligence that is in question and finally it is YOUR integrity, which is in question.' Don't argue with personal attacks. That is not a sign of intellect or integrity. You obviously come from a vassal state of Europe. Which one may I ask ? And I shall prove to you Putin's assertion is correct.
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  3105. Vivek was not white, though he thought he was, so the first to be booted out.
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  3106. Very honest ? This fellow never hides his desire to give a positive spin to anything Ukranian and downplay anything Russia. Just like the most of them. This is the art of manufacturing consent.
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  3107. Then what is all this about Zelensky going to Biden to present his victory plan ?
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  3108. You need to look at your actions - like NATO expansion and inciting Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  3109. That is 20 billion per year - not much. Over 100 billion was spent and Ukraine lost 20% land and is losing more. The whole front may collapse like Nazi Germany in front of the Red Army. Ukraine is a failed state and if anything is left, it will be reliant on EU aid permanently. The EU will fund Ukraine for some time out of false pride caused by defeat.
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  3110. Zelensky is a helpless puppet. The real culprit is the US.
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  3111. 'Europe needs to step up more build factories to build artillery shells...' Right you are. But that is a future project, for the time being accept your Project Ukraine failed and cannot be reversed.
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  3112. This fellow Crag starts with saying Ukraine shot down 44 out of 50 missiles - as if it is fact. This is what Ukraine says. Has he verified ? Does he ever say 'take it with a pinch of salt' ? Ukrainian officials have admitted the cost for spare parts to repair the hit powers systems runs in the hundreds of million dollars, so it is very difficult.
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  3113.  @thegreatdane3627  The Russians have killed off the Ukranian army. It does not have the manpower. They destroyed the power plants. They are at Chasov Yar. If they were not making progress, why is Zelensky saying if he does not get help, Ukraine will lose ?
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  3114.  @k.e.becquer4681  Germany rolled over to the Red Army, and Ukraine will as well.
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  3115. He did not say EDL as such was organising this. Although EDL was disbanded, its founder's malice stirs the far right. He said now there is no centralised group with a leader, it is directed through social media influencers, and it is an amorphous collection of people. You are obviously a sympathizer of fascism.
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  3116. Putin said Poland is Stalin's gift. If it had been left to Germany, there would be no Poland. And if Poland had been waiting for the Brits to liberate them, they would have been waiting a long time. Only the Red Army could liberate Poland. The Soviet Union gave Poland a piece of land with the present borders. Some of it was taken from Germany. If Poland misbehaves, it will be taught a lesson.
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  3117. Soledar matters to Russia, not for Ukraine.
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  3118. I thought it is Zelensky who is desperate. But I forgot, Zelensky is a new Churchill for you.
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  3119. ' because they want one thing and one thing only: expansion Ad astra of their empire.' It is you who wanted NATO expansion, that is expansion of the US empire. Russia crushed that. Get it ?
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  3120. All this talk about Europe being able to generate an arms industry to confront Russia is vain, wishful thinking. Europe does not have the energy (Russia provided it), the cost of production is too high to make arms or anything else. Europe is importing 155 mm shells - from Pakistan, where factories are running on a 24 hour basis. European costs are too high, even 155 mm shells have to be outsourced. The chance of Europe making hypersonic missiles etc. with its shrinking economies and populations is negligible. In the European continent, there used to be 4 powers : Russia, Britain, France and Germany. Now there is only Russia : a superpower no less. Britain, France and Germany are such spent forces that the Europeans look to Estonia for leadership ! The Europeans live next to Russia, they were benefiting from Russian energy, but decided to join America to threaten Russia. Russia defeated them, and America decided to leave without too much loss, leaving the Europeans on a limb. All the idiotic nations of Europe like the Baltics, Poland, Finland etc. who wanted to fight Russia are now cowering in fright. The Swedes and Finns were even boasting about how they strengthened NATO ! Now they have to face Russian might without the US.
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  3121. The Russians will capture Leopards and Abrams as well ! The fellow in the middle tries to make a positive spin to cover the negative news. Ukraine could not stop the missiles, but its power grid is back and all is hunky dory for Ukraine !
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  3122. The war started to prevent NATO expansion. There is no way Russia will give up on that aim when it is in a winning position, with the Ukrainian military crumbling and the US unable to send arms and money for as long as it takes. There will be no Ukraine in NATO and Ukraine has to cede territory. These are Russia's entry terms for negotiations. Otherwise, the west needs to understand that Ukraine and the west will lose more. Once Russia breaks through the last fortifications in Pokrovsk, Chasov Yar, then they are in a position to advance to the Dnieper as there are no fortifications in that area. And if Russia reaches the Dnieper, then Odessa is in sight. 20% will become 40%. This joker says Russia is in a weaker position than before - after taking 20% and advancing. He says Putin is a weak leader of a weak country. These is the typical spiteful western badmouthing born out of the burning caused by defeat. Russia is not the one seeking negotiations - because it is winning. Putin had said in the Tucker Carlson interview 'why should we freeze the conflict just because you ran out of weapons ?', In other words, the west is begging for freezing the conflict so it can rearm Ukraine. As for Trump threatening to continue support for Ukraine if Russia does not agree to his peace terms (Ukraine in NATO in 10 years), the US does not have the money nor the arms. Putin will not accept any dictation from the US. Ukraine will sobre up when Ukraine is hit with Oreshnik missiles.
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  3123. Ukraine is not failing - and we better believe it because Ukranians say so.
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  3124. How can the EU speed up support when it cannot make what Ukraine consumes faster than EU can make ?
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  3125. What is the response Latvia wants to trigger ?
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  3126.  @HooDatDonDar  Russia has already intercepted and destroyed some of these Howitzers. It is not going to help Ukraine hang onto Severodonetsk. It is going to go the Mariopol way.
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  3127. The Europeans are committing economic suicide - to please America. America has becoming a predatory ally for Europe.
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  3128. Russia can wait and do the same to the Norway-Poland line,
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  3129. So all these fellows who were shouting about Ukraine's victory are now resigned about defeat. Now they are even debating whether it is a victory for Putin ! It is now clear to all that Ukraine cannot joint NATO. Equally, the Europeans cannot make a peacemaking force. You cannot expect Russia to agree to those who were waging war to be the peacekeepers !
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  3130. The Australian did mention fighting to the last Ukranian (from the safety of Australia). He cannot believe why Germans don't want the flames to spread.
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  3131.  @bb-3653 Russia is invincible. You learnt that in Ukraine.
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  3132. What profundity did Aslund utter other than Russia has defeated the collective west, and the fault is the US's and Russia will come after all the weaklings of Europe ? What is his solution ?
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  3133. What is Boris Johnson saying now ? Putin cannot be allowed to win. What is Britain going to do ?
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  3134. She thinks Ukraine should be armed. What about arming the Palestinians so they can survive ? It is this double standard that has undermined the credibility of the west.
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  3135. The western media has told Zelensky he has the upper hand.
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  3136. This comedian that the west adulates should realise that a no fly zone is not going to happen. The west cannot fight Russia. Putin has told the west anyone interfering will face consequences they have not seen in their lives. He does what he says and the west knows that. The west made a big mistake backing the comedian. He now controls them.
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  3137. NATO did not have the guts to impose a no fly zone because Putin said it will face consequences it has never faced. NATO ran away from Taliban. They are gutless, none of them wants to die.
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  3138. Well, Germany sacrificed its economy for America, by going against Russia. By backing Ukraine to fight a war for US interests, the Germans stabbed Russia in the back - after Russia allowed reunification of the DDR. That is the reason Germany - and Europe - have gone down the drain. Germany and the EU ganged up with the US to wage economic and military war against Russia - and lost. Ukraine cannot be restored, the US will hand over Ukraine to Germany and the EU to look after, and will walk away to its next war, Israel and China. Germany does not have the courage to denounce Israeli Nazism. Look at German's inability call out the US for blowing up Nordstream. Better to de-couple from the UK and US and join BRICS. Otherwise, Germany and EU will become irrelevant. But these cannot be discussed in DW.
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  3139. The British have the most pompous and Russophobic analysts, always frothing at the mouth, wondered when will they send troops to Ukraine ? The French got ahead of them, that should motivate the British to act.
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  3140. Ukraine itself mined the waterway to Odessa - to prevent a Russian naval attack. So let us have the full truth.
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  3141. If the west is going to conduct assymetric war against Russia, why is itcomplaining about Russia waging a hybrid war against the west ?
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  3142. From this discussion, I gather : The west had been cutting defence expenditure while thoughtlessly expanding NATO eastwards. It had imagined Russia after the Soviet Union was a spent force. In this regard, it is worth recalling Boris Yeltsin's reaction when NATO expansion started violating the detente after the end of the Soviet Union. Yeltsin was furious, and he said 'you think the Soviet Union is finished, but you wait, Russia will come back'. Indeed, Russia has come back as a military - and economic - power. Credit has to go to the iron willed Putin. Russia had prepared militarily (hypersonic missiles) and also economically (developing gas and oil) to confront NATO on its designs of encroaching on Russia. They have done it quietly, biding their time. Now the west had found they are behind in military technology. The US's second attempt at hypersonic missiles failed yesterday. One American defence analyst ruefully observed the US got left behind as it was engrossed developing technology to fight Taliban who had nothing more than RPGs mounted in Toyota pick up trucks, while others unnoticed, built advanced technologies. At the same time, Europe does not have energy security. It never did. Before, Europe could extract materials from its colonies. They were getting cheap energy from Russia and they did not realise you cannot get that and threaten Russia with NATO expansion at the same time. Now that Russia has thrown a punch against NATO expansion, and the west knows fighting Russia is injurious and the west will lose, it was only left with economic warfare. But the west finds Russia is now prepared and capable of economic warfare. Freeze their money, they will freeze your gas supply. With Europe's economies on the line, the defence experts want to increase expenditure. But there is no money. That is why the Defence Minister says he is going to spend more money and the PM keeps quiet because the money is not there. The money for defence can only be created by slashing living standards, health and education. The west needs to come of its high horses, and claims of the superiority of 'the European family', and realise the folly of its NATO expansion. It should give the security guarantee Russia asked for and end the war. Arming Ukraine due to false pride ('Putin must not be allowed to win') is falling into the pit and having no mechanism to come out. Ukraine cannot defeat Russia, so don't waste your time and money. The west blew the gains of detente by trying to push Russia into a corner. Now Russia will give Europe the hardest of times unless the Europeans swallow their false pride and accept European security cannot be built at the expense of Russian security. The EU is playing a dicey game imagining American support will be there forever. Trump had no interest in Europe. He or his type may come back. Even American democracy is shaky. As the economies of Europe tank, neo Nazis who are lurking below the surface in European countries will be strutting about in Germany and France. Europeans are also foolish to imagine a couple of weaklings like Finland and Sweden will change the equation against Russia. Another fault in the EU is that small and irrelevant countries like Lithuania, Estonia, Poland etc. are allowed over majors like Germany and France to dictate policy towards Russia. The world wars were created by big powers rushing to defend obstinate small powers.
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  3143. In German, S is pronounced like Z. Hence, it is pronounced Zeemans.
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  3144. Emil this is your best video - absolutely hilariously !
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  3145. Surely what has hit the UK's economy, as much as Europe's economies, is NATO expansion leading to 'Putin's war'. The UK was hawkish and batted for waging economic warfare against Russia, and Russia retaliated. The energy prices have forced contraction of the economy. There is no way round it. Yet, the UK spends plenty of money to fight Russia. The UK's priorities are wrong. It looks like the UK will return to the 1970s.
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  3146. 'russia can't even defend Kursk lol' Russia was caught by surprise in Kursk, but they have turned it to their advantage and made it a harebrained scheme. The best Ukrainian forces got pinned there, and it allowed Russia to advance more quickly in Donbass. Now, they have retaken 50% of the Kursk salient, and they will retake the rest. When the net sum is calculated it will be in Russia'a favour : they will have Donbass and Ukraine will not have Kursk. Get it ?
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  3147. Europe's standard of living and industrial competitiveness depended on cheap Russian energy. It was a win-win situation for both. The US upset that with NATO expansion and attempted NATO expansion to Europe. Europe will not be able to fill this gap (1) quickly in the short term and (2) whatever alternative like LNG will be expensive, so it is a permanent decline in living standards and competitiveness. Europe has to cope with (1) 5 million+ refugees (2) economic bankrupticies (3) cold (4) increased defence expenditure for which cuts have to be made in other services and (5) live under the shadow of nuclear weapons. Was NATO expansion worth all this ? How can Europeans be so dumb ?
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  3148. Europe must free itself from dependence on America.
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  3149. Correct, the UK especially is unable to digest it got defeated by Russia.
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  3150. He is typically British
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  3151. If you mean the US, it instigated Ukraine, but does not want to go and die on Ukraine's behalf.
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  3152.  @onyeachuikwuakolam5537  You have got cause and effect wrong. Ukro Nazis after the US sponsored coup in 2014, demanded to join NATO, then Russia took Crimea as it has the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet.
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  3153. Georgia needs to realise from the Ukranians that eagerness to use Europe and NATO to confront Russia can bring a serious beating. Just don't get carried away like Ukranians with Russophobia. Ukraine's sovereignty ended due to its misbehaviour. It is heading to be a failed state. Part of Ukraine will be reabsorbed into Russia, what is left will be dependent on EU aid. To avoid such a fate, Georgians need to learn the skilful art of neutrality. Russia has made it clear that no further NATO expansions can occur without war. It is ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent NATO expansion to Georgia and Ukraine.
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  3154. Where are those British intelligence experts and commentators on Ukraine war ?
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  3155.  @HR_8035_YEA  Russia has a govt. that defends its security. Ukraine has an implanted govt. that fights a proxy war for US interest. How dumb can one be ? Numskull !
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  3156.  @Tuck213  Nobody invaded Russia. You can threaten Russia without invasion. Russia has eliminated that threat.
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  3157.  @dankengine5304  'Ukraine was neutral until Russia decided the EU was somehow a crime. ' Don't make up stories. Russia had said it will not allow Ukraine to join NATO as that will bring US naval bases which will shut Russia off from the Black Sea. In the early stages of the war, Putin had said Russia had no objection to Ukraine joining the EU as it is an economic alliance (that might have changed now as the EU has functioned like it is NATO). Ukraine and Europeans are talking about negotiations as they have lost the war, but they want NATO peacekeepers. Trump says 'use European peacekeepers'. Neither is acceptable to Russia. In fact, Russia does not want negotiations. Russia did not seek land, it sought Ukraine to be neutral in terms of NATO (and not the EU). Don't lie. Now the situation for Ukraine is it cannot join NATO AND it has to cede land. After spurning neutrality and trying to get US to set up naval bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia, and after being defeated, it has to cede land. Such punishment and resettling of borders has occurred in the past to Germany and others. If Ukraine had remained neutral, it would have had all including Crimea. Ukraine walked away from a negotiated agreement in 2021 at the behest of BoJo. It attempted a counter offensive in 2023 with NATO tutelage, which failed. In 2024 Russia is taking more. If Ukraine does not accept the current terms, the Russians will take back areas that were historically Russian like Odessa and Kiev. Ukraine will be made landlocked. Land was not what Russia was seeking. But Ukraine's folly and US mischief means it loses land. Get it ?
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  3158.  @lesliebahnkawa9383  Ukraine has Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Battalion who were Nazi insignia. The US supported the coup that brought them to power in 2014. That is why the west now does not have credibility.
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  3159. There is reluctant admission that Bakhmut will fall. It may take time like Mariopol, but Russia will have it. When it is lost, they will say Russia paid a heavy price for a useless city. What about the Ukranians ? Did they pay any price to hold it ?
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  3160. Western impotence is on show, as Russia is in full control. Russia said that 90% of the grain was going to western agro business and not to poor countries about whom the west shouts so piously. The west was getting cheap Ukrainian grain and making a mark up and selling it on. Russia said the west did not honour its part of the grain deal (which was not to hinder export of Russian grain and fertiliser), Russian exports are grounded in western ports, so Russia ended the deal and with that Ukraine will not export grain. Russia told Ukraine 'thou shalt not export grain'. And that is how it is. Ukraine's backers cannot do anything. European food prices go up further.
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  3161. Good to see the Lithuanians are not shooting off their mouth and blaming Russia. Earlier. Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad till the Russians said they will cancel Lithuania's independence. Then Lithuania dropped the blockade. Lithuania has also tried economic warfare against China. It is amusing that the weakest and most hopeless countries in Europe talk as if they are superpowers. They think they have some special immunity due to NATO membership.
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  3162. Now the western media is become realistic. They are forced to admit the reality - Ukraine and the west's defeat !. Ukraine spurned the negotiated settlement in Turkey, that was their choice, they have to face the consequences.
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  3163. The EU should ask Ukraine to surrender, so these refugees can go home.
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  3164.  @mikeceebo8611  There is no mass genocide in Ukraine as we speak. Russia did not do fire bombing of cities unlike RAF and USAF (Hamburg and Dresden), drop atom bombs like the US, or run concentration camps like the Germans.
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  3165.  @OnigiriKaizoku  'how about countries on the border who already in NATO?' They will survive as long as they don't mess with Russia.
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  3166. They have not reached the first line, it is the gray zone of contact. In that skirmish, they lost troops, Leopards and Bradleys. After that, they did something else and want to say they took some hamlet.
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  3167. For the 2023 offensive, smarmy Stoltenberg said NATO gave 98% of what Ukraine needed. Yet, Ukraine could not cross even the first defence of the Surovikin line. The west does not have artillery shells, it cannot meet Ukraine's request for Patriot missiles, it does not have manpower, so what are you talking about 'Giving Ukraine everything it needs to win this war' Ukraine will not exist to join NATO. Get it ?
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  3168.  @Szminsky  we will continue supporting Ukraine with donations and tax money.... not after Trump and Vance come. You are defeated and just wallowing in false pride.
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  3169.  @BannedByMe  'Sold to the highest bidder.' That sums up Ukraine. Victoria Nuland spent 5 billion to purchase them.
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  3170. SLAVA UKRAINE GREATEST VICTORY ? They have just lost Bakhmut. Russia is after Kramatorsk and Sloviansk next. Russia is hitting them so hard that they are unable to start their counter offensive.
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  3171. Putin has already broken Ukraine's backbone. That is why Zelensky is pleading.
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  3172.  @andrewadams6905  I am telling you the reality : the Ukrainain offensive sponsored by the west was a failure and therefore the west is defeated. The Leopards, Bradleys, Challengers, Abrams were destroyed. That should be no laughing matter for you.
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  3173.  @FishandHunt  If Russia is doing so badly, why did Ukraine's NATO funded offensive stall, and why has the west given up ?
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  3174. Using ICBMs shows Russia has run out of missiles and it is desperate. Ukraine is on the path to victory.
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  3175.  @SamPashmi  Ukraine is strategic for Russia, they will take it.
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  3176. What happened to the European ultimatum to Putin to accept an unconditional ceasefire by today ?
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  3177. The British are fond of believing that they have a special relationship with America, for which Britain will sacrifice its own interests. However, Greene shows the contempt she has for others. Same with Vance and Trump.
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  3178. America has made more out of NATO and the war in Ukraine than it has spent on NATO. It will be better for Europe to disband NATO and tell America to go. And then seek good relations with Russia. Then you will see the American reaction.
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  3179. Norman Finkelstein says that the Israelis and Jews run a Holocaust industry. Please, cut out the pious humbug about pogroms and Holocausts. Israel opted to sabotage the Two State Solution giving its Jewish fundamentalists to grab land with IDF support. Hence it is at war with the Palestinians. In a war both sides get hit. Sunak endorses the the Hindu pogromist Modi, in India. He was very eager to shield him after the BBC Documentary about Modi. So Sunak has no credibility.
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  3180. Military sites were targeted in Lvov, so how is this genocide ?
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  3181. The Israeli principal says it should not be this way. He does not understand that he is an occupier, so that is how it will be. And the Israeli is selling kebabs (Muslim dish) to soldiers !
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  3182.  @arnoldhemsley9317  '" Do you think that if Ukraine had not given up its Nuclear weapons, Russia would have invaded?" That is not a very bright question. If Ukraine had not given up its nuclear weapons, Ukraine would not have got independence. Get it ? The US also did not want proliferation of nuclear weapons in countries without full experience.
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  3183. Not surprised.
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  3184. So the economic warfare that the west waged on Russia has backfired. Russia has proved to be equally astute at economic warfare. Why don't western channels have a discussion on why the US wanted to expand NATO and why the Europeans acted like doormats in front of the Americans ?
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  3185. NATO has nothing to celebrate about. The world can see a paper tiger cannot fight a real bear. It needs a proxy.
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  3186. Democracy for an American means obeying American dictation.
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  3187. Zalensky was saying after bombing the Antonvski bridge that Ukraine will have Crimea by December 22. What happened ?
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  3188. And the earlier western narrative said Putin has Parkinson, he is dying, he was estranged from reality, he was going to be overthrown because Russia was losing....What is going on ? Did Putin recover from all these ?
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  3189. The two Anglo devils will not go with Macron in any project he leads - they would prefer to support Russia ! That is their mentality. The two Anglo devils are keeping uncharacteristically quiet ! Holding a summit with Germany who got a beating from the Red Army and Poland who was liberated from Germany by the Red Army seems futile. Macron is trying to act like Boris Johnson, after the game is over. No one in Europe, singly or collectively, can fight Russia and reverse Ukraine.
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  3190. Your channel has been telling us daily since 2022 that the west is winning and Putin's days are numbered. But Biden, Blinken, Johnson and other warmongers are gone, but Putin is there. When you ask rhetorically 'Does the West have what it takes to stop Putin for good?, it means you know in your heart you are defeated. Russia has unity and is unflinching in its purpose - once it decides there is no other way but to fight, it will fight and fight hard to win. Nobody in the west has that steely determination. The way the question is posed it sounds like Russia behaved arbitrarily due to a mad dictator. It is the US and the west that expanded NATO to the east. When the Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved. But instead, NATO is used for sales of US weapons. Putin many times objected to NATO expansion as a security threat to Russia. Instead of saying Putin should be curbed, you should introspect on why you expanded NATO after saying it would not move one inch to the east, why you did not offer and negotiate with Russia the security guarantee it asked in Dec. 2021 to avert the war, why Boris Johnson told Zelensky to scrap the peace agreement reached in Turkey. You wanted to surround and contain Russia, so Russia fought, now you find you have no prospect to win, you don't know what to do. We do not see any western media or politicians introspecting on what they could have done to avert the war. And such people cannot find solutions.
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  3191.  @Hussainpiplodwala  Ukrainians sold themselves to the highest bidder. The US spent $ 5 billion to implant a pro US govt.. Ukraine pays the price. Destruction of $ 1 trillion for Ukraine, handsome profits for Lockheed etc.
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  3192. Sir Putin is de-industrialising Europe.
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  3193.  @fairjust8072  Well written ! Zelensky is a US implant. If not surrender, Ukraine needs to reaffirm it will be neutral and not join any military alliance. Otherwise, Russia will not stop, and Ukrainians have to pay the price. Or at some stage, America will show the door to Zelensky.
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  3194. 'no breakthrough on long-range strikes into Russia'. After Storm Shadows were fired onto a beach in Crimea killing civilians, Russia gave a warning to UK and US, if this continued, it will use a nuclear strike on Ukraine. Lvov on the Polish border might be a suitable site for a warning detonation. Russia does not use strategic ambiguity. The US and UK know Russia is not bluffing, that is why despite the rhetoric, they are reticent about allowing Ukraine to launch long-range strikes into Russia. Russia is in a position to escalate.
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  3195. Why would China care if Russia used a nuke on its enemies ? The same enemies are harassing China. The question itself is symptomatic about the impotence that the west feels that it cannot control Russia. Since the west itself cannot do anything if Russia decides to nuke Ukraine, it hopes somehow China will be enraged. The west is impotent.
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  3196. Be careful of the Russophobic language you use - otherwise Russia will give Poland a beating as well. Ukraine is not so innocent. It is ruled by Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, and they took on a Russophobic stance to get US support and NATO entry. Ukraine is paying the price for its indiscretions. If you threaten Russia, you will be destroyed.
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  3197. I would advise Poles that the best defence is to cut down their overt Russophobia and provocative misbehaviour. No matter what they spend on their military, Russia can give them as severe a beating as Ukraine is getting.
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  3198.  @Comrade_Marius  Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine that created 90% of its GDP, made it landlocked, strangled its economy, caused $ 1 trillion damage, and shut off 20% of its electricity, and now Kramatorsk and Bakhmut are in line for falling. It has also strangled Europe's economy. Lithuania backed off in 2 weeks after attempting a blockade of Kaliningrad, fearing a similar beating. That is very good work over 6 months against the largest country in Europe, 30 other hyenas and one superpower.
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  3199. I don't know why they bring Lithaunians and people from similar useless countries to discuss global affairs. What is the point of saying after defeat that Ukraine would not be in this position if the western countries gave them shells, and delivered the military assistance on time ? It just means the west could not produce the shells to match Russia, and the collective west does not have the incredible arsenal that Russia has. How can the west give what it does not have ? As for the question about Ukraine feeling let down by its 'partners', it was very foolish in the first place for the Ukrainians to go and fight a proxy war for a far-off superpower against a neighbouring superpower. One's capacity to win depends on one's arsenal and logistics. If you have nothing in your own arsenal, and your 'partners' also do not have enough in their arsenal, and your logistics stretch across the Atlantic, then it should be obvious you are going to lose. Ukrainians were dumb to agree to fight a proxy war for the US, for getting accepted into the western club. This episode shows Ukrainians were not fit for self rule, it is best they are back under Russia. It was a mistake to make them independent. Indeed, Putin has won. Whether he goes after Baltics, Poland etc. depends on whether these countries misbehave with Russia and try to act like Ukraine.
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  3200. Correct, but western public always claps for America. The Europeans are not very intelligent. If America asks to jump, the Europeans would say 'tell us how high'. The Ukranians want to become European. LNG costs x7 the price of piped gas. It means cut in standard of living of Europeans and higher manufacturing cost for European products.
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  3201. Caste system was invented in India by Brahmins, Ramasamy is a Brahmin.
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  3202.  @parthbhatt2648  You are bluffing with someone who has visited India and had a look at your Scriptures, and studied also the writings of Ambedkar and also Brahmin Nazis like Golwalkar. 'one who knows and follows Vedas is Brahmin, by definition' - 'Similarly, a non-Brahmin fulfilling the above criteria can qualify to become a Brahmin. So basically anybody can become Brahmin if they want to regardless of their so-called caste or even their religion.' You are trying to pull a fast one. The Vedas and all Hindu texts (Mahabharata, Ramayana etc.) endorse caste. If you say you are a follower of the Vedas, you follow the caste system by definition. Ambedkar wrote a condemnation of a wicked story in the Ramayana where the god Rama slays Shambuga from the untouchable caste for doing penance and reading Vedas. 'by definition, a Brahmim is someone who has (or pursues) the knowledge of Brahmand, meaning the universe. So technically any scientist who knows Vedas can claim to be a Brahmin, and no one can stop them.' In the story in the Ramayana, Shambuga could not become a Brahmin by studying the Vedas. So what are you talking about ? The caste system was not codified by the British, it is very much a tenet, in fact the only tenet of Hinduism. The first history of India was written by the scholar Alberuni from Afghanistan, about 1025 AD, and he notes the Hindus do no believe in equality of people before God. Ambedkar wrote that if Indians migrate one day outside India, caste will become a world problem. This Brahmin Ramasamy's statements denying racism in US is similar to a Brahmin like you denying the caste racism in India.
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  3203. The nukes are good enough to keep you at bay. You do not dare send troops to Ukraine. But actually Russia has the Oreshnik which if fired in multiple can do the same damage without the radiation. You will see it shown in Ukraine in the coming days.
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  3204. You told us Russia ran out of missiles after the second month, and they had to use washing machine chips. Then what is the issue ? Since Russia has no missiles, I would say Ukraine did a false flag attack to malign Russia.
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  3205.  @abcde4691  Russia never said it was going to be a 3 day war, a US general said it.
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  3206. We don't know if the crew survived, there is no evidence. That is a consolatory statement.
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  3207.  @andywade172  Even if he started using his Polish name ?
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  3208. Why does the BBC spend its time making sentimental videos for Ukraine ? The war is lost for the west. The F 16s will make no difference with or without Andrei. It is too little, too late and besides the Russians have shown they have the capacity to knock down all western equipment. The Soviet Union/Russia took back the nukes, it should not have left these people with Mig planes and aircraft industry. The Russians never expected the Ukro Nazis would take over and become such backstabbers. The pilot had a skull on his uniform - a Nazi symbol ? Russia is returning Ukraine to what it was before it joined the Soviet Union - no industry, no power, no infrastructure, and limited agriculture. What is left of Ukraine will learn it does not pay to join with the US to threaten Russia.
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  3209. Hodges routinely trumpets Ukrainian victory, the latest being Kursk. Now Hodges complains about the failure of western leadership ! He knows the truth - Ukraine's goose is cooked. The blame game starts when failure looms. The western failure is the delusions if its leadership. Hodges has been promoting that only. The western leadership thought it can threaten others with their military bases and alliances, sanction others, seize their money, create regime change whenever and wherever they want, as they have been doing for the past 200 years. But Russia has ended that for good, and the rest of the world appreciates.
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  3210.  @GeoPoliticsCommentry  With NATO weapons, Poland will fall in 15 days.
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  3211. Bluff and bluster ? Russia is preparing for war with NATO. It is ready for it, even a nuclear won. Don't fool yourself. When it goes nuclear, the US will ditch Europe and UK.
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  3212. The British are vain posers. They sent 12 Challengers and boasted about it, and then after seeing the Leopards being torched, they asked the Ukranians not to bring the Challengers to the front, but use them from a safe distance ! Absolute, frustrated jokers !
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  3213. Ukraine's goose is cooked. The west has been telling us Ukraine is winning thanks to western arms. The Russians are demoralised, they have run out of ammunitions, Putin has cancer and Parkinson's etc. But now slowly, they are realising Russia will prevail in one way or another.
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  3214. And Russia will win the long game as you do not have the capacity for the long game. That is clear from the failure of the sanctions and shortage of weapons. As Putin said we are not going to go for negotiations just because you ran out of weapons.
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  3215.  @r.s.4174  Discrimination can be done without violence, by stealth and deniability.
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  3216. 'Putin is in peril as Russia loses “huge amounts of people and huge amount of equipment” in the Donbas, says former diplomat and military analyst Tim Willasey-Wilsey.' British military analysts are first class jokers. Did they not tell us in 2022 that Putin had a hand tremor and died of cancer ? And that Russia had run out of electronic components for missiles and was scrounging chips from washing machines ? And Ukraine was going to capture Crimea because of Storm Shadows striking the Kerch bridge, after which Ukraine would follow up with a lightning attack with their 12 Challenger tanks ? And that the Russians were fighting in Bakhmut with shovels as they had shortage of guns ? The British are a sorry sight today. They would like to fight Russia and show off they are Churchill, but in reality Britain is now an impotent vassal of the US. Hence, the Brits live in a make-believe world created by Times Radio. Get real. Putin is on the verge of taking over the entire Donbass and there is nothing you can do about. The US accepts this, that is why it is getting ready to ditch Ukraine and move to its next war, against Iran, and then China.
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  3217. There is nothing wrong with Putin's state of mind. He said he will not allow NATO to settle in Ukraine so US can threaten him with missiles. He said the security of Russia is paramount. He has acted on what he said. He is a man of action. The west has landed Ukraine in this trouble by seeking to expand NATO to Russia's border.
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  3218. Ramphosa causes burning. The Africans remember Soviet support against apartheid, and they compare that with your record of supporting apartheid and slavery and coups.
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  3219. It is correct the Americans are brought up to believe in escalation. They believe they are the sole superpower. Till the dollar is eroded, that will continue.
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  3220.  @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg  Instead of writing personal attacks, you will have more credibility if you could write and intelligent refutation. Personal attacks are the resort of the defeated.
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  3221. No more truce and Minsk agreements. No freezing the conflict, as Merkel admitted Minsk 2 was measure to buy Ukraine time to arm. Either Ukraine agrees to accept present borders, AND neutrality, or the war continues till Russia achieves demilitarisation of Ukraine and de-Nazification. What Russia says is that Ukraine's neutrality has to agreed with a treaty. You cannot have Budapest agreement where Russia agreed to respect Ukraine's security, but the US, UK and Ukraine ganged up to threaten Russia's security. If Ukraine's neutrality is not agreed, and Ukraine and NATO play at trying to get Ukraine into NATO, the war will go on till Ukraine is no more.
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  3222. Let us be clear that the crisis is caused by the US instigated coup and attempt to get bases in Ukraine. Russia warned it will not allow Ukraine to give bases to the US. Ukraine had the option to reaffirm its commitment to neutrality that it gave Russia and avoid war. Instead, Ukraine thought it could fight Russia with US help, and the US was not ready to send troops. The west encouraged it to escalate, the latest with Himars. The Russian response has therefore ramped up. Ukraine attacked the Kerch bridge and Russia then went on the rampage and destroyed the power infrastructure. Russia should now return Ukraine to an agricultural state, as it was before the Soviet Union industrialised it. Ukraine does not have the capability of statehood. It will always be a plaything of others, the Ukranians just do not have the maturity.
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  3223. No one is jealous of cow and monkey worshippers. Indians are the biggest seekers of any nationality other than Indian.
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  3224. The best is the Ambassador's conclusion reminding what Britain did. Giving Palestine to the Jews without consulting the Palestinians. What mandate did Britain have for that ? Why did not Britain give a couple of its counties to settle the Jews ? It is because it does not want the troublesome Jews amongst its midst anymore than the Germans did. The Ambassador said the Jews and their supporters lie more than they breathe !
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  3225. Funny how some European countries were saying their anti-ship missiles gifted to Ukraine were lifting the blockade. Does not seem so. The western media tries to paint an overly optimistic picture of Ukraine and a negative picture of Russia, as they are so desperate for their surrogate to win, that they lose touch with reality. They feel a defeat for Ukraine is a defeat for the US and its EU surrogates.
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  3226.  @jacobfrench19475  People (generally Europeans) who cite Article 5 protection with great pride have never read it. It was written by American lawyers to make sure America has an escape clause not to send troops to fight in Europe. The Article 5 only says an 'attack on one will be taken as an attack on all'. However, it only says the response can be up to war, but each state can decide what it wants to do. Everyone can opt to send the stricken NATO country aid (like they are doing to Ukraine), but avoid sending their troops. I can tell you the Hungarians, the Slovaks, the Turks - and the Americans - will not be sending troops to the stricken NATO country even after Article 5 provocation, because Article 5 does not compel anyone to send troops.
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  3227. It is not a humiliation for Ukraine, it is a humiliation for the US. It set up Ukraine to fight Russia. The question is if the west imagines the solution is let Russia have Donbass and Crimea, and let the remainder of Ukraine be in NATO. The Russians would never agree to that. The fight was not to have land, it was to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  3228.  @kevinbrooke8104  'They don't currenty control any other full Oblasts.' So what is Ukraine fighting to retake ? Who has Mariopol, Bakhmut (now Artmovsk ) ?
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  3229. The video informs Zelensky believes the Ukranian strategy is working because the front is now 2000 km. We can sleep comfortably knowing that Ukraine is winning the struggle on behalf of the free world.
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  3230. You jokers in the western media said 2 years ago Putin lives in fear, he has a hand tremor and mysterious illness. It is more of the same - to cover your defeat.
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  3231. Causing burning in the west !
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  3232.  @emilk2828  'to be deceived - to be compliant and obedient' Indeed, Ukraine has been compliant and obedient to the US, in agreeing to fight a proxy war against Russia. It is about to be deceived as the US washes its hands of Ukraine and asks Europeans to look after Ukraine.
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  3233. Israeli morale is down. There is no objective other than keep Netanyahu in place.
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  3234. I read that Musk wants to give $ 200 million to fund Farage to win the next UK elections.
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  3235. You are burning with jealousy. Wake up and smell the coffee. The Africans prefer to do business with the Chinese and Russians. You and your companies gave them slavery, apartheid, and wars to inflict regime change. Putin has ended your western world order.
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  3236. Sky says - it comes just days after Sir Keir Starmer's visit to the city. The result of the 100 year plan perhaps ? I understand UK and Ukraine will hold drills in the Sea of Azov. Russia has said it will not tolerate it.
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  3237. Sad but expected. Ukranians are not exactly skilled in geopolitics and diplomacy. They are paying the price for plotting with the US against Russia.
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  3238. @MSD Group Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to assist the US. So what they are getting is indeed karma. They are reaping as they sowed.
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  3239.  @DonaldBiden420  No, they are whispering on CNN openly now and other similar channels that had been brainwashing you for months about an Ukrainian victory. 'Retired colonel walks through 'big problems' of Ukraine's counteroffensive' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6FGpOIwCyA Russia has beaten off a coalition of 50 countries. NATO has been exposed as a paper tiger. Its equipment is junk and its training is useless. Ukraine has lost 4 oblasts, it is not going to get them back, and more is going to go, and there is nothing you can do about it.
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  3240. 'Controlled fighting retreat' - thanks for explaining. Bakhmut has no strategic value ? Why is Ukranie defending it ? Ukraine and the west talk as if their side lost no manpower and only Russia lost.
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  3241.  @frozenllama23  'trys to scare them with nukeular weapons'. You mean to say the scaring does not work because you are sure it is a bluff ? Then send NATO troops into Ukraine if you know Putin is only trying to scare you.
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  3242. NATO denied them, but NATO is the US. In 2008, France and Germany opposed induction of Ukraine in NATO. But the US twisted their hands and forced them to keep induction of Ukraine as a goal - not immediate but in the future. If NATO/US wanted to deny Ukraine was going to be admitted to NATO, why did they not say that to Russia when it sent a letter asking for a security guarantee ? That war would not have started. The fact that they did not do so is proof they were planning to induct Ukraine into NATO.
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  3243. She is boring because she is unable to lie about the obvious and has no solution. The Ukraine war is lost, and she has no solution.
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  3244. EU is talking about how to rebuild Ukraine. It will require Russian permission as they have all the cards. It will require Ukraine to drop NATO and de-Nazify. Otherwise, EU and NATO will not be allowed to participate in rebuilding.
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  3245. Westerner observers spend their time trying to put a smile on a dead rat's face. The dead rat is Ukraine. She claims things are moving - Ukrainian shaping operations ! Meanwhile the Russians are engaged in even bigger shaping offensives, destroying ammunition caches and Patriot missiles. Zelensky and the Ukrainains know that their chance of breaking Russian lines, going deep in, and holding it is nil. That is why they are unable to start. Meanwhile, the Russians get more time to prepare and destroy in advance. This is last throw of the die after which the US will ask the Ukranians to negotiate. And this lady will switch sides.
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  3246. 'you gotta hit back twice as hard or he won't stop.' The combined west and Ukraine do not have a punch half as strong as the Russian ! What will you do ?
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  3247.  @cfl_finn4831  So let Russia annex Donbas, and the remaining Ukraine will become rich, according to your logic. Why are Finns shouting about it ? You are an unimportant country.
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  3248.  @charlesekpima8210  Indeed, it is not whataboutery to say yesterday's criminals cannot be today's guardian of the law. The west has no credibility due to its own past wars - that is why China, India, Arabs, Africans etc. are ignoring their demands to sanction Russia.
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  3249. As long as Zelensky remains, Kiev will be a target.
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  3250.  @aardvaark11  You are like Lithuania. You are freely throwing insults and threats to Russia. But once you get the reply, you withdraw. Lithuania will be like that when it gets Russia's reply. They will wish they had better things to do.
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  3251. I learnt something from Baab which you would not from corporate media. The US capitalism drives agricultural business (Monsanto, Cargill etc.) to control food production in Europe; indeed, they would like it worldwide, they pressure India and other countries to surrender to US companies, but they don't. US agro business already owns 30% of Ukraine's agricultural land, even before the war. The EU's farming sector will be put out of business by US agribusiness in Ukraine if it joined the EU. That will be end of food security for Europe. The mineral deal means there will be transfer of wealth from Europe to the US - the same model the US uses with the Arabs. The Ukrainians have been suckered to fight Russia for the US and surrender their wealth to the US. The The Europeans have also been suckered to fight Russia for the US and surrender their wealth to the US. Neither understand it.
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  3252. A professor of military studies will tell you the govt. position - Ukraine is going to win due to more wonder weapons that failed in 2023. A general will also not go against govt. deception, he feels his position depends on supporting govt. folly. You get the correct picture from less higher ups in the field as they do not have an axe to grind. Tell me what was wrong in Daniel Davis's analysis that was unreliable.
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  3253. He says when the fighting ends, Ukraine will get into NATO. But Ukraine would have entered Russia when the fighting ends !
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  3254.  @IslamicOrigins  You are admitting Michael Clarke's lack of capabilities, after claiming his genius and brilliant mind ! But afterwards you make feeble excuses like ''First, he is not mystic Meg. He is an analyst, not a prophet.' Clarke is not an 'analyst', he is an establishment cheer leader of the counter offensive, who did not see the outcome, that it would put Ukraine on a course which would decapitate its army, and from which it would not recover. His type was predicting how the Bandera army would breach the Russian defences and dash to Melitopol and the Azov Sea. When that did not materialise, he started saying that the Ukrainians are doing probing attacks all along the front line to sniff out weak spots and then they would punch through. This is a game of chess, you are supposed to see what will happen if you make this or that move, and see what will be an outcome. No mysticism or prophecies are involved. 'they could have initiated the counter offensive long before the Russians had planted millions of mines etc. The Russians obviously anticipated your intentions, understood the way the west works, and took defensive steps quietly - exactly as one does in chess. The Ukranians and their cheer leaders were announcing the counter offensive and all the weapons. The withdrawal from Kherson that Surovikin ordered was projected as a Russian defeat. The Russians kept quiet and in effect sprung a surprise defensive move. Normally one springs a surprise offensive move. But this is Russian genius at chess on show. They could catch the opponent off guard with a defensive move. Clarke and company were boasting the front is not moving, the Russians are stuck. There is another factor in chess - you have to make the right move at the right time. You obviously did not make the right move at the right time. Your response after being defeated is like saying if the Russians had not anticipated my move, I would have won. 'So, I think it is quite an unreasonable expectation that he ought to be able to tell the future.' Clarke was always unreasonable. I have been following the ongoing analysis of independent analysts with military background like Scott Ritter, Col. McGregor, Larry Johnson, and several other independents, and their analysis before the wretched counter offensive predicted the failure and gave the exact reasons. If they can do it, why can't these jokers like Michael Clarke do it ? He is paid to propagate the establishment line. The Russians are the best chess players, both tactically and strategically. They way the west plays shows they are incapable of doing the right things at the right time, they are incapable of seeing the outcome because they are driven by false pride, vanity and emotion, and not by calculations. I put my money on the Russians to win this war.
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  3255.  @VVayVVard  Alright then, you know the specs best, why don't you send troops to Ukraine ?
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  3256.  @ThanhTran-se1hz  I do not need any western reporter to tell me more cities in Ukraine will fall after Lyschshank. I know that. Do you believe Zelensky instead, that Lyschshank will be the last city that will fall to Russia ?
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  3257. The same cliches are inserted in every western report : they will get some Ukrainian to state that though the Ukrainaisn are being overpowered by indiscriminate Russian shelling, Ukraine will win ultimately with western support, and Ukraine just needs more arms quickly. Earlier, the western media were saying the Russians have run out of steam after Lysyschank, they don't have soldiers and shells left, their morale is low, their operations are uncoordinated. So the Ukrainians were preparing to recapture Kherson with their HIMARs. But now the media are saying the Russians are shelling everywhere and getting near Siversk, Kramatorsk.
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  3258.  @SilkyMilkyOriginal  They cannot provide an argument for why Hijab is wrong, that is why they are trying to trash him through communal slurs and innuendos. Piers himself tried character assassination through innuendo, introducing Hijab as a 'controversial figure. Hijab caught him on the spot and ragged him. I and most viewers would have missed the implication and the thought behind Piers' sly comment, till Hijab challenged him. Thereafter Piers was reduced to pleading meekly that he was not stuttering ! The people complaining here about Hijab obviously do not have the intellect to refute Hijab. That is why they resort to feeble ethnic slurs - which is the wont of inferior minds.
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  3259.  @tomaszjezowski3230  Terrible to watch Piers reduced to stuttering ? It is like watching Mohd. Ali punch a featherweight.
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  3260. The US decides whether someone is not going to be in NATO, not anyone else. Bulgaria's support for Ukraine's entry is irrelevant.
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  3261. So Russian spokesman used hate speech ? What about Ukranians and the west when they talk about Russia ?
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  3262. Ukraine has had Atacams for some time, and they have attacked it many times, including their 2023 offensive. It did not make any difference.
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  3263.  @mikkybozzy-my2vk  Western media said last year he had a hand tremor, and was dying of cancer or a mysterious illness.
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  3264. Yes I see the fear - she says Russia will bring down the western financial system ! The lady says India should be looking at how abysmally the Russian armaments are performing - I bet the US would not mind having those Kinzhal hypersonics !
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  3265. Latest line is Ukraine is being prepared to have a strong hand in negotiations.
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  3266.  @RZakelis  DW's video title today is [Situation in Ukraine 'very dire'. Zelensky lashes out at west as Russia bombards Kharkhov]. Yes, they are not near Kiev, but the panic is palpable. As Ukraine is not in a sustainable position. Get it ?
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  3267.  @absolootely2571  von Leyen has the demeanour of a German Nazi. She talks like one. She declared Ukraine will be part of the EU because it is part of the European family. She did not refer to the human family. The implication is she thinks the European family is special. The EU has blocked the Turks being part of the EU for years, but Ukraine is suddenly qualified as a European. In fact, this sensation instilled into Ukranians that they become special people if declared to be European has driven Ukranians to think Russophobia is beneficial for them.
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  3268. The west is in a morass. The west can see defeat on the wall. Hence, the talk about how to negotiate. Why did not the west negotiate in Dec 2021 and avert the war ? Now Russia has the upper hand and negotiations will be on Russian terms. Ukraine will not be able to liberate Crimea OR Donbass. Russia is not going to give up Donbass, after expending blood. NATO expansion to Ukraine will not be allowed. That was what the war was about. Ukraine's last throw of the die is the so called spring offensive. Once that fails, it is defeat for the west. Some in the west can see it. Hence, they are preparing the ground - negotiate after losing !
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  3269.  @gintasvilkelis2544  Who are you to say the American people will pay a price for not supporting Ukraine ? Nothing will happen to Americans. The Russians are not going to attack America. Only the Ukrainians will pay the price for being foolish enough to follow America. The Lithuanians tried to act like the Ukranians when they blockaded trains to Kaliningrad - till a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. Lithuania backed down, otherwise it would have been Ukrained.
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  3270.  @thomaskalbfus2005  Russia will have the land and Ukraine will get not have nukes because the US will not dare give them - like the F16s.
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  3271. Yes Mr. Ukrainian ambassador, the US has thrown Ukraine under the bus. There is no point asking the US to admit it it lied. Will that be a consolation ? Politicians never admit mistakes. It is pathetic to ask such a question. Ukrainians like you chose to fight a proxy war against Russia on behalf of the US believing that the west would reward you. That was a dicey proposition - for if you lose, you lose your country, and the US and the rest do not lose anything. That has been the fate of US implanted governments like South Vietnam and Afghanistan. Trump negotiated withdrawal with the Taliban in Doha, without the Afghan govt. that it had created. The next year, Biden and his NATO hyenas ran away from Kabul. When that is the record of the US, you are indeed very foolish and wicked to have consented to fight a proxy war against Russia.
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  3272.  @alphonsusberron1105  Christians should support Palestine. 20% of Palestinians are Christian. The Christian holy lands are in Palestine - Bethelem, Nazareth etc....
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  3273. Oh damn, he was the Great Hindu Hope !
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  3274.  @sampohonkala4195  Puny Finland had to run to NATO out of fright - even though Russia did not cast an eye on it. But weaklings have an inferiority complex. Baltic Sea superiority ? One Sarmat is sufficient to erase Finland while you are partying.
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  3275.  @parthasarathyvenkatadri  Ukraine does not have any nuclear weapons, it surrendered all, it was the condition of getting independence. 'And also they need to be sure no retaliation from other countries ..' There will be no retaliation because the NATO countries know Russia will incinerate them also. None of them want to die for Ukraine.
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  3276. The reason people in the west do not know about the degradation of Ukraine's fighting ability is because the western media projects Russian casualties without giving what Ukranians have lost. Then naturally, the simplistic conclusion is Ukraine has no casualties and is winning.
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  3277. Even 18 months after, there is nothing to stop you from putting a no fly zone and sending troops to Ukraine. Why don't you do it ?
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  3278. Russia is not going to keep quiet. Don't goad Russia into using cluster bombs and tactical nuclear weapons. The war in Ukraine is lost for the west and you have to think of what you will do after the Ukranian counter offensive is declared a failure.
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  3279. You have been saying this from the first months of the war - Russian soldiers are ill trained, they have low motivation, they have shovels etc. You said Putin had a hand tremor, a mysterious illness. Yet the same Russian soldiers routed the Ukro Nazis of the Azov Batallion in Mariopol, and then went on to take Severodonetsk, Bakhmut, Avdeevka. Soon they will take Chasov Yar. It is the Ukranian army that got slaughtered in Mariopol, Bakhmut, and Avdeevika. They got wiped out trying to hold Bakhmut. When Russia takes a town, you it is not of any worth. Yet, people in Finland and Sweden are frightened ! The Russians can fight a land war like no one else. I see an echo of the Red Army. For combined arms warfare, no one has the experience - drones, tanks, planes, missiles fired from land and sea, electronic jamming, cyber warfare. You are still indulging in wishful thinking when Russia is on the cusp of victory ! Coming this far, the Russian soldier is looking for the entry into Berlin.
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  3280. Putin is in a different class than western leaders. He answers with a smile, unlike western leaders who froth and show rage and hatred. Does the US need a war with Russia ? Does it not have anything better to do ? Like attend to its borders and tackle the 33 trillion dollars debt ? Why don't western media ask these questions to its leaders ? Who blew up Nordstream ? Tucker stated it the next day, the western mainstream media kept quiet all along. The Germans and Norwegians swept it under the carpet citing security ! What kind of ally is the US ?
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  3281. You bloody Lithuanians should not talk too much, as if you are a super power. You were provocative when you tried to blockade Kaliningrad, citing EU sanctions as an excuse. One Russian parliamentarian then said that Russia should revoke the agreement on Lithuania's independence. Finally, the EU saw sense and forced you to back down. You do provocative things like blockade Kaliningrad, then after Russia takes the Suwalki corridor and cuts off the Baltics, you will cry you are a victim. Don't count on Article 5. It all depends on the Americans willing to fight for you. Americans do not want to be killed on your behalf. Don't be seduced by EU and NATO. Stay neutral and don't take part in schemes to threaten Russia. Ukraine made that mistake and is now finished.
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  3282. The saying about Europeans is 'gros bouches, petits mains. Big mouth, small fists.
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  3283. But it does not stop the UK posing as a major power that sends shivers down Russia's spine.
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  3284. You should not have incited Ukraine to fight a war it cannot win, then there will not be these heart breaking scenes.
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  3285.  @matthewsill748  'should have told Russia to piss off in 2014 but we didn't' You did not have the guts nor capacity to fight Russia in 2014 or 2022.
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  3286. He is in the featherweight category and he wants to fight a heavy weight.
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  3287. 'Strangely enough it’s not Europeans committing any of these acts' It is Europeans who massacred the Jews and settled them in Palestine. Europeans are responsible for all their colonial adventures, so accept the fall out or correct yourself.
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  3288. Russia should ignore these wicked Jews and continue what it has to do.
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  3289. It is not an oversight why they don't explain why Russia wants Bakhmut . They cannot say what will happen if Russia takes Bakhmut. It will puncture their narrative that Ukraine is winning.
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  3290.  @anitasantos7198  Weak reply of one who is defeated in debate.
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  3291.  @Redri747  Your words are that of the exploiter : you cannot do without us. The world can function without the west.
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  3292. And the Germans and Brits want to fight Russia which has hypersonic missiles !
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  3293. We can see the duplicitous spin in the western media. When Bakhmut looked like falling imminently, they said it was strategically and militarily unimportant. Now that Ukraine has poured in men to defend it, and they can hold on for some time, they are back to telling us about Ukrainian resilience. Yet, in between the soldiers' talk and the anchor's comments, it is clear a lot of Ukrainians have been massacred in Bakhmut and they say it is getting harder day by day. One of the soldiers breaks down in tears remembering the number of dead. The dilemma the Ukranians have is if they give up Bakhmut, it opens the floodgates for the Russians - as mentioned by the Ukranian soldier (in contrast to twisted interpretations of the west that Bakhmut holds no military value). But staying in Bakhmut with three roads closed and the fourth one targeted means the Ukranians are getting massacred. While the argument that the Ukranians are attritioning the Russians has an element of truth, the reality is the Russians are heavily attritioning the Ukranians and that blunts any coming offensive. One soldier puts on bravado, but from what the rest of them said, it is clear the Ukranians are in a hopeless position. They put on a brave face and hope the western tanks will make a difference. But we know it is all too little too late. The war is lost for the west and Ukraine has paid a heavy price.
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  3294. According to this reporter, life returns to normal quickly. So Russia will have to do it again.
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  3295. I did not realise there are so many primitives in America who want to preserve Nordic primitiveness.
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  3296. There is no arguing who is feeling defeated now - the west which imagined Ukraine will be in Crimea due to a few western tanks.
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  3297.  @6789uiop  And Ukraine has been -20% land and -80% GDP and 0 access to the sea in a year, and they cannot get any of it back despite 50 countries backing them. The Ukranian offensive is still born and they are getting ready to lose more land. And the same 50 countries will not be able to stop Russia.
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  3298.  @aburakadabura2  Until Ukraine joins NATO - it is not joining NATO, even G7 knows that. What losers announce to save their face are two different things. They have held three Ukraine Reconstruction Conferences - without Russia. Does it mean the west is going to rebuild Ukraine ? It was a PR exercise. Rheinmetall announced it was going to build a tank factory. Is that going to happen ? Russia can destroy it any time. 'each country would sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine separately as a temporary measure until Ukraine fully joins NATO'. What is a bilateral security arrangement ? Will the partners send troops to Ukraine ? They are afraid to get killed. Those who are afraid to get killed cannot win wars. Get it ? The west will be making announcements of all sorts to help Ukraine after defeat. It is a PR exercise to cover their faces.
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  3299.  @simontemplar404  Yours is only a wish. Would you care to explain how Russia will be expelled from Ukraine ? Ukranians have lost 20% of the land, and more will go. NATO is too cowardly to send troops.
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  3300. Who is this lady to assert the Russian claim on this Ukranian terrorism is bizzare and fabricated ? What is her basis to dismiss it ? Russian troops are now advancing on Nikolaev. The Ukranians have been trying to divert attention with a Kherson offensive. On top of that, the Ukranians fear strikes on their independence day. They are just trying to play the innocent victim card.
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  3301.  @PauloCarnaxide  Russia lost the war, but has 20% of Ukraine, it has the key ports, it has effectively made Ukraine landlocked and is strangling Ukraine's economy and indeed the western economy. The Azov Ukro Nazis have surrendered, and Russia has led US hopes of having missile and naval bases to rest. I wonder what Russia winning would like ?
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  3302. The western pundits have been saying this since the first month of the war. Rouble will be rubble. Putin's hands are shaking, he has cancer, he is about to be overthrown etc. Appears to be wishful thinking driven by the western impotence.
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  3303. The west can learn from her. Today, they have no leaders of any stature or moral uprightness. Western leaders have shown they are cynical, two-faced people who speak piously about human rights and justice but indulge in wickedness. A new world order is evolving outside the west.
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  3304. There is no need for money for Ukraine and Israel. Ukraine is a lost cause. No one can defeat Russia. Israel is an apartheid state and sanctions are needed instead of money.
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  3305. Zelensky is talking vainly as usual and the west is cheering. Ukraine won Eurovision, a purely sympathy win, and Zelensky talks about a liberated Mariopol in Ukranian control. But Maripol is gone for good ! Ukraine will not be able to get it back anymore than the Crimea. Many Ukrainian cities are demolished, Ukraine's exports via Black Sea ports are curbed, Russia can prevent reconstruction by re-bombing sporadically, there is no chance of NATO induction, Ukraine wants a guarantor for its integrity, no one has come forward, as Russia will decide who is acceptable. Ukraine can be kept burning like a low intensity charcoal fire for long, and if it gets out of hand, Russia can settle it with a tactical nuclear weapon.
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  3306. Zelensky can have refuge in a safe place, Israel. That is where his mentor Kolomovsky is hiding.
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  3307. Why do you indulge in wishful thinking ? You have been defeated.
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  3308. 'Russia is losing the war' is wishful thinking. Russia has strangled Ukraine and Europe is the reality.
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  3309. The west is dumb. Russia did not default, it had the money to pay, but the west is blocking the payment. Many of the creditors will be from the west. So you shoot yourself in the foot just to say 'look they defaulted for the first time since 1917'. This is the sum level of western intelligence and frustration. It is like their G7 summit where they exchanged feeble jokes on Putin. The west for economic warfare, seizing Russian money. Russia waged counter economic war, sending petrol and gas prices rocketing. In Germany, aluminium and other factories are shut. They say they will ration hot water in winter. Again, the west shot itself in the foot with NATO expansion, and then with economic warfare. It is going to be defeated militarily and in economic warfare !
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  3310. Why did not these fellows go and fight against the invaders of Afghanistan and Iraq ?
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  3311. These western laments of war crimes, etc. are trotted out when they feel Russia is winning and is unstoppable. Then they come out with these feeble laments. There is no point debating whether it is a war crime or not without asking why those questions were not raised about Blair and Bush. You have no credibility. Further, you do not have the ability to impose anything on Russia.
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  3312.  @lilacer6841  Zelensky said Putin was dead and a look-alike was in place. Maybe the look-alike was hosting the BRICS summit ?
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  3313. Why is Zelensky talking about Bakhmut ? We were told it is an unimportant city. At 2:50, he says Bakhmut is one of the biggest battles for freedom in Europe. But Ukraine lost it. Zelensky can fly his Bakhmut flag in Vilnius - but not in Bakhmut ! From the Russian side, Bakhmut was a battle to drive out Ukro Nazis steeped in Bandera ideology, who had 10 years of NATO training and fortifications, and who used it to shell Russians in Donbass. The Russians won it. The Battle of Bakhmut is a tribute to Russian tenacity. The Ukrainians and the west were saying the Russians have low morale, but they cleared out the Ukro Nazis, who are lamenting its loss. Bakhmut is now Artymovsk in Russia. Ukraine is never going to get it back.
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  3314. I don't know what the Ukranians and the west are shouting about Russia reneging on an agreement. The Ukranians themselves proudly said they did not sign any agreement with Russia, they signed an agreement only with Turkey and the UN. That agreement only guarantees the movement of ships with grain in a certain narrow corridor. Russia can only be deemed in breach if such ships were attacked after inspection for arms. Otherwise Russia has not signed any ceasefire over any part of Ukraine and rest of Odessa. Ukraine said it does not want negotiations till it retakes Crimea, so it should not complain. Nothing has changed, all parts of uncaptured Ukraine are targets. Striking Odessa is no different than striking Lvov or Kiev, or Kramatorsk. The Ukranians are playing their usual role demanding the world's sympathy for their own misdeeds. Capturing Odessa is a very important need to seal Ukraine from the sea and prevent NATO from establishing a naval base there.
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  3315. The desperation of the west shows in their hopes that a few paltry tanks can stave off defeat. It is like the hopes the west projected after sending Himars. Analysts predicted Ukraine will recapture Crimea. Now all that is quietly forgotten as Ukraine struggles to hold Bakhmut and its forces get massacred. The war is already lost, and whatever the west sends is too little, too late. Ukraine does not have enough shells. The west is unable to supply their needs. Once these tanks are hit or damaged, resupply will be very difficult.
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  3316. So only now the Sun is forced to admit the truth that Russia is winning ? Many of us saw through your earlier lies.
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  3317. An Ukrainian lady says Americans are 'supposed to be our friends and allies' She has still not realised America is an opportunistic ally and vassals are vassals.
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  3318. Would you say that of the Nazi camp guard ?
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  3319.  @Paladiesh  Russia fights strategically and not for image. Putin does not interfere with a general's decision. The Russians was caught by surprise in Kursk, they thought about it and decided the first step is to stem further advance to the Kursk nuclear plant. Once that was achieved, they decided no need to divert troops from Donbass. They realised it is better to keep the Ukrainians' best divisions pinned in Kursk, unable to go forward or retreat. Meanwhile, it helped with Donbass. Now there is need to push the Ukrainians out of Kursk. They are doing that. Earlier, see the Ukrainians were planning a counter offensive in 2023, Gen. Survokin ordered a pull back of Russian forces in Kherson across to the eastern bank of the river. It was a retreat, politically it looked bad, but Putin accepted the General's decision. Survokin then laid the defensive belt, waited and let the Ukrainians impale themselves on it. Strategically, the pull back from Kherson was needed and it paid off. At the start, the Russian attempt at taking Kiev was under manned and the advance was spread out, so it failed. But Russia did not give up; they decide to put full forces in the Donbass. It is paying off. The west wants to freeze the conflict, Russia is not ready.
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  3320.  @cyberfunk3793  Why did you lose the war if Ru is so poor ? You told me NATO is the strongest and richest alliance, why did you not send troops to Ukraine ?
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  3321.  @cyberfunk3793  Why don't you overcome your cowardice and send troops to Ukraine after telling them to fight Russia ?
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  3322.  @monumentaltravel3745  'Yeah Russia has money just it goes to only 35 people.' Sounds sour grapes because you got beaten and your innate cowardice got exposed. Putin had invited you to come to the battlefield and show you can fight. You did not have the courage.
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  3323. Only Russia can rebuild Ukraine. Russia will not allow EU and NATO a foot in Ukraine again. That is the geopolitical reality. What the video does not mention is the US role in taking advantage of the corruption - Biden and his family made money out of it. The Ukranians sold 35% of their agricultural land to three US companies. Plus the Jewish oligarchs like Kolomoivsky filched out the wealth using their Jewish connections in US and Europe. What undid Ukraine is not corruption. That is a relatively minor issue that the west harps on about - so as to hide their own guilt in ruining Ukraine. What undid Ukraine was its Bandera Nazi inspired ethnic nationalism against Russia. The US took advantage of this to drive a wedge between Ukranians and Russians who were living together. Once that nationalism got mired in violence, that poisoned the country and led to war between two related communities. Essentially it is a civil war with foreign interventions, the like of which we see in many countries (and often incited by the west for economic gains). The blame has to be put on the majority community, the Ukranians, who should have realised what the consequences of ethnic nationalism would be when there are two sizable communities, one with the support of a powerful neighbour.
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  3324. @Super Nova 'Only reason Bakhmut was important was for decimating Russian regiments throwing themselves onto minefields. Now Ukraine simply fall back and repeat.' Consolation for defeat.
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  3325. 'Also admittance of Ukraine into NATO will kill any possibility of Russia invading Ukraine again.' That is wishful thinking. Russia will not leave Ukraine. It will take a portion of Ukraine, and turn the rest into a wasteland. There is no way they will allow NATO troops into Ukraine. Russia will use nuclear weapons if needed.
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  3326. Great to see the Jews fighting between themselves.
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  3327. The bloc's unwavering support is a case of supporting a lost cause, out of false pride, to pretend it is not defeated. Borrell promises continued training of another 40,000 Ukrainian soldiers. But all that NATO training to NATO standards led to a flop in the counter offensive. It is unfair to ask the Ukranian lady about how to maintain the west's unity. She should have been asked whether Ukrainains have realised they have been taken for a ride by the west. As for Ukraine joining the EU, Ukraine will not exist.
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  3328.  @abrahamdozer6273  'When the Russian Federation breaks up, Königsberg...' Russia has the capability of finishing all of Europe with nuclear weapons, so don't dream too much. All European efforts to defeat Russia ended in grief - Swedes, Poles, French, Germans tried but ended up losing life and property.
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  3329.  @abrahamdozer6273  The Germans have signed an agreement saying they will not ask for old territories. The people from the most puny countries like Poland and Lithuania talk the biggest. When you get a beating from Russia, you howl.
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  3330. Zelensky said after month one that Russia had missiles only for 3 days. Somehow Russia seems to gear up when needed and leaves the Ukranians and the west rubbing their heads.
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  3331.  @rickeyharris268  Russia would feel like launching a nuclear strike on Ukraine, so don't even indulge in thinking unholy thoughts of Ukraine firing missiles into Moscow. No one has struck Russia and won.
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  3332. Mass migration is not the cause for Europe's defeat.
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  3333. Lunatic country with lunatic laws.
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  3334. Never misses a chance to promote himself, and to say that others are incompetent - even in this dire situation. Is this the need of the hour ?
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  3335.  @kerder8660  Trump said he did not know what caused the crash, he said he and people like him had opinions.
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  3336.  @chrissmith7669  Yes, they have taken 4 oblasts, fortified them, and Ukraine ain't going to see them. The Ukranian access to the Black Sea is ended. Industrial production all lost, no export of agricultural products, power grid down. The Ukranian counter offensive has killed off a lot of the Ukranian army, and destroyed western weapons. The west cannot afford to back a loser indefinitely, and there are divisions amongst them. That is the why in Vilnius the US conceded the main Russian demand : Ukraine will not join NATO. Russia has therefore won. Great success ! You need to wake up and smell the coffee.
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  3337.  @lorencelaflair4306  I am critical of their foolhardiness in following NATO, but I am sorry for their plight.
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  3338. Times Radio always sounds as if Russia punched Britain in the face, and the puny country is burning for revenge, but is helpless. Russia knows who is visiting Ukraine. It could have eliminated Grant Schapps. Putin knows the west's capacity accurately, that is he said 'why should Russia negotiate when you have run out of arms.' Russia is keeping NATO guessing where it will go next - Odessa ? Ben Wallace said at the beginning of the war that Britain would kick Russia's backside like it did in the Crimean war of 1856. Except in 2023, Russia is a superpower with hypersonic missiles that can eliminate Britain in a single strike and Britain cannot test fire a missile !
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  3339.  @looker999997  You don't have the intellect to refute what I wrote.
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  3340. The Ukranians say they need a 'no fly zone'. Are you ready ? If not, why not ?
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  3341. British intelligence said months back the Russians have run out of shells, and they are using shovels to bayonet the Ukro Nazis holed up in Bakhmut. But still they managed to push them out with the shovels. Therefore the Russians are awesome. If the Russians have failed to push back the Ukranians, how come the Ukranians have not advanced after 2 months of their counter offensive ? The British like Fox don't appear to have much intellect, they are driven by emotions and wishful thinking. That is the sign of the defeated.
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  3342. Polish-Ukranian relationship is artificial. Ukro Nazis from western Ukraine took advantage of the German occupation to kill 100,000 Poles. Poland would like to take Lvov and western Ukraine and make it part of Poland. They might be united in Russophobia, but daggers will be out between them soon.
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  3343. Did you know Azov Batallion was founded by a white supremacist Andrei Biletski and they use Nazis symbols in their uniform ? Why were civilians embedded with the Nazi Azov Batallion ? How do you know they were not human shields ? How are Russians to know that they are not human shields ? Russia has to take care in what people to give free passage to. None of the Azov Regiment, even wounded once can be given free passage. The only options for the Ukranian Nazis is to surrender or die. Ukrainians belonged to Sovereign Ukraine, but they should not have indulged in Russophobia. Their sovereignty was conditional on that they would remain a neutral state and not be part of any alliance. As the Ukranians violated that solemn guarantee on neutrality that they gave Russia in 1994 when they became independent, their sovereignty needs to be terminated and Russia has the right to reclaim them.
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  3344. What is the Russian menace to Sweden ? You went and joined NATO and indulged in Russophobia, so now you feel scared the Russians will beat you. If you mess with Russia, it will beat you - and you will find the US will not come to your aid.
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  3345.  @bradsmith9189  He should have known his masters would not risk their lives.
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  3346. Kissinger correctly summed up India as the largest, unimportant country. Indians have a sense of entitlement, because India has the largest population. Its 5th ranking in GDP is misleading and is only linked to the population; per capita GDP is now lower than Bangladesh. On any ranking of metrics of standard of living, Indian will be in the bottom 30. Jaishankar's plea is that due to large population, India should be in the Security Council. That is a pathetic plea. No one is going to buy that. India has enmity with all its neighbours - with Pakistan and China, not to mention Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It has slid into enmity with Muslims and Christians. India itself is a fractious tinderbox. The Hindus are an inexplicable collection of castes, and they seek unity by beating up minorities. That is how pathetic they are. The economic miracle was made by Manmohan Singh, it has run its course, now India is mired in Hindu extremism and Nazi style nationalism. Jaishankar himself has written a book on India's predicament. India is surrounded by enemies (of its own creation), it is not strong enough economically as China, it is not militarily powerful as Russia, China and the US, it is not strong enough to be a dictating pole even in its neighbour hood, it has to have a balancing act between Russia, China and the US to have a semi-independent stance. India is casting about for relevance. Modi has given high caste Hindus and Hindus settled abroad a false belief that Hindus are now someone important in the world. But the low caste Hindus are not benefited, let alone non-Hindus. Unlike China, Russia or America, there is no Indian sense of nationhood. It is an inexplicable collections of castes and communities with rising intolerance, and leaders like Modi rely on that for power.
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  3347. 'Mining all important Russian ports, of course purely accidentally and unintentionally, would now be appropriate, accidentally of course.' Don't push your luck too much. Russia's nuclear sword hangs over you.
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  3348.  ƲԼƬƦƛ ƔƖƠԼЄƬ  But you were not bored enough by my comment to comment.
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  3349. This is what Clarke said two weeks ago in Times Radio : NATO will begin to immediately fragment after Trump's reelection | Michael Clarke The man has no consistency, he is a shameless opportunist Russophobe and propagandist. Now that the US has given Ukraine $ 61 billion (we know very little will be directly to Ukraine), will NATO not fragment if Trump comes ?
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  3350. He knew Israel was horrible without visiting, and after visiting, he is sure it is horrible. Non-Jews who have been there say this.
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  3351.  @DownUnderDigitals  In 2023, Russia took Soledar and Bakhmut. Russia did not try to do more advances in 2023. They decided to consolidate the 4 oblasts and built defensive barriers and that has borne fruit. The Ukrainians cannot breach them. The Ukrainians have to come and try to get them, and in the process, they get slaughtered. And when they are sufficiently weakened, Russia can advance again. The Ukrainians have no results apart from losses in 2023. The outcome of the war is not measured just by how much land is taken. Russia has taken 20% of the land that produced 90% of Ukraine's GDP. The Russians have blockaded the ports and made Ukraine landlocked. They have ended Ukraine's last source of revenue : agricultural export. Ukraine is totally dependent on western financial aid. That is a losing position. Russia can keep Ukraine that way, till the west cannot afford to maintain them. Russia's strategic aim was no NATO bases in Ukraine. The US has conceded that by vetoing Ukraine's accession to the NATO. The US knows the war is lost and it will look for an exit.
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  3352.  @deanjustdean7818  That is a pretty weak joke. Only the defeated can make one like this. 'squad has been decimated, how all the tanks have been blown to kingdom come, and how they are running out of ammo...' Ironic. Because this is exactly what actually happened to the Ukranians in the counter offensive, so what are they writing to their mums ? That the Russians did this with shovels, we have not tasted their hypersonic missiles and nukes yet.
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  3353.  @richardivonen3564  Indeed, if you are chicken, it is best to be prudent and not fight mighty Russia. You will get injured very badly. Ukraine is not a chicken, but it was not prudent, it consented to be America's tool. It is being beaten to death.
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  3354.  @andersbjrnsen7203  There is no NATO military in Russian custody. But there are some incinerated in the missile strikes in Lvov and Kramatorsk.
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  3355.  @paulgarner8914  Adding another two chicken to NATO does not make it stronger. It only shows people are unnecessarily frightened of Russia's might.
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  3356.  banpotandblm  Giving up nukes was a condition of independence. Being neutral was another condition. Ukraine flouted the second so its independence is terminated.
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  3357. Do you have a death wish for Ukraine ? Let Ukraine attack Russia - then Russia will use the nuclear stick.
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  3358. Poland is a country that deserves to be Ukrained. It wants to show its military prowess to Russia. And it keeps telling Germany to pay $ 1 trillion. Maybe Russia and Germany will get together to screw Poland another time. Such is Polish behaviour. They have a suicidal streak.
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  3359. I can't see Ukraine getting back Mariopol and the coastal regions. The Ukranians might as well accept the reality before they lose more. The areas taken by Russia will be incorporated in Russia.
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  3360. Earlier, the same western experts said that the first 72 hours are critical, and Ukraine must punch through the Russian lines and advance swiftly (blitz krieg) to Melitiopol and the Sea of Azov, and cut off the connexion with Crimea. This is how breaching operations are done. The expectation was the Russians would be disoriented and retreat, and Ukraine would be able to dictate peace terms. They said Ukraine must not get bogged down in an attritional war as that is to Russia's advantage. Now after 1 month, the Bandera army lost a huge amount of manpower and the wonder game changing weapons of the west, without even reaching the first Russian line. So western 'experts' have revised the narrative, now they say Ukraine needs more time for the strategic breakthrough, and this is the inherent nature of the thing. The video says it is too early to say Ukraine has won or lost ! What a way of putting it. Ukrainains certainly have not won, and the evidence suggests they are losing. The reality is Ukraine and the west have lost. Consider the facts. Russia has taken 4 oblasts. They have taken time out and fortified their positions. Ukraine is not able to breach the Russian lines because it does not have enough munitions; the soldier in the video says without them, Ukraine will lose. Ukraine cannot make the munitions, as Russia has destroyed their factories. The west cannot make enough artillery shells, tank shells etc. Biden has admitted that, and given it as the reason for sending cluster bombs. Ukraine does not have air cover to advance on the Russian position. It will be well past next year before any F 16s arrive and the Russians will have solutions for that also. Western equipment has proven to be shoddy and ineffective in the battlefield. See the Bradleys, Leopards and French tank with tyres. The Patriots were hit and damaged. They have instructed the Challenger tanks to be kept away from the front lines ! The US wanted Ukraine in NATO since 2008 and in 2014 it arranged a coup in Ukraine to advance that. But in 2023, the US does not allow Ukraine into NATO ! The reason given is Ukraine has to do more to democratise and cut corruption. The US had no problem backing Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion in the 2014 coup, and Biden and his family had profitable dealings with Ukraine due to the corruption. The real reason the US does not want Ukraine in NATO in 2023 is that it will demand Article 5 and the US will have to send troops to Ukraine. In which case the Russians will kill the Americans, on a bigger scale than they faced even in Vietnam. You just have to look at the US intervention in Somalia. The Somalis shot down a Black Hawk with RPGs, and the Americans sent more Black Hawks to rescue the first, and two more were lost. 20 Americans were killed, and their bodies were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. The scenes were broadcast on US TV, and the Americans ran away from Somalia after that. So one can imagine if they entered Ukraine due to Article 5, the Russians will shoot American helicopters and tanks, they will not drag the bodies through Moscow, but they will publish videos of the tanks being destroyed with missiles (like the Leopards), and no US politician will survive. Finally, Russia has withstood the sanctions and they have saddled the west with inflation and de-industrialisation and de-dollarisation. So Russia has won the economic war as well. This defeat is difficult to admit for the west. But reality will catch up. The US will abandon Ukraine like Afghanistan and Iraq. And Europe cannot fight Russia.
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  3361. Sir Putin has ended the western 'rules based order'. Others can see it and now ignore the US. After defeats in Afghanistan, and Iraq, and backing the loser Ukraine, the US cannot fight Russia, China, Arabs and everyone else. Saudi should follow Putin and start selling oil in yuan and other currencies and that will automatically reduce US power.
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  3362. Congratulations to Russia for crushing the Nazi Azov regiment. The Nazis have surrendered. The Ukranians and the west are trying to present that the Ukranians are winning. Mariopol should be incorporated back into Russia. Ukraine should become a landlocked country till they root out the Russophobia and Nazi style nationalism. So this BBC fellow is saying Mariopol battle is lost is that Russian is losing the bigger battle. Really ? Ukraine has lost the strategic coastal area and there is no way they will get that back. Russia will make Ukraine landlocked.
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  3363.  @vicantirasumovski4375  A civil war encouraged by the Anglo Saxons. That is what they have done throughout the world.
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  3364. The US should send its troops to Ukraine to show the correctness of the advice it is giving. As for the Ukro-British ties, there are as many streets named after BoJo as Bandera. Will those withstand the betrayal ?
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  3365. Six months back Zelensky was parading a Victory Plan. Zelensky has now signed up to the peace deal where he has to surrender land and cannot join NATO. But Nielsen now has a Ukrainian Plan to push Ukraine to victory !
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  3366.  @andrew30m  Well, the Ukrainians are good fighters, they are like the Russians, they are from the same DNA. But Mercouris was absolutely correct that Russia would take Bakhmut and most importantly, he explained its significance. He was not dodgy like the western media which started saying Bakhmut was of no military and strategic significance.
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  3367.  @andrew30m  If Bakhmut is not significant, why did Ukraine allow its forces to get slaughtered there to defend it, and why is it trying to take it back ?
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  3368.  @groundtrader173  The difference is that Russia only asked for Uktaine to be neutral, and not allow US to have missiles and naval bases. Russia went after Ukraine only because it decided to use US to threaten Russia. In the war, Ukraine took a battering and lost land. Russia having spent so much effort is not going to return the land. Ukraine can still go back to neutrality, but now the US will not allow it. Zelensky will be assasinated.
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  3369. How can you take it personally, when one side is just a door mat that has to accept whatever ?
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  3370.  @davehallett810  When China takes over as the next world's super power, what would be the point of begging America ?
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  3371. It was cheap saying the war is creating jobs for Americans. The Ukrainians are suckers, they are willing proxies for America.
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  3372. And was Indian toy industry so good ? Did India even have a toy industry ? And now 'government took action', has the toy industry revived ?
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  3373. Israel is not going to have peace for rehabilitation. That is the nature of their society.
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  3374. The French have no credibility. Their President is a cretin. But so are all the western leaders.
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  3375. Fareed Zakaria on CNN said smugly that Russian equipment is outdated compared with American, mentioning how they fared in Iraq. Then bring on the American tanks in the Ukraine theatre and see how they fare when the Russians are attacking them.
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  3376. Why does the west not send troops to Ukraine ? The whole world is suffering the consequences of NATO expansion. Why don't you discuss or admit that ?
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  3377. I see no news in the standard western media about Russia's adavances in Donbass. Instead, the picture is that there is no movement for 6 weeks and Russia has lost steam due to Kherson offensive. But there is not much about the Kherson offensive. There was some exultation about the bombing of the Antonovski Bridge, but little now.
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  3378. So the Ukranians were lying.
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  3379.  @torqueforce9266  Zelensky did say he wants to finish the war by this winter.
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  3380.  StormmShadoww  ' I have seen of the challenger it was ripping up the dragon teeth defences with ease' They have not got near the dragon teeth defences. You must have seen a video game.
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  3381. Storm Shadows - do you have any left ?
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  3382.  @moon_knight8578  How many Storm Shadows do you have ? Are they like your Challengers ?
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  3383.  @baggablisssimmo7559  Why has great NATO of 32 nations + superpower not succeeded in rolling back Russia from Ukraine and has given up ? Great Russia will win the war in due course.
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  3384.  @baggablisssimmo7559  'One Challenger is worth 50 T-14 Armarta'. That is only in cost, not capability ! The Ukrainians had to hide them, and when the Challengers appeared on the front, the Russians promptly destroyed them.
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  3385.  @baggablisssimmo7559  Let us go by the known result : the Challengers made no difference and Ukraines counter offensive failed
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  3386. A foolish hero, leading his people to disaster, while the people who brought him to power and propped him up and adulate him in the west will not come and lose their lives for him.
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  3387. Times Radio is part of the western media building delusions of victory.
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  3388. David Cameron is their great hope - like Macron !
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  3389. ' I hope that going forward Ukraine is able to continue to be guided by talented people and doesn’t get co-opted by the oligarchs again.' Ukraine will not be going forward ! They are too dumb, the Ukranian oligarchs sold themselves to the US and Victoria Nuland for about $ 5 billion.
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  3390. ​ @ЭЮЯ-о3к  Well written. The west also has an oligarchy (a nexus between billionaire capitalists, corporations and the elected politicians to support each other for mutual benefit). The capitalist has money; the politician, power. Money and power are interchangeable. The western media serve the western oligarchy through an electoral system. The common people have a vote, but the ones who are elected look after their interests to some extent the voters, but their dominant interest is to serve the billionaires and business houses, who fund the war. In this, the media, which is also run as corporate businesses serve to act as a vehicle for manufacturing consent. On the Ukraine war, throughout the European and US media, there is consensus : Russia made an unprovoked attack on Ukraine, and we are defending Ukraine's democracy. There is no questioning and criticism of the US role in staging a coup (under Victoria Nuland); the desire for NATO expansion which was driven since 1997 by Lockheed and other US corporations; the promise to the Russians not to expand NATO eastwards in return for the re-unification of Germany, which was later dismissed as only verbal; the expansion of NATO despite Russian protests. The Ukranians are not so innocent : Ukro Nazism is a chief component of Ukranian nationalism (the Right Sector, Azov Batallion, and glorification of Bandera). They have persecuted ethnic Russians. In the war, they have also committed atrocities. In western media discussions, in the panel you have westerners and Ukranians - but no one to represent the Russian view. The western media project Ukranians as valiant fighters, and Russians as dumb. So the public hears only one view. Noam Chomsky calls it manufactured consent. But it is only fooling oneself. Earlier, the same tactic was used to wage war against Muslims and Arabs. Samuel Huntingdon wrote his infamous Clash of Civilisations. Between 1945 to about, the Soviet Union was the enemy. Between 1990-2022, Muslims were declared as retarded and the prime enemy of the west and its values. From 2022, the retarded Russians are the prime enemy of the west and its sacred values. Already, China has been declared the future enemy.
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  3391.  @tinareeves9899  Russia is not going to turn around and leave. No point in wishful thinking. Donbass will be Russian. If Ukraine continues misbehaving, the rest will be turned into a wasteland.
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  3392.  @tinareeves9899  The difference is West Germany got US aid to rebuild. The Soviet Union was itself devastated by the Germans, it did not ask for any one's aid to rebuild. No country, least of all the US, was as devastated as the Soviet Union. Yet the Soviet Union rebuilt, and became a superpower. The Soviet Union had many firsts : it launched the first vehicle into orbit. France and Britain withered away as powers. We have heard this story that the Russia has a GDP the size of Spain or Texas as you say. But the question is the what the GDP is made of : Russia has energy, water, it is the biggest supplier of wheat, it makes all industrial metals, it has the military technology, it can launch space vehicles - it is self sufficient. None of the countries of Europe are self sufficient with their GDP - that is why Russia has floored all of them by just cutting off the gas. Even the US is not self sufficient. Boeing imports titanium from Russia ! Russia has shown it is adept at economic warfare. It has taken steps to undermine the west's economies. The euro and pound are reduced by 20%. It has taken steps to de-dollarise, and that in the coming years will undermine US power. All the US's vassals will go down with it. 'It will be shunned by the rest of the world and it will wither.' That is wishful thinking coming out of a sense of defeat. You obviously think the rest of the world is Europe and US. China and India are buying Russian oil using their currencies. Saudis and Emiratis are doing business with Russia. Emirates and the rest of the world's airlines are flying to Russia. Russia has ended the western 'world order' - for good. The rest of the world has seen it and is happy. The Saudis and Emiratis, Indians, Chinese, Africans and Latin Americans are ignoring US and European wishes. The Senagalese President of the African Union visited Putin to get relief for wheat exports from Ukraine. The Europeans were annoyed as he ignored the EU and did not consult their world order plans ! Putin then allowed Ukraine to export some wheat, but he insisted it should go to Africa and not Europe. Your comparisons of GDP are infantile. It is using a single parameter to describe a country. Who else could change the world order singe handedly other than Russia ?
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  3393.  @theobservationsreal3291  Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad, but when Russia threatened to cancel Lithuania's independence, Lithuania climbed down as it realised Article 5 would not spare it from a beating.
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  3394. The Indian journalist is advising the US to reform its police and judicial law.... In India, it is very common for Hindu mobs, led by Hindu politicians and Hindu police to attack and kill 'low castes', and non-Hindus. Tens of thousands are killed in such riots. The Indian police, Hindu mobs and politicians think the same way as the Seattle policeman. Would this journalist preach in the same way to Indian police and politicians of reforming ? She would not dare.
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  3395. Bloody cheek asking Russia to give up Bakhmut, Mariopol, Lyschansk, Severodonestk, Avdeevka....in return for recognition of Crimea as Russian and allowing Ukraine into NATO. Russia should not pick up the phone and listen to these jokers, continue with Chasov Yar, Kharkhov and Odessa.
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  3396. So this reporter Alya Ibrahim says that Ukraine hoped that the Prighozin turmoil in Russia would give the Bandera army a chance to make a breakthrough the offensive. But when asked to confirm any strategic gains or surge the Bandera army has made due to the turmoil, she said they have taken some villages here and there but it is too early to know if they have made any significant gains ! The meaning is the Bandera army is making no progress despite NATO giving 98% of what the Ukrainians asked for. The joker Nick Connolly said Russians can reach Kramatorsk with missiles that 'they have in large numbers' - earlier he had said the Russians had run out of missiles ! From what Connolly said now, the Ukrainians just do not have sufficient air defence against missiles. Then what was all that boasting about the superior Patriot missiles which were going to be game changers ? Now Connolly's tone is of resignation - Kramtorsk and Sloviansk will fall. Why has the west been pumping up the Ukranians and western public with false expectations of defeating Russia because the west has superior weapons ? Ukrainians have been forced into a suicidal counter offensive to show winning results to the US. And the Ukranians were given the assurance Patriot missile will be game changers. When will the west admit the obvious that Ukraine cannot defeat Russia with western aid ? And that eventually Russia will get the upper hand ? In 2022, Ukraine had some gains. But in 2023, Russia has made all the gains, and Ukraine all the losses. Western rhetoric is foolish - we shall try Putin; we shall reconstruct Ukraine after the war; Ukraine will join NATO after the war; Germany said it will build a tank factory for Ukraine after the war. The longer the war continues, the less likely Ukraine will be there !
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  3397. Well, I guess that publicly they cannot say Ukraine will not win. They will be fired. What does winning look like ? According to one former cheerleader writing in Politico, we need to reimagine victory ! We can say we could not get Ukraine into NATO, but we defeated Putin because we got Finland and Sweden into NATO.
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  3398. His army and country are in a position to be able to ask that. It is the west that is asking for diplomacy as it realises now that Ukraine cannot win and they cannot afford to maintain Ukraine. Putin is not approaching the west for negotiations. He has laid his conditions. Ukraine has to accept loss of land, accept neutrality - or it will be turned into a wasteland. There is no other outcome, the west also knows it.
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  3399. Canada has done well to stand up for its citizens. Western countries need to realise that Indians are far more dangerous than Russians and Chinese. India itself is not powerful like Russia and China. But India has been under the grip of 'Hindu nationalists' since Modi came to power a polite term used in the western media for Hindu fascists. The Hindu fascists seek to make a Hindu state and they have driven non-Hindus (Sikhs, Muslims and Christians) to the edge by killing them using Hindu mobs and the police. This is what they have done in India. Outside India, Indians are the largest immigrants. The ones who have migrated to the US, Canada etc. are the educated cream, and they have been successful and pose as the model minority. However, this success has allowed them to support Hindu fascism in India and the demand for the creation of an exlcusivist Hindu state, while posing as a model minority abroad. However, sooner or later the thugee behaviour of the Hindu fascism will come abroad. The Hindus in India and the west believe they can capture power in the west and boost their power. Rishi Sunak is their first cog and Sunak quite shamelessly for a UK PM boasted his Hindu credentials. Last year, there were riots in Leicester organised by a Hindu mob against Pakistanis, following the model they use in India. Western countries need to forget India has a potential economic power. Unlike China, it does not produce much. The western countries are courting it seeking a share of a supposedly big market. However, India's economy is lopsided, it is owned by a few oligarchs. It has a large GDP only due to having the largest population. But per capita income is lower than Bangladesh and it ranks with the sub Saharan countries in the hunger index. Hence, the west is chasing a mirage about a strong Indian economy. It is wishful thinking. Indian economy is as illusional as a Bollywood glamour film. In military terms, India is weak. China took land and the Hindu nationalists could not do anything. The west needs to support Trudeau and understand the danger of Hindu militancy abroad sponsored by India. India's domestic civil war conditions will be exported outside. The best way for the west to deal with India is to shed its illusions and realise it is no longer the country of Nehru and Gandhi, it is now a country run albeit through a democratic system (so far) by Hindu Nazis who have expressed admiration of Hitler. The best way for the west to deal with India is to deal like China did and put India in its place.
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  3400. 'This entire adventure has been an embarrassment for the Russians for over a year now.' Loss of Bakhmut by Ukranians with western arms to a bunch of convicts fighting with shovels is embarrassing. The west could not accept defeat, it declared it a draw ! That is embarrassing. The inability to recover Ukraine's 1991 borders is an embarrassment. All the wonder weapons, Himars and Patriots made no difference, and the Russians started destroying them. The inability to launch a counter offensive is an embarrassment. The west cannot bring the war to a conclusion on its terms. The western belief was that due to sanctions, Russia's economy would collapse, Russians would be out on the Red Square and Putin will be overthrown and replaced by a Zelensky type of puppet. It did not work out. Russia inflicted inflation and started de-dollarisation rolling.
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  3401. Wow, what an attack ! The coordination needed is amazing. Very good planning.
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  3402. This is all alarmist nonsense from the British. They staked everything on defeating Russia in Ukraine. Now that the collective west is defeated, the British want to say they will be better prepared next time ! It is like after you lose a chess game which you think you should have won, you are disturbed, you go and get the chess books out, and swear that you will prepare at once for the next match. But if you don't have the ability, you will lose the next match. Britain will always be a loser against Russia. An amateur cannot beat a grandmaster.
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  3403. 'Ukraine fails to acknowledge that they are NOT a part of a common market. Nor a part of EU nor NATO.' But everyone in EU and NATO talked as if Ukraine was part of EU and NATO. It looks like EU and NATO are fair weather friends, and are getting ready to stab Ukraine in the back. Ukraine of course stabbed Russia in the back, so one can say they deserve it, but still what does it say about EU and NATO who encouraged Ukraine to fight and promised support for however long it takes ?
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  3404. Ukraine was given a warning on NATO membership, and that it would threaten Russia. So it cannot complain if Russia dismantles Ukraine.
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  3405. Westerners invariably believe in the superiority of their weapons. They assume because of that Ukraine will win. There is no evidence for it. They even think Russian nuclear weapons will not work !
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  3406.  @yousofkhan765 If the west felt for one moment they could fight against Russia and win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. Their inadequacy makes them burn and write statements like 'our arms and forces are mightier, we would defeat Russia in a conventional war, but the Russians cheat in war and threaten us with nuclear annhilation'. Then, I ask them to cite an instance where NATO won a conventional war on the ground. The scramble from Kabul was only 2 years ago and that does not give me much confidence in NATO's fighting ability. You can see their fighting spirit when a couple of mercenaries are caught. They get unnerved, there is public uproar, they want POW status and immediate release. In a direct war, NATO forces would also get killed on the same scale as Ukranians. In Afghanistan, NATO pulled along for 20 years, but here, NATO will not be able to take the casualties for a single day. They are unable to accept if they fight, they will lose. Hence, their solution is to put Ukraine in front, and let them be destroyed, on the alter of western pride. Since the west was with held from conventional war (in which they say they are superior to Russia), they opted for economic war. In that also, they have got a bloody nose unexpectedly. Factories are closing in Germany and Europeans will be freezing in winter. You see Canada has released the equipment for Nordstream 1.
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  3407.  @lauriepaterson9096 When you say you think your leaders are weak, do you wish they had sent troops to Ukraine to stand up to Russia ? Or do you think your leaders are weak, and they meekly accept America's agenda at the expense of Europe ?
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  3408. Vain bravado. Mariopol is gone and the Azovs will be starved out.
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  3409. Trump tries to get Iran back to the negotiating table ? Really ? It is like Trump trying to get Russia to negotiate after arming Ukraine.
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  3410. Indeed, Russia has defeated the collective west. A great achievement, don't you think ?
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  3411.  @airis3333  China. That is a country which has a similar punch as Russia and 100x the weight of Europe put together.
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  3412.  @airis3333  'They support cheap ruski energy supplies' So does the EU. They are quietly paying up in roubles after raising a storm. Russia now gained more money than before the war by selling less.
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  3413. I don't believe her. She is lying. It was only a few days ago and she was stabbed and she recovered so soon ? Jews also massacred Arabs in Deir Yassin and other places. That is how Israel was created. They had their terrorist gangs like Irgun and Stern gang. Now they have Israeli settlers who have been killing Palestinians in the west Bank and assaulting the Al Aqsa mosque. She is a typical conceited western settler colonial type. That is evident when she talked about Middle East men with funny accents and beautiful western people defending Palestinians. She wants them to be silenced and arrested. She is a bloody fascist. Israel is a failed state. She has lived in an apartheid state with her blinkers on, she does not want to acknowledge what the Jews have been doing to the Palestinians. The Palestinians hit their oppressors and gave them the shock of their lives. This lady has been shocked but her Jewish blinkers are still on her eyes.
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  3414.  @rklkify  'while ukraine is able to takes the least amount of casualties then ukrainian lines will not be thined out.' They will have high casualties when those FAB air shovels hit them.
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  3415. Who asked you to incite Ukraine to fight Russians ? Why does the US seek bases in Ukraine ? You strike me with contempt.
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  3416.  @profounddamas  'Hell no. Europe is much better.' Your life expectancy will be higher in Europe than Israel certainly.
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  3417.  @Hannibal247  He understands everything, but some new Indians want to pretend the Jew who came from Europe and displaced the native Palestinians is not the settler-coloniser. Not so long the Indians were colonised by the British and they also ran an apartheid system with clubs and train compartments for Europeans. Indians suffered the same way in South Africa. But now some Indians think they have become a superpower and so they would like to side with Israelis and Europeans and Americans.
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  3418. Moscow's losses ? The Russians have the upper hand and have shown that Ukraine should not get carried away; Ukraine is living dangerously and precariously. The Russians can completely destroy Ukraine, it is only their belief that Ukranians are part of their family, that is holding them back. Otherwise, in the first week, in Feb. 2021, they could have knocked out all of Ukraine's power stations. The western news analysis is not objective. Ukraine attacked a bridge - it is a small but not catastrophic set back for Russia. On the other hand, the Russian air and drone strike put the entire Ukraine under electricity and water cuts. That is a catastrophic set back - and there will be more to come if Ukraine continues to misbehave. Russia has the firepower to raze the country from the air. The fact they have not done it has been out of consideration for the public.
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  3419.  @vigilante8374  Russia was not planning to take Finland or Sweden. Russia never threatened them. It is the Finns and Swedes who developed fear and ran clucking like chicken for NATO cover, proving they are intrinsically weak nations. Now providing they don't mess with Russia, they will be left alone. But if they do, they should watch out. None of those shelters will save them with Sarmat.
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  3420. @albert Would it please you if I parrot western propaganda ? You are welcome to refute me - if you have the intelligence.
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  3421.  @benoitbvg2888  An actual economy with no energy ?
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  3422. The war is lost militarily for the west. Their hopes now hinge on 'Russia will run out of money in 2025' - a bit like 2021. Before that Ukraine will not be a viable state worth maintaining.
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  3423.  @shaiaheyes2c41  Frustrated by defeat, are you ? That is what happens when the puny fight mighty Russia. You get the beating of your life.
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  3424. No sympathy for IDF or occupiers of any kind. No need to use words like 'unfortunately, sad, tragic' etc. The IDF has not been able to rescue a single hostage. Only Qatar can be credited with the release of the first hostages. And now the IDF shot the people it was rescuing. It is a jittery force as it has had many killed.
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  3425.  @jerry27syd  Yes, you will console yourself it is symbolic because you are speechless. Ukraine's handlers could not stop it. More vicious attacks will come, and you will console yourself it is symbolic. Loss of Donbaas and Mariopol were only symbolic.
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  3426. Russia's obsession with symbolism ? Destroying the power grid is not symbolism. Russia has only one goal : prevent the US from naval bases in Ukraine, and never let NATO set foot in Ukraine again. That is not symbolism. As for the offensive, Russia has not announced anything. Once Bakhmut falls, some gates will open.
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  3427.  @angrydoggy9170  Well, you have not written a refutation or anything of substance, so the evidence shows you are struggling. If you had the intellectual capacity and knowledge, you would have tried to write a refutation.
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  3428. The beggar is the strategy advisor to the US.
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  3429. Last year, a similar British joker, MP Tobias Ellwood found that NATO did not have the stomach to fight Russia, so he proposed the creation of a 'coalition of the willing', involving Poland, Baltics, UK and US to send troops to Ukraine ! Nothing came of it. Nothing will come of this bluster from Hamish de Breton-Gordon. The name itself smacks of an obnoxious and repulsive Briton from its colonialist past. Putin had said in 2022 'Those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it.' Needless to say nobody in NATO had the courage to go to Ukraine. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars. If for a moment the west thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine long ago. After defeat, this is vain posturing that NATO will fight Russia. Russia's achievement goes beyond Ukraine. It has single handedly ended the western world order and even altered the financial system. The world is full of admiration. As usual, Russia is a game changer.
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  3430. She has an Ukrainian name.
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  3431.  @niburu3406  Well, Zelensky and his coterie wants the billions of $|£€ . But the Ukranians should realise that despite promises of western politicians to support Ukraine for however long it takes, that will change when they cannot afford it. Then Ukraine will be left high and dry.
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  3432.  @ItsDeffoScott  'The Ukrainians do not have stealth fighters, or top of the line tanks like Challenger 2...' Are those the tanks the British asked to be withdrawn from the frontline ? You must be a British joker....ha, ha, ha. ! 'This really shows how weak Russia is when they must fallback to regular arms.' Why have you not sent troops to fight Russia ? What is the reason for your cowardice ?
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  3433.  @khaya7272  You are exactly correct. Putin has ended the western rules based order, that they inflicted on Afghanistan, Iraq.....Putin has also won the economic warfare - he is de-industrialising Europe and he has taken steps to de-dollarise. That is the reason the west is so enraged.
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  3434. If these countries did not misbehave due to American promptings, there would be nothing to fear. The two cities in Finland and Russia were living comfortably till now, but NATO expansion makes Finland a nuclear target.
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  3435. When you hear that sad intonation, you know the west knows it is Ukraine's funeral rites.
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  3436. Can Wallace tell us why Britain is on the side of Israelis and Netanyahu ? Then you can tell us about why you are on the side of Ukrainians. Due to this, you do not have credibility.
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  3437. The west (Biden and Scholz) is now talking about negotiations and diplomatic solutions. Why are they doing this if Ukraine is winning ? The fact is now they see that Ukraine is not in a winning position. The Russians are destroying Ukraine's ability to fight by destroying the power and the west cannot stop it. The Russians have also inflicted economic pain on the west. Open funding for Ukraine will be challenged by the Republicans from January.
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  3438.  @orchidhealth2097  Indeed, Meloni is a descendant of Mussiloni's party. Sunak is hobnobbing with her.
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  3439.  @orchidhealth2097  Even the politicians from recent immigrants in the UK have become obnoxiously reactionary - Sunak, Priti Patel, Suella Bravermann. Britain is in a no man's land, divorcing from Europe with which its trade was 40%, with no sign of an American trade deal materialising, and trying to be at the forefront of fighting Russia.
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  3440.  @kingdom2532  So why are people in Kramtorsk and Bakhmut which are still in Ukranian hands being asked to leave ? Were the scenes in the video imaginary ?
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  3441.  @TheInfamousMrFox  I am not saying victory in Bakhmut is imminent. The people in the video - the western reporter and the Ukrainian soldiers do not sound so cocky about Bakhmut holding out. Mariopol took a long time to take. But Russia battered them into submission, and the Azov Nazis surrendered. The Azov Nazis were begging for an extraction to a third country. Bakhmut may take time, but the tilting point is coming.
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  3442. Trump has to gaslight because he has no cards. Nothing wrong. The Europeans have no cards either, they are gas lighting as well about a coalition of the willing to fight Russia. Zelensky was gaslighting about his Victory Plan for 6 months.
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  3443.  @MorganMosesOcul  Britain is unable to come to terms with reality. It has signed a 100 year partnership to develop an Ukrainian arms industry and do joint exercises in the Sea of Azov.
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  3444. Navalni and Kasparov - what is their relevance here ?
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  3445. Piers' wicked bias started right at the beginning when he slyly introduced Hijab as a controversial figure. He would not introduce any Israeli that way. I and most did not spot it. Hijab caught him by the throat straight away. Well done Hijab. Piers credibility went out of the window right from that. And Hijab finished Piers when he asked 'Why are you stuttering ?' to which Piers said meekly 'I am not stuttering' ! I have never seen anyone demolish Piers in that way Must be Hijab's Oxford training It will be better for Piers to bring an Israeli and Hijab together to debate instead of Piers batting for Israel and losing reputation.
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  3446. And what drastic action has the mad Swede inspired you to take ?
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  3447. She says Russians have incredibly skilled negotiators. Putin cares about every single detail, and it is to Russia's advantage. The west looked down on Russia, mocked it, but now they know. The west cannot fight Russia militarily and economically., or even diplomatically.
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  3448. The Ukrainian at the end is bubbling with rage. He does not realise you cannot wage a war against a superpower using 'partners' who are not willing to die for you. The 'partners' will support you as long as they think they can win and can afford, and when they can't win and afford, they will slowly disengage themselves. The latter is Ukraine's fate, and no point raging about it - it was Ukraine's choice to backstab Russia and gang up with the west against Russia. When you lose, the terms will be set by Russia.
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  3449. There was nothing special about the Sky interview. But British media makes out that something revelatory was brought out. Zelensky and western media are still peddling delusions and congratulating themselves for their intelligence. Zelensky says that he is ready to freeze the conflict for immediate NATO membership, in exchange for a temporary loss of territory. The loser wants to dictate terms to the winner. Why would Russia agree to that ? It has the territory and is advancing, and it will not accept NATO bases and trainers in Ukraine - they fought the war for the second, not the territory. The west went from 'supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes' to floating requests to Russia to freeze the conflict. Russia is not asking for negotiations, it is creating conditions for the west to ask Zelensky to freeze the conflict. The west has lost and that is the clear proof.
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  3450. None of these tanks will make any difference to the outcome. It is too little to late. It is a sign of western desperation - let us do something, anything to stave off defeat. The greatest problem for Ukraine is that Russia has killed a lot of the Ukranian soldiers, and this is continuing at an alarming rate. The US advised Ukraine to get out of Bakhmut and save the soldiers for training !
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  3451. The cartoon is correct. Indians talk too much, and boast they are becoming a superpower, and claim they are a world teacher. The Chinese on the other hand are 'doers'. Anyone who has been to Shanghai and Bombay can attest the cartoon is right. India's fastest train can run at 160 km/h; that is about the same as the steam engine Flying Scotsman achieved in the 1930s. Indians are focused on Hindu supremacy, beating up minorities (Christians, Muslims and Sikhs). They cannot overcome their wretched caste system, and they have a peculiar and unnatural obsession with the cow and its urine. The cow has more rights than humans in India. Look at their PM. He is uneducated and grew up in an organisation with Hitlerian views on establishing Hindu supremacy in the world. He gained power by organising a pogrom against Muslims in his native state (see the BBC programme); that is his sole appeal to Hindus. He is into grandstanding about the Hindu place in the world. India will remain permanently in the category of developing country. Kissinger once said 'India is the largest unimportant country'. That assessment still holds. It is largest by population, but per capita GDP is lower than Bangladesh. The fact that India has the largest number of migrants (legal and illegal) is proof that India is a shoddy country and it has gone down in recent years. India is no comparison to China. China will make it to the status of world superpower with US and Russia. India will be a plodder, and it is most likely to self-destruct due to its capacity for violent infighting between Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. Churchill had correctly read Indians when he said they do not have what it takes to form a country, and it is a matter of time before they fight between themselves and self destruct. In the early days, India had western educated politicians like Nehru and Gandhi, and now you have the homespun Indian politician, who is an old fashioned Hindu chauvinist. Indians are incapable of addressing their faults, they merely react by calling others 'racist'. Modi belongs to a group that modelled itself on Nazi Germany. Germany has abandoned Nazism, in India Hindu Nazism reigns.
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  3452.  @robertscott961  You should have the same concern for Palestinians as for Ukrainians if your pose is based on justice. People see your duplicity and it has undermined your credibility. Get it ?
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  3453. The US should not have given weapons in the first place, that is where the problem is. The US should gave agreed to a security guarantee for Russia and averted the war. Get it ?
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  3454. Finland took part with German Nazis in the siege of Leningrad. The best is Russia cuts gas supplies to Finland and Turkey blocks Finland ! Azov regiment is Nazi and should be treated as war criminals.
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  3455. And peace keeping force consisting of who ? Russia bars NATO. Even US does not want to send NATO. The Russians bar Europeans also as they are the very people who were aiding Ukraine to fight against Russia. So who do you have in mind ?
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  3456. The lack of pragmatism shown by Zelensky is foolish. Bakhmut is gone and Zelensky should surrender it as western media say it has no strategic value.
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  3457.  @kingsleykester8167  Ukraine says it has lost 20%. That is 20% is worth more than 20% - it is the industrial area and the coastal area. With those, Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy. Ukraine wants negotiations, Russia is refusing. As for the US, it ran away from Afghanistan and does not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine or put a no-fly zone. You don't want those Sarmat missiles landing in a blink of an eye before you can detect them.
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  3458.  @kingsleykester8167  You are putting on a brave face. Russia is fighting not Ukraine alone, it is Ukraine + 31 countries. And Russia is prevailing, slowly but surely. If Russia had given the same training to Iraqis, the US would have lost more. As it is, Iraq and Afghanistan brought down US power. The US ran away from Taliban with its tail behind its legs in an embarrassing display of cowardice. The fact now is Ukraine has lost 20% of what it had at independence, its economy is strangled, and that is why the US is saying the arms are for giving Ukraine a stronger hand during negotiations. Whatever happens, Ukraine ain't getting the lost land back, and Uncle Sam cannot change that. And the only terms Russia will give Ukraine is accept neutrality and maintain distance from NATO, or else Russia will come after more. Russia knows US and NATO are too cowardly to set foot in Ukraine again. If Victoria Nuland comes to Kiev, she will get a missile.
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  3459.  @kingsleykester8167  You got the first sentence right 'Because they are afraid that ukraine will use the weapons on Russian soil hence they have provided only lethal weapon to Ukraine.' And the west knows the consequence of the above : Russia will erase Kiev with a tactical nuclear weapon and you cannot do anything because they will use one against you if you intervened. After that you diverted to maintaining face in the second sentence : 'Had the West provided ukraine with heavy weapons, Russia would have been fallen long ago.' The first sentence explains why it cannot be done - because Ukraine would have fallen with one strike; and the west would also go with one Sarmat missile. So then what is the point of saying 'had it been done' for something you don't have the guts to do ? If for one moment the west thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine, or given them weapons to strike Russian soil. But you know you will be obliterated. The reality is Russia is prevailing, the eastern part of Ukraine is gone, Ukrainian economy is strangled, and Kiev will be heavily bombarded and reduced like Mariopol.
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  3460. 'As a chess player I don't understand how can the losers declare a stalemate?' Well, US hawk Richard Hass wrote an article in Politco about reimagining victory. Like alternative facts.
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  3461. And the Europeans they have shared values with the US, and are fighting for Ukraine's sovereignty.
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  3462. The Danes will meet the same fate as the Swedes who sent trainers to Poltava to trains Ukrainians in electronic warfare. They could not jam a Kinzhal which struck the military academy, and 50 Swedes and Ukrainians perished. After that, the Swedes are keeping a low profile. Before, they used to shout the most after joining NATO, but now the Swedes do not want to lead the pack of the coalition of the willing.
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  3463.  @_alienblood  Ukraine's Independence Declaration said it would be neutral and not join any military alliance. That was a condition for independence. After the 2014 coup instigated by the US, the implanted govt. changed the constitution and put NATO entry as an objective. Ukraine reneged unilaterally on neutrality and sought to invite a trans Atlantic power to threaten Russia. Therefore Russia ended Ukraine's independence.
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  3464.  @UR_HR  No, Ukraine did not honour their part of the Budapest Memorandum. It sought to conspire with the other two, US and UK, against Russia - that is against the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum.
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  3465. The wording has to be managed, to make it sound positive.
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  3466.  @abhilashpradhan7671  The US sought bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Ukraine obtained independence on the understanding that it would not join any military alliance. In 2014, it sought to renege on that commitment given to Russia. Hence, Ukraine's independence is terminated. Learn geopolitics lad - it is not based on 100% of a single event.
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  3467.  @abhilashpradhan7671  'Which commitment did they have Russia??' What is the meaning ? Learn English before writing here.
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  3468.  @abhilashpradhan7671  If you don't know English and geopolitics, don't come here with your simplistic notions.
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  3469. Russia attacked the energy infrastructure. The rest is collateral.
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  3470.  @jmolofsson  You are confusing cause and effect. Taking back of Crimea occurred because Ukro Nazi nationalists took over in a US supported coup and changed the constitution and put entering NATO as a goal. The loss of Crimea was the price for abandoning neutrality in 2014. Ukraine should have learnt the lesson after 2014 that if it persisted with NATO, it will be beaten with a bigger stick, and lose more. Now it has lost Donbass, and more will go. If they had learnt their lesson in 2014 as you claim, is their position better or worse now than 2014 ?
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  3471. Why should Arab nations care about Ukraine ? Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to assist in invasion of Iraq. Zelensky the Jew said that Palestinians who lost their land are the aggressors and Israelis are the victims. He is devious. The Arab League should not have invited this scheming Zionist.
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  3472.  @NicolasHaufe  Vietnam, Afghanistan destroyed the US army. The US beat a hasty and cowardly retreat from Afghanistan, they even boarded flights without NATO allies. None of you can fight Russia.
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  3473. The EU cannot break the cartel because it does not a major producer. The US has LNG and it is taking advantage after blowing up the Nordstream to supply Europe. The US can break the cartel by selling to Europe below the market/OPEC prices. Instead, we see the US is forcing Europe into terminating Russian gas to buy LNG which costs 4x more. Why ?
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  3474. Under 10 dead occasionally does not constitute huge number of civilian casualties as claimed by the BBC man. I have never seen a report of a strike with even 20 civilians killed. Contrast what the USAF and RAF did - 45,000 in the Hamburg firebombing, 30,000 in Dresden firebombing, and 50,000 each in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Russia has done nothing of the sort - when it has the power to do so. These westerners are constantly moralising. Ukraine is destroyed because of the US's reckless lust for NATO expansion.
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  3475.  @jonathanvilla7280  ' look at the carnage of Russian tanks and APC's that litter the landscape of Ukraine.' Have you looked at the carnage of Ukraine's cities, power grid, its economy and industry ? Can Ukrainians stop that from continuing ? That is more relevant to decide who is the loser.
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  3476.  @AbdulgamidShruakinov  The US bombed AlJazeera during the Iiraq war, so don't put on holy airs.
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  3477.  @YUDNSAY  But the Brits do not have the same resentment against the US. In fact, they take great pride that they are the favoured doormat of the US, over the Europeans. I think it is their decline after 1945, and the failed Suez invasion of 1956 in which the Soviet Union blocked them, that has led to such resentment.
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  3478. Nowadays Ukraine is not naming the places it recaptured saying it is a strategic secret ! They don't want to alert the Russians, it is the element of surprise.
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  3479. Are you sure there were no NATO mercenaries there like in Kramatorsk ? I heard it is the staging post for arms shipments and infiltration of mercenaries.
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  3480. ' subtle shift in the reporting by Times Radio.' Now they are not talking about this war, and Ukraine capturing Crimea. Now they are talking about NATO preparing for the next war, so that they don't lose that also !
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  3481.  @SelfProclaimedEmperor  NATO is much stronger than Russia ? Tell me when NATO won a war.
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  3482. The almighty British are undaunted after defeat in Ukraine and they still have not realised the problem they created with the Balfour Declaration.
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  3483. Act of war ? What will you do ?
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  3484.  @ninaquero  As if NATO became emasculated because of Sweden and Finland. Their joining is not stopping Ukraine's slide into defeat.
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  3485. If he is a Tamil Brahmin, that is the worst of all the Hindu castes. They are selfish, scheming, unprincipled people.
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  3486. Yes, we are constantly how resilient the citizens of Ukraine are. If the BBC is so confident Ukranians are resilient, then let Russia continue to pound Ukraine into a wasteland. Russia should return Ukraine to its agricultural days before the Soviet Union industrialised Ukraine. No NATO bases and training camps, no power, no steel mills, no aircraft factories, no munitions factories, no rail transport, no airports. Ukraine should do wheat farming and grooming pigs.
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  3487.  @FayeDragon  Ukraine has not joined NATO yet, and will not join in future as Ukraine will not exist.
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  3488. Since German officials are often blunt and rude, I sometimes am blunt and tell them not to be Nazi. They cannot take it.
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  3489.  @TheBrudol  My good fellow, a country has to defend against armed attacked (reactive), but sometimes also proactively to threatened armed attack. Thus, if Russia had not gone in proactively, the US Seventh Fleet would be sailing from Sevastopol in the Crimea instead of the Russian Black Sea fleet, and eventually US missiles would be placed in Ukraine, and Article 5 would be invoked. There is not only the Budapest Memorandum but also other agreements that have to be taken into consideration. The conditions for Ukraine getting independence was to surrender nuclear weapons and accept it will be a neutral state that would not join a military alliance. Ukraine reneged on that after the US sponsored coup of 2014, as it changed the neutrality stance and put in its constitution the goal of NATO membership. This was a flagrant violation of the commitment given to Russia. Hence, when several documents and actions by Ukraine are taken into account, Ukraine threatened Russia (the US threatened Russia using Ukraine as a tool). Hence, Russia was right to terminate Ukraine's independence as it flouted the terms and conditions by which Russia agreed to make Ukraine independent. Ukraine is a failed state, that became a harlot of the US. It should never have been made independent.
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  3490. The House of (Army) Officers is a concert hall ? Oh, yeah ?
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  3491. Ferguson is a typical Brit defending Britain's devious creation of Israel. The British will never accept their wicked role in the creation of a Jewish state at the expense of the Palestinians. Why did not Britain give some of its counties to settle the Jews ? Then the British would have taken to terrorism and Ferguson would have been its leader. Russia has already won in Ukraine, and the west has lost. Piers and Ferguson know that. The US has abandoned Ukraine because it has run out of weapons and money. The question Piers and Ferguson have to ask is what made them think the west has a right to expand NATO to Russia's borders and threaten it ? The west is weak because it creates devious causes like Ukraine and Israel, and puts on a moral high tone, but is not prepared to get killed defending its causes. It creates geopolitical problems everywhere. It was planning a confrontation with China next. Hitherto, it got away with it, but not any longer. The rest of the world now does not trust the west and feels the colonial minded Fergusons cannot impose their order on them. The western world order has changed and their colonial era geopolitics in Ukraine and Israel have failed.
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  3492. Every 4 weeks, they also hold Ukraine reconstruction conferences.
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  3493. Stolternberg has left office and is now talking about ceding land to get the rest of Ukraine into NATO. Indeed, why would Russia agree to that ?
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  3494. Not all countries are vassals of the US. The EU countries and UK are willing vassals, that is their choice, but should not expect others to be the same.
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  3495. Zelensky's hands are more than tied. Everyone say that pathetic picture of him in Vilnius, left on his own in his silly dress. No ovations for him, all the others were partying. At the end he was told by NATO's boss that he cannot join NATO or have a road map, and the boss's servant advised Zelensky to be grateful to the boss. Zelensky must have realised the west is abandoning Ukraine.
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  3496. "Can Europe take on Putin?" Europe cannot make enough 155 mm shells, they are paying Pakistan to make them. Pakistan has factories working 24 h to make shells ! The Europeans do not have the energy and materials, and they have high labour cost, so they cannot make even make 155 mm shells on a large scale, let alone the kind of incredible things Russia has in its arsenal. When Sir Putin has defeated the collective west, including the US, how can the idiotic vassals of the US take Russia on ? The Europeans are howling out of false pride. They cannot believe they are irrelevant, America took them for a ride and Russia defeated them.
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  3497.  @AK-qy5iw  And what is your optimism based on ? Do you think time is on Ukraine's side, and with US tutoring, Ukraine will be able to get Donbass and the coastal areas back ?
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  3498. 'The best deterrent to aggression is the certainty that immediate and effective countermeasures will be taken against those who violate the peace…” Indeed, Russia followed that principle in stopping NATO having bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. It battered NATO and there is nothing you can do.
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  3499. Ukraine also gives all its resources to the US. Three US companies own 35% of Ukrainian agricultural land. Unfortunately Russia will not submit to US and hand over its resources. Nor Iran. Nor Somalia for that matter. The US company Conco had found shore oil off Somalia, Somalia refused to hand it according to Conco's terms. The US govt. and army got involved on behalf of Conco and tried regime change, but did not work, the Somalis shot down 3 Black Hawkes and the Americans ran away and made a Hollywood movie.
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  3500. The US is the west. It wanted the NATO expansion and the war.
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  3501. Joker Zelensky said after the Himars, Ukraine will retake Crimea by Dec. 2022. Now he is still begging for aid. He had said after the fall of Severodonetsk, there will be no more cities that will fall. Soledar fell, Bakhmut is next.
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  3502. I am confused. Can the BBC tell us urgently whether Ukraine is winning and on the road to capture Crimea ? How is queuing for water proof of resilience ? They have no choice.
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  3503. He looked downcast. Body language shows resignation to defeat.
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  3504.  @run2cat4run  'Funny that NATO refused Ukraine intervention so not to point the bear but the bear without getting point is invading Ukraine' You don't get the point. Russia is more powerful than NATO. Ukraine's counter offensive is a flop, that land is gone for good. NATO knows that. The only chance Ukraine has is if NATO sends troops. But NATO refused intervention, not because it does not want to provoke the bear, but because it is afraid of being killed by the bear !
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  3505. The joker says smart weapons, and technology is the west's asymmetric advantage. What are those : Challengers, Abrams, Patriots....? Then he adds 'we don't want to give them to Ukraine because it will fall into Russian hands'. Thus, we have superior weapons, but Russians will destroy or worse capture them, so we shall hide our superior weapons ! The reality is Russia has destroyed all categories of western weapons and shown they are junk. They have captured some and exhibited them. Russia fires hypersonic missles, none in the west including the US has made a hypersonic missile, all their tests have failed. I don't believe Ukraine has made any missiles of its own, it is humbug and posturing. They do not have electricity, and metals, all that was in the east. The west would have given them some old missile technology to strike deep into Russia under a Ukrainian brand, so the west can pretend that NATO is not at war with Russia. But Russia will take care of any factories and destroy them.
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  3506. Trump will not be able to dictate to Putin - he knows that, that is the reason he decided to abandon Ukraine. 'Could Trump's deal plunge Europe into conflict with Putin?' Not at all. When Europe realises America is not behind it, it will drop conflict with Putin and seek to work with him. The Europeans know what will happen if you fight Russia. The French learnt in 1812, the Germans in 1945, and Ukraine in 2025. All these big mouths like Estonia, Poland, UK etc. will give up their anti-Russian militancy when they realise they cannot hide behind America.
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  3507.  @SelfProclaimedEmperor  NATO intelligence also confirmed that Russians took Bakhmut with shovels. Ukranian intelligence has not confirmed Bakhmut is taken.
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  3508.  @SelfProclaimedEmperor  Seems they bayoneted the Ukranians with those shovels and the Bandera army ran away.
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  3509.  @louisekelly7274  These are false comparisons about economy and GDP of Australia and Russia. What matters is also what is the GDP. Russia can make satellites, launch them, they can make planes, hypersonic missiles, drones, metals, titanium.....Australia cannot make any of that, so just shutup. Russia is self sufficient - has water, land, biggest wheat producer, has energy, minerals, everything. If you have a lot of disposable cash, send it to Ukraine, the US and Europe have run out.
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  3510. What is your Ukraine peace deal ? The terms of peace deal are no NATO bases in Ukraine, and Ukraine must part with what it lost.
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  3511. Talks will be between Russia and the US. No need for Ukraine, EU, UK. After all Ukraine obeys orders of the US.
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  3512.  @BTC9403  Why are you replying to a Russian bot ?
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  3513.  @veraintuizione6497  Initially, America was a force for good in Europe with Marshall Aid and rebuilding of Germany. However, in the last 20 years the US has become a predatory ally. It has dragged Europe into war in Afghanistan, and against Russia, and ME. Lately, the US plays off Eastern Europe against Western Europe. Donald Rumsfeld said in the 1990s that that the US had New Europe (Poland etc.), and Old Europe (France, Germany, Italy etc.) was not relevant. The problem for Europe is there is no leadership. Germany is unable to open its mouth due to the ghosts of its past. France has an idea of an independent Europe but it is isolated. And the other key player in Europe, the UK, does not think it is European, it will always prefer to be the butler of the US.
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  3514.  @Pangora2  When the westerners wanted to underplay the Red Army's success, they said the Soviets could produce inferior weapons but in great numbers. Stalin retorted 'numbers' is also a quality. At the end of the war, Germans produced a super tank, but few of them. The Soviets even knocked some of them out by running into them, knowing the Germans could not make new ones and bring them to the front in time. The Ukranians find they cannot get the superior weapons to the frontline fast enough when the Russians knock them out. The Russian weapons work in the battlefield with low maintenance. The Kalashinkov rifle is an example of that.
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  3515. In fact, there was a missile strike on Beersheba that killed 3, after Trump's annoumcement.
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  3516. Trump has no obligation to Ukraine. Ukraine agreed to fight Russia for previous US presidents and lost. Trump realises there is no point sinking money for a lost cause. Get it ?
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  3517. The pompous British are like the French : posing as if they are the sole knight fighting to save western civilisation. In fact, both are vain, headless chicken with no more military capacity than Estonia. The main instigator of the war, the US, is relatively low key. So the British and French think the space is open to them for leadership. But they are facing a real superpower who will defend his country and make sacrifices. The saying about these once-upon-a-time powers is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouths, tiny fists.
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  3518. I would add Poland to that list of suspects !
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  3519.  @MrB-j5h  'Russia has nothing. Its drones are Iranian, its missiles are Iranian and North Korean or need Chinese or Western components. They are irrelevant on the technological side of things.' Is that so ? Has the west made a hypersonic missile yet ? 4 attempts, all failures. And why is after Miss Hazel's strike at 11 Mach, NATO held an emergency meeting ? The Germans also thought the same till the Red Army beat them into a pulp and redrew the map of Germany and Europe.
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  3520.  @MrB-j5h  'Imagine they have the ability to make more than a handful.' Read the recent report from the Kiel Institute, Germany, on Russia's hypersonic missiles. It says Ukraine claims a strike rate of 25% with Patriots against the hypersonics like the Kinzhal. The Kiel institute says the strike at best would be 2% - if the Patriots fires all 32 interceptors in one go. The 2% strike rate would arise from a hit and miss approach. But the US does not have that many interceptor missiles, so it is not a practical defence. When Putin says the hypersonic cannot be shot down, it is a statistically vaild truth despite the fact that you might shoot down 2 in 100. You know what is statistical truth ? Miss Hazel reaches Mach 20, and Mach 11 on approach. So the best strike rate with Patriots would be < 2%. with shooting off at an impossible rate. The Patriot cannot be reloaded that fast. The Kiel Institute's report says that Russia will go for serial production of Miss Hazel and it will give them the capacity of a first decapitating non-nuclear strike at the beginning of a war with NATO, something they have sought for long. It will be perfected in Ukraine. They have hinted at a more massive strike on Kiev to test it. So far, they tested it without an explosive.
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  3521. If Putin is bluffing, then why are you making so many delusional videos ? To reassure your blind audience that you are not being defeated ?
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  3522. IDF base was certainly gripped by complete chaos, they were screaming wildly not like soldiers but like civilians. The western media had built thus fake image of the IDF being tough. When the Israelis are hit hard, they crumble.
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  3523. '...whose Politicians failed to give Ukraine what they needed for said offensive.' You are unable to accept the result, so you are transferring the blame. NATO said it gave Ukraine 98% of what it wanted for the offensive. The summer offensive failed because the Russians read the situation correctly, they defended their gains and waited for Ukraine to impale itself and they had the technology to destroy the west's wonder weapons. The west could not give more because it did not have it. For example 150 mm shells. The west could not make the volumes needed, but Russia could. So Russia has won. Accept the result and don't shift the blame.
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  3524. ​ @suemowat222  Get to terms with the fact that Ukraine lost and no point saying Nato did not supply. NATO could never have supplied the required quantities and therefore should not have encouraged Ukraine to fight.
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  3525. Why does that Ukrainian talk about forcing Russia to negotiate ? I thought Zelensky had a victory plan.
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  3526. You thought Russia was bluffing when it said it would not allow NATO bases in Ukraine. Ukraine got destroyed and NATO ran away.
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  3527.  @Chris-pq3wp  Already, aluminium factories in Germany have been shut, and the govt. is planning rationing of hot water for Germany. The west has shot itself in the foot with NATO expansion, and now they continue with their folly out of false pride.
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  3528. The railways are used to transport western weapons. So it is natural they will destroy the stations and rail yards,
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  3529.  @KishorKumar-kb9xn  'Who is practicing corpse praying here please' I don't know what you mean.
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  3530. It is the same people who support Israel. And Ukraine also supports Israel, and it send 5000 troops to Iraq to please America.
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  3531. The Ledwidge fellow is trying to put on a brave face, and not lie too much. One look at his face shows scowling anger as the Russians sink western plans and hopes. Taurus will be effective - but not a game changer he admits. By now, he knows not to claim a game changer, because the Russians destroyed all of the previous ones. He says the Ukranians have the capability to hold on to Kupiansk - just like Bakhmut. The Russians are getting into a position to blockade Kupiansk. When Kupiansk falls, then it opens up Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk - and then Kharkhov. Then Ledwidge will say Kupiansk is not strategically important.
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  3532. Now the economy and budget are out of the PM's or opposition's hand. It is Putin who controls that. No matter who replaces the PM, the basic problems of energy shortage, inflation, and business closures, currency erosion etc. are too much for anyone. Without a negotiated settlement with Russia, which would require breaking ranks with the US, the UK and the whole of Europe are doomed.
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  3533. Why is this lady so reverential about Petroshenko ? Ukraine has lost the war, and Trump knows it. Why does Petroshenko want to negotiate with Putin ? Zelensky was boasting about his victory plan. Russia is not going to agree to any of the 5 things Petroshenko asks for. The deluded loser is demanding that Russia surrender unconditionally ! If Ukraine does not cede land, and agree to neutrality, Russia will go ahead and complete the demolishment job. Ukraine and the west cannot stop it.
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  3534.  @jeffstewart3170  '.... let Putin know tactical nukes are not tolerated and would be sent back at Russia in similar response if used....' When you did not have the courage to put a no-fly-zone, or send troops to Ukraine, do you think you have the guts to fight a nuclear war ? Russia has said clearly in case of a strategic defeat, it will use its nuclear arsenal. When that happens, you will shout but will not fight.
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  3535. If Russia used a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, Bourell will give a response, but not a nuclear one, but one that will annhilate the Russian army ! How would that be achieved ? And if the Russians retaliated by annhilating France ?
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  3536. He is good at lame Putin jokes at G8.
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  3537.  @nigelgarrett7970  'yours are coping hard...' I am panicking so much I am having difficulty typing. You have difficulty writing English. Not educated enough perhaps ?
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  3538. Now western media are becoming more realistic about Ukranian chances. They pumped us with false hopes about western weapons.
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  3539.  @jezalb2710 Mouthing empty slogans cannot reverse Ukraine's extinction.
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  3540.  @mikaellindroos1594  'do you understand what it means whens we say Russia can, t winn this war.'m. No, I can't understand what you mean. Russia has already won the war. The US is talking about freezing the conflict, about negotiations, peacekeepers. Russia is not asking for any of these. The side that is now talking about freezing the conflict, about negotiations, peacekeepers is doing so because it is losing, and is unable to sustain the war effort. The US statement at the start was 'we shall support Ukraine to win and for however long it takes'; then it became 'we shall not allow Putin to win'; now it is 'we shall support Ukraine to have the strongest negotiating position'. In contrast, Russia's statement has not wavered : Ukraine will not have NATO bases. Add to that the outcome of the war : Ukraine has to cede 5 oblasts.
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  3541. Keep consoling yourself ! The Ukrainians are pinned in Kursk, they cannot advance anymore, and they cannot retreat. Meanwhile the Russians are killing them from the air. And the Russians are advancing in Donbass, and getting ready to take Pokrovsk. Kursk was a hare brained scheme concocted by the British and Americans, and the Ukrainians had no choice but to go along. Gen. Syrsky did not sound enthusiastic about it.
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  3542. I have no objection if all Hindus migrate to Hindu India. That is the state for them.
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  3543. It is amusing to see western and Ukranian reports. Four days ago they were saying Ukraine was marching towards Crimea, and the west was feeling elated. They said Russia had run out of missiles and artillery, and Ukranians had been pumped up with ground breaking Himars. Now they say Russia has hit critical structure - so Russia had missiles and drones, and everything was on target. At the same time, they scoff that everything Russian misses, and their weapons are inaccurate. So did the Americans provide these target hitting missiles and drones to Russia ? Now Ukraine is back to its usual begging. They want more weapons and want them to arrive before yesterday. If the Ukranians are winning, why do not their handlers ask them why are they asking for more ? Did Russia escalate or Ukraine escalate with attack on Russian territory ?
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  3544. russians are very smart in every which way !
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  3545.  @annayudakhina8908  The Europeans forgot the polar bear can maul them. They are now running like headless hens.
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  3546. It will be entirely understandable to even the western politicians and public if Ukraine is hit with a nuclear strike. Trump indicates he would be understanding, The attack on the planes was done with the US and NATO. It is alleged that Trump may not have been informed and US intelligence is making the planning and decisions. Russia's revised nuclear policy says that if a non-nuclear state is aided by nuclear states to attack a Russian nuclear strike facility, then both the non-nuclear state and its abettors can be hit with a nuclear strike. Putin has ordered non-nuclear Oreshnik missiles to be deployed in Byelorussia which will reach all European cities, the flight time being seconds. This is a precaution to neutralise them, but Ukraine will be the first target for non-nuclear Oreshnik or nuclear strike. It has got to be. Such a strike will inevitably kill a lot of civilians, but Russia is put in a position by the west where it is forced to do this. Poor Ukrainian civilians have to take the brunt of such a strike and the western world will condemn but will look to save their skin. The Ukrainians will be victims of western cynicism and incitement.
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  3547. How much longer can Europe and US carry the can for Ukraine ? Only till the spring offensive flops. Then the US will say China is more important and Ukraine will be asked to negotiate.
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  3548.  @clueseeker2226  The European middle class, conservatives and liberals are outraged about Ukraine. It is a combination of humiliation and false pride. How could Russia trample on our world order of NATO expansion ? They don't want to send troops to Ukraine, but they thought they could strangle Russia economically with their control of the banking system. They did not imagine that Russia is in a stronger position economically than them, and could strangle them. Having taken the stance that Putin cannot be allowed to win, as it will be end of their international rules based order, the western leaders cannot climb down now. Now, due to false pride, they cannot negotiate, their leaders are forced to take steps that lead to de-industrialisation of Europe. When the economic pinch comes, the neo Nazis who are lurking in all European countries will come to the fore.
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  3549. Zelensky is not serious, he is saying it out of false pride. When his handlers say 'no more money', he will come round.
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  3550. Well done Russia, I love that national anthem !
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  3551. He is making a dramatic story out of Ukrainians firing primitive weapons. The other side has thermobaric weapons, hypersonics and what not. The outcome is certain Ukrainian defeat.
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  3552. If NATO is so strong and united than before, why doesn't it send troops to Ukraine ? Putin invited those who want to defeat Russia to come to the battlefield. NATO is very silent. But this lady is still boasting how NATO has got galvanised and is ready. NATO was recently defeated in Afghanistan and had to escape from Taliban, it had made Ukraine a de facto NATO member, but did not dare send troops to Ukraine, and now the best it can do is show off it is ready for the next war ! Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan to aid the US and NATO, on the understanding that the US and NATO would reciprocate. That is, the Ukranians went to die on behalf of the west. But when Russia administered Ukraine a beating, NATO and the US sent some arms from a safe distance, but were unwilling to go and die for them. The Ukrainians may reflect on their stupidity and ask their politicians why they are having Ukraine destroyed to please the US and EU.
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  3553. The term ‘rules based international order' has been used by the west opportunistically. The west devised these rules without consultation with others, and it imposed these rules on others and flouted them when convenient. For example when invading Iraq. Or supporting its colonial project in Israel. This man does not mention that west's own record of undermining the rules based order. He acknowledges that western dominance is coming to an end, with Russia defeating US hegemony militarily, China challenging it in the economy, and medium size powers like Iran, Turkey, Saudi, Emirates etc. refusing to play according to western dictates. But after acknowledging this, he concludes with a feeble plea to support Ukraine - when it is a lost case and the whole world knows ! Plus ca change.... the British colonial mentality cannot change. This man only wants restoration of the western order somehow and he thinks it is by supporting Ukraine. But the inventors of the rule based order do not want to fight for Ukraine and get killed. As the Indian foreign minister said, it is time for the US to join the new international order for its own survival.
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  3554. Why did Blinken not meet Gazans and hug them ? A Jew hugs only Jews.
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  3555.  @eliotness4029  Ukraine and Baltics etc. became independent, because Russia showed goodwill. However, if these countries gang up against Russia, and allow the US to threaten Russia, Russia will end their independence. Lithuania tried to misbehave with Russia by blockading Kaliningrad. It was being provocative. A Russian deputy then said that Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. Only then Lithuania climbed down. If these countries have suicidal tendencies, they should accept the consequences : the bear will devour them.
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  3556. Sweden is a weak no body. It is just a loud mouth. Stick with your gay rights, you cannot fight.
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  3557. You should be in shock and awe.
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  3558. IDF could not find or get any Israelis released.
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  3559.  @pjhgerlach  Russia did not not announce any winter offensive. All I know is Zelensky is begging for air defences, and saying if he does not get it quickly, he will have to retreat and Ukraine will fall. Did Russia do anything in winter to make him say that ? You might like to engage your brain if you have one.
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  3560. Hijab also asked the question 'where is the evidence ?'' of executed babies. No one has seen it. They are taking what the IDF says as evidence.
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  3561.  @ninemoonplanet  Ukraine is becoming a wasteland, which it was not in 2014. All that NATO training created destruction of Ukraine, so what are you talking about ?
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  3562.  @FaithStarCraftHD  If you cannot go to war because Russia has nuclear ICBMs, why incite Ukraine to fight Russia ? It was very cynical.
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  3563. Surprising Russia did not get credit for this ! In fact, it is downright suspicious.
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  3564. Anders claims that Russia is after geopolitical influence, but does not mention that the US is also after that. NATO expansion was that only. He seems to have the arrogant western conceit that the US sought geopolitical influence in Ukraine to make them a prosperous western nation ! It is typical western conceit. The oligarchs of Ukraine, mostly Jews like Kolomovsky, Zelensky, Zaluzhny, were sucking out Ukraine's wealth with their Jewish brethren embedded in the US. The Russian oligarchs, also Jews were doing the same in Russia till Putin came and stopped it. The US was not interested in making Ukraine prosperous. Let us say Anders is correct that Russia is not after land, but geopolitical influence. How is this new understanding that Anders discloses going to change the outcome, which is defeat for the west ?
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  3565. If Moscow's military is no incapable, why are Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states, Sweden, UK etc. trembling and howling that after Ukraine, Russia will come after them ? Why is the US asking for ceasefire ? Why are they asking to spend 5% of GDP on military ?
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  3566. 'that is fundamentally APPEASEMENT. Support Ukranian efforts to reclaim their country' So why did you not send Storm Shadows ? Why did Macron back off with his foreign legion ? Why has Germany decided to cut Ukraine funding ?
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  3567. We were told that Russia did not have air superiority. In fact, NATO was superior in all aspects.
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  3568. Nothing of the sort will happen. Firstly, Russia is not planning to attack Britain for the heck of it. Secondly, no one in the west and NATO has guts to fight Russia. Least of all the British. One Sarmat missile can take out the whole of Britain. How can they fight Russia ? All this is tall talk by people frustrated by the defeat Russia has handed them. They are itching for a fight, but they are cowards who know the consequence after seeing Ukraine razed. They know Russia has the power to do even worse to them if they dare attack Russia. The saying about the British is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouths, and tiny fists.
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  3569.  @TheMagnusse  Well my opinion was important enough for you not to ignore.
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  3570. Poland is a drama queen. So what if a missile flew over Poland ? What is Poland going to do ? What can Hodges do ? Even if a missile struck Poland, nothing will happen. The US will be the first to look the other way and say it is a Ukrainian, that is NATO missile !
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  3571. There is no risk of a NATO-Russia war. Without the US, NATO is empty. No US President will fight Russia directly - the US knows it will lead to US cities to be incinerated. Russia has the nuclear weapons and superb and proved delivery systems that can arrive at hypersonic speeds. Long ago, Kissinger had said the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. That has not changed. Anders knows the war is lost for the west, he blames it on Trump, and he fearmongers that Trump's line will lead to NATO-Russia war. He hopes with this fear mongering, Trump will change his mind and somehow continue to support Ukraine. When the US will not fight Russia, NATO will not fight Russia despite tall talk by useless people like Rutte, Kajas, Poles, Swedes, Finns etc. With this video, Anders is accepting the inevitable : Russia has prevailed.
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  3572. This is balm for the western disappointment over the failed Ukraine counter offensive. That was a defeat. Now, the west has relief for 6 months till they find their 60 billion cannot reverse Ukraine's fortunes and Russia will advance. And Ukraine will be more desperate. Then it will be election time and change of guard, and end of money supply. There is no way there will be a third donation when this fails. Russia has skewered not only Ukraine, but NATO, and ended the western world order for good. It is a momentous achievement the gravity of which the west does not understand.
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  3573. The title says it all. West promises to help, while Russia destroys Ukraine. The best solution is for Ukraine to stop its misbehaviour against Russia and sign up on returning to neutrality. Otherwise, the only future is destruction by Russia and pledges of support from the the west.
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  3574.  @Nobody-eg4bi  Well, why does the Swedish lady not say that Swedes are rich and can afford to pay 2x and even 5x for the prices ?
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  3575.  @hb-ol9oc  How can Ukraine disobey US orders ? Earlier Zelensky passed a law saying Ukraine cannot negotiate as long as Putin was head of Russia. Now he expresses willingness to negotiate and even cede land (temporarily he says). The leadership is changing in the US and Zalensky has to bend accordingly. Puppets cannot have independent direction. Get it ?
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  3576. They have not firebombed Kiev, only 19 killed (inflated by the Ukro Nazis), so what are you moralising about ?
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  3577. Despite waging the worst wars in history, the Europeans think they are special. Ursula von Leyden of the EU told Ukraine 'we want you in the EU, you are part of the European family'. Note she did not say 'you are part of the human family'.
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  3578. Ukrainian counter attack is delayed because Russia is destroying Patriots and Ukranian ammo caches. The Ukranian counter attack cannot get off the ground ! Ukraine said it needed tanks, then it can do counter offensive. Those were given, and NATO said it had 98% of what was needed for the counter offensive. Still Ukraine does not start. Now it says it needs F 16s ! F16s are not going to be game changers anymore than the Himars. The west cannot supply enough of anything and Ukraine's army does not have enough people. "It does seem as if Ukrainians are going to try to launch along multiple axis of advance." That will not work, anymore than it worked for Russia at the start of their operation. Ukrainians have just 60,000 troops committed and if they spread it thinly, there is zero chance.
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  3579. The rioting thugs are put in prison and people could complain they are being fed and housed with taxpayers money. Maybe they should be sent to Ukraine. I hear convicts are used there.
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  3580. The US negotiated its exit from Kabul with Taliban in Doha and the NATO 'allies' and the US-trained Afghan govt. that it was propping up were not even present . Trump decided the US did not have the money to prop up the Afghan govt. that the US built. A future President of the US can decide the same about Ukraine.
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  3581. Oh, Putin's troops are gaining ground ? I thought it was a stalemate.
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  3582. Ukraine has lost 20% of its land that produced 80% of its GDP and is unable to get it back. Besides, it lives under the risk that Russia will settle them with a nuclear strike. So how is Ukraine strong, Russia weak ? It is wishful thinking.
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  3583.  @ItalMiser117  After a couple of years when the US abandons Ukraine, it will be like fighting Georgia.
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  3584. The more NATO boosts Ukraine, the more Ukraine gets destroyed. US led NATO expansion was the reason for the war.
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  3585. NATO can provide weapons, Ukraine cannot defeat Russia, Russia does not have to take all of Ukraine, but they can destroy all its cities from the air. That is what is ongoing.
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  3586. The Ukranians also have similar tenacity. They are the same or similar people. They were called Little Russians.
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  3587. They have no issue with Ben Gvir murdering Palestinians, they are jus angry because they think he is responsible for the death of one of their tribe. They would be happy to get their captives back, and then they would not mind Ben Gvir continuing with the war.
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  3588. Another hairbrained, last ditch effort. The logic may sound correct, get a small slice if Kursk to negotiate for Donbass - as if the Russians are going to trade Donbass for Kursk. They will force Ukraine out of Kursk and advance from Donbass onto the Dnieper. Now no more news of ATACAMS and Storm Shadows changing the war equation.
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  3589. Russia does not say it has taken a city without actually having taken it. The Ukrainians did not announce Bakhmut was taken. Russia will prevail, it fights hard and is determined. The Ukrainians should have known. The west was mocking the Russian army, but now you see Toretsk has fallen, and Pokrovsk will also.
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  3590.  @jaja3359  You are saying they are not stronger to console yourself because you are weaker. None in NATO has the guts to send troops to Ukraine. If for one moment you thought you could win, you would have sent troops. And now you do not have the weapons either.
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  3591. @Chris Viking Ukranians certainly have no shame backstabbing Russia. Everything Ukraine has was built during Soviet Union - the Antonov plane factory, the steel mills, the bridges, the infra structure......but they had no shame conspiring with the US against Russia. Hence, its independence is revoked.
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  3592. You come to laugh to feel better after being defeated.
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  3593. It seems Hinduism needs to be saved from itself.
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  3594. As an Australian, you are an ineffectual lackey of the Americans. You always were. What was the point of you going and dying on their behalf, when the Americans even did not inform you they are cutting and running ? If you think the Americans were wrong to cut and run, you should have stayed in Afghanistan on your own. You would not have survived one day, the Afghans would have beaten you into pulp. You have no business to pass judgements on Biden.
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  3595. Russia and China are the only two countries that have said the solution is the implementation of the Two State Solution. If any western leaders says it, they will be shouted down and told this is not the time to say it. So when is the time to say it ? A solution cannot come from the west as they think Israel is part of the west. A solution can only come by pressure from Russia and China.
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  3596. The Americans were shooting missiles at Afghan wedding parties and you had no problem, the Ukranians sent 5000 troops to help Americans kill Iraqis, so why is your heart bleeding now for Ukranians ?
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  3597. Putin did not say in Feb: My Special Operation will take Ukraine in 3 days, and Eastern Europe within a month. You made that up. Russia does not make any forecasts on battle issues. It does what it has to do. Tactics need to be adjusted, that is the way of war. But Russia's objectives are clear : there will be no US and NATO bases in Ukraine. Lavrov said either Ukraine will come to its senses and go back to neutrality, or its fate will be decided by the Russian military.
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  3598.  @gordonmac3616  Lavrov said if Ukraine wants negotiations, Ukraine has to surrender 4 oblasts and Crimea, and there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine does not agree, then Ukraine's future will be settled by the Russian military. That is straight talk. What makes you think he is lying ?
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  3599. The Abrams are arriving at the wrong time. They will sink in the mud, after October.
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  3600. Ukraine was not a free country. It wanted to sign a peace agreement in Istanbul, but the UK and the US blocked it.
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  3601. 'Russian casualties have been worse ....' they always add that after explaining Ukraine's position. It is not based on evidence. The only evidence he has is from the Ukrainian side. The Russians are firing 10 x the shells, thermobaric weapons, glide bombs..... Ukrainian casualties have to be higher.
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  3602.  @nyyotam4057  But western tanks have proven to be junk. They were picked off easily by the Russians. And if your tall talk about the number of western versus Russian tanks is true, why is the Ukranian counter offensive such a flop ?
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  3603.  @nyyotam4057  't would still be a well placed investment ' Shows your cyncism - Ukraine is just expendable fodder. You think NATO damaged Russia with out losing a single soldier.
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  3604.  @nyyotam4057  Russia gave warning to the US - seeking NATO bases in Ukraine will be seen as an act of war. Ukraine had the choice to continue to be neutral. It was persuaded by the US it would prevail if it fought Russia. That did not work out. So the US decided in Vilnius that Ukraine will not join NATO ! Serves Ukraine right for following the US.
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  3605.  @yoboi267  Yeah I know Ukraine should have never agreed to fight a proxy war against Russia, that was very stupid, judging from the results.....
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  3606. This Swamy says India does not have to to worry about China, China has to worry about India ! Give me a break from this joker. It sounds like a coward putting on a brave face.
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  3607. Nuland is a Jewess, so her behaviour and manipulation sits within the essential nature of such people. It is no coincidence that Zelensky, Reznikov, Shymal, are Jews. And so is Blinken.
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  3608. The US (and not the British) decides whether Ukraine will join NATO. In Vilnius, US said it will not allow Ukraine into NATO. End of the matter. What this general, and Europeans think does not matter.
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  3609. Instead of moralising, why don't western countries send troops to Ukraine ? 'I think Western countries have a moral obligation to help Ukraine defend itself. This is a very clear-cut case of one country invading another country.' Did you feel the same moral obligation when the US and UK invaded Iraq, you hyprocritical swine ? Do you feel the same for Palestinians ?
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  3610. Manpower shortage ? What is Ukraine's manpower like in Pokrhovsk and Torretz sector where Russia is advancing, while Ukraine's manpower and western equipment is being attritioned while fooling around in Kursk ? Ukraine will lose Pokrhovsk and Russia will eventually drive out the Ukrainians from Kursk. Gen. Syrsky admitted that Ukraine did not achieve what it hoped for in Kursk, that is cause Russia to redeploy from Pokrhovsk to Kursk. Latest news : first F 16 crashes. Mentioned first in Indian channels, and now in Wall Street Journal.
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  3611.  @boink800  You can present your alternative news - Ukraine is winning, Russia is about to surrender, Putin is about to be overthrown. The defeated always drown in their delusions.
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  3612. Leopard 2 is being defended by the Challenger.
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  3613. Zelensky will be VERY disappointed ! He already announced it was Russia. The lady journalist says it was probably a mistake by Ukarine. So why is Ukraine not being censured ? Article 5 does not say anyone is obligated to fight. These journalists have not read Article 5. It is a wishy washy recipe with no obligations.
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  3614. The Ukranians and the west say Bakhmut is no longer important, they don't why Russia is so much after it, or they say Russia is after Bakhmut to prove it is not losing.
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  3615.  @davidglow3  'The real problem is the EU is so reluctant to denounce US threats in Panama, Canada, Mexico, Greenland,Ukraine, Palestine, Syria, Somalia....' The real problem is the Europeans have aided the US in attacking Palestine, Syria, Somalia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Russia.... But this time, Russia was a big fish that could defeat the collective west. The US decided it cannot afford to fight Russia, but that exposed Europe to take the heat from Russia on its own.
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  3616. Bakhmut will go the Mariopol way. Ukraine will try to hang on but will be hit mercilessly.
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  3617. Cragg's former smug satisfaction about Ukrainian capabilities is gone now. He is telling the truth a bit more. But he slips in the occasional statement about normality of life in Kiev. He says Ukrainians are not concerned so much about Hazel. Miss Hazel will be visiting Kiev soon. Then I look forward to what Cragg has to say.
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  3618. The lady asks blithely 'why can't NATO tell Ukraine once the war stops we can initiate the steps for NATO membership' ? What a dumb question ! The reason is Ukraine will not exist. The Russians are winning, they cannot be evicted from Donbass and Crimea. After the Russians have sat out the counter offensive and attritoned the Ukrainians, they will advance and take the remaining Russian areas like Odessa and Kharkhov. And if the Ukranians don't still agree to be neutral, they will turn the remainder into a wasteland. The Americans will lose interest and leave. The moment Trump comes, all this will change. Russia fought this war to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine. That is non-negotiable. They will not allow NATO in Ukraine and they are ready to fight a nuclear war. The west is trying to save its face in the face of defeat.
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  3619. The Cesars did not save Ukraine's power grid, so what are you talking about ? Russia has probably destroyed all the Cesars.
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  3620. All wishful thinking of losers. Who is asking for negotiations to freeze the conflict, peacekeepers etc ? The losing the side, the west. Lavrov and Putin have said they will not accept freezing the conflict to buy time for the west. The Russian terms are : Ukraine surrenders the remaining parts of the Donbass oblasts, and it will not have NATO bases in the Ukraine. If Trump does not agree, Russia is in a position to take all of Donbass militarily, and then it can march to the Dneiper and eye Odessa. Trump enters with a weak hand. The US does not have money and arms to give Ukraine. Ukraine does not have the manpower. Biden did not have leverage on Russia, Trump even less.
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  3621.  @cloudpoint0  You have no evidence to back your claims. You are fantasizing after Ukraine lost Soeldar and Bahmnut, and its counter offensive is going no where. If Russia destroyed Bradeleys and Leopards, they would have also destroyed Ukrainians.
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  3622. High wages, high energy - Europe becomes uncompetitive and dies. They do not seem to mind.
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  3623. Less talk now about Ukraine taking Crimea.
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  3624. Enter Crimea, and Russia will use a nuclear strike on Kiev. It will put all its nuclear missiles on standby first to fire on the west in case it intervenes.
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  3625. Except Stalin defeated Europe; without Stalin, Europe would have been under Nazism.
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  3626.  @eatonkuntz  Soviet and Russian equipment work in battlefield conditions. Like the AK -47 rifle. At the end of the WW 2, the Germans came up with a super tank that was too heavy and they could only produce a few. It could not stave off the Red Army's offensive, despite its impressive specs. Western equipment may score on the spec sheet but not on the battlefield. The Ukranians are saying that the western equipment come with 3-5 safety interlocks and is difficult to use in war conditions, where time is a matter of life and death. They said only the equipment with Spain with minimal safety interlocks worked with ease.
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  3627. India resists yuan payments ? Then let India go and buy oil in dollars from the Arabs. The problem for Russia is the rupee is worthless, as India does not manufacture goods that Russia can but. Whereas the yuan is backed with gold and China makes goods that Russia can buy, like cars and mobiles. Hence, Russia should just cut the oil to India, as selling it in a useless currency is like giving it free. Let the Indians drown in their false pride. They fancy they are a super power and they want to fight China and support Israel against Arabs, so let them get their oil from elsewhere and pay in dollars.
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  3628.  @khiem1939  Unfortunately for you, the US has declared China is enemy number one, even over Russia, so China is going to work with Russia to break US dominance, and the way to do is that by ending dollar hegemony and use of dollar as a weapon. Both have taken the steps for that.
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  3629.  @williamwalker3837  India is not a client state of Russia. Your statement is typical western arrogance and is based on the thinking 'you are with us, or against us'. India has always been non-aligned; that is true sovereignty. It will not cut relations to please the west. Russia does not ask India to cut relations with the west. Outside the west, there are also people who admire Russia from Soviet days, for its uniqueness and epic quality. Client states go and fight in other people's wars. All European countries are willing client states of the US. If the US asks them to go and fight for the US in Afghanistan, Europe obliges. The US cannot ask India, China, Russia to go and die on its behalf. Putin had said there are only 4 sovereign nations : Russia, China, US and India.
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  3630.  @corneliusantonius3108  Russia is in a different category than Argentina.
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  3631.  @Ihtiandr13  There is a difference. Russia is an independent country. Ukraine is a dependent country. The US decides whether it will give money and arms - or not. If US stops money and arms and orders Ukraine to negotiate, Ukraine will do so. US seems to have decided Ukraine cannot win, it is a waste of money, so it has asked it to negotiate, surrender land and not be in NATO. The US cannot dictate terms to Russia. Get it ? Why do you want to pretend Ukraine carries equal weight in decisions as Russia and US ? You are a numskull.
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  3632. It is pure cynicism and spite - not only against Putin but also Trump. Biden feels these two defeated him, one outside the US and the other inside. There is no concern for Ukraine as such, Biden does not want to leave with people saying Ukraine lost because of him. The westerners will now think this is another game changer. We saw how long the F16s lasted as a game changer. One F16 shot down, and that was the end of that game changer. The Americans are typically spiteful when they feel defeated and have to abandon. They seized poor Afghanistan's meagre assets; shameless people. The Americans wrecked Somalia because Somalis did not agree to the terms the American oil company Conco offered the Somalis for their off-shore oil. The Ukrainians may have some temporary benefit, but in the end Russia will overwhelm them, and make Ukraine pay heavily. This will last for 2 months as long as Biden is there, Trump will sure cancel it as he knows Biden is doing it to sabotage his plans and spite him. That is good enough reason for Trump to become even more anti-Ukraine. Russia's terms and conditions for Ukraine will include demilitarisation and de-industrialisation.
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  3633. According to The Guardian, the Ukrainians have taken Robotinye and punctured the first line of defence. Typically, they interview some Ukranian soldier and report that as fact. The Ukranian soldier told the Guardian the Ukranians did manual demining at night and created a corridor for advance. There was a lot of self praise, and he said the Russians could not believe Ukraine could do it. All this is natural for a Ukrainian. He said now that a corridor has been demined, the advance was straightforward because the 2nd and 3rd Russians lines are poorly defended. We don't know, but that is the assertion of the Ukranian soldier reported by the Guardian as fact. Once the corridor is demined, the Guardian makes out that it is straightfoward for the Ukrainian armoured vehicles to advance without opposition. The expectation is the Russians will crumble and surrender. This kind of hopeful reports of breaching the line and impending Ukranian advance has been going on in the western media, but I still see no lightning move towards the Sea of Azov. Expectation and hope does not seem to match the actuality. On Sky News, I saw self-contradictory propaganda by Sean Bell. He was reporting on the Abrams tanks. He also said that Ukranians were clearing the minefields manually and advancing, and then the Abrams will be invaluable in leading the charge to the Sea of Azov. But he said 10 Abrams will arrive mid Sept. and another 21 at the end of the year. So at present Ukraine's efforts to breach the lines is purely by infantry, and the armoured tanks will appear later from behind to lead the charge ! Firstly, by the time those Abrams come on the scene, the Russians will massacre the Ukrainian infantry. Secondly, the Russians may destroy the Abrams from the air when they arrive.
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  3634. Victory for Russia, will lead to peace in Europe.
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  3635.  @zacretzer  'Indeed you are 'starry eyed over a leader showing courage and honor in the face of danger', to the extent that you overlook his total lack of intelligence and geopolitical reality. He is an implant of the movement America created with the 2014 coup in Ukraine, which triggered Russian counter actions. Zelensky indulged in Russophobia, to get American approval, and played to get into NATO, so that the US would come and put missiles in Ukraine targeting Russia. Russia warned against this and asked him to be neutral. But Zelensky got carried away, he thought Russia was bluffing and would not attack, and he believed America would intervene to save Ukraine's skin. The last two were severe miscalculations. The result of his miscalculations is many cities are reduced to rubble, many killed, 4 million are refugees, the economy is paralysed, more land is lost, and more destruction is to follow. If America encourages him, the time may come where Russia has to reach for the tactical nuclear weapon.
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  3636.  @zacretzer  I take your point. But there are cases where discretion is the better part of valour. With their geography and history, it was unwise for Ukranians to make enemies with Russia to gain western favour. Common sense dictates that.
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  3637. More of the same - you said rouble will be rubble in 2022.
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  3638.  @alhambrabiker1476  The Euro fell 20% against the dollar since the war started, and Europe has to buy LNG from the US at 5x the price, and pay in dollars. Russian industry is not closing due to lack of energy, whereas German and French industries are going out of business.
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  3639. It is impossible to get impartial, objective analysis on Russia-NATO-Ukraine in the west. NATO is forced to defend Ukraine out of false pride, without getting hurt, and Ukraine is forced to depend on NATO as it chose to believe it.
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  3640. Russia clears out the Ukro Nazis from Bakhmut .
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  3641.  @m.g.debruin8294  Ukraine has nothing to begin a spring offensive. Their soldiers have been slaughtered in Bakhmut and Soledar. And the paltry collection of tanks will appear few months from now, and they will be like the Himars.
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  3642. The Ukranians are foolish time wasters. Russia will decide Ukraine's future. Russia is not going to give up land, will not heed any considerations of 'war crimes'. Russia should press ahead with the war. After the power grid was knocked out, and more Ukranian troops slaughtered in Bakhmut, it is dawning on the heads of Ukrainians they cannot win. Ukraine should be de-Nazified , demilatarised, and made neutral. Otherwise, whole of Ukraine should be taken back, or it should be turned into an unlivable waste land. Under no conditions should the US have bases in Ukraine.
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  3643. This media channel supported Ukraine staunchly when it thought Ukraine was winning, but now they realise the entire west cannot defeat Russia and Ukraine is defeated, so they have become realistic. The correct perspective is you should not have incited Ukraine to fight Russia in the first place. You gambled you could win, you lost, so accept defeat and the consequences. Get it ?
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  3644. The pompous British analyst says Bakhmut is of no strategic value - all of a sudden. That is a sure sign that Bakhmut is about to fall and the west has given up hope ! They are preparing the western public. The rest of the analysis is wishful thinking and an attempt to put a positive spin on Ukraine's dire situation. The west is in reality denying mode. It is a big loss of face for the west.
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  3645. Russia is trying to regain the initiative ? You mean to say Ukraine had the initiative or has the initiative ? Let us have a reality check. Ukraine's Kursk offensive has slowed; and Russian counter operations in Kursk have started and the Ukrainians are being killed and the Abrams and other western junk is being burnt. That was bound to be the case. Meanwhile, Russia did not pull out any troops from Donbass to send to Kursk. They are moving fast and Prokvorsk is now in sight. Once that goes, Ukraine's main logistical and resistance centre crumbles, and the rest of Donbass goes. At the same time Russia is administering the shock and awe therapy to the rest of Ukraine, so there is no power and water. If you thought Ukraine seized the initiative with its hare brained incursion into Kursk, where it got into an over-extended position, and left the Prokorvsk sector for the Russians to take, it shows how dumb western minds are, and how they clutch at any straw. Kursk is not a permanent loss for Russia. Alexander Nevsky said those come into Russia with the sword perish under the sword. The Germans, French, Swedes, Poles etc. found that. The Ukrainians will find that their gain in Russia is temporary, but Ukraine's loss is irreversible. Russia cannot be dislodged now from the 5 oblasts. The Russians are advancing slowly but methodically. The Ukrainians are desperate as they have shortage of arms and soldiers, and they follow the dumb schemes the US concocts.
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  3646.  @billybojangles5135  If Russia is weak, why are Britain, Finland, Sweden and the rest trembling.....?
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  3647. The sort of nonsense Nielsen spouts is of the same variety as Russia shelled the nuclear installaton it owns in Zaphorizia, or that it used a missile to destroy a POW camp housing Azov Nazis. Were those also because they are losing the war and their mental equilibrium is affected ? Nielsen's starting point is his assumption that Russia is losing the war and Ukraine and the west is winning. This is self consoling western propaganda. The fact is Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, it is strangling Ukraine's economy, it has cut off Ukrainian exports from the Black Sea. Russia is even strangling the western economy, successfully. It is de-industrialising Europe. The strong cards are in Russia's hands. Ukraine has made some advances here and there, but it is not sufficient to roll back Russia. Russia holds the nuclear sword and can use it. If 'crazy Russia' self sabotaged the Nordstream pipeline, then they can go and do the same to the Baltic pipeline, and use the nuclear weapon in Ukraine. Can Nielsen tell us what the west can do if 'crazy Russia' does these two things ? Put more sanctions ? Go to the UN ? Shout about war crimes ? The west feels defeated as Putin has punctured its 'international order', The west does not have the military power or the courage to fight Russia directly, and does not have the economic power it imagined it had. All such analyses based on pyschological conditions of the opponent are indicators of the wishful thinking of the defeated. We heard similar psycho analysis of Putin's state of mind in the first month, the western media said he had a hand tremor, he had cancer, and he did not sit with others as he was distrustful. Yet, the ex tempore speech that Putin gave recently on re-taking the four provinces was brilliant. No western leader can speak with the same knowledge of history and geopolitical understanding as Putin.
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  3648. The western media said weeks ago that Russians have run out of missiles. Then they said Russian missiles are not accurate. After that, they said western anti-missiles are shooting down 100% Russian missiles. Then what is the problem about power outages ?
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  3649. Agree, Russia has all the strong cards. Ukraine was foolish to allow Ukro Nazis and indulge in Russophobia, thinking it will bring NATO acceptance. Ukraine is losing its industrial heartland, it has lost the coastal areas, and Russia can strangle its economy. If Ukraine wants to survive with what remains, it has to go back to neutrality, give up on NATO, and the Nazi elements need to be taken out. Playing the anti-Russian card to get western support is not going to work. Otherwise, Ukraine is going to lose more. Of course, having backed Ukro Nazis, this is a humiliating loss for the west. But as the commentator says, it is best for the west to cut its losses now as it will become worse later.
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  3650. So now the solution is for Germany and Europe to become more dependent on the US. Kissinger said to be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be America's friend is even more dangerous. Ukraine is another country finding that out.
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  3651. 'What's stopping Ukraine's backers from giving it what it needs to properly defend itself?' There is no mystery. The answer is obvious. What is stopping Ukraine's backers is Russia's nuclear doctrine. The doctrine dictates the use of a nuclear weapon to avoid a strategic defeat. The west knows by now that Russia does not bluff. The US has fought Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq etc. none of who could strike the US cities. But Russia has the capacity to incinerate all US cities. Its silent Kazen submarines patrol both US coasts, and there is no defence against hypersonic missiles. Russia will not allow US bases in Ukraine. Ukraine will be struck by a nuclear strike if needed. When that happens, will the west decide it will fight a nuclear war and have itself incinerated as well ?
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  3652. Besides the hypocrisy of not sanctioning Israel which people have pointed out, Iran has been sanctioned for over 50 years. It is a country that cut ties with the US over 50 years ago and survived. They have national pride. The US and UK assassinated Iranian PM Mossadegh in the 1950s. They foisted the Shah on them. The US, UK, and EU all have a colonial history and have invaded others and arranged regime changes and coups. That is why the developing world is wary of their duplicity. The support of Israel at all costs is that colonial legacy. The same countries supported apartheid South Africa. The Africans fought to end apartheid and the Soviet Union supported them - to this day, Russia has prestige in Africa. Iran is better off working with Russia and China. A country that refused to be US's doormat is highly commendable. Europe and UK can learn from Iran not to be the US's doormat .
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  3653.  @notaspy1227  Russia does not look tough, it is tough. As NATO is finding out.
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  3654.  @mp40submachinegun81  If Russia was not tough, NATO would have sent troops to Ukraine. Now that NATO has found Russia is too tough, it is throwing Ukrain under the bus. The US surrendered to Russia in Vilnius when it vetoed Ukraine from entering NATO.
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  3655.  @_Twink  The US realised Russia is not a joke, that is why it surrendered in Vilnius and declared Ukraine cannot enter NATO and there is no time line. Indeed, Russia 'doesn't fail to deliver' , glad you know. Once they say they will do something, they will do it unflinchingly. NATO said it would back Ukraine till however long it takes, but already it is telling Ukraine to give up the 5 lost oblasts.
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  3656. There will be no security in Europe without security for Russia. You wanted to expand NATO, and when the war came, NATO did not want to send troops to Ukraine.
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  3657. The western narrative has changed. Ukraine and the west's helplessness are on show. Now he talks about the relentlessness of Russian strikes. One year ago, they declared Russia would run out of ammunitions. Now he says the counter offensive will go into the next year, Ukrainians have to weigh up losses of manpower, and western equipment - the meaning is they are in short supply, so winning is out of the question now. He says Russia is very intent - we were told earlier Russian morale was low and Ukraine was very intent. The tone is changed. He does not want to write off Russia anymore !
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  3658.  @philipcovell3272  Bell is there for the diversity. He would not be selected for intellect.
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  3659. Why does he want a peace agreement this winter when he is winning ?
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  3660. Corridor to negotiations gets smaller and smaller. Indeed. Ukraine's territory will also gets smaller and smaller.
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  3661.  @emilernest  Odessa and Kiev also are Russian and must be returned.
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  3662.  @FancyPantsOnFire  When Kharkhov is captured, you will say it is insignificant and of no value.
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  3663.  @emilernest  Having received 61 billion, 'clownskii' now says Ukraine has a chance to win, and save the western world. He has to humour his donors, he will need more money down the line.
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  3664. 'nice try orcbot'. Is that the best your intellect could muster ? No wonder why the west lost.
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  3665. 'Ukraine troops test Russia's weaknesses 'one village at a time' That is backtracking. 4 weeks back, Western military experts said the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine must punch through and then do a blitzkrieg towards the Sea of Azov. The experts said Ukraine must not get bogged down in a battle of attrition as Russia will come out on top. Ukraine does not have the manpower and the west cannot supply artillery shells and missiles to match Russia. Now that Ukraine has failed and has not reached even the first Russian line of defence after 4 weeks, the Slava Ukraine brigade says Ukraine is probing Russian weaknesses ! So it is going to be a battle of attrition - which western experts said would be a Russian win. The Bandera army got massacred and lost Bradleys and Leopards trying to reach the first Russian line. That is going to be the outcome. Besides the minefields and traps the Russians have built, they have air power. In the next 10 days before the NATO summit, the Ukranians may be forced by the US to make one major assault, but it will be suicidal. After that fails, the US will tell the Ukranians to negotiate. But now Russia does not want to negotiate. Russia is not after land. They want to ensure no NATO bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine does not agree because the US will not allow, then Russia will take all the Russian areas up to Odessa and then make the remainder a wasteland and keep up a low intensity war so NATO cannot enter. Reconstruction of Ukraine is not possible without Russian permission. It is so obvious the Ukranians cannot win, and western weapons are not game changers.
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  3666.  @MrGatzby  I meant the Americans want a ceasefire because they are unable to win, which is the same as losing.
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  3667.  @luckyluke1503  Correct, but a security deal is against western pride. That was all that was needed to avert the war, but the US and NATO declined - it was against their pride as Russia had demanded it.
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  3668. Amusing to hear the case for bringing rules on politicians to curb the likes of Boris. Boris the narcissistic liar is the champion of his 'rules based international order' and he is obsessed with fighting Russia and backing Israel. He talks like a moral crusader and a lot of people believe him. Just like the liar Blair before him. He has gone to see Trump to see how he can import Trump's culture to the UK.
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  3669. Amusing to see the turn of western spin, as defeat of the west looms. They try to make a false equivalence between Ukraine and Russia. Both are running short of shells. But it is clear Ukraine has a bigger problem than Russia in supply of weapons. Russia has the advantage - the analyst will not say that, he tries to hide that. The west is not going to produce millions of rounds for Ukraine. The west does not have the money to do so. The decision making process in the west is too slow.
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  3670.  @giuseppeanoardi3973  Even if you raze it to the ground, it is still a loss of a strategic asset for Ukraine if it is a key logistics hub for defence of Donbass. It is one more step to the collapse of the frontline. Get it ?
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  3671. Asking for a ceasefire is like Germany asking a ceasefire after the Red Army entered Germany. The job in Ukraine has to be finished like the Red Army did to evict the German Nazis.
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  3672. The Russians are using drones because they have run out of cruise missiles. The very next day cruise missiles hit Ukraine. The western experts always interpret every new and unexpected development in the war theatre as a sign of Russian desperation ! In that case, let the Russians continue with the drones as desperation will overwhelm them shortly.
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  3673. de Gaulle warned Europeans about the Anglo Saxons - remember if a war takes place in Europe, the Americans may be friends but at the end of the day, the Americans live in America and not Europe, and the British live on an island, and Europeans will carry the fall out of the war. Europe is carrying most of the refugees and its economies are hit. America did not take any refugees and Britain took refugees on a visa basis.
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  3674. Why can't India cooperate with Canada and clear its name ? It is not Gujarat where Modi can kill citizens with impunity and say he had nothing to do with it.
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  3675. Ukraine had to give up nukes and agree to neutrality. It could not have got independence otherwise. These were not concessions Ukraine gave. Those were the conditions. Ukraine has reneged on neutrality, it has violated the terms unilaterally, and chosen to fight, and it has lost. Therefore it will not exist. Get it ?
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  3676. We shall see if the submarines patrolling both US coasts will give the Americans sleepless nights when they are equipped with nuclear missiles. The Americans may get a taste of their game in Ukraine.
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  3677. It will be excellent if NATO is undermined, we shall see the warmongering Russophobes like the British, the Poles, Baltics, Swedes and Finns, not to mention the Ukranians, shut up.
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  3678. Why does the western media consult useless countries like Latvia ? It seems the western countries are in such a hopeless situation, that they now look up to Baltics, Poland etc. The Latvian President admits Latvia has no tanks or planes to supply, but he wants others to give them ! The most useless and helpless are the advisors to NATO. NATO is not credible. Ultimately, NATO is US. If Trump comes, he will push out NATO and the Europeans, and what will Europe do then ? None of the Europeans can fight Russia singly or alone, even with the US. The Ukraine of 2014 (let alone of 1991) is not coming back. If Latvia misbehaves with Russia, it will also get Ukrained. NATO is not a pure defensive organisation. What was it doing in Afghanistan ?
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  3679.  @paulayeni4582  Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq, I have seen one Iraqi write Ukraine deserves what it is getting.
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  3680. After saying 'we shall support Ukraine for however long it takes' and BoJo saying Putin must not be allowed to win, as it would be breach of the western 'rules based order' , it must feel like a devastating defeat for the western elites, who believed in their superiority. Putin has changed the world order, and shown a US led alliance cannot bully Russia, in the same way as Iraq and Afghanistan. New trade flows have started between Russia, China, India, Africa, ME and South America, and de-dollarisation has started. The UK and Europe need to realise they are committing economic suicide for America. If they do that, China and others will replace them, and Europe will become irrelevant. It is best for UK and Europe to be independent of the US and have good relations with Russia and China, and the US.
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  3681.  @scoobydoobers23  The video says Pokrovsk is the last fortified defence line, feeding logistics to different sectors, after that they have to fall back to the river which is far away. You are reaching nearer mid-Ukraine.
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  3682. Next time Kiev will be attacked when Blinken is there.
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  3683. This British channel has zero credibility, such has been its wishful thinking due to its Russophobia. The game is up for Ukraine, whichever way you look at it. The US is getting ready to walk away, something it does when it gets stuck. The US has other wars to attend to - Israel and then China. The losers are Ukraine - and Europe. I would like to see what the slimy British do. They backed the US enthusiastically in this war project (just like Iraq), and now the US is backing away, what will the British do ? Will they fight Russia on their own ? Whoops, I forget, they too have new priorities, they are on duty flying sorties for Israel from Cyprus. The western world is dishevelled and looks lost.
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  3684. The soldiers were having a rave party.
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  3685. The Chinese Defence Minister salutes Sir Putin ! It is acknowledgement that Russia has single handedly ended the western 'international' global order' both on the military front and in the economic warfare. Russia started the ball rolling on de-dollarisation and China and the world appreciates. That is a momentous achievement that goes far beyond the Ukraine war. The US overplayed its hand in NATO expansion. It has its collection of weak European lackeys, but has lost rest of the world. The western mental make up does not allow them to adapt to the new reality that they cannot boss others round as in the colonial times.
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  3686. The western media constantly told us about low Russian morale and high resilience of the Ukranians. Now that the Wagner group fearlessly went after the Ukrainians in Soledar, the Ukranians and western media say they must be on drugs. Well, if they were on drugs, they would not have the coordination and orientation, and they would be sitting ducks.
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  3687.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  T34s are not needed anymore, the Russians have Leopards and Challengers to take down the Bandera army.
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  3688.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  'I am in Anti armor platoon in the Australian infantry' - as if Australia is a significant country. You need another alliance to fight China. What can you do with Russia ? Australian infantry will be as cowardly as the American. Tell me a war you fought and won.
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  3689.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  You need to seek fake laughs to cover the sting of defeat. Why is Australia part of the western order ? Can you not stand on your own, like Russia and China ? Tell me Australian infantry man !
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  3690.  @Despisefundamentalists-cm5dv  They are not laughing, they are burning at what I write, so they come out with weak responses like yours.
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  3691.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  Australians imagine they are someone in the world, but you cannot clear a minefield. You are convicts from England, I am told. Come to the battlefield, and the Russians will mince you.
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  3692. Do you feel the same for Palestinians who are being assaulted by Israelis with US support ?
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  3693. US will negotiate with Russia, without Ukraine and EU and UK.
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  3694.  @mariogambino8290  Would you like to be at the receiving end of Sarmat for a test since it has ZERO capability ? Ask Ukraine.
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  3695. The west is waging economic war on Russia, illegally seizing Russia's money, then why should Russia not wage economic war on Ukraine and its mentors ? NATO cannot fight, and Article 5 is exaggerated.
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  3696. Who is on the offensive, Ukraine or Russia ?
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  3697. Yeah, yet another game changer. The Ukro Nazis have no power or water.
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  3698. Russia should take the industrial heartland, they already have control of the coastal areas, they are in a position to strangle the remaining Ukraine's economy. Then have a pause and negotiate. Give Ukraine a chance to behave. If Ukraine does not get back to its statement of neutrality that it promised in its declaration of independence, and it militarises with western arms, then Russia can chip away and destroy Kiev, Lvov and the rest.
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  3699.  @NewtonsCat  If the bear’s army is a laughing stock, why are the Europeans howling in fear and meeting in London to decide how to save themselves ?
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  3700. You have a good point, I was surprised Zelensky was not shouting hoarsely about it.
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  3701. The enemy is very clever - Ben Wallace recognises it now. Earlier, he was boasting about how Britain kicked the Tsar's bottom in the Crimean war of the mid 1850s. Goebbels recognised it after the German army surrendered in Stalingrad.
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  3702. Boycott Tesla, don't buy a single car.
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  3703.  @Blablablae  I have been to India, and I have met Indians, and I don't believe you. 'The only mistake of Modi government was to pay less heed towards the education sector which is the most crucial part for nation building. ' Some years back. Modi govt. was fighting students of university in Delhi, using police and beating them, and his politicians were asking them to be shot. 'In development aspect they have done great improvement with some amazing policies in work (people are not aware of those, that's why education & awareness is necessary). ' What are the amazing development polices ? If has done so much, why does he call for a riot and polarise Hindus around election time ? He should win elections with just development as in western countries. 'India will surely become superpower in coming decades and the current scenarios are the example of it.' That is wishful thinking. India does not have what it takes to be a superpower. Lack of education is one reason. Modi's rise was based on lumpen mob violence against minorities. There are only three superpowers, China, US and Russia. India cannot join them. Jaishankar has written a book admitting as much. India has to play a balancing act between China, US and Russia. It does not have a strong enough economy, its share of world manufacturing is only 2%, and service is 4%. It has the largest population in a limited land, with high literacy. India has the largest number of migrants using any method to get out of India. The caste system is a uniquely debilitating factor; it is against universal education. The writer Khushwant Singh wrote that caste is the fondest belief of Hindus. 'but majority of population is the middle class one.' Modi himself is an uneducated tea seller whose greatest achievement was the Gujarat riot (see the BBC documentary; why was it banned in India ?). In a developed country, the person would be prosecuted for criminal offence and would be barred from contesting. But in India, the middle class voted for an uneducated criminal. How do you explain that ? Previously India had well educated leaders generally - Nehru, Singh, Chidambaram etc. The only explanation for Modi's popularity is his projection of Hindu chauvinism. Middle class Indians love that, they are not ashamed of it, they don't mind voting for a Hindu criminal. Therefore India cannot become a developed country.
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  3704.  @sshivshanker7  What are the facts that I did not get right ? Modi himself says he is uneducated, tea seller. Modi organised mob violence and a pogrom. That is his only achievement. That is a criminal activity. Hindus may feel very proud about that. What other tangible achievement does Modi have that are appreciated by non-Indians ?
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  3705.  @taruns.7891  Under Modi, the first stroke was demonetisation which knocked off 2.5% of GDP. I visited India at the time and I recall the chaos. Modi promised a bullet train and 10 years on, where is it . The trains I saw were smelly of urine. Modi has sold govt. companies and created two oligarchs, Ambani and Adani. He promised jobs that have not materialised. Doubling of farmers income was promised but farmers had to go on strike to prevent the oligarchs taking their meagre living. I have been to China and it is impressive. I am ready to admit they have overtaken the west. I have been to India and it is squalid slum, with or without Modi. With Modi, the emphasis on projecting Hindu chauvinism, and that sits well with many Hindus and feeds their delusions. You say you were in Dubai. During the Dr. Singh era, many Indians returned to build India. Now, Indians are migrating even more than 20 years ago. The UK's Home Minister was against a trade deal with India because Modi (shamelessly) demanded visas and work permits for Indians to migrate to UK. She refused saying Indians were the biggest visa over stayers. Modi's Hindu chauvinism has bred Hindu militants who created a riot in Leicester. Thus, UK cannot afford to risk taking Indian workers for a trade agreement.
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  3706.  @kanthadvocate2041  'What development happened in the last 8 years' ? There were plenty of slogans about development. And plenty of riots, lynchings and rape. Hindus are happy with these developments.
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  3707. Demonetisation was a stroke of genius. Covid handling was unparalleled in the world. But for Hindus, and the Indian media, he is the most popular leader in the world, and the whole world is in admiration. G20 was all about projecting Modi because India does not have much.
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  3708.  @zwcdamien  Turkey and Hungary have some honour - they are capable of independent thinking.
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  3709.  @vinm300  You wrote ' "Honour" is also in the interest of a nation. A nation without honour would look grim.....what would it look like ? France.' You disparage and dismiss Turkey and Hungary also. But you have not answered which nation in Europe has honour. All of them (without exception) is a door mat of the US. Not one can dare say who sabotaged the Nordstream pipeline ! I challenge you to name one honourable nation in Europe.
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  3710. 'Modi is a hard line nationalist who will dictate to Spineless Sunak.' The first part is correct. The second part is more accurately Sunak is ready to serve Modi as he is also part of the hardline Hindu nationalist club. Sunak says so brazenly that he is a proud Hindu - just like Modi. I am surprised Sunak has not been called out in Parliament about making such declarations as the PM.
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  3711.  @theTeknoViking  You consciously lied about NATO being a defensive organisation. And when I caught you out with what NATO was doing in Afghanistan (including Ukraine), you conveniently say two wrongs don't make a right. The westerners claim there is a sacrosanct international order, they expect others to follow, but they can flout when they want. And if this reminded, you will say it is whataboutism. Finland feels threatened when Russia starts an illegal war with anther one of their neighbors, after the history between your countries. Finland did not have threats during the Soviet Union and even now. But you chose the 'I am threatened line' and therefore you will be threatened from now on with nuclear strikes - at the first sign of any NATO aggression against Russia. The Sarmat missiles will strike Finland in a blink of an eye and America will forget you as it does not want those missiles. Ukraine's sovereignty was conditional on it being neutral. Don't try to renege and retrofit. That is a typical western attitude - claim to follow rules based order, but become devious and cheat. That will not work with Russia. If you sign an agreement, you honour it, otherwise the other side is free to take action. Russia would not have allowed Ukraine to be free unless it agreed to be neutral. Russia made a mistake in making them independent, but now course correction is on the way and Ukranians are being a taught a lesson. 'Also: The "powerful neighbor" that was going to take Kiev in three days, turned out to be.. not so powerful after all.' Russia never stated it was going to take Kiev in 3 days. The western media made that out, and then they get satisfaction that Kiev did not fall, and from that they extrapolated that Ukraine is winning, Russia is losing. In war, movements are adjusted and re-adjusted. It was mistake of Russia to attack on all fronts at the same time. But they have corrected and are concentrating forces at one point, while striking at other centres when necessary. Russia's stated aim was never to win in 3 days, it was to make Ukraine neutral, and deNazify it. Zelensky has abandoned the dream to join NATO and NATO would not dare again to induct Ukraine into NATO. The Nazis of the Azov regiment have surrendered and they will face trial in Russia. Zelensky asked them to surrender. So Russia has achieved its principal targets. Russia now has twice the land as 2014, and Ukraine is not getting it back. They have taken the industrial and coastal areas and will make Ukraine landlocked. The landlocked rump will be dependent on EU aid. Zelensky asks for negotiations and a security guarantee. Who will provide this ? Finland ? Russia will not allow US or EU to provide Ukraine a security guarantee as that is bringing back NATO (the culprit of this war) through the backdoor. All the strong cards are with Russia. The rump Ukraine under Ukranian hands cannot be reconstructed unless Russia permits. Russia will not permit till Ukraine signs to neutrality and the west gives back Russia's money. 'Face it, Russia if anything is a country that would be better off split up into more pieces. Without a dictator, with the regional people having their own say, instead of being controlled from Moscow.' An aide of Woodrow Wilson said the same in 1918. That is western thinking, that is why Russia developed the strike capability to destroy the west. We know western wickedness including that of the Finns. Nazism is alright you say, it does not bother you. But Russia does not see that way. The Soviet Union under Stalin destroyed Nazism; no one else had the steel. Most Europeans like the Finns were happy to collaborate. Anyone who dares to attack Russia will face consequences you have not faced before. You know that, right ?
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  3712. Trumpism represents the frustration and anger of whites due to the combination of economic decline and demographic changes. That is a fertile ground for the breeding of fascism. It is doubly dangerous in a society with guns. Trump and Biden are proof of America's decline. No one can reverse the decline, not Trump, not Vance, not Biden, not Kamala....All its war mongering, capitalist greed, and living beyond one's means has caught up with America.... It is clear that Trumpism is a phenomenon of the whites.
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  3713. How well prepared is the Russian defence? Why do you ask this ? You have been telling us the Russians are incompetent and have low morale, Ukraine has superior weapons and Russians have shovels, and Ukranians fight NATO style. We have been hearing for months that Ukraine is going to launch something akin to the Red Army's famous Operation Bagration which knocked holes in a 1000 km fortified German front. It broke through and cleared the way for the march on Berlin. Once the wall was breached, the Red Army followed through decisively and swiftly, clearing the minefields, and the Germans did not know the Red Army storm that hit them. Has the Bandera army started with a similar bang and kept the momentum ? I hear after one week, they have not even got close to the first line of Russia's defence.
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  3714.  @brAmbedkarvadheemusalmaan  Sweden produce ice ? What is the achievement in that ?
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  3715. You don't want to do that. Russia will force unconditional surrender with a nuclear strike on Kiev. The west will not be able to stop it because Russia will also take out western cities if NATO tries to intervene.
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  3716.  @F1Barry  A nuclear strike on Ukraine will not lead to a nuclear war - because you will want to save your skin. It will lead to unconditional surrender of Ukraine. Remember that before you think Ukraine can win.
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  3717. Putin had said in a Tucker interview, 'we are not going to negotiate just because you ran out of weapons'. That is the state of play in 2024, and it will be the same in 2025. And the west will remain run out of weapons in 2025, and Ukraine will remain run out of men. America will move on to its next war, Ukraine is left with unconditional surrender, and the Europeans will be holding the refugees and they will be subsidising the left-over Ukraine forever.
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  3718.  @sms7782  I do not know the 'single man' you refer to. What you wrote does fit Zelensky - who decided to indulge in Russophobia, thinking he had American support, and who did not opt for neutrality, and who got his country reduced to rubble, and wants to get American money to continue to get the remainder of his country reduced to rubble.
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  3719.  @sms7782  This is certainly one of your sensible posts that I can agree with. ' It is the way Putin chose to solve the issue that I am talking about.' The problem with what you are talking about is that it is conveniently one sided. You make malevolent Putin as your starting axiom for the cause of the war; you automatically absolve the west. Putin is the precipitating cause for the war. But the root cause is the US, and it is hidden in the 1990s, and your type is not bothered to see the connection. The root cause is the decision to expand NATO eastwards despite verbal assurances given to the Russians. Even western experts in the 1990s like George Kennan had warned expansion of NATO would bring war. The Russians later pressed for written treaties, but the west ignored. Then Russian protests became more angry and the west kept ignoring, till Putin had no choice but to go to war. The decision to expand NATO was pressed by the US arms lobbies like Lockheed in the 1990s. They saw that induction of EE countries into NATO would cause them to replace Soviet arms with US arms. The US arms companies pressed the US politicians who eventually agreed to make it policy. Have you heard of the infamous Victoria Nuland who plotted the 2014 coup ? The result is seen now. The US arms companies are making a bonanza now. Biden met with 8 such companies. The US govt. is buying 800 million dollars worth of arms from these companies to supply Ukraine. The EU members of NATO will be asked to pay most of it. Hence, the EU taxpayer will be paying American arms companies. And the Ukranians will be bombed. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html
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  3720.  @sms7782  There is only one notable case where people resolved a dispute through negotiations : this is the case Gandhi versus the British. That was unique. There was a civility on both sides. However that is not present in Ukraine v Russia, EU and US v Russia. Only beating the other to submission is the mental thinking, that is part of their culture and mindset, so it will take a bloody course. That being the case, I detect still in your writing an attempt at exculpatory defence of the EU, US and NATO. Your starting point is Putin's invasion ('Whatever the reasons are, it was never and will never be a smart move to subdue others ,force them against their will to follow you and kill their friends and family'). The Soviet Union crushed Nazi Germany, that is why Europe is free today. Would you say that was not a smart move to subdue others ,force them against their will to follow you and give up Nazism, and kill their friends and family ? You have to explain why the west sought a one sided expansion of NATO when Russia objected.
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  3721. Seems they were treated well.
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  3722. NATO is already defeated and about to ditch Ukraine. US is preoccupied and the rest of Europe is useless. None can match Rusisia.
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  3723. So why don't you send troops ?
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  3724. India's Hindu nationalists are on a dicey road. True, that Canada has been lax and allowed extremists Sikhs to bomb a plane and then did not follow up with action. However, the origin of Khalistan movement is from the attempt of the Hindu fascist RSS to snub out Sikh identity, by telling them the Sikhs are Hindus and Hindi (and not Punjabi) is their language. This led to the Khalistani movement. The riots and massacre of the Sikhs (which was under the Congress govt. watch) has not been forgotten. The RSS and even Congressis took part in the lynching of Sikhs. A section of the Sikhs are so alienated, they are opposed to India. The Hindu nationalist govt. of Modi has made it worse. Modi tried to pass farm laws favouring his Gujarati Hindu business oligarchs - at the expense of the farming community of Punjab, the Sikhs. The Sikhs (and other farmers) protested and the laws had to be repealed. Since then the Hindu govt. and the Hindu media started maligning the Sikhs. The Hindus have started attacking Muslims and Christians as well, so increasingly it looks like it was not the Sikhs that were the problem, but the Hindus. India could have afforded to ignore the Khakistanis. But by carrying out an assasination, the Sikhs may now retaliate. India will continue harassing Sikhs in India, and the problem becomes worse. The role of Hindu fascists in pogroms against Sikhs, Christians and Muslims will become more apparent as this comes out into the open. Western governments need to back Canada and review western attempts to co-opt India against China. India's economy under Modi is a mirage, and India does not have the military strength to counter China. The west is over estimating India's worth. Instead, western governments must wake up to the real threat. Indians, not the Chinese and Russians, pose the greatest danger to the west. Indians, unlike Chinese and Russians, migrate in large numbers to the west, and the new generation of Hindus are brainwashed with notions of Hindu supremacy. They are boasting that Sunak and Hindus have taken over the UK, and they are hopeful that the Hindu Ramasamy takes over in the US. The Hindus were a model minority once in western countries but that has changed. They have become the nasty minority backing Modi's pogroms against minorities in India, which then spills over into the west. If you look at all the videos on HT and Indian media, there is a bragging tone of Hindu supremacy. They have the feeling Hindus are superpower and they dictate to others.
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  3725. Obviously, they cannot report when the Ukrainian military targets are hit. Only when there is collateral damage, they can get emotional and get western public wound up. Hence, it is selective, emotional propaganda. From the military perspective, it is over for Ukraine and its handlers. The problem is the handlers have to recant and blame Ukraine and say it failed because it was not following holy NATO training.
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  3726. The Ukranians and the west say that they are winning and driving the Russians out. Now, what are they complaining about ?
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  3727.  @Deathadder90  'Russia has this, Russia has that.' Indeed 'Russia has this, Russia has that.' Otherwise you would not have been forced to abandon Ukraine. Why else are you talking hysterically about preparing for the next Russian invasion ?
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  3728. @MCADHD666 VOL2 No problem if you have alternative supply. Then why is the Polish company planning to sue Gazprom ? And why is the Polish PM complaining about blackmail and weaponisation of gas ?
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  3729. Better you keep him in the USA.
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  3730.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Cut out your vain bluster. In the siege of Stalingrad and Leningrad (which was over a year), the Red Army broke out and captured the Germans. In the siege of Mariopol, the Ukranians could not break out and surround the Russians. The only reason they lasted that long is because the Azov steel plant had bunkers resistant to nuclear strike - it was built by the USSR. Severodonetsk is surrounded, it is a matter of time before it falls.
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  3731.  @hailarwotanaz5848  The west has been saying the rouble is going to collapse, Zelensky said after a month that Russia has shells only for another 3 days, Russia is running out of soldiers etc. Yet, now Ukraine has lost the coastal areas, and it is losing its industrial area, and its economy is being strangled. You do not want to recognise reality. Ukraine and the west is sort of asking for a ceasefire but Russia is now fired up, a part of Ukraine is going to be taken, and the rest will be squeezed till it agrees to neutrality.
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  3732.  @hailarwotanaz5848  You need to learn to be objective. Russia has living space (large country, low population), water security, food security, energy security, materials security, and defence security. How many countries have all these ? Certainly none in Europe. China has some of these atrributes, but not energy self sufficiency. Russia does not need even to trade with others. They are a bit weak in consumer goods, but now there are other manufacturing nations like China, which does not listen to the US, and Russia can get consumer goods from them. Your explanation is Russia is propping up the rouble artifically. There is nothing artificial, it is linked to gold and oil. The US has been printing currency since the 1970s. The west put sanctions on Russia; but did not imagine Russia could put sanctions on them. You will see in winter. Russia has taken a key step to break the US and with it the west - promote non-dollar trade. China also is doing the same, India and others will do the same. Russia and China together has the power to end western manipulation. 'Europeans will find new sources of energy.' Care to explain how ? You have not explained with the US did not put boots on the ground in Ukraine ? You believe Russia is weak, equipment is old, its economy is crumbling.
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  3733.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Why don't you compare your vain boasting against the actual reality ? Russia has taken the coastal areas, it is on the way to get the industrial areas, it has the momentum now, and it is making the remaining Ukraine i\still n Ukranian hands, landlocked. They can come back for the remaining Ukraine another time it misbehaves. So how is Ukraine and west winning ?
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  3734. You did not say ICC should work when it came to Blair and Bush. So cut out the duplicitous moralising.
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  3735. Alright, Russia is stuck and doing pointless attacks. Why is Zelensky pleading for help and saying if he doesn't get it, he will have to withdraw ?
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  3736.  @foilhat1138  Where is Russia using golf carts ?
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  3737. The Crimea was Russian territory from the time of Catherine the Great. It was a gift attached to Ukraine during the USSR period. Since the Ukrainians backstabbed Russia, Russia took Crimea back. All the area from Crimea to Odessa was Novo Rossiya. Due to Ukrainian misbehaviour, Russia has to and will take it back. There is no chance Crimea can be taken by Ukranians without a tactical nuclear weapon falling on Ukraine.
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  3738. When Russia withdrew from Kherson, I suspected it was a trap. The Ukrainians would rush in and then would get massacred. The lady says Ukranians taking Kherson was a slap in Putin's face (look at her language). If you slap somebody, they will slap you back, they may even pummel you. It is all part of war. Gen. Surovkin is an able commander. He said he would take tough military decisions, and Putin did not overrule him due to politics. Surovkin ordered a withdrawal from Kherson, and they managed it without casualties. He decided to build defences and stabilise the frontlines first to thwart Ukranian offensives and attempts at Crimea. There was tall talk in the western media that the Ukranians would build pontoon bridges and cross the Dnieper and go after Crimea. But the Russians are now killing the Ukranians from across the river. Surovkin also destroyed the power grid, to keep the Ukranians off balance. He has concentrated forces on Bakhmut. That must go.
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  3739.  @LuckyLuciano2022  The Americans were barbaric thugs in Afghanistan and Iraq and you follow then blindly. The Ukranians followed them blindly, and now have their country destroyed. The Americans are responsible for this war with their greedy NATO expansion programme. They are profiteering from the war, selling weapons and LNG at high prices to Europe.
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  3740. The US has a lot to answer for war : why did it finance a coup and back Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, what is its business to come from across the Atlantic to seek naval bases in Ukraine, and why is it using Ukraine as a proxy to fight Russia ? Ultimately it will abandon Ukraine one day when it cannot afford it just like Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  3741.  @claudiopereira9900  Indeed, the Russians are heroes to the rest of the world for ending the manipulative western 'international rules based order'.
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  3742.  @claudiopereira9900  Thanks ! The Europeans have a history of colonialism and dominating others through technology and military power. It is about 70 years since the formal end of colonialism, but the European mindset has found new ways to continue the same - they do it under the holy cloak of 'rules based international order' (the term used by the pompous Boris Johnson). If you recall, in 1956 Britain, France and Israel jointly invaded Egypt over nationalisation of the Suez canal. It was just 9 years after the first decolonisation of India, and only 11 years after end of WW 2. Britain and France were back to their colonial adventures. This is the France that surrendered to Germany and collaborated with Nazism, for which Stalin did not allow France to attend the Potsdam conference like a great power. At that time of Suez, the Soviet Union threatened to intervene and even nuke these countries. The US also did not support Britain and France. They forced their withdrawal. At that time also, Nasser's Egypt was vilified as a rogue regime disturbing the international order. But old habits die hard. 40 years later they were invading Iraq. In time, the US took over the neo-colonialist shaping of the world from Britain and France, and these countries are now its assistants - as you can see with Ukraine. Josef Bourell the EU's foreign minister while lecturing some students, likened Europe to a well kept garden, which the jungle and jungle people are trying to invade. You can see in him the colonial mind set and Kipling's 'white man's burden'. Ursula von Leyen said Ukrainians are part of the European family (that is a superior breed from others in the human family, like Afghans and Syrians). In neocolonial rant, EU says Europe is ‘garden’ superior to rest of world’s barbaric ‘jungle’ https://mronline.org/2022/10/19/in-neocolonial-rant-eu-says-europe-is-garden-superior-to-rest-of-worlds-barbaric-jungle/ Josep Borrell's European 'garden' is built on the plunder of the 'jungle' https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/eu-josep-borrell-europe-garden-built-on-plunder-jungle The support for Ukraine arises from nothing more than 'they are Caucasians, they look like us, this should not happen to them'. They will cover it of course with pious humbug about shared European values. It will take one more generation before Europeans accept they are nobody special and cannot feel entitled to making rules for others and having escape clauses for themselves. They will be forced to accept that when they become irrelevant. Russia has ended their comfortable 'rules based international order' for good. What the west had was control of the financial system. Putin has undermined that - or rather the west undermined its main asset with sanctions. Putin will finish off their control of the financial system. BoJo's, Biden's, von Leyen's fury comes from the realisation that their domination is coming to an end.
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  3743. Russia does not make idle threats. When Russia said it would take military-technical action, they did. Hence, take heed of the nuclear threat. They can use it, and nobody can stop it.
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  3744. The west launched economic warfare on Russia with sanctions. But when Russia does the same, they wonder why Russia is creating scarcity ? The way the question is posed shows the western arrogance. We in the west are virtuous, we wonder why Russia is not virtuous like us ?
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  3745. It will be better to do a story on Modi's youth in the RSS, the Hindu Nazi party. And do a documentary of his direction of Gujarat riots.
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  3746. The Ukranian counter offensive is defeated and the west is trying to save face. The western buildup gave the impression Ukraine was going to launch something like the Red Army's Operation Bagration that stormed the Nazi armies across a 1000 km front line, and cleared the path for the drive to Berlin. BBC pundits expected that Ukraine would deliver a knockout punch in the first 72 hours and the Bandera army would pour in and press to Melitopol and take Crimea. That Red Army's opening punch in Operation Bagration was devastating, their tanks could clear the mines, and the follow-up was swift and relentless. The Germans could not stop the Red Army's tsunami. The Ukranian Operation is nothing like it. They lost many soldiers, tanks and Bradleys, and could not even reach the first defence line after two weeks. The western face-saving talk was that unlike Russian made equipment, the Bradleys and Leopards were made so well the Ukrainian soldiers survived the hits, and that was an achievement because survival meant they could continue the fight ! Now that the Ukranian counter offensive is not exactly an Operation Bagration, the latest explanation Zelensky gives is that it is not a Hollywood movie ! Western pundits now pontificate Ukraine's counter offensive was not really about taking land, it is about attritioning Russia ! Earlier, they said Ukraine must avoid going for a war of attrition as that favours Russia, because Ukraine does not have the manpower, and the west cannot keep up with the demand for artillery shells, and so a knockout punch in 72 hours was essential, and if this was delivered, the Russians would crumble and run away. The west did a similar retrofitted, inventive explanation for Bakhmut. Once Bakhmut's fall became inevitable, they declared it is not strategically important. And when asked why the Ukranians were trying to defend it, they said it was to attrition the Russian army. Like that, the counter offensive that was supposed to deliver a knock-out punch and capture land has turned out into a mission to attrition the Russians.
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  3747. Why should Russia be afraid of the west ? They have hypersonic missiles that the US does not have after 5 failed attempts. A single Sarmat missile can wipe out Britain. The missiles are loaded on the quietest submarines which are patrolling Atlantic and Pacific coastal cities. They can incinerate all US cities, the arrival time is less than a second. Hodges style of grandstanding about western prowess comes from an inferiority complex. None of them can fight Russia singly or together - and that has been proved to the world. Keep uttering Crimea is Ukrainian while more of Ukraine goes.
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  3748. So you now say 'Sanctions takes time to empty Pocket money...I don't think it's possible in weeks .' At the beginning, you were predicting collapse of the rouble, Russia defaulting etc. None of those happened. Now after resisting, European gas companies are paying Russia in roubles ! Russia is rewriting the financial system. It is wishful thinking to say All countries should give Hard hit in Ukraine war to Rus .. I don't see that. China has no issue with Russia; India is buying Russian oil; flights are running between Turkey and other countries and Russia; property prices have gone up 30% in Dubai due to Russian money. What are you talking about ?
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  3749. 'western air defence systems' Yet another western game changer...' It is November and the Kherson summer offensive has not started. The French military expert now says that the Russians may not be running away from Kherson ....that appears to be wishful western thinking.
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  3750.  @jack727dave5  Right know 5 oblasts are gone to Russia and the west has given up on getting them back after the failed counter offensive. What happened to all those claims that Ukraine is breaking through at Robotyne and they would reach Crimea ?
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  3751. “High tech weapons” being sent to Ukraine will help them “retake the ground the Russians have managed to gain” What happened to all the high tech weapons sent to Ukraine for counter offensive 2023, which was supposed to capture Crimea ? What was the result ? Seems not even zero, it is minus as Ukraine lost more. It seems like a desperate show to prevent Ukraine collapsing before the US elections. Rampant expectations were floated before the 2023 offensive, and the same now. What is the plan if it fails ? Abandon Ukraine after elections and hand over the mess to the foolish Europeans ? Or to the almighty British ? It is customary to make a lot of noise before a defeat.
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  3752. Earlier, you were saying Russians are fleeing. Now you are saying the Ukranians are fleeing. There is no forced conscription.
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  3753. The Ukraine is wresting with a dilemma : it is losing land (Russia has twice the land it had before Feb 2022), but it wants to dictate terms to Russia by demanding it give back even Crimea. However fighting on risks losing more land. It is a screwed up country, run by incapable clowns who got their country destroyed hoping to get American support.
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  3754. But Ukraine will not exist ! Russia will exist.
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  3755. Yeah right ! Sir Putin is strangling Ukraine and the western economies, and the west is helpless. The US which used to denounce the UN goes to the UN for help ! Is that not pathetic ? The current western fury is that Russia is going to go ahead and annex Donbass, Kherson and parts of Zaphorizia and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. The west is all mouth and no trousers. When Saddam tried to take Kuwait, the US sent troops. Here, they run to the UN ! Besides he is dangling the nuclear sword - if the west crosses another red line, he ain't bluffing !
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  3756. The war was lost strategically for the west in 2023 after the flop of he Ukrainian counter offensive. Ukraine cannot recover the lost oblasts, Russia wiped out much of the seasoned Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut and on the Survokin line. With shortage of weapons and manpower, the endgame is in favour of Russia. Times Radio seems to find the western defeat hard to stomach. They have been saying since month 3 Russian soldiers have low morale, and they are fighting with shovels. But somehow they keep advancing.
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  3757. It is waste of money on losers.
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  3758. They will be hidden underground like Challenger and Abrams tanks, away from the battlefield.
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  3759. One of the conditions for joining NATO and indeed EU is you have no territorial disputes with anyone. So how will Ukraine join when it has territorial dispute with a neighbour ?
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  3760. Ukraine needs to be careful about the asking for heavy weapons. They might receive a Russian tactical nuclear weapon eventually.
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  3761. Ukraine will live as part of Russia, as it was.
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  3762.  @hopesenterfitt1894  Your prayers could not stop defeat.
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  3763. This fellow Whitmore thinks Russian economy is collapsing in 2025 (that said that in 2021) and west is throwing an inexplicable lifeline.
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  3764.  @Talinthis  So why is it you are in a panic, and the Russians are not ? They seem to be going about their business quietly, destroying power stations after killing of the Ukranian army. The ammo shortage cannot be reversed. Ukraine's manpower shortage cannot be reversed. So what will be the outcome logically ?
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  3765. Russia is returning Ukraine to what it was before it joined the Soviet Union. They told us Ukraine needs Himars. They gave them that and told us Ukraine is winning. Now they tell us Ukraine needs something else. As for reconstructing 'liberated' areas, no French company will go to Kherson when the Ukranians have been forced to leave Kherson. Any part of Ukraine can be hit any time, and when some French get killed, that will be the end of reconstruction. No reconstruction will be possible without Russia's permission. It is basically saving face. Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  3766.  @gnehzeey  All that Ukraine has was built by the USSR - the infra structure, power stations, the nuclear reactors, the educational institutions, the railways, the Antonov plane factory, T 72 tank factory. Although the media keeps telling Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe, the people look well dressed and fed, they fleeing with pets, their trains and buildings look good. The USSR rebuilt Ukraine after the devastation the Germans caused - without any Marshall aid. So how dare you say they had nothing ? Ukraine's independence was conditional on agreeing not to join any military alliance against Russia. Putin said he had no objection to Ukraine joining the EU; that is an economic alliance, not a military alliance. The Ukranians tried to cheat on the neutrality condition. They tried to join NATO, indulge in Russophobia and they thought they could do this because of NATO shield. They were warned by Russia not to play this dangerous game. Their society bred Ukro Nazis like the Right Sector and Azov batallion. Therefore Russia has revoked Ukraine's independence and take it back. Ukraine cannot be brought back, 20% is taken, and what remains is unviable. Ukranias achieved something as part of the USSR. In fact, they had rulers - like Khrushchev, Chernenko. When they were given independence, in 30 years they chose policies that made them a failed state. So they would be better off taken back by Russia.
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  3767. Looks like Ukraine will see more 'shock and awe' treatment for its misbehavior.
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  3768. Did you tear up in the same way when the US bombed an Afghan wedding party ? Bet you did not. No western media reported from the ground.
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  3769.  @murphy7801  Full NATO does not want to enter Ukraine or have Article 5. They don't want to be massacred like the Ukranians.
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  3770.  @MR-intel  Russia can use its nuclear missile on Ukraine if it wants. Ukraine is losing its industrial area and coastal area, and its economy is being strangled.
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  3771.  @matlockmeat  But you are unable to run your health service and factories with your DNA, you need the others.
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  3772. The US has no leverage over Russia. Russia has all the cards. It suits them fine if peace talks are dragged out. Unless Ukraine agrees to neutrality and cedes the lost land, there will be no ceasefire.
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  3773. ​ @joachimfrank4134  The core to the problem is not land, it is neutrality, that is what caused the war. Ukraine was given independence on the understanding it would return the nukes to Russia and it would be neutral. Ukraine reneged on the second, it was incited by the US to fight Russia to join NATO. However, it is defeated and its chief inciter wants to withdraw. The victor sets the terms. Ukraine has to agree to neutrality if whatever remains wants to be independent. Otherwise there are no negotiations, and the war continues and Russia has to settle it by force.
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  3774.  @funnyman8656  I agree. But the fact is the EU and NATO refused to give Russia a security guarantee, it was against their pride. Then Russia did what it would warned to do. Having taken the stand that they cannot concede a security guarantee for Russia, the west continued instigating. The west flew into a rage, put sanctions thinking that would bring Russian economy down. They did not realise Russia can counter sanction on the energy, and squeeze Europe. Now, quietly EU and NATO are looking for an exit while pretending there is no loss of face. They want Ukraine to cede territory. Only one country in NATO, Turkey, has kept a neutral stand, and therefore they will be the key mediator, as Ukranians and Russians are able to talk to them. Russia will not want EU and NATO to be involved.
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  3775. I can see glum faces in the west, they were predicting and hoping that Ukraine would disrupt the parade. Notice how smarmy Lyse Docuet sounds, she is wondering if Russian phone lines were ringing in fear about arranging security ! She is clearly disappointed that Ukrainian threats did not scare Xi and others from coming, The Americans would have explained to Zelensky what Medvedev meant when he said Kiev would not see 10th May and what the enigmatic Putin meant by being glad that Ukraine did not need nuclear weapons ! Lyse Doucet feels that she had to surrender once more to Putin, and Ukraine could not do what she hoped. At the start of the SMO, she was reporting from Kiev, gushing about how the city felt so European (that is, Ukrainians are one of us). If she had ben sent to Kiev in 1970s Soviet times, she would have reported how grey and depressing Kiev was. The way she emphasized Ukrainians are European and so deserve sympathy was nauseating (that is, the Ukrainians are unlike Palestinians who deserve what they are getting, but these are Europeans, how can it happen to them, she was tearfully saying).
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  3776. This $ 64 billion is now the great hope of the west, but it will be last throw of the die before conceding defeat. Generally, the loser makes a lot of noise to mask his defeat. That is the state of the west now. The last great western hope was the 2023 counter offensive. It cost $ 200 billion and the result was worse than zero. The west threw all their game changers, but the Russians trashed all of them, and the Ukrainians were forced to back off and beg.
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  3777. Israelis are buying up property and setting up business in Greek Cyprus. They are moving in such numbers that some are suggesting that they will claim Greek Cyprus as another God Promised Land ! That is how they started in Palestine.
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  3778. Russian aims are not achieved says the interviewer. Is that true ? Russia has established that Ukraine will not join NATO. Zelensky understands it, the west also understands that it cannot place NATO missiles in Ukraine. So Russia's key objectives have been met - even if regime change was not achieved. Ukraine has lost more land - the strategic coastal areas. Russia will turn Ukraine into an unviable landlocked rump, that has to be dependent on EU aid. Russia can easily block any reconstruction efforts till Ukraine disarms and signs neutrality. It is a disaster to Ukraine and its backers.
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  3779. I did not realise that Navalny was a fascist. Like the Ukro Nazis in the Azov Batallion and Right Sector which the US backed to overthrow the Ukranian govt. in 2014.
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  3780. Do you see any sympathetic coverage for Palestinians like for Ukrainians on DW ?
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  3781.  @ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ  I know Yalta and Crimea. But I did not know what Zelensky said about Yalta's sandy beach. Thank you for informing. I know in Sept. 2022, after receiving the Himars and using them, in a flush of excitement, he said that he would capture Crimea by Dec. 2022, because 'that is where it started from, that is where it will end'. We shall see how far he gets by Dec. 2023.
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  3782.  @stevep9221  Russia will break everything and we know you cannot produce enough, so cut out the false bravado.
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  3783.  @GS-dz5kr  'He doesn't have to accept any terms set by Putin it's gonna be a negotiation.' Zelensky's handler, the US, will make him accept Sir Putin's terms !
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  3784. Indeed a picture of power from a man which your media said was dying of cancer months ago.
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  3785.  @harryv6147  Russia can afford to repair Ukraine, and since they still regard the Ukrainians as part of the Russian family, they feel an obligation to repair it. The US has an exploitative relationship with Ukraine - and even with Europe. A future US leader can walk away from Ukraine like they did from Afghanistan and Iraq. I agree with all you have written. It beats me why Europe and the UK are committing economic suicide, just to be with America.
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  3786.  @harryv6147  In the US, you have this group called neocons. No matter which Party is ruling, and despite all their failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, the necons find another project that brings war and money for them. Ukraine's 2014 coup was directed and funded by Victoria Nuland the Jewish neocon, wife of Robert Kagan, another neocon who was behind the Iraq War. She is back with Biden, she also predicted the Nordstream pipeline will be destroyed.
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  3787.  @harryv6147  The top 3 or 4 in Ukraine are Jewish - President Zelensky, PM Shymal, Defence Minister Reznikov are Jewish. Coincidence ? Victoria Nuland is indeed the culprit in Ukraine's predicament. France and Germany (Merkel and Sarkozy) had opposed Ukraine's induction in NATO in 2008, fearing it would lead to war. But Nuland twisted their arms. She was caught on tape saying 'f..k the EU'. The US is cynically exploitative of the Europeans as well. Nuland is no longer stationed in Kiev, but is back in the limelight in the Biden Administration. There is a video of her saying Nordstream will be ended. Ukraine has a strange concoction. You have Jews in top positions, but Ukrainian nationalism centres round Ukro Nazi groups like Azov Batallion and Right Sector. I don't know how all those engage with Jews. Three US agri companies (Cargill, Monstanto and DuPont) own 35% of the arable land in Ukraine. Then you have the US arms groups making a killing. The US has had this style of operation and control in many developing countries in Latin America, Philippines, Egypt, Pakistan etc. They bribe local politicians, give their children access to US, and then develop a class to serve the US. This continues till there is a revolution like in Iran. The US has done the same in Ukraine - bribe local politicians, overthrow of the elected government, and create the conditions for profiteering for American companies and politicians. But Russia got in the way.
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  3788. As if, it will make a difference ! A dozen Challenger tanks, with no spare parts and little ammunition. All these game changers the west sent has made no difference : more of Ukraine gets lost, and what remains is pulverised.
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  3789.  @jackvermont88 '....send me a link that Zelenskyy said about the rockets'. This was in the second or third month, I did not save it. I remember seeing it on a mainstream news channel. Ukraine's gamble of going with the US is lost now, no air defence or game-changer weapon can alter the outcome. Ukraine will not survive one day without US financial and military assistance. That financial assistance is under question. Some Republicans have stated that Ukraine cannot have a blank cheque. If this Kherson summer offensive does not start and show some results, and the Ukrainians are going to be without electricity, and the Russians will hit them hard in the winter, then western aid will dwindle. Already, there is an air of despondency in the western media; the tone is not exultant like it was when they hit the Kerch bridge. A war is fought on many fronts. Russia has won the economic warfare and your missile defence systems are irrelevant. Choke the funding for Ukraine and the rest will fall in place.
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  3790. You know about the European mentality. They have empathy for Ukranians because 'they are part of the European family' (Ursula von Leyen said this). But not for Afghan and Iraqi refugees created by western wars. You can see how Poles behaved. All their neo Nazis will come out. Sky News and other broadcasters told us Ukranians are like us, nearly civilised; Lyse Doucet from BBC gushed that Kiev is like any other European city. Europeans think they are special and entitled.
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  3791. India does not obey orders from the US. It is not like Britain, Estonia etc.... The west is not in any position to demand what India should do. Putin said there are only 4 independent countries - Russia, China, US and India. These countries act for their interest, and do not take orders from others, and do not allow military bases of other countries in their territory.
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  3792.  @samfox9008  What I write is understood by all, that is why you reply.
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  3793.  @samfox9008  I am clever, wish you were was well. Then you will be able to face the fact that the British ambassador was called by Russia and told your assets will be hit and you will face a nuclear strike. Cameron pulled down his tweet immediately ! Similarly, the French climbed down and sent someone to attend Putin's inauguration !
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  3794. You need to understand it means Russia still has the tactical nuclear weapon, and it has not used it - yet.
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  3795.  @MarkM001  You are already defeated and it is not winter yet. What is it you are going to do ? Can you spell it out ? Is NATO going to send troops to Ukraine to get back Crimea ? You will not dare !
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  3796.  @MarkM001  It is only a western democracy that used the nuclear weapon - twice. So why are you putting on supercilious airs ?
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  3797. He says Ukraine shot down 81 out of 93 missiles. But the power supply is destroyed. How ? I do not see the purpose or message of the video. Usually, one is a blind supporter of Ukraine and war, or you are a realist and know NATO expansion was folly and Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  3798. Europeans are avid supporters of Zelensky, they are unable to see he is just a pawn in the hands of the US. The Europeans themselves are pawns in the hands of the US. Those outside Europe can see this, but Ukranians and Europeans don't appear to have the intelligence.
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  3799.  @bricology  Is that the best you could write ?
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  3800. He panders to wishful western thinking : he offers you hope that Russia will be somehow defeated.
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  3801.  @Ikkeligeglad  He predicted Russian economy will go bust due to sanctions, he predicted Ukraine will recapture Crimea, he thinks Ukraine can keep Kursk. Anders is a first class joker. He is not predicting, he is fostering delusions because he has a preconceived notion that Ukraine is right and angelic.
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  3802. Only officer class is being killed ? Palestinians have goof targeting.
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  3803. The EU's behaviour holding a party for Ukraine to join the European family, is reminiscent of Hitler's bunkers in the last days as the Red Army approached. The Nazis in the Berlin bunkers were having wild parties to forget the reality.
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  3804. Ukraine did it and circulated an IS video. That is most likely.
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  3805. He is a foolish man, a comedian, driving his people to disaster with Russophobia, propped up by America. One has to be incredibly stupid not to know no westerner is going to go and die for Ukranians. He asking Europeans to prove they are Europeans. How ? Fight a nuclear war against Russia. The Europeans are also foolish to run their policies based on the emotional rant of a puppet. The puppet has become an emotional blackmailer demanding a no fly zone. Zelensky's only reasoning is 'I am European, just like you'. He has a vain sense of entitlement. To be 'a European like you' does not entitle him to get NATO to put missiles in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Then he is inviting a beating, and he will find the Europeans would not come to his aid as they will get a beating as well. Those are the facts of life.
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  3806. Zelensky said no more cities will fall after Lysychank. If Bakhmut falls, he should resign. Ukraine should surrender it and not make it another Maripol. Russia is unstoppable.
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  3807. Nukes did not fly. But massive air strikes are on just now. Shock therapy is being administered in Ukraine. They aint seen nothin yet. Russia can get the job done even without nukes. The intruders in Kursk are being hunted down, and Abrams tanks and what not have been made into wreckage. Zelensky is back to accusing the US and west of delaying arms.
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  3808.  @01p45  That was what I was thinking - when the Ukranians completely win, they will have Crimea, till then they will not sleep.
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  3809. European peace troops from France, Britain and Germany is not acceptable. Neither from Poland, or Scandinavia. Only Hungary and Turkey are acceptable.
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  3810. 'Russian don't have what it takes to out last Ukraine..viva Ukraine' Then why did the US veto Ukraine joining NATO and was not even to give a roadmap ?
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  3811.  @mastermariner490  Europe has also been doing hybrid war on Russia, it is just that Russia became better at it.
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  3812. Such is the humiliation Europe feels after their failed Ukrainian project, they seek consolation in weak Sweden !
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  3813.  @BooneyTune  Ukraine knew US bases in Ukraine will bring war. It agreed to fight a proxy war for the US. Hence, it is paying the price - Ukraine of 1991 is gone, more or all of it will go.
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  3814. Russia did not announce any summer offensive, what are you talking about ? They are only skirmishing.
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  3815. Blinken should also visit Azov and provide moral support.
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  3816. But he has got the collective west by the scruff of the throat and there is not much you can do.
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  3817. Yes, Hodges was surprisingly moderate and realistic. The gung ho invective was missing. Perhaps he realises the US's position is also precarious. It does not have the power and money that it once had. When you make too many enemies, they can also retaliate.
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  3818. Trump would be alright if he married her ! He likes bimbo types.
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  3819. That is the reason Russia should take back Odessa.
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  3820. What the EU does not get it is that Ukraine and Europe have no cards, Trump has some, and Russia has the strongest cards. All this talk about getting critical minerals from Ukraine depends on Russian permission. Russia may not agree, it may want them also. Much of the mining areas are in Donbass and that is part of Russia. Russia might agree to share with the US what left in the rump Ukraine. The dumb Europeans will not even get crumbs.
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  3821. The west is defeated and is resorting to empty rhetoric. Like holding Ukraine reconstruction conferences when 20% of Ukraine is part of Russia and Russia hammers the rest from the air. Like passing an arrest warrant for Putin, and claiming it will hold a war crimes trial. Other absurd statements include Germany saying it will build a tank factory in Ukraine for Ukranians to fight Russia ! Russia will use a nuke before Ukraine can join NATO. So don't push your luck. NATO knows that. And no, the US is not going to fight a nuclear war with Russia and have its cities incinerated for Ukraine to be in NATO. The west is high in emotional symbolism but low on capability. Their support is no more than in flying Ukrainian flags on their buildings. The world sees NATO, EU and US as weak and pathetic.
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  3822. They cannot replace the tanks because they have only 40 of them ! Now the great achievement is the claim that the crew survived (no evidence for it). As for the spiel that this is the first time a Challenger has been destroyed, it is because it is the first time it has been committed to face a contestant that has better technology.
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  3823. All this is payback for NATO expansion and encouraging Ukraine to war. Without this NATO expansion, the EU and Russia could have had a win-win situation. But western arrogance led them to believe they can have their cake and eat it.
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  3824. As if Baltics, Poland, Britain and France and other loudmouths are strong links.... None of them singly or collectively can fight Russia. All of them can vent frustration and Russophobia. But that is all.
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  3825.  @abodabalo  It is not Ukraine’s free choice to apply for membership. Under the conditions in which Ukraine became independent, it had to give up nukes and give an assurance to Russia that it would not join any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine's independence declaration said it would be neutral. Otherwise, Russia would not have given independence. Thus, Ukraine's sovereignty was never absolute in this regard. You are speaking like a simpleton. Either you are ignorant of the details above or you are wilfully duplicitous. After the 2014 coup organised by the US, in which Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part, Ukraine unilaterally changed its constitution to say NATO entry was a goal. The Ukro Nazi groups spread Russophobia thinking they had infinite American protection. Zelensky said if Russian Ukranians want links with Russia, they should go to Russia - the classic line of fascists. Even before Ukraine entered NATO, the US was training the Ukranian army in a centre near Lvov, to make them NATO-ready. Why ? Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan even though it was not in NATO yet. It was helping Americans kill Afghans who had done no harm to Ukraine. So now when Ukrainians get killed, in the non-west, many would say 'let them get a taste of what they did in Afghanistan'. Zelensky said Israel is the victim and the Palestinians are the aggressors. Hence, Zelensky has no credibility outside the west. As Ukraine unilaterally reneged on its commitment on neutrality given to Russia at independence, and planned to enter into NATO and allow the US to threaten Russia, Russia has every right to annul Ukraine's independence and take it back so it does not bring in America to threaten Russia. Ukraine has blown its chance to be an independent state due to American interference and machinations, and the Ukranians' penchant for Nazi style nationalism. The eastern part and the coastal regions are gone, and Russia will make the part that is left an unviable, failed state, where reconstruction is not possible. If the remainder of Ukraine wants to survive, it will have to go back to neutrality AND agree to lose more land. Russia will not agree to anything less now. Such is the price for following Zelensky, Ukro Nazis and America.
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  3826. Alex is right that the US and the UK are actively involved in driving Ukraine to suicide. Besides them, the Jews are involved. Zelensky, Zalushny (former general), Shyamal (PM of Ukraine) are Jews. Victoria Nuland who instigated the coup in Ukraine in 2014 is a neocon Jew (her husband was the notorious neocon Jew, Robert Kagan, who pushed for the Iraq invasion). Blinken was a Jew and he was pushing the war and strumming the guitar in a Kievan nightclub. The Jewish role in all these wars needs to be studied. Why are so many Jews involved ? Zelensky's mentor was Ihor Kolomovsky, a Ukrainian Jew and oligarch. He was indicted for financial fraud in the US, but he got a safe passage to Israel. I suspect that Zelensky will end up in Israel (if he is not killed by the Ukro Nazis). Netanyahu will need Zelensky for his wars.
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  3827.  @lsmith6036  Not noble, he was foolish.
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  3828.  @rowredround7206  Are you able to propose a better solution than surrender ?
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  3829.  @stanfarshtei1291  The actual transfer of the nukes may have taken time, but giving up nukes was a condition for independence.
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  3830. More such issues and European divisions will appear as Ukraine heads for defeat and the US gets ready to abandon Ukraine, leaving the Europeans to foot the bill and face the fall out.
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  3831. Amusing to see these 4 jokers debating about negotiations to freeze the conflict, on the formula that Russia keeps what is taken and agrees to let the remainder join NATO. Putin has already said that he is not going to negotiate just because the west has run out of weapons !
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  3832.  @Akenfelds1  What will be the implications for Americans AND Australians ? Can you spell it out ?
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  3833.  @bhaktonkapapa9150  Was it not Hindu mobs ?
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  3834. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, the Potsdam conference was held to determine the fate of Germany and fix Europe's borders. The Big Three were there. de Gaulle sought a seat at the table as he thought France was entitled as a great power. Truman and Atlee were ready to give France a seat. But the redoubtable Stalin did not allow de Gaulle to attend ! He asked what was French contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany ? Vichy France collaborated with the Nazis. In the last days of the war, as the Red Army entered Berlin, the French Charlemagne Brigade (who were part of the Waffen SS) fought against the Red Army for saving Hitler. Such are the French. The Russians know their character. The Africans despise them, the Algerians and Muslims despise them, even the British look down on them !
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  3835.  @duartesimoes508  Take it from me, NATO would not mess with Russia. If they thought for one moment they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. On the one side, the leader is the most cowardly nation, who does not want to die; and its 30 allies are weak chicken that cluck and run aimlessly and execute Brownian motion out of fear.
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  3836. Only a week ago, Ukraine and its handlers were saying Ukraine was on the way to getting back Crimea by next week. But more land on the way to Crimea has become Mother Russia !
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  3837. Now the western media has lost its feeling of winning. It talks about Ukranians being in a dire situation. The US has brought disaster to Ukraine and Europe by reckless NATO expansion.
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  3838.  @Atrail_Mckinley4786  What has surfaced is Ukraine is losing and NATO cannot stop it. Get it ?
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  3839. 10 point peace plan of Zelensky - it is a non-starter. He is asking Russia to surrender, It won't happen. Russia does not want negotiations. Why is that surprising ? Russia has all the cards for the long game. It has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck and will turn it into a wasteland if Ukraine hankers after NATO membership.
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  3840. From what I hear from this gentleman, Sir Putin is awesome, unyielding and clever, and knows how to run the west in circles.
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  3841. Under Modi, India has made enemies with Sinic and Islamic civilisation. It is a product of Hindu threats to others. Then it is a pathetic cover to say India is afraid that Sinic civilisation will join Islamic against India ! If India is incapable, why bring in the west to save you ?
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  3842.  @sharons9098  Lately, Modi's India has been preening itself as a global powder. In the last two skirmishes, I would say China and Pakistan won. China took land and India did not murmur. Pakistan shot down a plane and captured a pilot. Thanks to Imran Khan, you got the pilot back. You think you can face two front war against China and Pakistan win ? You think west will step in save India's skin ? I don't think so. India has neither the capability to fight on two fronts and the west is not going to come to India's rescue. Instead of showing off that you are a global power, recognise you are in the third world, and work to build your country like China, Japan etc.
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  3843. NATO is run by the US, and small and useless countries like Netherlands are put as the front piece. So Rutte will be like Stoltenberg, that is stolid and useless, mouthing what the US says.
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  3844. Putin is weaponsing gas and food ? The west is weaponising the dollar and euro to strangle the Russian economy, and threatening neutrals with sanctions. That is why west does not have credibility and the non-west is neutral or supports Russia.
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  3845.  @livewyr7227  'Imagine how Russia fairs if Ukraine were given and allowed to use Tomahawks and Exocets against Moscow.' You remember Putin said if you target Russia or send troops to Ukraine or put no fly zone, you will see consequences that you have not faced before. Biden understood what that meant. Putin has said he does not bluff. There is nothing you can do if Russia decides to level Ukraine. No point inciting Ukraine and the crying when the retaliation comes.
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  3846.  @TheGruntski  Trump has said Ukraine will be delivered a message sooner than later and Trump cannot stop it.
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  3847.  @eureka1251  Crimea and Donbass were originally Russian from Catherine the Great's time. These were attached to Ukraine by Lenin during formation of the Soviet Union. In 1991, when Ukraine was given independence, Russia let these Russian areas go as a gesture of goodwill. However, by 2014 the Ukrainians starting misbehaving with Russians. Hence, Russia took Crimea and Donbass back. These are not returning to Ukraine, so it is not a matter of myself really thinking that Ukraine should give Crimea and other currently occupied territory to Russia, it is a matter of the reality. And if Ukraine continues misbehaving, more will go. Odessa belongs to Russia, it was also built by Catherine the Great.
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  3848.  @youareliedtobythemedia  Let us stay with the present time. Crimea and Donbas are with Russia. What you going to do ?
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  3849.  @youareliedtobythemedia  'russia doesn't even control the whole donbas' Well, Ukraine certainly does not control Donbas - or even its power stations, or the Black Sea shipping lanes. Ukraine can only ship wheat from Odessa, but that is with Russian permission. Ukraine cannot join NATO, Russia will not allow it. So what is your point on what Russia controls ?
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  3850. Nielsen wants to say the Russian pace in summer would be like advancing on foot. They are getting ready to take Chasov Yar. Nielsen is desperately trying to put on a brave face for a lost cause.
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  3851. Shows Ukraine's goose is cooked. Defeat is the writing on the wall. Why would anyone want to go and get slaughtered as a proxy for the US, which will abandon them after the elections ?
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  3852.  @tommygun5038  'They're just bleeding the Russians in a stalling maneuver.' That is your last great hope as defeat stares. You think that the Ukranians have not been bled defending Bakhmut ?
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  3853. The west wants to talk to Russia because they are starting to realise Ukraine is a liability and the west has a lot to lose. False pride had to be swallowed. But why should Russia agree to negotiations with people who put sanctions ?
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  3854. Now you have a Lesser Ukraine from 1992. 20% has returned to Mother Russia. More will return. The epitaph for a failed nation should be Ukraine 1992-2022 RIP.
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  3855. ​ @roghider319 Soviets went. Warsaw pact went. Russia existed, there was a good window of opportunity for Europe to build good relations and wind down NATO. But Americans saw it is an opportunity to sell arms (Lockheed lobbied US politicians to expand NATO). The Europeans went along. So now you have to pay the price. Russia drew a line, fought NATO's proxy and defeated you, now you are quivering with fear about whether they will come after you. It is entirely your folly.
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  3856. He did not say he will intiate a war against NATO, he only said Russia is prepared because certain NATO countries were talking of sending Polish troops to Ukraine, in which case he is ready to smash Poland.
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  3857. You thieves will do it - only once. The damage to Ukraine is over $ 1 trillion. And mounting. You can buy arms for Ukraine, but the production cannot keep up, and the momentum is lost. Defeat cannot be reversed after a defeat.
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  3858. The west is defeated, every now and then they make some statement of intent to salvage their pride, there is euphoria for some time, but they find Russia is stronger than the combined west. A paper tiger can fight a real bear only in rhetoric !
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  3859. Nice photography.
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  3860. The French leaders do not know that to spend money for US's war in Ukraine has to come at the expense of its own people.
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  3861. Zelensky is stuck with his negotiating position - like he is stuck with his dress. He cannot go back in his pose.
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  3862. Western people are talking as if Ukraine is going to launch something like the Red Army's Operation Bagration, where the German Nazi lines were punctured at a place along a 1000 km front. That was possible because the Soviet Union had the manpower, the will power, the tanks and rockets to keep the momentum and advance, after puncturing the front. Ukraine (even if it breached the Russian line somewhere along the 1000 km frontline) does not have the manpower and continuous supply of equipment to keep up the momentum. They are critically short of manpower even at the start. They need 3x the defending side, and the arms have to come from the west. The west was scraping the barrel for shells. If the Ukrainians spread the attacks along the 1000 km. line, they will be inconsequential. If the Ukranians mass their forces on one place, the Russians will spot and target them from the air. One can rule out an offensive to recapture Bakhmut. It is most likely around Zaporhizia with the aim of cutting off the Crimea. The Russians will be prepared for that. The situation is bleak for the Ukranians, as its western handlers are putting pressure on Ukraine to commit suicide. The US wants a high profile return on its investment - or the aid will be cut. So much for Biden's assurance that Ukraine will be supported for however long it takes. Ukraine has no sovereignty to decide what is best for it. That is what happens when you sell yourself and became a vassal. Ukraine's fair weather friends will leave it when they say Ukraine is a loss centre rather than a profit centre for them. Anyway, the Ukranian has announce it will start latest by a week.
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  3863.  @boxtradums0073  'UK-Canada-Austrialia-NZ' are irrelevant. You want trade between kinsmen separated by a large distance. Grow up. You will have to stop being a vassal of the US, and build relations with China, Russia, BRICS - that is where the growth will be. Get real.
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  3864. It is clear that Russia has ended the western 'rules based international order' for good. It is the system that the west built for others to obey while they could flout, insult, and invade others, for regime change and robbing resources, while passing their invasions off as for a higher purpose. The ramifications of end of this western order is what Boris Johnson sensed and feared when he declared 'Putin should not be allowed to win'. The role of Britain and other western countries in framing this order is over.
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  3865. Has Russia announced an offensive ? It is good that the newscaster now says Ukraine is on the back foot. Slowly the western public is being prepared for defeat. No more talk of Ukraine capturing Crimea by Dec 2022. The war is lost in the east and the south. It remians to be seen what Russia has in store for central Ukraine and Kiev. Norway is sending 8 tanks - as if that is going to make any difference. Just like the Himars. The westerners are jokers like the comedian they adopted as a saint.
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  3866. CNN is admitting for the first time that the Russians are winning. The Russians are blocking drones and GPS. The west was convinced of its technical superiority. The west thought the US's performance against weaker opponents would work against Russia. But surprise, surprise, the Russians have been at the forefront of military technology and they are defeating the west. What does Schmidt mean 'the Russian side has dug themselves in a horrific way' ? Why is it horrific ? Do you expect them to make it easy for Ukraine to counter attack ? Schmidt moralises like all duplicitous Americans. He says the lesson of the war is that no country should launch a land war, and everyone should respect national sovereignty. Will he ask his govt. to give up regime change programmes like invading Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam etc. ? And give up the idea of going to far off places to make bases to threaten neighbouring nations ? Like the US did in Ukraine; and is doing in Taiwan. Schmidt concludes the Russians are in this to win - why not ? We were told the Russians had low morale. Read between the lines, and it is clear Russia has defeated the west. Russia will beat off the Ukranian counter offensive and move forward. They know Ukraine is running out of men, and the west does not have the ammo. The Russians are not interested in a frozen conflict. Schmidt's prescription for Ukraine to mass manufacture drones is for after the war. After the war, Russia will see that Ukraine is demilitarised and has no armament production factories. As for Zakaria, he used to mock the capability of Russian armaments and revel in the superiority of western militaries. Not any more. He is in awe of the artillery shells and drones Russia produces.
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  3867.  @daviddevan2812  The Ukro Nazis were captured in Azovstahl. They had Nazi tattoos. They will be put on trial. Some of them are still in the Ukrainian govt.. Russia is working to de-Nazify Ukraine.
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  3868. They are going back to where they came from.
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  3869. There is no question of the Ukrainian counter offensive still succeeding. That is the BBC's way of saying 'Is Ukraine and the west being defeated ?' The US conceded defeat when it agreed in Vilnius to Russia's core demand, when it vetoed Ukraine joining NATO. That means the US is reconciled to the fact that Ukraine cannot win. Hence, the US knows Ukraine is a loss centre, so it is preparing to cut its losses. Zelensky was told to be grateful and shut up. Wallace told Zelensky that NATO was not a free Amazon service ! The rest of the weaklings in NATO have no say, they will do what the US says.
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  3870. Foreign nationals should not go to occupied lands.
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  3871. The western hysteria is pathetic. In this video, one commentator talks about Putin's psychological state, his isolation, hand tremors etc. They have been saying such things from the beginning to derive comfort and deflect from the west's own culpability and cowardice. Other gossip talk about Putin's secret children with a gymnast. The Austrian Chancellor recently visited Putin and when asked about these, he said he saw no signs of these, Putin was as sharp and demanding as ever. Putin tests Sarmat and the west is seeking comfort in his hand tremors. Even if he has Parkinson, it does not affect the mind. But if you have no minds, as much of the west, then you will cluck like hens.
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  3872. According to the western press, Scholz rang to tell Putin his war is unprovoked and Russia should withdraw from all including Crimea, to start negotiations. Putin should surrender for negotiations ! The west is lost and is in disarray. Neither US nor Germany have the money or the arms to fund Ukraine. After Ukraine walked away from the settlement reached in Turkey, Putin had said that next time negotiations will be on Russia's terms. Those terms are : Ukraine has to cede land (punishment for ganging up with the west to fight Russia) AND not be in NATO. Otherwise, Russia continues.
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  3873. The EU said it would shop for shells and supply Ukraine, but they could not find enough. The EU got into a situation created by the US, it went along with the US.
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  3874. Note how she still tries to put on a positive spin in this losing situation : she starts with Ukraine's surprising incursion into Kursk.... This is how news is inflected, by choice of words and positioning of items. Kursk was incited by your people only, but now you are realising its surprising effect. Now you will distance yourself from Kursk and say Americans and British did not know about it, it was a complete surprise to you.
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  3875. NATO have watched the incompetence of the Russian forces involving logistics, strategy and professionalism - so why does not NATO send troops to Ukraine ? Ukraine is begging for it.
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  3876.  @deceivedREALITY999  France and UK are once-upon-a-time countries. France got kicked out of Niger and the people were holding Russian flags. Britain collided two of its navy ships in Bahrain, and when it sent a Challenger to the battlefield, it was taken out.
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  3877.  @warriorqueen9792  The war is already won by the Russians, so no point wishing for air defences which you do not have to give away. Ukraine cannot retrieve the land it has lost and the US has decided Ukraine cannot be in NATO. In fact, the US is planning to drop Ukraine. So the west is talking about negotiations. The Russians will only accept negotiations on their terms.
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  3878. Well Madeline Albright inflicted collective punishment on the people of Iraq with sanctions, so why are you so sanctimonious ? The US has shown the lowest moral, criminal, and evil actions,that is why the rest of the world does not listen to you.
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  3879.  @OutragedPufferfish  Margarita, you did not understand. I was being sarcastic about the Europeans. Someone else asked if I was joking.
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  3880.  @RainerMichelle  So Ukraine and EU are saving each other because both are rich in energy. When Russia disconnected the Zaphorizhia plant from the Ukrainian grid, Ukraine lost 20% of its electricity, and I understand from you Europe will replace this. Then why is Ukraine angrily shelling the Russians at the plant and threatening a nuclear disaster ?
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  3881. Did the stupid lady narrator say 'phallic weapons of war' ? Would she say the same about western weapons ?
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  3882.  @eile4219  The US has no problem blowing up Nord Stream and blocking Germany and EU from Russian gas, while growing its own LPG and forcing Germany to buy its LPG at 4x the price.
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  3883. 'and let them fall and deal with the worldwide consequences ' What would be the worldwide consequences ? Nothing.
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  3884. And the west said Bakhmut has no strategic or military value.
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  3885.  @carlosr944  A key condition and understanding under which Ukraine got independence was that it would be a neutral country and not join any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine has sneakily reneged on that, and so Russia has the right to take appropriate action to counter act the security threat the US poses through Ukraine. Russia cannot wait till the US has missile and naval bases in Ukraine, because it will be much harder to remove them; it would require a nuclear war. Why don't you ask why the US wanted to expand NATO to Ukraine when it was warned already in the 1990s by US experts like George Kennan, Mearsheimer etc. that it would lead to war ?
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  3886. Is that the best you could write ? You must be stung by Russia's defeat of the collective west.
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  3887.  @AndriyHavryliv  You are immature. There is no correct English spelling, it is a transliteration of another language. Kiev was the original English spelling, why should it be changed ? Ukraine is pronounced Oohkraine by Ukranians and Russians - why don't you change the spelling if that ? By changing its name, you think you will change the outcome of the war ? The war is lost for the west in the east and the south already. Bakhmut will fall, and the Russians will go after Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. No western tanks will make any difference. It will be like the Himars.
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  3888. Lloyd Austin's pronouncements on Ukraine's capability to take Kherson did not sounding convincing in tone or body language ! He was reciting the required western script.
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  3889. He says the Ukranian advance is not a breakthrough, it is incremental, but in the context of this war, it suggests the offensive is going their way ! Does it sound he is trying very hard to talk up Ukraine's prospects, to save the west's face ?
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  3890. The only consolation the west has is to harp on about a supposed asymmetry in the relationship, and claim Russia is under China's thumb. It is all wishful thinking.
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  3891. Here is a simple exposure to India for you. India is currently ruled by a Hindu party that has Nazi views on nationality, inclusive of exterminating minorities - Sikhs, Muslims, Christians and 'low caste' Hindus.
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  3892.  @jenniferconroy4517  EU does not work with America, you are subordinates, all of you. Working together, the US blew up the Nordstream, and Germany and Sweden did not have the guts to say who did it.
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  3893. You are writing all this without the offensive having started. Zelensky himself is unusually cautious, because he knows there is a high risk the Ukranians will get massacred.
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  3894.  @krakhedd  Zelensky normally shoots off his mouth and says he is going to conquer Crimea. Now he is cautious because he mounted 2 or 3 attacks on Kherson already and Ukraine suffered very heavy casualties. So he knows even heavier casualties and a massacre of Ukarnians is coming his way and this is the last throw of the die. But the Americans are pushing him to go forward. The Russians have evacuated the civilian population who now have Russian nationality and it shows they care for the people. Then when the fight come, the soldiers are unimpeded. There was a problem that militarily it is difficult to defend across the west bank of the Dnieper, especially as there is danger that the Ukranians could break the dam and flood soldiers and trap them. But the east bank can be defended. They can draw the Ukranians into Kherson and kill them. They can also break the dam. And at the same time, the Russians can unleash a missile barrage and finish off Ukraine's power grid. That is the reason Zelensky is not boasting pompously as he normally does. He sounds worried, it sounds like he does not want to attempt going into Kherson city as he feels it will be a trap, but the Americans and west are pushing him like you are, based on emotions. As for one step into Crimea, Putin will use a tactical nuclear bomb on Kiev - that is sure. The west will have a month or so to project Ukraine and then we shall see.
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  3895. Ukraine has failed with its counteroffensive, Russia will let Ukraine impale itself for some more time as it did in Bakhmut, then Russia will continue advancing further deep in Ukraine taking more and more land.
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  3896. China should leave Taiwan, and take Australia ! Make this pompous joker shut up. If you are not strong enough, why do you want to fight ?
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  3897. Zelensky said 4 months ago that Russia has shell for 3 more days.
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  3898. The American-supported Ukranian govt. will go the same way as the American supported South Vietnamese and Afghanistan governments. For a while the US will back them, and such implanted governments will believe they are playing a very important role in the world. The Ukrainian govt. thus says it is fighting for democracy and the free world etc., and the westerners adore them. But eventually, the US negotiated a settlement with North Vietnam and the Taliban (without consulting its implanted governments). The same thing will happen to Ukraine. Russia is not going to back down, and the Ukrainian govt. cannot survive one day without US support - just like the South Vietnamese government and the Afghan government. The US cannot afford to give a blank cheque forever to Ukraine, someone will object, then the US will negotiate with Russia and ignore Zelensky. As for the Europeans, they are doormats, the US will not consult them when it is time to cut and run in Ukraine. Russia knows all this. The Ukranians are too foolish to realise - they have brawn and no brains.
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  3899. Now the BBC is airing the Russian narrative and talking Russian terms !
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  3900. Western society is blinded by various hatreds. Yesterday it was Islamophobia. Today is Russophobia. Tomorrow Sinophobia.
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  3901. You can hope against evidence.
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  3902.  @phuckyu3383  Indeed, Putin will not take the bait immediately. He will not let go either. He will prepare and wait for the right time to pounce. Russia plays the long game. His way of dealing with the west is 'you hit me once, I shall hit you twice'.
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  3903.  @robertscott961  That is what Ukraine thought as well - should have known better, they are similar people.
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  3904.  @michaelsrensen3398  The bear has taken 20% of Ukraine and does not want to stop. Even the Swedes and Finns are quaking.
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  3905.  @michaelsrensen3398  Sweden and Finland are quaking even before anything happened to them ! So much so, they ran to NATO like headless chicken. But Turkey blocked the way. They are pathetic countries of little consequence, just like Lithuania.
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  3906.  @redbear1935  Switzerland had two war mongering powers on its borders, France and Germany, but managed to survive even WW 2 without invasion by two principles (1) keep neutrality and not join any military alliance (2) avoid discrimination in a tri-ethnic country having German, French and Italian speakers, and keep all three languages in the govt... Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland etc. have flouted these principles for survival for small countries. They want to join a military alliance which targets one powerful country and having done so, they go out of their way to be provocative to show off their independence. They mistreat and discriminate against Russian language speakers, inviting foreign intervention. Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland etc. can learn from the Swiss. Russia gave independence, it is once in liefetime chance, these countries are squandering it. If these countries had intellect, they would try to have relations with EU and Russia, and have best of both worlds. But the US has used its money power and made them think 'be with us, and against Russia'. If they continue provoking Russia, eventually Russia will want to reclaim these.
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  3907.  @tclanjtopsom4846  the special military operation started on 26 Feb. 2022. After firing the Himars on the bridge, Zelenksy announced optimistically in Sept. 2022 that by Dec. 2022, Ukraine will retake Crimea. He did not see what was coming for the strike on the bridge - the Russians took out the power grid. Ukraine was kept busy for the next 4 months looking for electricity and water, and the Wagner musicians hammered them in Bakhmut, while Russia took time out to fortify Donbass.
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  3908.  @johnkeane320  Putin did not make any statement about 3 day war, Gen. Milley made that statement as an expectation. Putin does not give dates, he is astute, he only says what are Russia's objectives : no NATO bases in Ukraine, demilitarisation of Ukraine, and de Nazification.
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  3909.  @mingmuyiyang8615  No Hindu will answer you. All the 'Indians' on this message board will be high caste Hindus only, most of them sitting in America. Hindus are good only as mob fighters against minorities. Modi is an uneducated Hindu type, he himself came to power through mob violence against minorities, but the Hindus and their press extol him as a superman. In the Indian army, the British noted there were only a few martial types - Sikhs, Gurkhas and Muslims.
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  3910. Ukraine asked for a ''no fly zone'. So when are you providing that ?
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  3911.  @shane5898  You don't have the guts to fight Russia. You fight with proxies like Ukraine - and now you hope Poland. You try taking a bit of Russia, it will incinerate US cities. Putin has said you will face consequences you have not faced before.
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  3912.  @shane5898  Russia has already stationed its nuclear weapons in Belarus to check your dreams. Putin has told Poland that one step into Belarus will be a like a step into Russia, and will invite a nuclear strike on Poland. Even the Poles are not that suicidal. They know the Americans cannot help after a nuclear strike as they will want to save their own skins. Get real, Russia is just too powerful. That is why the US does not dare fight it directly.
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  3913.  @seabiscuit726142  'Now they're running out of electronic parts so can't keep up anymore'. Good try. In March, Ukraine said that they found Russian missiles were wired with chips from washing machines. So Russia had already run out of electronic parts. But they are keeping up the battering of Ukraine's power grid somehow. Would you care to engage your brain and say how they are managing this ?
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  3914.  @SmilingNinja  Russia is not leaving Ukraine again, to let NATO in. That there is nothing to negotiate.
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  3915.  @koskok2965  There will be no influx of NATO troops into Ukraine. No one in NATO is willing to die.
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  3916. Trump should ask his surrogate Zelensky to order a surrender.
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  3917. The speech is a disappointing mixture of sour grapes and bravado. Boris says he has many achievements, but he cannot hide his bitterness about being pushed out, because 'it became a relay race, the rules were changed, never mind that now' ! He could not miss out Ukraine - even though it is a disaster ! He thinks his support may have changed the course of the war. It did. Ukraine is going to be truncated, and Europe is going to be de-industrialised. It is said that he was influential in blocking Ukraine from negotiating and he instigated Ukraine into the ill fated Kherson offensive. Boris wanted to be Churchill himself, but he found one in Zelensky ! Europe's energy crisis is due not due to Putin, but due to US and NATO. Boris has been an enthusiast for the US. Even as Boris departs, badmouthing Putin is the main obsession. Boris obviously feels puny, and he is enraged that Putin will be sniggering at him ! Putin gave the best assessment of Boris : he said if Boris took off his shirt (to be macho like Putin), it will be an ugly sight, and he should take exercise and drink and party less !
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  3918. You are a numskull. 20% of Palestinians are Christian. Palestine is the cradle of Christianity. Why don't you care for them and tell Judas not to murder Christ ? Do you know what is Christianity ? It is dead in the US, but it is alive in Palestine. That is why you don't even know the contradiction in what you wrote 'I am grateful that the United States was made a strong country by God to protect the country of Israel and Christian majority countries.'
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  3919. The west is saying all this to cover up their defeat.
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  3920. Putin's war which Zelensky could have avoided if he had used his intellect and agreed to neutrality. He is agreeing to it now, after having his country destroyed.
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  3921. You talk as if Ukraine will exist, and somebody will rebuild it. Part of Ukraine will be in Russia.. The Ukraine that is left will be like ruins like Libya or Iraq, and the west will abandon them as no one has the money it rebuild Ukraine. Russia will rebuild the part it has taken, because it is part of Russia. All of Ukraine's industries will be destroyed and Russia will make sure its defence industries are destroyed.
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  3922.  @Rylus571  None of your wishful thinking will occur because Russia is not going to hand over Ukraine intact for the west to reconstruct and put in NATO. The war was caused by attempted NATO expansion into Ukraine. Russia did not spill its blood to give you the chance to get back into Ukraine. Get real. Ukraine will be wrecked like Afghanistan.
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  3923. If you see SkyNews from 13 days ago, the title is the Ukranian army scents victory ! They were talking about retaking Crimea. A few drone strikes later and all that swagger is gone. The Ukrainians appear to be shaken by the hits on the power stations. They are now blabbering for more air defence systems. The western media coverage is to find an isolated apartment building that got gutted and claim the Russians missed all their targets. This Gulliver chap interviews some Ukranian malcontents. At the same time, the media says the power infra structure is down, although Russia does not have accurate missiles and they have run out of them. One can see the western media's wishful projections about impending Russian defeat. Inside, they are all burning as Russia has chewed up their international order and strangled their economies, and made NATO look like all mouth and no trousers.
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  3924.  @normanberg9940  You grasp it, but many in the west think that Ukraine is going to spring a reversal due to Himars. Macron said the west should not humiliate Putin. If you look at the turn of events, where Russia has got Ukraine and the EU by the scruff of the neck, we have to ask Putin not to humiliate the west !
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  3925.  @joshuap9580  Yes, I know that nations of the western alliance would like russia out of the territory of ukraine. But do they have the ability to achieve that ? I don't think so.
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  3926.  @eatsleeptrainrepeat7906  You must be a NATO fanboy, Why don't you step up and send troops to Ukraine, want to see you fight and what casualties you have.
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  3927.  @lawts1240  Your media is the one making the claim on body counts, it is bogus till they provide evidence. Did they pop over and make the body counts ?
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  3928.  @Peter-q8v6v  True culture ? Italians are bigger criminals - like mafia and Al Capone. And Mussolini.
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  3929. In a Palestinian-Israeli shooting exchange, Zelensky said Palestine is the a aggressor and Israel is the innocent party. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to please the US, so no sympathy for these people. They are duplicitous.
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  3930.  @JimCOsd55  Learn logic. If Russia is weak as your type claims, you should disband NATO, and you can save the 2% for education and health. But Russia is strong and that is why Sweden and Finland want to join. The chicken need protection out of the fear the cute Polar Bear might devour them. However, the Polar Bear only attacks if you attack it. NATO is irrelevant and incompetent regardless of whether the EU spends 2% or not, and regardless of whether more chicken like Sweden and Finland join. None of them combined can match Russia. The US controls NATO. The command structure of NATO is with the US and NATO is only a tool for US hegemony. If the US orders, NATO members will have to go to Afghanistan. And if the US wants to leave Kabul, it does not bother to tell others. Likewise, the US decided Ukraine will not join NATO. No one else has a say.
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  3931. They could not get back Crimea, Mariupol is gone for good. It was a mistake to make Ukraine independent.
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  3932. What is this fellow talking about ? Peter the Great was one of the architects of the former Soviet Union ?!!!
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  3933.  @IIIuxep  They will be wagging their tail to Trump and Putin !
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  3934.  @michealnagy5763  Don't put on sanctimonious airs. The US staged the coup in Ukraine in 2014 in order to get missile and naval bases. Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the Euromaidan celebrating the coup which brought a pro-US govt. to power. What were they doing with the crowds ? But now that Russia has thwarted the possibility of US bases in Ukraine, and you know you cannot defeat Russia, you want to walk out - and blame the Europeans are not spending on their war. The Europeans and Ukrainians are to be blamed for pimping for the US, and one can say they deserve what they get for ganging up with the US against Russia. But you are the source of the problem.
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  3935. Klitschko is being provocative : he says success of Ukraine means end of Russia. Does he believe Russia will allow itself to be ended by Ukraine and NATO ? It will first nuke Ukraine and hold the nuclear sword on NATO cities to prevent them for doing anything. We know everyone in NATO is unwilling to die for Ukraine. Klitscko should be condemned for talking about 'ending Russia'. He is hastening Russia to decide to end Ukraine with a nuclear strike. It has the capacity to do so. Ukraine and its supporters should know that. Just as Japan was forced to unconditional surrender, Ukraine will be forced into it.
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  3936. 'England and France have great plans to win against Russia and the only thing they need are Polish soldiers - I hope that the Poles will not be fooled this time' That is indeed the plan. British MP Tobias Ellwood had floated in 2023 an idea of a 'coalition of the willing'. Asked who would compose it, he said British, French, US - and Poles ! Poles would provide the bodies, the other three the minds. The Poles will be fooled this time also, they are emotional people without reasoning capacity. 'Roosevelt and Churchill decided that Poland should be in the communist bloc behind the Iron Curtain.' They had no choice, the Soviet Union and Stalin were too powerful, the Red Army had destroyed 80% of the German armies, and it had driven the Germans out of Poland. It was the Red Army that liberated Auschwitz. If it was left to Germany, there would be no Poland; and if they had relied on the British, they would have been waiting a long time. Roosevelt/Truman and Churchill/Atlee had no choice but to accept Stalin's demands. At least, the Soviets left a Poland, the one that exists today. Putin reminded the Poles that modern Poland is a gift of Stalin. In an interesting twist, the Pole Konstantin Rokossovsky was one of the Red Army's famous generals who took part in Operation Bagration which stormed the German lines and started the drive to Berlin. After the war, Rokossovsky was made Defence Minister - of Poland ! Th founder of the KGB was the Pole Felix Dzherzhinsky.
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  3937.  @NickSchouten-m3z  Last week he said, his victory plan would end the war after the conquest of Moscow.
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  3938. 'Putin haemorrhages troops in disastrous Donbas campaign' If Times Radio is right, why are all the comments from Ukraine's supporters below complaining the west has not done enough, it has stopped paying attention to Ukraine, the west should give all it has etc. ? Reading the comments it is clear that even the ardent supporters of the Ukro Nazis believe all is lost for Ukraine, yet Times Now pretends Putin is losing !
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  3939. The US invented solar panel cell technology. The Chinese became the world's supplier of solar cells. The US now does not believe in global warming, so hope Trump does not tariff solar panels as he is going to concentrate on oil.
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  3940.  @gaborrajnai6213  You respect your contracts ? Duplicitous fellow, seizing someone else's money deposited in your bank, is robbery. It undermines the banking system which is based on trust. You want to pay Russia in euros according to the contract, when you have made your currency useless to Russia. Then it means Russia should supply gas to you for worthless money. You deserve a beating for suggesting it. Russia should close all the gas taps this winter till you return Russia's money.
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  3941.  @BeaverZer0  So far Russia has avoided, but at the same time NATO preventing transport of goods to Kaliningrad is equal to preventing of goods within Russian mainland, which is equal to an invasion of Russia. If the EU/NATO did that, Russia has to attack, it has no choice. NATO has been irresponsible and Ukraine and the EU is paying the price. They continue with their unintelligent and irresponsible behavior.
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  3942. The deadline will come and go. If Trump wants to make it his war, he cannot blame Biden.
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  3943.  @finn3102  EU tax payers are going to be hurting for the next 10 year over this. But they have been told to accept it as a very small sacrifice, as Ukraine is making the supreme sacrifice to save western civilisation. In any case, don't question the wisdom of European leaders who agreed to be vassals to the US, and allow NATO expansion.
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  3944.  @luciussander8217  If my comment was clueless, and you are so clued, why don't you write a refutation ?
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  3945.  @electronicfarts5105  After drinking vodka, the Russian soldier will be even more ferocious ! The German Nazis found that and the Ukro Nazis are experiencing it now.
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  3946.  @electronicfarts5105  Weak reply. But it is good you are scared of them. The Germans were scared of the Red Army as the tide changed.
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  3947.  @electronicfarts5105  Then why are you beating your chest about Bakhmut and Russian offensive when the Russians have not said anything ? NATO is weak. It dares not send troops to Ukraine because it is afraid of getting killed. Those who are afraid of getting killed cannot defeat Russia.
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  3948. When will Ukraine learn not to listen to the west ?
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  3949.  @MAXlMUS  Zelensky is deluded - he believes that Ukranians are holding Soledar. He has a problem as he said after fall of Severodonetsk there will be no more Ukro cities that will fall.
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  3950. The FM made many gaffes. She thought Ukraine was on the Baltic Sea. And thought Rostov is in Ukraine. Sergei Lavrov and Maria Zakharova laughed at the ignorance of the FM of a major country.
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  3951. And after the US said after the reunification of Germany that NATO would not expand one inch to the east, why should Russia trust NATO ?
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  3952.  @jim2376  How many square kms of NATO territory has Russia invaded ? It is also a number less than one. So what is your point, lad ? But you can create mischief for Russia by getting bases in Ukraine, and shut off the Russian access to the Black Sea. That was the US's intention. Russia nipped it in the bud. Get it ?
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  3953. Russia does not look strong to you but it has killed off the Ukrainian army, and is advancing. Meanwhile if Russia does not look strong, why don't you send troops to Ukraine and retake all that has fallen ? There is a saying about your type : gros bouches, petits mains. Big mouth, tiny fists.
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  3954.  @hendrikvanleeuwen9110  Ukraine's position and that of its supporters reminds me of Nazi Germany as news came of the surrender of the Nazi army in Stalingrad. The tide had turned and the writing was on the wall for the Germans. But Goebbels gave a fiery speech after Stalingrad about fighting a Total War against the Soviets. Many followed him, and believed Germany would come up with a miracle weapon that would thwart the Red Army. But some in Germany's eastern lands like Prussia fled westwards as they realised it was only a matter of time before the Red Army arrived. The position of Ukraine and its supporters is like that of the Nazis in Berlin who could not believe their day of reckoning had come. Their lives in their last days were surreal. It has dawned on some Ukrainians that they were fighting a proxy war and will be abandoned by the Americans. Morale has therefore plummeted. The mechanised brigade that refused orders consisted of hard core Nazis of the Azov Batallion and due to this outbreak of indiscipline, the Russians captured strategic Ocheretyne.
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  3955.  @gameburn178  As if the Russians are scared of France, Poland and UK. They have already killed French and a Polish general in air strike. They know UK is all mouth and no trousers.
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  3956.  russo-phobe  'Russia is losing between 750 and 1100 men per day. Ukraine is BLEEDING THEM DRY.' How many has Ukraine lost ? Why did they pull back, why did they not surge forward to the first Russian line of defence ? Why is Ukraine crying for F16s when NATO said that it had given 98% of what Ukraine asked for ?
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  3957. 'If Putin means' - now they are not certain he is losing as they claimed earlier.
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  3958. He is only fit to be a UK ambassador !
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  3959.  @AnthonyCarroll-ue3uv  Was that at the time of the Crimean war ? Was there an Ukraine then ?
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  3960.  @monumentaltravel3745  It is indeed the western wish Russia had a leader like Zelensky who will do the west's bidding and hand over Russian resources.
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  3961. ​ 'It wasn't the Western wish until 2022. ' You pretend the problem started in 2022 - because that is when you woke up. NATO expansion was the US's wish. After re-unification of Germany, James Baker had said to Gorbachov that NATO would not move one inch to the east. There were five waves of NATO expansion despite Russian protests, so the US cheated on Russia. Every problem has a history. Europeans went along with the US, some willingly, but others had their arms twisted. Merkel and Sarkozy had opposed NATO expansion to Ukraine saying it will lead to war, but Bush twisted their arms. 'Then the West was way behind Russia. The West had no ammo then. ' The west has no ammo even now and is way behind Russia. That idiot Czech PM Pavel said he would arrange for 1 million shells for Ukraine, but that project has quietly died its death. Nobody is talking about it. 20 of the 33 Abrams tanks have been destroyed, one in Kursk. Same with Challengers, Leopards, Patriots etc. The west does not have more to give in the same scale. The US has had 4 tests for hypersonic missiles and all failed. Russia has used them in Ukraine. The British Trident tests failed twice in a row. Last week a German-British (civilian space launch) in Scotland caught fire at lift off. So you are way behind Russia and that is going to be so. No one has the combined arms warfare technology and experience as the Russians - everything from artillery shells, to hypersonic missiles, drones, air strikes with glide bombs, thermobaric weapons, submarines, electronic warfare, technology to knock out satellites.....Its equipment is designed to work with each other, it is all integrated, unlike NATO's. NATO takes months to hold meetings and take decisions. And Russia has shown it can fight the west's economic warfare. You tried sanctions, cutting off Russia from Swift, and stealing their money. But Russia found ways to trade and it started the de-dollarisation project, which has picked up steam as others joined in. This more than anything else will cut US and western power. ' But at all times Russia has had an easy way out of this war. Even now they can still get out. When Putin realized he was fighting all the rich countries if the world, he should have dealt with the problem.' You mean Russia should take the easy way out - for you ! Russia should give up because the west is rich and you are the most powerful. That is your conceited self image. But Russia has found all your equipment is destroyable, and you are running out of sustaining capacity. Most important is Russia knows you do not have the courage to send troops and die for Ukraine. So why should it give up ? The best scenario for Russia is Russia takes all of Ukraine. If that is not possible, the second best scenario is Russia takes the Russian parts of Ukraine including Odessa and Kiev, and turns the rest into a wasteland, so that NATO cannot have bases. There is nothing the west can do to get Ukraine back to 1992 borders, or have bases in Ukraine. Get it ?
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  3962.  @CurtisJeffries-cd5vu  He is against ending the war, because he set as target that Ukraine should the war, and Putin must not be allowed to win as that would be end of western hegemony (Boris Johnson). Ending the war for him is defeat, and that is painful.
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  3963.  @JoelTopsom  Russia invaded because the US created a coup in Ukraine in 2014, and put a govt. in place that agreed to give US missile and naval bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia (that is what NATO membership would have led to). Sovereignty does not give Ukraine the right to invite a far-off superpower to use its soil to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Get it ? Ukraine is not a sovereign country. When Ukraine negotiated a settlement with Russia in Turkey, Boris Johnson was sent by Biden to scupper the agreement. He commanded Ukraine to fight on. If Ukraine was a sovereign country, it would have done what was best for it. Had the US not created a coup in Ukraine in 2014, then Ukraine would be intact and even have Crimea. US threatened Russia through Ukraine, got them to fight a proxy war, Ukraine lost, and the US wants to bail out and abandon Ukraine. Look at your ugly face first before you accuse Russia and pretend you are innocent.
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  3964. Ukrainian minister Dmitry Kuleba said those Russians are Asiatics, we Ukrainians are Europeans. That is the Nazi mentality. von der Leyen announced that 'Ukrainians are part of the European family'. She did not say they are part of the human family. She evidently thinks 'the European family' is superior to others. When Ukraine was part of the USSR, she would have said the opposite, that they were backward Asiatics. Andrei is right that the Nazi mentality is imbued in western Europeans.
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  3965. Europeans do not have the capability to support Ukraine, so shut up. You do not have the capability to fight Russia. If you could not win with the US, you are not going to win without the US.
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  3966. @@peoplesrepublicofninj3418 Ukraine did not something illegal in trying to renege unilaterally on its independence commitment to Russia to be neutral and not join any military alliance.
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  3967.  @lukeswan7776  The BBC claims to be neutral and impartial. But the statement made by its reporters confirms what outsiders know. It does not have to report Russian propaganda, but it does not have to report western propaganda and wishful thinking. Do you see the BBC fielding anyone questioning the US's motive for NATO expansion and staging a coup ?
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  3968.  @rambleon2838  Your sentences are disjointed and illogical in construction. 'Well western media has not been immune to Russian propaganda ...' Tell me which western media is giving Russian propaganda ? CNN, France 24, DW, who ? 'and journalist are always under pressure to report the latest news.' How does this link with the first part of hyour sentence ? What is the latest news ? That Ukraine has failed in its counteroffensive is now 3 weeks old. His statement at the end was an expression of wishful thinking - it is not news. 'Since he was speaking as the editor of foreign affairs he can say wherever he want's in an editorial context.' No, editor does not mean you can express personal wishes. I don't need to write to the BBC. It is an unprofessional rag. That is obvious from this video. I want to know why you are so eager to excuse wishful thinking and hopeless hopes. What happens after the Ukarnians fail thoroughly, what will tell your people ? That Ukraine is winning because you cannot face reality ? You want to be like the last Nazis in Berlin as the Red Army closed in.
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  3969.  @bonnie7898  The Ukrainian Independence Declaration said it would be neutral. That was one of the key conditions (besides returning nukes) for independence. Ukraine had the choice of reaffirming neutrality in Dec. 2022 and that would have averted the war. It wanted to negotiate during the second month of the war, but Biden's emissary, Boris, Johnson told it to keep fighting, after winning it could join NATO. Hence, Ukraine's independence is terminated. There is nothing you can do to restore Ukraine. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall and had a fall, and all the king's men and horses could not put him back.
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  3970.  @navy6527  It is better for Europe that Germany remains a weak paper tiger.
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  3971.  @Nubbe999  So lets invest in peace to end the war as soon as possible. For this, get the US out of Europe and NATO, sign a peace treaty with Russia. That is the only way. There can be no peace in Europe unless Russia's security is also gauranteed. The Europeans went along with the US to threaten Russia with NATO expansion. Ukraine was drawn into this project. In fact, why was not NATO disbanded when Warsaw Pact was disbanded ? Ukraine and Europe are in a bind because they agreed to be playthings in the hands of America, to threaten Russia. So Ukraine got a beating, and Europe carries the refugees and faces the economic pinch. It was entirely predictable, and knowledgable people had warned against NATO expansion to Russia's border.
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  3972.  @DavidEVogel  The US prints money and runs massive debts. The reason it could do so is because it forced Arab states to sell oil ONLY in dollars (at the pain of invasion), thereby keeping up the demand and value of the dollar. Saddam sold oil in euros for a while, Gaddafi tried floating an Islamic gold dinar to trade oil. They were invaded and killed. However, with the sanctioning of Russia, Russia kicked off de-dollarisation. It had been going on already. But Russia publicised it and others joined the bandwagon. Trump knows the gravity if trade starts flourishing in alternative currencies, the US will not be able to continue printing dollars and running massive deficits, that is why he threatens tariffs on anyone avoiding the dollar. Get it, numskull ?
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  3973. Evacuate Kievans, send them to Poland. Carry on with the Kherson summer offensive, it is November, I am fed up waiting for it to start.
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  3974. What is the international order ? It is the western order - one set of rules for he west, control of financial institutions and international organisations, and another set of rules for the rest. Invade Iraq because the US has declared Iraq had WMDs (the US and UK can have WMDs because they use them responsibly). Russia has ended the western international order. It is for good. And the rest of the world thanks Russia for it. Even China could not have done that. China and Russia should continue and dismantle the western order. The key to this is de-dollarisation ; it will cut America's power. Europe is a dependent, so they will also perish. Why should not China demand more say in the World Bank and IMF ? Why has IMF broken its rules and bent over backwards to give loans to Ukraine ? The Europeans strike a very conceited view of their importance. They think they are entitled to set the rules for the world. It is an extension of the British 'white man's burden'. von Leyen announced that Ukraine is part of the 'European family' - which she thinks is some superior status. This China analyst Perkhun talks about defending the 'European soul'. What is the European soul ? Colonialism, slave trade, neo-colonialism, Nazism, waging wars. Let us say the EU will monitor China's behaviour and make trade conditional, and let us say China decides it will not abide, so EU cuts trade with China, where will it then direct its trade and exports ? It has sanctioned Russia, it reduces trade with China, and it is dependent on costly energy from the US. The Europeans should import costly energy from ally US and trade between themselves. Europeans need to face the reality. Europe has no energy and materials. Europe's days of colonial bossing are over, so it cannot extract energy and minerals from Asia and Africa, for nothing. Europe's US-relationship will that be of a vassal - that is what the US demands always. Europe needs to realise that its future lies with Russia and China and India and Asia. It needs to shake off its subservience to the US. The Europeans are committing economic suicide for US's desire for NATO expansion. NATO expansion is a desire of Lockheed and US arms companies. The US also is determined to prevent a large Eurasian trade network from which it will be left out. Its only hope is to keep Europe under its thumb; the US cannot keep Russia and China under its thumb.
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  3975. Rebuilding Ukraine - that will require Russian permission. Russia has taken 20%, the remainder will be made into a failed state dependent on EU aid. Russia can keep the war going at low intensity, launching missile strikes here and there so one can come and reconstruct. Besides, the EU does not have the money.
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  3976.  @OksanaW  What is the proof Russians blew up the dam ? No one knows. Just as they say no one knows who blew up Nordstream (in the latest news, the Americans say Ukraine did it). The world is not rotten, the Ukrainians were foolish thinking they could fight Russia with US help. You will find the US will abandon you when it becomes too costly to maintain you.
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  3977. Your type said it was critical for Ukraine to breach the Russian lines in the first 72 hours and pour in and disorient the Russians. Hence, don't lie and say Ukraine has made amazing progress in 2 weeks. The Russians are in a good position, they will be able to hold their lines, and they have been successful destroying the western weapons. In a few weeks time, after Ukraine has impaled itself, the Russians will advance and come in hot pursuit of the Ukro Nazis.
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  3978.  @joelrios3704  Now they say the western weapons like Bradleys and Leopards are so good that the Ukrainians survived hits. That is a matter of great satisfaction in the west,
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  3979.  @ThomasPerson89  So why did the EU tell you not to block Kaliningrad ? Fear that Lithuania's independence would be terminated ?
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  3980. Swallow some pride, and loss of face - that is the crux of the problem for the west. It means they would be seen by the world as defeated.
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  3981. Must cause burning jealousy ! Turkey can be part of SWIFT and trade with EU, and be part of BRICS. It is not exclusive. As for gas and energy, everyone needs it, there will be buyers. Europe is buying Russian oil refined in India.
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  3982.  @shonemumy  Your sarcasm was too real that I missed it - for there are many who say Russia only targets schools, kindergartens and hospitals unlike the west when it fights a war !
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  3983.  @bencarter1666  Following events as per western media and their intelligence experts.
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  3984. The one country that you refer to is fighting a proxy war for the US, so it is a dependent, and its hander will decide how those weapons will be used. If the handler fears he will be hit, he will curb his proxy. Get it ?
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  3985. Ukraine and its western handlers cannot escalate and expect no retaliation. There is no point howling, the Ukranians need to think if they keep escalating as advised by their western handlers, Kiev will receive a tactical nuclear weapon, and the western handlers will not be able to do anything. This is a taster of what will come. Be wise and draw your conclusions : Russia cannot be defeated, they have more firepower they will unleash.
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  3986.  @5arcc  'It's the price worth fighting. ' You mean you want to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. None in NATO has the guts to fight Russia. 'What do you think it'd happen if Eastern European and Baltic countries were not part of NATO?' Nothing would happen to Eastern European and Baltic countries if they did not gang up with the US and threaten Russia. On the other hand if Eastern European and Baltic countries misbehave with Russia, and threaten it, Russia will give you a beating, and the US will not come to your aid regardless of Article 5. Here is an example. In the first year of the war, Lithuania misbehaved with Russia when it tried to blockade Kaliningrad citing EU sanctions. Lithuania's independence agreement was based on giving a free train corridor from Russia to Kaliningrad. Lithuania tried to flout this unilaterally and blockade Kaliningrad. One Russian politician then said Lithuania's independence agreement needs to be reconsidered. Russia could seize the Suwalki gap and cut off the Baltics, and the EU and NATO told it will be Lithuania's look out if that happened. Soon after, Lithuania climbed down and lifted the blockade. So your safety lies not in NATO but in messing with Russia. Germany tried messing with the Soviet Union and it was beaten into a pulp. Ukraine is being beaten into a pulp and NATO cannot do anything. Get it ?
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  3987. But you do not have the assets to deplete Russia. You cannot even make 150 mm shells.
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  3988. The contradiction comes because the west and its surrogate have lost, but it is embarassing and against their false pride to admit it ! Russia has given them a comprehensive beating and it holds all the strong cards. So they say Russia's economy is weak, it is dependent on energy, its missiles are run with components scavenged from washing machines (Fareed repeats such cliche propaganda).
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  3989. Bowen says it feels defenceless in Kharkhov. Why have the loudmouths from France, UK Poland, Baltics etc. not sent troops to defenceless Ukraine then ? Ukraine wants to hit Russian troops across the border with western weapons. Ukraine has been doing that from time to time, but every time, Russia ratcheted up its response. Earlier when the Ukrainians hit targets in Russia, Russia demolished the power production facilities. By now Biden will know that Russia is not bluffing about nuclear strike. Russia need not go for a nuclear strike on Ukraine straightaway. It has an array of thermobaric weapons which devastate without nuclear fall out. It has only used the thermobarics to clear trenches and Ukrainian fighters hiding in destroyed buildings. It has not used them on population centres. If Russia goes for a nuclear strike, then the best target I imagine they would select would be Lvov, it is an epicentre of Ukro Nazism, and it is close to the Polish border. The Europeans will feel the fall out. Biden knows that Russia is not bluffing about using nuclear if needed. He knows Russia has the capacity to incinerate all US cities; Russia's Yasen nuclear submarines are patrolling both US coasts.
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  3990.  @RUTHLESSambition5  You are right. The shells and Patriots are not sitting on the shelf ready to send as soon as the $ 60 million is released. They just do not have them and to make them on order will take ages. At the time of the counter offensive, the western pundits themselves said if it gets into a war of attrition, the advantage will swing to Russia. That is exactly what happened. The west is continuing with a lost cause out of false pride.
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  3991.  @PowerfulMJ  Even Zelensky only says it MIGHT make Ukraine win. Even he is not as dumb as you.
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  3992.  @DSan-kl2yc  The Ukranians don't have enough trained men to fire weapons. Do you think Russia will give them breathing space to train and deploy ?
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  3993.  @monumentaltravel3745  Russia's spending is for its security, and it will get the result it wants - no US bases in Ukraine, de-Nazification, and demilitarisation of Ukraine. What return is the US going to get with its 61 billion ? It cannot reverse Ukraine's fortune, it can try to delay it and hope Ukraine does not collapse till the elections. It will be bad optics if collapsed.
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  3994. The investigation now has to be fitted to Trump's theory of the DEI. Trump and his ilk are the kind who will do that to save their skins.
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  3995.  @mikegoodie7905  The reality is your proxy and its handlers are losing the war.
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  3996.  @thegreatdane3627  'well, they have been stealing a lot of washing machines in Ukraine, so it will probably take a little time before they run out..' Well, you admit now the Russians are more resourceful than the west, and they can keep striking with missiles guided by washing machine electronics, and there is nothing you can do to stop them.
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  3997. Cragg is trying to put on a brave face. One look at his ugly face and I can see a liar. He boasts about western systems. Patriots are shooting down hypersonic missiles ? The Ukranians are saying they shot two down and this parrot is repeating it. And if western systems are good, why did the counter offensive fail and why is Russia advancing ? And why is Ukraine begging for air defences if they are shooting down hypersonics ?
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  3998. How does NATO deal with Russia ? With the usual empty posturing. Suppose that Russia was indeed responsible for hitting Poland. What will NATO do ? Nothing. As for NATO, it is a useless organisation. They will call an Article 4 meeting, and then Article 5. They will need a conference in Madrid - before that Russia will finish Poland ! The US will not allow NATO to invoke Article 5, as they do not want to have US soldiers killed. Stoltenberg says pompously Ukraine was not responsible, and Russia bears ultimate responsibility. Why ? Russia would argue that the US bears ultimate responsibility for its attempt to get expand NATO and get bases in Ukraine. This Chatham House lady says Russians are irrational. The Russians know what they are doing. They know how to administer a beating to the west when needed. No one else can do that. As for the western politicians being 'responsible', are these not the people who launched war against Iraq based on intelligence lies ?
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  3999. Russia also supports the non-negotiation decision. Winners don't negotiate.
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  4000.  @FishandHunt  If nuclear weapons bothers you, why does the US not give it up ?
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  4001.  @FishandHunt  'Deep down you know that Russia's war in Ukraine is doomed and that your dwarf Tsar's political end is coming' The results shows Russia has taken 20% of the land, checked the Ukranian counter offensive and destroyed all the west's tacky weapons, and the west now does not want to send money as it knows it is for a lost cause. Russia is not talking at all of negotiating, the west is trying to make overtures for negotiations because it knows Ukraine is defeated. From your post, one can gauge the pain of defeat.
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  4002.  @FishandHunt  You live with alternative reality. Has Russia has lost 20% of its land to Ukraine ? Is it Russia asking for negotiations or the west ? Who is holding up the money for Ukraine ? PS - why is the US hiding the Abrams tanks ?
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  4003.  @elenabistiu  The winners are clearing out Nazis in Ukraine. Remember how Russia cleared the Azov Batallion Nazis from Mariopol ?
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  4004.  @FishandHunt  Kyiv in 3 days was said by an American general, not by Putin or any Russian. Cite me an article that cites Putin said this. It was then twisted and ascribed to Putin, and since Kiev was not taken, it was taken as a Ukrainian and western victory. Russia does not announce its plans in advance, in the same way as Ukraine and the west. They only announce when done. They did not announce they are fortifying the lines in the east to block the Ukrainian counter offensive. They just did it on the quiet, and that defeated the Ukrainian counter offensive which the west had been announcing since March 2023, and has forced the west to cut money and supplies to Ukraine. They announced the capture of Bakhmut when completed. Same with Mariopol. It is the west that is speculating about getting Ukraine to negotiate, freezing the war, surrendering the eastern oblasts, in exchange for the remainder of Ukraine joining NATO. Russia has not said anything about negotiations or their military strategy for 2024. They losing side, the west, is looking for negotiations - because they now accept that Ukraine is not in a position to regain the 5 oblasts no matter what the west gives. Russia knows it has the advantage, and the western resolve is crumbling. 2024 is election year in the US, and if Trump comes, he will solve the issue in one day. UK and Europe are irrelevant, the Russians ignore them.
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  4005.  @FishandHunt  'And then got mauled and retreated' and then came back in from the east, and took 5 oblasts and put Ukraine on life support from the west.
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  4006. Zelensky is not in the driver's seat, he is a bloody fool. He has now put Ukraine at the risk of a nuclear strike. Putin has said Russia will use a nuclear weapon to avert a strategic defeat. In the current case, they would drive out of the Ukrainians by conventional means in the coming weeks; and the nuclear option is always there to fall back on. If Russia is forced to take the nuclear option, Zelensky will find the west will not come to his aid, as they too would get incinerated if they intervened. Get it ?
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  4007. At the end of the day, Zelensky is a dependent of the US and not the other way around. Get it ?
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  4008. Hollow display ? So why don't you send NATO troops to help Ukraine with the counter offensive and end the war ? The latest is Zelensky is asking to delay the offensive. While Russia is stepping up the offensive.
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  4009. Whether Russia is out for land or for political control, neither Ukraine nor west can stop it. You tried to stop it, but you lost the war.
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  4010.  @petunized  Anders arguments are feeble, they are born out of sense of defeat. Indeed the west has no negotiating power. Some of them think that Trump will offer Russia the land that Russia has taken, in exchange for Ukraine being in NATO after 20 years. They hope if Russia turns this offer down (which it will), then Trump will throw his weight behind Ukraine and give limitless support.
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  4011. Has Grant Schapps said 'never appease Israel the bully' ?
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  4012.  @chill29394  So why is the US and EU ditching Ukraine ? In Vilnius NATO summit in July 2023, Biden declared Ukraine cannot join NATO. Why is Ukraine fighting for ?
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  4013. Keep fighting till all its cities are razed and it is a waste land and a failed state.
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  4014. Stay in India, nobody asked you to go to Arab countries.
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  4015. So this American fellow is trying to explain the resignations/sacking as example of a normal functioning of democracy ! Ukraine's govt. came to power in 2014 by overthrowing the elected govt.., under US instigation and financing. Zelensky himself suspended elections. Opposition parties are closed, so is free media, Russian Orthodox Church has been closed. The sacking of the air force chief for just a downed F16 also would not happen in a normal democracy. Ukraine was after the Kursk nuclear power plant. But they could not get near it. Why does Forbes interview such jokers ?
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  4016. News is about 1 man that is in critical condition - Sky's horror because he is a Jew.
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  4017. If the UK's troops face Putin’s forces this year, that is a death sentence for them ! It does not have any troops with the fighting capability of the Russians. The Brits relied on Gorkhas, Sikhs, Pathans, Indians in the past, but that is not available now. Their troops have the same fighting capability as their football louts. This Hamish feels puny when he sees the Russians and wishes the Brits could fight like them. But if his soldiers faced the Russians, they will perish. In Europe, the Russians are the best fighters; and the Ukranians are the second best, they have the same DNA as the Russians; and the Turks are comparable to the Ukranians. The rest of the Europeans are pansies, they will wilt.
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  4018.  @cadicamo8720  Send the troops, French, British.....see what is the outcome. When your generals themselves say your countries are not combat fit, why do you want to fight Russia ?
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  4019.  @kirkpatrick7475  Ukraine is not going to be part of NATO. Russia will not allow NATO to set foot in Ukraine again. They will use a nuke if needed. That was the point of the war. Russia did not fight to let NATO into Ukraine tp start mischief again. Ukraine will not exist. If it wants to exist it will have to accept neutrality and end all arms production. Those will be the conditions for a peace settlement.
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  4020. I can see Israel's Gaza adventure ending in debacle. IDF soldiers killed, Hamas still exists, and the hostages executed. And maybe a two or three front war. This is the price of the Jew's insatiable greed for taking Palestinian land in West Bank for settlements. Eventually, the Jew ties himself up in knots due to his greed. The west needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Creating and sustaining this monster apartheid state is taking down the west as well.
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  4021. Britain has a confused sense of importance. The British elite like Johnson, Rees-Mogg etc. looked down on Europe, and always thought they were part of a superior Anglo Saxon club. But that only meant be a vassal state of the US. At the same time, Britain has been more hawkish against Russia than the French and Germans. It wanted to show off to Europe it was a stauncher supporter and beneficiary of Ukraine. Its media portrays Macron and Scholz as surrender monkeys; it blames Germany for energy dependence on Russia. The British talk as if British military support to Ukraine could turn the tide against mighty Russia's onslaught. The British elite have resented Russia because after 1945, the Soviet Union emerged as a superpower, and Britain lost its colonies and faded as a superpower. The Defence Minister Ben Wallace said Britain would kick Russia's backside as it did in the Crimean war of the 1850s. He does not realise that Russia today is formidable compared with Britain. Meanwhile, Russia's counter economic war has led to shortage of energy and high prices in Britain, like the rest of Europe. It is odd that the volume of Britain's trade has fallen due to Brexit, it has not been compensated by any trade deal with the US or others, yet Britain goes out of its way to spend money on Ukraine and show it is superior to Europe on that front. Among western nations, Britain has suffered a double whammy due to Brexit and its imprudent and strident anti-Russianism. The 'special relationship' with the US is imaginary and does not go beyond intelligence sharing. Britain has shared every neo-colonial adventure with the US, but gained nothing.
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  4022. They could be those musicians.
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  4023. Now that it is established Ukraine assaulted the Nordstream gas infrastructure, should it complain that Russia hit its infrastructure ?
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  4024. It may motivate Putin to erase Lvov to get rid of the SAS.
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  4025.  @SimonPaterson-b5c  The Russians have beaten the west which was pumping up a minor military power. The Russian achievement is in defeating 50 nations waging military and economic warfare against Russia. Hence, Russia is admired by the non-west.
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  4026.  @SimonPaterson-b5c  You would not have the intellect to read what I wrote, but it bothers you so much that you nevertheless reply !
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  4027.  @SimonPaterson-b5c  The Ivans have been beaten the collective west that wanted Ukraine in NATO. Humpty Dumpty had a fall and all the Kings Men and Horses cannot put him back again. That is Ukraine's position.
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  4028.  @rsm609  'I think it is relative information because it indicates how many missiles/drones the russians have wasted and what the ratio is' You are assuming what Ukraine claims is true. Cragg has not verified. The western media repeat Ukrainain claims to save face.
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  4029. They lost motivation because it has dawned on the Ukrainians that they are a mere proxy and the Americans will abandon them after the election. The Americans want them to continue and not collapse before the election.
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  4030. Indeed, negotiation is not an option. Why should Russia negotiate when it is winning ? There is no middle ground. Putin had said (after Ukraine listened to BoJo and cancelled the negotiated agreement in Turkey), next time the terms will be more difficult and it will be set by the Russians. Now, it has to be unconditional surrender of Ukraine, cleaning out the Bandera Nazis, and demilitarisation of Ukraine (no more army or arms production).
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  4031. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdwGcwmslBk Ukraine is Facing Severe Devastation as Russia Prepares a Final Strike Against NATO | Tony Norfield Watch this if you want to understand the mentality of Times Radio and British, French and US mentality. Norfield is British, so he understands their mentality well. The discussion includes not only Ukraine, but Libya and African countries where the west has lost out. It explains the desperation of the west as their power wanes and the delusions that arise from it.
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  4032.  @jesusojeda7850  Actually, people blindly supporting Ukraine are commenting more - go and see Times Radio !
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  4033. This is a new interpretation that the counter offensive is about Ukraine probing all along the line and forcing Russia to respond and therefore Ukraine will wear down the first Russian line. It is presented as if in all this probing, Ukraine has not lost people and equipment. Yet, we know the Ukranians have lost people and western equipment - and they have not even got near the first Russian line. It does not acknowledge Russia is destroying from the air and the Ukranians have no cover. Further, western experts were saying the first 72 hours were critical, Ukraine had to breakthrough and follow up with a blitzkrieg. That has not been possible, so they have come out with consolation stories about Ukraine probing all along the line.
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  4034. The question that needs to be asked is, "if Russia uses chemical/biological/nuclear weapons, how will the world be prepared to respond, or even should they respond?" The answer is the west will not be able to respond other than shout about war crimes, ICC etc... Any direct response would subject the west also to nuclear attack. The rest of the world is not involved and does not care if Russia settles Ukraine with a tactical nuke. In WW 2, the west has used fire bombing of German cities, and America used nukes twice against Japan. Civilians were the target. These people defend it on the grounds it brought the war to a close with German and Japanese surrender. The US used Agent Orange and napalm in Vietnam, and depleted uranium in Iraq. Instead of arming Ukraine and driving Russia to reach out for nukes, the correct response is to prod both to the negotiation table. Turkey took the lead, but really the US should. For that to happen, the west has to swallow its false pride and hauteur and admit it erred on NATO expansion. The western mindset does not allow any faults in themselves, the fault is entirely Russian in their minds. However, one British general who was head of NATO has said the west has no choice but to negotiate with Putin as an Ukranian win is not possible, and the sooner the better, before a nuke is used.
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  4035.  @jackboot3946  There was no alternative to forced course correction. The west did not give the security guarantee Russia asked for in exchange for Ukranian sovereignty. Why ? The US and NATO should have given course correction to Zelensky also. But they did not, they egged him on to fight Russia. Russia had clearly asked for written guarantees that the US would put missiles in Ukraine targeting Russia. Why did the US and NATO not give this ? Russia asked Ukraine to stay neutral - that was the constitutional condition it was given independence. Why did Ukraine change its constitution post the 2014 (US led) coup and put NATO entry as a goal ? Ukraine thereby reneged on a commitment given to Russia. Likewise, James Baker had assured Russians after they agreed to unification of Germany that NATO would not move an inch to the east. But there were 5 waves of expanison, so Russians feel NATO cheated. Russia had warned both NATO and Ukraine it will take technical-military measures if Ukraine was not neutral. Why were these ignored ? Thus Ukraine and the west has to face forcible course correction and its consequences - war, mass slaughter of civilians, genocide, cruelty and a very real threat of world war and nuclear armageddon... Ukraine is like Humpty Dumpty, an unstable egg put on the wall of democracy. It fell, and the king's men and horses cannot put it back. Ukraine has frittered away its independence and sovereignty due to American interference and policy of making it anti Russian.
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  4036.  @jackboot3946  A diplomatic solution was rejected because Blinken refused to address the key Russian demand : a written security guarantee from missiles placed in NATO countries, and planned ones in Ukraine if it joined NATO. Blinken offered to talk about other general security things ! Putin said Russia had been asking for 15 years, he cannot wait for another 10 years, and accept US and NATO's bluff and obfuscations, and talks about talks. US was unwilling, so Russia had no choice. If they waited another 10 years, Ukraine would have been inducted into NATO, Article 5 would operate and Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to dislodge the US threat from Ukraine. Either Ukraine and the US agrees to give the security guarantee (the diplomatic way), or it had to be settled by war. The die is cast. The west needs to take responsibility for reckless NATO expansion. It has to swallow its false pride to cover its guilt and ask for negotiations. Otherwise, Ukraine will be torn little by little, and a nuclear settlement is also possible. It is now clear Ukraine cannot join NATO (Zelensky accepts it), and NATO also now knows Russia is not bluffing. So Ukraine and west might as well cut their losses now with negotiations.
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  4037.  @jackboot3946  It will be a limited nuclear war (if it takes place), only the Ukranians be better prepared. NATO is not going to get hurt and fight a nuclear war - just as they do not want to cross the border and get shot at. Zelensky has raised the spectre, he sounded pensive, but he realises it is a possibility. He would like to negotiate, but his predicament is such that he will not be allowed to negotiate by his paymaster, the US. After giving $ 900 million, the US expects him to continue fighting. It would be a loss on their investment.
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  4038. France: 1.2 billion euros. UK: 6.7 billion euros. All to little avail.
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  4039.  @tayler2396  What kind of democracy was Ukraine ? In 2014, the elected govt. was overthrown in a US funded coup. Among the participants were Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. Both these groups wear Nazi regalia, and conducted training camps for children (like Hitler Youth). Russian language channels were closed, Russian is not allowed in school etc. Basically, it is an implant, a 'guided democracy'. They are supported because they changed the constitution after 2014 and put NATO entry as a goal. If they had said they wanted to remain neutral, the west would have declared then undemocratic. The only issue for America is whether it is pro America. They routinely do business with dictatorships as long as they are pro-American,
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  4040. Not producing in the EU is a different problem. The problem the EU has is shortage of energy and materials - if they had those, they could produce. Before, they could get materials and energy cheaply from their colonies and the colonial guided govts. they left behind.
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  4041.  @yanntsala414  It is implicit I meant former colonies. I wrote 'Before, they could get materials and energy cheaply from their colonies...' Before means 'formerly'. The west left rulers dependent on colonial power structures. Thus, till King Faisal raised the oil prices and demanded a fair share after the Arab-Israeli war, the west was enjoying oil at a price less than water. After Faisal raised the prices, there was a transfer of goods and services to Middle East, and some of them were able to build cities and infra structure. King Faisal was assasinated soon afterwards, and no doubt there was an American hand. However, what Faisal set in motion could not be undone. The colonial power structures have remained to an extended time with the French colonies. France makes electricity with nuclear. The uranium comes from Niger - which has low electrification. France never bothered to see Niger had electricity, they just take the resources out. Europe does not have much energy and materials. Nazi Germany did not have colonies, it invaded the Soviet Union and one reason was to capture the oil fields of Baku. They needed lebensenergie even more than lebensraum. That is the situation now also. Russia is the nearest supplier of energy for Europe, and it would have been a natural win-win situation for both - it was for the last 30 years. But America did not want that, as a Euroasian economy (Europe, Russia, China and India) would leave America in the cold. America is determined on NATO expansion so Russia is forced to fight Europe, which then keeps Europe in the American camp. Europe now is forced to buy American LNG - which costs 7x piped gas. Even the former colonial powers of Europe, France and Britain, are nobody today. In Europe, Russia is the real superpower - it always had the military strength, and it has proved now it has the economic strength. Like King Faisal transformed the economic wealth distribution by raising the price of oil, Putin has set in motion steps that further undercut western dominance. This is in initiating the move away from the dollar, that is creating avenues for other nations to trade between themselves and sell or purchase oil and commodities, without using the dollar for settlements. Putin did not set out to undermine the dollar, he was forced to do it due to sanctions - like King Faisal raised the price of oil as a protest against western support of Israel. Use of other currencies reduces the demand and hence value of the dollar and with that the American war machine's capacity. The Europeans are satellites of America, including Britain, France and Germany, so as American power diminishes, the Europeans go down with it. Particularly so if they fight with Russia.
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  4042.  @yanntsala414  It is good to hear an insight directly from Africa. If you hear western reports and Zelensky, Russia is making the Africans suffer. Russia is using hunger as a tool, the west claims. They shout Russia is blackmailing the Africans, and the world..... The Europeans went to sanction Russia by freezing their money, and Russia counter sanctioned them. Others know where the blame lies. The west went to threaten Russia with NATO expansion, when Russia asked for a security guarantee in writing, they were too proud to give. They never cared a damn about Africa. The west looks down on Africa (remember Trump's comment). The Arabs and Muslim world also is not willing to go with the west - they have seen western duplicity in Iraq and Afghanistan. The real reason the west is shouting now about the blockade is not because of concern for Africans, it is because of the deficit Ukraine is piling up which needs to be funded by the EU. The Ukranian govt.has lost its industrial areas and with it the revenues generated from that region. They are left with agricultural products like wheat. That is produced but blockaded. The Ukranian govt. needs $ 5-7 billion per month for bare essentials. With wheat also blocked, there is no revenue, and it means the EU has to give more aid to Ukraine - besides paying for the arms, and hosting the refugees. The EU boasted they could wean themselves off Russian gas by end of the year, but the reality is the EU itself is facing the pinch due to the gas blockade. In Germany, they are rationing the electricity - domestic is given priority over industrial. Industry is paying 10x as much as domestic. It is peak summer now, so you can imagine in winter. The only thing the west has that is admirable is it looks after its citizens. However, when it comes to the rest of the world, they are ruthless and callous. They will invade and kill but still lecture about their superior values; that is why they are hated outside. You hear them talking about western values and its implied superiority. Ursula von Leyen said Ukraine is part of the 'European family' and so should be let into their club. She did not say 'human family'. It is clear in her mind the European family is special. Their power is slipping and you are right, they don't realise it. They got away with beating up Afghanistan and Iraq. The west always knew Russia has the military power and Europe will get beaten up if they went for war with Russia. However, they thought they could go for economic warfare with Russia because they had control of the international financial system. What has taken them aback is that Russia had the capacity for economic warfare (unlike the Soviet Union). The value of energy and materials is real, and higher than currency. The west could not bring Iran or even Afghanistan down with sanctions, but these countries could not retaliate. But with Russia, the west finds Russia can take them down economically as well.
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  4043.  @AH-fm7rj  The video is indeed about inflation. It just that your solution for inflation is not a solution. You wrote : 'solution is just start to produce again here in EU. People are got lazy getting all these cheap goods from asia and now the asians don't want to sell them so cheap anymore.' Shortage of gas and energy is the prinicipal driver of inflation. The EU cannot start producing again the gas it never had, so what are you talking about ? And as Yaan said, if you cut supply of an essential commodity like energy, the price of everything goes up, and if you try stimulus, that drives up inflation as the Swedish PM explained, because there is a shortage of that commodity and you have too much money chasing too few goods. Your analysis is wonky. You want to offer solutions without understanding what is be being discussed in the video and then argue you are right with someone who understands what is being discussed.
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  4044. 'No concession. No giving up territory.' Ukraine has no choice. It does not have weapons or manpower. The west does not have weapons. Now the west is bogged down supporting Israel, which will be another loser.
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  4045.  @gummisnoodable  Ignore and continue believing what Zelensky swears : Lysyschank will be the last city the Russians capture.
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  4046.  @PowerSearchYT  And how much has Ukraine lost for its NATO folly ? How many decades will it be set back ? It imagines EU will give Marshall aid. There can be no reconstruction without Russian permission. Russia will only permit reconstruction if Ukraine signs up for neutrality and keeps NATO out. Ukraine and the west have lost and you know it. You are putting on a brave face.
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  4047.  @PowerSearchYT  'Ukraine has gained the world's support.' The world is Europe and US for you. That is your well. But the world is much bigger, and the wider world either does not care a damn about Ukraine, or many think NATO expansion and Ukranian misbehaviour brought the beating. 'The rebuilding of this nation will be legendary.' Legend means it will be a story that will never happen. Russia can build the Ukraine that has been reinstated back in Russia. How will you rebuild the remaining disputed Ukraine without Russia's permission ? Russia can strike any city with missiles any time and all your greatest German engineers will run away. Russia will not permit rebuilding without Ukraine signing a neutrality agreement, and showing proof that it will keep NATO out. That would be the basis of any negotiation. If that is not acceptable, Kiev, Lvov and all remaining cities will be flattened. The choice is stark. Besides the west is being squeezed by Russia's counter-economic warfare. No one will have the money to rebuild. At the moment, Ukraine says it needs 750 billion, in another month it will cross 1 trillion and the Russians and keep it rising. So don't speak out of false pride and ego. Russia has the strong cards on Ukraine and will be the decider.
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  4048.  @PowerSearchYT  Is that the best you could write ? Russia has already succeeded. That is why you are mentally disturbed !
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  4049. Ukraine's conditions for talks are clearly a no brainer. Withdraw from Crimea, pay for reconstruction, Zelensky demands ! Russia's principal demands are no NATO bases in Ukraine, and accept the new territory lost, and then we can consider stopping the war. Otherwise, the war continues and Russia goes ahead with the plan to raze all Ukranian cities. It is as simple as that.
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  4050. You are a fool like many Ukrainians if you think Trump is going to save Ukraine. He is not going to send troops, send arms and money because the US has problems of its own. He will put sanctions - as if there is anything left to sanction. For Ukraine, you ain't getting back what you lost, if you don't agree to neutrality, the Russians will advance to the Dnieper and target Odessa. Even Biden was not going to let you join NATO. I understand desperate people seek hope.
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  4051. You notice they avoid saying the reason forthe downturn of the European economies and the cost of living crisis is due to sanctions put on Russia. German's economy now is geared for making tanks for Ukraine using American LNG at 4x the price, to be donated freely to Ukraine. Is this sustainable ? Europe has committed economic suicide for America's NATO expansion ploy. The US needs the war to feed its rapacious arms industry. It is not Russia's economy that has hit the rocks, it is that of the west.
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  4052. That is exactly what the German said - hurt Russia without hurting us. They don't realise that it works both ways. Unlike the Soviet Union, Russia has learnt to wage economic warfare to match the west's economic warfare.
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  4053. Stupid people deserve each other. That is why Ukraine is a failed state. It deserves what it got because of the company it kept.
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  4054. All this is vain alarmism. The west has lost the war in Ukraine, so it is pretending it is preparing not to lose the next war ! It is all about saving face. The west was saying Russia is incompetent, it is not so powerful as we imagined etc. But two years on, as it emerges Russia has inflicted a strategic defeat and checkmated US designs in UKraine, there is palpable fear of Russia ! Who will Putin go after next is the question on their lips ?
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  4055. In that time, Russians will have massacred more Ukrainian soldiers. The US is telling Ukraine to cede Bakhmut to save soldiers - for training on the new weapons ! Otherwise, there will be tanks with no drivers.
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  4056. I too cannot comprehend what is the point of the US antagonising Russia and China at the same time, by going to fish near their home turf. Both are superpowers and the combination of the two is formidable.
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  4057. That is a misreading. Russia's strategy is deNazification and preventing Ukraine giving missile and naval bases to the US. The tactic to achieve the strategy is to destroy Ukraine's economy by taking the industrial production centres and the shipping lanes, and taking back all the coastal areas so the US can never have naval bases in Ukraine, as hoped.
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  4058. Yes, after the Ukro Nazis get defeated, we shall announce that Russia is the loser.
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  4059. Ukraine's existence is already compromised, it is certain the Ukraine of 1991 will not exist. Trump has conceded that. By walking away from the negotiations in Istanbul 1, Ukraine has lost more. In Istanbul 1, Ukraine had to return to neutrality, and it had to cede Crimea. Now, it has to return to neutrality, and it has to cede Crimea and 4 oblasts. And if Ukraine cannot accept that, then Sumy, Kharkhov, Odessa and more will also go. When Zelensky listened to BoJo and walked away from Istanbul 1, Sir Putin had warned that next time Ukraine wants negotiations, the Russian terms will be stiffer. Ukraine can continue fighting till it is non-existent.
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  4060. The same people said after 3 months, Russia has run out of electronics for missiles, and they were forced to use chips from washing machines. The British intelligence said Russians were fighting with shovels in Bakhmut. Somehow the Russians bayoneted the Ukrainians with shovels and drove them out of Bakhmut, now Artymovsk. 'Putin could be forced to "wind down" his offensive as equipment losses have 'limited' his objectives....' What is the evidence ? FAB bombs strike Ukraine, they destroyed Patriot and Iris batteries, and airfields. Trump and Vance have signalled they will not be funding Ukraine. And Germany has halved its Ukraine budget. The west cannot even supply shells. Russia's main objective was 'there will be no US bases in Ukraine'. The US understands that and has given up. Westerners are defeated and looking for consoling crumbs to pretend otherwise.
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  4061. Have you actually read Article 5 ? If Article 5 is pushed, it only says individual states can respond as they wish, including and up to war. Poland and its motivated Poles might find themselves fighting alone with the US saying ' we shall send you arms'. Others may opt to send Poland medical supplies. So don't be foolish and get Ukrained. Article 5 was written by Americans with loopholes to avoid being drawn into a war which results in American deaths. The Poles can't read English and understand the meaning of Article 5.
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  4062.  @urban_video5949  If there are no restrictions, Russia will escalate and Ukraine will receive a nuclear strike.
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  4063.  @zim-zf7mq  'sounds like a Ukrainian and European problem. ' But the US created the problem by instigating and supporting a coup in Ukraine in 2014, and encouraging Russophobic groups in Ukraine. And now that the neocon's Project Ukraine has gone awry, you want to wash your hand off and say it is a Ukrainian and European problem. That is the typical American attitude.
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  4064.  @ukopia7743  Is that the best you could write ?
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  4065.  @robertfrancis7767  Tank or no tank, Ukraine is in no position to defeat Russia, with its own or western equipment. Himars, Storm Shadows, Bradleys, Challengers, Leopards, Abrams, F16s, sanctions, seizing assets, blowing Nordstream have made no difference to the outcome. They may delay the outcome, but will not stave off defeat. That is the bottom line. Russia has punctured all western delusions. Get it ?
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  4066.  @robertfrancis7767  All that Ukraine had was factories built by the Soviet Union, and Russia was the main contributor. Russia knows where those factories are and they have destroyed them. Rheinmetall announced it will make tanks in Ukraine. The British said they will make missiles in Ukraine. Jokers ! The Russians will allow the factory to come up and destroy it.
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  4067.  @twostate7822  'Otherwise Russia would be on the border of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova with nothing stopping them...' If those countries misbehaved with Russia, Russia will not hesitate to put them in their place. When Lithuania tried to blockade trains to Kalinigrad from Russia, a Russian deputy said Lithuania's independence needs to be reviewed ! Lithuania thought Article 5 would protect it, but someone told them Russia can cut off the Baltic states by seizing the Suwalki corridor and the US was not keen to fight, and the rest of the Europeans are useless. Then Lithuania abandoned the blockade. The key is not to misbehave with Russia. Then Russia leaves you alone. But if you do, then the bear tears you apart. Get it ?
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  4068.  @twostate7822  It is better to cheer for reality than for delusions. Russia is hammering Ukraine and Zelensky is begging for weapons to force Sir Putin to negotiate. Sir Putin reached an agreement 3 months into the war with Zelensky in Turkey, but Boris Johnson came and told him to abandon it. Sir Putin is not interested in negotiations any more. If Zelensky is in a winning position after Kursk, why he is demanding pressuring Sir Putin to negotiate ? What is the point of cheering a dumb loser ?
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  4069.  @PulkaSkurken  Who are you to say Ukraine does not have to obey Biden ?
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  4070.  @ukopia7743  What is Ukraine capable of producing that Russia cannot destroy ? Ukraine has no power, it will have no factories, no military. It is being returned to the pre-industrial age before Ukraine joined the Soviet Union, and got factories, institutes etc. Get it ?
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  4071.  @robertfrancis7767  Ukraine will not be allowed to build anything that Russia cannot knock out. Unless it signs up for neutrality, no factories, no power, no army - it will be returned to pre-industrial age.
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  4072. Good point, the west is tacitly supporting Ukro Nazis.
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  4073.  @BABY-COMM  My guess is as good as France 24's.
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  4074.  @BABY-COMM  You should blame the usual suspects - Muslims. It works.
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  4075. You have no power to enforce anything on Russia by threat of force. Your threat brought the war, and Russia defeated the collective west. The proof ? The US is now begging for ceasefire and negotiations. If Putin does not agree, the US will drop Ukraine. And the Europeans are too cowardly to send their forces to Ukraine. Since, you do not have the force to prevail over Russia, and you know without it is all a wasted exercise, it is best to ask Ukraine to surrender. You should apologise to Ukraine of course and pay it reparations for inciting it to fight, and then ditching it.
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  4076.  @Riton159  You earn extra money by going with the western narrative.
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  4077.  @dandan7391  So you don't know what prevail means ? Russia's main purpose was not land, it was to end American plans to get Ukraine into NATO, and thereby get naval bases in Ukraine to shut Russia off from the Black Sea. Russia saw the plan and the danger in 2014 and promptly took Crimea. Ukraine waged war on Russians in Donbass with US training. Hence Russia has taken Donbass (the industrial GDP creating area of Ukraine) and also more of the coastal areas. Odessa must be taken also. Then Ukraine will become landlocked and shut from the Black Sea, just like Ukraine and the US planned to shut Russia out of the Black Sea. Russia has already achieved these goals : the US will never get naval bases in Ukraine, as Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop that; Ukraine has lost Donbass and is effectively landlocked already. Russia is prevailing because Ukraine and the US cannot now roll back these changes. Ukraine in fact risks losing more land after Bakhmut falls. Russia's main aim was not to take land per se. Land was collateral. It was done to reduce Ukraine's fighting power. Had Ukraine signed a neutrality treaty in Dec. 2022, it would have been intact today (minus Crimea). It lost Crimea due to the US sponsored coup of 2014. Now by choosing to fight, and try to reverse that, it has lost more. And now the western media themselves say the west is running out of weapons, it means Ukraine is unsustainable and is going to lose more. The main task was to demilitarise Ukraine, cut its neo Nazis to size, and prevent NATO training bases in Ukraine. Russia is prevailing in these.
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  4078. Piers needs to understand the occupied is under no obligation to condemn the killing of occupiers. It is like the Nazis asking the Jews of the Warsaw Ghettos to condemn their uprising against the Nazis. When was the last time you asked an Israeli invitee to condemn annexation of Palestinians lands before starting a programme ? As the Palestinian Ambassador told Kay Burley of Sky that she only invites him to her programme for self-condemnation of Palestinians, and he would not be invited when Israelis kill his people, and no Israeli will be put under pressure to condemn it. The UN chief made a remark that things do not happen in a vacuum, and now the Jews are furious and trying their usual character assassination and demanding his expulsion. They have become more and more obnoxious. Frankly, many have had enough of Israel and its nasty Jews, and their apologists like you. In fact, I urge all people who are interviewed and subjected to a demand to apologise for 7 Oct. to refuse, and tell Piers, if they want an end to it, Israel has to be forced to end the occupation and agree to a Two State Solution. The west created the Holocaust, and the west created the Palestinian problem. It is not fair to give Palestine to the Jews to placate them, and to assuage one's own guilt. If Piers feels so much for the Jews, give part of Ireland, or England or Germany, so they can run their Jew-only state. Then you will see Piers and people like him will go and do to the Jews what the Palestinians did.
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  4079. Forget about integrity, the economy is not in Sunak's hands. It is in Sir Putin's hands. Is Sunak capable or Cleverly capable of mending relations with Russia ? That is not in their hands either. It is in the hands of the US.
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  4080. This joker predicted Russia's downfall.
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  4081.  @chas721  On the contrary, unlike the west and Ukrainians, Russians do not talk, they do things. They could not take Kiev, so they adjust their operations and concentrate forces on the East and drive the front forward. They have taken the industrial belt, and the coastal areas, and they are strangling the Ukranian economy with the blockade. What Lavrov is saying is they have the upper hand, Russia now sees no need for a cease fire and negotiations, as they can advance and take more. Once they have finished Krematorsk and Slaviansk, they will push forward. The 1994 Budapest Memorandum says the signatories (US, UK and Russia) will refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defence. Russia's security was threatened by the unforeseen circumstance of Ukraine conspiring with the other two signatories (US and UK) to join NATO, a military alliance that is hostile to Russia. Thereby according to the Budapest Memorandum, Russia is entitled to take military action against Ukraine. Russia has said its aim is to de-Nazify and demilitarise Ukraine. If Ukraine does not conform to the requirements of the Budapest Memorandum as well as the terms of neutrality by which Russia gave it independence, then it will be destroyed and annexed by Russia. Ukrainians have proved to be back stabbers, and so are not fit for nationhood.
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  4082.  @JohnWerner-te5zy  So why did Shcapps cancel his visit to Odessa after a missile hit a place near where he was going ?
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  4083. Russian tactics seem to lead to victory. Ask the Germans and the Ukranians.
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  4084.  @ktefccre  In many of things, I do not have evidence as I am not there. However, you have to read between the lines and apply an independent mind. It is wishful thinking that just because of Kherson evacuation, Ukraine will push out Russia. The war just mutates.
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  4085. No point negotiating on Ukraine with irrelevant people like Europeans and Ukrainians.
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  4086. Indeed, how could the Europeans be stupid and unquestioning of America ? The Europeans are sanctioning Russian gas on which they are dependent, while America does not apply sanctions on Russian nuclear fuel. That says it all !
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  4087. The Jewish demand for self determination means creating a Jewish state which cannot tolerate non-Jews. The Jews have always been built on racial exclusivity. The Arabs did not put the Jews in bantustans or concentration camps and gas them like the Europeans. And if Piers and other sentimental lovers of Jews need to tell us why England thought of giving Uganda first and then Palestine to the Jews and why it did not give a part of its land to the Jews. I am sure the Jews would have loved it and not rejected a homeland in England. Evidently, Europe solved its Jewish problem by off loading them on to Palestine, where the Jews create mischief. It seems to me now they strongly support the Israelis so they don't come back to Europe !
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  4088. The mob that attacked the Capitol was all white, with not a single black. Can this lady write a book on what that was about ?
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  4089. Most Indians have no pride in their citizenship, they want to become citizens of other lands. A recent video showed that Indians are migrating in record numbers. So what are you talking about ?
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  4090. The British love being dragged into American wars as it makes them feel important.
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  4091.  @TheIncrement-b7j  The UK is not at war, it just fuels wars elsewhere. It has a great penchant for it, it imagines it is a great power by fueling wars.
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  4092. It is clear IDF cannot find the captives. Israel's Hannibal directive says the hostages should be sacrificed, so they do not become a liability for Israel. When 3 captives escaped and tried to reach Israeli lines with white flags, the IDF shot them.
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  4093.  @KBeee-hm1fz  Israel is trapped in a war of attrition which it cannot win. Israel can do well only if it can have 6 day wars. But those are not available now. One side can fight an open ended war and bleed Israel slowly without end. The technology gap has narrowed, and the other sides can strike anywhere in Israel. Israel's weakness is lack of manpower and dependency on the US. It is like Ukraine. Manpower cannot be found, in fact 0.5 million Israelis with dual nationality have have migrated. Why ? Because they see the war will be prolonged and Israel will lose. Israel's support in the west is declining. Get it ?
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  4094.  @donpablo7645  All Ukranians suffer from vain bravado when put in front of western cameras. The script they are told is they are going to win even if they are lying wounded in the gutter.
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  4095. See these Israelis settlers shooting Palestinians. Why are Israelis portrayed as holy people by DW ?
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  4096.  @adamhall5298  Why did you bother to reply if I was not fooling anyone ?
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  4097.  @griechland  Kosher western media like the BBC said that Swedes were in the military academy visited by the Kinzhal. Maybe not all 51 were killed. Anyhow send Swedes, Poles, Lithuanians, and see the Russians will sting them in the same way with Kinzhals, and they will lose their enthusiasm to fight. Innate cowards cannot fight.
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  4098.  @mag-s7  The most powerful countries in Europe Germany, France, Uk, Italy, do not want to be sent to a certain death from Russia, they are relying on Poles and Baltics to die for them. No one in Europe has an ounce of patriotism (like Russians have) and is willing to die. Cowards cannot win wars. The combined west cannot make 150 mm artillery shells. The Russians make 10x as much. None in the west can make a hypersonic missile. That is why you have lost the war and you are asking the Russians for a ceasefire and negotiations. Get it, numskull ?
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  4099.  @Korpen_1979  Weaklings will be weak even standing together. NATO is the example. All the collective west cannot match Russia.
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  4100.  @georgekay6913  Sweden and Finland joined NATO - because they were scared weaklings, just like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. None of you individually or collectively can fight Russia. You do not have the military technology nor the courage. Don't be dumb like Ukraine.
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  4101. Entirely correct. Russian has proved it is awesome - it can take on 30 countries and a superpower unflinchingly. Russia has beaten down every aggressor in the past, France, Germany, and all the other Europeans who tried.
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  4102. The pompous and sanctimonious ass forgets invasion of Iraq based on lies.
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  4103. Russian officials and media declare it was not IS but Ukraine. The US declared IS in advance of Russian investigations, to deflect attention from the culprit. A familiar tactic. Retribution is coming for Ukraine and no one should cry that Ukraine did not deserve it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5AFq5OLkG0
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  4104. They thought they had won the cold war, and they could threaten Russia with NATO expansion and Russia was too weak to retaliate. Now you know how strong Russia is - it has defeated the collective west, you are begging for a freeze to the conflict.
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  4105. Don't believe it. Why would Putin look for an off ramp when the Ukranian counter offensive has failed, and the shoddy western tanks and armoured vehicles were destroyed before they could reach the frontline ? Russia will sit out the Ukrainian offensive some more time, let the Ukranians impale themselves, and then they will go in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, NATO is in disarray over its summit. Ukraine is begging for NATO membership as its predicament is such that it sees that as the only lifeline. The US does not want to admit Ukraine into NATO - as it does not want to send its troops to Ukraine and have them killed by the Russians, or escalate it to a nuclear war which will destroy US cities. Meanwhile after having egged Ukraine on to fight Russia, barring Ukraine from entry means NATO's reputation will be in tatters. It will lead to the break up of NATO. Some of the Europeans will ask what was the point of following the US. Russia is not looking for an off ramp, it is not seeking negotiations. In fact some of the less fanatic US necons reached out to Russia to seek an off ramp for the US ! It was reported in NBC and other channels. Biden was embarrassed and said it was unofficial. The west is looking for an off ramp to cover what the world sees as its defeat by pretending Putin is seeking an off ramp !
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  4106. They will overcome their plight when Zelensky signs up for neutrality and declares NATO bases in Ukraine are not possible.
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  4107. Where were you when Israelis killed Palestinian children with airstrikes ? There are loads of Palestinian children in Israeli prison for throwing stones. Israeli settlers were attacking the Jerusalem mosque, and were aided by IDF. That was forgivable for you. And why are western countries backing this apartheid state ? You did the same in South Africa. Israel is a settler colonial state created by Britain and it is disturbing the whole neighbourhood. Why don't you ask them to come and stay in Europe ?
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  4108. The west is a white space that feels superior and entitled to dominate the world.
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  4109. Unfortunately, Zelensky is not a free man, he is trapped on one side by the US and the other side by the Ukro Nazi groups like Azov Batallion who will kill him if he negotiated. For negotiations to work, it has to be bilateral and Ukraine has to keep out the US. Only then the Russians will give Ukraine a good deal including reconstruction.
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  4110.  @MikeBarbarossa  Look at the whole geopolitical picture. In a war, you deactivate your enemy, and demoralise their self belief. The bikers took the fight to the IDF by blinding them for 24 hours. They pinpointed all the IDF's border electronic control towers, then called up drones and hit them, and they deactivated the Iron Dome. That is part of taking the fight to the IDF. Where IDF was found, the bikers had people with IDF uniforms to get past them ! IDF soldiers are also in their kidnap trawl. From their point of view, the children will grow and join IDF and kill Palestinian children. The main fight with IDF is yet to come - when they enter Gaza. They will have a lot of casualties. The IDF has tried it before and it did not succeed. Israel is a failed state, a handmaiden of European colonialism. Maintaining Israel and its cost is one cause for the west's decline. If you recall, 9/11 was due to support for Israel; America was forced to spend 20 years fighting in Afghanistan. It was a financial drain and to no avail. Creating war in Iraq was another drain. The other causes for the west's decline are NATO expansion leading to war with Russia, and China's economic rise. So cut out the emotional claptrap and think of geopolitics and the causes for the west's failure.
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  4111.  @chas721  You believe in Pentagon assessments out of wishful thinking - you are defeated, you need escape from reality like Hitler in his last days. Ukraine will be part of Russia and will be rebuilt by Russia.
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  4112.  @Happy.Soi6  They will not criticise their own criminality or ask for a war crimes trial. That is why they now do not have credibility when they go to Arabs, Africans and others and demand they cut links with Russia. The rest of the world sees Ukraine is America trying to threaten Russia; the Arabs, Latin Americans, Africans and Asians have faced similar harassment from the US, so if somebody can punch America back, well and good.
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  4113.  @HomeFromFarAway  People like you told me Putin died due to mysterious illness in 2022. Zelensky even said that a look-alike was impersonating Putin.
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  4114.  @DarkCriimes  Ukraine will never give up ? That statement was made because the sense of defeat is unbearable for you. Ukraine was on a life support machine but its death will be final when Trump pulls out support. Get it ?
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  4115.  @HomeFromFarAway  'the scandinavians do just fine. maybe read up a bit on how they do that' A bit like those 50 Swedes in Polatva training Ukrainians for electronic warfare got struck by a single Kinzal
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  4116.  @anoniem9518  Alright, the US chickened out, the UK does not have the capacity to fight Russia, and you say it is not a EU problem. The Ukrainians were dumb to believe your spiel about fighting for democracy and western values. Push comes to shove, you will save your skin because you know Russia will thrash you. Who is it who pushed Ukraine for NATO expansion ? It was the US, and the EU went along. Why did the US not agree to Russia's security request ? Why did the UK and US scuttle the agreement between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey ? The collective west is responsible. Now that you are defeated, the finger pointing has started - it is not a EU problem, it is a US problem.
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  4117. It is time for Piers to question not only Israel's apartheid state, but indeed also Judaism which is an ethnocentric religion teaching its adherents they are a Chosen People. Judaism is then like Nazism and its idea of racial supremacy. Judaism teaches the Jews they are by birth a Chosen People. It is this brainwashing of Judaic ideology that has caused Jews to create problems for 2000 years, for others and themselves. Maybe Hijab can raise this next time with Piers or Ben Shapiro.
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  4118. The title 'In the End Russia will Lose' concedes Russia is winning at the moment, but on doomsday, Russia will lose - as if the west will win ! The combined west cuts a sorry figure internationally.
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  4119. Can Europe stop Putin on its own? He who threatens or attacks Russia gets defeated. History proves that. The French were defeated in 1812 by Russia. The French now would not dare send troops for a direct engagement. The Red Army beat Germany into a pulp in 1945, and made Germans a peaceful people. The British boast a lot because they won a war in Crimea in 1856, but they would not dare fight a land war against Russia now. Look at Russia's arsenal - a single Sarmat missile will take out Britain. 100 years later, the Soviet Union forced Britain to climb down after the Suez crisis in 1956 when Britain went back to its colonial mischief and invaded Egypt. In 2025, Russia has defeated the collective west in its wicked plan to put NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Ukraine has to cede 20% land at least (and more if it does not agree to neutrality), Ukraine cannot be in NATO, and the US is not going to send peacekeepers, and Russia will not allow Europeans inside Ukraine. This is comprehensive victory enough, but Russia is going to achieve more - end NATO altogether so that the double faced Europeans do not threaten Russia ever ! Russia is a great country and the rest of the world salutes it for defeating the collective west. The collective west invaded and robbed Africa, Latin America, India, China, Arabs....They practised slave trade and apartheid, and they back Israel. Russia helped the South African people fighting to end apartheid. It helped many developing countries. Europe and the west will not be able to return to the world order they ran for their benefit at the expense of others. That is the magnitude of Russia's achievement.
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  4120. I assumed it was Somalis. They have a record of downing Black Hawks. At least three.
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  4121. He did not attack Jews as such. He said the people destroying or attacking Orthodox Christianity are not atheists as one might imagine, but people who are ethnically Jews and even Christians. He said they are ethnically Jews and Christians but they are not believers. He said the attack against Orthodox Christianity does not come from Islam, they are believers. That is a perfect analysis. I have heard Muslims say Jews supported by Zionist Christians have infiltrated into UAE and even Saudi Arabia. That is what the Abraham Accord was about. They want to foist LGBQT etc. on the Muslims. They bad mouthed Qatar for not accepting it during the football world cup. They think Muslims should not follow their religion, then Zionists will have a field day. The same Zionists wants the erasure of Orthodox Christianity from Ukraine and Russia.
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  4122. The Jewess is a gas bag who spouts on about Iranian people coming out and overthrowing their govt., so Israel can declare victory. If the Israeli people after bombardment rally round Netanyahu to defeat Iran, the Iranian people also rally round their govt. to defeat Israel. The Jewess is spouting wishful thinking, just like the west. The west also thought that the oppressed Russian people would come out on the streets due to sanctions and overthrow Putin and the west would be able to appoint a President who will obey them. That was their victory plan. It did not work out, Russia defeated the collective west and its proxy Ukraine. Likewise Iran is defeating the collective west and its ME proxy, Israel.
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  4123. The war in Ukraine is lost for the west.This professor is now admitting that the war is lost in the short term, he says now the west is going to play for the long term ! The first is admission of the reality; the second is a face saving response. What will that be ? He gives airy fairy schemes of rebuilding the Ukraine that Russia has yet to take. There have been three Ukraine reconstruction conferences; Rheinmetall and some UK firms said they will start factories in Ukraine to make arms etc. All bombast of course. The area that Russia has not taken yet are under constant air attack, and no western company is going to sow their money and have their workers killed. Russia will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine or long term games. That is final. Russia will complete Donbass capture, then drive out the Ukrainians from Kursk, and advance to the Dnieper. The Americans and the west are now bogged down supplying Israel for an open ended war. It is going to be another fiasco for the west. Meanwhile, de-dollarisation moves on in the BRICS summit. Trade can occur without the west. The west's colonial world order has come to a hand. Russia ended it.
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  4124. Russia has held Crimea since 2014, and there is no way for Ukraine to dislodge it. So why can't they hold the new areas ?
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  4125. What does Russia have to pay for ?
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  4126. America realises it is an a losing position. So when you can't win, join them.
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  4127. The British are carried way thinking that Putin is bluffing - because he did not retaliate after the Kursk incursion with a nuclear strike. But Putin may not be bluffing next time when he says he will strike UK's assets. He is bluffing till he is not bluffing. And when UK's assets are struck, what happens if the US refuses to get involved ? Starmer referred to the special relationship as if that means the UK can manipulate and control the US .
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  4128. The US cannot afford it, so it got defeated. But India is equally useless. Why was India relying on the USA ? It also lost out. India spent money it cannot afford on Afghanistan, and has nothing to show. To cover up for that, India is trying to say how useless Biden and the Americans are. The fact is India was not invited to Doha or any negotiation, and has no place in Afghanistan now. The gainers are Pak, Iran, Russia and China. Not US and west - nor India.
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  4129. If Sunak is a proud Hindu, will he ask Modi whether organising Hindu mob violence and rape against minorities are part of Hindu pride ? Sunak is a shameless Hindu, who endorses Hindu fascism by saying he has enormous respect for Butcher of Gujarat.
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  4130. They have lost everything because of their folly - fighting Russia to please the west.
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  4131. 'Trump-Wary NATO Tells US It "Needs Europe To Ensure Putin Doesn't Prevail", Ukraine Demands Patriots' A case of the tail trying to wag the dog.
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  4132. Also goo that, he has not lost sight that Tommy Robinson is a criminal and was sentenced accordingly.
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  4133. Zelensky also visited Mariopol. Mariopol's fate awaits Bakhmut.
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  4134.  @TOFKAS01  Why will the west backstab Ukraine and ask it to be realistic ? Because the time is coming when they cannot afford to subsidise a loser.
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  4135.  @MovieGuy808  If you think UK and US and smart because they are destroying the Russian military without losing a single one of their soldiers, that is a cynical consolation ..... it proves Ukraine is a proxy and you do not care a damn about their lives.
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  4136. It is coming out in western media drip by drip; they do not want to spoil Israel's image which they have built. The news of this strike came out on Indian channels and Al Jazeera many hours ago.
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  4137. What did the Ukranians and their handlers expect ? That Ukraine can hit Russia and celebrate and Russia won't strike back ? Russia can and will escalate all the way up to tactical nuclear weapon if the Ukranains continue to misbehave.
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  4138. Germany with its historical record of Nazism and racial supremacy has right to fear a return to its demonic past. Russia made a big mistake to allow German reunification. Thatcher and Miterrand opposed German reunification. The whole of Europe will suffer again if German Nazism and its clones in Europe come back.
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  4139. Ukraine says it will move to stronger positions. Ukraine will be moving to the EU. The reporter is trying to downgrade the Russian victory. It is only a Pyhrric victory he says. In the bigger picture, the reporter says Russia is losing a lot of lives - as if Ukraine is not.
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  4140. It was criminal for Ukraine to indulge in Russophobia and seek NATO entry and put US missiles to threaten Russia. Ukraine is therefore being dismembered. Ukraine has proved to be a failed country, incapable of statesmanship. It should never have been given independence as it has turned out to be a source of instability to Europe.
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  4141. Russia will take the Russian parts, Kharkhov and Odessa and they should go after Kiev. In Putin's speech, he indicated they don't want western Ukraine. It is the hotbed of Ukro Nazis, Poland can take it. The Russian parts of Ukraine will be taken back as it should, but Russia will not allow what is left to house NATO.
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  4142. Rules based order - make lies about WMDs and invade Iraq.
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  4143. I remember that, the Volkssturm with Panzerfaus were asked to fight the Red Army as it entered Berlin.
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  4144.  @leonidaspapanikolaou3165  Nothing like the Europeans, they were the worst colonisers, and they want to continue.
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  4145.  @countvontoten3978  'Only six or seven months before F16's are operational.' That is your last great hope. The Russians will shoot the F 16s when they come just like the tanks, Himars and Bradleys. Finally, you won't have the money to supply them. They will wait a little longer for the Ukranians to impale themselves and attrition them, and then start pushing forwards and go in hot pursuit of the Ukro Nazis. The offensive has failed and the west has lost.
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  4146. Well, the western media and experts said the first 72 hours are critical, if Ukraine does not punch through and follow up with a blitzkrieg, the offensive will be a non-starter. Ukraine has not even reached the Russian front lines after 3 weeks. So the conclusion is the offensive is a damp squib and Ukraine and the west have lost.
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  4147.  @AnotherPointOfView944  What do you personally want me to sort out ? I pointed out the obvious : None of you can fight Russia, individually or collectively. I cannot make the incapable capable.
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  4148.  @mcwhadom  'And Ukraine has lost.. Really and we're doomed, lol'. Indeed, that is why you are putting on a brave face and indulging in delusions. Try to be objective. Can Ukraine fight without US support ? No. US is withdrawing support. It has run out of money and arms for supporting a campaign for 'however long it takes'. Get it ? The UK and EU do not have the capacity. You are empty vessels from the 19th century. Russia has an incredible arsenal that will fry you if you sent troops. All in all, the collective west is defeated. That is why you are smarting. Now Trump is going to bamboo Europe and UK with tariffs.
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  4149.  @HennyDEZEEUW  Europe can spend as much as it wants, it cannot create hypersonics and Oreshnik missiles. It is all wishful thinking. What support can you give Ukraine ? You cannot even produce 150 mm shells. By the time you increase your defence production, Ukraine will be gone. Don't waste your time and prolong Ukraine's misery. You miscalculated when you fought Russia. Accept the mistake and repent.
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  4150.  @simonfisher2239  whatever, those cluster bombs could not break Russian lines. Ukraine's counter offensive was a flop and now they are being pushed back.
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  4151. Sky says they were aid workers. But who knows ? They might be mercenaries, spies etc.
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  4152.  @mdrexel6622  But Britain likes to talk as if it is leading Europe with its Russophobia. Some months back a British newspaper wrote of the Americans ditch Europe, Britian should step in and show Europe the way on tackling Russia ! The British are vain and egocentric just like the French and Germans.
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  4153. Ukraine should realise the mismatch which NATO shipments cannot change. It should give up its Russophobia, stop serving America, and learn to get on with Russia. Otherwise, it is going to be turned into a wasteland. Russophibia to please America is not a sound foreign policy. Even the dimmest countries understand that.
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  4154. A conflict felt around the world, created by the American lust to expand NATO, and Europe's pathetic acceptance to be subordinate to America.
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  4155.  @celluskh6009  When you did it in Iraq, it was not war crimes. Yeah, yeah... that is why you do not have credibility and the rest of the world is supporting Russia.
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  4156.  @thegreatdane3627  What did Britain and US do to German civilians and cities in WW 2? They firebombed them. Also atom bombed two Japanese cities. The justification given was it brought a quick end to the war. The Russians have only cut the power. They want to bring the war to an end quickly. Only you want to prolong it. Why ? Westerners cannot afford to support Ukraine indefinitely because Sir Putin is de-industrialising Europe.
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  4157.  @Chivalry2Clips  Your English is not comprehensible. Who is 'they' and 'you' ?
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  4158.  @oldmoney1022  I am actually a Russian bot. Do you have the intellect to write an intelligent reply disproving what I say ?
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  4159.  @pierre-charlesleonhart8357  Vitali Klishcko Mayor of Kiev is now crying ' they are going to genocide us, they want a Ukraine without Ukrainians'. Give me a break. Ukranians misbehave and cry when spanked. Only a few days back, this boxer was predicting he will get Crimea before end of December.
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  4160.  @thegreatdane3627  Unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, which bled the west over 20 years, this one is bleeding the west immediately ! Europe is de-industrialising. BASF is downsizing in Europe and going to China. Same with others. As for the US, Russia has started the ball rolling on the use of other currencies for trade, and that cuts the dollar eventually and with that, American power. Sir Putin has won the economic war and single handedly ended the west's pretentious 'rules based international order'. No other country - not even China - could have done that. That is why you are burning. You are carrying on babbling about western power due to false pride.
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  4161.  @pierre-charlesleonhart8357  You do not have much vocabulary or intellect to write anything more substantive.
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  4162.  @sergeyb8  Regardless of whether you are 100% behind your military and while I commend your braveness, you are merely a proxy for your handlers in the US. You have squandered your independence, the Ukraine of 1991 is not returning. It will be something else. It will be a failed state. You have lost at least 20% of land, the economy is strangled, and the shipping lanes are in Russian control. What is left will be a landlocked wasteland dependent o EU aid. Your war effort is entirely dependent on foreign aid. You will not survive one day without US help. US money is going to dry up after Republicans take control of Congress. Eventually the US will ditch you, and you will be left like Afghanistan and Iraq. You miscalculated thinking you can use the US to fight Russia. You back stabbed Russia, so that is the end of Ukraine. You can only blame yourself. Whenever you score a hit, even a small one, you boast And when you get hit you cry 'war crime.'
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  4163.  @livewyr7227  Power is always targeted. The Ukrainian military also needs electricity to manage radar and other communications equipment. Hence, it is a legitimate target, Russia should have done it in the first week. They clearly had the ability, it is just they were soft on the civilian population. But Ukraine's misbehaviour continues, so these steps have to be taken.
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  4164. The poor Ukranian sod has to pretend that Ukraine can still win. He tries the familiar - if Ukraine falls, Russia and China will come after you.
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  4165. This joker Stoltenberg says that Putin is failing in the war ! Alright, why are you so agitated ? If Russia destroys 40% of Ukraine's power, you say Ukraine is winning. They annex four oblasts and still you say Ukraine is winning. You have been telling us for months about the Ukranian Kherson offensive, but where is it ? The Russians test nuclear weapons, why don't you ignore them if you are winning and you know their missiles don't hit the target ?
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  4166. The war is not about how much territory Russia takes. It never said territorial gain is the aim. The aim is to stop US bases in Ukraine. To achieve that, it was forced to take land. If Ukraine had agreed to maintain the neutrality it promised in its declaration of independence, Ukraine would have all of what it was given in 1992, including Crimea. Thus what is victory for the Russians is stopping US bases in Ukraine. They have achieved that. I cannot see how the US can set bases in a country which is struck by bombs. Victory for the US is having bases in Ukraine. Since the US is bending over backwards to block Ukraine entering NATO (while pretending otherwise), the US has lost its gamble when it staged a coup in 2014.
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  4167. All wishful thinking - Ukraine is not going to exist, and the west has lost. Russia is going to dictate terms.
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  4168. West helps Ukraine. and they promised to help after the war also... i @tryingtocorrect  The Ukraine that is left will not be what was given in 1991. It will be 20% less and landlocked. The bit of Ukraine that is left will have to sign a neutrality treaty if it is not to be pulverised. The west is not going to reconstruct Ukraine, they don't have money themselves, as Russia is de-industrialising them. Already the damage done to Ukraine is over $ 1 trillion. The west said they will reconstruct Iraq and Afghanistan, but they left it in ruins when they could not bear the cost. It will be the same in Ukraine. Only the part of Ukraine that Russia takes will be reconstructed. The part they take becomes part of Russia, they would feel it is their country, they feel an obligation to reconstruct. Whereas an Italian will ask his government why it is constructing Ukraine when he has no money. So don't fool yourself. Go and vote to rejoin Russia. Ukraine was well off under Russia. Ukrainians used to rule from Moscow (Krushchev, Brezhnev). Today you produce clowns.
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  4169. Vivek Ramasamy, an upper caste Hindu contestant for position of POTUS said there is no racism in the US. Then why are Indians venting their spleen over the Seattle incident ? Why do Indians migrate by hook or crook to the US ? It must be because it is better than the squalid country they come from. The US is a democracy with an independent judicial system, let the law take its course. This police officer should be punished. In this, there is very high probability. In India, police, mobs and politicians attack low castes and non-Hindus with impunity and all three escape the law - because the judges are also upper caste and their loyalty is to their caste than their job.
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  4170.  @mickeysimon3789  Don't utter nonsense out of enraged false pride. Ukraine will not join NATO. Either Ukraine will not exist. Or if Russia agrees for some of Ukraine to exist, Russia will not withdraw from there unless Ukraine signs a neutrality act. Who in NATO can dictate to Russia ? Not the US or any of the other weaklings. If for one moment, NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Russia dictates whether Ukraine can ship wheat. The President of the African Union visited Putin for help with wheat shipments and Russia agreed to allow. The deal was negotiated by Turkey and UN - and not the west. NATO is a collection of cowards none of whom is willing to die. Those who are not ready to die cannot win wars. Get it ? Ukraine and the west have lost. Russia will dictate terms in Ukraine. Russia has ended the western run 'international order' for good. Now go off to your next war against China and get a beating there as well.
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  4171.  @kirilloleynik5454  Let Russia teach Ukraine and NATO a lesson first - that there will be no NATO on Russia's southern borders. The US will not fight a direct war. They do not want to die, they can use the Ukranians. After that the Poles are there to die for the Americans.
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  4172.  @gilh3947  Russia asked Ukraine to be neutral and the US to provide a security guarantee. That would have averted the war. Both declined. Now Ukraine has lost land, and it cannot get it back. It is spoils of a war it could have avoided. Loss of land is the penalty Ukraine has to pay for threatening and killing Russians. That will teach Ukraine not to backstab again.
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  4173.  @mfulan7548  Ukraine gave that understanding to Russia when it became independent. Its Independence Declaration said it would be a neutral state. Did Ukraine sign an agreement saying it will not join NATO when Russia asked in Dec. 2022 ? Did the US agree to sign an agreement providing Russia security when it asked in Dec 2022 ? Ukraine is not going to be NATO member, because it is not going to exist in the form when it became independent in 1991. Ukraine now has no choice but to trade land for peace. Or it will lose more land. This is the price it has to pay for seeking to join an anti-Russian military alliance to threaten Russia. Russia will only guarantee it will not attack again if UKraine signs for being a neutral state.
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  4174.  @gilh3947  The Soviet Union's aim was not German land. But since Germany threatened and invaded the Soviet Union, it became necessary to destroy Germany and rearrange the map, and confiscate all of Germany's eastern lands. Likewise, since the US thought it could use Ukraine to threaten Russia, Russia is rearranging Ukraine and making it a pastoral state with no NATO presence.
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  4175.  @mfulan7548  'Threatening isn't the same as invading other nations.' Russia is a superpower. It is not going to wait till Ukraine joins NATO, and lets the US have bases, and then fight. Sir Putin said it is costly for Russia to go to war now, but it is better to do it now than later. If the US gets bases in Ukraine, Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to evict it. Russia by acting now has made sure there is no way NATO can have bases in Ukraine.
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  4176.  @gilh3947  You wrote just personal abuse, so you cannot be that educated. Some redneck American type perhaps ?
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  4177.  @BigBoss-sm9xj  found russian troll - Is that the best reply you could make ?
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  4178.  @finalfansix  Ukraine will have no choice but to give more land. Ukraine does not have the ability to evict Russia; they do not have the manpower and they are reliant on western equipment supplies. 'saying that there is a way to appease Putin by giving him land is dumb, or disingenuous at best' Why does the west not send troops to Ukraine if you don't want to appease Putin ? The borders of 2014, let alone 1991, are not returning. If Ukraine does not agree, more land will go, and what Russia does not take will be reduced to rubble.
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  4179.  @DSan-kl2yc  Ukraine's independence and integrity was under the understanding it will return the nukes to Russia and it would not join in any anti-Russian military alliance. Without those, Ukraine would not have got independence. Ukraine sought to renege on the second, hence it has its integrity and independence is being terminated. Ukraine has to accept the consequences of its misbehaviour, and there is nothing that its external handlers can do to save it.
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  4180.  @DSan-kl2yc  Budapest Memorandum says armed force will not be used against Ukraine - unless it threatens the security of Russia. The last Article of the Budapest Memorandum says that in the case of a dispute, all parties will seek to meet and negotiate. In Dec. 2022, Putin sent a letter to Biden asking for negotiations and a treaty to guarantee to Russia's security (that is, the US will not use Ukraine to threaten Russia with NATO bases). The US refused. Ukraine kept quiet on returning to neutrality, as it believed with US help, it could defeat Russia. Thus, Ukraine, UK and US violated the Memorandum by refusing to negotiate. Thereafter Ukraine got a beating, and has lost land and has been turned into a wasteland. Ukraine is not in a position to reverse it. The Ukraine of 2014, let alone 1991, is not returning. A country's sovereignty is not absolute, it can depend on history and geopolitical context. Ukrainian independence was given under two understandings (1) that Ukraine would give up the nukes and (2) agree to be neutral and not join any anti-Russian military military alliance. Otherwise Ukraine would not have got independence. Ukraine is unable to reverse the first condition (nukes), but it thought it could renege on the second (neutrality). Ukraine is foolish and does not have the skills to be an independent country. It is a failed state. That is the reality.
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  4181.  @petedavis7970  Zelensky is a living legend? That is for blinded westerners - he is the Great Hope who will beat Russia for them. But objectively, what is his achievement ? He has got many Ukranians cities destroyed, many Ukranians killed, and he is going to lose more land. He has conceded he cannot join NATO. He could have agreed to be neutral and this would have been averted. No point becoming wise after getting a beating.
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  4182.  @FandersonUfo  You seem to be putting on a brave face to cover stupidity. What has Ukraine gained ? It has lost more territory, got a lot of people killed, it has 4 million refugees, nearly 1 trillion $ of damage, and Zelensky says it cannot join NATO.
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  4183.  @roberthollingsworth8940  Is he now ? Zelensky has great hope, he thinks Putin will use a nuclear weapon.
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  4184.  @stanfarshtei1291  Zelensky has accepted to drop demand for NATO entry. That is how it will be. He should have realised that before getting a beating.
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  4185.  @triggerwarning5499  Poor comparison. A better analogy is you don't go and poke a polar bear; they are cute but fierce. If you poke the Bear, and it mauls you, you blame not the bear but yourself. Get it ? Russian gymansts and ballerinas are the cutest, but if you provoke Russia, they will be like the polar bear ! Ukraine was attacked because the US planned to put missiles threatening Russia by inducting it in NATO. Russia gave many warnings. But Ukraine got carried away with Russophobia and the belief NATO will save them. NATO also believed that Russia was bluffing as it had got away with 5 expansions in the past.
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  4186.  @FandersonUfo  Indeed, but it happens in war. However, in this case, it will not alter the result. Russia lost one warship, but Ukraine lost part of the country. No NATO entry is possible, 1/3 of the country will be gone, 4 million refugees, 1 trillion dollars of damage, it will be a landlocked country.
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  4187.  @petedavis7970  This is what Zelensky has achieved : Half the Ukranian cities reduced to rubble. More to be reduced. 4 million refugees. 1 trillion worth of damage - who will bring the money to rebuild ? Don't know how many Ukranians were killed - but it is more than Russians. Ukraine's economy shrank by 50% - and Russia can strangle the ports. Zelensky says he is ready to abandon NATO membership. If he had not been dimwitted, he would have agreed to make Ukraine neutral, and had good relations with EU and Russia. It is wishful thinking that Russia's economy will grind to a halt. It has everything - land, water, energy, minerals, food security, and military power. It does not need to export even. Some technology items can be obtained from China. Even western goods can be routed through Dubai. And even if it has to export, others are ready to buy its oil (China and India are already buying) and metals and wheat (Pakistan bought a deal). Non western countries are setting up financial mechanisms to allow trade settlements without dollars and euros. In fact, Russia has taken a momentous step to de-dollarise and create the end of the domination of the western financial system.
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  4188.  @stanfarshtei1291  NATO did not want to be seen refusing Ukraine entry to NATO - because it wants to maintain this holy pose it is a purely defensive organisation where people apply to join, like an exclusive club. NATO should have told Zelensky before the war started that it will not come and fight. There is a video where Zelensky met NATO to ask for a 'yes/no' decision on NATO entry. He said they told him, that NATO entry will not be possible, but publicly they will say it was open to Ukraine ! However, NATO is nobody. It is America that decides and rest of NATO rubberstamps. America decides to go to Afghanistan, and makes all the Europeans to go. And when the US ran away from Kabul, the US decided on its own it was going to leave without informing the other NATO allies ! In 2008, when Ukraine's induction into NATO was brought up by Americans, France and Germany opposed fearing it would lead to war. At that time, the US govt's Victoria Nuland was caught on tape responding 'f..k the EU, this is American policy'. America twisted France and Germany's hands and made them agree to accept the plan for Ukraine. The Europeans are stupids who have not realised that America uses NATO for its interest, in ways which may be harmful to Europeans. Americans know Europeans are (1) weak and divided and (2) they fear Russia and so will agree to American desires.
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  4189.  @FandersonUfo  Indeed, the war is far from over. Russia will take more land in the east. That is all. Then agree to negotiations. So is Ukraine better off for spurning neutrality in the beginning ?
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  4190. Russia will hit Ukrain's capital with a nuke, there will be no Ukranians left, and believe me no in the west would want to intervene after that event, because no one in the west wants to die for Ukraine.
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  4191. What is the point of Trump proof support after being defeated ? Anyhow, DT is publishing the usual British rubbish, NATO's command structure is American and controlled by them. The headless British and European chicken cannot run the show. Ukraine will not exist in any fighting shape, Europeans can fund refugees and pay Ukrainian salaries, I think Russia would allow that.
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  4192. @everyday tenor Live with the reality. Sir Putin is stuffing the Europeans. None of them dare send troops. And he is strangling their economy and de-industrialising Europe. That is the reality. Get to grips and ask whether NATO expansion was worth this.
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  4193.  @public.public  He sabotaged a peace deal Ukraine had struck with Russia in Turkey. Ukraine fought on and got decimated, so Boris is responsible. Why does the slob not speak anymore ?
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  4194.  @javanava8925  The war is lost for you. So accept the reality that you made a mistake inciting Ukraine. In Vilnius summit, Biden said Ukraine cannot join NATO. Biden knows Russia is not leaving Ukraine and he does not want to fight them. If US cannot do anything, what can EU countries do ? You are just vain.
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  4195.  @thundermarkperun1083  'How's Brexit & backing the Ukraine going for the UK?' Very badly. But UK feels happy being a vassal to the US. It always has.
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  4196. Poland is neurotic and feels suicidal. It is itching to fight Russia. Poland will get Ukrained. It will go into fight Russia, and when Russia delivers a good beating, Poland will find the US will look the other way and say Article 5 only says there will be a meeting to decide if anything needs to be done. Poland will protest and be told to be grateful.
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  4197. Sniper work was done by the Red Army against the German Nazis. Russia and Ukraine know how it is done.
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  4198. How different things would be if Ukraine never gave up their nukes ? Russia would not have given Ukraine independence if it did not relinquish the nukes. It was a wise decision. Ukraine's independence was conditional on giving up nukes and being neutral. Ukraine reneged on the second promise, so it is having its life beaten out.
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  4199. Ha, ha, ha. Indian army will be filled by Gujarati cowards. I can imagine how they will fare.
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  4200. The rest of the world might also close their borders to Britain. They do not want your wars.
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  4201.  @nomadclient4047  It is the reverse - Putin has played NATO like a fiddle. He struck when NATO ran away in disarray from Afghanistan. Ukraine's NATO ambitions are ended for good, NATO itself dare not induct Ukraine, and more of Ukraine is getting absorbed back into Russia, and it will become a landlocked country, to sustain which will require a lot of western money.
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  4202.  @henryarchy5424  NATO is all mouth and no trousers. Just listen to the pompous Stoltenberg. The way NATO exited from Afghanistan convinced me they are a bunch of cowards, and their leader is the most cowardly. If NATO could not fight people with RPGs on Toyota pick up trucks, for sure the 30 of them can't fight Russia. They are so pathetic they imagine having Finland and Sweden will give them some backbone.
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  4203. Zelensky has not held any meetings with the Ukranian Parliament, he has arrested opponents and opposition parties, but he is a addressing all western parliaments. Russia should turn up the heat even more when he is out of the country. Destroy the airports so he cannot return.
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  4204. Sleepy Joe goes to Ukraine to shore up flagging morale as Ukraine runs out of arms.
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  4205.  @burns281981  Alright, let the Russians keep going for more symbolic victories. No need to send weapons and waste your money.
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  4206. Scott is very clear minded : Bandera's Nazi ideology should be removed from the Ukranian constitution, remove all the roads and statues named after him, the same as Germany removed Hitler.
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  4207. It is all wishful thinking. The US sent troops to Russia during the civil war in 1917, till the Red Army was formed and evicted the US army. The US would like to do the same now, except Russia has the power to incinerate all US cities.
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  4208.  @cl5080  Trump will secure an END TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE on Russia's term. Ukrainians obeyed US orders and fought the war, and they have to agree US orders to stop.
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  4209. The blame game and cover up have already started. When they tell us that Ukraine has to show gratefulness, and NATO is not Amazon (a very tasteless comment), it means the west is defeated and the blame has to be shifted to Ukraine because it could not pull off the counter offensive. The same west had said last year that Ukranians are part of the (superior) European family (Ursula von Leyen) and that Ukraine is fighting to save Europe, and it will always be consulted and no decision will be taken behind its back, and Ukraine will be supported for as long as it takes. Ukranians were stupid enough to believe the US and the west. But while I believe they have only got what they sowed with their Nazi-style anti-Russian nationalism, I feel sorry for the people.
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  4210. What is the emergency when the US said it is experimental and Russia has only a few ? Cragg's story is that Putin is bluffing and he has not retaliated for many a western transgression. But that does not mean he won't ever. Putin has been saying since 2007 to stop NATO expansion to his border, the US kept expanding little by little, each tine the US got emboldened thinking Russia was weak, they thought Putin was bluffing when he amassed troops, but then he followed through.
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  4211.  @RubenHaile  But he can harass you and give you sleepless nights, plus has those unstoppable hypersonic missiles. You do not want to get into a fight with Russia.
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  4212.  @Intrepid_A  812,670 Russians killed - that is just made up. The news says that the Ukrainians have run out of manpower and the US is asking to conscript 18 years olds. A unit newly trained in France deserted when sent to combat ! 'There is yes stopping their hypersonic missiles.' Who stopped them ? Sir Putin invited you in a gentlemanly fashion to fight a duel. You select the target in Ukraine, put your Patriots and Orshenik will strike them. You were ungentlemanly and did not take up the offer to show your technology. Why ? At the end of the day, the west is asking for a ceasefire, not Russia. Why ? Because you are beaten. Get it ?
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  4213.  @yvontchissambo8307  The Russians are already winning. That is why the US is asking for ceasefire and negotiations. The Russians have made their terms clear : Ukraine has to surrender the remainder of the 4 oblasts, and accept it cannot be in NATO. Till then, there will be no ceasefire. Russia has the power to take the remainder of Donbass and move to the Dnieper and target Odessa. Trump has no cards to dictate to the Russians. As for the claim that he can browbeat Russia, by sending arms to Ukraine, how can he do that when his aim is to extricate the US from never ending wars, and challenge China. As for Russians losing some of their army, Ukraine is forced to recruit 18 year olds. And a newly trained unit in France deserted when sent to combat ! You don't have that on the Russian side. Russia has beaten the collective west and 100 year agreements with Ukraine shows you are trapped in empty symbolism - because you cannot accept defeat.
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  4214.  @LisbonLion7  'so you're admitting there was no reason to worry about nato invading from Ukraine... because your hypersonic and tactical missiles would have kept you safe. ' This is weak logic to justify US-led NATO expansion. Firstly, Russia had not used hypersonic missiles in war, so a priori it did not know it will work in a war. Secondly, US can make hypersonic missiles eventually, and if Ukraine is in NATO, it would allow placing them there. 'not wanting Ukraine to prosper in the EU.' Sir Vladimir had said several times there was no objection to Ukraine joining the EU as it was an economic alliance, the objection is to NATO. You should be asking why NATO was not disbanded after Warsaw Pact was disbanded. Why did the US push for NATO expansion ? It was due to the lobbying of Lockheed for business. You should be asking why Europeans are vassals of the US who went along. Russia had warned many times that NATO expansion would bring war. Finally, the war came, and you find Russia has defeated NATO and the collective west. The instigator of the conflict, the US, wants to abandon Ukraine and NATO. The Europeans are left groping in the dark. And you are wilfully fabricating accusations against Russia to deny your own culpability. Therefore, you deserve all you get.
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  4215.  @kieronspiteri  So US is pressing for negotiations because it does want people to die on both sides ? Then why did to create the war in the first place ? Why did the US make a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and put a Nazi nationalist forces in power who wanted to join NATO ? Now that project to get Ukraine in NATO back fired, you want to arrange negotiations ! It is not because you care about the people killed. Get it ? You can't deceive me, don't deceive your self.
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  4216.  @remixthebeats7526  The British had a hand driving all the crazy operations like Kursk and 2023 counter offensive. See how much grief that brought Ukraine. 'but they don’t come close to how skilled British soldiers are' When was the last time the British fought a military with a superior arsenal ? Even in WW 2, it is the Red Army that destroyed 80% of the Germany. Russia can fight land wars, Britain cannot.
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  4217.  @LisbonLion7  When you came make a hypersonic missile, talk. When you can defend against one, talk. NATO is in no position to fight Russia - because as Sir Vladimir said you will face consequences you have never faced before. You know what that means. If for one moment NATO thought it could win, the US would have sent troops to Ukraine. Instead it made Ukraine fight, and when beaten, the US wants a ceasefire and negotiate. 'Or how about those other 2 new russo bordering countries that just joined nato? ' Did these two weaklings change the outcome for Ukraine ? If the US withdraws from NATO, these two may find they were foolish. If they provoke Russia, they too will be Ukrained. And the US will not come to their aid; and the rest of the rabbits in Europe cannot do anything either. Know your place. You are not in the same league as Russia.
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  4218.  @maneshipocrates2264  Western experts said Ukraine needs to break through in 72 hours and do a lightning blitzkrieg. After 2-3 weeks the Ukranians have not reached the Russian frontlines. The western experts also said Ukraine must not get bogged down in an attritional war as Russia will come out on top. That is what is happening. Hence, the conclusion is Ukraine and the west have lost, it is a matter of time.
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  4219. Everywhere, one sees cheap Chinese goods. Now we see also top quality Chinese goods - like Huwaei phones. 90% of goods on Amazon are from China. No one can match China in low cost manufacturing. Not the west. Forget about India, they can only make food laced with cow's urine and export it to Hindu shops in London. Indians, specifically the Hindu nationalists running India, need to become serious and show they can compete with China. They have only proved they can lynch people over cows. They are unbelievably primitive.
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  4220. NATO needs meetings in Germany and Spain to make no decisions. Russia makes decisions and moves ahead unflinchingly. Therein lies the difference. Can you imagine if Russia attacks a troublesome NATO country like Poland or Lithuania ? They will have meetings to trigger Article 5, and the US will not agree to send troops as it does not want to be massacred by Russia, and the rest of the small European loudmouths will not know what to do.
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  4221.  @KatsCats2619  I would not trust any of them. The western humanitarian groups, media etc. work for western intelligence. so Russia treats them like western mercenaries. They are indistinguishable.
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  4222. @Gus Shredney Putin can settle Ukraine any time with a tactical nuclear weapon. In fact, NATO is creating the conditions for that by arming Ukraine. NATO will not intervene after a tactical nuclear weapon is dropped as no one in NATO, including all their loudmouths like Stolteberg, Truss, Poland etc. want to be pyrolysed by the Sarmat missile. The Sarmat devasates an area the size of Britain in a single strike.
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  4223. Obama was discourteous and showed bad form.
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  4224. Russia has the lasting power. The west does not. They have got Europe's economy by the scruff of the neck.
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  4225. Lithuania is under NATO protection, but if it gets carried away with Russophobia and thinks it can use NATO to threaten Russia, the Bear will maul it, NATO or no NATO. That is the fatal mistake Ukraine made. If Russia's terrible performance is so bad, why are you worried ? Would you like to be at the receiving end of a hypersonic missile ?
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  4226.  @someguyfromarcticfreezer6854  Russia will be horrible if you got your independence like Ukraine with the written promise that you will not join any military alliance, and then indulge in Russophobia and decide you will join NATO and put American missiles to threaten Russia. Ukraine should know better. They should not have been made indpendent. Russia now will work to take it piece by piece. Ukraine got its chance to be independent, Russia agreed to it, but Ukraine misbehaved and it is payback time for them. There is nothing more to it.
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  4227.  @someguyfromarcticfreezer6854  Those who threaten Russia will be invaved. Pre-emptibe strike. Israel does that all the time and the west including Zelensky endorses it. Zelensky's plan was to get into NATO, put American missiles pointing at Russia, and then invoke Article 5. The Ukranian declaration of independence pledged it will not join any military alliances against Russia. It wanted to renege on an international agreement it made with Russia. Hence, Russia is entitled for course correction. You should have advised Ukraine not to renege on its agreement with Russia and should have stopped trying to induct them into NATO. Hence, Ukraine's sovereignty is terminated.
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  4228.  @bryanmoore3051  700,000 + Ukrainians dead. Zelensky said 31,000. 700,000 is Russians.
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  4229. The west thinks Ukraine should lower its draft age, because it wants to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, before abandoning it and moving to its next war.
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  4230. There was another condition for Ukranian independence : it would be neutral and not join any military alliance. Ukraine reneged on that unilaterally, hence Russia is dismantling Ukraine.
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  4231. The rest of the world does not see it the way you do - it is in everyone's interest to see Putin lose. The non-western world having suffered under America wants to see the US lose. Ask people in China, India, Middle East, Africa, Latin America. You are just a typical conceited westerner who thinks you are the world. Boris Johnson said at first, he wants to see Putin lose, otherwise the global international order will be undermined. Lately, he got more frank - he said if Putin is not defeated, it is the end of western hegemony. That is what is on your mind as well when you say it is in everyone's interest to see Putin lose. You want to proliferate western hegemony but you want to say it is for the benefit of the world. The rest of the world wants de-dollarisation, end of US bases, regime change operations and coups. Putin has cut western power and triggered de-dollarisation.
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  4232. 'the real details will soon be revealed'. I presume you do not accept the police report that it was 53 year old white, you are still hoping to find a black or Muslim. Am I right, numskull ?
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  4233. The way von Leyen talks, it is as if Germany has a lot of energy to spare. Analysts say that the only solution is to have increased air defences - as if the west has a lot to spare.
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  4234. In the first month, the Ukranians reported the Russians had run out of electronic components, and they were using components from washing machines in their missiles. Now the Ukranians are saying the components come from the US and the west ! I would not take the Ukranians seriously, they got a beating and they are always bleating.
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  4235. Europe deserves contempt. You are shouting about Ukrainian freedom and you are helping Israelis attack Gaza. Hypocrites. You were sailing in the American boat, happily assisting them in invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Palestine. You wanted to help America threaten Russia with NATO expansion to Ukraine. Now not only Russia has defeated you, America has kicked you.
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  4236. 'Yet I hope I am wrong and soon we'll see a break through that nets them lots of captured enemies and takes out the so called land bridge and recaptures their southern territories.' You are a wicked anti-Russian but you know in your heart the Ukranians are going to get another beating.
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  4237. CNN expects that Putin has to tow mindlessly the western line. Don't raise root causes (implementation of Two State Solution), because this is not the time to say it. Fly the Israeli flag and give Israel a blank cheque for its crimes as the time requires it.
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  4238.  @bonnie7898  Russia was never part of any invading NATO force in Afghanistan. It is not a subservient country like European nations that will go and fight for others the US. 'The western coalition helped the interim Iraqi government to rid themselves of Saddam Hussain...' You are trying a fast one. A coalition of two is the world for you and your invasion is 'nation building'. Anyhow you did not go in to save Iraqis from Saddam - that is fitting aims after a failure. The Iraqis did not ask for your intervention. Several million died due to your intervention, many times greater than any harm they would have faced under Saddam. You lied, and said Iraq had WMDs that would hit London in 40 minutes. In reality, you went in because Saddam started selling oil in euros. That would have undermined the dollar. The eurozone did not join to fight against their interests. You have now a new lie - 'we went to save Iraqis from Saddam'. Why do you lie ? That is why western credibility is gone and the global South does not want to listen to the west. China and Russia are now advocating and trading without dollars. They also have WMDs. Why don't you invade them to save their people from a dictator ? You don't have the guts. 'The west did not send weapons to SA like Russia did, but they imposed massive sanctions on the apartheid regime, which Mandela acknowledged were helpful in ending apartheid.' The west aided and abetted apartheid because of their greed. They labelled Mandela with the T word. The Soviet Union supported the ANC. The west only put sanctions when they realised it was lost for their white fascists. The Africans have not forgotten the Soviet help, and they thanked Russia during the Russia-Africa summit. 'NATO doesn’t expand on purpose, It grows when countries feel vulnerable and apply to come under the defence umbrella. ' After Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been disbanded. Russia was willing to cooperate. But the US had other designs. Use eastern Europe to try to break up Russia. It did not succeed as you find now. The US staged a coup in 2014 in Ukraine. The Jew Victoria Nuland and McCain were in the crowds in Maidan Square. What were they doing there in a coup in which Ukrainian fascist groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part ? You are just shameless supporters of Nazis. 'Ukraine didn’t formally apply until September 2022 after Russia invaded. ' In 2014, Ukraine changed its constitution (which originally said it would be a neutral country) and put a clause saying it would seek NATO membership. The condition for Ukraine's sovereignty was that it would return the nukes AND be a neutral state and not be part of any military alliance. Ukraine sought to renege on this, it has flouted the independence agreement with Russia, and wanted to join an anti-Russian military alliance, and hence Ukraine has been terminated as a country. You reap as you sow. There is nothing NATO can do about it. 'Ukraine is not currently eligible to join NATO and might not be for quite some time.' Now, Ukraine will not have the borders it got at independence, so joining NATO is not possible. Russia made clear Ukraine will not be allowed to join and it is ready to fight a nuclear war with the west over it. No one in the west wants to die for Ukraine and fight a nuclear war. Ukraine's counter offensive flopped. Ukraine does not have manpower, and the west does not have and cannot make the arms required. Russia has won. Meanwhile, another war has started by another of west's surrogates, and the Ukraine war is not in the news. Let the Russians finish Ukraine when your attention is diverted to another lost cause. Russia has ended the western 'rules based international order'. It is not coming back, so you need to come to terms. Just like slavery and colonies are not coming back, the western run world order is over. The world thanks Russia. You can join the new world order.
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  4239. But he is very biased against Palestinians. His standard line is to ask 'do you condemn the Hamas attack' as if how Israel was created and how it acts has no bearing. Therefore, he has no credibility.
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  4240. And they might have to fight on 3 or 4 fronts, thanks to the genius of Israel's foreign policy and the Jew's greed for stealing land. Unbelievable wretches, never learn from their history.
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  4241. After the summit, Britain's Daily Telegraph said it is time to jettison G20 has it has become a vehicle for Chinese and Russian domination. It means western power is slipping. Then what is the solution ? They should stick with G7. G20 was created by the west to include others but they wanted to be in control. They want to interact with others but want only their opinion and no opposition to it. Ukraine problem was created by the US, using NATO expansion to threaten Russia. The rest of the world does not but buy that the US did to foster democracy. One does not stage a coup on an elected government to foster democracy.
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  4242. This Hamish fellow is a typical smarmy British warmonger, a duplicitous liar. His whole stance is contradictory. On one hand, such people say Russia is weak, its troops have low morale, the Russians don't know how to fight, and they don't have the technology. At the same time, they are terrified that Russia will not stop after Ukraine, it will come after NATO. How can Russia come after NATO when NATO has the almighty British to fight the Russians ?
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  4243. NATO is the US, the Europeans are nobodies. If the US, it does not want NATO, there is much you ca do.
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  4244. If Blinken wants lasting security and peace, look at Netanyahu in the eye and tell him to give up dreams of Greater Israel, remove the settlements in West Bank, else all US aid will be cut. Only that will bring the Jews to their senses.
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  4245. This is a war the west created by reckless NATO expansion. Did this CNN journalist go to Iraq and Afghanistan and see how those people coped with their ruthless enemy, America ? When Jazeera reported, the USAF silenced them with airstrikes.
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  4246. Ukraine is not a sovereign nation after the US instigated coup of 2014. It is run by the US. Ukraine cannot even decide to have a peace settlement in Turkey because the US vetoed it. So what are you talking about sovereignty ?
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  4247.  @Joshpox  Cut out the pious cant - as if you have never invaded anyone. What if Russia helped out the countries you invaded like Iraq and Afghanistan, and gave them missiles to target you ? Scum bag.
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  4248. The western media told us incessantly that the Russians have low morale and motivation, unlike Ukrainians. They were saying that even after the Russians took Mariopol and Bakhmut. Now they have discovered that the Russians are not short of morale - whether Russia's motivated spirit is just due to Ukraine's hate campaign is unlikely. The Russians realise that what is at stake is Russian security - it will be calamitous for Russia if the US gets missile and naval bases in Ukraine. The Russians even at the soldier level understands that Ukraine is not the threat, it is the US. They are fighting to teach the west what will happen to them if they fight Russia.
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  4249. It is the correct reading that the US will walk away from Ukraine and make it Europe's problem. de Gaulle had warned if there is war in Europe, it will be Europe that suffers the most; because at the end of the day, the Americans don't live in Europe, and the British live on an island.
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  4250.  @andrewadams6905 The damage is well over 1 trillion and mounting. You are relying on vain hopes after defeat. Russia will not allow west to set foot in Ukraine.
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  4251. Without the US, there will be no war in Ukraine.
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  4252.  @davidmilton5887  Correct. That is why the west does not have credibility. I
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  4253.  @freedomlife3623  The west talk about sovereignty as a holy principle, but you are hypocritical. The west invaded Iraq, on the grounds it had WMDs. A sovereign country has right to have WMDs. The argument then was Iraq (which did not have WMDs) was going to attack Europe and America, so it was a pre-emptive strike. Iraq actually did not have WMDs. The same logic for Russia should be acceptable to Europe and the US - Russia made a pre-emptive strike so that US missiles (which are real) do not get deployed next to Russia. Ukraine's democracy is suspect. It was a coup engineered by the US using mobs, and some Ukranian fascists and supporters of Bandera took part. Zelensky closed down pro Russian channels. So how is that democratic ? Democratic for you only means pro west. A pro west dictator would be no problem.
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  4254. You are worried russians will treat them like they did to the Germans in Stalingrad ? That is the way to treat Nazis - Germans or Ukranians. Russia has zero tolerance for Nazis.
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  4255.  @delldell191  So why is the west running for NATO ? Are you also not angels feeling threatened - like Sweden and Finland ?
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  4256.  @YourSpaceMyFace  Better you increase it to 3% of GDP, shut down your NHS, start conscription and send troops to Ukraine.
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  4257.  @myaopan  Your type keeps saying NATO is the most powerful military alliance in the world, so you have everything to defend yourself, then there is nothing to fear about Russia. If the US leaves, there is no NATO, then what will you do ? You think there is a better alternative to good relations ?
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  4258.  @static2223  'what is important is the combined might of the NATO alliance of EU, Canada, US and UK is over 5,817,100 total personnel vs russias 1,330,900 total' So with that advantage of over 2:1, why did not NATO send troops to Ukraine ? The problem is NATO's combined personnel does not have the experience of fighting and winning a war. They are afraid to be killed, and those who are afraid of being killed cannot win wars. The second problem is NATO does not have a unified and decisive command structure whereas Russia has that. Hence, NATO is a paper tiger, an expensive one. It needs to be disbanded as all it does is create tensions and provoke wars.
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  4259.  @MyName-cw4yr  'Russia won't demand payment or favourable trade in return?' That is a normal practice in trade. Like Britain seeking favourable trade deals with EU and US. Britain will get a more favourable trade deal with Russia than it will ever get from the EU and US. But the British and Europeans do not have independent intellects. They have a subservient, vassal mindset.
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  4260.  @edmond8603  'Razzia shouldn't be existed in world map' Putin said without Russia, the world will also not exist. Why do you feel suicidal ? Perhaps the pain of defeat ?
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  4261.  @static2223  So why did you not rush NATO troops into Ukraine before the special military operation ?
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  4262.  @static2223  You are acting like a holy man citing the law. If you can supply the arms, you can supply the troops also, and prove your conviction. The reason you did not go into Ukraine was your flabby soldiers cannot fight and the Russians would have killed you in big numbers.
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  4263.  @foilhat1138  They have set up a bank to finance infrastructure projects. You are burning with jeaolusy. Africans want to work with China and Russia over you.
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  4264.  @Ode-to-Odysseus  G7 is that - US is the special supervillain power and the remaining 6 are its vassal states. BRICS does not work that way.
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  4265.  @andreymudik2905  At that time, US had native production, now it is all out sourced. At that time, maybe the US military industrial complex was more under govt. control, now it is a partnership between govt. and shareholders to gouge the US taxpayers to pay for wars for profit.
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  4266. The US could only stage a coup in 2014 because of corruption. The US corrupted Ukraine. Now of course US and the west say Ukraine is losing the war due to corruption. The blame game has started as defeat stares in the face. In 2022, when in the early phase of the war, Ukraine scored some notable successes, corruption was not an issue.
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  4267. Russia has been mostly conducting an air war, destroying Ukraine's fighting capacity from the air. They destroyed the power grid, then the air fields, then the Patriot and Iris batteries. Russia's FABs and Kinzhals are unstoppable. On the ground, they have opened a front in Kharkhov, pulled Ukrainains away from the eastern front, then advanced in Torrestk, Chasov Yar, Urozhaine has fallen. As for 'incomprehensible' losses, this is routinely stated without evidence. It goes against reasoning. They themselves admit Russia fires 5-10 shells to every Ukrainian one. Plus they are hitting with FABS and Kinzhals and drones. So the Ukrainian army is being massacred - to demilitarise Ukraine is one of Russian aims. Times Radio lies from sheer frustration. In 2022, they stated, the Russians have low morale, low capability etc. But then how did they take Mariopol, Bakhmut, Severdonetsk ?
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  4268.  @tayler2396  Zelensky cannot lash out as he is a dependent. Last year, when he lashed out he was told to show gratitude - or else. But he shows his frustration (proof of the parlous state of Ukraine's survival), but he has to end by saying 'thank you'. It has sunk into the Ukrainians that the US will abandon them - with Trump or without Trump. The proof is Ukrainians are not enlisting for a war in which they now know they will lose, and in which, the US will abandon them. Zelensky is shameful for selling Ukraine to the west. But most shameful is the western behaviour, pushing Ukraine to fight Russia and then not having the guts to send troops to Ukraine.
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  4269.  @DSan-kl2yc  Indeed, the US defence is industry is like the US healthcare, purely driven by profit. The US defence industry gouges the American taxpayer, through the US politicians and govt. and overcharges for its products because it is a monopoly or a cartel. The US govt. in turn tries to turn it into a net benefit for the US to offset the wealth taken from the tax payer. Of this 65 billion, they have said much will be used in the US and it will employ Americans. The way to do that is wage wars on other countries to extract their wealth, enforce the use of the dollar - like Iraq, Libya etc.. That may work if the attacked country is weak and is overtaken. In the current case, they have taken on someone who is not weak, who makes weapons and has greater expertise in combined arms warfare and land wars, and someone who is even capable of initiating a global change in creating alternatives to trade in dollars. In the Ukraine war, the US may look at the profit-loss account and still believe it is in its favour. It displaced Russian gas from Europe and replaced it with US LNG which is 4x the price. It can argue that it got further NATO expansion by adding Sweden and Finland, so more arms purchases from these countries; and frightened countries like Poland etc. buying Patriots etc. However, there are losses as well. Ukraine is the biggest loser. It did not make any money. It has at least $ 500-1000 billion worth of damages and it will not exist as a country. The second loser is Europe - it has to pay 4x for energy, and spend more on defence. Countries like Germany which have high labour cost cannot afford the energy and be competitive, and hence industries are relocating outside. The US may have gained in terms of its oil and gas industry getting a captive market in Europe and also contracts for Lockheed; but it has lost the non-western world's confidence in the dollar, so you will see a gradual shift to non-dollar transactions. Countries not in the west are fearful of the US seizing its assets. The US ability to finance massive debt and live beyond its means was based on demand for the dollar, which allowed them to print it as they thought demand will always be there whatever the debt. So the US is a strategic loser, but they do not realise it.
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  4270.  @Joaquin546  Ukraine has already made 2 or 3 attempts at Kherson and got beaten back with heavy casualties. That is why the Ukranians are cautious, and not boasting as usual, unlike the western media. The US is pushing them to have another go, but the Ukranians know there is high risk being massacred. Russians will be waiting for them.
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  4271.  @carolekjellander8917  The Nazis had a similar understanding as you of the Red Army. 4 years later the Red Army was in Berlin. Napoleon also thought the same.
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  4272.  @jonny5714  'She's on our side. ' Then it is not objective, impartial news. It is low class journalism. She says Putin has broken agreements, without saying which. The west also expanded NATO after saying NATO will not move one inch to the east.
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  4273.  @guido9094  Ukraine could have stopped the war any time by reverting to neutrality. The US could have stopped the war by not pushing NATO expansion. But the west went ahead with its wickedness till Russia fought and defeated the west. Russia has ended western hegemony for good - and that is what everyone is moaning about.
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  4274. You have nothing left to give. So shut up. Why don't you give Palestinians what they need to fight for their freedom ?
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  4275. It is not a fundamental right to invite a distant superpower to threaten a neighbouring superpower. In that case, you will get beaten up by the neighbouring superpower, seeing which the distant superpower will abandon you, because he does not want to be beaten up as well. Get it ?
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  4276.  @nativespirit4942  You must be from the other world that believes Ukraine is winning after 4 oblasts have been taken, and who believes miracle weapons from the west will save Ukraine from defeat, against all evidence.
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  4277.  @puchokoffie8152  The Soviet Union did not win due to USA but due to the valour of the Red Army. Ukraine is not winning due to USA. Nobody wins due to USA. The USA has not won a war since 1945.
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  4278.  @andresprinter5041  The Russians took Bakhmut, what are you talking about ? 'Stalin at that time didnt care if 30 miljion Russians die.' You talk like a German Nazi. Goebbels complained after the Stalingrad defeat that the Soviets and Stalin used unfair tactics. The Red Army beat the hell out of Germany and made it into a peaceful nation. The Russian army beat the hell out of the Ukro Nazis in Mariopol and Bakhmut. They will remember that for the rest of their lives. They will defang Ukraine like they defanged Germany.
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  4279. There is only one country blocking NATO entry : the US. The US is NATO. The rest are followers. The US created a coup in 2014 in Ukraine to get a NATO supporting govt. that would pave the way for US bases in Ukraine. The reason the US does not want Ukraine in NATO in 2023 is because if Ukraine enters now, it will ask for Article 5 and put pressure on the US to send troops to Ukraine. The Russians will kill the Americans on a scale they have not faced in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. No US politician will be able to survive that. Of course the US will not say the real reason above. It will hide behind saying Ukraine is not sufficiently democratic, and it does not fulfill anti-corruption standards. These are fake arguments. In 2014, the US overthrew an elected govt. in Ukraine using Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. Biden's son has profited from the corruption in Ukraine. If the problem of the US troops having to fight Russian army was not there, the US would have had no problem with anti-democrats and corruption.
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  4280. As if that will make a difference. The best thing for the Poles is not to provoke Russia, and not to be a surrogate for US and UK. Otherwise, it will be Ukrained and 4% will not make a difference.
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  4281.  @ricardomadleno564  Sweden and Finland are another pair of nobodies in the world, and their induction does not make NATO stronger. NATO does not inspire confidence. It is run by the US, and they will ditch NATO to save their skin. You saw how they ran away from Kabul without informing the rest of NATO. NATO is all mouth - just listen to its pompous loudmouth, Stoltenberg. They thought they could keep expanding eastwards, but when Russia out its foot down, NATO stayed on the sidelines. Basically, NATO does not have the stomach to fight.
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  4282.  @darthhamo7568  Two more weaklings are joining NATO and you feel proud. This is the NATO that scrambled to run away from Afghanistan. The US cornered the first escape flights, and did not inform the rest of NATO. The rest were mad - but what can they do, they are mere door mats of the US. You think such a NATO can fight Russia ?
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  4283.  @thetruthsayer8347  Sweden and Finland are nobodies. NATO is a collection of European weaklings, led by the US for its own interest. Adding two more European weaklings does not make it stronger, it makes it even more indecisive. There is no way Ukraine can defeat Russia, and no chance Ukraine can join NATO. Saying unrealistic things is a sign of a weak person with false pride. Zelensky has said that he will opt for neutrality in exchange for a peace settlement. But he wants a security guarantee. The question is who will give it. Russia will not allow US or let NATO in through the backdoor to guarantee Ukraine's security; as the US is architect of this conflict and cannot be trusted. The fact is unless Ukraine comes to realise Russophobia will bring it trouble and it remodels itself and works in a peaceful and sensible way with Russia as with Europe, (and not with the west in opposition to Russia), it will be broken up bit by bit by the Bear. Ukraine will becoe a failed state. You are only furthering that outcome.
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  4284.  @sneakysnek8416  NATO's exit from Afghanistan undermined its credibility. First of all the US which dragged NATO to Afghanistan negotiated on their own with Taliban in Qatar, without the 30 other weak allies ! Then when the US actually exited, it scrambled first for the airport, as it did not want its people captured. The Allies were not even told they were leaving. Normally, when a ship sinks, the captain is the last to leave. With NATO, the captain is the leading coward, he leaves first without telling the crew. Hence, I would not count on NATO.
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  4285.  @wot-a-noob7257  Well the Germans also invaded the USSR thinking Russian equipment does not work. But finally, the Red Army razed Berlin. If you are so confident that Russian missiles do not work, you can check with the Ukranians. Also, you can tell us why NATO is sitting on the fence and did not impose a 'no fly zone' in Ukraine. Your false bravado stems from innate cowardice. How can NATO outperform Russians ? We saw their abysmal performance in Afghanistan. 30 allies lost to people fighting with RPGs mounted on Toyota pickups. And the way the US and NATO scrambled to exit from Kabul was an awe inspiring display of cowardice. That was only 7 months ago.
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  4286. @Warped Sounds Russians will not use iSarmat against the US - unprovoked. But if the US threatens Russia (and that includes through Ukraine), Sarmat is a credible warning that Russia can raze all the US cities and it can get past the US missile shield. So the target is the US, as it is the main malevolent threat to Russia (Ukraine is just a proxy), but Sarmat is a deterrent to US misadventures. US driven NATO expansion has brought grief to Ukraine and the EU, any direct US misadventures against Russia must not be considered in light of Sarmat. One has to be sobre and realistic. The Americans tend to have the belief they are one up, or they delude themselves Russian things will not work, so they need a message.
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  4287. The westerners are thinking Russia only bluffs. Russia bluffs till it does not bluff.
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  4288. Priceless irony ! US create mischief in Ukraine and Middle East and it backfires.
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  4289. 12 billion spent on Ukraine, and he is pledging support for as long as it takes, even after Trump bails out.
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  4290. 'It really smells like she was chosen because she is a woman and from the Baltics.' That is the correct understanding. It is a measure of the depth of western failure when the west relies on Estonia to fight Russia.
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  4291. 'Ukraine and Europe need to stay strong and united.' That is a wish. Any idea how ? Even collectively none can match awesome Russia.
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  4292.  @arnovriends5873  Your reply is not that understandable. Do you know English ?
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  4293. You are a sore loser. Were you in the mob ? The amorphous rabble led by social media fascist influencers have melted away when the law was implemented.
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  4294. "There is a big threat of the missile attack. I want to stress again — do not ignore the air alert sirens," said the head of Kyiv city military administration, Serhiy Popko. I don't believe it. In March 2022, Zelensky told us Russia ran out of missiles, and was scrounging with chips from washing machines. Ukranians are putting up false flag attacks to get arms from the west.
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  4295. The President elect himself is convicted of felony. I guess Trump can pardon himself.
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  4296.  @s_kosto  If that is true, you would not reply. Obviously, what I wrote cannot be ignored, but you do not have the intellect to refute it.
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  4297.  @frogashow  NATO is not so innocent as you pretend. It invaded Afghanistan and runs around as the US's errand boy. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq. so it should not complain. Actually, NATO is a just a tool for American expansion and threats to others. The US sponsored anti-Russian Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, and overthrew the elected govt. in Kiev in 2014, and implanted a govt. of their choice. This is the model they have used in Latin America, Pakistan - use money and military power to corrupt local governments and create a faction that supports them. The implanted govt. in Kiev wanted to join NATO, reneging on the commitment to neutrality given to Russia at the time of independence. The US desire was to have missile and more important naval bases in Ukraine. Russia took action in the nick of time to avoid US mischief. Putin had said in the interview, it is costly for Russia to take this action, but the cost will be greater later if the US got its way. If Ukraine got into NATO, Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to get remove US. By intervening at the correct time, it is clear Ukraine cannot join NATO, nor the US have naval bases. Ukraine can keep shouting it is going to join NATO, but Ukraine will not exist in the form of 1991, its a failed state, its time is over. Russia has the upper hand militarily and it is the winning the economic war against the west. Putin is a master strategist and what he has done is very profound. You do not have the intellect to figure it out. Single handedly, Putin has ended the so called western 'rules based order', and the dollar run international economy, where the rules are formulated by the west, which they impose on others and disregard when they want (like in the invasion of Iraq).
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  4298.  @jusmeetsingh1907  You are putting on a brave face for the west, Singh. 'The power infrastructure they destroy is being restored immediately.' Ukraine's grid operator has told Ukranians to expect 4-5 hours power cuts. As winter advances, unless they do the cuts, the whole thing will collapse. 'So instead of complaining about these attacks and exaggerating them for propaganda purposes, Zelensky and Ukrainian govt and West are quietly welcoming these drone attacks... ' What are you talking about, Ukraine is begging for anti missile systems, and the west is scratching its head. Otherwise, there will be more refugees. '....and how they are helping Biden to do regime change in Russia.' Hmm, is that so ? Look at Italy - Draghi is gone. UK - arch anti-Russian, BoJo gone; Truss is slated to go. After mid-term elections, Biden will be a lame duck; Republicans are questioning blank cheque for Ukraine. I bet you any money Putin will still be there after Truss, Biden and many western leaders are gone. Putin has got not only the Ukrainian but the European economy by the scruff of the neck. He is de-industrialising Europe. In fact, what has done is profound : he has single handedly ended the western 'world order' for good. China, India, Turkey, Saudi, Iran and the rest of the world is ignoring/defying the west. He has catalysed non-dollar trade and that portends the eventual end of US dominance. The satellite states go down with it.
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  4299.  @jusmeetsingh1907  In this post, you sum up the reality about western thinking. Bourell, the EU's foreign minister summed up Europe's world view : he said Europe is a well maintained garden, the rest of the world is a jungle, if we don't take care, the jungle will invade. Ursula von Leyen said Ukrainians are part of the European family (meaning Ukrainian refugees are welcome as your look like us; but those Afghan and Iraqi refugees we created are not welcome). The western angst and fury is that Putin has single- handedly ended the western 'global order'. This was the order they constructed with their financial system and military power whereby their rules are imposed on others, but they make exceptions for themselves. They talk about sovereignty but invade Iraq because Iraq does not have the right to have WMDs, whereas the west has the right to do so (because they are very responsible people).
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  4300. ' "Unwavering support for Ukraine, for as long as it takes to reclaim every inch of Ukrainian territory." ' That has been changed to 'Unwavering support for as long as we can'
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  4301. Why does the BBC not tell us in this report more about the 7 Israelis killed in today's attacks ? The BBC seems to underplay the hot water Israel has landed itself in. The Indian news reports foreigners were also killed. What happened to the Iron Dome which you used to say was invincible ? Why have the attacks on Iran and Gaza not stopped the daily death toll for Israel ? Israel cannot stop the daily drip-drip deaths, and US and western help cannot change it.
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  4302. The US visiting Kashmir indicates it will use a carrot and stick policy with India - just as it does with Pakistan. India is stronger than Pakistan but it is still quite a weak state, and it is not at all a superpower. India has the largest population but that is not enough to be a superpower. It cannot join the ranks of US, Russia and China. But the Hindu nationalists feel entitled to be a superpower and they are throwing their weight abroad as in the Canadian assassination. India has gross poverty, and lack of full education. India is held down by the Hindu caste system and Hindu sectarianism/ communalism. The first is impossible to reform. The second is now endemic with the rise of far right 'Hindu nationalism'. Hindu mobs and politicians routinely kill Sikhs, Muslims and lately Christians as well. Naturally, there will be reaction from the minorities. The Sikhs have reacted - violently against India due to Hindu persecution. The Muslims and Christians have not done that - at least so far. But the Hindus will keep persecuting Muslims and Christians (Modi's reign has shown that), till they also fight back. While Jaishankar's speech denouncing westerners for laying the rules and interfering in the internal affairs of others is a valid criticism, there is an aspect that should force the west to look at India as a potential threat to the west. The problem is that if the ruling Hindus create domestic rifts, they will spill outside India because Indians form the largest migrant community (which itself is a reflection of the poor living conditions). The US and west should have an interest in curbing Hindu extremism due to the danger it poses to the west. If Hindus go on the rampage and attack Sikhs, Muslims and Christians, it creates a big refugee problem for he west, and it will create the kind of problems Canada is facing due to Indian migrants. In San Francisco, the Sikhs protested against the Indian consulate. The Hindus have attacked Sikhs in Australia. Militant Hindus created a riot against Pakistani-origin British in Leicester in England, after a cricket victory. The British papers reported that it was an import of Modi's Hindu nationalism. In the face of militant Hindu nationalism, the US and the west can only use a carrot and stick policy with India. The leverage the US has is Indians seek to study and migrate to the US, so just reduce the visas, till India curbs attacks on minorities so that these conflicts don't spill to Canada, UK, US etc. If the west condones Hindu militancy in India, it will eventually bite them. As for using India to curb China, the west should abandon this. China cannot be curbed, and India is simply not capable. India's weaker economy, lower military capacity, and its social structure (caste system and communalism), mitigate against substantial contribution. The west should cooperate with China, and not think India can stop China becoming a superpower.
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  4303. I agree the fellow is blustering. It is typical western false pride. When the EU's energy costs go through the roof, German goods will be uncompetitive; and Germany will not be able to subsidise all the unproductive, militant anti-Russians in the EU like Lithuania and Poland. China knows the Americans and Europeans are Sinophobic, it will come out sooner or later. The Chinese may export twice the amount to EU but it has to gain more by pushing the yuan as a currency to replace partially the dollar. This is the best opportunity for the yuan as Russia cannot use the euro or dollar, but it can sell oil and gas with yuans. The gain by China if its currency's use expands is worth more than 500 million surplus with the EU. Hence, it would be foolish to boycott Russia to please the EU.
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  4304. Ukraine has learned all the western terminology. Ukraine says it has saved the 'free world'.
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  4305.  @oler487  What kind of freedom is break up of the country ?
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  4306.  @abelradebe9644  Zelensky has agreed he has to forgo NATO status. Asking for NATO status will bring a tactical nuclear strike on the first day, and NATO will be scared to intervene.
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  4307.  @christianmarriott3696  Besides the US, the rest of NATO is a collection of weak and useless states. Having 2 members makes no difference. NATO's cowardice and ineffectiveness was shown in the exit from Kabul only 2 years ago. Russia has exposed NATO in Ukraine. NATO is not going to save Ukraine. They did not dare put a no fly zone. Ukraine is being broken up and will be absorbed back in Russia, part by part. Any remainder will remain on EU aid for years. Europe is flooded with refugees. Its economies are going to tank due to energy shortage. Defence expenditure has to be raised. You are trying to put on a brave face, but the fact is Russia called NATO's bluff and showed it is a paper tiger which is unwilling to fight and die.
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  4308.  @dean-gm1lg  Ukraine will never be independent. Parts of it will be reintegrated with Russia, the landlocked rump state will be dependent on EU and NATO aid to fend off Russia. It is a failed country, torn between powers.
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  4309.  @Blanka1100  Russia is a special country because it is a superpower. If Eastern European countries think they can misbehave with Russia, they will get a beating just like Ukraine. To gang up with America and threaten Russia is not a right. Get it ? When Lithuania tried to impose a blockade on trains from Russia to Kaliningrad citing that it was only piously enforcing EU sanctions, a Russian politician said that Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. Soon Lithuania climbed down realising it will be Ukrained regardless of Article 5. The condition under which Lithuania was given independence was that it will allow a train corridor from Russia to Kaliningrad.
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  4310.  @Molzik  The Baltic countries will be Ukrained - if they misbehave with Russia, like Ukraine did.
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  4311. What should the BBC do if (after all their cheerleading) Ukraine loses, because Russia is stronger than Ukraine and the west ?
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  4312.  @scepticalwalker3984  'Now while NATO is growing stronger, the Russian military is getting humiliated in Ukraine. No one regards Russia as a military superpower anymore.' Really ? NATO got stronger because two puny chicken, Finland and Sweden, joined it - out of fear. And why could not Ukraine + 40 countries retrieve the 5 oblasts that have been re-incorporated in Russia ? 'No one regards Russia as a military superpower anymore. ' Then why are European leaders running around like headless chicken and saying 'we have to prepare for a war against Russia in 1-10 years' ? Why are you frightened of Russia if it is weak and incompetent ? No one in NATO individually or collectively can fight Russia. That is now sure. It seems to me you are consoling yourself with some face saving balm after a defeat !
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  4313. The US is stuck with Russia on Ukraine, but wants to fight China. China looks for enemies outside ? The US does that. After 1945, it declared the USSR as THE enemy. After end of the USSR, the US said Muslims were the new enemy. After pull out of Afghanistan, Russia has become THE great enemy. And China is the next enemy, the schedule has not been announced. In each of these turns before a new enemy is announced, the media is used to build the war atmosphere. The US has lived on war. But with bank failures, de-dollarisation etc. the US's lifestyle of sanctions and gangsta politics is coming to an end. But the US is playing dangerously. Because unlike poor Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia and China can incinerate all US cities in a blink of an eye. So the US cannot get its way. But in its frustration as it sees the dollar's end will come, it might do something rash.
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  4314. So is the US embassy in Kiev is being closed ?
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  4315. The red flag with hammer and sickle still flies !
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  4316. Giving them some low arms will just mean Ukranians can prolong the war but cannot prevent destruction of all their cities. Better still, why don't you ask NATO to cross the border and fight ? It seems you are too cowardly to fight, you want to assist Ukranains to fight a proxy war for the American interest in NATO expansion, so that America can sell more of its arms and keep Europe dependent on it.
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  4317. Piers is devious and oretentious, a typical western stand. Why did Britain not give some of its counties to settle the Jews ? If it had done, the British would have taken up terrorism and Piers would have been its leader. He would not have any moral quandary then.
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  4318. Why do the reporters have gloomy demeanours ? The last statement is the HIMARS are accurate and hitting behind Russian lines but it does not change the overall picture as Ukranians have so few and the Russians have strength in numbers. Did not the Ukranians realise this will always be the case ? Zelensky has been misleading them with hope of table turning western support.
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  4319. ' No Wunderwaffen, British marines with sea drones or U.S. Patriot systems, will change those basic facts.' Absolutely correct ! But for the west, to admit this would be a defeat and loss of face. So the west is giving false hopes and driving Ukraine to suicide.
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  4320.  @dailylifeofnobody819  You are putting on a brave face, aren't you, reciting the narrative of the western media. The reality is too difficult to accept : the west's surrogate is being pounded into rubble and there is nothing you can do to stop Russia.
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  4321. The Times said Ukraine is months away from a nuclear weapon. Russia has to therefore de-industrialise and de-energise Ukraine - so Ukraine cannot build WMDs and biological weapons. Russia will return Ukraine to the pastoral land it was before it joined the Soviet Union and got industrialised.
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  4322. It was luck to find a leader who got Ukraine pulverised. At some stage the US will walk away and then you will wonder what Ukraine gained.
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  4323.  @damlagez2935  I did not know that. Why did the Ukrainian football players disrespected the Turkish anthem in the match against Dinamo Kyiv after all Turkey has done for them ?
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  4324.  @daredevil3098  A lot of Ukranians are backstabbers as Russia has found, some are Nazis, beware of cultivating them.
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  4325. When the Russians cannot be stopped and they take towns, declare it is strategically unimportant - and by they way, they lost a lot of men and equipment and cannot possibly go on. This joker Clarke said that the Russians would not be able to take Bakhmut as they could not sustain the casualties. Did the Ukrainians lose any men and equipment in Donbass and Kursk ? Can they go on ?
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  4326. Fanatical Americans.
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  4327. How the British exaggerate their importance ! Our Challengers are invincible, our Storm Shadows will destroy Kerch bridge and Ukraine will march into Crimea in 2023, and our intelligence discovered the Russians only have shovels to fight with. The British are posers; they left the EU, America does not show any special relationship, and the British want to lead the fight against Russia after Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  4328. Ukraine is a dependent of NATO, it will not exist to teach you anything. The only thing one can learn from Ukraine is how not to become a failed state. Ukrainians need to learn statecraft - how not to go and fight other people's war (US war against Russia).
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  4329. Germany to deliver another 12 howitzers to Ukraine - that will be the game changer ! What is Zelensky talking about forcing Russia to negotiate ? Ukraine and Russia agreed on a peace agreement in Turkey. But Zelensky listened to Boris Johnson and reneged on the agreement. He was dishonourable. Russia is not going to negotiate after Kursk. It is going to capture Donbass, keep the Ukrainians pinned in Kursk and attrition them, and then get drive them out once Donbass operation is secured. Russia's nuclear doctrine does not say if Russian land is intruded into, it will launch a nuclear strike. It says if Russia is faced with a strategic defeat, it will use a nuclear strike. Ukraine is not in a position to inflict a strategic defeat to Russia. It is trying to stave off a strategic defeat, being pinned in Kursk, and losing Donbass. Zelensky listened to or was forced to listen to Boris Johnson to continue the war. Now he finds his western 'partners' feel helpless and would like to abandon him. They do not have the equipment and money to stave off Russia. Launching a few missiles into Russia will not change the outcome of the war.
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  4330. Proud of cowardice, are you ?
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  4331.  @robertcarroll9409  Why did Trump not invite Britain considering you have a solution for Russia ?
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  4332.  @Sound_Cues  'The difference is the US would not attack such fortifications unless they had air superiority.
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  4333.  @ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п  Even after the war started, there were negotiations, but Biden sent his emissary Boris to scupper it.
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  4334.  @hmgrraarrpffrzz9763  Putin said even during the war he has no objection to Ukraine joining EU. But NATO is a 'no', as it will put US naval and missile bases to threaten Russia. This is non-negotiable, Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  4335.  @mikeglenn5212  Russia cannot leave Ukraine - as that would bring NATO bases to threaten Russia. They will take the Russian part of Ukraine, turn the remainder into a wasteland, and keep a low intensity war going there, and make it impossible for NATO to enter. The west will get tired of Ukraine - Trump has already made that clear.
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  4336.  @iamtorrego  NATO will not get into Ukraine, Russia is making sure of that.
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  4337.  @KONAMAN100  Everyone else apart from the west trades with Russia. Emirates and Turkish Airlines fly to Russia.
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  4338.  @Omega0850  .'..not just because Russia is clearly losing ...'. are you sure of that ? I get the impression the Russians have the capacity to turn Ukraine into a wasteland and if you force them, that is what they will do. 'just aid Ukraines rebuilding after the war with western money.' Ukraine's rebuilding will require Russian permission. Russia can keep bombing and prevent reconstruction. It will do that till Ukraine agrees to neutrality and there is a signed agreement that there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. Otherwise, Russia has to continue and turn Ukraine into a waste land.
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  4339. There is no need to put Western 'hegemony' in inverted commas as if it is something Putin made up. Boris Johnson is on video stating that we must not allow Putin to win in Ukraine, otherwise it will end western hegemony. Those are his exact words. In other words, westerners know they have inflicted their hegemony on others, and they think it is a desirable. They cannot work or relate with the non-western world in any other way. For the non-western world, ending western hegemony is an absolute must to free themselves from resource plunder (think of Niger and Mali who drove out the French), seizure and theft of their money (Afghanistan, Iran, Venezuela, Russia), sanctions against anyone who opposes the US (Iran, Russia, Cuba), invasion and assassination for regime change (Chile, Libya, Iraq), inciting wars to get a foothold (Ukraine), and double standards (invading Iraq and supporting apartheid in Israel). We have to thank BRICS and the Russian leadership this year for bringing the subject of de-dollarisation and creating alternative financial systems.
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  4340. Europeans are deluded because of their false pride.
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  4341. There is no point wasting more money for wasters. The Ukraine war is lost, the counter offensive was a flop, Ukraine's army was decimated and the west does not have the weapons or the money. Then what is the point sending more money for a lost cause ? In a corporate company, it happens that one business unit makes a loss. Initially, the corporate company infuses money to the loss maker in an effort to turn it round. But to no avail. It eats up money and cannot be turned around. Then the corporate company closed the loss maker. The same will happen to Ukraine. The Ukranians were foolish thinking they were fighting their neighbour to save the west. Israel is another waster. I would not spend more money sustaining an apartheid state which will always be mired in wars and be a drain for the US. The US loses in influence in the ME region. Putin was given a royal welcome in UAE and Saudi. The US would be better off applying sanctions on Israel, forcing a Two State Solution.
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  4342. No NATO troops in Ukraine. No European peacekeepers either. Not acceptable to Russia. The Ukrainians and Europeans have to end the war - because the US has decided. Ending the war can only be on Russian terms. That is the dilemma.
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  4343. Indeed, Trump is the Great White Hope. Delusions reign.
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  4344. Don't put on airs, you can only supply your football hooligans. 'there is thousands that want to leave the UK'. They don't have qualifications and they demand too much. After Brexit, stay where you are, no place for you in Europe.
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  4345. Italy can import those British football fans, they are law abiding especially after a beer and after England loses. Why don't you move to Italy ?
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  4346.  @peabase  You obviously cannot cope with the defeat of the west, that is why you are writing personal abuse.
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  4347. That is why the US and its European cohorts have no credibility. The rest of the world does not go with them.
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  4348. Why does NATO show its strength and send troops to Ukraine ?
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  4349. Zelensky worship is a sign of western weakness.
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  4350. von der Leyen is the one who keep sayings Ukranians are part of the European family - meaning they are blond and blue eyed. She does not say they are part of the human family. And the European family is such that they are proud to be servants of America.
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  4351.  @mkailov13  'Ukraine will never run out of supplies due to western support. ' The western tanks will take months and it is a hotch potch collection of under 100. Russia has 15,000 tanks. What is western support ? They said Himars will be game changers and Ukraine will get back Crimea. Now the west cannot even supply artillery. Now that NATO has been exposed as not having the teeth, Russia will move in for the kill. 'A country of 145 million determined people will not have manpower problems in modern wars. ' Indeed Russia is a country of 145 million determined people and will not have manpower problems compared with Ukraine which has 40 million people, half of them in exile, and a country whose production and economy is decimated. So you yourself say Russia the country of 145 million will prevail. 'The simple fact is that this war pits the economies of the United States and NATO countries against the economy of Russia. Gee, I wonder which one can sustain this longer. ' Well, Biden said the rouble will be rubble. The rouble is there, and the euro and pound lost 20% of their value. Russia has de-industrialised Europe. Russia has accelerated de-dollarisation of the world economy and that is a killer of the US economy. Russia has production, so does China, the US does not have much production. So there is no place to be smug. Whatever stand you take has to be evidence-based. All your claims are unsupported, and in one case, you are supporting what I am saying ! The superpower with a population of 145 million will clobber a country with 40 million, which is reliant on aid from countries that are too cowardly to send troops. What are you ? A typical dumb American ?
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  4352. Western media have been giving misinformation projecting to the Ukranians and western public the false hope that the plucky and brave Ukranians are standing up to the Russians, and the Russian attack was floundering, and their economy was collapsing due to sanctions. Zelensky the comedian appeared everyday and boasted about his fighters had blown up convoys and not allowed Russians to enter. Western govts. talked about how they are sending arms and even fighters. Now, we understand the big weapons are being lined up and even BoJo understands Kiev will be decimated if it resists and there is nothing Ukranians and the west can do. The Russians have given the civilians time to get out, they are only after Zelensky and his team who thought they could live by putting US missiles to threaten Russia. It does not work. The west is responsible as it encouraged Zelensky's anti Russian phobia. It would have been much better if the Europeans had been realistic to sign an agreement that NATO will not expand to Ukraine in exchange for all other sovereignty for Ukraine. BoJo was making inflammatory statements saying Russia will fail and collapse, but now knowing what is coming, he was left with no way to respond to the lady. The Ukranians have been told they are the finest Europeans every bit like us according to Ursula von Leyen, and Europeans have special rights, so one cannot blame the lady in the video for her expectations from the people who told her you can threaten Russia because you are us.
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  4353. 'Zelensky is totally committed to saving his country and is not going to lie down for what Trump wants' Zelensky is totally dependent on the US. If the US cuts out weapons and intelligence, Ukraine will fold.
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  4354. These Ukrainians jokers should not be advisers on what should be European foreign policy. Europe is foolish to let Estonia and such useless countries dictate their policy towards Russia. On one hand, these commentators are lauding Ukrainian resistance and saying Russia is not militarily capable, in fact it is weak. At the same time, the same people say 'if we do not help Ukrainians stop the Russians, they will come after Baltics and other European countries'. If the Russians are not capable, and they are losing, then no need to spend 5% of GDP on arming Ukrainians.
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  4355. Summary of Bell's cliches The usual ones : Ukraine has the initiative Russians have low morale Our weapons are more accurate The Russians are hitting targets because they are frustrated with lack of victories. The latest one : It is too early to say Ukraine is not winning !
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  4356. That is a reminder to Ukraine's western handlers that Ukraine cannot win. If Ukraine is not careful, a tactical nuclear weapon will fall.
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  4357.  @firefuzedark1792  Is Russia losing ? That is wishful western projection. Why is Ukraine now crying that Kiev and Zaphorzhia are being hit ? Russia will escalate and it has everything up to tactical nuclear weapon.
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  4358. But the opposite is happening, Russia is increasing its share of land in Ukraine. Conclusion : NATO + Ukraine cannot match Russia.
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  4359.  @JohnSmith-gd2fg  NATO isn't fighting Russia directly, it would not have the guts. The US is fighting Russia through its proxy, Ukraine and indirectly, forcing other countries in NATO to pay for weapons and their transit to the war theatre.
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  4360. Indian behaviour is highly petulant and childish. The way to deal with Indian pretensions is the way Xi does.
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  4361. NATO will be ending soon as the US has lost interest. Then you will not dare open your mouth against Russia.
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  4362.  @marthaaldridge5346  Yes, it was unprofessional of Piers to start off by introducing Hijab as controversial. He did that deliberately to bias the listener. Hijab had no choice but to tear Piers down right from the start. He laid down the rules of engagement for Piers. It is also unprofessional of Piers to demand all Palestinians/Arabs/Muslim invitees to admit guilt and apologise before they can speak. He never does that with Jews. Hence, Hijab acted like a British bull dog.
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  4363.  BeGoodNow12  Piers narrative is that 7 October was uniquely heinous and Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims should not be allowed to speak till they apologise. Hijab was unapologetic because the conflict did not start on 7 October, it started in 1917. Israeli terror groups like Irgun and Stern gangs ethnically cleansed Palestinians in villages like Deir Yassin in 1948. So how can Piers demand Palestinians to be apologetic ? Piers was trying to make out this was uniquely heinous because of beheaded babies etc.. Hijab asked if he had seen them. Piers had not. He could not provide the evidence, he fumbled and said Daily Telegraph saw it ! This is the newspaper that said Iraq had WMDs. Hijab destroyed Piers Israeli narrative about beheaded babies. Midway, as Piers floundered with his Israeli narrative, Hijab stopped and looked at Piers and asked him 'why are you stuttering' ! Piers meekly said 'I am not stuttering'. Piers was finished at that point. Piers started offensively by saying Hijab is controversial. So we cannot complain if Hijab took Piers pants off and made him stutter.
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  4364.  @marthaaldridge5346  Piers was reduced to stuttering. The likes of you will not be able to cope with a British bulldog from Oxford.
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  4365.  @ghadafard4496  Well, Piers was reduced to meekly defending himself 'I am not stuttering'.
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  4366.  @matthew-005  The diversity graduate had a sharper intellect than the homespun graduate. He actually reduced Piers to stuttering !
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  4367.  @matthew-005  Piers tried to bully the guest first by announcing him as controversial. Thereafter the Oxford bulldog seized Piers by the throat and reduced him to stuttering ! That was a unique spectacle enjoyed by many !
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  4368.  @marthaaldridge5346  Piers at least now knows that there are people who will knock the stuffing out of him and his duplicity will not work. He will not dare to introduce a Palestinian/Arab/Muslim as controversial again.
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  4369.  @davijchaudhry8924  Piers has a propagandist approach as he selects arbitrarily one event pertaining to Jews as particularly heinous which everyone has to condemn because he was singularly horrified. Propaganda is selected truth. He selects 7 Oct. as if Israelis never did anything before. The UN Sec. Gen. Gutterez mentioned such things did not happen in a vacuum and the Jewish mafia is baying for his blood. Piers should have said the same, but he does not have the honesty or the guts.
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  4370.  @salimsunji8056  Hijab interrupted because he was not going to allow Piers to get away with managing the narrative in Israel's favour. Piers set off on the wrong foot introducing Hijab as controversial. Character assassination right at the start. He is wicked. Hijab had to interrupt and set it right. A lesser person would have not been able to do it.
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  4371.  @rya789  'Please confirm your shop is open on Monday and the opening times. ' That is Piers
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  4372. ​ @ghadafard4496  Hijab poked the smug and duplicitous Piers in the eye and Piers knows it and you also know it. Piers was reduced to pleading meekly that he was not stuttering ! Piers was mischievous and wicked when he introduced Hijab as controversial. Why did he say that if he was not biased ? Thereafter, Hijab ragged him. A lesser person may have not caught Piers on the spot. I myself did not notice the significance till Hijab challenged Piers. Piers has a standard format : Ask Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims to condemn and apologise for 7 Oct.. Why should they ? Has he asked any Israeli to condemn the expansion of settlements through settler violence ? Does he have the guts to condemn the apartheid state or ask an Israeli about it ? If he condemned it, he will lose his job because his channel is under the Murdoch umbrella, that is, under the Jewish mafia. Piers also makes out 7 Oct. was a uniquely heinous act. It was not. The Israelis have been killing Palestinians since 1948, and if you look at the figures, it is 10 Palestinians to 1 Israeli. Then what is so heinous about 7 Oct, ? The Palestinians have to kill more than 10x to match Israel. Hijab reduced Piers to defend his bias weakly by saying (1) 'I gave you time on my show and (2) I was against Iraq's invasion' ! Which is pathetic. 'Mohammed Hijab didn’t really have the will to understand the dilemma...' What is the dilemma he did not understand ? There is no dilemma. There is an occupier, and the occupied has the right to fight and kill him. It is the same as what the Allies had to do to defeat German Nazism.
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  4373. If you don't want to be attacked by Russia, the lesson is don't threaten it. If you poke the Bear, it may wake up and maul you. The Americans and NATO instigated Ukraine to poke Russia, and they got a beating. And when the beating came, NATO and Americans looked the other way. I advise Finland not to follow into the same trap. The key is not to be used as a proxy to threaten Russia, otherwise you will get a beating whether you are in NATO or not.
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  4374.  @gorilla6099  You seem to be smarting and trying to put on a brave face. Have you forgotten how the US negotiated and surrendered to NATO in Kabul, and then took the first flights out without telling the other 30 useless NATO allies ? That was recent. Neither US nor NATO will be able to fight Russia. NATO was talking about 'no fly zone'; when Russia said you will face consequences you have not faced before, the very next day Biden and Stoltenberg became timid and said they will not put a 'no fly zone'. Remember Zelensky has said NATO is cowardly.
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  4375. We do not need sentimental stories about how the girl liked to sing and dance, while Palestinians have to live in an open air prison due to the Jews. What we want to know is what Britain is doing to solve this conflict - especially as it was the creator of it. Why has the Two State Solution not been implemented ? Why was Israel given licence to put 500,000 settlers in the West Bank ? What is the point of Britain fanning the flames of the conflict by one sided support of the Jews ? Britain is creating problems for itself and the world.
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  4376.  @Popeye_the_Haterman  They are not going to show the mercenaries are they ? Do you see CNN showing the strikes on Ukranian soldiers ?
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  4377.  @Popeye_the_Haterman  In Kramatorsk, when the pizzeria was struck, the western media initially acted like you. They shouted hoarsely that it was a civilian target. Then they admitted it was a meeting place of soldiers and journalists.
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  4378.  @rmdomainer9042  Your site needs to tell the truth and not give you false expectations of Ukrainian victory. That is harmful for you.
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  4379. At this moment, they are jealous. How could one hold a global meeting without them ?
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  4380. He said NATO is stronger - because two more joined.
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  4381.  @adamsawyer1763  EU and UK are a collection of puny states. You cannot match Russia.
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  4382.  @teosandev6116  'It was the US not Europe who pushed for war in Ukraine. Europe's interests have always laid with good relations with Russia.' Correct, but the Europeans are content to be subservient to the US. The British are the worst. They believe they have shared values with the US. The Europeans have a colonial background and a feeling of supremacy (Borell said Europe is a garden, the rest of the world is a jungle) that gels with the Americans feeling of natural supremacy.
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  4383. europeans believe they have shared values with the US ; war and colonialism.
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  4384. The most memorable quote was the Palestinian Ambassador's : They (the Jews) lie more than they breathe ! The bulk of them is like that, that is why the Jews have been troublesome for all societies they have lived in. The Europeans do not want them, that is why they shunted them, to Palestine. Britain even offered Uganda.
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  4385. What is this man talking about Putin not achieving what he wanted ? The only objective was Ukraine will not have NATO bases. Both Biden and Trump have conceded that. Ukraine has accepted that. The British stand as per Boris Johnson was that Ukraine is sovereign nation and can join any alliance. As a bonus, Russia has taken Ukraine's industrial land that generated 80% of the its GDP. They have destroyed Ukraine's military which means Ukraine has manpower shortages. If Putin has not achieved what he wanted, why are the British so agitated they want to set up a coalition of the willing to fight Russia ?
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  4386. Ukraine was never a free country after the 2014 coup, the US decided its foreign policy, and everything done since then was at the expense of Ukraine. The US decides whether Ukraine should fight or give up. In 2022, when Ukraine negotiated with Russia in Turkey and reached a deal, Biden sent BoJo to scupper it. At that stage, the US and UK believed Ukraine could defeat Russia with their assistance. After the failed counter offensive in 2023 and the setbacks in 2024, the US does not believe Ukraine can win, and the costs outweigh any benefit. So Ukraine will be ordered to do a deal. And Ukraine has no choice but to agree. Kellogg, Trump's appointee to end the war has already told Ukraine it has to negotiate, if it declines it will be on its own. Hence, Zelensky is now talking about negotiations with absurd caveats, although he was talking about a Victory Plan earlier. His victory plan is to cede land and win it back with diplomacy. He could have used diplomacy to avert the war in the first place, but the US would not allow him. When the time comes and US changes direction, Zelensky will agree to what the US says....So why does DW ask whether the deal with Putin is at the Expense of Ukraine ? It will be - but Ukraine signed up for it when Ukraine fell in love with the US and NATO.
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  4387. How many were shot down ?
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  4388.  @danieldach4697  What is your evidence Russia deliberately targeted civilians ? How do you know their missiles were not hit by Ukranians and the debris fell on populated areas ? In the early phase of the war, Russia allowed evacuation corridors for civilians from Mariopol. They did not bomb the refugee trains heading to Lvov and Poland. Sovereignty is not absolute, it can be conditional and depends on historical circumstances and security considerations. It was in Ukraine's case. Ukraine's independence was granted under the understanding that it would return the nukes and not join any anti-Russian military alliance. After 2014, Ukraine tried to renege on the second condition which undermines Russia's security. Hence, Russia has terminated Ukraine's independence. For this, the US and Ukranians are responsible.
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  4389. Entirely correct.
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  4390.  @wenerjy  They had a choice before 2014 - they could have retained the neutrality which they announced in their independence declaration. In which case, Ukraine would have been intact including Crimea. The moment they changed their constitution at US instigation, and put an article to seek NATO membership, they sealed their fate. Russia will not allow US bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia.
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  4391. The US has no credibility : it makes some criticism but is trying to send $ 12 billion to Israel. The US will be credible when it puts sanctions on Israel.
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  4392. Sir Vladimir had declared Russia's stand : Ukraine cannot have NATO bases AND Ukraine has to surrender the four oblasts. Otherwise, the operation continues and Russia completes the Donbass capture by force and advances to the Dnieper. Trump orders Russia to cease fire and negotiate. But losers cannot dictate terms to the victor. You say Sir Vladimir refuses to shift from his 'maximalist stance'. Earlier, he had said 'we are not going to negotiate just because you ran out of arms'. Trump talks about sanctions and tariffs on Russia but the trade between Russia and US is now down to a paltry $ 3 billion. Trump has no cards. The US cannot afford to send arms to Ukraine. Ukraine does not have people to fight. When Ukraine walked away from the Istanbul agreement (at the behest of Johnson), Sir Vladimir had warned that next time Ukraine negotiates, it will be on Russian terms. Trump is better off washing his hands off Ukraine completely. Just hand it over to the Europeans. The British can step in, they have said they will support Ukraine for 100 years. They can use the Baltics and Poland to provide manpower to fight and safeguard their own.
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  4393. A felon is going to make America great again.....hmmm
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  4394. They don't seem to be scenting victory after the Russian air strikes against 10 cities and the power infrastructure. After that the Ukranians were howling for air defence systems. The tall talk about taking Crimea is gone.
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  4395.  @sushmag4297  'That's Russian technology for you.' No precision, just numbers.' So take it like that and don't get heated up about Article 5.
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  4396.  @marianaibrahim5037  Who is they ? NATO does not have guts to send two missiles to Russia ?
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  4397.  @harrychufan  The Americans and Europeans are cowards, they know Russia can punch them hard with nukes , but somehow they thought they maybe able to prevail over Russia in a conventional war. They had the option of curbing NATO expansion for peace, but they thought they could win. Russia called their bluff.
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  4398. If the west is irresponsible and lets Ukraine use missiles inside Russia, it will force Russia to settle it with a tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine. After that event, the west will not be able to do anything as it would not want the same to happen to it. The US is responsible for Ukraine's plight. And of course the Ukrainians were dumb to agree to wage a proxy war for the US against Russia.
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  4399.  @darkbunny7948  Feeble reply. You do not have the intellect to write a counter.
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  4400. '', but it is becoming increasingly hard not to see them as an unreliable ally.' You only realised that now ?
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  4401.  @barrydelong7852  'Seriously dude we have never ran from an ally.' You put an implanted govt. in Afghanistan, and said it was for the future of democracy and women, and then the US negotiated with Taliban in Doha, without the Afghan govt. to return power to the Taliban, and then fled Kabul in the most cowardly manner. You ditched the Saigon govt. and cut your losses and ran with escape helicopters. Pretty soon you will be fleeing from Kiev.
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  4402. The Israelis and west denies the existence of hypersonic technology. They denied it in Ukraine and here also. They only believe in what they have.
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  4403. Netanyahu will make a mess. The IDF will be mired and the hostages will disappear.
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  4404. The west has a sense of entitlement that its order shall govern the world. The term 'western values' drops out of their mouth. Even this American lady drops that term.
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  4405. Why does not Israel ask NATO to send troops ?
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  4406.  @texasray5237  What is the reason for NATO to cheer on Israel ? It approves of apartheid and genocide ? Or is it standard western hyprocrisy and double standards ? Whatever, you can cheer for Israel like you do Ukraine. But NATO has lost in Ukraine and Trump wants to wind it down. The reason is Ukraine's manpower has been slaughtered and NATO has run out of weapons and money. Israel is going the same way : they do not have the manpower for a long battle of attrition and at some stage, they too will be short of interceptor missiles. The Israelis will migrate to NATO countries - and be a nuisance for you.
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  4407. The western sympathy to Ukranians is based on 'These people are Caucasians, they look like us, this should not happen to them'. But it can happen to Afghans and Iraqis, and the same western people will say it is fine, we don't want any refugees here.
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  4408.  @michaelmayfield9901  NATO exists for the US and its arms industry. NATO is always fishing to create a cesspool. It was doing this in Eastern Europe, but it went too far despite warnings. It is not for NATO's you to certify NATO is purely defensive, it for those targeted like the Russians to decide if NATO is purely defensive. NATO went and invaded sovereign Afghanistan. Why ?
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  4409. Hamish keeps up the spirits of the defeated.
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  4410. It is wishful thinking. Europe is not self sufficient, Russia is. 20 European countries are quietly paying up in roubles for gas. Ukranians indulged in Russophobia and Nazism, thinking the west would protect it. They are paying the price of their folly which was encouraged by the west. Don't encourage their folly more and let them make unrealistic demands.
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  4411.  @tomr200199  The UK is no position to save anyone. It cannot reverse Ukraine's loss. In the last war, Britain went to war to save Poland. But Poland was freed from Nazism by the Soviet Union.
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  4412. When Putin asked for a guarantee that the US would not put missiles in Ukraine to target Russia, Blinken said we can talk about arms reduction in general. Blinken's diplomacy was to stall Russia from taking action in Ukraine - NATO and US offered to talk about all things except what Russia asked. Hence the war. Putin stated what he wanted, but NATO tried to obfuscate, so Putin did what he said he will do if his demand was not met. That is a strong leader. Contrast with western leaders. They bluff a lot, talk big but cannot deliver. We shall prosecute for 'war crimes', they say. How ? Blinken said the US will collect evidence.
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  4413.  @pietwandelaar1743  No, the operation was because NATO was not disbanded and expanded next to their door step. You wanted something for nothing. They have put a stop to it. They given such a painful blow to the EU, you will not do it again.
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  4414.  @shanemorton773  Finland and Sweden are two inconsequential countries - just like the rest of the EU. These two will will make NATO stronger, or allow NATO to grow a spine. Had they been in, would NATO have been able to put a no fly zone in Ukraine ? Joining NATO means they will have to be ready to go where America asks and die for them.
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  4415.  @joelb8300  So what ? NATO is still a collection of weak allies led by an opportunistic country from across the Atlantic, who manipulates European countries. None of the European countries have true sovereignty. They are America's tail which wags on order. Swedes and Finns are no different. True or not ?
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  4416.  @reeganana767  NATO was not dissolved because you decided Russia is the new enemy. So Russia has the right to distrust EU, US and NATO, and punch NATO if it troubles Russia. Everything is reciprocal. If you want peace, you also need to make an effort not to threaten Russia.
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  4417.  @joelb8300  'But now eu think they can handle Russia on there own.' Give me a break ! The EU does not have a spine. Hungary openly says it will pay for oil in roubles. Germany and the rest are doing the same but not publicly saying so. If Le Pen comes, she wants to seek collaboration with Russia. The British stand outside the EU sniping at Germany and France, but wants to show it is the leader in Europe against Russia. The Eastern European countries are wasters; they shout the most against Russia, but they are in EU to be scroungers, they expect Germany to give them 2% for defence. Germany's economy will be decimated by high costs if they switch from Russian gas and then they cannot subsidise all the scroungers like Poland. In any case, money is not what makes an army. It has to have a common sense of nationhood which the EU does not have. The EU is weak and cannot handle Russia on their own ever. It has to depend on America, which then exploits the EU to foster its business.
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  4418.  @Lenser  May I remind you that Soviet Union was invaded by Nazi Germany in the last century and it cost 20 million to expel them; Russia was invaded by France in 1812; by Poles and Swedes before ? So what are you talking about Russia keeps invading other nations for hundreds of years ? You are an ignorant. Russia was invaded and therefore built an arsenal that will take out anyone who casts aspersions on its security - whether it is the US or its proxies in Europe. Europe is a collection of 'once upon a time countries', which have pawned their sovereignty to be protectorates of America. Russia on the other hand is a great sovereign nation and is never going to submit to Europe or America. Therein lies the difference. The Ukraine was somebody when it was part of the Soviet Union. Ukranians like Krushchev even ruled from Moscow. After they became independent, they have proved they don't have what it takes to be a nation - they are unable to govern themselves. They have created ethnic friction between Russians, they have bred Nazis like the Azov batallion and the Right Sector, and they have been a proxy for the Americans. The result is disastrous. The country has to be partitioned, deNazfied and demilitarised for peace in Europe. Only Russia can correct them. Frankly, with the problems they have created, it would be better off under Russia.
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  4419.  @lfjwatt  You misunderstood me. I was writing to a fellow called @Justin M.S.C. who said Russia is not a superpower. I was mocking him quoting his statement and then asking why NATO is unable to take action. 'Russia is not a superpower but NATO does not dare put a 'no fly zone', does not dare cross the border. Why the cowardice ? If the facade of military power is destroyed, can NATO go in now into Ukraine ? Why is Zelensky begging alternately for help and negotiations ?' Youtube has a poor indentation system for replies to other comments, so the context is lost.
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  4420.  @lfjwatt  There is danger in what NATO is doing, giving more lethal arms to Ukraine. If instances like the attack on the ship occur, then the Russians will be forced to escalate. And yes, the use of a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine could be any day now. NATO itself will push Ukraine over the edge till it invites such a nuclear attack, and then NATO will not intervene - because none of them wants to be pyrolysed. Instead of raising the stakes, NATO should be pushing for peace, and meeting Russians half for a negotiated settlement. That is left to Turkey. There is no real leadership in Europe that is capable of coming out of group think. Europe is subservient to the US, and the US knows it will be the last to be nuked.
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  4421.  @lfjwatt  What you suggest is indeed the way out. The US should be the one making the way for negotiations. But it will not happen. Firstly, human behaviour is influenced by emotions and false pride - and the west is not different, in fact they have shown a shocking incapability for lack of reasoning. The west has dominated the world for 400 years, and it cannot accept that domination will not be forever,. The west has acquired a sense of entitlement. Russia is also a great power which feels the west conspired to break up the Soviet Union, and they feel the west is continuing with that, so they are ready to resist and they ready to escalate to nuclear. Secondly, the US arms industry drives US politics. For them, the war is a bonanza for making money. In the Gulf war, the US got the Gulf Arabs to foot the bill, and the US got a portion of the Iraqi oil. The Afghan war was a net loss for the US and NATO. In this war, Ukraine does not have the money to pay for the arms. But the US will supply the weapons. Who is paying ? Some of it is the US govt. which means the US tax payer. However, the US will make EU members of NATO to foot the bill. All NATO members have agreed to spend 2% of GDP. Europe does not have as many defence companies. US companies will be the biggest suppliers of the weapons. Hence, EU taxpayers money will provide the profits for US armaments companies. The EU will foot the bill for refugees. No one knows who will pay for reconstruction of Ukraine. They will be forgotten like Libya. The share price of US arms companies has increased 20-30% and Biden had a meeting with the top 8 recently to ramp up production. I assure you that they will not do so unless it is very profitable. Hence, the US will not lead any movement for a negotiated settlement. It is better for them to let the war run its course and make money. The risk however is if they supply lethal weapons, it is an escalation, and it will not be far off when Russia is forced to escalate; it will not be chemical, they will go for a tactical nuclear missile on Ukraine. This is great danger that the west is indulging in. And if you doubt the reason for NATO expansion, See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html
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  4422.  Damaris Villalona Estevez  Well Crimea is Russian, that cannot be changed, so Russia has the gas. Ukraine is going to lose more land along the coast and will become land locked, it should worry about that.
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  4423.  Damaris Villalona Estevez  My good fellow, Crimea, Donbas, and more are now part of Russia. Russophobia is not a good foreign policy. Sovereignty does not confer the right to invite a country from across the Atlantic to put missiles in your country to threaten a neighbouring power. Get real. Ukranians are incapable of ruling themselves, they do not have the wisdom, a good number are Nazi, a good number will sell their country to Americans for money, and the results are before you. Face the reality.
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  4424.  Damaris Villalona Estevez  Putin's job is to defend the Russian Federation. If some country imagines it can invite another country to come and put missiles to threaten his country, he will destroy that country and anyone who intervenes. He warned you. What is it you do not understand ?
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  4425.  @etherspin  From Putin viewpoint, NATO lied and expanded and moved east. James Baker had said after the reunification of Germany 'not an inch to the east'. How has Putin lied ? He said if you expand NATO to Ukraine, it is a red line for our security, we shall take technical military action. He asked for a written security agreement that the US would not put missiles in Ukraine targeting Russia. NATO refused. So he did as he said he would do. There were no lies, it was all clear.
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  4426.  @volo7877  NATO could not win in Afghanistan after 20 years and ran away like cowards before the Taliban. So how will it crush Russia in 3 days ?
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  4427.  @joelb8300  'Finn’s and Sweden will be nato members this year '.. So what ? The lager the organisation, the more unwieldy it becomes. Like the EU.
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  4428.  @SolidStructureWC  'Failure to capture Kyiv shows US would dominate a landwar on foreign soil.' So why did not the US win in Afghanistan and handed back power to Taliban after 20 years ? 'Only reason Nato hasn't crushed Russia in Ukraine is caution of nuclear retaliation.' That is good enough reason. That is why Russia developed nuclear weapons and delivery systems - so that west cannot threaten and invade as in the past.
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  4429.  @lfjwatt  Finland and Sweden were never threatened by Soviet Union or Russia post 1945. But they are caught up in a fear pyschosis created by western media. So they are likely to join. But their security will be compromised by joining - as Russia will have to target them. I do not think Sweden and Finland joining NATO is going to boost NATO. You just have an even more unwieldy structure. Further NATO is controlled by the US, and not the Europeans. In 2008 France and Germany opposed NATO entry plans for Ukraine fearing it will lead to war - but Victoria Nuland, who was sent during Obama's time to steer Ukranian politics to become pro western was caught on tape saying F..k the EU. You can see it in Youtube. Europeans are making a big mistake by relying on NATO, and dancing to US tune on Russia. Europe and not America lives next to Russia, so it is better to get on with Russia, than join America to threaten Russia (Ukraine forgot this elementary fact). The Americans may lose interest in future in NATO - if Trump comes back, that will be the case. Then the EU has to face Russia's wrath. That is why France wants to create a European army. But that would also be unwieldy and you will have two parallel institutions. Europe is in a mess by making enemy of Russia, and following American interests. The European continent has always had the bloodiest wars on earth, it is just in the last 70 years, there was peace and it gave the illusion it is a thing of the past. Now the same faultlines have opened up and the system of alliances is creating mistrust and war. It is like over expansion of EU - it has made it unwieldy and divisions have opened. In the EU, eastern European countries joined, but the the bigger heavy weights like Britain left; and Le Pen has similar thinking. Germany is left to finance the EU, with rising gas prices that makes their industry uncompetitive. Hungary and Poland do not want to abide by EU rules.
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  4430.  @marekbiakowski3472  At the end of the Warsaw Pact and USSR, Russia was not threatening to attack Poland Baltics Finland and Romania. It asked for security guarantees from the west but the west wanted to cheat. So now you have the result - USSR went, Russia was weak for sometime, but it has rebuilt and come back.
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  4431.  @joelb8300  Whether Finns and Swedes are in NATO does not matter, it is not going to save Ukraine. If NATO (which is really the US) threatens Russia, they will fight and nukes are on the table. Only problem is Europe (like Ukraine) will be more of the victim than America. Europeans do not seem to have the grasping power because they are a collection of weak states.
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  4432.  @sergeymelnik1689  We are told in the western media that Ukraine is defeating Russia. Zelensky said he needed only arms. Why do you need volunteers ? It is illegal to request for mercenaries. Please do not put such messages here. Ask Zelensky to negotiate.
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  4433.  @lfjwatt  You are right. I think that Sweden and Finland are being foolish wanting to join NATO when they did not face a security threat for so long. Even if they joined, I do not think Russia will attack them in the window period when their application is being considered. Ukraine is different. It had a shared history with Russia inside the Soviet Union, there are Russian speakers there, all the things Ukraine has like the steel plants, nuclear power stations, Antonov plane factory etc. were built by the Soviet Union with large contributions from Russia. The Ukrainians speak Russian and use the Cyrlic alpahebet. The Red Army had a lot of Russians who laid down their lives to drive out Nazi Germany. Hence, it is galling when these people turn against Russia and think they can advance by getting into NATO, and bringing US to put missiles against Russia. Ukraine has neo Nazis. The Azov Batallion was formed by Andrei Bilteski, a white supremacist who believes Ukraine is fighting to save the white race. Russia does not have the same shared history and affinity with Finns and Swedes, so I don't think they want to attack them to take their land. The Swedes and Finns have more political experience than the Ukranians, and their politicians cannot be purchased with US money to foster militant Russophobia. The US would not use the same tactic with Swedes and Finns as they know their politicians cannot be purchased.
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  4434.  @justinmsc5  Are you the joker who wrote that Russia is not a superpower ? If so, why did the US timidly say that it was not going to put a 'no fly zone' as demanded by your implanted comedian ? Go and cross the border and fight against Russia if you are the superpower and Russia is not. We saw how superpower US negotiated with the Taliban, and cut and run from Kabul without telling the rest of the NATO allies. Does that inspire confidence in the US ? Would you like to debate why (1) US did not put a 'no fly zone' or send its troops to Ukraine and (2) why it ran away from Kabul without informing NATO allies ?
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  4435.  @justinmsc5  'By your logic, even North Korea is a super power because USA won't invade them for the exact same reason.' That is not my logic, it is your wishful logic. Someone in the western media wrote we have isolated Russia, it will be no more than a large N. Korea. Well no. Russia is the world's largest supplier of commodities - not only oil and gas (like Saudi Arabia), but metals (nickel, palladium, gold, titanium....), grains. Boeing relies on Russian titanium even during the Soviet Union. They will not sanction that. Add to that military equipment Russia sells. Russia will continue having ties with major countries that matter - China and India. Both are buying Russian oil and gas, and are setting up trade in their currencies bypassing the dollar and euro. They can visit Dubai, all countries in the Middle East, Africa, South America and most of Asia. So don't imagine western world is the whole world. The axis of economic power is shifting to Asia. Putin said he is going to re-orient Russia's economy away from Europe to Asia. Europe is a bunch of weak states with underlying rivalries which will intensify when the economic pinch tightens. The US's share of world production of goods has declined steadily, it is below China's. The US had the advantage only because the dollar was the world's reserve currency - hitherto. The US was living by printing the dollar which was possible while oil was priced in dollars only. However, that was changing slowly with China's launch of the gold backed yuan and China, Iran, Venzuela and Russia are already using it for oil trade. It is going to accelerate due to US freezing assets. Both Russia and China have publicly stated they are de-dollarising. Russia is immediate as it has no choice, and China at leisure. If you block others from using your currency, eventually people set up other mechanisms. As the demand for the dollar decreases, its value decreases. People would not want to buy US govt. debt. Then the US will not be able to print money and live beyond its money or finance its war machine. You need to stop being immature and hoping Russia will become N. Korea. What the US has done with NATO expansion benefited Lockheed, but Ukraine, Europe and the US are paying the price.
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  4436.  @marekbiakowski3472  Your wish to keep Russia poor and weak shows malevolence and a poor mindset. You should seek to have have trade and peaceful relations. You also have to take steps to stop threatening them by inviting Americans to put their missiles in Europe. As for keeping NATO countries strong militarily, it is problematic. NATO is the US, the rest are a collection of bodies. Hence NATO is driven by what suits America, and not by what is best for Europe. US picks a fight with Afghanistan, and wants other NATO members to go and die on their behalf. And when the negotiations with Taliban came, it was between the US and Taliban, not NATO and Taliban ! And the date of the exit from Kabul was decided by the US without telling NATO !! Hence, the Europeans are useless members of NATO, they are servile door mats of America. Europeans do not have thinking capacity, or pride, they are content with serving America to get protection. Consider the current fracas over Ukraine. The US led the policy of NATO expansion - for the benefit of US arms companies. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html After the unification of Germany, James Baker had said to Russia NATO would not move an inch to the east. But it reneged and it says there was no written agreement. Russia protested but the US got away with 5 waves of NATO expansion. The US organised a coup in Ukraine to get a pro west oriented govt. and was pushing for NATO expansion. In 2008, France and Germany opposed inducting Ukraine rightly fearing it would cause war. But the US twisted their arms; the infamous Victoria Nuland who charted the coup was caught on tape saying 'F..k the EU, this is US policy'. It is clear the US does not work for the benefit of the EU, it works for its own benefit. It stamped on the views of two key NATO members, France and Germany. Russia said Ukraine was a red line. It asked for a written guarantee that missiles targeting Russia would not be put in Ukraine. NATO refused to give it. Then Russia took military action as it declared it would do. Then when the action started, the US said it will not send ground troops, it cannot put a no fly zone. The result of reckless NATO expansion has benefited US arms companies, but it has destroyed Ukraine, many are killed, 4 million are refugees, Europe is hit by high fuel prices, and Europe has become even more dependent on America and has to buy their weapons with a shrinking economy. Europe is the greatest loser, more than Russia or America. Sanctions and freezing assets has created the movement for de-dollarisation of economies, which cuts the power of western financial institutions. That is a western own goal. If US-led NATO arms the Ukranians with more weapons, the time is not far off when Russia will be forced to use a tactical nuke. Then also, you will see the US and NATO will not intervene - why would they, they don't want to get pyrolysed like the Ukranians. They will shout about war crimes but that is all. Hence, your prescriptions for dealing with Russia are shallow; in fact, it is because of following those American driven prescriptions, that Europe is sunk.
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  4437.  @justinmsc5  Yo said 'The invasion is about gas industry, specifically stopping Ukraine from getting Western investment. - Russia has treated all its allies poorly, with a strategy of keeping them all weak. That's why it loses its allies, not NATO expansionism. It causes it's former allies to seek NATO.' Where is the evidence Ukraine has gas ? Western investment. In an interview of Putin, as war bells were ringing, a British journalist asked what was his complaint. He said NATO expansion to his borders. James Baker had said 'not an inch to the east'. He said NATO had cheated 5 times since. The west says NATO did not give a written commitment. Also, when Russia had complained about violation of an understanding if not written agreement, the Americans told them, that assurance was given to the Soviet Union, you are Russia. Putin told the journalist NATO expansion to Ukraine is not acceptable, it is on Russia's backyard. It is a threat and he has to defend the security of his people, whatever the cost. Russia has never complained about western investment in Ukraine or any other country. You made up that fallacious argument. When the army excercises started, Russia sent a written demand asking for a written security guarantee that US missiles would not be placed in Ukraine. The US refused and Blinken said they can discuss other issues. Russia never demanded cessation of western investments in Ukraine. Hence, your argument is just a fabrication, a typical western exculpatory evasion to say the west is blameless (it always is). 2) Russia is a world superpower, and the USA is afraid of its military forces. - The only reason US doesn't fight Russia in Ukraine is due to nuclear weapons. Conversely, the US only fights weaker powers who don't have nuclear weapons. 'Russian conventional military performance has been much worse than expected, especially compared to US invasions.' Admittedly, the Russian army is not the Red Army. However, your statement as before does not consider all the facts. Russia is not fighting just Ukraine, it is fighting Ukraine + the US. The US/NATO has been equipping and training Ukranians, holding joint exercises etc. for years. The US fought in Iraq and Afghanistan when the other side did not have the weapons and years of training from Russia and China. Had Russia or China given Iraq and Afghanistan the latest weapons, the US would have had heavy casualties, and it would not have been able to enforce a no fly zone. You are not comparing like with like. Anyway, US had to leave both countries with no clear victory, so it has to be counted as a defeat, just like the Russians leaving Kiev. And the exit from Kabul was very cowardly and unbecoming. Not telling NATO allies, and grabbing the first flights in case the Taliban moved into the airport, was shameless and shocking - I hope you agree on this. In a man to man fight, the US would have a deficit in bravery; they will not be able to fight like Afghans. The US will fight when there is assymetry in technology and the other side is weak. But when it is equal, it will back off - whether it is Russia or N. Korea (as you yourself say).
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  4438.  @justinmsc5  'Russia provided Iraq with 8 billion dollars in military aid leading up to the US invasion. At the time, there were at least 193 military advisors (by Russian admission) training the soldiers of Iraq.' Cite the source. US smashed Iraq's military and killed Saddam but lost politically. Russia could not capture Kiev and 3 days and kill Zelensky. They made some miscalculations. The biggest one being launching the attack on 3 fronts at the same time, with the triple aims of decapitating the Russophobic leadership in Kiev, consolidating and extending the eastern provinces, and capturing the coastal belt to link it up with Crimea. They should have concentrated. They should have concentrated all there forces on Kiev. So they moved on to plan B. They will concentrate on the Donbass and the coastal strip. The coastal strip and Mariopol is more less in their hands. After that, they can always come back to Kiev. Plan B means Ukraine is torn apart, bit by bit, a chunk at a time. Ukranians have shown they are not shrewd enough to run a viable state. They indulged in Russophobia and baited the Bear to earn the support of the US, and they thought, they could get complete protection. Then the Bear mauled them and the US could not save them as they imagined. But even now the Ukranians have not learnt - daily Zelensky badmouths Russia, so Russia stopped the negotiations and continues with the special military action. It is now clear Ukraine cannot join NATO and even Zelensky realises that. The US also knows it would lead to nuclear war. The US and NATO will not be able to go back and manipulate Ukraine as before. Russia will not allow it. Ukraine wants guarantors. But Russia will not accept the US and its allies as guarantors as that would be letting NATO in through the back door. The west has misled and betrayed Ukraine.
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  4439.  @justinmsc5  'The invasion is about gas industry, specifically stopping Ukraine from getting Western investment.' I am waiting for your proof that Ukraine has gas. Also, tell me when Putin protested western investment in Ukraine; you claim to research, so cite the video or article where I can hear Putin making this complaint. He has only protested the military training and plan to put missiles in Ukraine after inducting it into NATO. You wrote - Russia has treated all its allies poorly, with a strategy of keeping them all weak. That's why it loses its allies, not NATO expansionism. It causes it's former allies to seek NATO.' And how has America treated the countries in its backyard ? In Chile, it overthrew Allende, an elected PM and put the fascist Pinochet in place. The US has harassed Cuba. It funded wars in Nicaragua. No wonder when the WTC was smashed, Latin Americans celebrated; I read that some of them named their children Osama. Trump badmouthed Mexicans and wanted to build a wall. The US sanctioned Venezuela and has been trying to overthrow its President; but Biden shamelessly went and asked for oil from Venezuela recently. Hence, don't put on airs and come and tell us Russia is not a superpower, or that it alienates its neighbours, when the US ran away from Kabul unlike a superpower, and has plenty of people in its neighbourhood who hate it. You are horribly conceited and vain.
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  4440. India is not emerging as any sort of leader. It has disputes with its neighbours, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China. The Africans have experienced Indian racism. The Arabs will slowly become aware of India's anti-Muslim machinations. Indians, especially the Hindus, have a craving for acceptance that they are not able to get.
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  4441. Wishful thinking born out of humiliation from defeat.
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  4442.  @barriewilliams4526  Whose defeat is not obvious to you ? The defeat of the side that has lost land irreversibly, the side that does not have the manpower and is short of weapons, the side that is supplying arms but does not have them. Is it not obvious to you ? The side that is losing shouts a lot to divert attention from the defeat and lives in hallucinations. The side that is winning does not talk too much, they go about their business. Get it ?
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  4443.  @steveb890  You need to learn the spelling of numskull, you numskull ! ', Russia, with Ukraine's assistance, is steadily demilitarising itself anyway...' You said Russia is getting demilitarised. Who has run out of 150 mm artillery shells, tanks, F16s ? Russia or NATO ? Daily Zelensky complains about the west letting down Ukraine by not sending arms. Why is he complaining about you if Ukraine can fight on its own ? Why did you not get permission to fire Storm Shadows ? Because Putin said the country that gives weapons to strike inside Russia will be hit. Everyone knows what Putin says, he does. Get it ? 'add into that economic collapse.... In 2022, Biden said rouble will be rubble - where is he now ? 'Russia’s military was way too overrated, now depending on N Korea ' So why don't you send NATO troops to Ukraine ? Russia has friends, what sort of friend are you to Ukraine ? You know the reason you will not send troops ? Cowardice. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars. That is the difference between the Russians and you.
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  4444.  @admirechapangwani2416  'Russia is struggling with Ukraine alone and seek help from north Korea mean nato will finish them in one day' So why has NATO not entered into Ukraine and finished off Russia and ended the war in one day ? When did NATO win a war ? Just remembered, they ran away from Kabul after fighting Taliban for 20 years and the returned Taliban to power. Back up what you say with evidence, numskull.
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  4445.  @vladimir08090  'We understand that this is an American magazine and naturally they rank Israel after the United States.' I died laughing at that remark ! They should rank Israel above the US since Israel drives the US. Why do they want to put US above Israel ?
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  4446. When Trump has vetoed NATO peacekeepers and suggested European peacekeepers, who the hell are the Poles to say otherwise ?
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  4447. Hodge spouts vain bombast, emanating from the pain of defeat. Apart from NATO not having an arsenal that can match Russia's, NATO's soldiers lack the requisite hardiness and courage that Russian soldiers have. NATO cannot even produce enough artillery shells - let alone hypersonic missiles. Their military technology is stuck in the 1990s. People in NATO countries are not patriotic like the Russians. Apart from their vulgar consumerism and hedonism, the western people have no belief in their countries. One needs to be objective and not spin delusions like Hodges does.
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  4448. Why does Macron not send his 25 year Frenchmen now that Ukraine is short of men ? Why not Finland and Sweden ? And the Baltics step up.
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  4449.  @TonyM540  The French have gone quiet recently after their defence minister spoke to Shoigu. Probably Shoigu explained what is a hypersonic missile.
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  4450. Putin said Russia has changed the western 'world order' forever. He is right.
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  4451.  @Concord003  'So I will support any course that brings Ukraine into the EU. It has much better record in upholding freedom.' Russia has never objected to the EU or Ukraine joining the EU. Recently, Putin said he had no issue when Ukraine's EU application was announced. He said the EU is an economic alliance. Russia's objection has always been NATO which is a military alliance whose only purpose is to threaten Russia. The US wants Ukraine in NATO so it can put missiles there and have naval bases on the Black Sea. That is a grave threat to Russia. Ukraine's independence declaration had promised it would be a neutral state. That is one condition based on which Russia gave independence. However, Ukraine reneged on that unilaterally. Therefore Russia has decided to enforce the neutrality or cancel Ukraine's independence. 'Also, imagine you're President Zelenskii of Ukraine. Imagine you personally agree Ukraine should be neutral and surrender land in the East and South to get peace. What do you say to the people? What do you say to the families of tens of thousands of soldiers who bled and died to defend the land, which you are now giving to the enemy?' I understand the dilemma. He has to say to his people that unless we sign on neutrality AND cede the land, we shall lose all of Ukraine. The window for negotiations to get such a deal is coming to an end. After Russia completes Donbass operation, they will offer such terms. Ukraine and west will refuse. Then Russia will decided that coming this far, they might as well advance to the Dnieper and take half of Ukraine. What is left of Ukraine will be a landlocked failed state needing EU aid. The Ukranians miscalculated and pawned their sovereignty to get US support, by inciting Russophobic nationalism. They have blown their chance for independence.
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  4452.  @milkhit2714  Odessa is in the re-acquisition plan. But even without Odessa, Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy. Why do you think Ukraine has a problem exporting its grain ? Putin said he has no problem with EU membership. But Russia will not allow NATO membership. You are projecting wishful fantasies about Ukraine having a rosy future in the EU. It is like the EU holding a fantasy conference on reconstruction of Ukraine when (1) it is not known how much Ukraine will remain (2) whether Russia will allow reconstruction of any left-over Ukraine and (3) whether the EU has money to fund reconstruction when it itself is heading for dire economic problems. The EU is putting on such shows even though there is no chance of it directing reconstruction. The EU feels defeated and inadequate. And you are feeling the same way, that is why you talking vainly about the bright future Ukraine has. The reality is Ukraine has no future at all. If the Ukraine that is left over wants to be part of the EU, it can, but only if it goes back to neutrality and distances itself from NATO. If it does not do that, Russia will continue till all of Ukraine is taken. The strong cards all with Russia, and not with Ukraine, EU or NATO.
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  4453.  @Concord003  So Ukraine is trapped. It does not want to submit but there is no way it can win. Then fight on till Russia takes Kiev. It was exactly the same situation for the Nazis in Germany. The tide of the war turned after the surrender of the German army in Stalingrad. Hitler (like Zelensky today) could not admit he made a miscalculation. Goebbels made a speech after the Stalingrad debacle saying Germans would go for Total War. It was like Zelensky claiming Ukraine will now fight to get back all territory up to Crimea, and he has a million strong army to do it. The Germans were fighting up to the entry of the Red Army in Berlin. After Stalingrad, the time for negotiations was over. The USSR would only settle for unconditional surrender. Like that, after the Donbas operation is finished, Russia will not agree to negotiations. They might as well advance more. Russia will not rest till Zelensky is laid to rest. Ukraine has squandered its independence after being seduced by the west to take a Russophobic stance, and allowing neo Nazis to control state policy. The US has created such divisions in other countries as well where it wants a foothold.
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  4454.  @nic7048  The western media was saying Putin was dying due to Parkinson's, cancer etc. They were also saying there will be a coup. Now, they recognise that was wishful thinking. So what you are saying is old wishes. As for Russia being poor by 2030, Europe is going to be poor immediately by this winter, and Ukraine'e economy is strangled, so what are you talking about ? Nobody in Russia will be freezing, its industry will have power - unlike Europe. Russia has land, water, food (biggest wheat supplier), energy, metals, industry and strong armament industry (missiles + nukes). How many countries have all of these ? Hardly, any.
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  4455. Niu York is fully captured.
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  4456. The real news was slipped in between briefly - Ukranian forces say the situation is dire in Bakhmut ! The rest of the CNN report is face saving to cover the fact that Bakhmut is about to fall.
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  4457. Ukraine will not exist if it does not negotiate. Part of its is taken, the rest will be reduced to a wasteland, its economy is on life support from the EU, and rebuilding is not possible without Russian permission. Ukraine will negotiate when its handlers find it cannot win. Biden and Scholz's movements suggest that they realise Ukraine cannot win.
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  4458.  @timeames2509  Ukraine thought it could invite the US and give it missile and naval bases to terrorise Russia. Russia put a stop to that. Ukranians are undergoing a corrective treatment. They would have realised by now that NATO membership and putting US bases in Ukraine would mean Ukraine will have to be destroyed. Forethought is better than after thought. But even Ukraine's immature leaders will know that NATO membership is not possible. If they had an ounce of intellect, they will wonder what benefit NATO brought to Ukraine. Ukraine lost land and got destroyed and NATO was unwilling to send troops as they don't want to die.
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  4459. All this is anti-Russian hysteria. The Ukrainians and their handlers are liars. Remember in Marioupol the Ukro Nazis made a video saying Russians were using chemical weapons. Nothing of the sort happened, but the Russians forced the Azov Nazis to surrender or be wiped out. Trigger article 5 ? What is this bravado ? It is feeble western blackmail. Cite Article 5. What is NATO or EU going to do ? Will NATO send troops to Ukraine ?
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  4460. Ukrainian people are amazingly dumb to follow Americans and fight a proxy war for them. Americans will move on, Ukraine will be left like Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  4461.  @peabase  Ukraine ain't gaining control of Ukraine. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. Russia has taken 4 oblasts in the Donbass, those are gone like the Crimea, and Russia may want Odessa as well. As for the rest of Ukraine, Russia is not planning occupation, but they can easily keep it disturbed with air strikes, till Ukraine signs up to restoration of neutrality - which means no NATO. If not, that part of Ukraine will be reduced to a wasteland.
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  4462.  @CalTC_  The US is the instigator of this proxy war against Russia using Ukraine. Why do you follow the US and not call them out ? The Ukranians will not be beaten to death if the US had not created a coup in 2014, and tried to get bases in Ukraine.
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  4463.  @peabase  What clumsy analogy ? I made a statement of fact : Ukraine ain't gaining control of Ukraine. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. That is not an opinion. Ukraine could not get back Crimea since 2014, and they are not going to get back what is lost now, they cannot ship grain out, they have to figure out where to get electricity and water. The west cannot change this, as Russia has floored Europe with the energy squeeze.
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  4464.  @CalTC_  US is responsible for overthrowing elected govt., staging a coup in Ukraine and implanting its supporters, and using them to target Russia. Russia asked for a security guarantee in Dec. 2021. The US declined. The US encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia, and now the bear has mauled the US's puppy, you cannot blame the bear. Never poke a bear. It is elementary common sense.
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  4465.  @CalTC_  You must be the type that invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. Now you are spouting pious humbug. Ukraine is paying the price for NATO expansion - driven by Lockheed and the US arms lobby. Ukraine of 1991 is gone, it is not coming back, part of it will be taken back by Russia, the rest will be a wasteland. After some time, the west will lose interest.
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  4466.  @CalTC_  If you live next to me, and you bring a thug from across the Atlantic to attack me, then obviously I shall beat you to death before your thug can attack me.
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  4467. @Craig Steddy Russia is capable of fighting a long war - it is fighting a hybrid war of energy, food, shipping, financial, cyber and military. On the energy they have floored Ukraine - and the west. They also have advantage in controlling food flow. They have blocked Ukraine's shipping lanes. On the financial war, they turned the tables : euro and pound are 20% lower in value, and they sped up the rise of non-dollar trade. In the military war, it is not decided by amount of land, or even time. Russia tool the strategic land : the industrial GDP producing area of Ukraine and the coastal shipping lanes. They destroy Ukraine from the air. They are tightening the screw on Ukraine - and the west - for the winter. They will hit Ukraine even harder in winter.
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  4468. Russian diplomats are cultured and clear minded. Western politicians are crude and crass.
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  4469. The US through NATO has been threatening Russia by seeking to contain it. Now the reaction has come, NATO is complaining that Russia is seeking to destabilise it. The cheek they have ! They expect they can harm others without paying a price. It does not work with Russia.
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  4470. One commentator Emil Cosman summarised the western alliance as follows : The US is the plantation owner. The UK is its house servant, the clever butler who arranges the master's affairs and slyly manipulates him, a role loved by the British. French, Germans, Italians etc. are the plantation workers. Eastern Europeans are the bottom feeders.
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  4471.  @luisekjeldsen1515  What you wrote earlier is incomprehensible, and what you have written after is full of mistakes. Are you Scandinavian ? If so, stick with porn.
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  4472.  @josipsunara6930 I despise Scandinavians. They put on these airs of being super peaceful people, but they want to fight Russia. They collaborated with the Nazis.
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  4473.  @luisekjeldsen1515  'But you are right about the proxy war, ist is a battle between enslavement and democracy. What would you chose ??' What would you choose when you find that your patron financing your proxy war cannot bear the cost and has decided to abandon you ? The Ukrainians are realising they are going to be abandoned, that is why they are refusing to enlist. As for the battle between enslavement and democracy, why is it your side does not support Hamas by the same logic ? You are a duplicitous swine.
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  4474. There will be peace when NATO is disbanded and the EU tells the US to stay on its continent.
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  4475. So at the end it says the US is worried about weaponisation of space, but it rejects Russian request to solve the problem by agreeing on a treaty to stop weaponisation of space. We all know the US has sought to get a lead whether it is with anti missile defence, cyber attacks, or freezing assets; but the moment the other side catches up or overtakes, it gripes about 'weaponisation'. Earlier the US had the edge, but now with two big powers breathing down on its neck at the same time, it faces the heat.
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  4476. This American joker is beating about the bush as he cannot figure out what the Russians are going to do ! So throw in a snide remark and pretend the Russians do not know what they are doing and pretend Ukraine has it all covered.
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  4477. What for ? 4000 troops is not a mega depoloyment. Russia can blow them away. The Germans should have learnt the lesson the Red Army taught them.
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  4478. Biden and Ukraine are desperate. Trump is right - NATO provoked Russia' s action. NATO should be disbanded. If Biden sent all this money to Ukraine to spite Trump, Trump is bound to react against it. The war is lost. Ukraine was unbelievably foolish agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US against Russia. It is foolish to do this when you are dependent on money and weapons, as the external wind may change. The US and its vassals were unbelievably cynical pushing Ukraine to fight a nuclear superpower.
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  4479. Britain's health service and industries would not function without the immigrants. Get it ?
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  4480. All victims of the cynical American desire for NATO expansion, and Victoria Nuland's machinations to stage a coup to put pro-American rulers in place.
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  4481.  @cameron6770  Don't be dumb, no one is going to send money for reconstruction when it will be destroyed immediately.
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  4482. Germany is cutting Ukraine budget by 50%, it cannot afford it. It is already subsidising Poles and other useless eastern Europeans. Trump and Vance think Europe are a burden. So what makes you think the west can save Ukraine ?
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  4483.  @jimtalbott9535  'Ukraine is not loosing anywhere near that many per day.' Russia is firing 10 shells for every Ukrainian one. It has been sending FAB glide bombs and Kinzhals. Russia uses thermobaric weapons to clear out Ukrainian defenders from gutted cities. So Ukrainians are being killed on a massive scale. Why do you think the Ukranians are pleading for more shells and missile defence systems ? You’ve been lied to, massively, that Russia is losing heavily. The west has a problem : how to explain western defeat to its public. So keep fibbing. And you do not have the IQ to figure out the above.
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  4484. The word is 'self congratulatory'.
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  4485. Moonfish got what he desired.
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  4486. Hamburg and Dresden were fire bombed, it did not make Germany win.
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  4487. Peskov is classy, he does not react emotionally unlike any western diplomat. The strategic goal is that Ukraine will be neutral and not in NATO. And yes, the Azov battalion and other Nazi groups like the Right Sector are embedded in the Ukranian army. They need to be rooted out. And as Peskov said, when Ukraine got its independence, it promised to be neutral, but then reneged and with American money was persuaded to join NATO.
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  4488.  @hpvspeedmachine4183  Well, none of you will be able to counter him with your wet emotionalism. A rational person is always superior.
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  4489. The initiator of the 2014 coup in Ukraine and the originator of the war, the US, is ordering Russia to cease fire and negotiate ! Trump says to Russia 'end the war or else'. But the loser cannot order the victor the terms and conditions.
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  4490.  @Morning404  NATO is a collection of greedy hyenas led by the US, whose raison d'etre is to threaten Russia. Sir Putin has therefore given you a beating and you are licking your wounds.
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  4491.  @Morning404  Cut out the name calling and see if you can write a refutation. I don't think you have the intellect for it.
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  4492.  @radio9730  Ukraine will recover from this war in our lifetime.....How ? Ukraine will not exist with the borders it was given at the time of independence. Russia has taken industrial heartland and the coastal regions and is strangling Ukraine's economy. The left over Ukraine will be hit by missiles till it signs up for a return to neutrality and keeps its distance from NATO. The rouble is the strongest performing currency. The euro has lost 20% of its value and it faces a crunch this winter. Try to engage your brain and live in reality. The west has lost the war already. The most valuable part of Ukraine is gone and the west cannot afford Ukraine.
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  4493.  @radio9730  When Russia's security is at stake, it fights to the bitter end. It has squeezed Ukraine's economy, and it is squeezing the western economy. So the west will not be able to support Ukraine indefinitely. If this Kherson offensive fails, then donors support will diminish. In the case of the Soviet Union, it was capable of driving out Germany and go for hot pursuit. Is Ukraine capable of driving out Russia from Donbass and Crimea and engage in hot pursuit ?
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  4494. She says the Ukranians are defending democracy. They are defending their Ukro Nazis - Right Sector and Azov Regiment. Russia will not tolerate Nazis.
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  4495. Germans should have memories of Stalingrad. The German POWs were in Siberia and many died, and the survivors were only released in 1955 (10 years after the war). You will see more Germans in Siberia and they will be released after 20 years.
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  4496.  jerrynaylor4092  'The US has the right to kick Russia around Europe at anytime.' You try and Russia will injure the US. The Sarmat missiles will arrive in a blink of an eye.
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  4497.  @TheisKrarupHansen  You do not have the intellect to refute Russian trolls. No one believes me, you say - but what I say bothers you so much that you reply.
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  4498.  @jurma1741  US ignited conflict against Russia with NATO expansion. US should have agreed to security guarantee and Ukraine should have agreed to remain neutral to avoid war. Since they did not take these simple measures, they cannot complain when Russia took military technical action. They gave you warning. There will be no peace and stability in Europe, indeed there should be none, if you think you can use US to threaten Russia. Russia wants to take Ukraine back because it conspired with the US and misbehaved against Russia. Latvia, Lithuania etc. also will face the same tune if they misbehave like Ukraine.
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  4499.  @alfisti93  'The kremlin gifts you a potato for your valiant efforts in spreading absolutely braindead drivel.' What gift do you get from reading my braindead drivel ? You certainly have frustration, but you do not have the intellect to write a refutation against the Kremlin.
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  4500.  @alfisti93  But you read what I write and feel frustrated enough to comment.
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  4501.  @Groose82  Which countries are people o strike because wages are consumed by heating bills ? UK and France. Which country faces de-industrialisation ? Germany. If Germany goes, the rest of the EU cannot be subsidised. Russians have heating in their homes and they do not have to shut their industries.
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  4502.  @lilitheden6913  'The security guarantee is that Nato will not start an invasion in Russia and putin knows that very well. ' If so, then why did NATO not give Putin the security guarantee he asked for in Jan. 2022 ? I don't think he would have invaded after that. Earlier, US Sec. of State James Baker had said NATO would not move one inch to the east. The US and NATO cheated and had five waves of expansion. Now Russia has said 'enough' and it has given Ukraine, and Europe and NATO such a beating it will remember for a long time. The fact that NATO did not give the security guarantee shows it had ulterior motives. What was the US doing in Ukraine overthrowing an elected govt. in 2014 and backing Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion ? What were those biolabs Victoria Nuland lied about ? Why was there a NATO training centre near Lvov. NATO expansion was driven by the greed of US armament companies. It was planned from 1997. Read the following and cut your pious 'holier than thou' cant. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html
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  4503.  @SteffiReitsch  Your comment is senseless. How would Ukraine have the nukes ? The nukes were developed by Russia (and not by Ukraine) in the Soviet Union and they located some in Ukraine. So if Ukraine was to be given independence, Russia would naturally take back the nukes it developed. All that Ukraine has including the steel plants and nuclear power plants is due to Russia. The Ukranians turned out to be back stabbers after getting independence. The Ukro Nazis are being taught the lesson of their life, like the Red Army taught Germany and German Nazis a lesson.
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  4504.  @friedabernasher4680  Ukraine will be nuked before he will be able to develop it, so don't come out with vain ideas. Russia means business in Ukraine. Ukraine will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons, or allowed to put American ones. Russia has made that clear. No more NATO aspirations for Ukraine, no more Victoria Nuland machinations in Ukraine will be allowed. The Ukraine that remains will have to sign neutrality, or will be kept on hot coals.
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  4505.  @Onwrikbaar  Russia's response is due to NATO expansion. Putin said that Russia had to quell US plans to induct Ukraine into NATO and get naval bases. If the US gets naval bases in Ukraine, it will block Russia's Black Sea fleet. He said it is less costly to fight now than later, because later to dislodge the Americans would require a nuclear war. Stop moralising. Instead you should be asking why America which lives across the Atlantic is hell bent on seeking bases in Ukraine ? What is its purpose ? You need to come out of your holy pose whereby the west can invade Iraq, and pose threat to Russia, without a reaction. International law has been debased and has no credibility - because the west mouths it, and flouts it, and expects its enemies to obey it.
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  4506.  @Jay-cp9kd  The pipeline attack showed the US is behind the Ukraine conflict and it would do anything including stab its allies. The US is following the same pattern in Ukraine it employed in Latin America when it overthrew and installed govts. that would benefit US commercial and military interests (Allende and Pinochet). Using money power, they get some political groups in corrupt countries, to align with them, and then they create regime change. Except here it was in Russia's backyard, so the US faces Russian resistance. The US cites democracy opportunistically, but the only criterion is whether someone is pro-US or not. The US will blow up pipelines and depose European governments if they opposed the US. The Europeans don't realise this, they have gained so far by being subordinates, and so they are willing subordinates. Unlike Europeans, the Russians will never be subordinates. That is the difference. So the US will be against Russia, and the Europeans will go with the US even if it means economic suicide, as the Europeans don't have the capacity for independent thought.
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  4507.  @JoeStrange709  But that passage in the Bible seems to fit the Jew perfectly. They were dispersed, but wherever they went, people saw them as a problem due to their avarice and greed and scheming, and now they have returned to the Ishamaelites, their half brothers, they cause problems. The Arabs housed them in Spain and Arab countries without massacring them as the Europeans, but the Jews stabbed them in the back. The evidence shows that is their character. The Bible describes them as stiff necked people. They are forever a problem for themselves as well, so much so that they are driving themselves into extinction.
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  4508. UK's economy is contracting, so why is money being spent on supporting Ukraine ? How can the UK grow its economy when Russia's energy embargo forces up prices ? Does it not occur to people that supporting the US desire for NATO expansion makes UK's economy contract ? Meanwhile, Russia has defeated the NATO sponsored counter offensive.
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  4509. Putin mentioned in a speech that Woodrow Wilson's aide proposed after the first WW the desirability to break up Russia into 3 countries. In Wilson's time, the US sent troops to help the White Russians against the Bolsheviks in the Civil War. The US troops were even in Siberia. Hence, there is a precedent and the neocons are only following in Wilson's footsteps. Hence, Russia has every reason to distrust the US. Stalin industrialised the Soviet Union in 10 years, saying that if that was not done, Germany and the west would destroy it. Thanks to Stalin, the Soviet Union became a superpower, and Russia inherited that power. The US and British plans will be thwarted because Russia is now powerful.
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  4510. Putin allowed Ukraine to send wheat because of the clamour that Africa was being starved. But he found that 38% of the wheat went to Europe, and only 6% to Africa. Ukraine was cheating and so he may stop the shipments from Odessa.
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  4511. So now the west realises that Russian forces are led by a 'brutally efficient general Surovkin' ! Surovkin is the one who took the decision to evacuate from Kherson. Ukranians and the west were boasting of Russia's defeat. But then they found Surovkin destroyed Ukraine's power grid at the right time; he shelled Kherson and forced the Ukranians to evacuate, The Russians are now battering Bakhmut and are on the way to capture it. Now, the commentator realises Russia is not going to give up, and they tell us about Ukraine's actual reality !
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  4512. Putin will never listen to Trump - was that not obvious ? Why should he ? Ukraine - and the US - have no cards. Russia has all the cards.
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  4513. India is an irrelevant country. Kissinger said it is the largest unimportant country. Hindu Nazis would like to ape Jewish Nazis.
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  4514. Farage himself has incited hatred against immigrants and Europeans, so why he is putting on this pious spiel ? I have seen him say he does not like Romanians, and recently he targeted Muslims. Trump propagates white supremacy (like Farage), and he whipped a mob to invade the Capitol, and they were shouting 'kill Mike Pence'. Trump did not stand up for democracy, so what is Farage talking about protecting democracy ? The right wing has always been fascist, they incite violence, and now they pretend they are democrats ! Give me a break, Farage.
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  4515. Tariffs were used by developing countries after they emerged from colonialism. Countries like India, China etc. who had to build their basic industries like steel, cars etc. from scratch had tariffs on imported goods to give their domestic industry a chance to grow. Their initial quality was lower compared with the west, but eventually they managed to build these industries and now can do so on an internationally competitive level. They have advantage of cheaper labour and the American capitalist class had no inhibitions to move production to those countries. For developed countries, tariffs will not bring back the industries they lost - because the labour cost simply is too high. Angry Trump feels everyone was freeloading on America, and now he wants to set matters right. Tariffs will allow Americans to get rich without work. That is what he is telling his people. He has not thought that others will put up counter tariffs and they may trade with each other. There is little that America makes for daily use that no one else makes.
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  4516. Ask the US why it staged a coup in 2014 and pushed Ukraine into this predicament.
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  4517.  @AlbaLynxQueen  Your solution is wrong. Merkel and Sarkozy were right in opposing Ukraine in NATO as they knew it would bring instant war. Bush twisted their hands. The only way to avert war was for Ukraine to return neutrality.
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  4518. Negotiations would be a loss of face for the west, it is like a defeat. They would rather keep Ukraine fighting till it is completely destroyed.
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  4519. Why should Russia negotiate with Ukraine when it is winning ? The west promised Ukraine it could join NATO, arms and money and said it could win. Ukraine is unable to win. So either the west sends troops or Ukraine has to agree to unconditional surrender.
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  4520. I can confirm the situation in Germany is and will be bad. Electricity for industry is now 10x the price for domestic consumers. Aluminium plants have closed down. Germany has to get tough with Lithuania and all these useless Eastern European countries that hold the EU to ransom, with their Russophobia. The other European countries need to understand that if the German economy goes down, then the whole of Europe goes down, and all these weak countries like Poland will also be affected. Further, neo Nazi groups will grow in Germany and Europe.
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  4521.  @Dibyas  Sorry mate ! I did not realise he is god.
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  4522.  @stxfdt1240  'and modi was acquitted by several courts .... '. We know the standard of third world countries. The US and others lifted the visa ban after Modi became head of state. Even after lifting the ban, Modi felt the stain on his reputation in the west. At that time, only Xi let Modi in. Modi was gratefully folding his hands in prayer to Xi - till Xi put Modi and India in its place by taking land. Modi kept quiet after China took Indian land. China dispelled any notions of India being a power. All the Hindus who support Modi want to immigrate to Canada. Why is that ? Because India is a stinking pit. And Hindus are creating riots in Leicester and Australia. Slowly western governments will realise Indians are dangerous due to the rise of Hindu fascism.
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  4523.  @21_din_me_comment_viral  If the British had not come, you would be jungle people and you would be burning your women and practising untouchability. Millions of people were not killed during the colonial era, you killed yourself in partition, and you continue to do the same after independence. There is a question mark about your capability of self governance. You elect uneducated leaders like Modi and want to be a world power. Indians want to immigrate to western countries because you have made your country a cesspit.
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  4524.  @gopalkrishnanramanathan794  Look man, stop immigrating to Canada, UK, US etc. Live inside your Hindu nation that you imagine is becoming a great power and don't export your sectarian and caste politics to other countries. The way India is going on escalating thinking it is a great Hindu power, will backfire. Question marks will be raised about the root cause - which is Hindu violence against Sikhs, Muslims and Christians. Hindu nationalism and chauvinism have created problems inside India and you want to export it outside.
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  4525.  @stxfdt1240  Ran out of arguments to defend your Hindu godman ?
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  4526.  @vaagai9808  Why was Modi not convicted ? 2000 citizens dead and he has no responsibility ? Give me a break ! No leader in any developed country can kill 2000 of his people and become PM. That happens only in Third World countries. Indians preening around in G20 led by an uneducated thug and pretending to be a world power was delusional. It is best for the west to ignore India, and stop believing it is a counter to China. Indians are the biggest threat to the west as they are bringing their Hindu Nazi style nationalism to the west. Canada has brought that to light.
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  4527. 'It is okay to be sad and frustrated when war is killing your country and you are going it alone with the minimum amount of long range missiles and no up to date fighter jets and few to no attack helicopters.' The west incited Ukraine to fight Russia saying it will stand with Zelensky for us long as it takes. Why has the west not stood by its promise ? Why has the west not sent troops to Ukraine ?
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  4528. LNG is generally 4x piped gas. The US may be even charging higher. Monopoly encourages profiteering.
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  4529. The reason the Ukrainians do not want to enlist anymore is that it has dawned on them at last that they are fighting a proxy war for America, who will abandon them at the end of the year. As for Ukrainians using British weapons to shoot into Russia, Russia has made it clear that tactical nuclear weapon will be used on Ukraine, and British targets will also be hit. Cameron boasted about allowing Ukraine to attack Russia, but after Russia conducted nuclear drill and called in the British Ambassador, Cameron took down the tweet.
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  4530. Britain's role in the new world order is the same as before : be America's house servant and fight its wars.
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  4531.  @Tom-tp1jv  Yes, send the Ukrainian refugees back to fight.
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  4532. Russia is on the march, Chasov Yar is getting ready to be captured. Macron was asked to ring Kremlin and ask for negotiations and to freeze the conflict. The western leaders now know the Russians will be unstoppable - like the Red Army going for Berlin. Their joker Zelensky says he is ready to give up Crimea, he wants to go back to 2022 borders ! Putin said why should we negotiate just because you ran out of weapons ? I advise this silly American to get out of Kharkhov. The US has abandoned Ukraine and he is not going to save Kharkhov.
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  4533. Good looking plane.
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  4534.  @stevenhudson3482  Personal attacks are the resort of the defeated, trying to save face.
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  4535. These are colonial countries with Nazism in their blood. Germany and Austria are the most extreme, so much so that Le Pen considers them extreme ! Europe has been a vassal of the US and is suffering for collaborating in US led wars. Do you see any Europeans trying to escape from US led wars ? Instead, they are content blaming refugees they themselves created, and having another round of Nazism to solve it. At the same time, they lecture others on human rights and feel superior.
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  4536. NATO is a supporter of Israel. That is why the Chinese and Russians are making inroads into the Middle East.
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  4537. Why haven't NATO sent troops to Ukraine ? The usual cowardice perhaps !
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  4538.  @zasmirko100  'Dying for survival of nation's freedom, culture, language, country, state!' That is western claptrap. No US coup in 2014, Ukraine would be intact and still have Crimea.
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  4539. That casualty disparity shows the Russians are not surrender monkeys like the Americans and the Europeans. They are patriotic, they sacrifice for their country. Get it ? It is a concept you cannot understand.
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  4540. Where are the Challengers ?
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  4541. Paltry figure from a puny country !
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  4542.  @bizking24  Ukraine unilaterally breached its independence declaration where it said it would be neutral and not be part of any military alliance. The only military alliance in the neighbourhood is NATO, and it is anti-Russian. Ukraine reneged on the neutrality commitment it gave to Russia for its independence, and it encouraged Russophobia, and Nazis like Azov Batallion and Right Sector, and it sought US protection for this. Hence, Russia took action to make Ukraine abide by international rules (its commitment to neutrality). You tell me the Russian military is not on a par with Americans ? That is a typical vain, American belief. Have you forgotten how the US dragged NATO to Afghanistan for 20 years, then cut a deal with Taliban without NATO, and then organised its own chaotic and cowardly exit from Kabul without telling its NATO allies ? Americans are shameless. You could not fight Afghans and Iraqis, or Vietnamese, and you think you can fight Russians ? Why do you think Biden said the US will not put a no-fly zone in Ukraine ? Why is he saying no troops for Ukraine ? And why is telling Ukraine no rockets that can attack Russia ? It signals the US does not have the guts to fight Russia. Your talk is the vain bravado of the American coward. In WW 2, Gen. Montogomery asked Eisenhower whether the western armies could go and capture Berlin. Eisenhower ruled against it. Because the US army would be unwilling to take casualties. And secondly because he feared the Red Army will finish with the Nazis and attack the US army. So your claim that the US army is superior goes against the evidence and is born out of an inferiority complex.
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  4543. The west is bending over backwards to say Israel's air defence shot everything down, just like Patriots shoot everything down in Ukraine.
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  4544. Why is it in this analysis, we do not hear a Hungarian govt. spokesman speak about their point ?
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  4545.  @Joaquin546  I asked about the DW video 'Why is it in this analysis, we do not hear a Hungarian govt. spokesman speak about their point ?' You replied 'When they aren’t any better than the Russians it’s worry. But I don’t expect you to understand that or really anything comrade shill.' Read the first sentence and see if you know what you are trying to say. You clearly do not understand English and as I said before you have mentally challenged to reply in any language. Reply in your language and I shall see if I can get it translated.
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  4546. All they can do is badmouth the Russians : everything from incompetent, poor training, indisciplined, brutal society.... Russia has sent a message to the US. You mess with Russia, there will be consequences. They can do more damage than Afghans and Iraqis. The US should remember all its cities can be incinerated if push comes to shove. All the US can do is accept it lost a drone, console its people by telling it was due to Russian incompetence, and let the Russians salvage the drone and send it to Iran.
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  4547. Russia will not go into Germany if Germany practises peace and dialogue, and does not act as the US's attack dog.
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  4548. Ukraine will lose land because it invited the US to threaten Russia. Get real, man.
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  4549. Truss would not win on diversity or capability ! I remember how Lavrov made a monkey out of her when she thought Rostov was in Ukraine.
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  4550. @Elodie UkLdn Give Ukraine to Russia, and ask them to send Ukrainians to France and UK.
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  4551.  @chrisowen5558  Not at all, Poland can take 30 million more Ukranians and locate them near the border so they can take the hit when their Ukro Nazis fire missiles.
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  4552.  @yidneth  When the US gets tired and leaves, the Ukraine will be left as a wasteland, and your Poles and Baltics will be left clutching the refugees.
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  4553.  @lawnman3638  You have not read the Budapest Memorandum. There is an exception clause. If Ukraine threatens the security of any of the signatories, military action can be taken against Ukraine. Ukraine conspired with the US and Britain to threaten Russia's security through NATO expansion (giving missile and naval bases to the US). Hence, Ukraine, US and UK conspired against Russia and they violated the Memorandum. Further, the last article of the Memorandum says in case of a dispute, all parties would confer to resolve it. When Russia wrote to the US and NATO in Dec. 2021, to resolve the security threat it perceived, the US declined. Ukraine also did not make an effort. Why ? Hence, Ukraine, UK and US violated the Memorandum, and Russia has the right to take action.
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  4554.  @nickcmy6596  No EU nation, singly or collectively can fight Russia. They need America, and Americans don't want to die for useless Europeans.
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  4555.  @lawnman3638  Don't act like a simpleton. What were the unreasonable demands ? Is it unreasonable to ask for a security guarantee that US would not seek missile and naval bases in Ukraine ? Ukraine changed its constitution in 2014 and sought NATO entry. If Ukraine joined NATO, then it follows it can give missile and naval bases to the US, and thus cut off Russia's access to the Black Sea. Both Ukraine and the US plotted against Russia. Russia thwarted it. Putin said if it was not thwarted now, the cost for Russia would be much higher later. If Ukraine joined NATO, Russia would have to fight a nuclear war in Ukraine to dislodge the Americans. Russia has therefore taken back the Russian areas (Kherson and Odessa remain), and it will destroy the rest of Ukraine unless it returns to neutrality. The US now knows that it cannot have missile and naval bases in Ukraine.
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  4556.  @Mimi25291  Agree with most of what your advice. Brave people, yes; amazing President, no ! He is the plonker who has got Ukraine to lose its land and independence.
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  4557. This is a typically trite report by a drawling American reporter - concluding with a lady continuing to wear lipstick in hellscape, and asking what does it tell you. It tells me that Ukranians think it is a good bargain living in rubble as long as they can wear lipstick. It could also tell me the Ukranians made a bad decision in going for Russophobia to get American support. Was NATO membership worth it ?
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  4558.  @DrStrangelove-w9w  Despite your arms, Russia has twice the area now, and more important it is the strategic coastal area. There is no way Ukraine will get any of this back. It is good you have plenty of disposable income, and you will keep sending weapons to our Ukrainian friends until the job is done...why don't you go to Ukraine and fight for them ? You have plenty of lives to spare. Or does your cowardice prevent you ?
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  4559. There is nothing you can do, and the Russians know it. You have run out of weapons. Earlier when the west was probing at the possibility of freezing the conflict, Putin said Russia is not going to negotiate just because you have run out of weapons !
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  4560. The British should be asking themselves : Why do we want to fight neighbouring Russia on behalf of the US and make the world a dangerous place ? Ukraine got destroyed because of that. And why do we want to back an unnatural, unsustainable apartheid state on behalf of the Jews, and make the world a dangerous place ?
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  4561. Then why does Modi show off Hindu pride, and why do Hindus follow him ? Hindus should stay behind in India.
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  4562.  @sos5546  Caste is a system of reservation of privilege by birth. That is why there had to be reservation for lower castes. Any how, I heard Modi had ended corruption and new generation was proud Hindus. Is that not true ?
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  4563.  @sos5546  Your English is not totally comprehensible. Who is that one person who is not corrupt and nationalist ? Modi ? Modi came to power by massacring 2000 Indians. Killing your own citizens to hold on to power is a worse form of corruption, than stealing money. If you can kill, stealing will not be an obstacle. He helps your oligarchs, Adani and Ambani, steal and they in turn finance his stay in power. That is why India cannot come up. Corrupt in more than the sense of stealing money.
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  4564.  @johnforsebury985  When Ukraine became independent, in its declaration of independence it said it would not join any military alliance. That was the agreement it made with Russia and that was the condition for its independence. Their sovereignty had that restrictive clause, they signed it, they cannot unilaterally renege on it. If they do, Russia has right to take action. That is what Russia has done.
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  4565. Arrested for breaking the law. Why are you supporting a terrorist ?
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  4566.  @AtomJetson  There is no mass immigration replacement. The British invaded the world and settled elsewhere at the expense of the natives, so don't moan. There is immigration because you do not reproduce and have children. The govt. and the immigrants did not ask you not to have children. So you need immigrants to run the hospitals, sweep your streets and do hard work which you will not do without demanding exorbitant wages. So don't use this war to blame immigrants. Get it ?
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  4567. Yeah right, your puny supplies to the USSR changed the war ! It was the Red Army that destroyed 80% of the Nazi army. You would not have got to Berlin.
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  4568. Indeed, the reason the west is distressed about the referenda is precisely because they cannot stop them ! It goes against their narrative that Ukraine is winning.
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  4569.  @vanceofthetube  Censorship to guard western liberty. They have taught Ukraine that.
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  4570. It would be more appropriate to blame Boeing's failures on Russia's hybrid warfare. Just saying.
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  4571. This is about western countries desperately posing about defeating Russia. The Himars made little difference. Initially they attacked the Kerch bridge and the west said Ukraine was going to take Crimea. But Russia deflated the Kherson offensive and kept the Ukrainians busy with their power grid. They withdrew from Kherson, then they bombarded Kherson and the Ukrainians could not use it as a base to cross the river. After that the Russians sent the withdrawn forces to crack open Soledar, Bakhmut... The tanks are too little too late. The Ukrainians have lost too much manpower. The war in the east and south is already lost for the west. There is a shift in the western narrative now. Bakhmut is of little strategic value.....
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  4572. The question 'Would tanks turn the tide?' clearly means the initiative is with Russia. They have massacred the Ukrainians in Soledar and Bakhmut. The tanks are not going to be game changers, Ukraine needs more soldiers. The Himars were not a game changer after all - anymore than all the previous game changers. Ukraine did not capture the Crimea by Dec 2022 as promised by Zelensky. The US should send its soldiers.
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  4573. Another Indian diplomatic success. They cannot get on with any neighbours. Row with Canada. Indians spied on Qatar, and Indians are fighting in Gaza. Maldives does not Indians, go with China, it is the success story.
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  4574.  @KevinS-vc6zc  India has bad relations with all its neighbours, so much so that all of them prefer China. 'They came up with India out campaign because they chose radical muslim as their leader'. Maybe from their perspective it is because India chose radical Hindu leader who massacres Muslims.
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  4575.  @Sitzenleben  'america does not warmonger' I can disprove your statement. Who brought war to Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Latin America ? Who assassinated Iran's PM Mossadegh ? Who assassinated Africa's greatest leader Patrice Lumumba ? Who assassinated King Faisal of Saudi Arabia ? Who assassinated Chile's President Salvador Allende and replaced him with the fascist Pinochet ? Who organised a coup in Ukraine in 2014 to bring Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion into power ? It is the shameless US. Iran calls the US and UK the Great and Small Satan. That is why you have so many enemies in the world ganging up to end your wickedness.
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  4576.  @erikdekter2384 Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons if (1) US sets foot in Ukraine and (2) if Ukraine sets foot in Crimea. US knows that.
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  4577. The west is reduced to begging. The west needed MBS to get their merecenary captives in Ukraine ! They are shameless.
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  4578. The BBC reported Latvia is making great donations to Ukraine's war effort. Cars seized from drunk Latvians are being sent to Ukraine to aid the war effort. The cars will be used to ship medicines and the like to the war front. 8 cars have been sent. All the European jokers are making tall claims and boasting proudly. Germany's Rheinmetall said it will open a tank factory in Ukraine !
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  4579. You need to stop your vain talk about 'to take out the enemy'. Nobody can take out Russia, without being taken out themselves. That is the learning point. The Germans learnt that in 1945. The stupid Ukranians are learning it now the hard way. Get it ?
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  4580. The US is getting ready to hand over failed Ukrainian project to Europe ! From unwavering US support to unwavering EU support ! Let us face the reality - Russia has defeated the collective west, and Ukraine will not exist. And even NATO's existence is under question.
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  4581. Russia keeps the west guessing. Withdrawal for a longer win is part of the game. You do that in chess, you withdraw the knight or bishop. You withdraw to the more defendable position, it is Ukraine that has to then attack and cross the river. And that is where the Russians have opportunity to kill them. Defence is cheaper than offence. And meanwhile destroy more of the infrastructure in the rest of Ukraine and keep them busy in the dark.
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  4582. It is virtue signalling and trying to show off the UK is still a relevant power. In reality, the UK has as much military capability as Estonia. Why don't you send money to the Palestinians ? Oh, you created the Palestinian problem, but there you are on the side of Israel. Complete hypocrites.
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  4583. They have also seized the money of nations : Russia, Afghanistan, Iran etc. The west's advantage had been control of the international financial and banking system. They have control of the World Bank and the IMF. However, the west has shot itself in the foot by weaponising the dollar and euro. They have undermined their banking system. Banking is based on trust. They had got away with seizing the money of Afghanistan and Iran - but they miscalculated with Russia. Russia has not only the military power (which the west knows and fears), but they did not foresee Russia has the economic clout and the understanding to counter the west in economic warfare. For now, Russia has accelerated the move to non-dollar based trade between countries, which had been building up since China launched the gold backed yuan in 2018. Oil was traded only in dollars due to an understanding the US reached with the Saudis in the 1970s, which gave huge advantage to the US allowing it to print dollars, and run their war machine. Now that era will come to an end, and with it comes the decline of the power of the US and its subordinates. Putin was not planning like the Chinese to break the monopoly of the US dollar in the oil trade, but he is forced to. He realises that undermining the dollar is the blow to strike at the US. Two powerful countries combine to chip away at the dollar. The west has shot itself in the foot with the seizing of Russia's money.
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  4584. Well Ukraine cannot complain. It agreed to fight Russia on behalf of the US, so the US could get bases. The formula Ukraine accepted was : the west supplies the equipment, Ukraine the blood. The west is asking for more Ukranian blood as their weapons fail and they cannot produce enough to replace them.
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  4585. There is a video of Tobias talking about creating a 'coalition of the willing' outside NATO to go into Ukraine. Who will that be ? Poland, Baltics, UK and US perhaps ? But he had no substance because he hoped 'the powers that be' will decide to take it up. Who is that power ? The US ! His wish is the same as Zelensky's : the US should send troops to Ukraine. That will cost US blood and maybe nuclear escalation. The subordinates of the US wish it will fight and die for them. It never occurs to Tobias type that the Europeans would be in a better position if they were not subordinates to the US but could deal with Russia or whoever independently. The US deal with Ukraine was always : we supply the arms and money, you supply the blood. That is not going to change.
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  4586. 'More air defence is needed!' Ukraine is shooting down 100% of Russia's missiles.
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  4587.  @Liboch  US and EU are supporting war in Ukraine by sabotaging peace deal negotiated in Turkey. So what is wrong with India and China are supporting Russia ? They are not vassals of the US like EU and UK.
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  4588.  @scratchingthesurfaceAI  'India can buy oil from any where else, Eu is what we call hostage situation' The EU is in a 'hostage situation' of its own making by freezing Russia's euro deposits. Only then Putin said 'pay in rouble, otherwise it is like giving you gas free'. But no problem, you buy US gas at 4x the price and accept a cut in living standard and don't grumble about India and China who don't agree to commit economic suicide.
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  4589.  @londanintshangase  The EU can only get piped gas from Russia. Anywhere else is liquified natural gas and that costs 4x and it is not as available.
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  4590.  @jrshafik7237  'US problem should not be Europe's Problem. Europe should have their own plan Vision' Europe chose to be vassal states of the US when it signed up for NATO.
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  4591. The players can give up and not play. There will be some winner, and the moaners will be the losers.
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  4592. Did the Ukranians say 'thank you' for releasing these people ? Instead, they want Russia to make concessions and abuse Russia all the time. Russia should not allow any Azov Nazis out, not even the injured ones. For them, it is surrender or die.
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  4593. Putin gets what he asks for.
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  4594. You have a big mouth, and tiny fists. What will you do ? You think you can invade Russia like Iraq ? Americans were the first to start cyber attacks on Russia and China. Eventually, Russia and China retaliated, and got better at cyber war. So the Americans started complaining about Russia and China. Did they go for war and Article 5 ?
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  4595. Putin was feigning to be weak. That is why the west believed he would not deter NATO expansion to Ukraine. The west said the rouble will be rubble after sanctions, the world would boycott Russia, they claimed that the Russian army was poorly trained, that the soldiers were poorly motivated, they claimed Russia was running out of missiles etc. But the Russians fought hard and took Maripol, Bakhmut, Avdeevka....and they are taking more. The west is exposed as weak. None can fight. They dare not send troops to Ukraine because they know they would be killed. Ask the Germans how the Red Army fought against them. The Ukranians were in the Red Army, they should know. Ask the Ukrainians now how the Russians fight.
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  4596.  @eternalskeptic  Russia is fighting the entire NATO led by the US, that was the hold up. Zelensky says without US support, Ukraine cannot go on. He is daily begging for weapons and air defence systems. Now when Trump comes, the US will cut the weapons supply. The US does not have the weapons and money. Then see if there is a hold up. Get it ?
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  4597.  @ArthurTanner-d7s  The reason it lasted 3 years is because of US pumping in arms, and the Ukrainians having the manpower. But after 3 years, the situation has changed. Ukraine's 2023 counter offensive was a flop, and Ukraine lost much of its army. Now the situation is : (1) Ukraine does not have the manpower, the US is asking Ukraine to lower conscription age to 18 (2) the US is getting ready to cut the money and arms, as it does not have much left and (3) Europe is unable to step up, they do not have the arms and money and (4) Russia has the arms, manpower and will power to continue. Russia is fighting Ukraine + NATO, hence it has taken 3 years. The outcome of the war will be decided by who has the arms, manpower and willpower to continue. Russia has all three, Ukraine and NATO lack all three. Hence, Russia is prevailing and the US is getting ready to abandon its protege. Get it ?
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  4598.  @goldienorman9402  And you are so full of lack of intellect that you could not write a refutation.
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  4599.  @eternalskeptic  'At the moment the Russian Army is the 3rd best army in Ukraine' Then why is the west through Zelensky putting out feelers to Russia to freeze the conflict ? Russia is winning and the west is trying to save the remainder of Ukraine through negotiations. But Russia is not interested.
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  4600.  @colonel1066  'Yes he is on his last legs politically economically and militarily. Korean ammo troops and Yemeni troops, so yes super weak.' Wishful delusion as defeat stares ! The west and Zelensky are putting feelers out for a 'frozen conflict'. You have blinked first. Putin is not asking for negotiations. Ukraine does not have manpower. The US is asking Ukraine to lower conscription age and recruit under 25s. Over 25s have been killed off. NATO should overcome cowardice and send troops. Good for Russia if they can get fighters from NK and Yemenis.
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  4601.  @Count_Arthur  As if an assassination will change the outcome of a lost war for Ukraine....it has to cede territory AND it cannot be in NATO.
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  4602.  @AndreOosthuizen-u6u  Shake, friend !
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  4603. Strange the love of idol worshippers for monotheists. Why do you put responsibility on America to back Israel ? Israel is a liability for America just like Ukraine. America cannot afford long wars. Why does not India go and fight for the Jews ? The Jews are short of manpower, India has 1 billion Hindus, why don't you go over instead of asking America ?
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  4604. I wonder what Sweden and Finland who were touted as the new stars of NATO who could check mighty Russia are thinking !
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  4605.  @Takeawayking971  Europe is irrelevant. What does your awareness matter ?
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  4606.  @Lepocoloco  Your Jake Sullivan hopes that Ukraine will not collapse, so they can do counter offensive for 200 billion in 2025 !
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  4607. Europe is committing economic suicide. What for ? Out of a real belief Europe can defeat Russia ? Out of false pride ? Or out of servitude to America ?
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  4608. The US led NATO war against Russia has taken unexpected turns for the US and the west. It has triggered the end of western dominance. The Americans must be burning. The Saudis held up the dollar for 50 years, but all they got from the US and its vassal EU states was insults against Saudis and Muslims. If the Saudis start selling oil in yuan to China, that accelerates the end of US dollar's hegemony. Previously, the US create a false flag scenario, and launch an invasion. But after debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine, America's options are limited. It may go for targeted assassinations but the invasion option is out.
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  4609. And what is western power based on ? Delusions it is born to rule the world for ever. Putin has ended the western world order for good. Get it ?
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  4610.  @michaelcantwell316  Boris Johnson wanted to be a 'tough guy Churchill'. But he was not up to Putin, anymore than Churchill could match Stalin !
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  4611.  @sofiyagrober2180  Thanks for the clarification Sofiya. The west is running with the hares and hunting with the hounds. Expanding an anti Russian alliance and pretending it is a purely defensive organisation. They are putting on a holy pose when rushing to aid Ukrainians to fight Russia instead of taking negotiating steps at the start to avoid war, while they are not rushing to aid the Palestinians.
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  4612.  @davidwright5094  "Ukraine got independence on the understanding it will be neutral and not join any anti-Russian military alliance. It flouted that, so it will not exist.' What is it you do not get ? In simpler language, if you play with Russia and threaten it, the bear will claw you. Get it ? They explained the red line to Ukraine and its handlers, if you cross it, they will kick your head in. When Cameron said British Storm Shadows will be fired into Russia, the Russians started drills for tactical nuclear weapons, and the British ambassador was called and told in no uncertain terms that British targets will he hit outside Ukraine. That could be a ship in the Red Sea or something else, I don't know. Then you will find the US will not come to your aid and fight a nuclear war for you. You will be left floundering on your own. hen the Lord Cameron became sane and understood the meaning and pulled down his boastful tweet about hitting Russia with British weapons. The British media also started downplaying attacking the Kerch bridge saying it is not used for military transport anymore. Russia does not indulge in strategic ambiguity, it says what it will do, and it will do it. Get it now ?
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  4613.  @racheldefaut2285  As usual the provocation was started by the US. It put nuclear missiles in Turkey to threaten the Soviet Union. Then the Soviets put missiles in Cuba. There was a stand off. The Soviets withdrew after getting the US to agree to withdraw the nukes from Turkey. The US is back to provocation, this time using Ukraine. Russia will not allow it. Get it ? If you have no background dont come here
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  4614. 'Europe 'will almost certainly be at war with Russia' if Trump's Ukraine chaos continues' There is no chaos in Ukraine. Trump sees Russia is unbeatable and he wants to exit from Ukraine. If Europe wants to defend Ukraine, it can. No one in Europe has the guts to fight Russia.
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  4615. Sir Putin however is in a different league as he defeated the collective west. Give credit for that.
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  4616.  @criert135  Russia look so weak ? Then why is the US forcing Ukraine to give up land and agree not to be in NATO ?
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  4617.  @jjboswell5043  Indeed, Russia has defeated the collective west. That is why the US is abandoning Ukraine. That is why Europe is in a state of shock and running around like headless chicken. Get it, numskull ?
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  4618.  @criert135  'Becuase Putin has something on Trump'. Then clever Putin. You should admire him.
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  4619. US could not defeat Russia, Europe does not have even what US has, so what can Europe give Ukraine ? It does not even gave enough 155 mm shells, it has to buy from Pakistan.
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  4620.  @chunkailau2448  I did not say Russia is asking for negotiations, I said the Ukranians in the video want it to end by negotiations as they see they cannot win. Russia is continuing. The west will push Ukraine to negotiate when it sees it cannot supply enough weapons and Ukrainians cannot push back the Russians. The supposed Ukrainian spring offensive is the last throw of the die for Ukraine. If Ukraine cannot roll back the Russians, it is over for them for good. Then, if they want negotiations, it will have to be on Russian terms. That is the dilemma for the west.
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  4621.  @16252  It is the west that has been telling us about Ukrainian resilience. But this video shows a weariness and a recognition Ukraine cannot win. Russia will continue. The west is troubled because Russia has ended their 'international rules based order' for good.
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  4622. The idiotic media man says Putin is not interested in negotiating in good faith. He makes loaded comments. The bias is seen in the opening ball. Ledwidge responds 'why should Russia negotiate when it is winning the war' ? Surprising to see Ledwidge has become sobre and knows the reality. He is different from 2022-2023 when he was proclaiming Ukrainian victory. Next the media man says Russia is making evasive statements, like 'we don't care about assurances of delayed NATO membership, we don't want Ukraine ever to be in NATO'. What is so evasive ? The Russians are direct and unwavering in their position on NATO in Ukraine. There will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. The media man thinks Trump will say to Russia 'if you don't want to negotiate, we shall supply weapons to Ukraine'. That is what he hopes. Equally Trump might tell Ukraine, 'agree to the terms available from Russia, or we are out'. Ledwidge is correct - the west has no strategy, it had no strategy. Merely bleeding Russia using Ukrainians is not a strategy if you claim you are defending some great principle of freedom. I did not expect Ledwidge to change and become realistic. He says NATO is empty without the US. Correct - the command structure of NATO is American. He also admits that Russia will not tolerate NATO bases in Ukraine. But the media man continues saying Russia had no security concern, it was a fabrication to invade Ukraine. Ledwidge responds the Russia was always opposed to NATO forces on its borders.
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  4623. Forget Ukraine, it is defeated, the US wants to give up, and Europe does not have the capability to support Ukraine. Get it ?
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  4624.  @John-mf6ky  When the Europeans get their heads out of the sand, they will realise the US is out for itself, and Europe needs to get on with its neighbour, Russia. They need to ally with China, BRICS etc. and not depend on G7. They need to stop listening to Gen. Ben who warmongers on their behalf.
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  4625.  @davidburke5782  Putin defends the security and national interests of his country. Zelensky belongs to a cabal of Ukro Nazis implanted by the US in a 2014 coup. It is not a sovereign nation unlike Russia. Zelensky will survive as long as there is US support - as he himself says. If Bakhmut is lost, you don't have to wait for the spring offensive, the US will be the first one to force him to make 'unacceptable compromises'. The US is looking for an exit strategy, and the first sign Ukraine is going under will be the inflection point. In Zelensky, you are backing the wrong horse for a win.
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  4626.  @MikeMW87  us interest = rich nation, by waging war, stealing Iraqi oil, and printing dollars. Russia has ended the US world order. De-dollarisation is the first and essential step for cutting the US to size. Russia, India, China, Iraq, Iran have taken steps for this already....and Saudis and Turkey and others will follow. That makes business sense.
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  4627.  @incurableromantic4006  Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, who was responsible....?
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  4628.  @janice369  Did I rile you with the truth which is absent in Times Radio ?
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  4629.  @THE_LOST_FINEST  Kissinger said long ago the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. The same applies to Ukraine. The Americans do not want their cities incinerated for Ukraine. The Americans are cowards, they do not want to send troops to Ukraine as they do not want to be killed, they do not want mass self immolation for Ukraine. Get it ?
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  4630.  @purvika2711  Weak countries like India get their land taken by China and give up meekly, despite having nuclear missiles.
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  4631.  @phillipdavies9233  NATO is pushing Russia to a nuclear strike. The first strike target would be Ukraine, and then NATO would shut up, as they will know Russia is not bluffing. It may not come to that as Russia is advancing in Donbass and Ukraine can be driven out of Kursk by conventional means. Ukraine and the west is on its last legs and Kursk was a sign of desperation, a last gamble.
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  4632.  @purvika2711  Russia did not invade Ukraine - because Russia has nukes. You are a numskull if you thought so. Russia undertook an operation to ensure that US did not put nuclear missiles in Ukraine, targeting Russia. The conditions under which Ukraine got independence was that it returns the nukes, and it does not join any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine flouted the second part, so it will not exist. Get it ?
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  4633.  @THE_LOST_FINEST 'Ukraine doesn't have to be in NATO for NATO to respond.' What will be NATO response be if Russia bursts a nuclear fire cracker on Ukraine ? The US and NATO countries are not willing to send troops to Ukraine because people from such countries are afraid to die. If Russia hit Ukraine with a nuclear strike, why would NATO strike Russia when it knows Russia will incinerate its cities ? You will save your skins; the Americans will be the first to scoot as you saw in Kabul.
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  4634.  @petersinclair3997  'the West has been breaking Russia’s economy.' Is that so ? Russia's economy has expanded, there are buyers for its oil and energy. Russia has been breaking Germany and Europe's economy. Germany is being de-industrialised. BASF decided to move part of its production to China and the US. Volkswagen is planning to stop production in Germany. Glass and aluminium factories have shut. European economies are affected, running it with US LNG which costs 4x and with high labour costs makes Europe uncompetitive. With closure of businesses, and unemployment, Nazi groups are rolling in Europe, and there are riots in France and Britain. Russia started the de-dollarisation move and it has gathered steam. The US will not be able to print dollars and live in debt. Russia is breaking your economy, my boy. Get it ?
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  4635.  @ninaquero  Ukraine ganged up with UK and US to threaten Russia through NATO expansion. That was against the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum; hence you flouted it. Besides, the last Article of the Budapest Memorandum says in the event of a dispute, all parties will sit together and resolve it by negotiations. Putin asked for negotiations, the US declined. So Ukraine, US and UK are responsible for end of Budapest Memorandum. Get it ?
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  4636.  @ninaquero  If some cross border radiation affects Europe, that will make think twice about what would be the consequence if Europe tried to attack Russia after it strikes Ukraine with a nuclear weapon. European cities will be incinerated like Ukraine's, and nobody will risk that. The Europeans will think 'better Ukraine, and not us'. The whole way NATO conducted the war was on the basis of 'Ukraine supplies the blood, we supply the weapons and money'. Hence, if Ukrainian lives are lost in a nuclear strike, why would NATO countries want to shed their blood ? The deal with Ukraine was on the basis of zero loss of life for NATO. Get it ?
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  4637. It is weak Ukranian propaganda - like the Nazi propaganda about the Red Army as it advanced and captured Germany (they said it is because the Soviets are zombies). The Ukranians are being massacred in Bakhmut, the Russians fire 9 shells for every 1 Ukraine fires. Naturally, hugely more Ukrainains are killed. If you read in between the lines, the Ukranian soldier lets slip his own condition : the Ukranians are finding it very difficult as the Russians are pressing ahead, he admits the Russians have numbers (both in men and munitions). The Russians are determined to take Bakhmut and wipe out the best Ukranian forces. It will be like Mariopol.
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  4638. The west should not encourage Ukranians to blackmail them. Ukranians have made a mess of their country with their Russophobia as they thought NATO would shield them. NATO and west should not encourage false hopes of Ukraine defeating Russia. It is impossible. Ukranians and NATO made a miscalculation. Learn from your mistakes.
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  4639.  @razmataz7240  US does not have the right to move to the borders of other countries. Get it ?
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  4640. 'I remember when Putin said, back in 2008, that Ukraine and Georgia in NATO was a red line. NATO ignored him.' They imagine because Russia has not nuked Ukraine yet, it is bluffing. But the saying is 'Russia is bluffing till it is not bluffing'. These western numskulls will be scratching their heads when Ukraine is hit with a nuclear strike.
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  4641. Why don't you also set a good example and block the accounts of RSS and VHP and all those who fund violence in India ?
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  4642.  @SWExplore  Ukraine got sovereignty on the understanding with Russia that it would a neutral nation, and not be member of any anti-Russian military alliance. It has attempted to flout this unilaterally with US instigation, and now is facing the consequences.
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  4643.  @mrplease66  Poland invited the British. But in fact, it is the Red Army that got to Poland and liberated Auschwitz from the Third Reich. Putin has noted to the Poles that their country was a gift of Stalin. If it was left to Germany, there would be no Poland. If it was left to the British, Poland would be within Germany, as the British were not capable of liberating them. Get it ?
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  4644. Russia also has a lot of firepower and decisive leaders.
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  4645.  @Setinmywaysalways  The 'better Russians' for you are the ones who want to be surrogates of the west like Zelensky. Yes, Russia curbs them.
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  4646. 'Why should we ask Russia for permission to have European troops in Ukraine?' Because Russia is on the winning side, and you are losing. If the Europeans send troops to Ukraine, the Russians will kill them. You try it and see. And the Americans will not come to bail you out. Get it ? Numskull.
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  4647. Poland should stop its anti-Russian tirade and sop fighting other people's wars. If it continues, Poland will eventually get a beating, and the US will look the other way.
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  4648. Azov Nazi regiment is dug in the steel factory - with 1000 civilians embedded to protect them.
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  4649. Russia is allowing foreign ships that were stuck in the port for a year to go out. Russia can sink one ship and that will be the end of it. There will be no Article 5, NATO is powerless.
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  4650. You jokers said that Putin's war was not sustainable in 2021. The rouble would be rubble. Russia was firing missiles at a rate that was not sustainable. Nielsen needs to get real. The war is lost for the west. The west is asking for negotiations, ceasefires, frozen conflicts, peacekeepers - because it is losing and is stuck. Russia does not want them - because it is winning. Putin had said in a Tucker interview, 'we are not going to negotiate just because you ran out of weapons'. Russia is not going to freeze the war and accept Ukraine can be in NATO in 10 or 20 years. That is non-negotiable. That was the cause for the war in the first place. In 2025, Russia will take Donbass - if not by negotiations, by force. Once they get past the last fortifications in Donbass, there is nothing up to the Dneiper river. Once they get there, Odessa is within sight. Nielsen has been peddling wishful thinking and lies, there is no point continuing with them now. Ukraine's situation is dire. Not only does it not have weapons, it has run out of trained men. Nielsen, it is better to swallow your false pride, and relieve the Ukrainians of their misery. The only choice the Ukrainians will have is unconditional surrender - like Nazi Germany to the Red Army. It is difficult for the west to accept such a defeat, but there is no other way.
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  4651. The Brits announce a new deadline (Nov 2024) for Ukraine to win the war - after abandoning them ! It is the country that sabotaged negotiations but is the only country that is not giving the Ukranians visa free entrance. Shameless hypocrites. Iran calls the Brits and the Americans little and big Satan ! Mischief and war mongering is in their genes and upbringing.
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  4652. Bakhmut has been declared as unimportant.
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  4653.  @DrCruel  Putin has also made sure Ukraine will not dream of joining NATO and host US missiles to threaten Russia.
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  4654. Why are you going on about how shaken the Israelis were on 7 October 2023, when they were enjoying a rave party next to their concentration camp ? Israelis are being shaken continuously. Today, they were shaken by a Hezbollah drone that was not detected and that injured 69. Daily IDF soldiers are losing their lives. The Israelis are not going to be given respite, they have to pay for their misdeeds.
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  4655. You do not even know what you are writing. 'A man who stands alone against another man with 45 friends' He is not standing alone if he is standing with 45. You are dumb to make such a contradictory statement. Zelensky is weak, that is why he is standing with 45. And he is getting beaten. And the 45 would like to abandon him as they see he is a liability. You need to wonder about his stupidity, sacrificing his country for US interests. People who fight proxy wars for others are not very bright.
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  4656. Israel will be Zelensky's new owner. The oligarch Jew Kolomovsky who was the Jew Zelensky's patron in Ukraine stole Ukrainian money and now hides in Israel. Conditions are not ideal in Israel, but he could fit into the IDF.
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  4657. 'promise one thing then do the complete opposite and pretend it's someone else's fault' You do that already. Like block Ukraine from entering NATO, say it is because Ukraine is not democratic enough and is corrupt, and say the Ukranians are ungrateful, to cover up for the failed counter offensive in which the Russians burnt western equipment.
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  4658.  @ベストカジノボーナス  If Russia is too weak, why has the US not sent troops to Ukraine to end the war ? The reason is Russia is too strong, it has shaken off the sanctions, floored the western economies, it holds the nuclear sword on the west, and it has taken eastern Ukraine and is get ready to take more. That is why the US vetoed Ukraine entering NATO. Otherwise, it will have to send troops to Ukraine, and Americans will get killed.
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  4659. The previous round of sanctions had little effect, what sanction is left ?
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  4660.  @michealjones9863  Independent countries, but they cannot join an alliance set up to threaten Russia. Otherwise they will face consequences as Ukraine is seeing. It will be dismembered and turned into a waste land and become a failed state.
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  4661.  @norbitcleaverhook5040  If NATO is a defensive alliance, what was it doing in Afghanistan ? Chinese PM Xi asked when Warsaw Pact was dissolved, why was not NATO dissolved ? You want to have your cake and eat it. Any country having choice to make its own alliances does not include the choice to invite someone from across the Atlantic to put missiles to threaten a nuclear neighbour. Russia warned against it. Others in the west also warned that it would lead to war. This was is the result of the American driven desire to expand NATO for the benefit of its armament industry.
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  4662.  @englishpigdog  Chinese PM Xi asked when Warsaw pact dissolved itself, why did NATO not do the same ? Why did the US threaten war over Soviet Union placing missiles in Cuba ? Insecurity ? You want your cake and eat it. Russia said no. Cross this line and Ukraine will pay and NATO would not dare cross to rescue the Russophobes it incited. That is the reality. Failing to invade a country - so they did not invade.
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  4663.  @norbitcleaverhook5040  NATO went to oust Taliban, so why did the US run away from Afghanistan with its tail between its legs, and allow Taliban back ? The US did not even inform its NATO allies, they wanted the first flights out, they were so terrified that Taliban will capture them. They left tonnes of equipment behind. From these, the conclusion is NATO is weak and cowardly. This BBC video is about Zelensky calling NATO cowardly. NATO talked about a 'no fly zone' but the moment Putin said there will be consequences it has not faced before, Stoltenberg and Biden promptly declared they were not planning a 'no fly zone'. NATO's talk and its ability are inversely proportional. Anyone can detect that in your writing.
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  4664.  @norbitcleaverhook5040  Why did not NATO give the 'no fly zone' that Zelensky was begging ? Because of consequences you have not faced before. Putin does what he says he will do. NATO is all mouth and bluff. Its cowardice was already exposed from the shameless way it exited Afghanistan.
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  4665.  @mountainguyed67  If the leading NATO member continues to disturb Arab countries, and promotes eviction and destruction of Palestinians, and some Arab lashes out against him, do the rest of the 30 weak allies have to run to defend him ? The US does it own foreign policy independently of NATO and it may not be in Europe's interest, but the rest has to run to defend the US. That is not defensive, it is aiding and abetting a trouble maker in the world, who has wrought havoc to Arabs, Latin Americans, Asians. In any case, if that is your defence of Nato's defensive action in Afghanistan, can you explain why the US negotiated a handover to Taliban in Qatar, after fighting 20 years to oust them ? Was NATO involved in the decision ? And when the cowardly Americans ran away from Afghanistan, they did not tell the remaining 30 useless allies (who have no self respect in the first place), so they could grab the first flights out before the Taliban deadline. The Ukraine war has further exposed NATO's cowardice. Zelensky (who NATO promoted) says NATO is cowardly ! NATO expanded eastwards recklessly. The US led it for the benefit of its arms industry, and the Europeans went along. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html Actually, France and Germany opposed NATO expansion in 2008 fearing war, but the US twisted its arms. NATO is a tool for US domination, and the rest go along. Ukraine thought it could join the bandwagon but ended up in hospital with broken bones. Europeans are vassals, albeit willing vassals, of America. I suggest Europeans wake up and become sovereign nations. First of all, learn to apply your mind. Instead of parroting received western propaganda (about defensive NATO), you need to learn independent thinking
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  4666.  @mountainguyed67  Yawn, because you have no answer left for you preconceived brainswashed views, yet you cannot use your reasoning power to change.
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  4667.  @rod-contracts1616  What else is flirting with far right than seeking Hitlerism ?
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  4668. Ukraine is shooting down 120% of Russian drones. Where is the problem ?
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  4669. Perfectly put. 'We will support support Ukraine as long they give us their natural resources.' That is what they were after all along. The spiel about democracy and inalienable right to join NATO was a fraud.
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  4670. It can be stopped if the comedian signs an agreement saying Ukraine will be neutral and will not host missiles threatening Russia. He could have stopped it from starting.
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  4671. He must have been a Ukro Nazi from the Azov Batallion.
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  4672. I don't believe any of this. Poland is another useless weakling. They have a big mouth and think they are a superpower but only because they have American support - for now. Without American support, they would not last one day against Russia. The Poles have all kinds of grouses and have an inferiority complex. Recently they asked Germany for $ 1 trillion in reparations. They protested against Ukraine commemorating Bandera and other Ukranian fascist nationalists who massacred the Poles. One day Poland may claim the western part of Ukraine (Lvov region). When Ukraine is balkanized, the Poles will ask for the western part of Ukraine, and Russia may give it to them.
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  4673. Putin, the master manipulator - that is a grudging admission he has won. Am I correct ?
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  4674.  @gillespieffet8677  These 'elites' come from you, you elect them, you and your system and media endorse their wars and other criminality, so you have to live with the refugees that come from wars. And in your anger at perceived elites, you think that Nazism and fascism will be the solution. That solution will sink Europe - they have experimented with that in the 1940s. That went over your head. You are talking about elites as if you are not part of them. You need to cut out the resentment politics against migrants.
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  4675.  @privateprivacy5570  'Maybe some strategic thinkers in the US wanted a NATO expansion.' The US drives NATO, the driving force is not eastern European countries themselves. If left on their own, they will find a balance between west and Russia. However, the US govt. has spent a lot of money to influence them. In the 1990s, Rumsfeld said, the US does no need the 'old Europe', the new Europe (eastern Europe) was the most relevant. The 2014 coup in Ukraine was staged by he US Jew Victoria Nuland and reportedly the US spent 5 billion to get engineer a favourable Ukrainian govt.. The US govt. is spending its taxpayers money on such ventures, but it figures US corporations (defence and energy) make up for it. Either you are naive or you are being dishonest. 'Before Russia invaded Ukraine there was no public discussion of Ukraine joining NATO or even the EU.' The public's ignorance does not alter the facts explained above. In the last paragraph, you concede what I am saying : the migrants are largely refugees created by a series of wars. 'Also: we DO tell our elites to not wage war. It's not that simple as you might know.' Did you put Blair and Bush behind bars ? That would have had a salutary effect on your elites. Instead, you follow those who blame immigrants for the wicked war mongering of your elites and justify Nazi solutions. You have bent over backwards to oppose the linkage between wars and uncontrolled immigration. At the end of the day, you are part of the elite who you rage about. The capitalist system is about elites who control and own the means of production, distribution and exchange globally, and who are ready to go to war to maintain their profits. You support that system. True or not ? Then don't complain about its side effects.
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  4676.  @PMMagro  You are correct, immigrants are scapegoats. The decline of Europe and UK has do with (1) decline of fertility and not keeping up the minimum 2.1, necessitating foreign workers to maintain an ageing population (2) these countries becoming vassal states of the US and agreeing to go with the latter on its war mongering sprees (private agenda), and thus creating influx of refugees (3) shooting oneself in the foot by not challenging American driven NATO expansion and ending up in a war with Russia leading to (4) energy cut and de-industrialisation and (5) imagining there is an elite that has brought immigrants, and imagining Nazi groups can restore Europe to what it was 50 years ago ethnically. As European economies tank due to their desire to fight Russia, Nazi parties will grow, well in keeping with European history.
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  4677.  @mrmeldrew693  The AfD is a party with Nazi sympathasizers, they don't deny it. All over Europe Nazis and fascists have entered parliament. So what is your effort at denial ?
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  4678.  @notalefty999  Somalia was wrecked by the US. The US oil company Conco struck off shore oil. Conco demanded 70% share of the profits, and Somalis would have to pay for construction. The Somali govt. did not accept those terms. The US govt. and US army moved in to back Conco and tried to stage a regime change. It did not work, Somalis killed 19 GIs and shot down three Black Hawks. Then the US ran away. But it took revenge by creating civil war and that led to refugees. Get it ? Britain of course aids the US. So you accept the consequences.
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  4679.  @pieroo7  'Nato expansion.. what are you talking about? Ukrainians wanted to join us and for good reasons i will say' Do you know the US staged a coup in 2014 to overthrow the elected govt. in Ukraine to replace it with govt. with neo Nazi Russophobic groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion ? In its independence declaration, Ukraine promised it would be a neutral state and not be part of any military alliance. That was the understanding by which Ukraine got independence in the first place. Ukrainians cannot join NATO to allow US bases to threaten to Russia. Is there any point Ukraine trying to join NATO if the price is Ukraine does not exist ?
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  4680. ​ @mountainsofmourne  So does your case about the man from Tonga and Tobago deny the case that Britain, France etc. created a major refugee problem by bombing Iraq, Syria, Libya, aiding Israel in Palestine etc.....? The bulk of the refugees are from a problem you created for yourself. So just learn to cope and make your governments accountable and prevent them from engaging in wars for the US. Get it ?
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  4681.  @bullerfnis1961  I meant Denmark is a useless country with a big mouth. Big and small sent equipment to Ukraine, but did it make any difference ? Russia destroyed your weapons. Russia has proved it is stronger than 40 countries big and small, both in economic and military warfare. Ukraine cannot win and eventually the US will ditch them. Then the whole of the useless EU will follow. NATO would not dare send troops into Ukraine because you know the Russians will kill you on a big scale. The US does not have the guts, the less said about the rest of NATO, the better.
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  4682.  @OlliHazard  Were you not told you will face consequences you have not faced before if you interfere in the Bear's backyard ?
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  4683. An American general claimed that the Ukranians had made some progress and captured something - but he said end of Dec. is a realistic target for Ukraine to get back Kherson ! Hence, the western cheer leaders don't want to say it is a flop, but they extend the time line, so we forget about it. Summer offensive is turning into winter offensive. Only some time ago, Zelensky said he will have Kherson and Crimea before winter.
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  4684. They are trying to make up for their past. Now, they are a servile nation, have to placate US and the Jews.
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  4685. The world has become a dangerous place due to western machinations. Like in Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine.
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  4686. As usual, the western spokesman says that Russia's achievement is very slow, all that effort for 5%. Sloviansk is still with Ukraine. And of course the statement about the high morale of the Ukranians, which is very much de rigeuer to point out. But what about the Ukranian counter attack with 1 million army ?
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  4687. Yes, things will change - Russia will push forward.
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  4688. No point citing 'unprovoked attack' and pleading innocence, and proposing simple solutions to a conflict which the west stoked but which it cannot win. Why did the US seek NATO expansion ? Why did the US and NATO not accept Putin's concern for Russia's security to avert the war ? When the Ukrainians and Russians reached an agreement in Turkey, why did Johnson scuttle it ? If Trump ends support for Ukraine, Starmer will continue ?
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  4689. The puppet regimes of the US work on the assumption that they are indispensable for the US. South Vietnam's puppet felt he was saving the US from communism, and Zelensky believes he saving the western world. The US will support till it becomes unviable and unaffordable.
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  4690. Putin has defeated you, you are reacting in an immature way.
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  4691.  @BriantheMan.-yw2lt  He can't defeat Ukraine ? Who is sending out feelers for freezing the conflict and negotiations ? It is Trump. Why ? And why are the Europeans cowering in fright and increasing spending on military ? After Hazel, why did NATO hold an emergency meeting ? After defeat, you are trying to put on a brave face.
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  4692. The Germans must recall what Kissinger said long ago : the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany. The same applies today. If Germany fights Russia, Russia will retaliate regardless of Article 5, and the Germans will find the US will look the other way. The Germans should look at the de-industrialisation of Germany that has taken place as a result of fighting Russia.
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  4693. Your channel has been saying such things for 3 years - Putin has a hand tremor, he is dying of cancer, he fears assasination etc. Zelensky even said Putin had died and a double was acting ! Your channel indulges in 24 hours of fabrication to save face. The reality remains Russia cannot be dislodged from Donbass, Niu York was recently taken, and the Russians are knocking on the gates of Povrovsk. Ukraine will not be able to hang on to Kursk, and as their forces are directed somewhere they cannot hold and are being killed there, it speeds up the fall of remaining Donbass. In fact, it was dumb to think by entering Kursk they could force Russia into negotiations. It has not forced Russia into negotiations and it has convinced Russia there can be no negotiations. As the euphoria fades in the west, the western media are now cautiously muttering that Ukraine took a risky gamble as they can see Ukraine getting stuck in Kursk and facilitating Russia to finish off Donbass ! The whole Kursk project was a last ditch effort by the US, and now as the wheels come off, we shall see the US say they had nothing to do with it, and they will put the blame on Ukraine !
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  4694. 'It is such a shame that nato didn’t step up earlier in this war! I think the slow response ,which Putin anticipated on, cost a lot of Ukrainian soldiers life and brought us to this point.' So now you realise the war is lost for Ukraine and the west. Many realised this in Sept. 2002 when Russia started dismantling the power grid.
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  4695. Nuland and the necons are the cause. The rest are followers.
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  4696. Game up for Bakhmut, Ukraine and the west.
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  4697. I would not worry too much about India's stance. Kissinger said a long while ago that 'India is the largest unimportant country'. That is still true. The Quad alliance to contain China is fundamentally misplaced and ineffective. India is the weakest and most ineffective link. The US knows that India does not have much substance. At election time, India staged a fight with Pak and lost a plane and a pilot got captured. But amazingly, they celebrated it as a victory and it was an election winner. India lost land to China recently and meekly kept quiet. That speaks volumes about India. They cannot fight like Ukranians against a bigger power. But they can fight internally against its own citizens. The Trump govt.'s stance with India was purely transactional. An Indian oil and gas company invested some money in Lousiana and Trump went along. The Biden govt. knows India has taken an ugly turn with militant Hindu 'nationalism' which is nothing other than fascism. India is internally unstable due to Hindu persecution of minorities, both Muslims and Christians. The Sikhs are near the edge as well, Hindu 'nationalism' may turn against them. 'Hindu nationalism' is akin to 'white nationalism'. Both the US and India do not want to walk away from each other as enemies, but at the same time there is nothing much each has to offer the other. About 15 years ago, the perception of India was that it is the next Asian tiger, even the next China. However, that perception has changed with India's economic decline in the last 10 years which is associated with the primacy of 'Hindu nationalism'. Western interest may still imagine that India is a big market for its goods, but its economy has declined due to mismanagement, so the people do not have purchasing power, hence there is no use for the west. India's current focus is to build an exclusively Hindu nation which it imagines will bring it respect, and the way they see to do it is to fight with minorities. That will only bring civil war, and refugees and break up. The starry eyed projection of India is over now. It is better the US puts India on a 'to watch list of nations that might unravel in the next 25 years'. India's independent stance over Russia is commendable, but the west should not be too hung up about it - because India does not count for much, and will be a liability in the future.
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  4698.  @person1858  'Your policy makers who understand more than you do, seem to believe that India is going to do really well. I wonder what to make of this.' You are wrong that US policy makers currently think India is going to do really well. In an earlier period 15 years ago, we heard India is the upcoming Asian tiger on the heels of China. People like Thomas Friedmann and Fareed Zakaria painted a glowing picture of India and bracketed India and China together. But in the last few years, the Indian economy has tanked, and with the rise of Hindu fundamentalism, some even question India's viability. As a result people in the west are unsure about India and don't know what to make of it. The US would like to have India as an ally against China based on some notions of being a fellow democracy. However, the Biden Administration has people who are aware that India has been engaged in state sponsored violence against minorities. US criticism of religious persecution infuriates the Hindu right wing who either say Hindus are victims of history, or are victims somewhere else, or retort it is India's internal matter, or say there is racism in the US. There is little to choose between China and India when it comes to human rights. If it is economy, China is ahead and will be anyone's front choice, and India has fallen behind so much in the last 10 years that even Indians cannot trumpet their economy. Further, India has a border conflict with China. China took land, and the 'Hindu nationalists' did not have the courage to fight. China will take more land in the future if India tries to fight China. The US cannot intervene to save India as it cannot fight China either. Hence the India-US relationship and Quad are not very serious, both sides are incompatible and also have nothing to offer each other, but at the same time, both do not want to walk away either, because both see China as a common threat. India as usual flattered to deceive. It had a promising future which never came, and now it is downsliding on the road of tribal conflict. India would like to be like Myanamar, and carry out pogroms against minorities. Of course, if you look at the Youtube clips of Indian made videos like HT, one sees a self congratulatory belief that Hindus are becoming a superpower and the world better take notice. It smacks of an inferiority complex. Kissinger's contemptuous description that India is the largest non-important country still holds.
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  4699. The clowns leading NATO are selected from minnow countries - Netherland, Norway, Denmark. Next, it will be Estonia. NATO is controlled by the US for US interests. The US appoints the NATO head. The Sec. Gen. from NATO is selected by the US in such a way that he cannot challenge the US, at the same time the US can say 'even the smallest countries in NATO are equal partners'.
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  4700.  @Ан.д.рій  Russia buys Iranian drones, it does not beg for free like Ukraine.
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  4701.  @Ан.д.рій  Russia is the first best army, no one can fight a combined arms warfare against NATO like Russia. The US imagines it is the first best army - but it does not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. The US is getting ready to abandon Ukraine.
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  4702.  @alexswanson7127  Where right wing economics leads to inequality, wealth in the hands of the few and wars to maintain that state.
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  4703. Putin has already won, that is why he is not organising silly peace summits. He dictates terms - take it or leave it. The choice for Ukraine is you 'lose some but save some, or you lose more or all'. Get it ?
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  4704. I wonder why they have not concentrated on one city, send 1000 at one go to Kiev. That is the den where the Ukro Nazi command centre sits. The defence will be overwhelmed.
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  4705. Entirely expected and reasonable stance by Putin. He needs to add one more point : an assurance that US will not seek missile or naval bases in Ukraine. Why would Russia fight a war, lose lives, and just hand back the territory to Ukraine ? The Israelis did not give back Jerusalem and west bank after 1967 war and the US endorses it. Likewise, the US has to accept the loss of the 4 oblasts as the price for peace. Otherwise, the war continues and Russia will demolish the rest of Ukraine and make it too costly for the west to finance Ukraine. The western talk of diplomatic solution is proof that Russia is winning and the west sees Ukraine cannot win.
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  4706. Poland is a certified vassal of the US - like Ukraine.
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  4707.  @wolfvale7863  So the great hope is now F 16s ? They might be burnt out and on display in Moscow in 6 months time.
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  4708. Even if you spent 4% of GDP, no European country can fight Russia and win. So don't put on airs.
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  4709. On what kind of state Ukraine has become, you missed out the flowering of Ukro Nazism, the Azov batallion. Stepan Bandera and his followers like Andrei Biletski.
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  4710. Russia will destroy you with its Oreshnik missiles if you tried anything in Kaliningrad which is chock full of Russian missiles. Lithuania tried a rail blockade citing EU sanctions. Then one Russian politician said Lithuania's independence has to be revised. Lithuania quickly climbed down. It realised it would be Ukrained and you cannot trust US and NATO.
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  4711. I thought all this ended when Modi came to power and he ended some Article. But now I understand. It is going on, Modi just blocked the news. If this news is leaking out in Indian media, it means more than 2 soldiers and 1 policeman are killed.
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  4712. So it is alright for you to spread partisan argument ?
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  4713. Russia never planned ethnic cleansing of Ukranians. They did not even seek land. All they asked was not to allow NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten them. But Ukraine was egged on by the west and now has lost land and cannot get it back.
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  4714. Wonder if the Finns feel stupid in joining NATO, an organisation that is falling apart. If Finland provokes Russia, no matter what % it spends of its GDP on military, it will get a beating. And the US will not come to Finland's aid. Peace is not going to come on Ukraine's terms. She is delusional. Russia will set the terms - that is, Ukraine has to cede land AND it cannot be part of NATO. Russia will decide this, not the Finns. The American interviewer says the US is the sole superpower. The outcome of this war should have made her realise there are others as well. US is unable to get Ukraine into NATO, and it is unwilling to fight Russia - because Russia is a superpower. As for claiming the US is the superpower with values, the US staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014 to bring Nazi elements to power, it invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, and it supports Israel. This duplicity is seen by the rest of the world.
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  4715.  @raybrown7382  ' Same is true for britts. They are jealous that the Britain empire has shrunk to a small island and all their power is gone while Russia is still by far the largest country and has more nukes than even the US does.' The British were on the winning side in 1945, but found their empire and power was gone, and the Soviets replaced them. They were humiliated in the Suez crisis of 1956 when the Soviet Union threatened to use nukes unless Britain, France and Israel withdrew. The US did not come to the aid of Britain. The British look down on Europeans, and they see Russian as even more backward Asiatics. Ben Wallace, their former Defence Secretary said in 2022 'we kicked the Tsar's bottom in the Crimean war (1856) and we shall do so again'. That is the mentality of the British.
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  4716. The Republicans hate Biden and Democrats more than Russia. They think the election was stolen. A good many Republicans are unwilling to give uncritical support to Ukraine. Ukraine is a financial drain for the US. There is no way it can win, and the money just goes. Europe is being deindustrialised.
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  4717. At last western media are understanding that Russia will prevail, in one way or another. NATO expansion and attempt to induct Ukraine into NATO was a costly folly for Ukraine and the west.
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  4718.  @edwardvalivonis23  Latest news - Soledar taken at least partially. Bakhmut next in line. There is a tone of desperation in western reporting.
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  4719. Idiot, NATO is sending too little, too late. 12 Challengers, 12 Leopards, 30 Abrams next year. Russia has 14,000 tanks. The west cannot supply enough shells. The war is lost for the west no matter what military games they play.
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  4720. ;Should have stayed neutral.' Had they done that, Ukraine would still have Crimea ?
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  4721. Russia has defeated the collective west including the US. Russia should be congratulated on this stupendous achievement. Sir Putin is a man of steel, maybe not equal to Stalin, but he is stronger and stiffer than all the weaklings of the west.
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  4722.  @jaroslavazverinova4836  'Sp why are the people living in that country so poor?' I do not see the connection of your comment to what I wrote on Russia defeating the collective west. Which country is poor ?
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  4723.  @johnsmith1474  Sayers sounded incredulous. Meaning of incredulous : unwilling or unable to believe something. Idiot. Look it up. He repeatedly has doubts that Russia will buy this wicked Amerikansky's negotiation position (take Crimea and Donbass and give the rest to NATO). He is unable to picture how and when this war with China that this Amerikansky projects will break out.
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  4724.  christopherl4249  Worst guest anyone can host indeed. It undermines Sayers credibility to invite such a person and then be too timid. Luttwak's probably has no objection to the Russian demand, for his own obsession is with fighting China. The problem is his solution to hand over Donbass and Crimea thinking the Russians will be so pleased that they will accept the remainder of Ukraine gets into NATO. It shows a man with low IQ who does not realise or does not want to accept the cause for the war is NATO expansion. The Russians are not after land, their primary objective is demilitarisation of Ukraine, which means no NATO in Ukraine. They are not going to budge on that. Luttwak wants America to disengage from Ukraine, so it can go off to its next war with China. Such is his frustration with Xi, he goes so far as to say, 'kill the bastard'. Sayers should be ashamed to invite such a person.
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  4725. Alright, you have woken up, what is you agreement and plan for the west ? Europe will remain vassals of the US, and the US will exploit the Europeans to get into its geopolitical wars. You cannot fight Russia or China. Russia has ended your global order. So what is new ?
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  4726. Yes, but the enemy will come back and take out your territory with a nuclear strike. So don't get carried away.
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  4727.  @macobuzi  But the nuke threat works, right ? When you have a nuke, the army does not matter. That is why you have nukes as well. And if you don't believe in nukes, why does not the US give up nukes and ask others to give them up ? So don't put on airs.
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  4728.  @foilhat1138  That was in 2022. In 2023, Ukraine has lost Bakhmut and Soledar, its power grid and dam, and cannot get back Donbass and Crimea. It has no gains in 2023.
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  4729. Is this the PM who wants to fight Russia ? Putin must be laughing at these western jokers.
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  4730. Because the truth about Hindu fascism is being disclosed.
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  4731. Putin managed something greater - he has ended the western world order for good. He has started de-industrialisation of Germany. And he has done something even more important, he has stoked de-dollarisation. Sweden and Finland are irrelevant.
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  4732.  @gandalfgreyhame3425  OK, now Germany has listened to US instructions to fight Russia, and agreed to de-industrialise. Then EU will get stronger as the spongers like Poland will pay up.
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  4733. The root of the problem is Hindu Nazism, more politely called Hindu nationalism. This has led to persecution of Sikhs, Muslims and Christians and even Hindus who they classify as 'low castes'. Canada, US, UK should reduce visas for Hindus with links to Hindu nationalism. A dossier should be made of all prominent Hindus who have indulged in hate speeches against minorities or incited Hindu mob violence against hapless minorities. The west should drop the illusion that India is an emerging power in the democratic camp who will be useful to contain China. India's economy is a mirage and it does not have the military capability to fight China. The strategy of the Hindu Nazis has been to infiltrate their supporters into western society to capture power. Rishi Sunak is an example, he is willing to shield them out of Hindu pride. In the US, they are fielding the super right wing Hindu Ramasamy. The migration of Hindu Nazis to the west poses a threat to the stability of western societies. It is time the west woke up and smelt the coffee. Yesterday Hindus took out a religious procession in Leicester city without the police permission. The police stopped them and then Hindus manhandled the police and shouted about 'Hinduphobia'. Last year, Hindu militants (students or new migrants from India) created a riot in Leicester against Pakistanis. Similarly, Hindus have attacked Sikhs in Canada. If the US, Canada, UK etc. don't hold them accountable for this assassination, they will get emboldened further and carry on.
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  4734. The BBC is not an impartial newsservice. The reporter says the Ukranian is saying they kill 7 Russians for every Ukrainian. He is in awe. He does not think it could be just Ukranian bombast. But it fills the need of the western public which is emotionally outraged. Logical inspection and analysis would suggest Ukraine's goose is cooked. Russia is firing 10 shells for every Ukrainian one. Hence, more Ukranians are killed than Russians. The US is urging the Ukranians to leave Bakhmut so they have manpower for the spring counter-offensive (that will be the last ditch effort with the next game changing western equipment). One year ago, the western media said the Russians have low morale, and that they are deserting. Now the Ukranians complain the Russians keep coming in human waves, and so they cannot cope ! Then the Russians cannot have low morale. They have the drive to get Bakhmut and liquidate the Bandera army. Goebbels complained in the same way after the defeat in Stalingrad that the Red Army used unsporting tactics and did not fight according to German wishes. The Slava Ukraine brigade needs to know Ukraine is on its last legs. If Ukraine seeks negotiations at this late stage, it will have to accept loss of Donbass besides Crimea. Or if it continues fighting, it will lose more. Those are the only two possible outcomes. Ukraine cannot repeat Kharkov offensive and roll back the Russians as they have now built fortifications to consolidate. It does not have the manpower and its handlers admit they have shortage of ammo. NATO and the west are in tatters. Russia has strangled the European economy and is de-industrialising it. The US has bank failures and the world is drifting away from dollar trade (it was catalysed by using the dollar as a weapon against Russia). Russia has single- handedly ended the western world order. That is the reality.
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  4735. Putin is ending Europe - and its of standard living.
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  4736. All the countries of Europe are vassals of the US. Ukraine is dying to be a US vassal.
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  4737. You are right. Russia is winning the war and the US is getting ready to abandon Ukraine. Did you just realise ?
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  4738. China took the west by surprise by bringing a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The west had no idea of the meeting, and hence it was breaking their 'rules based international order'. Also, the meeting and accords were in Farsi, Arabic and Mandarin. English was not used ! That is another infringement of the 'rules based international order'. Hence, by floating a peace plan, China is out foxing the west and taking a leadership role. Even Turkey contributed to the peace effort. The rest of the world sees the west as war mongering.
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  4739. Why is Ukraine even talking about negotiating when it had a victory plan ?
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  4740. Sure Blinken is optimistic - fight Russia to the last Ukranian at no cost to the US.
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  4741. The EU had said very proudly it was going to wean itself of Russian gas by the end of the year. Russia is cooperating with the EU in achieving the EU's stated goal. All the most Russophobic countries like Poland and Lithuania will also go down if Germany's economy goes down. These countries are essentially parasitic, they are not net contributors to the EU. The problem for the west is how to swallow their false pride. They are used to dictating to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. They thought they could dictate to Russia, but did not realise Russia could dictate to them ! The western idea was they would choke off Russia's money to fund the war against their NATO expansion plan. Russia's plan is to choke Ukraine and the west's economy so they could not expand NATO and wage against Russia. Guess who has the weaker hand. It is the people who speak the most.
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  4742. The Lithuanians should keep their mouth shut. The lesson to learn from the Ukranians is not to indulge in Russophobia and work for the US's anti Russian agenda. In that case, anything is possible, and the Baltics could get a similar beating.
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  4743. She says eventually Russia will suffer. The same people said rouble will become rubble shortly. The payment to Russia will dwindle from Germany by the end of the year ? Give us a break.
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  4744.  @leachimy24  Ukrainians took Berlin ? The Red Army took Berlin. Sure the Ukranians were part of the Red Army. Operation Bagration was launched by the Red Army's Baltic Front, the Byelorussian Front and the Ukrainian Front.
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  4745.  @TomorrowWeLive  Sounds like sour grapes after the Ukranians were thoroughly beaten by convicts with shovels.
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  4746. Let us say the Russian missile flew over Poland. What is Poland going to do ? Cry for Article 5 ? America will say no.
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  4747. The Ukranian govt. was formed by a coup sponsored by the US through the Jew Nuland, by overthrowing an elected govt.. And the Ukranian govt. has Nazi groups like Azov Batallion, Svoboda group, Right Sector. You are ignorant, you should educate yourself before commenting.
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  4748. I don't believe that it affects food prices for China. Russia is the biggest producer of wheat, 20% versus 5% from Ukraine. The prices have gone up because the west is trying to block sale of Russia's wheat - like its gas. As usual the effect of trying to block Russia led to high energy - and wheat prices - for the west. China on the other hand has been supplied cheap Russian oil for which it can pay in yuan. Likewise, Russia can fill in Ukraine's supply and China can pay in yuan. I am also sceptical that the argument is fabricated about China. Their cuisine is rice based, not wheat based. The reality is the wheat eating nations are in the west and they chose economic warfare on Russia, and Russia is retaliating, and it will create another spike in western food inflation. It is against the west's pride to admit this, so say Africans are suffering or hope that China will pressurise Russia. Pathetic people.
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  4749.  @GlennRA3  Even if what you are saying is true, and China is the world's largest wheat importer, Russia is the biggest producer and therefore perfectly set up to supply China. It is doubly beneficial for China as it will get the wheat a little cheaper, and Russia will accept payment in yuan. The Russians are using the yuan to import Chinese cars and car parts. The European and US car manufactures left Russia leaving behind the Russian market. Competitors move in to fill the vacuum. I have read the Chinese are filling in the gap. Wheat supply will be like the energy arrangement between Russia and China. Hence, it is a win-win situation for China, and again drives trade in non-dollars and promotes the Chinese currency. Why would China chide Russia ? On the other hand, Ukraine and Europe are the losers - just like in the energy battle. Ukraine has lost about $ 500 million in revenue. Europe has to buy wheat at high international prices, as with gas. It increases their food inflation. Ukraine now needs additional $ 500 million from the west to cover their spending budget. The west cannot admit failure of its economic war, so it denounces Russia and cries like crocodiles for Africa, and hopes China will provide relief, as it cannot ask Russia for help, having burnt its bridges. Europe is the biggest victim of its economic warfare against Russia. False pride does not allow to admit this. Sanctions backfired.
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  4750. Germany is as powerful as Lithuania or Poland, but is demanding Russia to end the war, that is surrender.
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  4751.  @TeunisMarinus  Russia 's completion of the capture of Donbass is speeding up. On the Kursk front, Russia is building a cordon around the Kursk nuclear plant which was the objective of the incursion. After that, they have started killing off the intruders. 'I wonder if he is starting to regret starting this stupid war.' Have the Ukrainians wondered about giving up on neutrality, and fighting a proxy war for the US and NATO. Does it make sense to get killed and lose your country for people who will abandon them eventually ? Have the Europeans wondered about surrendering their independence to the US, and ending up with 9 million refugees, having to subsidise Ukraine for years, and buying gas from the US at 4x the price of Russian gas, leading to de-industrialising ? Perhaps you could engage your brain and realise you cannot threaten Russia without consequences.
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  4752. Europe has to wake up and realise it lives next to Russia, and needs to get along with Russia. Ganging up with the US against Russia seemed to be a good idea, but when the US lost interest and wants to withdraw (because it does not have the money and capability), it is time to realise America can withdraw, but Europe has to continue to live next to Russia. Europeans individually and collectively do not have the capacity to fight awesome Russia.
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  4753.  @JunkerOnDrums  GDP as a single metric is highly misleading. It depends on what is in that GDP. Russia launches satellites, produces metals and alloys, it makes aircraft and engines, hypersonic missiles, it is the biggest supplier of nuclear fuels, it is the biggest food producer, it is a leading energy producer, it has gold, rare earths.....Its industry is in Russia. That is why it has been able to defeat the collective west in Ukraine. It is not living like the US, printing dollars and stacking up debt. Get it ? Russia's population is similar to Japan's, it is just enormous.
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  4754.  @JunkerOnDrums  I asked you ' Can your country fight Russia and change the outcome in Ukraine ?'. You replied 'yes'. Name your country and say why it has not sent troops to Ukraine.
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  4755. You must be a helpless European to feel that way.
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  4756.  @alainlefebvre9860  'Poo-tin's been warned. Go ahead. We're waiting.' Who is we ? Puny France who collaborated with the Nazis ? Russia taught you a lesson in 1812. Any how, France is burning, do you have time for the Ukranians who cannot manage their country when you cannot manage your country ? I see videos of French policemen beating up unarmed women viciously. That might appear bravery for you. But you will need to be braver to fight Russia !
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  4757. Europe is a victim of its own success. But they seem to have money for wars in Ukraine and other places.
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  4758. I agree, the Ukranians are crazy. They embed civilians with their military, and when their goose is cooked, they refuse surrender terms, instead they demand the outside world to get their wretched Azov Nazi batallion taken to a third country and expect Russia to agree to give free passage to those who killed them and boasted about it ! Unbelievable people. The west is crazy to encourage such people, and not guide them to their senses.
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  4759.  @HanSolo__  Where have you seen Americans? Have you heard of Victoria Nuland and John McCain ? . They were with the crowds distributing sweets ? What were they doing there ? If the Russian embassy sent its staff to a Trump's Capitol House barge, what will you say ? Go and read about Victoria Nuland. Victoria Nuland is a Zionist and neocon and was stationed in Kiev and she funded Russophobic groups When Germany and France opposed EU expansion in 2008, she was caught on tape saying F..k the EU and telling which candidates she wanted to win. YIf you search the BBC and other sites, you will find it. Yes the coup would take months, Victoria Nuland was preparing for months. It is just that you are ignorant. As for NATO expansion, it was the brainchild of US arms firms like Lockheed already from the 1990s. They lobbied for it, and US politicians like Nuland went with it. Educate yourself before using foul language like an uncouth American of the Nuland variety. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html
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  4760. The west must realise that the situation is not like 70 years ago. Non-western countries now produce consumer goods - first they were competing on price, but lately they are competing also on quality, and eventually they will compete on innovation. If the west boycotts a certain market, there are others that can move in. Once the market is lost, it is lost for good. The west has basically cut its own throat with sanctions.
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  4761. The nasty and objective truth is that Israel is running an apartheid state with western aid, and it is unsustainable.
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  4762. Will the pathetic west tell us whether their tank factory in Ukraine be built before or after Ukraine falls ?
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  4763. All combined NATO forces cannot match Russia. Russia took them all on, and see it has got Ukraine by the scuff the neck, it has taken 20% and is strangling the rest.
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  4764. Independence is fine, but threatening Russia is not fine. If the Baltics don't understand that and try to provoke Russia, the Baltics will be Ukrained. Get it ?
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  4765. She imagines she has become western and can speak like them. Ukraine is a beggar nation with no self respect, fighting a proxy war.
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  4766. Krushchev's daughter is objective - she understands American cowboy mentality, and Russian thinking. Something a westerner is incapable of.
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  4767. Krishna is a Hindu idol, Jewish religion is against idol worshippers, so don't make disagreeable comparisons. Half of Netanyahu's people want him out, he is only surviving by keeping the war going, and that too is only possible with US support. The US may get tired of him just like they are tired of Zelenksy.
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  4768. The game is over for Ukraine in the east and the south. Bakhmut will fall and the US is advising the Ukranians to pull out. Neither Himars nor 100 tanks will make any difference. Russia has 15,000 tanks. Ukraine is on a ventilator, all a few tanks will do is prolong Ukraine's death throes. That is all western aid can do.
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  4769. Putin did not announce he wanted peace negotiations, that is a typical western twist, to imply he is in a weak position, and to hide the fact that Zelensky is in a very weak position. Putin only said he is open to negotiations, to indicate it is not the Russians who have closed doors. Even after 1 months of war, peace negotiations took place in Turkey. Even a draft of an agreement was reached. Both were ready to settle through negotiations. However, Biden's emissary Boris Johnson was sent to scupper any peace deal. He ordered Zelensky to fight on, assuring with US help, Ukraine could beat Russia. It is a fact that US and UK blocked negotiations, they wanted a war solution : Ukraine would defeat Russia militarily. Putin is reminding it was Ukraine that chose to walk away from negotiations, and not Russia. Putin at that time (around March 2022) said those who walk away from negotiations now will find that later, Russia's terms will be stiffer. Which is the situation now. Zelensky says negotiations can only take place when Russia is pushed out of Crimea, Russia signs surrender, and there is regime change in Russia. The person who is drowning wants to dictate terms ! Russia has said the starting point now would be (1) accept the reality : 4 oblasts and Crimea are part of Russia (2) agree to neutrality. The terms are stiffer now. If Zelensky had agreed for peace in March 2023, Ukraine would have to cede Crimea, but could have kept the 4 oblasts if he agreed to neutrality. In the current situation, Russia has the upper hand, so there is no question Russia will propose peace negotiations. Russia has taken the 4 oblasts, they have fortified it, Ukraine is unable to get it back, it cannot even reach the first line of defence after 9 weeks. The Russians will wait for the Ukrainains to expend themselves, and then they will go for Kharkhov and Odessa. Having come this far, they will go after those Russian areas. It also cuts off the remainder of Ukraine from the Black Sea. Indeed, as Putin said, the terms for any negotiations will be stiffer. Ukraine can continue fighting, but it will lose more, and the terms will become stiffer. And the US will walk away, and the Europeans are useless vassals and cannot do anything to reverse Ukraine's position.
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  4770.  @thegreatdane3627  It is the city centre. Russia took 8 months - you are back to your defensive measure as defeat hits you. Bakhmut has been fortified with western help since 2014. Russia is demolishing that. The Ukro Nazis were smoked out of Mariopol (that took a lot of time), and they are being smoked out of Bakhmut. Just like the Red Army took time to smoke out the German Nazis in Berlin. Zelensky had said no more city will fall after Severodonetsk. Soledar, Bakhmut....After he got the Himars, he said he would capture Crimea by Dec. 2022. After this, Ukraine has one last throw of the die with the spring offensive. The Russians are dug in all along the front now waiting for them. Once the offensive flops, that is curtains for Ukraine. The west will cut funding. Its surrogate will have to negotiate or be massacred further. What can useless countries like Finland and Denmark do to reverse the situation ? Nothing. You should learn that it does not pay to be a vassal of the US.
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  4771. The west knew Russia has the military powder but underestimated the capacity Russians to wage economic warfare to match the west's. In fact, the Russia has proved to be adept with the economic warfare. The west knew that it could not fight Russia, but it imagined that it could bring Russia down with economics, but it did not realise Russia could bring down the west with the same method. When the west does it, they call stealing Russia's money 'sanctions', but when Russia cuts the gas, they say it is blackmail.
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  4772. Putin should be ignored ? But all the Europeans are running around like headless chicken even before Putin has beheaded them !
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  4773. China's defence minister saluted Sir Putin. It was acknowledgement that Russia has ended the western world order, and started de-dollarisation ! Everyone is in awe of Russia and Putin.
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  4774.  @blengi  The US lives by forcing countries to sell oil in dollars only, printing dollars and living beyond its means, and waging war to maintain that system. That era is coming to an end. As for AI, America is afraid China is leading in AI and robots. How will you control the global order when others start trading without dollars ? You invaded Iraq and Libya to stop that. But now you do not have the power to invade Russia, China and others to stop that. You incited Ukraine to fight Russia, but you do not have the guts to send troops to save them.
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  4775.  @arthurtane6505  And you think west is not very dependent on BRICS ? Russia cuts off gas and Europe de-industrialises. The war has taught that the west is dependent on resources from BRICS - like oil, gas, steel, metals, textiles. It needs cheap manufacturing from China. BRICS starts trade without dollars and the dollar's decline is on the horizon. People are asking to join BRICS. They are setting up alternative financial systems. The west cannot expand. Your time is up. You are doomed like the dinosaurs because you cannot adapt to the new reality.
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  4776. The US can provide air cover to Israel against Iran because Iran does not have a nuclear missile - yet. In the Ukraine-NATO war, Russia has nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles, with which it can incinerate all western cities. Its Yazen class super quiet submarines patrol both US coasts with nuclear missiles. The west will therefore only fight a proxy war against Russians using Ukrainians. There is no question of sending troops, providing air defences. Get it dumbo ?
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  4777.  @MsJk29  Sir Keir has declared his plan is to run the country by law and order, and not by thugs, or by American social media moguls.
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  4778.  @MsJk29  Can you tell us the spirit of the law ? All the rioters should be released ?
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  4779.  @MsJk29  'If law and order is applied evenly to all I’ll be happy, but the suspicion of many is that it will not be.' Instead of dropping innuendos, tell us what your suspicion is.
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  4780.  @MsJk29  'Don’t be daft.' Is that the best you could reply ?
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  4781.  @patrickgz  The wiggle will be to say China is threatening Taiwan, it will get a choke on our supply of semi-conductors, and that will allow China and Russia to threaten our security, so we have to focus on that. We have weakened Russia and that has benefited Ukraine.
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  4782.  @eliotness4029  The river is far way, they will have to cede a lot of land.
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  4783.  @eliotness4029  But they do not have enough manpower left in Pokrovsk, they need to retreat to the river.
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  4784.  @cwpv2477  Ukraine joining NATO is what brought on this war in he first place. What is there to see ? Why do you still hope Ukraine can join NATO ?
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  4785.  @wishingb5859  Russia did not want land. It asked America for a security guarantee and asked Ukraine to be keep with the commitment to neutrality it pledged in its Declaration of Independence. Russia agreed to independence on the understanding that Ukraine would return the nukes, and not join any anti-Russian military alliance. Ukraine reneged on that, so that is the end of its sovereignty. To demilitarise Ukraine, Russia had no choice but to conquer it to enforce. Get it ?
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  4786. Putin did not announce he wanted peace negotiations. He only said he is open to them, to indicate it is not the Russians who have closed doors. In the current situation, Russia has the upper hand, so there is no question Russia will propose peace negotiations. Russia has taken the 4 oblasts, they have fortified it, Ukraine is unable to get it back, it cannot even reach the first line of defence after 9 weeks. The Russians will wait for the Ukrainains to expend themselves, and then they will go for Kharkhov and Odessa. Having come this far, they will go after those Russian areas. It also cuts off the remainder of Ukraine from the Black Sea. Russia will not agree to negotiations because NATO circles have voiced the idea that they could cede Donbass and Crimea, freeze the conflict, and make the remainder of Ukraine a NATO member. Russia will not accept that idea for peace negotiations. The principal demand is not land, but no NATO bases in Ukraine. Hence, NATO ideas of freezing the conflict will not be accepted, and Russia will go after Odessa and Kharkhov, and if the west persists on NATO entry for Ukraine, they will continue till the Polish border.
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  4787. Russia is a great power, they are not followers like Nordics. Putin said there are only 4 independent countries : Russia, US, China and India. Their policies are not decided by others.
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  4788.  @JanMorsø  When defeated, look for irrelevant statements to cover loss of face. Whichever model Russia follows, it will be a great power, and that will always cause burning to you.
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  4789.  @timonsolus  America has bases in the UK. Can the UK ask for bases in America ? The country that has bases of someone else is a protectorate, and not independent. Can the UK take a contrary line to the US on Ukraine or Gaza ? It can't. Boris Johnson in his farewell speech in Parliament said 'stick with America'. A country with self respect will never say that. Keir Starmer considered recognising Palestine, but he backtracked saying it would sour relations with America. The French wish they could be independent, but they also go along with America despite the talk. Israel is a dependent of America, it will not survive one week without the US. Pakistan has US bases and its army has been bought by the US (like the Ukranians). Imran Khan tried to have independent relations with Putin, America used the Pakistani army to get the opposition to arrest Imran. So don't try to obfuscate. Of your list, you can add North Korea (but not S. Korea) as independent.
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  4790.  @timonsolus  'The USA only has bases in the UK because the British government INVITED the US military there - the UK military isn’t strong enough to defend UK territory all by itself, due to repeated defence budget cuts since 1991.' That is a confession of dependence. The fact you invited does not mean you are not dependent; once you invite some one to protect you, subservience follows. Russia does not invite anyone to have bases; nor China; nor India. Nor will these countries send their troops to die for America. And for that matter, N. Korea and Iran, are independent. On the other hand, the UK is no different from Saudi Arabia etc. in requiring American protection. 'The UK agrees with the USA over Ukraine, so no need for a contrary position.' The UK agrees - because it is a subordinate of the US. The UK feels it can get ahead in life by agreeing to America. Ukraine also feels it can get ahead in life by conceding bases to the US. The US runs a protection racket for countries like UK, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Ukraine.... 'Over Gaza, the UK isn’t sending bombs or artillery shells to Israel, unlike the USA.' The UK has aided Israel, it has sent arms, it took part in shooting down Iranian drones, so don't be sly and pretend it is neutral. In fact, the UK claims it has a special relationship with the US and feels proud of it, and it feels one up on the EU by being close to the master ! But the US has never said it has a special regard for UK. The US never gave the UK a trade deal after Brexit. Youtuber Emil Cosman explained the US and its subordinates. The US is the plantation owner. Britain is the plantation owner's loyal butler and so he feels he has a status. The western Europeans like the Germans are the plantation workers. The Eastern Europeans like the Poles, Estonians are the bottom feeders. It is all different levels of subordinates. Among all this lot, I would say the British are the most shameless when it comes to subordination, it does not matter if it it is Blair, Johnson, Starmer.....
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  4791.  @RandySnarsh  You will not give nukes to Ukraine, you know the consequences - Russia will use it straightaway.
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  4792.  @defcreator187  If nobody attacks Belarus, they will be left alone.
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  4793.  @ibrahimjoel6080  The US has flouted arms agreements. When it made anti ballistic missiles first, it dropped out of missile reduction treaties - because it got a temporary advantage over the Soviet Union. Now, Russia has advantage over the US with hypersonic missiles, it does not want reduction. Naturally. You cannot complain because of the precedent you set. 'US and China can confidently win a modern war in this era without nuclear, but one can't say the same thing about Russia with what we have seen in Ukraine.' What are you talking about, the US ran away from Kabul 2 years ago, dumping its NATO allies ? If the US thought for one moment it could win in Ukraine, it would have sent troops there. But it knows it will get slaughtered like the Ukrainians and there will be uproar in the US when the body bags arrive. You speak like a dumb American.
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  4794.  @jojolafrite90  'you and whoever wants some too to just even attempt to move one nuke around too menacingly.' What will you do ? Americans are not willing to die.
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  4795.  @bassboye8959  What logic do you have ? Show it.
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  4796.  @awegeny6875  The US arranged a coup in Ukraine in 2014 to overthrow an elected govt., and put a pro NATO govt. in place. The participants in the Euromaidan mob were Ukro Nazi groups like Azov Batallion and Right Sector. And in the crowd, US politicians like Victoria Nuland and John McCain were distributing sweets. What were US politicians doing in a Ukrainian mob movement ? Why is the US supporting Nazi groups that wear Nazi tattoos and advocating white supremacy and Ukranian ethno nationalism ? The US will seek to do the same in Belarus to expand NATO. This time nukes will be used if there is meddling.
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  4797.  @engliterra355  Ukraine is a dead rat. You are too optimistic about the west reviving Ukraine's life.
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  4798.  @realsimonwest  It is under Russian control. As mentioned, those who used nuke weapons and invaded Iraq etc. have no right to moralise. You brought war to Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine. In Iraq and Afghamistan, the US felt it could fight directly. The US wants to fight Russia but through Ukraine. It knows it cannot fight Russia directly.
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  4799.  @realsimonwest  You are being pompous with your pseudo-technicality. Why does the US have a hypersonic missile programme if it is only a marketing term ? As for Ukraine knocking out Kinzhals, that is their word. They have a lot of reasons to lie to keep up their morale. You want to believe it to save face. Kiev, Lvov, Kramatorsk etc, get razed with Kinzhals from time to time. NATO instructors got eliminated in the strike in Kramatorsk.
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  4800.  @Henrique-qt4fq  In that case, keep your nuclear weapons and don't moralise, let Iran make them, and Russia use them. The US cannot make them, use them, and say others cannot. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
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  4801.  @defcreator187  But the US can instigate a coup, as it did in Ukraine in 2014. Russia will take steps as it will bring NATO on its borders.
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  4802.  @realsimonwest  But you definitely like to wallow in your own lies - Iraq will launch missile which will hit in 40 mins; we are fighting for freedom in Ukraine by staging coups with Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion.
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  4803.  @Lexyvil  Ukraine thought it could use the US to threaten Russia, but now it is on the backfoot, defending itself from extinction. That is the full story. It is a failed country, that could not govern itself, because it became the victim of US intrigue.
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  4804.  @triaz5124  Your criterion of who should have nuclear weapon is 'someone who will have to answer to his people and the world.' That did not stop the US from using it. The US people did not criticise Truman. They say using it brought the war to an end quickly. So what is your moralising about ? Similarly Medvedev argues that Russia should use it to make Ukraine surrender quickly.
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  4805.  @jhayrjy8277  Convenient exoneration of Finland for allying with Nazis.
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  4806.  @Arulane  Giving up nuclear weapons was condition of independence. If Ukraine did not give them up, there would be no independence.
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  4807.  @kirkpatrick7475  Putin did not say that. Cite the link. Some US general said it.
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  4808. @@abdulSpruce Emotional ? See if you can refute anything I wrote.
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  4809. @@abdulSpruce If my comments are not important, why are you writing about them ? They obviously bother you. Otherwise you would not write. It is better you do not read my comments.
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  4810.  @pjmlegrande  'tactical nuclear weapons are an untested idea.' That is like saying the atom bomb was untested in 1944. It was tested live by the US. Tactical nuclear weapon could be tested on Ukraine. By providing cluster weapons, the US is pushing Russia to do it. 'In any case, they cannot ever be considered defensive weapons, other than in the sense of holding out their potential deployment as a threat, which is a seriously stupid and reckless thing to do. ' So why did not the US sign a treaty to provide Russia security, and why does the US not set an example and persuade everyone by giving up nuclear weapons ? The US has lived by making newer weapons to threaten and seek advantage over others.
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  4811.  @entropybentwhistle  Ukraine was never a target till the US tried to expand NATO into Ukraine. With US sending cluster bombs, Ukraine is getting another step towards receiving a tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev or Lvov.
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  4812.  @jhayrjy8277  ' do the math and you will make a good answer' Your reply is feeble. I know a tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev will force unconditional surrender. What maths do I need to do to reach this conclusion ?
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  4813.  @michellekendall-pg9pi Putin did not say he will conquer in 3 days. Cite the link, liar. Putin is careful in what he says. In a war, no politician will give a definite date. Even on the use of nuclear weapons, he does not say it directly. He says it obliquely. He said if the west put a 'no fly zone', it will face consequences it has not faced before. The meaning is left to you. Biden understood and straightaway said the will not put a 'no fly zone'.
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  4814.  @michellekendall-pg9pi  NATO countries might gang up and attack Belarus. Belarus is relatively weak, such a flank attack would bring NATO to Russia's border and cause it to divert resources from Ukraine, to defend Smolensk, Moscow and St. Petersburg. To avoid that, Russia has put nuclear weapons to ward of NATO from crossing into Belarus. If NATO steps foot in Belarus, it will receive a nuclear strike. It is a precaution. NATO understands, it will not step into Belarus or Ukraine.
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  4815.  @jhayrios5514  If Mexico were to invite Russia and give bases, the US will also make threats to use nukes. So don't put on airs. It is galling especially from a country that used them - twice on civilians.
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  4816. Russian morale has collapsed ? The Ukranians and westerners have been saying that for a long time. But In Bakhmut and Soledar, the Russians are after the Ukrainians.
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  4817.  @Hereford1642  Alright, we shall wait to see Napoleon in action when the Russians reach Odessa.
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  4818.  @markobakovic627  Poland is not innocent, it is a screwed up country, trying to be bigger than its boots. It is burning with grudges against Russia and Germany, it would not mind taking western Ukraine. Its political class is not mature. Germany has to keep its mouth shut and take orders from the US. However, Germany owes as much to the Soviet Union as to the US. The Soviet Union allowed German reunification, which was generous considering what the Germans did in the Soviet Union. Miterrand and Thatcher opposed German reunification. Germany within NATO umbrella said NATO will not be expanded beyond East Germany. They have been pressured to back stab Russia, and none of them has the spine to tell the US off and say that they would take an independent line considering their history.
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  4819. I read that India sent Hindu fighters to fight for Israel. Can't India bring them back and redeploy them against China ?
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  4820.  @ThomasDanielsen1000  Why are you replying to a bottie ? Something burning inside ? Pain of defeat perhaps ?
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  4821.  @ThomasDanielsen1000  How have you mocked and ridiculed ? Your statement shows you do not have the IQ to write a refutation, point by point. I challenge you to do it. Russia has beaten you and you feel helpless.
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  4822. The British fellow is lying at 2:27 because of the pain of defeat. His starting statement is the performance of Russian forces was not what we expected, it is way below par. Then NATO should have sent forces and steam rollered the Russians. But instead they are asking for ceasefire now and complaining that Russia is not willing. Generally, this is how the losing side behaves : it lies and downplays the opponent.
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  4823. She counts among China's wrong doings - 'dressing down our officials' ! China wants world domination - the US thinks China should leave that business to the US. Yesterday's prime enemy for the US was Muslims. Today it is Russia, tomorrow it will be China. These are American values.
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  4824. The US is counting on selling arms to Ukraine to replace lost sales to Saudi !
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  4825. There was no mention of how the F 16s will help Ukraine. Will it be like the tanks, Himars and all the rest of the game changing western junk ? Since they will not arrive till next year, Russia has time to prepare. Destroy all the air fields. As for Ukraine's insurance scheme for the grain shipment, Russia has to give a warning and sink one ship, and that will be the end of it.
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  4826. NATO's weakness is that no one in the west is prepared to die for Ukraine. People who are afraid to die cannot win wars. Therein lies the difference between NATO and Russia.
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  4827. EU mulls plan for joint munitions buying amid dwindling supplies. Why ? According to British intelligence, the Russians have run out of weapons and so are fighting in Bakhmut with spades. It will be a lot more feasible for EU to manufacture spades.
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  4828. They should surrender and agree to neutrality.
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  4829. Ukraine has to do more than cede Donbass. It has to agree to neutrality, which means no stationing of US missiles in Ukraine. This was the key trigger to the war. The capture of land only came about to neutralise Ukranian militancy against Russia, instigated and aided by the US.
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  4830.  @User-vz4xm  Russia warned NATO not to expand to Ukraine. It wrote to the US and NATO in Dec 2022 asking for a security guarantee. The US and NATO declined, so Russia took military-technical action, and it will not stop till Ukraine returns to neutrality, is demilitarised, and de-Nazified. That is the record. Ukraine has only two options : negotiate or be razed. You can influence the first, but you do not have the power to stop the second. That is the objective reality.
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  4831. Somewhere in between the western propaganda and wishful thinking, the truth comes out : Ukraine's goose is cooked in Bakhmut, and the war is lost for the west. Single handedly, Russia has overturned the western imposed global order. Russia has even screwed up the west's economy and financial institutions. The west needs an off ramp to climb down from their stand that Putin should not be allowed to win (Boris Johnson), and Ukraine of 1991 must be restored with Crimea. Anything else is defeat for the west, they are forced to sink their money in hard times for making Ukraine win. None of NATO has the courage to go to fight for Ukraine. Instead, they stand outside and supply stones to the Ukranians in the vain hope they can fend off the marauding Great Bear.
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  4832. Did Russia engineer the technical problem in the Ukrainian passport office ? Why should Ukrainians be forced to fight a proxy war and die for the US ? What if a Ukrainian believes negotiating or surrender to Russia is the correct way ? Should he be dragged away to fight ? All this confirms, Ukraine is losing. Ukraine claiming it only lost 30,000 was a lie.
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  4833. Strong leader ? Apart from barking like a chichua, what has she done ?
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  4834. Small countries have always been the source of wars between large countries. I always wondered why the weakest and most useless countries act provocatively and don't think of consequences to them. They tend to think they have the support of someone else and so they can now act with impunity. Lithuania is behaving provocatively just like Ukraine because it thinks it is in the EU and NATO. Lithuania is going to get a beating sooner or later. Lithuania has got carried away and acted provocatively against China. Russia made a mistake giving the Baltic countries independence and it must be in its mind to take these back.
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  4835.  @pirupami9746  Where is the tyranny ? Lithuania got independence, but it spends its independence to provoke Russia, so don't be surprised if it gets a beating, the same as Ukraine. If you poke the bear, it will maul you.
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  4836.  @pavelsharkov5893  Putin is spelling out the Russian nuclear strike doctrine. Russia will use nuclear weapons only if attacked and threatened by a strategic defeat. In which case, you will not exist either. That is fair and logical. In that sense, he is only stating what you will also do : if someone threatens US with an invasion of its mainland and threatens a strategic defeat, it will use nukes. So don't put on pious airs.
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  4837.  @shakengandulf  [;Cant see Russia surrendering but theyll have no choice because i cant see nato letting russia win.;] NATO cannot make Russia surrender as Russia has said it will use nuclear weapons if faced with a strategic defeat. That is their nuclear doctrine. There is no body in NATO willing to fight Russia. If for one moment they thought they could win they would have sent troops NATO is the US. Long ago Kissinger said that the US would not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to defend Germany. Why would the US have its cities incinerated for a non NATO country ? The US has already given up, but it wants Ukraine to keep going till the elections.
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  4838.  @psnaris  According to Victoria Nuland, all the arms contractors bring money and jobs back for the US.
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  4839.  @chriscooper4205  'So basically if NATO were losing, they would just stop and tell Ukraine to redraw the borders. Obviously they are not losing then?' From time to time, we hear western experts talk about freezing the conflict and negotiating. Why ? Because some of them accept the west has lost and Ukraine cannot defeat Russia. In contrast, Russia is not speaking of freezing the conflict, or negotiating. Why ? When asked, Putin said 'we are not going to negotiate just because you have run out of weapons' ! Russia is not asking Ukraine to redraw borders as the game has not ended. Russia is going after Kharkhov and Odessa, as the experts say in the video. Ukrainians will be offered only unconditional surrender. Seeing NATO cannot stop it, Macron wants to send troops but Russia declared it will kill all the Frenchmen ! The Poles and Germans also conferred with the French, but none of them has the guts to die. Poland is bleating hysterically about a missile that flew over it. It cannot do anything. As for the almighty British, Sunak is keeping quiet - there is nothing left to send. Defence Minister Grant Schapp's plane's electronics were jammed. And he ran away from Odessa when a Russian missile struck near a visiting EU official ! Does that not look like NATO is losing ? It cannot publicly tell Ukraine yet to accept it lost - that will come when Trump wins.
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  4840.  @teddygonzalez8098  At the start of the war when there was a clamour to put a no fly zone in Ukraine, Putin said you will face consequences that you have not faced before. The very next day, Biden announced there will be no 'no fly zone'. Russia has the power to tell what the US what not to do. In NATO's Vilnius summit, Biden flatly refused to admit Ukraine into NATO and told Zelensky, there is no roadmap for NATO admission. Why ? Because he knew if Ukraine is admitted, it will ask for Article 5, and the US will have to fight Russia, and Russians will kill Americans in big scale. Russia has the power to dangle the nuclear sword on America.
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  4841.  @richardploss4494  'nato isn't fighting Russia hasn't fought Russia this entire war' You are hiding behind a technicality. NATO is fighting Russia through a proxy. NATO does not want to fight Russia directly because it knows the Russians will kill you in large numbers, unlike in Afghanistan. You know everything, you are pretending just out of wickedness. NATO's wickedness brought this war.
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  4842. The soldier is a combatant and occupier. He is not a kid or innocent.
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  4843.  @seanniemeyer5437  History of NATO against Soviet Union/Russia starts before Atlantic Charter : two devastating invasions of Russia in the 19th and 20th century by Europe. In the 21st century, Russia faced encirclement and exclusion from the Black Sea by the US-European NATO alliance, which Russia has rebuffed by the special military operation. The Soviet Union/Russia had to use the mailed fist against European powers as a deterrence. Get it ?
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  4844.  @seanniemeyer5437  Yes, Napoleon wanted to blockade Britain but turned on Russia for breaching the Continental system he wanted to build (a sort of 19th century EU run by the French). Russia was always an independent minded power, it was never going to be under the tutelage of France or Britain or anyone else. That is how it was, that is how it is today. Today Russia is not going to live as a vassal of the US like Ukraine and the other European countries, hosting US military bases. 'However, without the support of the USSR, the Germans wouldn't have been able to occupy most of Western Europe or invade the soviet union.' Your message is not clear. Was the USSR sending money and arms to Germany for it to occupy western Europe like the west is sending Ukraine today ? 'NATO has never attacked the soviet union or the russian Federation. ' That is because the Soviet Union/Russia is a nuclear power with formidable delivery systems on land and sea which can incinerate all western cities. If for one moment, the west thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. But it was not like evicting Saddam from Kuwait, Putin made clear Russia was ready to fight a nuclear war if needed over Ukraine (you remember Putin's famous remark 'you will face consequences you have never faced before'. The west got the message.). ' Instead, the West provided financial aid to the russian federation after the collapse of the soviet union. ' The west arranged to filch the wealth of Russia through oligarchs that sprung up, most of them devious Russian Jews working with western Jews. That happened during the period of Boris Yeltsin, but Putin put an end to that. Russian money was used to rebuild Russia. 'The russians are in fear of the NATO boogy man. Rather than reality. ' That is a patronising view, with the self certification of your innocence. If Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been as well. Instead, NATO which is US controlled and serves American interests (and not really Europe's interest) was expanded . James Baker had said to Gorbachov that NATO would not move an inch to the east (remark he made after reunification of Germany). When Boris Yeltsin complained about NATO expansion and reminded of the assurance given earlier, the Americans told him arrogantly that' that promise was made to the Soviet Union, you are Russia'. A furious Yeltsin has said 'you wait, Russia will be back'. Russia is back. The US-led west thought it could defeat Russia with economic blockade and arms to Ukraine. But what is the position now ? The US has realised it cannot defeat Russia. It has decided, 'if you cannot beat them, join them'. Hence, the US has decided to abandon Ukraine and the Europeans and negotiate over their heads with Russia. 'Both WW1 and WW2 were the result of russian pan slavanism and soviet expansionist ideology.' What are you talking about, WW 2 was due to German Nazi racial supremacist ideology. Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the countries of eastern Europe like western Europe collaborated with the Nazis, the Red Army beat the hell out of Germany. The Red Army had to occupy eastern Europe to get to Germany. Naturally, the map of Europe was remade by Stalin as he was the paramount victor. Britain and the US had to acquiesce, they had no choice. Kuraganov said Russia destroyed the European elites and their colonial and racialist mentality two times, and it is doing it again. Don't make up self serving history. 'As for the black Sea not being controlled by NATO, Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria are NATO members. Russia doesn't own the black Sea only the North Eastern shore.' You are wilfully missing the point. Russia was not planning to cut Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria from the Black Sea. By getting Ukraine into NATO, the US was planning to cut Russia off from the Black Sea. Sevastopol in the Crimea was the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet. If the US could get Ukraine into NATO, the US 7th fleet would sail from Sevastopol and Odessa. Then Russia would not have access to the Black Sea. That was the US game plan. That is why Putin seized Crimea in 2014 immediately after the US sponsored coup. The US persevered with its game plan using the Ukro Nazis to fight Russia. The war is lost, the US realises this. Now it wants to work with Russia. Now the Ukrainians and Europeans are of little value to the US. The US is working on the policy 'if you cannot beat them, join them'. You don't get it do you ? You are rattling out your beliefs of yesterday, based on a US-European defensive alliance of pure innocence. There are two mistakes in your immature thinking. Firstly, NATO was an unequal alliance : it was dominated by US interests, and Europeans were mere vassals. Secondly NATO was not passive or merely defensive. NATO invaded Afghanistan, it bombed Libya etc. It wanted to encircle Russia against Russian protests. Now you should know the reality. NATO is US first, Europeans have no decision making power in NATO. The only time Article 5 was invoked was to get Europeans to fight in Afghanistan for a US cause. The US has not sacrificed its lives for NATO in a European war. Earlier, the US wanted Ukraine in NATO as the US thought it could get away with Russia, and you thought the same. But when it could not, the US abandoned the 'Ukraine in NATO' concept. The Europeans are hooked on defending Ukraine through NATO, but the US will not allow it ! The US now sees Europe and UK as irrelevant, then it does not need NATO. It can deal with Russia and China directly and come to understandings with them. You need to wake up and smell the coffee as it is today.
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  4845. True, Russia has single handedly ended the western world order for good. Also, the west undermined its key asset, trust in its banking system. This is the far reaching effect long after the war is over.
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  4846.  @Hannan_1325  Gazprom's CEO told the west that energy is more valuable than their currencies. He is right. It was obvious but such was western arrogance that they did not see the obvious.
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  4847.  @robertharrison4419  It is the Red Army that reached Berlin, and not your gutless GIs. We saw how your nancy boys ran away from Afghanistan at the start of Biden's reign.
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  4848.  @carracampbell7789  Russia has taken what matters The eastern part that accounted for 90% of Ukraine's GDP. And it has shut off Ukraine's agriculture. And in Vilnius the US conceded Russia's demand : Ukraine ain't entering NATO and there is no road map. Russia has won.
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  4849. Why is Poland so agitated and croaking hysterically if it is not frightened ? The Wagner earned a fearsome reputation after they crushed the Ukro Nazis in Bakhmut. Just 500 of them on an educational border tour is enough to panic Poland !
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  4850.  @carracampbell7789  Russia never said it will be a 3 day operation. That was a statement of US Gen. Milley. Russia has taken the 20% land that accounted for 90% of Ukraine's GDP. And it has shut off Ukraine's agriculture. And in Vilnius the US conceded Russia's demand : Ukraine ain't entering NATO and there is no road map. True or not ? The time it took to achieve this does not matter, the fact is these are irreversible. Hence, Ukraine and the west have lost. The blame game has started.
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  4851.  @carracampbell7789  'Poland doesn’t need nato or nato weapons' Why does not Poland send troops to Ukraine without NATO ? It could defeat the Russians and grab western Ukraine for itself. It has scores to settle with Russia and Poland.
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  4852.  @dpelpal  Putin did not say he will take Kiev in 3 days. US general Milley said that was his expectation. This was then attributed to Putin, and then repeated ad infinitum by low IQ people in the west like you. Russia does not declare its strategy or tactics or timing, it declares it when it is under their belt - like Mariopol or Bakhmut.
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  4853.  @JimTimber  I have not heard of GROM. Why is Poland so frightened and shrieking hysterically ?
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  4854.  @carracampbell7789  541 days, but US surrendered to the Russian demand in Vilnius when it declared Ukraine cannot join NATO. That is defeat for the US.
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  4855.  @carracampbell7789  Send us the link where Putin said he will take Ukraine in 3 days.
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  4856.  @carracampbell7789  It does not matter how many days, but what is the situation now ? The great Ukrainian counter offensive is a flop. The Russians destroyed the Bradleys, Leopards etc. and showed all the western equipment was junk. Ukraine has lost 5 oblasts, that produced 90% of its GDP. Those will never return. Russia has blockaded Ukrainian grain exports - loss of $ 500 million per year of revenue. In Vilnius, the US surrendered to the Russian demand : Ukraine will not be in NATO. The world sees 40+ countries led by the US were defeated by Russia ! Do you not feel ashamed ? Do you not feel ashamed pushing Ukraine into war, and then walking away when you cannot win, and blaming them ? Of course, you may feel NATO got stronger because Finland and Sweden joined, but that did not stave off defeat in Ukraine. You live in your echo box. But people in the rest of the world have watched and see you with contempt.
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  4857. I would like to see how Rutte speaks in 2 months time.
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  4858. Why is Zelensky cautious ? NATO said Kherson withdrawal is a victory for Ukraine.
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  4859. This episode shows how weak NATO is, despite their vain bluster. NATO cannot take a decision quickly. NATO is subverted by US interests, which over ride Europe's. The US is asking Germany, the leading European economic power, to over ride its livelihood for US ambitions against Russia. Sure the US has the support of the most useless countries in Europe(Lithuania, Poland etc.), but the principal countries have to be carried as well. The useless countries shout the most against Russia, but when the beating comes, they will be the most helpless. There is no way NATO can fight and defeat Russia. NATO simply will not be able to take a decision. We have heard of western media boasting about Article 5 as something that will frighten Russia. To invoke Article 5 will take several meetings, and there will be disagreements. Article 5 does not compulsorily say all members have to fight; all it says is that members may react as they say fit, including and up to fighting. Germany does not want to fight. Estonia etc. want to fight but really there is not much they can do against mighty Russia. The UK is an island that blabbers a lot but will find it difficult to cross the sea; they cannot send ambulances within 2 hours in their island. Turkey will not fight for Europeans. Article 5 does not compel members to fight, and if the US opted not to fight (and Americans don't want to die), then the rest of NATO will not stand a chance against Russia.
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  4860. Ukraine needs to request a ceasefire and begin negotiations with Russia and put a notice to the US and UK it is not taking orders from them anymore.
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  4861. If Putin's conscripts are limited and they only have shovels to fight with, why doesn't NATO send troops to save Ukraine ? Ukraine in NATO was an American project, which America has abandoned. The Russians have defeated the collective west. The puny European countries cannot face Russia. Only the almighty British want to fight Russia - with their propaganda ! The British think they are a superpower - but they would not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine.
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  4862. Trump is looking for an exit strategy. As he does not have any cards, the only choice is to surrender to Russian terms, and ask the British to take care of what is left of Ukraine. The problem is Britain has as much military capability as Estonia.
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  4863. Would you like Russia to prove itself by dropping a tactical nuke on Kiev ?
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  4864. Ukraine can join EU after it becomes part of Russia !
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  4865.  @JC-rr1wu  Of the ISW is so good, why does it not accept the reality that Ukraine is defeated and it cannot do a counter offensive ? Why is it peddling false hopes when the US has realised Ukraine cannot regain what it has lost ? The money is held up because of that.
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  4866. Is the wretch going to mount a second counter offensive ? And if so, how will it be different from the last one where the Russians destroyed Leopards, Challengers, Abrams, Bradleys, Himars, cluster bombs and all the other western junk, and then advanced ?
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  4867. VW intends to shut at least 3 German factories, and relocate them in Ukraine.
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  4868. Putin has to decide to obey the ultimatum today of the coalition of the willing, or else.....
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  4869. @PiE-l6c Indeed, it could be the Tommy Robinson gang. Need to be investigated.
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  4870. The NATO summit reminds me of the Chinese saying : they went to get Ukraine into NATO like a tiger, but left like a chicken. That is the basic US character. The servile Europeans need to learn from the Russians and Chinese to develop independent thinking. The Europeans are not Allies, they are vassals. The US dragged its Allies into Afghanistan. Twenty years later, the US negotiated with the Taliban without consulting the Allies or the Afghan govt. it implanted, and then the US planned the exit without letting the Allies know, so the Americans could catch the first flights out of Kabul ! It is the same in Ukraine : the US dragged the Allies into supporting NATO expansion to Ukraine in 2008 and 2014. And in 2023, when the prospect of getting killed by the Russians appeared on the table if Ukraine joined and Article 5 was invoked, the US left Ukraine high and dry by saying Ukraine cannot enter NATO and there is no road map ! And the Europeans who are so emotionally distraught about Ukraine, cannot do anything ! At the same time after throwing Ukraine under the bus, NATO is boasting how united they are and how strong they have become due to another two puny countries joining ! Russia has ended the western world order. It has shown it is stronger than the US and 40 countries put together. And countries need to get out of the US orbit. That is the takeaway.
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  4871.  @mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598  Thanks. Europeans should wake up about America. De Gaulle said Europeans need to remember if there is war in Europe, at the end of the day, the Americans don't live in Europe and the British live on an island. Only Europe suffers. Most of the refugees of American wars in the ME and Ukraine are in Europe. American cynicism after the end of the Soviet Union was shown when Donald Rumsfeld said America did not need old Europe (France and Germany) anymore, it had new Europe (Poland and Baltics). They could use Eastern Europe to drive NATO expansion although Western Europe realised the danger (Merkel and Sarkozy opposed NATO expansion to Ukraine in 2008).
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  4872. You want to forget the Nazi Azov Regiment and hide behind children. These Nazis have brought destruction to Mariopol like the Nazis in Berlin.
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  4873.  @Morwenna1220  Ukraine's independence was conditional on giving up nukes, not joining any military alliance, and allowing Russia the continued use of Sevastopol in the Crimea as the HQ of its Black Sea fleet. Ukraine's independence declaration pledged that it would not join any military alliance against Russia. After the US sponsored coup of 2014, Ukraine unilaterally reneged on the agreement it made with Russia about neutrality in 1994, after it put joining NATO as an aim in its constitution. Hence, Ukraine has forfeited its right to exist as it threatens Russia's security by aiming to bring US missiles to target Russia. Russia had to take steps to dismantle this unviable country. Russia has taken strategic parts of Ukraine, and the remainder rump state will depend on EU aid. At some later stage, Russia can take that also. You are an ignorant who thinks Russia's invasion came without reason on 24 Feb 2022. The US has been an instigator of Ukranian Russophobia. Ukraine is not part of NATO, but near Lvov, there was a training centre operating for some years where NATO instructors were training Ukranian army - this is the country that agreed to neutrality to get independence. Even before joining NATO, Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan. Why ? They got into the business of killing Afghans in the hope NATO would fast track their induction in NATO. Seeing what Ukranians did in Afghanistan killing Afghans, Ukraine deserves what it is getting. Due to all the above, and the encouragement given to neo Nazis, Ukraine should be dismantled and Russia should take it back.
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  4874.  @Ben63  The Azov is a Nazi regiment. Them holding out in the bunker is no different from the German Nazis holding out in their last days as the Red Army approached Berlin. They had chosen the wrong path, there was no turning back. They also had families like Goebbels wife and children holed up. But see western duplicity. In 1945, they needed the Red Army to liberate them from the Nazis. Today, they are sympathizing with Ukranian Nazis, praising their resistance, and now mourning their plight as the inevitable approaches.
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  4875.  @Morwenna1220  You are a compulsive liar. You say NATO is a defensive alliance against Russian aggression? Then why did NATO go to Afghanistan to kill poor Afghans ? Ukraine contributed 5000 soldiers. They were not even in NATO. They were asked to contribute to secure future NATO membership. So they joined in killing poor Afghans to be qualified as Europeans. They joined in killing Afghans, they can get a taste of that themselves. I have had enough of the Ukranians with their Russophobia and Azov Nazis, it is time for Russia to dismantle them and retake Ukraine. It is a failed state.
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  4876.  @davidty2006  Russia made a mistake launching attacks on multiple fronts. They should have concentrated all the firepower on only Kiev. Of course, they could have finished Kiev with a tactical nuclear weapon. But you do not use that immediately - it is a last resort. It is alright, if they withdrew and they lost a battleship. Russia can play the long chess game, and they have the right pieces for it. They will take the industrial east, and the strategic coastal areas, and cut off Ukraine's trade and shipping lanes. Neither west nor Ukraine can roll them back from there. They can leave a landlocked rump state which will be dependent on EU aid. Even to reconstruct the rump state, it will require Russian cooperation. They can keep launching sporadic strikes on Kiev and Lvov, so investors can come to rebuild. They can come for Kiev later. The cards for Ukraine's future lies in Russian hands. That includes the tactical nuclear weapon.
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  4877.  @davidty2006  You talk too much to put on a brave face. Kiev metro station can accomodat only a small fraction of Kiev's population. What are you talking about ? 'And if any are used russia would be nuked back. Harder..... Because of MAD doctrine.' Again wishful bluff. MAD doctrine will not apply to Ukraine as it is not in NATO. NATO did not want to send ground troops or put a no-fly zone, to avoid a direct fight with Russia. The naval blockade of Ukranian shipping cannot be broken. Maripol is about to be finished and Ukraine cannot get it back. The latest launches of the Khalibr missiles were from submarines. Ukraine was the west's Humpty Dumpty. They sat the egg on NATO's wall, it fell down, and all the King's Men and Horses cannot put it off again. The long terms cards are with Russia - the industrial lands are with them; control of Ukranian maritime trades is with them; blocking the reconstruction of the rump land locked state; providing security guarantee to Ukraine can only be done with their consent; and they can use ultimate tactical nuclear weapon if needed, Ukraine cannot stop them, and there will be no MAD, because the west does not want to die for Ukraine.
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  4878.  @davidty2006  You are welcome to write refutations based on evidence and reason. I do not see that capability in you. For example, to claim if Russia dropped tactical nuke on Ukraine, US will nuke Russia is wishful thinking. That Article 5 reaction does not apply as Ukraine is not in NATO. The US said it will not therefore send troops or put no fly zone. Likewise, it is even less likely the US will choose to be incinerated for Ukraine.
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  4879. @grizzly 'tell that to Poland who have Russian missiles pointed in Kaliningrad'. In your rage, you don't even know what you are writing. Why would Russian missiles be pointed in Kaliningrad ?
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  4880.  @stevenmartin8828  You are twisting things out of frustration. I never said Russians are planning WW 3. Is said they can settle Ukraine with a tactical nuclear strike, and there will be no WW 3 simply because the west does not want to get incinerated. I did not say Russia will not also be devastated by a WW 3. I said the west does not want to be incinerated for Ukraine - if it does not want to put troops, or a no fly zone in Ukraine, it is even more improbable the west wants to be incinerated to save Ukraine. Get it ? To summarise : Russia has potential to settle Ukraine with a tactical nuclear strike. It would be quick, but it is unlikely they would need to do that - they can strangle Ukraine slowly by taking the industrial and coastal area and then preventing the rump Ukranian state from rebuilding. On the other hand, should Russia decide to settle Ukraine with a tactical nuclear strike, there will be no WW 3. The west does not want to get incinerated for Ukraine. You are putting on vain bravado to say Russia cannot use nuke in Ukraine without WW 3.
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  4881. Putin is communicating - if anyone dares touch Russia, you will be incinerated. That is what has checked you. That is what is causing burning.
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  4882.  @almitrahopkins1873  Whichever leader Russia has knows he has to fight the US. Russia comes first to them.
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  4883. Hindus have no right oppress Christians and Muslims in India, and then complain about Hinduphobia. The first are citizens of India. The Ramaswamy type Hindus migrated to Christian countries voluntarily. Those who have excessive Hindu pride should stay back in India.
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  4884. Who the hell is a westerner to advise Ukrainians to fight ? Ukrainians might have realised that they are losing their lives for the US who will abandon them next year.
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  4885. The Indians are buying Russian oil, and sending it to the EU and making a profit. The Europeans are preserving their false pride and pretending they are not buying from Russia.
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  4886. Zelensky said after Severodonetsk's fall that no more cities will fall. Soledar, Bakhmut...what is going on ? Now the Bandera army's last ditch effort is the spring offensive that the US is pushing them into. Ukraine's best manpower has been slaughtered in places like Bakhmut, and it is short of ammo, and its handlers cannot supply more in time. But the west has ordered Zelensky to quickly show some counter attack, or else the money will be cut. When that flops, Ukraine's goose is cooked.
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  4887. Russia's fighting power is exhausted in Ukraine ? We have been hearing this wishful thinking since April 2022. But here we are, Russia has taken Donbass, fortified it, destroyed Ukraine's power grid, and run the west out of artillery shells. On top of that, Russia has come out on top in the economic warfare. It is in the process of de-industrialising Germany and Europe and it has kicked off de-dollarisation which will cut into American power. People are on strike in France, Germany, UK due to inflation. The Polish farmers are blocking Ukrainian grain. The leader of the western world, the US is led by a doddering senile, and it is fighting to contain its debt. The DT has been telling us that Russian soldiers had low morale, they lost many officers and generals, Putin had a mysterious hand tremor and was dying, Russians had to use washing machine chips for their missiles, that they had run out of missiles, and are reduced to fighting in Bakhmut with shovels. But every few days we hear Russia fired a salvo of missiles including the hypersonic ones, and drones, and Soledar and Bakhmut are gone. It does not square with the western propaganda. The fact is mighty Russia has defeated 40 nations including the US and the collective west is smarting !
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  4888. Trump is showing realism : the war in Ukraine is lost for the west (as many of us have been saying), and it is time to end it. The war was created by the US, it miscalculated Russia's strength and resoluteness, and now it wants to cut its losses. The Ukrainians and Europeans agreed to be vassals of the US, the master had changed his mind, and vassals have no say.
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  4889. Piers is an objectionable swine because he talks as if the conflict started on 7 Oct. 2023. It started in 1917 with the Balfour Declaration. Piers starts always with demanding the Palestinian/Arab/Muslim apologise for 7 Oct. 2023. Why should they ? Did he ask any Israeli to apologise for land grabbing, ethnic cleansing, war crimes as a pre-condition before an interview ? Israelis have been doing it for years. Therefore, don't demand the Palestinian/Arab/Muslim to apologise. That is typical western duplicity. Piers claims he is neutral, and he is giving Palestinian/Arab/Muslims a platform and they should be thankful, and he adds he objected to the Iraq war, yet his approach gives the impression he wants to cover for Jewish Nazism A 17 year old Jewish student killed the Nazi German ambassador in Paris in the 1930s. The Germans responded to that with Kristallnacht... the collective punishment of Jews. Would Piers have asked the Jews at that time to condemn the killing of he Nazi German ambassador in Paris or would he have concentrated on Kristallnacht ? When the Jews tried to break out of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Nazis put them down, do we blame the Jews for attacks on the occupying Germans in Warsaw and demand the Jews apologise ? If Piers wants to seek solutions, instead of providing cover for Jewish Nazism, then he should change his approach and have a panel of people proposing solutions. On the Israeli Jewish side, bring people who want peace like Daniel Barenboim, Illan Pappe etc. From the Palestinian side, bring people who accept a Two State solution. And if you want to include extremists, have one from both sides, a Jewish settler who believes God gave him a contract for the West Bank, and a Hamas militant. And if Piers persists with his sanctimonious western line, this generation of Palestinian/Arab/Muslims know how to speak English better than him, and they will show him the stick. As Hijab, the Palestinian Ambassador and Bassem Yousef did.
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  4890. These people should be evacuated to Poland. Russia is going to have a security border so Ukraine cannot attack Belgorod.
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  4891. Don't worry, the Brits will run away to Australia, and the boat men will look after your wives and daughters.
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  4892. I thought the Ukrainian counter offensive is a disaster, and you are looking for a way to ditch Ukraine and pretend it is not a defeat of the west.
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  4893.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  I did not cite any Kremlin view, I am studying DW, BBC, CNN...and comparing with the reality. The western media is nurturing an alternative world, where Ukraine is more powerful and winning despite being unable to breach the Russian lines after 4 months of counter offensive. The weapons they supplied, tanks, cluster bombs, Himars have been destroyed and its manpower decimated, but the west thinks Ukraine can win with old F16s. Defeat is painful and often people construct an alternative reality to avoid it. But eventually you will be forced to accept western defeat.
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  4894. 'As far as I can see those two alone could defeat Russia.' Give me a break, your statement proves the Europeans are hopeless ! Finland and Sweden want to join because they are weaklings who took fright. Finland is run by a bimbo PM and she said in Australia that Europe cannot face Russia without the US. I say even Europe + US cannot fight with Russia. If they believed for one moment they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine.
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  4895.  @TacticalMayo  What will be the fallout of the European lady's jealousy ? Europe is committing economic suicide, buying gas from the US at 4x the price. It becomes even less competitive.
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  4896. And if Ukrainians say this is all Russian can do, and they can handle it, then Russians should go for more, and the rest of us should not complain because Ukrainians say they can handle it.
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  4897.  @tj4787  God will not enter into negotiations to free some and not others. You need to ask the people responsible, that is Netanyahu and his cohorts, to negotiate, release Palestinian prisoners for the Israeli ones - and abandon the policy of seizing settlements in the West Bank, and follow up with implementation of the Oslo Accord and a two state solution, so that it does not happen again. It cannot be a negotiation to free the Israelis and then the Israelis continue annexing Palestinian land.
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  4898.  @thehum1000  A 100 year plan to defend Ukraine is a cover for a stinging defeat. It is like saying 'we know we lost this war, but we shall win the wars in the next 100 years'. Why do the British feel so humiliated that they act in this shameless way ?
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  4899.  @anglaismoyen  Am I upset ? Who would be upset with empty windbags ? Instead of promising support in the next 100 years, why don't you send troops to Ukraine right now and reverse the defeat ? You know the Russians will wipe you out in front of your eyes, so you do not have the courage to send troops. You can promise 100 years and back out anytime, but it is a sophisticated cover for cowardice and duplicity. It will be like 'we shall support Ukraine for however long it takes'. Russia has beaten the collective west, and you are trying to gas light about 100 years. Numskull.
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  4900. 'He is a disgusting excuse of a man.' Trump's supporters are just as angry as him. They are starry eyed about him.
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  4901. Ideally, Poland would like to have Americans in front and Polish troops behind them. But Americans are afraid to be killed.
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  4902. Indeed, 'the Russians have been consistently and invariably losing in every possible way for the last two and a half years', that is why NATO is organising meeting after meeting to discuss how to check the Russians, fearing the Russians will take Europe.
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  4903. NATO told us that Ukraine had 98% if what Ukraine needed for successful counter offensive. Are the F 16s the missing 2% ?
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  4904.  @limedickandrew6016  The F 16 is the great hope now. But the war is lost. The Russians have destroyed all western equipment, they have the capability of knocking out the F16s.
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  4905. Spying of Ukraine is not an issue at all - it is a vassal and true dependent of the US !
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  4906. The mainstream western media have not held the western politicians as responsible for the crisis. The western media have been selling the line of the western political class (example BoJo) that it was an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation, and we need to defeat Russia (not negotiate with) for ever, and they have been indulging in all manners of triumphalism over sanctions, etc.. No one in the western media has challenged this narrative and asked why the US neocons like Victoria Nuland were cultivating and aiding Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion to overthrow the govt. in 2014, and why European politicians agreed to US machinations in NATO for confrontation with Russia, such as NATO expansion, when cooperation between EU and Russia had been win-win. Europe is paying the price for not standing up to the US.
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  4907. @entalon The point that Russia has the greatest nuclear arsenal is that it constricts your freedom of operation to defeat Russia. Russia does not have to use it - the threat that they can incinerate all western cities is enough ! Further, Russia now has Oreshnik missiles which can create equivalent destruction as a nuclear weapon without the fallout. Get it ?
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  4908. Ukraine was never independent, from 2014, it got a US implanted govt.. So why should China, India, Brazil, Russia care about Ukraine ? Deal with its master, the US. When the US feels it cannot afford to support Ukraine, it will dump it. And you will keep your mouth shut.
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  4909. Why does the western media still maintain that Russian casualties are higher in absolute terms when they are defending, and they fire 10 shells for every 2 Ukrainian ones, and they have air strike capability ? How is that possible. The US led NATO project in Ukraine is defeated, it seems there is nothing left but to claim the consolation that at least Ukraine is weakening Russian army capacity, without a single NATO soldier being killed. It is pathetic and cynical to maintain this fiction. The reality is Ukraine is losing people in both absolute and relative terms - just to maintain the west's face. It is time for Ukraine to tell the west that it has betrayed Ukraine, and therefore it is going to negotiate a settlement with Russia without NATO.
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  4910. What Alexander says about what Sunak has to do to rescue the UK and western economy (have a negotiated settlement in Ukraine) is absolutely correct. As someone of Indian ethnicity, Sunak will not have the gut hatred of Russia as the Anglo Saxons. But whether the people around Sunak who are Anglo Saxons, will allow him to persuade Biden, Macron and Schulz remains very doubtful. Russia offends the sensibility of the Anglo Saxon elite who believe they set the world order. They are used to beating up Iraq and Afghanistan. They are die hard types who will cut their nose to spite their faces, when it comes to Russia.
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  4911. Earlier when Putin mentioned he will strike Europe with Oreshniks, he promised not to strike civilian targets but only military. He even said he would give 1 hour's notice. A perfect gentleman. He is confident the west cannot stop Miss Hazel.
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  4912. Either way, it is lost for Ukraine. Russia is mightier than Ukraine + west.
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  4913.  @1midnightfish  Biden after gazing at Russia's might decided not to allow Ukraine into NATO, and gave what Russia wanted. If Ukraine was let into NATO, Article 5 would be called, and the US would have had to send troops to Ukraine and face Russia's might and receive American soldiers in body bags. Everyone is scared of Russia's might. That is why chicken like Sweden and Finland want to join NATO. Get it ?
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  4914.  @heathersmider7296  Those who fantasize about Ukraine being in a winning position are delusional. The US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO, thereby agreeing with Russia, because it knows Ukraine is going to be defeated.
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  4915.  farseastassmasters  'Day 520 MO RON'. Is that the best you could write ? I conclude your IQ is too low. Day 520, and Ukraine continues to go down into dust, one step at a time. Power grid gone; 4 oblasts gone; counter offensive to get them did not take off; no NATO entry; ports closed, $ 500 of grain revenue ended.
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  4916.  @GARDENER42  I see readers of TimesRadio do not have enough IQ to write an intelligent response.
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  4917.  @hunterwilk  I read that Ukranians in Kiev are agitating for more space in cemeteries. There are no freezer trains picking up bodies of Russian soldiers, you made that up. In winter, the living Ukranians were freezing as they had no power. So they don't have electricity to spare for dead Russians. Good try ! Yes, Russia is mighty, that is why the US barred Ukraine from NATO, which is conceding to the main Russian demand. If Ukraine joined NATO, the US will have to go to Ukraine to fight mighty Russia, and then you will need the freezer trains for the US bodies.
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  4918. US imperialism took over, but Russia and China put a stop to it.
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  4919.  @leifiseland1218  In 2021, Sir Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in NATO had the courage to take up the offer. Recently Putin challenged those who think they can stop the Oreshnik missile to have a dual. Select a target in Ukraine, set up your Patriots and Thadds and see if they could stop Oreshnik. NATO did not take up the challenge. Even the most delusional amongst you chicken out when death is certain.
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  4920.  @Psyclonknight  The permission to sell grain from Odessa was not given by Erdogan and UN. The President of the African Union went to see Putin and asked for help in supply of grain. The EU was mad at the President of the African Union, as he ignored the EU. He knew Putin will be the decider on wheat exports from Odessa, and not the EU or Ukraine. Once Putin gave permission, Erdogan and UN organised the mechanics of the shipping (inspection and safe passage of the ships). The Russian permission has to be renewed every 120 days. So who is the boss, whose permission is needed ? Putin threatened to stop the grain shipment when it emerged some of the wheat was ending up in Europe instead of Africa.
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  4921.  @Psyclonknight  'bakhmut is fine after 6 months and continues to be fine. ' Then why are BBC, DW, France TV 24 etc. putting on videos on the plight of Ukranian civilians and soldiers, and sounding the last rites for Bakhmut ? Are they putting out fake news ? 'only thing that ensures their survival is their nuclear threat because we KNOW that the Russian mindset is anti human and they will end it for everyone if they don't get their way.' You think nuclear weapons are bad ? Why don't you give up nuclear weapons and set a good example ? 'Russian mindset is anti human and they will end it for everyone if they don't get their way. ' Only the US dropped 2 nukes, so western mindset is diabolical. The rest of the world has experienced your colonial record, so they are with Russia. 'Cancerous people they have always been a thorn for European and world progress.' European colonialism was a cancer. Russia has been a revolutionary country at the vanguard of progress, that ended the power of Britain and France. ' regions of Ukraine will now have legalized child pornography possession the world is saved!' Your last sentence is incomprehensible. Learn to write English.
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  4922.  @thegreatdane3627  What have you heard for more than 20 years ?
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  4923. 'We need to nationalise military production because the current arrangement is simply money laundering. We need to re-establish heavy industry such as steel production, we can't rely on China. And that means opening up our coal mines to get at the 300 years of coal under our feet. And we need to recruit people who want to fight for our values.' That is not going to happen. It is better to go get out of alliances where the US drags you to war for its interest.
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  4924. You are threatening Russia, China, Iran, NK, you are stealing their assets, so why should they not work against you ?
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  4925. Piers is into his sentimentality shows, to get viewing numbers. I do not see him exploring the solutions. Bad mouthing the Palestinians and claiming it is a unique shock and horror, while Palestinians have experienced worse for 70 years, is deceitful and duplicitous. That is why the west has lost credibility. Outside the west, people sympathize with the Palestinians. The duplicity in Piers style is as follows : demand every Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, or supporter (eg. Jeremy Corbyn) condemn the attack and do some penance. Don't raise root cause or what Israel has done - because this is not the right time. The right time never comes and Israel is never held accountable for land grabbing. All the western media have the same approach. Kay Burley, CNN, etc. They never call an Israeli when IDF grabs land or kills, and ask him aggressively 'condemn what you have done' before being allowed to speak. The effect of Piers is to create conditions to exonerate Jews from their wickedness and continue the cycle of violence.
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  4926. There is no change in western strategy. The Americans recognised that Ukraine is lost, that is why Biden declared in NATO summit in Vilnius in 2023 that Ukraine cannot join NATO. That is the end of it. The war is lost. Europeans have no say.
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  4927. Putin's failures ? Who is begging to freeze the war ? Not Sir Vlaidimir !
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  4928. Ukraine aimed a great catastrophe on Russia by bombing the Kerch bridge. So why should Russia not inflict the same on Ukraine ?
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  4929. He does not drop those cliches anymore about Ukranian resilience.
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  4930. ' i wish my country had a president like him' Do you wish your country to be made into a wasteland ?
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  4931. Now everyone is disappointed, so go back to the wishful rumours that Putin is missing ! One year ago, you said Putin has a hand tremor, he has a mysterious illness, he has cancer, and he will be overthrown due to your sanctions. You were lying. Zelensky said 6 months ago Putin had died and a look-alike is in charge ! But the Ukranian counter offensive which you flagged off is a flop. For a few days, you will have a distraction, but the reality on the ground cannot be changed.
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  4932. It maybe higher than 1200. Israelis have motive to underplay - because they don't want to show the world the capability of their opponent. Putin is objective. There can be no solution without implementation of the Two Sate Solution and the Oslo accords. Israel has cheated on them, because the west armed it - like the west cheated on the Minsk accord while arming Ukraine. The west does not want to wake up and smell the coffee about Israel's apartheid state. Russia has no obligation to show allegiance to Israel. CNN talks as if Russia has to think like the west and it it does not, then it is immoral. Unlike the western countries, Russia is a truly independent country, and not control of the Jews. It does not submit to Jewish blackmail. The Arabs should realise that depending on the US has been disastrous for them. The US is the protector of Israel and its apartheid state, so how can it be a protector of the Arabs ? Saudi Arabia propped up the US dollar for 50 years by selling oil only in dollars, but the US backed the Jews at crunch times. It is time for Arabs to be independent of the west. Russia is the best ally if you deal with them fairly and sincerely. With Russia, you can get the best military technology in the world. Arabs should remember that in 1956, Israel, Britain and France invaded Egypt because Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal. It was the Soviet Union that stepped in and told them to get out - otherwise, it would use nuclear weapons. The US looked the other way as it did not want to fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union for these three. The three colonialists vacated. If it had not been for the Soviet Union, these three countries would have killed Nasser (like Saddam and Gaddafi) and installed a compliant leader. If the rest of the Arabs had gone with the Soviet Union then, it would have settled the Palestinian state problem in the 1950s itself, when Israel was less than 10 years old. Even now, the Arabs should move out of the US orbit and build defence ties with Russia.
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  4933. Putin should not accept any 30 day truce. It will be used by the west to arm the Ukraine. Since Russia has the upper hand and it has the experience of how the west used Minsk 2 agreement to buy time to arm Ukraine (Merkel), it will not fall for this.
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  4934.  @mahoganygamefarm730  If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. But it knows Russia can and will wipe out European and US cities.
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  4935.  @chasseausanglier3390  Latvia, Lithuana, Estonia, Poland etc. imagine they are superpowers by associating with the US. That is the very folly that went to Ukraine's head. Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad. One Russian MP said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. Soon after, Lithuania dropped the blockade.
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  4936.  @StayActive98  'No it's because EU forced them to leave kalingrad alone.' Yes why did the EU force Lithuania to leave Kaliningrad alone ? The EU kept quiet and went along with Lithuania initially. It is almost certain Lithuania would not have acted alone without EU backing. It is only after the Russians started saying they will reconsider Lithuania's independence that the EU told Lithuania to back down. Russia could easily cut off the Baltics and the EU did not want another war in Europe. Russia would have gone after the Baltics if Kaliningrad was blockaded, Article 5 or not. If you mess with Russia, you will get a beating.
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  4937.  @dpelpal  So why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? Then you will know who is the paper tiger and a real bear.
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  4938.  @dubbelhenke854  And your friend is Israel, and supporters of colonial wars, and those who staged a coup in Ukraine. So what is your credibility ? You will find in the emerging global trade order, Russia, China, India, Indonesia, Arabs, Africans and Latin Americans will be connected, and you will be left dangling with your plantation owner, the US.
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  4939.  @bg1616  'Criminals are only friends while they're getting something. When their usefulness expires so does the friendship' Correct. The US will ditch Ukraine when its usefulness expires after the US election.
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  4940.  @badomen9057  Well said. Western credibility is gone because of inciting Ukraine to fight Russia and then slowly backing out, and for supporting an apartheid state.
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  4941.  @A4Natty  But China is rolling out the red carpet for Putin. When Blinken went, the Chinese sent a local mayor to greet him. You are just jealous.
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  4942.  @Joaquin546  So why does not Poland send its army to Ukraine and end the war in a week ?
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  4943.  @voyageur8208  It is too little, too late. Ukraine had a Mig based airforce, Russia destroyed all of it. You are clutching at straws. Ukraine's army has been massacred. They do not have enough shells and the Ukraine's handlers cannot make enough in time. The war is lost for Ukraine and the west. Cut out your emotionalism and be realistic.
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  4944.  @Joaquin546  'because Ukraine isn’t in nato yet.' Ukraine is not going to be in NATO. It is not going to exist in its current form. Part of Ukraine is already taken by Russia. Russia will not allow NATO to set foot in any left over. Russia will nuke Ukraine than allow that.
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  4945.  @Joaquin546  Look at the map and Russia holds much of what it captured. It has built defensive lines so Ukraine cannot repeat a Kharkhov offensive. It is not up in the air. Ukraine's manpower has been decimated in Bakhmut and other places. It is running out of shells. Ukraine's handlers admit they cannot supply ammo - shells for artillery, tanks and all the other equipment. Without manpower and ammo, the odds are against Ukraine now. Russia has the manpower and more ammo than the west combined. The west is gripped by economic problems, so it becomes harder to finance Ukraine indefinitely.
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  4946.  @Joaquin546  What assumption have I made ? Ukraine's manpower is drained, the US is telling them to pull out of Bakhmut. The western media themselves say the west has shortage of shells, let alone tanks and everything else. EU minister Borell said if the west cannot supply the quantity needed the war will be over this year. You need to get real.
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  4947.  @Joaquin546  The Red Army took time to take Berlin. The Russians took time take Mariopol. They will take Bakhmut. It is the time that bothers you ? After Soledar was gone, the Ukranians did not admit it. Ukraine does not have limitless manpower. They themselves say they don't have shells. When Europe said it will expand production, Zelensky said even after, it is only 1/4 of what they need.
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  4948.  @voyageur8208  Unfortunately, it is the Europeans who are paying the highest price. Russia is de-industrialising Germany and Europe. Europe has to pay 5x the price for US LNG and you have to pay in $ instead of euros. Hence the euro fell by 20%. In contrast, Russia has gas to heat its homes and run its industries. When this is your weak position, how will you make Russia pay the highest price ? Europe is full of stupids.
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  4949.  @Joaquin546  Ukraine will be never in NATO. It will receive a nuclear strike if any NATO country sets foot in Ukraine. By now you should know Russia does what it says it will do. Ukraine took money from the US for the 2014 coup.
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  4950. Rosatom should reply it is not bound by US law. How did Ukraine get on the list of countries that do not come under US export control laws ? The list of countries that have access to US and western technology are known as countries that signed the Wasenaar agreement. Did Ukraine sign this ?
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  4951. Why did the US who instigated Ukraine, not send troops to Ukraine ?
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  4952. The west is certainly taking part in helping Israel. Look at their wickedness in shielding Israel. After all they are the creators of this apartheid state, and they are bound to defend their creation.
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  4953. Denmark was proudly giving all its American arms to Ukraine.
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  4954. You cannot even defend yourselves without US, how can you defend Ukraine without Russia ? The Europeans have their knickers down.
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  4955. Zelensky is a Jew, so that is what to expect, he identifies with Israel, not Gazan. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to help American invasion. Duplicitous, characterless people. Hence, it is better Ukraine returns to Russia.
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  4956.  @andreverwoerd1378  Ukraine would not have got independence without giving up the nukes, so what is your point that 'Russian losers would have invaded, if Zelensky still would have had nukes.' ? 'Very true that at least the US and GB made a vow to Ukraine. ' So why do not US and GB send troops to fight Russia ? Shameless coward.
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  4957.  @maryanchabursky9148  Ukraine's independence was conditional. No nukes, no independence. Get it? Also Ukraine's independence declaration said it would be neutral and it would not join any military alliance. After the US instigated coup, it wanted to join NATO, reneging on its conditions for independence. It wanted to backstab Russia. Therefore its independence is cancelled. There is nothing the west can do about it, so move on.
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  4958. The US was the one that orgnaised the 2014 coup in Ukraine, it was the one pushing for Ukraine to enter NATO, it was the one seeking naval bases in Ukraine. Now it finds it cannot sustain Ukraine - and asks the even feebler Europeans to foot the bill ! The Europeans are in even greater financial trouble. The war is lost and this is an admission of defeat.
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  4959. Ukraine's proxy war was dictated by the US. The US can also dictate to Ukraine to stop it. Get it ?
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  4960.  @WHS_reviews  Here is the record. In Dec. 2021, Ukraine had the chance to revert to the neutrality it proclaimed in its Declaration of Independence, and avoid the war. But the US asked Ukraine to ignore Russia. After the first month, negotiations were held in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine. Soon after Boris Johnson was sent by Biden to torpedo that. Now Russia has taken 4 oblasts and has the upper hand, Russia does not want negotiations. There is nothing you can do. And Biden has said Ukraine cannot join NATO - the key Russian demand ! Summary : Ukraine cannot joint NATO and it has lost more land. This is what happens if you fight Russia.
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  4961. The westerners are reduced to symbolism. How can Ukraine be rebuilt when it will be under Russia and Russia will not allow Europeans to set foot in Ukraine ? How can anyone build arms factories when Russia will bomb it immediately ? Which investor will come ? It is absolutely delusional. Ukraine is not in a position to even win, so what is the point of plans to rebuild ?
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  4962. Putin is eating the Englishman's brain ! The Englishman has sleepless nights and passes water in bed.
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  4963. The west should not fool around and fantasize. Russia will go to nuclear straight away.
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  4964. Is this not the state where Hindu thugs burnt Graham Staines and his son, and the Indian BJP govt. shielded their Hindu criminals ? Hindus bring processions for their tacky gods and then attack minorities with police support. And afterwards, they cry they are victims. The Hindus are spreading their mob violence to Australia and UK (Leicester). I bet the killed person would be from the minority and Hindus are raging that they have no rights and protection.
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  4965. Ukraine should surrender and go back to neutrality.
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  4966. As if the US respected the statement James Baker made about NATO not expanding one inch to the east. You want something for nothing. It does not work like that with the Russians. If you agree to $1 in a transaction, they will give you $1. But if you shortchange them, they will give you a warning, and then punch you and knock you out.
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  4967. Boris Johnson talks like the British empire is running the world, he went to Ukraine and told them not to negotiate, and Boris is no more and Ukraine is no more
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  4968. And it never occurred to the pompous British that both wars were created by Britain and the US. The Ukraine war was created by the US over throw of the elected Ukrainian govt. to facilitate NATO expansion; Britain played along with the US as always, on Ukraine. And the Palestine conflict was created by the British by arranging for Jews to be settled in Palestine displacing the native population. Now times have changed, the power equation has changed. Russia is a superpower and the collective west cannot match it. And the gap between Palestinians and Israel has narrowed, so Israel cannot dominate totally with western support. Ukraine and Israel are toxic assets for the west. Britain and the collective west cannot maintain these two toxic assets anymore. It is time for the British to reset their character and live within their abilities.
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  4969. These speakers are rational and scientific in their approach. They examine evidence and then reach a conclusion. In 2021, Boris Johnson said it was an unprovoked attack and we must stop Putin, otherwise it will end 'the international rules based order' (the UK invaded Iraq). In 2024, Boris Johnson is on video saying very emphatically that Putin must be stopped because otherwise it will end west hegemony. Thus, 'the international rules based order' = western hegemony. The reason Europe and US are doubling down against Russia is because they know it will be the end of western hegemony, and they fear losing their privileges.
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  4970. The interviewer suggests it is time for Ukraine to consider negotiations ! Shows that is the western thinking. Putin asked why should Russia negotiate just because the west ran out of weapons. The only terms for Ukraine is unconditional surrender. All the talk about Britain giving missiles to hit Russia and Germany blocking it, is being dishonest. Russia has told Britain and France that it will strike them with nuclear weapons if needed. Lord Cameron pulled down his tweet about missiles to hit Russia, after the British ambassador was given a warning that Russia will strike Britain outside Ukraine !
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  4971. Now it has dawned on you that the US, Russia and China are the superpowers who can cooperate, and Europeans are no bodies.
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  4972. In all performance indicators of standard of living, well being of citizens, and quality of life, India comes in the bottom 30 out of 150, whether it is literacy, healthcare, sanitation, living space, corruption, rape and women's security, and security of minorities. That is why Indians try to emigrate to other countries by hook or crook. The same is not the case with China. Total GDP s not an indicator of the well being of the population of a country, as it is skewed by the influence of the population size. The per capita income is the correct metric and in that India is lower than Bangladesh. The poverty in India is sub Saharan Africa. India's burgeoning population of uneducated youth is a burden. The govt. will use them for lynchings and rape. China is way ahead of India and India cannot catch up due to its divisive social system (caste system) and its penchant for sectarian violence against minorities. That divisiveness is intrinsic to the Hindu mentality and Modi and his party are built around that. In the Hindu mind, development is for the upper castes; nothing should go to untouchables and non-Hindu minorities. Hence, India is not like other countries, because the Hindus have no concept of seeking the well being of all citizens. There is no way India can match Europe in standard of living and human rights. The Pew survey is only about Indian perceptions about themselves and others, and perceptions of others about Indians. There is little value studying perceptions. More relevant is what India is and what it thinks it is and how it relates to reality. Those cab be measured more objectively - and then you will find India is a little hell hole. The proof is every Indian, including its Hindu nationalists, seeks to work or live in some Christian or Muslim country, and if possible get their citizenship.
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  4973. Moggs starts with character assassination. Why is it shameful for Galloway to defend Saddam Hussein for defending his own country ? What about those who shamefully propagated lies about WMDs and had 3 million Iraqis killed to prevent Saddam selling oil in euros ? By supporting such wars, Britain's economy went down and it had big security problems. This is what Galloway points out. And that is why the ruling elites are frightened.
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  4974. You have been saying this for 3 years. Appears to be wishful thinking.
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  4975.  @Damn6real  'Such a regime of punitive authorities in Britain has already been called "fast justice"'. You mean to say there should be no punishment for rioters, hate mongers and peddlers of fake news who incite riots ? 'GB become KGB'. Indeed, the Soviet Union did not tolerate Nazis and fascists.
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  4976. Look like it.
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  4977. This episode clearly shows Ukraine is losing and the west is at a loss about what to do. Ukraine is dying, and its desperate friends abroad are running around, some want to put Ukraine on a life support machine, but others say it will only prolong Ukraine's agony and only defer its death for a period. German intelligence has reported that Ukraine is going to lose Bakhmut and then the flood gates will open. Leopards and tanks will make no difference. One US general also has advised Ukraine to withdraw from Bakhmut to save its soldiers, so that they can be trained for a possible counter offensive with new weapons ! The west is getting ready for the blame game. Germany knows the end result, and does not want to continue with its own economic suicide by prolonging the war with no chance for Ukraine to win. One US military general said Ukraine cannot evict the Russians; but US politicians cannot bite the bullet. The most useless hardliners, the UK, Baltics and Poland are frustrated at the western position; they cannot change Ukraine's position, so they want Germany to be blamed.
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  4978. That is a measure of its decline. The whites feel their power is slipping in the US, and Trump has become their Great White Hope.
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  4979. Putin said 90% of the Ukranian wheat was going to western agri business, they were getting it cheaply, and they were re-marketing it for their domestic consumption and they were re-exporting it to Africa, Arabs and Asia. They were making big money that way. Now that the Russians have stopped it, they will cry Africans are affected. The west is crying because it is affected. High energy costs impacted western food inflation, and cutting the wheat supply increases inflation even more. The west is wheat eating.
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  4980. 'Putin casts doubt on Trump's peace plans...' He never expressed interest in them. Sir Vladimir has stated his entry position : Ukraine cannot join NATO, and threaten Russia AND Ukraine has to accept geopolitical reality and surrender the four oblasts. Ukraine chose to abandon the neutrality it pledged in its independence declaration and it chose to team up with the west and wage war on Russia. Hence, on losing, it has to accept punitive damages. There can be no NATO or European peacekeepers. Those who waged war cannot be peacekeepers.
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  4981. To all those Brits who imagine they can stand up to Russia, let me remind you yesterday Biden refused to give Starmer permission to use missiles against Russia. Starmer lamely reminded Biden about the 'special relationship' and pleaded for permission, but Biden declined. If the US has decided it cannot fight Russia due to the damage Russia will inflict on the US, Britain should forget thinking it can change the outcome in Ukraine. After the elections, whether Trump or Harris, the US will move on from Ukraine. The Germans and French have given up, the east Europeans just bark but are useless. If Britain tries to take on Russia, Russia will clobber Britain and no one will come to its aid. Hence, cut out all the WW 2 stories about Britain standing up heroically against appeasement of Russia. Britain should think what is has gained by appeasing the US. Britain is nobody's hero, and if Russia clobbers you, then you won't even get the sympathy Ukraine gets.
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  4982. The Israelis should go back to where they came from - Germany, France, England. That is the safest place with loads of people who support them. They don't have to join army and fight to maintain an apartheid state, which is a losing proposition.
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  4983. Europe is an American colony. Indeed. But the colonised are happy as they believe they have shared values with America. The Europeans and the British are unintelligent.
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  4984.  @davidsmith5094  Boris got rid of himself but he is making money touring the US and lecturing them on the need to stay the course. His own farewell speech said 'stick with the US, stick with Ukraine'. He thinks these two are Britain's lifeline.
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  4985.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  Ukraine is living dangerously. There is no respite from Russia till Ukraine agrees to neutrality. Either Russia will crush it with conventional warfare or a nuclear strike.
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  4986.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  'We donate huge parts of our oilrevenues to Ukraine.' Why don't you do more, send some troops to Ukraine and die for them ? Norway is quietly profiteering from the war, selling at prices much higher than Russian gas. I read Russian ships are now prowling in Norwegian waters. One of these days, they will cut your Baltic pipeline to make you shut your mouth. Norway is a state that collaborated with Nazis. I have hearty contempt for it.
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  4987.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  'Exactly what do you think has ended?' What has ended is (1) the non-western world does not listen to the US and the west anymore and (2) the rest have started the process of trade in alternative currencies, weakening the dollar in the long run. Examples of (1) : India ignored boycott Russia calls of the west and buys oil from Russia; so does China (2) Saudi and Emirates ignored Biden's request to pump oil and reduce prices (3) Qatar refused the call for price cap and (4) Emirates Airlines and others fly to Russia. Examples of (2) : Brazil trades with China using yuan, not dollar (2) India and Russia trade through a rupee-rouble mechanism (3) Russia has set up alternative to Swift and Indonesia others are studying it (4) Blinken and Kamala Harris were sent to Africa to get support, African leaders told them of their colonialism and support of apartheid, so they told them to go to hell. 'We wont stop sanctions, and we wont stop aiding Ukraine' No one wants to stop you from committing suicide. The world can function without Europe. You are irrelevant. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains' . Big mouths, tiny fists. You exemplify that.
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  4988.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  'Europe is getting petro&LNG thru Norwegian subsea pipelines' All the more reason Europe is vulnerable. Russia for sure at some stage will cut the Baltic pipeline from Norway to Poland. It will shut both loudmouths. Then you will be doing research to find out who did it. You cannot singly or collectively fight Russia.
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  4989.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  Come on man, Europe is a hopeless and spineless dependent of the US. You would not survive one day without the US. The command structure of NATO is entirely US. Without a US decision, you cannot take action. As for European production of arms, your Norwegian idiot Stoltenberg has said with the rate of consumption of artillery shells by the Ukranians (forced on them by the Russians), Europe would only be able to supply 1/4 of Ukraine's demand. Norway,Sweden, Germany,Poland,Slovakia,Estland,France,Austria and Belgium, Finland, UK....together cannot match mighty Russia. That is why you run to America and consent to be its slave. That is why the rest of the world holds you in contempt.
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  4990.  @vivaleonjodido  Putin did say there are only 4 sovereign states : Russia, US, China and India. You can add Iran, Turkey Most Europeans are shameless vassals of the US and are very proud of it !
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  4991. 'Getting manpower for the reconstruction of Ukraine is a challenge', architect says. How can the west reconstruct Ukraine when much of it will be part of Russia ? The west holds useless conferences. Ukraine can only be reconstructed by Russia. Russia will not allow western companies into Ukraine.
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  4992. Russia plays chess; the Ukrainians and the west are gamblers.
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  4993.  @sayitasitis100  'then why doesn’t NATO invite them to join ?' Who is them ?
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  4994. The US started cyber attacks first on Russia and China. Then Russia and China started retaliating, and eventually became on a par or even better at it than the US. At that time, the US started accusing Russia and China of cyber attacks. Meghan Kelly interviews Putin and tries to accuse Russia over cyber attacks, but Putin makes a monkey of her and leaves her frustrated. She went to accuse Russia with that characteristic American 'holier than thou' humbug. The US sabotaged the Nordstream pipeline which disadvantages Russia - and Europe. Russia can quietly sabotage without explosions other infrastructure, leaving the Europeans floundering. Europe needs to decouple from the US. It is suicidal for Europe to be with the US.
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  4995. Why is the west so agitated about the referenda ? It is not their business. Anyhow, what happened to the Kherson offensive which was going to recapture it ? The west has been telling us the Ukranians are on a roll, so why be agitated about the referenda ?
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  4996. Two people that cannot be bullied by Trump - Putin and Xi. He knows that. The FSB has video of Trump's womanising in Moscow during Miss World.
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  4997. As soon as Russia piles on the pressure, they tell us how very resilient and indomitable the Ukranians are. At the same time, the west shouts it is a war crime. And as people have pointed out, Ukranians knock out 66 out of 70 missiles but complain Russia is destroying their power infrastructure. The western media routinely say Russia has run out of missiles but more keep coming.
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  4998. The Australians are the first to jump and show they are more American than the Americans. But the Australians are only servile doormats of the Americans. Serves them right.
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  4999.  @patzeuner8385  Who would be the international Naval Force ? Certainly, NATO countries cannot be honest brokers, as they are responsible for this war.
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  5000. Long ago analysts had said the fall of Bakhmut (now Artymovsk) would open the gateway for taking Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. But when Bakhmut finally fell, the Ukranians did not acknowledge it, and the western media declared it was of no strategic importance and it was Pyrrhic victory. Sometime after, the Bandera army started its counter offensive under US pressure to show results. NATO said the Bandera army had 98% of what is needed. But the counter offensive was a damp squib. The Russians had built extensive 3 layered defensive network, and the Bandera army did not get anywhere near the first line, but they got killed and their superior Bradleys and Leopard tanks were torched. Western pundits had said Ukraine had to breach the Russian lines in 72 hours, and conduct a blitzkrieg, otherwise they will be drawn into an attritional war which favours Russia. It is 3 weeks, and the Ukranians could not breach. Having waited out the Bandera army's offensive, the Russians decided it is time to go after Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Kramatorsk is being softened up with airstrikes. I expect Kramatorsk to heat up, and the Bandera army has to abandon its offensive and go there to prevent its fall. Meanwhile Zelensky is roaming around demanding NATO to bend rules and guarantee NATO membership after he wins the war ! The problem is Ukraine will not exist to join NATO or to be reconstructed.
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  5001.  @Anvilman  'Because Ukainians still held the flanks, and have since taken a big chunk of the city back during their counteroffensive. ' You are not only mindelessly regurgitating western media lies, you are throwing in some of your own ! Even the western media is not claiming the Bandera army has taken a big chunk of Bakhmut back. You are making that up out of wishful thinking. Well, the Ukranians never admitted the Russians took Bakhmut - now Artymovsk. You could go with that lie. Eventually the west admitted it, but said it was a Pyrrhic victory. 'And even if they hadn't, Russia didn't have enough offensive capacity left to attack those cities anyways.' You will see in the coming weeks, the Russians will go after Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Once they are sure the Ukranian offensive has fizzled out.
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  5002. Western arrogance is guaranteed to make enemies.
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  5003.  @miguelgameiro8063  USA occupied Iraq and it staged a coup in Ukraine and put Ukro Nazis in power. Russia thrashed the Ukro Nazis and the US does not have the guts to fight - because it is not Iraq.
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  5004.  @auggieeast  How has Russia failed ? Ukraine ain't going to join NATO, Ukraine knows it and so does the US, and so do you. 4 oblasts are taken, and Russia will reduce the rest to rubble unless Ukraine signs up for neutrality. There is nothing NATO can do to stop Russia from pounding Ukraine to rubble. The EU says Ukraine has lost 100,000 soldiers So get over your delusions about Ukraine and NATO. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent US bases in Ukraine.
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  5005.  @auggieeast  You have wishful thinking arising from the sense of mortification. It is because the west and NATO have been thwarted by Russia. How will Ukraine end up in NATO when Russia has taken part of it, and the rest of it is a war zone ? Russia will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine, at pain of a nuclear war if necessary. None of the European countries would have the guts to fight Russia. All of them are weaklings, and rely on the US for bravado. The US is not going to commit nuclear suicide for you. 'You can't leave a security no man's land between NATO and Russia. ' Why not ? What is your assertion based on ? Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good, it is has squandered its independence due to western machinations. Ukraine is a failed country, it will not exist as a country, it will be a wasteland between Russia and NATO. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, he fell down, and all the King's men and horses could not restore him and put him on the wall again. The same with Ukraine : it was put on a wall in a precarious position by the US, it fell down, and the US and its weak allies cannot put Ukraine back, and perch it on the wall again.
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  5006.  @callummartin4697  Yanokovich was ousted in 2014 by a US staged coup, in which Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part. Victoria Nuland organised the coup, and was in the Maidan with John McCain distributing sweets. What were they doing there ? Ukraine sold itself to the highest bidder, and Ukranian independence ended in 2014. The UKraine of 1991 is not coming back, it is a failed state. Get over it.
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  5007.  @auggieeast  You are victim of the west's delusional propaganda that Ukraine is winning
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  5008.  @James-qc9gh  Russia will decide the borders. Ukraine's borders were set by the USSR. Russia made Ukraine independent and set the borders (even giving away Russian lands). Ukraine misbehaved, so Russia will reset the borders.
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  5009.  @auggieeast  'Ukraine is winning' is the narrative of the defeated who cannot face reality. Ukraine has lost land, it is not going to get back the borders of 2014, let alone 1991. Putin has said recognition of the 4 oblasts as part of Russia is a minimum condition to stop the war. Ukraine appears to have lost 100,000 troops (Ursula von Leyen). Ukraine claimed 13,000, but no one believes them, not even the west. Ukraine has suffered $ 1 trillion worth of damage up to now - and it will keep mounting. The west can hold useless Ukraine Rebuilding conferences to enthuse the dimwitted Europeans, but the fact is Ukraine cannot be rebuilt without Russian permission. Ukraine's industrial production was in the east and that has gone. Ukraine's power grid is destroyed. Its shipping lanes are closed. Some wheat is exported from Odessa - but with Russian permission. Ukraine does not have money to run its government. It asks for daily expenses from the west. The west cannot indefinitely give alms. Ukraine has a severe demographic problem. The men are dead, and its women and children have migrated to the west and they will not go back - so it has lost a generation. Instead, Russia is winning for the following reasons. Russia can keep going with the war. The west is showing signs it does not have the ammo to continue supplying Ukraine. Russia has inflicted so much economic damage on Europe that European media says Europe is being de-industrialised. Russia has effectively ended the western global order. That is why Biden and Scholz are now talking about negotiations and diplomacy. And Ursula von Leyen is disclosing Ukraine's war dead. Russia is not asking for negotiations, the west is asking for it. How is Ukraine winning then ? It is just western propaganda and wishful thinking. You have got Ukraine destroyed with your reckless NATO expansion, and you have encouraged Ukraine to wage a proxy war which they cannot win, to assuage your false pride over Russia thwarting your designs. You feel defeated, and the more you say Ukraine is winning, without considering the facts above, the more desperate and humiliated you sound. Russia has shown it can hit hard militarily and destroy its enemies even when there are 40 against them (Russia has everything in its arsenal from drones to hypersonic missiles with nuclear war heads). Russia could even take on the west in economic warfare (currency, banking etc.) and win. Western weakness was highlighted by Finnish PM Sanna Marin. She said that no European country was strong enough to take on Russia - not UK, France or Germany (forget the rest). Europe needed US support. But dependency on the US brings its own perils - like the US using Europe to fight its wars to aid its arms industry. Russia is an awesome country. No other country - not even China - could have taken on the collective west and won. That is why you feel humiliated. The US needs to realise fighting Russia will not be like fighting Iraq or Afghanistan.
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  5010. The anchor says Russia weaponised gas. This is a self serving lie. The EU weaponised the euro by freezing Russia's euro deposits. After the EU made the euro unusable for Russia, the EU refused to pay in alternative roubles. Then it is like asking Russia to supply gas free, which Russia naturally rejects. The Europeans have shot themselves in the foot. Russia has got Europe by the scruff of the neck. However, Russian diplomacy and political manoeuvring is of a higher class than the western. They do not say they have imposed counter sanctions on the west. They say the don't have operable machinery to supply gas due to western sanctions ! The west trumpets what it is going to do, Russia keeps quiet, they just do. That is the difference. That is why Russia will prevail.
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  5011. Russian victory = Phyrric victory is sour grapes. Defeat causes burning.
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  5012. NATO and Stoltenberg have to do show biz with Zelensky to hide their debacle in Hungary.
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  5013. The western media have been telling their public and Zelensky that he is winning, so how is he to know it is not the case ?
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  5014.  @johnglover3682  She is a neocon Zionist Jew. Her husband is another neocon Zionist Jew Robert Kagan, one of the masterminds of Iraq invasion.
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  5015. Trump and Vance had to read out the reality for Zelensky - the war is lost for Ukraine. Russia has defeated the collective west. Trump gets it, you don't.
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  5016.  @bonnie7898  So now you are reduced to a three word reply ? Before you used to attempt to thread some weak arguments for Ukraine and the west. I guess I touched a raw nerve about your cowardice.
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  5017. Starmer has all options on the table - he has nothing. Only Russia has all the options on the table.
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  5018. So no more mocking of the Russians, and talks about Ukranian win.
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  5019. Why has not the west taken action against its war criminals, Blair and Bush ? If you had taken action, you would have more credibility.
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  5020. America does not want its cities incinerated by those nuclear shovels the Russians have. Get it ? Those super quiet Russian submarines are loaded with them and patrolling both US coasts 24 h.
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  5021.  @W3c16B  Russian troll - is that the best you could do after defeat ?
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  5022.  @AkselGAL  'We have more modern MBTs, better trained soldiers, can churn out drones to bloat the sky. Russia has an advantage only with nukes and this cannot be used.' So why has Russia defeated you and Trump is ready to chuck in the towel, and asks Ukraine to give up land, denies it NATO entry, and why can't you provide peacekeepers ?
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  5023.  @mindbodyinstitute2652  'Plus Europe can take advantage of worldwide manpower and brainpower like US can. Russia is limited due to funding issues.' So why has Russia defeated Europe and the US ? The US wants to abandon Ukraine, Ukraine has been told to cede land, and that it cannot join NATO ? The existence of NATO is in doubt.
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  5024.  @Cloud-dq1mr  Russia has defeated the collective west because it has a superior arsenal. You cannot even make 150 mm shells. Besides, Russia has hardy courageous soldiers. Yours are cowardly.
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  5025.  @halilkunge9295  'Russia's "incredible arsenal" is being dismantled in Ukraine.' If so, why is the US asking Ukraine to cede land and accept it cannot be in NATO ?
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  5026.  @Ko90567  If it was not for Russia's incredible arsenal, NATO would have sent troops to Ukraine. But it knows that the Russians will kill them on a scale it has never faced. Get it, numskull ?
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  5027.  @mindbodyinstitute2652  'If NATO had to win and committed to doing so Russia stands zero chance'. You are giving theoretical estimates of NATO strengths and claiming superiority over Russia in every which way : population, economic size, technology, combined military assets. However, one has to go by battlefield performance. The fact is Russia has destroyed all vaunted western weapons : HIMARS, Leopards, Challengers, Abrams, Storm Shadows, Patriots. The west does not have 155 mm shells. Russia blunted the NATO led Ukrainian 2023 counter offensive, and has attacked and taken most of Donbass. The Russian soldier is hardy and determined, and they are patriotic. The fact is the US now wants a ceasefire and negotiations. Why not continue if you have superior arms and economy ? The US has said Ukraine must accept it cannot regain 2014 borders let alone 1991; Ukraine cannot be in NATO and the US will not supply peace keeping troops. Europe is in a bind on the peace keeping formula. Russia will not agree to EU troops. Russia has therefore won. NATO (despite its strength on paper) is incapable of winning a war. We saw that in Afghanistan. Against Russia, it has no chance - as the outcome in Ukraine proves.
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  5028. Another harebrained scheme. Sometime back Putin quoted US conservative economist Milton Friedmann. If the price of tomatoes is $ 2/kg and the government decided it should be $1.5/kg, then the next day there will be a shortage of tomatoes. What is on the market will be > $ 2/kg, as people vie to pay any price to buy the available tomatoes. The same will apply energy. To think a Russian President would remind US capitalists of Friedmann is the greatest irony. The west has lost the plot, it has lost the economic war and is looking to save face, nothing more.
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  5029. 'Democracies have a duty to Ukraine.' US democracy arranged a coup that overthrew the elected govt. in Ukraine by inciting mob violence. Is that a democratic duty ? What are you talking about ?
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  5030. Not all, it is fake news.
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  5031.  @ROCKHITS572  Your 100 year love for Ukraine is pointless as it will not exist.
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  5032. You will regret supporting Ukraine when Russia has defeated you !
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  5033. 'I think the cartoon truly depicts Indian people mindset they are happy with what they have and what they are and they love their Flag..whatever happens.... If so, why are Indians migrating legally and illegally (and creating problems elsewhere) ? You are seeking false consolation.
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  5034. China and Russia and the non-west are winners. The west is the loser. Russia has ended the western 'international rules based order' for good.
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  5035.  @jamesferguson2353  Glad you know I know a lot.
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  5036. A strong America has created trouble all over world, invading Latin American countries, Afghanistan, Iraq and killing millions. For the last 20 years, strong America and its followers vilified Muslims and said they were threat to the west. So they spent the last 20 years fighting Muslims. Now, the dreaded Muslims beat America, and suddenly the west says it is Russia and China that are going to challenge the west on a greater scale. That is of course the case - and was always the case. So is the west now admitting that Muslims are not THE threat anymore and the west was fooling around fighting windmills ? Russia and China are heavyweights who can punch America in the face. Muslims were featherweights but they fought America till it could not afford it. America is a cowardly nation that has fought small, weaker nations. Perhaps a strong Russia and China are the best to neutralise America.
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  5037. Ledwidge is now being a bit more realistic compared with his pompous assertion of Russian incompetence and certainty of western led Ukrainian victory in 2023. After getting the F16s to protect Ukraine, they will have to work to protect the F16s !
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  5038. Russia should return Ukraine to an agricultural land, like it was before Ukraine was transformed by the Soviet Union. Western Ukraine has been a hotbed of Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. Ukraine is irresponsible as it has been willing to become an anti-Russian proxy for the US. It has destabilsed the whole of Europe. Russia has taken the right steps. It has taken the industrial land and some of the agricultural land. It should take Odessa. Leave the rest to live on EU aid.
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  5039. Less tax, but more money for Ukraine. Where does that come from ?
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  5040. What a reasonable and well spoken Nazi lady. Go ahead with DEXIT. Trump, Starmer - and Putin - will endorse it. The idea that the small countries of Europe will be competing against each other making the same things at competitive prices runs against the notion of economies of scale. Airbus involves collective European effort. Not only for gas, but even for nuclear, Russia will be needed. The problem with this lady is what was not asked about her record of inflammatory statements against Muslims. It goes well beyond wanting border control. She has made statements and incited hate like a Nazi. Does she advocate gas chambers ? Scratch a German and you will find a Nazi. The interviewer did not scratch her deeply enough. She should have been asked about Germany's unqualified support for Israel. The reason Germany and Europe are flooded with refugees is the wars the Europeans have joined in with the Americans - Afghanistan, Libya, Palestine, Ukraine.... Europe is not going to be a player in the world. The Europeans will be clinging to their notions of white supremacy, but Nazism is not a solution. The Europeans are too divided, they are a pawn of the US. The future will be BRICS, Russia, China, India, US. The Europeans will come under the rest of the world.
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  5041. The speaker gives a sly attempt to glorify about French capability - especially against Russia. There is no mention of France's brutality and extractive mentality - only statements about its capability of going in hard, and Russia being no match. The Russian musicians were able to make the French give up in Mali and Burkina. It will be the same in Niger. If the French go for hard war, the African continent will swing behind Russia. They see the French and the west as rank trouble makers, extracting wealth, and creating insurgent groups for overthrowing governments that oppose their extraction of wealth. It was clear from The Africa-Russia summit that the Africans look up to Russia (and China) for business. Several leaders said so. It is curtains for the west. The west's style of business is extraction of wealth through implanted governments. They do not know any other way of business. Incidentally, the west is operating the same model in Ukraine. The Africans have realised, the Ukranians do not have sufficient IQ that they are a proxy. Putin as ended the western world order, but it has not sunk in to the west.
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  5042. Trump has failed' to subdue Ukraine ? Yes, so he is giving Russia a free hand to finish Ukraine. 'he is pushing Putin into EU war' No one Europe has the stomach or courage to fight Russia. Chicken cannot fight a bear.
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  5043. It is like the west was saying Russia was shelling the nuclear plant under their control in Ukraine. It was obviously done by Ukrainains at the direction of the US. The US is prepared for any level of environmental destruction, such is their malice against Russia. The US is fighting for its survival as Russia and China have launched an attack on the dollar. They will do anything.
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  5044.  @georgebatearung3823  NATO is already defeated. It is unwilling to go to the battlefield.
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  5045.  Robert Beck  strongest military ever to exist the United States of America...? Oh yeah, these are the cowards that ran away from Taliban without telling their NATO allies. Shameless cowards ! And you think you can fight Russia ? Putin invited you to come to battlefield if you think you can defeat Russia. I heard silence.
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  5046.  @truthseeker6116  '87 thousand civilians were murdered in Mariuople...' What is your source or veracity ? Ukraine ? Ukraine should have surrendered Mariopol, but it is the HQ of its Ukro Nazis, the Azov batallion, so they tried to hold on. 'Even as we speak they are concreting over the basement of the Theatre where all the children were murdered, maybe 600 hundred of them, even though it had ' Children ' written outside the theatre grounds.' Amnesty said that Ukraine has been placing military units adjacent to civilian housing. 'Instead of trying to justify and glorify Russia and its War why don't you try and think about Russia's descent into evil and how the Russian people are going to stop Putin before it's too late?' Instead of vilifying Russia, remember Putin only asked for a security guarantee and treaty. That would have averted the war. You can explain why the US refused the security guarantee You can explain why NATO prefers to pump Ukraine with arms in a war it cannot win. Only Turkey from NATO has used its position to try and mediate a peace settlement. Hence, don't fund the war and cry crocodile tears for Ukranians.
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  5047.  @truthseeker6116  'Nato did not promise anything to the Soviet Union.' Yes, now the western excuse is when James Baker said that NATO would not expand 'an inch to the east', it was only verbal, it was not written. That approach is against the spirit of detente that Gorbachov started. Hence Putin said in Dec. 2022, 'I want a security treaty in writing'. The US declined, so he said Russia will start a technical-military operation. He gave warning, and followed his word. The difference between the west and Russia is Russia keeps its word. 'Russia has been defeated, watch the next couple of months Russia will collapse both militarily and economically' The fact is Russia has already won - Ukraine will not be joining NATO, the US will not get missile and naval bases, Russia has strangled the Ukrainian economy by blockading its coast, it has taken 20% of Ukraine that gives 90% of the GDP, the rest of Ukraine will be landlocked and Russia will not allow reconstruction till Ukraine negotiates. 'Russia will collapse both militarily and economically'. You said that after month one. Rouble will be rubble. But rouble is the strongest currency. The euro and pound have gone down 20%. So don't repeat the brainwashed and wishful thinking of politicians, like an unintelligent oaf. It is Europe that is going to reel in the winter. Russians will be warm. You will return to a primitive life style burning coal and wood if you can find it. Aluminium factories are closed in Germany. You face unsupportable living costs, and I read people are coming out on strikes.
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  5048.  @truthseeker6116  If I am a Russian bot, why are you replying ? You do not even have the intelligence to refute a Russian bot. I agree that the Russians did not get it down in writing not to expand NATO. That loophole allowed the west to be duplicitous. If Warsaw Pact was disbanded, NATO should have been disbanded as well. You want your cake and eat it. That is not going to work. Russia has always protested the expansion of NATO. The first President Yeltsin objected; he was told the west gave a commitment to the Soviet Union, you are Russia. Yeltsin was furious, he said 'The Soviet Union is gone, but you watch, Russia will be back'. Indeed Russia is back. It has rebuilt its economy, it built hypersonic missiles on the quiet while the US was engaged in war on small Muslim countries. It has checked US plans for bases in the Ukraine, it has withstood sanctions, and it is strangling not only Ukraine's economy, it is squeezing Europe's economy, and most importantly, it is accelerating the use of non-dollar currencies for trade. Russia is back indeed with a bang, it has shown it does not flinch in the face of 30 jackals + 1 superpower. There is no one one in Europe, singly or collectively, as strong as Russia. When Lithuania hiding behind US sanctions tried a blockade of Kaliningrad, Russia threatened to annul Lithuania's independence. Within 2 weeks, the EU and NATO quietly rescued Lithuania from a beating. Now, you know the power of Russia ?
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  5049. @VladLen And I like the Soviet/Russian anthem. Ever since hearing it in the Olympics, I loved Russia.
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  5050.  @giorgismaximos8662  'The supplier of the weapons is not responsible for their use'. What would you do if they got the Houthis or someone to sink say a British or American ship ? The supplier of the weapon is not responsible.
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  5051. Putin is serious and focussed, he only did it because the US threatened to put missile and naval bases in Ukraine.
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  5052. This is a typical western interpretation to cover western own loss of face. Putin is admired outside the west. He took on the west so unflinchingly, and the west is unable to fight him directly. The speaker says that Russia took parts of Ukraine no one wants. It is the industrial heartland. They control the shipping lanes, so Ukraine's agricultural exports are also finished. The west is also damaged not only due to the energy squeeze. Russia has undertaken steps to trigger a non-dollar trade system. That is targeting the whole American controlled financial system. Russia + China combination is too strong for the west. They have sufficient economic strength backed with military power.
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  5053. Another vain 'game changer'. We have seen many. Switch blade drones. Ukraine gets the launchers but there is a shortage of rockets as their consumption will be too high. Russia can fire many missiles and drones and force Ukraine to expend its stock and the US cannot replace them quickly enough.
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  5054. 'and their war machine is faltering.?' The Russians are on the move and there is panic all around. Like the Red Army on the move to Hitler's den.
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  5055. Putin starts 2025 in a weak position ? Who is asking for negotiations to freeze the conflict ? The side that has run out of weapons and manpower. That side is in the weak position. The side that is weak indulges in propaganda - that is you. Russia has stated their entry terms for negotiations : Ukraine has to surrender all of Donbass and it cannot join NATO. Otherwise, Russia is in a position to take more than Donbass by force. In 2023, Putin had said that Russia is not going to negotiate just because you ran out of weapons.
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  5056. Lithuanians believe they are living with the backing of a superpower. In fact, Lithuanians now feel they themselves have become a superpower.
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  5057. How is this possible ? Ukraine needs a surge of additional military assistance and we know the US does not have the equipment. How are they going to surge for Israel.
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  5058.  @mohammk04  Zelensky can go to Gaza, the Palestinians can teach him better how to do a breaching operation.
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  5059. Russia ran out of missiles in April 2022. It is resorting to air shovels and chips from washing machines.
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  5060. Ukraine's mobilization efforts are not trawling many recruits. New weapons, but no one to operate them. When are the French, Poles, Germans, British, Swedes, Finns, Baltics sending soldiers to fill the manpower gap ?
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  5061.  @claus-not-santa  Because these countries incited Ukraine to go to war and are its cheerleaders, and one of them blocked peace negotiations in Turkey and urged the Ukrainians to continue fighting. The Ukranians did what they were told, the Russians killed off their soldiers, so these countries now owe it to Ukraine to send troops. Of course I don't expect these countries to do the honourable thing and send troops because they are cowards. The thought of the Russians killing them on an industrial scale makes them weak at the knees. Or else Ukraine should save itself by negotiating independently with Russia without NATO.
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  5062. The west cannot change the ground reality. Russia is powerful and anyone who threatens them will get a severe beating. Russia will crush the Ukro Nazis like the Red Army crushed the German Nazis.
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  5063.  @rogerbouchard7135  NATO could not make headway against Taliban for 20 years. That is, fighters with RPGs mounted on Toyota pickups. I remember how NATO exited in panic from Kabul only 18 months ago. You think such coward types will be able to fight against Russia and face its thermobaric weapons and hypersonic missiles like Kinzhal ? If NATO was so confident, Poland, Lithuania and all the other weaklings in Europe would not be trembling in fear. Even Finland and Sweden are quivering. There is only one superpower in the European continent, and everyone including you know who that is.
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  5064.  @rogerbouchard7135  For Russia, Ukraine is not a lost cause like Afghanistan, and they now are gaining the upper hand. Ukraine has to accept the conditions and terms Russia has stated : no NATO and EU entry. Otherwise, no peace or reconstruction will be allowed, no matter what help the west gives. Russia is gaining the upper hand, and Ukranians despite their bluster about victory, also know they can not only not recover the land before 2014, they will not be able to get what is lost now, and if they continue, they will lose more.
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  5065. There will be no 'All-out-war with Russia in-sight'. Such statements are proof that the British feel the collective west is defeated by Russia in Ukraine. The British are just venting their frustration. How is Britain going to fight an all out war with Russia ? A single Sarmat hypersonic missile can take out all of Britain. The US is not going to step in save Britain, just as it refused to help in the 1956 Suez crisis when the Soviet Union sent a letter to Britain asking it to withdraw or face a nuclear attack.
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  5066. The US has no credibility talking piously about war crimes. It should prosecute Bush and Blair for the invasion of Iraq.
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  5067.  Toiletlessrendia  But all the puny nations of Europe are scared of Russia - Finland and Sweden for example. Russia has not even cast an eye on them, and they are quivering.
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  5068. The US will negotiate with Russia without Ukraine and the EU. As a vassal, Ukraine has to obey the US.
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  5069. Britain is not on the brink of war. It is just posturing to seek attention. Britain cannot fight Russia, with or without America. Britain is irrelevant.
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  5070.  @andybassman104  Explain which are lies, starting with the US sponsored Ukrainian coup in which Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowd. Merkel is on record saying Minsk agreements were for buying time to arm Ukraine. All factually correct.
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  5071. Actually, Russia has given NATO a poke in the eye and exposed it is a paper tiger. If Russia has twice more land than when it started, then it is winning, contrary all western and Ukranian pretences Ukraine is winning. There is no way Russia will give up what it took back, and there is no way Ukraine can get back the recently lost land, let alone earlier losses. Ukraine risks losing more unless it negotiates and signs up on neutrality. Russia has all the good cards, it decides when to accept a ceasefire, it will decide when Ukraine can be rebuilt. Ukraine has no option but to agree for neutrality.
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  5072. It is not for Ukraine to decide its future. Ukraine will accept whatever the US tells it to do it. But they are right - Kallas is indeed delusional if she make Ukraine win the war when the US has given up.
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  5073. And Sean Bell who informed us the Russians are fighting in Bakhmut with shovels.
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  5074. See how the British and French climbed down when Russia started preparing tactical nuclear weapons ! The British ambassador was called in, the British press is not reporting it, but the Russian press reported was told. Cameron immediately pulled down his tweet about letting Ukraine hit Russia with British missiles ! The French sent an official to attend Sir Vladimir's inauguration ! The British and French think they it was strategic ambiguity. But Russia does not practise strategic ambiguity, it tells what it will do and carries it out. Russia started the preparations for a nuclear strike on Ukraine, Britain and France. The US kept quiet, they do not want to be incinerated.
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  5075. If a Swede burnt a Quran with Swedish police protection, then that is the last straw. Turkey will not allow these duplicitous European countries into NATO. Putin in contrast said some years back he would not allow attacks against Quran, blasphemous cartoons etc. in Russia. That is the difference between Russia and these opportunistic and hypocritical western countries that claim moral sanctity.
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  5076. Why should not China support Russia ? After all, the US has threatened both and publicly says both are enemies.
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  5077. The CNN has been an arm of the western media peddling fake and illusory stories about Ukranian victory and NATO prowess. It made out the Russians are incompetent, they have low morale and they have stone age weapons. Now, at last on CNN, you have someone say that Ukraine cannot win. Independent analysts had stated and explained long ago why Ukraine and NATO will be defeated. Russia has played its game like a chess grandmaster and NATO looks like amateurs. In Vilnius, the US vetoed Ukraine from joining NATO, which was acceding to the Russian demand. Therefore, the Russians have won. The US did not have the courage to say Ukraine is joining NATO now, and the US is ready to send troops to drive Russia out.
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  5078. Petro is still boasting. Russia should partition Ukraine, make it landlocked and prevent reconstruction till Ukraine disarms and gets rid of their Nazis. Till then, city after city should be destroyed till Petro type of Ukrainians shut up.
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  5079. Now EU should realise that Russia is not only taking Donbass, but it will not allow reconstruction of the remainder of Ukraine till it signs a neutrality agreement and distances itself from NATO. Ukraine has over played its hand with Russophobia hiding behind NATO. There will be more Ukranian strategic retreats in future.
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  5080. It is a shrewd move to give Russia the option to settle the dispute with a tactical nuclear weapon, like the US did to force surrender of Japan. Of course, they will not say it, they will keep everyone guessing.
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  5081.  @bogdanbaudis4099  The heard the cost of LNG versus piped gas in a debate on France 24h, between a Qatari energy expert and a European - they said 7-10%. It is expected because the gas has to be compressed, cooled and liquified, then sent in ships, and then unloaded and stored. US having lots of shale gas is not relevant. That has to be cooled and compressed and sent by ship, that is where the cost is. The EU can get an alternative supply through LNG - but it will always be at a very much higher price, which automatically means lower standard of living for the public, as your disposable income has to pay for higher fuel costs, and the cost of Industrial production goes up, so EU goods become even more uncompetitive (high labour cost + high operating cost). EU and NATO countries are paying for the reckless NATO expansion which was the result of US policy to benefit its arms industry. It is not for you to decide whether you can take Russia's money to pay Ukraine. The frozen assets are about 300 billion. The cost of reconstruction as of now is 600 billion according to Zelensky. It will become 1 trillion after another few months. Russia can just destroy more of Ukraine and you can keep dreaming the frozen assets will be used to pay Ukraine. You can do that to Afghanistan. But Russia will tear Ukraine in one way or another. No one can dictate to Russia. That should be clear by now. They checked NATO expansion in no uncertain terms. Ukraine is never going to be in NATO.
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  5082. Wes Clark - we built international rules based order over 80 years. Oh yeah ? You invaded Iraq on false pretexts, you waged war on Afghanistan, and you go out of your way to back Israel. Russia has ended your hypocritical 'rules based order' and most of the world congratulates Russia for defeating the collective west.
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  5083. The west has become irrelevant, especially Europe. Russia + China form a strong economic and military combination which will overpower the US and its lackeys.
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  5084. She asks 'What happens when US abandons Ukraine, what will NATO do ?' He does not answer the question except to say NATO will stand with Ukraine as long as it takes - but the main component of NATO bails out ! Stoltenberg is another European vassal and numskull. It is clear that Russia has divided and disoriented NATO. The US wants to bail out. Trump openly says. Harris will do it discreetly; she will get rid of Blinken and Sullivan and have a new cast that endorses handing over project Ukraine to the EU. The EU does not know what to do. It is a collection of headless chickens and barking chichuas. The Brits will play their customary one upmanship over the EU. None of the Europeans will be able to fight Russia without the US. The Russians will not negotiate. They don't trust any in the west.
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  5085. Don't know how they become professors.
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  5086. The Azov batallion consists of Ukro Nazis. Russia has a zero tolerance policy for Nazis. Nazis are normally executed; in the military, it would be by firing squad. Why would Russia waste expensive missiles on such scum when 50 bullets are cheaper for the job ? Only Ukranians would use missiles.
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  5087.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  The normal procedure for eliminating Nazis is firing squad. No one would know. You don't hit them with a missile, it is much cheaper with 50 bullets.
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  5088. Putin would have been perfectly reasonable if the US had assured Russia's security by saying US missile will never be placed on Ukranian territory to threaten Russia. The US was unwilling to give that assurance. If you have to ask why the US was not reasonable ? But the arrogant westerner like you believes you are innocent and only Russia is irrational. Russia had to take actions to decapitate Ukraine and break it up, to forestall the possibility that the US would put missiles in Ukraine. Now the Ukranians - and the west - understand if the west dares put missiles in Ukraine, Russia is ready for nuclear war. Make no mistake on that.
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  5089.  @jeremytine  The time will come when Russian will have to attack NATO. It knows no one wants to die for inconsequential Lithuania.
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  5090.  @runrau9275  What is a positive response for you ? Russia should surrender to NATO ? Won't happen.
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  5091.  @lioraselby5328  Polish, Estonians, Latvians do have a death wish. But they cannot win. The Finns will thank Turkey and be glad to stay out of it.
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  5092.  @lexluong8155  Kissinger did say that the US would not contemplate for one moment getting into a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany or any European country. But they will egg on Lithuania and Ukraine. All the Eastern European countries are foolish and think militant Russophobia will bring benefits from the US. They finally lose their country and then find the US is not going to die to liberate them.
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  5093.  @bigg2988  Well, the Ukranians and all the EU thought it was bluff when Russia said it will take military technical action if NATO did not guarantee Russia's security and keep Ukraine neutral. But you know the reality : Putin declares what he will do, and he does it. Once the Russians decide to fight, they fight very hard and do not back down. If your false pride and arrogance did not get in the way, you would have agreed to give the security guarantee, and Ukraine will be free today, and not beaten to pulp. Who told you about "missiles that can destroy the area of Britain, etc." have been called as bluff ? I am referring to the Sarmat missiles. Would you like to invite Russia and ask them to test it for you ? If it is bluff, why did NATO not put a 'no fly zone' ? Why is Biden saying his howitzers will not have the range to hit Russia ? Even after Ukraine is beaten to pulp, and the EU economy is ravaged with more to come, you think it is bluff ? People are coming out on the streets in Europe to protest rising prices. Are they also bluffing ?
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  5094.  @lioraselby5328  You will see how NATO countries will back away and ask Lithuania to cede territory - like they are saying to Ukraine. NATO is an alliance of a power who lives across the sea who does not want to die, and 30 other weak and hopeless states who indulge in one-upmanship over the other.
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  5095.  @theodore4976  Americans are withdrawing from NATO and then we shall see how you will smash Russia.
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  5096. 'Putin is usually much more bark than bite, but the West usually yields to his threats.' Ukraine has been bitten and if you don't take heed, the bear will bite you also !
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  5097. What is Trump's explanation ? Blame non-whites ?
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  5098.  Faiez Cader  If I recall that Indian channel Republic TV is an unpleasant with an unbelievably partisan anchor who is in a permanent rage, he shouts at all. In the Russo-Ukraine war, he was shouting against America, but I got the impression due to anger of American criticism of attacks on minorities in India. I don't take Indian channels seriously. Some like Crux and HT have spotted a business opportunity in producing analysis of the Russo-Ukro war. They propgandise for both. They have an audience in the west and make money that way.
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  5099.  @duncanmckechnie4468  Russia/China would not struggle against US/European brains /technology and wealth. Why do you think Biden and west are trying to oppose them ? Russia and China certainly can match US military might (Europe does not count for anything), and Russia and China are working to create a non-dollar trade system for energy and commodities like metals and grain. It is the end of western domination.
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  5100. According to the Ukrainians, Russians are shelling the power plant they are occupying. Earlier, they said Russia struck a POW camp holding the Azov Ukro Nazis, with a missile. It would have been easier for the Russians to shoot them with a bullet if they wanted.
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  5101. Ukraine in the EU and NATO now ? Both Ukraine and NATO will not exist. Putin is achieving that.
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  5102. It was a lame joke, it shows how pathetic and spiteful G7 is. They are mocking Putin for being macho - because they wish they could be macho themselves and defeat him.
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  5103. Seeing Russia fail to keep their troops supplied .... you have been brainwashed. Russia has taken 20% of UKraine, they do not allow Ukraine to use the sea and they have destroyed a lot of Ukraine without supplies. Extraordinary achievement.
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  5104.  @hurryhussar  And still Slava Ukraine brigade thinks Ukraine is winning.
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  5105. How will Vladimir Putin respond to Ukraine's invasion? Well massive air strikes are on just now. Shock and awe therapy. They ain't seen nothin yet.
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  5106. Sir Putin did say there are only 4 nations that are truly sovereign : Russia, US, China and India. The rest can only be partially sovereign and they serve others' interests to survive. The European countries are now vassal states of the US, although they are euphemistically called 'allies' and 'partners'. They have US protection, in lieu of which they have to surrender an independent foreign policy. Thus, if the US orders the vassal nations to go and fight in Afghanistan or contribute to invading Iraq, they have to. In contrast, the US cannot think of asking China, Russia and India to send troops for their wars as they can with their allies, aka vassals. When Austrian TV interviewed the Indian foreign minister and asked him if Russia was India's ally, the foreign minister was taken aback, he replied 'we do not consider relations in those terms'. That reply is unthinkable for a European. India associates with whoever and does not act as part of a collective like NATO to serve someone else's agenda. That would be incomprehensible to an European mind. The whole system of alliances creates enmity and war and Europe has always had this problem.
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  5107. Always, the western media has to end the gloomy news with a hopeful outlook - western rifles have arrived, and so Ukranians are planning to take Kherson.
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  5108. Your man Piers got shafted by Hijab in royal style. Piers meekly pleaded he was not stuttering ! That is how pathetic he was. Piers attempted to smear Hijab at the opening by announcing he was controversial. Hijab went after his throat straight away. Piers talks as if the war started on 7 October. It started in 1917 with the Balfour Declaration. Hijab nailed western duplicity in no uncertain way. And you are smarting from it. Hijab is a real British bull dog with Oxford vocabulary. No one will be match for him - BBC, Sky etc.
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  5109. The west threw Ukraine into a war for NATO expansion. When Ukraine is defeated, you will wash yourself hands of them and move on (like Afghanistan and Iraq). And your type will sit safely abroad and thank Ukranians for being brave.
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  5110. All the European hyena know they will be clawed and eaten by the bear ! No one will step up. You should not have poked the bear with NATO expansion. The Americans wanted NATO expansion, they have washed their hands of it, and say it is Europe's problem.
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  5111. Lot of pompous hot air. NATO style.
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  5112. 'Western media talks more about India , just makes me proud because that means we are on right track ...' You have a perverse pride masking a massive inferiority complex.
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  5113. The Israelis are demoralised. They are fighting an unwinnable war and they are confused.
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  5114.  @kierenmoore3236  '3 Day Invasion over yet' This was never stated as an objective by the Russians. This was mentioned casually by US Gen. Milley. The objectives were stated by the Russians : Ukraine returns to neutral country with a limited army, and denazification. The Russians have not budged on that, and they are winning, so they will enforce this.
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  5115. Unfortunately Australian boys will be even more useless than the British boys. No one can fight Russia and win (except Afghans). Russia has proved that it is not bowed by 50 nations + US in military warfare or economic warfare. Russia has ended the western world order for good, and the world admires them. Australia is an outpost of British colonialism and both are 'once upon a time countries' with little relevance in geopolitics compared with Russia and China.
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  5116. Poland is the barking dog of the US, if it continues, it too will be Ukrained. He says Poland and Ukraine were one country. Has he forgotten Ukrainian Banderites kill 100,000 Poles during WW 2 ?
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  5117. Has Gordon Brown prosecuted Blair yet ? Then he will have more credibility. Desmond Tutu said the ICC is used to only prosecute 3rd world criminals, he will believe them when they prosecute Blair and Bush. Western leaders talk just like NATO - all mouth and no trousers.
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  5118.  @ezcleaning3083  Yes, I cast my vote.😊
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  5119. Macron's legion has been reassigned to save Odessa, they are in training mode now.
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  5120. Modi is another fascist type responsible for massacres, he was denied entry into the EU and US once, nobody would want him in the middle.
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  5121. Britain is responsible for giving away Palestine to the Jews and creating this conflict. As George Galloway asked what right did Britain have to give way someone's and to someone else ? Why did not Britain give away a couple of counties to the Jews ? Why is Britain so eager to shield Israel ? Let the Yemenis and others deal with their conflict. But the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was created by Britain, so it has a responsibility to help sort out the problem it created. Get it ?
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  5122. Ukraine's goose is cooked. The war is lost for the west. Now all they can say is Ukraine inflicted casualties.
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  5123.  @tanksmakau7672  It is a very witty comment.
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  5124. Has Estonia agreed to cede land .....
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  5125. Russia should destroy all the airports so he cannot return.
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  5126.  @MrJustin259  'If mer1ca was concerned about reducing emissions...' It is not concerned about emissions. It is concerned about enslaving Europe. It did not want European economies to integrate with Russia - because that would lead to a gigantic Euro Asian economy of EU, Russia, Central Asia, India and China which would leave out America. Hence, America has gone out of its way to disrupt Europe. The Europeans are the only ones whose govts. and public identify with America. Their belief in shared values with America is so strong that they willingly consent to be vassal states. They are even willing to commit economic suicide for America. The Europeans lack independent thinking. In other parts of the world, America's actions generates enmity towards America.
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  5127.  @gohkianhui3997  I heard Poland is New Europe. Donald Rumsfeld said so years back.
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  5128. British intelligence said the Russians have no ammo, they are fighting with shovels.
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  5129. If western nations are doing the same, it is not surprising Russia is mapping the targets of its enemies.
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  5130. Russia does not want their land, they wanted them to be neutral (stay out of NATO) as promised in Ukraine's independence declaration (a condition for independence). Ukraine thought it could take US help to beat Russia. It did not work out. Ukraine and NATO got defeated and loss of land is the price for waging war on Russia.
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  5131.  @maxwells2602  It is a democracy ? They overthrew an elected govt. 2014 with Ukro Nazis and US support.
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  5132. There are two possibilities : The US says Ukraine fired the missile and that is correct ! If Ukraine did it and killed Poles, people should have cut off aid to Ukraine especially since Poles took in so much of these back stabbing Ukrainians. The second possibility is Russia did it to test NATO, but the US was unwilling to say so, to avoid getting into a fight which will lead to US soldiers getting killed. The Europeans cannot contest whatever the US decides.
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  5133. Even if an act of war, what is Britain going to do ? Nothing. The coalition of the willing was supposed to save Ukraine, they will have to save Britain first.
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  5134. These European jokers are helpless against mighty Russia. What can < 100 tanks of different builds do against Russia which has 15,000 tanks ? It will be too little, too late. It will be like the Himars. The west Ukraine will march to Crimea. Now Himars are not in the news. The western leaders are forced into showbiz for their domestic audience. They sold them the narrative that the west could defeat Russia through Ukraine. Now they have to face the reality Ukraine cannot do that.
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  5135. Ukraine never had any options. He was a puppet of the US and UK and EU. The west spun false hopes of Ukraine defeating Russia.
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  5136. An important sin was not mentioned - Netanyahu conspired with a Trump team's official, Waltz, to undermine Trump. Waltz was fired.
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  5137. Actually France has had problems in the past with nuclear power - in summers due to global warming ! The plants are placed along the rivers like the Loire, where they draw cooling water. As summers have got hotter, in some years the water temperature has gone up so much that it did not have enough cooling capacity; nuclear reactors had to be shut down for periods during summer. France ruthlessly exploits countries like the Niger for the uranium. Also, Russia supplies 40% of the nuclear supply chain. You cannot leave out Russia if you run nuclear power !
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  5138. 'US nukes in UK will PARALYSE Russian President' Ha, ha, ha, ha.... A single Sarmat hypersonic missile can take out an area the size of Britain in the blink of an eye. The west does not have a hypersonic missile. The world has become an unsafe place because of western wars in ME, against Russia, and threats to China.
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  5139. You said NATO would not move one inch to the east, but you moved. So by the same token, Russia feels it conceded an inch and you took a mile. So it decided to put an end to your mischief. Don't put on pious airs, scumbag.
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  5140.  @cliveengel5744  You were giving Ukraining refugees homes, why don't you take another 2 million ?
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  5141. The blame game has started. The Daily Telegraph, an anti Russian publication, reported that Germany has said that the Ukrainian counter offensive did not take off because the Ukrainians are ignoring NATO training and not doing it as per NATO guidelines ! That will be the exit ramp. Ukraine failed because of Ukraine being ungrateful and ignoring our advice, and not because of our weapons.
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  5142. Russia is awesome. Ukraine's counter offensive was crippled even before it could start - despite all the NATO training and NATO standard equipment.
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  5143.  @emm_arr  Why should they not yak about you bursting German dams ? Can you write a counter ?
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  5144. The west has been saying Russia has no technology to harm them. No semi conductors. The British said the Russians only have shovels to fight with. Then what is the fear ? Seems fabricated charges.
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  5145. Th western media said 5 months ago that Russia ran out of missiles and artillery and soldiers long ago. Then they say Ukraine is shooting down 95% missiles. Then why is Kharkhov left without power, heating and water ? It is time for the west to admit NATO expansion was a folly, NATO cannot save Ukraine, it is better to tell Ukraine to surrender and negotiate and get whatever it can, rather than push them to be massacred to save western pride. Ukraine has to cede land, demilitarise and deNazify. The alternative is to be converted to a wasteland with massacre of Ukranians.
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  5146. Another strategic retreat is needed. The Ukro Nazis have vanished. The poor civilians can be sent to Poland where they can get EU status and NATO protection.
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  5147. In 2022, the same western jokers were saying Russia had untrained manpower that did not want to fight, that they had run out of missiles and electronic components, that the rouble will be rubble due to their sanctions, and the Russians were taking horrendous casualties unlike the Ukranians.... yet, here we are, Trump knows it is lost of the west, he wants to cut and run as he has no hangup, it was not a war he created. As for the value of British intelligence that the man claims, they are the ones who have been making the assertions above. British intelligence said that Russian soldiers were reduced to fight in Bakhmut with shovels. Hence, the comment on Russian casualties that is a standard add-on said when having to admit Ukraine is losing a city, has to be disbelieved. The west is trapped in its lies - the US wanted NATO expansion, the EU went along, they thought they could defeat Russia through sanctions and proxy warfare, but it has failed.
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  5148. On the China border, I can bet there were no Gujarati Hindus.
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  5149. Yes that American neocon Jew Nuland organised a coup in which Ukro Nazis came to power, and created the war. That is the American contribution. But Russia has stuffed you, and forced you to abandon Ukraine. Get it ?
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  5150.  @davidw460  US shock and awe in Iraq was not called a war crime. Fire bombing of Hamburg and Dresden was not charged as a war crime; nor Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In those 40,000 were killed in each city. Only 19 were killed here. So why is this particularly a war crime ?
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  5151. Churchill was a useful idiot for Stalin. Churchill went to see Stalin in Moscow and gave him an award.
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  5152. Why is one fellow sporting a US flag ?
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  5153.  @Djamonja  Zelensky said Ukraine's casualties are 30,000 in total. So why do they say Ukraine has shortage of soldiers ? Russia fires 10 shells for every Ukrainian one, so who is going to have higher casualties, numskull ?
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  5154. It is a dangerous game the US has initiated. Russia can keep quiet and do the same to the new Norway- Poland gas pipeline. Europe is in trouble due to their starry eyed linkage with the ruthless and cynical US.
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  5155.  @khmer31  The best now is for the west to stop pumping Ukraine with arms as that will prolong the conflict, and at best lead to a stalemate which would not allow Ukraine to rebuild. It is time for the west to stop indulging Zelensky and ask Ukranians to surrender or negotiate that best deal possible. It is now clear even for the comedian and his supporters in NATO that Ukraine cannot enter NATO or EU. Zelensky himself admits it. Therefore the right thing is to negotiate a ceasefire, sign an agreement that Ukraine will not host US missiles, and that it will curb Russophbic neo Nazi groups like the Azov battalion. In exchange, it can ask for other kinds of sovereignty, and help in reconstruction.
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  5156.  @khmer31  Indeed your thinking is shallow, because there is no content in your writing apart from wishful thinking. That is why you start with 'I am from a former communist country.' So what ? NATO in Ukraine would be a security threat to Russia. Russia warned against it, so NATO and Ukraine cannot say they did not know. Russia is a country with a historical memory of World War 2 where it lost 20 million; they have the memory of the French invasion under Napoleon. Under no circumstances will it allow NATO to move into Ukraine. Most Russian people understand that - it is a matter of life and death for them. If they don't stop NATO today in Ukraine, they will have to fight a nuclear war. Russian people understand that and they will tighten their belt. They have food security (they produce 25% of the world's wheat); water security; energy security; the defensive weapons). Which country has all these ? None in Europe. Russia's economy does not require international trade. Besides the bulk of the world is not going to boycott them - China, India, Arabs, Africans and Latin Americans are not going to oblige the west. If you look at it objectively, Ukraine will end up is a destroyed country that no one can rebuild, with a good proportion of its population ending up as refugees. Putin had warned the Ukranians they will be in a permanently disturbed configuration if they go for militant Russophobia and imagining they can defeat Russia with NATO help. NATO help cannot change that.
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  5157. Estonia is another country always showing off its Russophobia as if it is an assertion of virility. You would not last one day without US support.
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  5158.  @landslordmukhabela6122  The US uses dollar as a weapon. But energy is even more powerful - as Europe is being taught.
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  5159. The Russians are trying to get a bit of advantage ? They have won already ! What is he talking about ?
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  5160.  @MotoRide.  Once Trump comes, he will ask the Ukrainians to accept reality. That will be the end of arms supply. The Ukrainians themselves are wondering what they got by fighting a proxy war for the US, only to be abandoned.
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  5161.  @brentjamescollins9731  You have just made a declaration, not a refutation. Where is your objective scrutiny ?
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  5162.  @NaturesGarlands  Brave but uncommonly foolish people.
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  5163.  @NaturesGarlands  If the Ukranians had not been foolish, they would not be in a position where they lose their freedom. It was not a luxury for them to apply their minds and work out that following Nazi style nationalism, and indulging in Russophobia, and counting on American support was suicidal. For if Russia gave a beating, the Americans will not come and die for Ukranians. In anyone with common sense would realise that. Ukranians do not have that sense, they are not politically mature, their politicians are the same as in Third World countries that are bought with money by America.
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  5164.  @NaturesGarlands  Either you have not read the Budapest Memorandum, or you did not understand it, or you are a typical western liar. The signatorties of the Memorandum were the United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. They reaffirmed their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defence. So there is an exception clause. Now Ukraine reneged on its commitment to neutrality and avoidance of joining any military alliance. It slyly conspired with two of the signatories, to join an alliance that was anti-Russian, threatening Russian security. The purpose of Ukraine's induction was to put US missile and naval bases. Russia had repeatedly warned against NATO expansion and induction of Ukraine. Hence, for its self defence, Russia took the military-technical action after its request for a security guarantee was declined by the US. It is entirely within the terms and spirit of the Budapest Memorandum. 'Putin thought he was making NATO smaller, but what did Putin get? NATO has grown through Finland and Sweden. ' Two more weaklings in NATO do not make NATO stronger. Ukraine was a de facto NATO member; it even sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan. But when Russia gave Ukraine a beating, Ukraine asked for a no fly zone. No one in NATO had the guts - for Russia would give them a beating as well. That showed how weak NATO is. NATO held a meeting in Spain and decided that China is also an enemy ! It needs 30 to gather to take a decision. The saying about NATO is gros bouche, petits mains. Bog mouth, tiny fists. 'Almost all the world condemned Putin's invasion except 4 nations'. You think the west is most of the world. You are delusional.
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  5165.  @NaturesGarlands They are foolish people. In fact, they are backstabbers. All that Ukraine has was built by the USSR, and they want to stab Russia. They are ingrates.
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  5166. Why was the US not held for war crimes in Iraq ?
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  5167. Poland has been talking like it is a superpower. But 100 Wagner come to the border and the Poles are quaking ! Certain NATO countries have been talking about using Poland to enter western Ukraine, when the Ukranian counter offensive is defeated and the Russians advance. For example, Tobias Elwood has stated it publicly. Due to this Russia, took defensive steps (1) placed nuclear weapons in Belarus and gave a warning if NATO steps a foot inside Belarus, it will be treated as an attack on Russia which would invite a nuclear strike on Poland and other NATO countries and (2) keep Poland busy so if it tries to enter western Ukraine, it will face a flank attack. Poland has been living dangerously and imprudently like Ukraine. As for Article 5, it only says an attack would lead to consultations by members how to respond. Nowhere does it say all of them will declare war. As for the Russians, they are brilliant, they keep all the Europeans guessing what is their intention ! Unlike the Ukranians and the west who have been trumpeting their counter offensive for months. Putin says things in a manner that is very cool and collected, which no western leader can match. He does not shrilly call his opponents terrorist, war criminals, madman etc.. He told the Poles that Poland is a gift of Stalin, have our friends in Warsaw forgotten ?! It was stated with the utmost decorum. At the start of the war, he told the US when they were mulling over a no fly zone, that they will face consequences they have not faced before.
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  5168.  @Mr.Canuck  Why are you replying to a bot ? Did I sting ?
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  5169.  @Mr.Canuck  You might learn from Sir Putin not to use personal attacks and call people bots. Try to reply with tangible arguments. Sir Putin says things in a manner that is very cool and collected, which no western leader can match. He does not shrilly call his opponents terrorist, war criminals, madman etc.. Western leaders don't have his erudite elan.
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  5170. Shrinking and smouldering Ukraine is the Great Hope of the west.
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  5171. In India, only the cow has human rights.
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  5172.  @illbet4589  Trump does not look like he is going to win, but if Harris wins, she may not have the social stability to spend billions to arm Ukraine.
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  5173. Russia rules the waves ! There is nothing NATO can or will do.
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  5174. Ukranians think Zelensky is doing a wonderful job - losing the war and part of Ukraine being taken back by Russia ! Unbelievable stupids. Zelensky is an American implant, he has to continue posing as a western hero while his country pays the price for Russophobia and trying to use NATO to threaten Russia.
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  5175. Why does your little country not send troops to Ukraine if you love to threaten Russia through the Ukranians ? 'If the price of living (will ) go up, it is ok, considering the sacrifice they make for defending freedom in Europe....' So you think Ukranians should sacrifice their lives to expand NATO for the benefit of the US arms industry, while your contribution is to feel smug about paying for the price for living. You are conceited.
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  5176. The ambassador is correct - peace has to come after Ukraine's defeat. Otherwise Russia will continue and take more. Good she blamed Boris Johnson ! This interviewer dismisses it without explaining why Boris Johnson is not at fault.
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  5177. Russia fought this war not to get Donbass. It fought it to make sure there are no US military and naval bases in Ukraine. It will not negotiate on the basis of what you propose : Ukraine cedes Crimea and Donbass, and the rump Ukraine joins NATO.
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  5178. The US building nuclear plant in Ukraine is all showing off. The Russians won't allow it. They can obliterate it right from the start. It is like Germany saying it will build a tank factory after the war - as if Ukraine will exist. Statements about Ukraine joining NATO are being trundled out after NATO's existence is in doubt ! The west has no credibility. It is lying to save face. A sure sign of defeat.
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  5179. Request to return to Istanbul is bloody cheek !
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  5180. When you are retreating, you try to retreat under cover. They are using the media as the cover to hide the retreat.
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  5181.  @JestersDeadUK  'It can be stopped though' . With what ? Why is NATO holding an emergency meeting ? Why is Zelensky howling ?
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  5182.  @TreesRgreen123  Ukraine has US Patriots, they could not stop it. Why is NATO holding an emergency meeting then ?
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  5183.  @joman563  The west is starting to give up on your hero, they are complaining of his ingratitude. The west will not be parading him any longer as a hero in their parliaments, for fools like you to believe. The west is stuck with defeat with or without your hero.
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  5184.  @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle  So at last you have the feeling Russia has defeated the combined west. If you had watched independent analysts like Scott Ritter, Mercouris etc., they predicted this long ago. Or if you had applied your own mind, you would have realised Ukraine does not have the manpower, and the west does not have enough ammo, whereas Russia has both. The delay in sending is not because people are completely ridiculous but because the west does not have enough and the cost is exorbitant, and NATO decision making involves 32 countries. Russia is a unitary country and the decision making is forceful and secret. The west should have known this instead of encouraging Ukraine to fight (because they imagined Russia is weak).
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  5185.  @SavageJunky  Putin does not want negotiation even if Ukraine cedes the 4 oblasts. Nothing short of demilitarisaton and deNazification will do.
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  5186. What is Ukraine's situation ? The Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. It will be converted to a wasteland if necessary, so that there can be no American bases there.
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  5187.  @StevenKeery  The UKranians themselves have mined the Odessa port to block a Russian landing ! Only shipping of grain from Odessa through a Russian permitted corridor is allowed. Effectively Ukraine is landlocked.
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  5188. They are talking about humiliating Putin, but listening to these two, it sounds like Putin has humiliated the west, and the discussion is about putting on a brave face ! The questioner and the general are beating about the bush with confused and contradictory messages. Why don't they say that Ukraine and the west have lost ? The sanctions did not work. On the contrary, Russia has put such inflationary pressure on the west that the public will come out on the streets. Militarily, the Ukranians have lost more land, and the new weapons will be too little too late. Russia has all the strong cards - militarily and even economically.
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  5189.  @yeetman4953  Putin asked those who thought they could defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in the EU had the guts to take up the challenge. Macron talked a lot about sending his Foreign Legion, but some got killed when he sent an experimental set. Now he has disappeared. The Swedes sent some cyber warfare experts, but they were killed in Poltava with a Kinzhal. They have gone quiet. Britain wanted to send Storm Shadows to strike Russia, but Russia said it would strike Britain or British assets, so Biden did not give permission. The collective west of EU + UK + US is defeated as they cannot change the outcome in Ukraine. Get it ? As for NATO, the world saw what cowards they were when they ran away from Kabul.
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  5190. The west is making tiresome projections for Sweden and Finland in NATO - as if they will make difference. It is self consolation to cover up the defeat in Ukraine. Sweden and Finland joined because they are weak. What difference are they going to make to Ukraine ? None.
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  5191. After defeat, only prayers and delusions are left.
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  5192.  @silvija644  It was an attempted partial blockade. It violates the conditions for Lithuanian independence. If it had continued, Russia had no choice but to terminate Lithuanian independence. Good thing you realised your stupidity in time, otherwise you would be in a worse position than Ukraine. Grow up.
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  5193.  @45641560456405640563  If Lithuania did not fear Russia would annul Lithuanian independence, why did it back down with its partial blockade of Kaliningrad ?
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  5194.  @kerstas10  'yea, those 20%, are fields. Empty fields mainly.' Then why is Ukraine fighting to save empty fields ? Give them up and avoid war.
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  5195.  @45641560456405640563  The world has appeased also the ones who claim democracy but colonised other nations, invaded them on false pretexts (Iraq for WMDs that did not exist), froze their assets. These nations did not face sanctions, their media did not shout. So don't put on airs. That is why the majority of the world is with Russia.
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  5196.  @45641560456405640563  Being right is endorsing the west's infantile fantasies ?
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  5197.  @45641560456405640563  Yes, I am different. I don't go with what western media say, nor am I from the lemming family. The western media have their biases, conscious or otherwise.
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  5198.  @Grumpyoldman037  ' I would say I would say that NATO member Lithuania has very little to fear from the "wounded bear".' If so, why did Lithuania back down on the partial blockade of Kaliingrad ? The weakest gazelle in the EU realised the wounded bear can still maul it, and the other gazelles would run away. A Russian official had stated that Lithuania's independence should be cancelled.
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  5199. And the EU changed their sanctions policy ? So the EU changed its sanction policy to rescue its weakest gazelle Lithuania from being eaten. Does it not prove EU, NATO and the whole damned west cannot fight Russia, 30 against 1 ?
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  5200.  @Blanka1100  How did the Soviet Union rebuild Russia, Ukraine etc. after WW 2 ? They did not need Marshall aid. Russia will take back much if not all of Ukraine and reintegrate it, which would involve rebuilding.
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  5201.  @Grumpyoldman037  The US Presidents and neocons like Victoria Nuland had plans to get missile and naval bases in Ukraine. That was the plan to induct Ukraine into NATO. Putin read your move and thwarted your wicked designs.
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  5202.  @45641560456405640563  Nothing is stopping you from giving a clever reply to Putin. Western leaders simply do not have any conviction, or clue what to say and when.
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  5203.  @__dur__bridge__  No, I was not saying Britain should turn an infinite blind eye. I was trying to fathom a reason for its blind support. The guilty like to continue with their past thinking their guilt will not be noticed, they think changing direction would be bringing attention to their guilt. In the case of the US, the blind support is because the Jewish lobby has grown so powerful that in effect it controls the US.
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  5204. The BBC commentator does not hide his bias and wishful thinking : he says he hopes the morale of the Russian troops facing the Ukranians comes down due to the recent events in Russia and a breakthrough comes soon ! Yet the reality is the counter offensive has failed as Ukraine has not breached the Russian lines anywhere. The BBC's military expert Sean Bell (who is equally anti-Russian) had said it was critical for the Ukranians to breach the Russian lines in 72 hours, and make a blitzkrieg. He said if Ukraine gets bogged down, it will become a battle of attrition, and that would favour Russia. Well, it is 3 weeks, and according to what the BBC itself said, one has to conclude the Ukranians have failed. The fact that Ukraine still has not committed some brigades and equipment is because they feel they will be destroyed when the come out in the open. The US is complaining about the slow progress. Now, the BBC is counting on the morale of the Russian troops being down due to recent events ! On the other hand, the Russians slam the Ukranians with air strikes on a daily basis and destroy them and their equipment. One wonders about the quality of western equipment like Bradleys and Leopards. The Ukranians themselves were complaining about their inferior quality.
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  5205. The missiles were not out to kill people. The people were collateral damage.
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  5206.  @sarah-janelambert8962  Dumb ignorant, NATO was in Afghanistan but not Iraq. All NATO countries had to fight for America. Even Ukraine sent 5000 troops even thought it is not a NATO member. Ukraine invaded a country which had not troubled it. Hence, it should not be allowed to join NATO. Russia is seeing to that.
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  5207.  @sk.43821  Europe is a collection of weak states, that would beat the hell out of each other. That is their history. However, now there is only one power in Europe, that is Russia. Russia makes the European states quake as it can beat the hell out of them. France got a taste of that in 1812, German Nazis got it in 1945. The Ukro Nazis are being whipped now. Partnering with the US means you have to be subordinates and go and die for them in Afghanistan or where ever America demands. And the US can cut and run from Kabul, without consulting its 'partners'. Europeans are shameless doormats. You saw how the US encouraged Ukraine and its Ukro Nazis to throw stones at Russia promising NATO protection, but when Russia gave a beating, the US did not send troops, it have the Ukranians some stones from a safe distance. Were Russia to attack Lithuania next (they are behaving in a way that invites a thrashing), you will see the US will look the other way and forget about Article 5. Kissinger said if the Soviet Union were to attack Germany or Europe, the US would not fight a nuclear war to save Europe. That is the same situation. So you can be a doormat for the US and feel very proud, but if you mess with Russia, you will face consequences you have not faced in your life. You must know it.
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  5208. So let me see the French pansies fighting Russia and the US. The Russians already taught Napoleon a less.
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  5209. The western losers are burning and calling Lavrov a liar and propagandist because they have no one who can refute him. None of them can list what are the lies and propaganda.
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  5210. If the railways are used for western gun running, it is natural Russia will destroy Ukraine's rail network. After that, the west will gripe that civilian escape is affected. The destruction of the rail network is brought about by western policies. Just like reckless NATO expansion brought war.
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  5211. We shall see how strong a leader Zelensky is when Trump eases him out.
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  5212. Putin died of exhaustion after hearing the news that he had won, and the US agreed to all his demands : Ukraine will have new borders, it cannot be in NATO, and there will be no peacekeepers, US or European.
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  5213. As if Finland is a consequential country..... There are many more important countries than Finland who have sided with Russia. The west is looking for crumbs of comfort, praising useless and unknown countries like Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland etc.... This is because the reality is Ukraine's goose is cooked, and the war is lost for the west. Russia has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, it has taken 20% of the land that produces 90% of Ukraine's GDP, and it has strangled Ukraine economically with the blockade. Come this winter, the Russians will derail western economies. The west and its comedian have shown excellence in show biz and winning the media war with its own public. That is why it talks about Finland's visa restrictions as if it is going to change the course in Ukraine. The west has shown singular geopolitical ineptness and lemming-like suicidal group think. Reversing course is difficult due to the loss of face and false pride. The west and NATO are tall in rhetoric, but weak in substance. They imagine they are the world. They self-certify NATO as the greatest and most powerful military alliance in the world. But NATO was defeated in Afghanistan, and it does not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. Russia does not talk much, it does. Russia does not announce in advance where they plan to strike next, they keep the enemy guessing what their intentions are. The west will announce things in advance, and say 'we are preparing a round of sanctions to cut of Russian gas supply by December'. The west froze (stole) Russian euro and dollar deposits, and made it impossible for Russia to do transactions in these currencies. Russia has never said it is embargoing gas, it merely told these countries to pay in roubles - because euros and dollars have become worthless for them. Yet, the westerners say it is 'Putin's embargo and blackmail'. It is apparent that the Russians are far cleverer than the Europeans and they are geopolitically astute.
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  5214. But they won the war.
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  5215. The moment US support goes and NATO is ended, these countries will pay for their misbehaviour against Russia.
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  5216. Ukraine has not admitted the fall of Bakhmut, their last announcement was Ukrainians were inside still defending stoutly. The western media also fell silent. They only reported Wagner claimed taking Bakhmut. Now DW says Ukranians are training with NATO for street-by-street, house-by-house fighting to retake cities like Bakhmut. The Russians did just that, and took Bakhmut with untrained convicts and shovels ! The west was mocking saying it took 11 months. But there is no mistaking Russian resolve, they eventually do what they set out to do. They don't talk, they do. That is the difference between them and the west. And we have western media still projecting Ukraine is winning and pushing them to undertake an offensive they are not capable of. If the Ukranians are winning, they would not be training left-over civilians to re-take cities.
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  5217.  @sg_hokkien_opera  Russia has admitted to taking Bakhmut. They pre-announced they would make a strategic withdrawal from the west bank of Kherson. The Russians don't advertise offensives, they just do. The tactics can switch, it is left to you to figure out. The UKranians and the west are forced into show biz - because they are on the back foot.
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  5218. These pictures are old - they show snow on the ground.
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  5219. Perhaps you did not notice the attacked were a white woman and white girl, the attacker has been described as a skinny white, and the saviour is the Muslim Abdullah. So the question to ask is whether the far right thugs will riot now.
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  5220. Yes, like Germans listened to Hitler and other race supremacists earlier.
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  5221. Ukraine does not have the steam to go far, it is not exactly a blitzkrieg. They are being mauled in the process. That is there are some weak reports here and there without too much euphoria.
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  5222.  @flowpipe  'They have broken through this is the beginning of the end for the Russian defence'. It is not clear if the Ukranians have breached the first line. There is the occasional story in the western media. Even if so, are the Ukranians able to follow up with a blitzkrieg ? Clearly not, otherwise the west will be trumpeting it. At best the Ukranians are going to be caught in a slow grind - which leads to severe Ukranian attrition. They will not have the steam to go to far in and hold it.
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  5223. Honestly, the Jews are safer in any other country than Israel. The lady worries about western countries with Muslims but no Jews have been killed in any of them. Whereas if they live in Israel, and don't implement the Oslo Accords, they will be subject to attacks and their children will be sent to IDF and have to fight all their life. It will be no life. Israel is a western settler colony, running an apartheid state, like white South Africa. The latter lasted about 100 years but had to go.
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  5224. Your channel spouts wishful thinking incessantly. Trump said he understands Putin's point about NATO expansion to its borders. He is going to make Ukraine pay ! The world can see that Russia has beaten the collective west. Trump knows it. He was not an inciter of this war. The inciters of this war find defeat unbearable.
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  5225. When Russia gives a warning, it means business. They will take their time, but when they punch, it will be very hard. Lithuania is counting on the US to be willing to fight a nuclear war for Lithuanians. It is not going to happen. The rest of NATO is useless. Lithuania has a death wish. Or perhaps it is being egged on by the EU, NATO and the US.
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  5226. All wishful thinking which you said at the beginning of the war. Russia is not asking for a ceasefire. Ukraine and its handlers are floating feelers for a 'frozen conflict'. Russia does not want it.
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  5227. Europe is a big loser after Ukraine - but Europeans are not intelligent enough to understand, they are happy being vassals of the US.
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  5228.  @rickshaw2779  The US has become a predatory ally In fact a parasite
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  5229. There is nothing wrong with Putin's mental state, I am more concerned about the west's mental state. The people of Ukraine are paying the price because the west unrealistically pumped up their American client Zelensky, but find they cannot go and fight for him. Putin is giving Ukraine a beating because its comedian wanted to join NATO and put US missiles in Ukraine, and he warned the west if they interfere, they will see consequences they have never seen. The west understands what that means, and they know Putin carries out what he says. So Biden has already said he is not going to impose a no fly zone. A no fly zone was possible when the west was an aggressor in Iraq, but against Russia it is impossible. Zelensky is the one who is delusional and the west has been very silly to build its foreign policy around placating him. Zelensky has mastered how to play on western emotions, and western politicians are running state policy on his emotions. They should tell Zelensky that he has to compromise and joining NATO is out of the question, and advise him to go for neutrality to save the Ukranian people from massacre. Any other advice would lead to Kiev being reduced to rubble and a lot of Ukranians killed. The more the west tries to prop up Zelensky, the more Ukraine will be destroyed.
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  5230. The purpose was to say Russia does not want to kill Ukrainians on Orthodox Christmas, and if any of them want to celebrate Christmas, Russia would hold fire. The Ukranians did not accept, that is their choice. So if they fire on Russians during this period, the Russians should kill the Ukranians even during Christmas.
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  5231.  @First-Last_name  'The Ukranian Orthodox Church has separated from the russian Orthodox Church. They are pushing the switch to the gregorian calendar.' Russia offered a ceasefire for Christmas on the Julian calendar. If Ukraine does not want it, that is fine, Russia can continue killing them.
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  5232. Who is this fellow to decide it is sham ? 'Quite obviously falsified in Crimea' - cite the proof.
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  5233.  @DarkRoomAmbience  Yours in an immature response to my question on why the referenda are shams. It means you cannot prove it is a sham, you expect me to accept your word.
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  5234. The Azov Batallion contains certified Nazis, so why condolences ?
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  5235. He was elected to bring peace, but he had Ukraine destroyed.
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  5236. This is what a commentator on Sky Australia says. The $ 60 million cannot reverse the situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5sa4mXJnCw
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  5237. If Russia cannot do modern warfare, why is Trump begging for a ceasefire and negotiations ? Why has everyone in the west not talking about Ukrainians winning ?
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  5238. Oh please ! He transformed from Jewish comedian to failed leader.
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  5239.  @krasav  The US needs to go home - from Europe. Then there will be peace in Europe.
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  5240. 'xt time try to cut chinese or russian fiber cables for a change...' The lady says 'we in the west cannot do such things...'.
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  5241. It is not Karliningrad. Kaliningrad.
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  5242. So much for the Poles' militant love for Ukrainians.
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  5243. Now Bakhmut is going to be lost, the DW 's expert says 'we don't understand why Russia has not learnt any lessons in the last 9 months, why are the expending so many men, it is not going to change the outcome of the war'. They talk as if they have sympathy for Russian soldiers ! Why are Ukranians expending so many men to hold Bakhmut if it is not important ? The typical western projection is the Russians don't know what they are doing, they are inefficient, they are losing etc. The western public also goes along with this. Then why did von Leyen say Ukraine has lost 100,000 men ? Why are Biden and Scholz putting out feelers for negotiations ?
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  5244.  @Joaquin546  Sounds like sour grapes. You know 17 K Russians died for 1 village?
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  5245.  @Joaquin546  I only know what DW tells me. But unlike you, I can analyse
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  5246.  @Joaquin546  Your writing is incomprehensible. You originally wrote 'Wow it took only tens of thousands to take one village. But whatever send 17k troops to their deaths for a village of the same size!' I trashed your claim and asked what is the source. You reply 'you fail to realize that the number you use is from a non Ukrainian non military politician on social media!' I never cited any number of Ukranian dead in my original post nor in my replies. You cited a number and I questioned it. You are mentally challenged like the rest of the slava Ukraine brigade.
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  5247.  @Joaquin546  'well comrade shill unlike you that will use any source that makes your side seems better I go straight to the horses mouth.' What is that you said in English ? As for Ukrainian MOD, they said they will raise 1 million army and reach Crimea in December. Their country is either being fried or frozen.
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  5248.  @Joaquin546  Weak reply. You agree that you don't know English. What is the point of writing gibberish only you can understand ?
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  5249.  @Joaquin546  Pathetic wretch, you not only don't know English, you cannot express yourself in ANY language. Putin has disoriented you so much with the beating he delivered.
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  5250.  @Joaquin546  So now you are left with a single word answer. You agree with me.
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  5251. Bravado comes to an end. They want evacuation to a third country. They will probably end in Siberia and nobody will hear about them..
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  5252. NATO is the US. Stoltenberg is from a puny European country and he is employed as the front man. The US wanted Ukraine in NATO in 2014 and it arranged a coup for that. But in 2023, after seeing Russia crack the whip, the US does not want Ukraine in NATO because it will demand Article 5 which would mean US has to send troops to Ukraine, in which case the Russians will kill them. That is the bottom line. Stoltenberg has to make the message positive for Ukraine with a promise of joining in future. By that time, US policy will have changed, and the Europeans will be able to wriggle out as well.
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  5253. NATO has nuclear weapons but no one in NATO is ready to fight and die for their country like the Russians.
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  5254.  @adervishagentred  'However, it is highly effective system and will likely save countless Ukrainian lives.' It did not work in Saudi Arabia against very basic Houthi missiles. So what is your evidence 'However, it is highly effective system and will likely save countless Ukrainian lives.' It appears like typical western wishful thinking.
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  5255. Blame all trivial things on Russia !
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  5256. As if the Europeans care about food for people in other parts of the world. Russia is going to strangle the Ukranian economy. Putin has proposed the solution : Europeans have to drop the sanctions, otherwise Russia will maintain the blockade. Can't have it both ways. Basically, the devious lady brings the real reason for the concern : the Africans are not on the side of the EU, they are on the side of Russia. The west wants everyone to join them against Russia. The Europeans realise if Ukraine's economy is strangled, Ukraine will be dependent permanently on EU aid - and the EU cannot afford to maintain them. They talk about reconstructing Ukraine - but without Russia, it will not be possible. As for weaponising energy and food, what about the west weaponsing the dollar and euros and the banking system ? The duplicity of the west is the reason the rest of the world is with Russia. Russia has all the strong cards. There is nothing Ukraine, the EU, NATO or anyone can do to free the blockade. On the one hand, the arrogant Europeans want to say EU and NATO are winning, but this discussion shows the Europeans are in fact helpless. They are looking for 'solutions' - where they dictate to Russia. They are not going to get anywhere with that. The Europeans imagine there can be solution for Ukraine without Russia. They need their heads examined.
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  5257. Did Russia disclose their plan to this joker Anders ?
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  5258.  @markmonaghan2309  Then why is Zelensky in a panic and pointing fingers at the west for letting down Ukraine ? You say the new front is closer and easier for Ukraine to resupply - what can Ukraine resupply ? There are videos of Ukrainian soldiers saying they can fire 10 shells a day, and the opponent fires non-stop. See today's video : 'Zelenskyy lashes out at West as Russia bombards Kharkiv | DW News' Defeat is written on the wall, you are in denial. Like the Nazis as the Red Army approached Berlin. It was easier to supply soldiers around Berlin than Stalingrad. Get it ?
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  5259.  @seancidy6008  Of course, Russia will do what it has to. But I am intrigued by the false pride and delusions of westerners. They have a sense of entitlement
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  5260. The incident with Truss was over Lavrov asking whether she objected to Russian troop movements in Rostov. Truss objected to it because she did not realise Rostov was in Russia, and not Ukraine ! Once she referred to the Black Sea as the Baltic Sea. She has a hazy notion of what is going on. All she knows is the Brits have to stick their nose in and show their importance. She is a baboon alright.
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  5261. 'shared values with US, sheer level of trust...' Hmm, only 3 weeks ago, the US cut and run from Kabul, and forgot to tell UK and Australia. The US reserved all the early flights out of Kabul ! The UK and Australia complained bitterly then. Now, the two doormats are eager ....to be doormats again. It is not a good deal Mr. Farage. Alienating the French by stopping an ongoing contract is very low. Only a few weeks ago, you had Andrew Neil on your programme say that the US had undermined NATO by unilateral pull out from Kabul, exposing the UK and the EU to Russia. He said the UK and France have to build a military alliance to check Russia. This Anglosphere nonsense did not get Britain anything. Britain lost money in Iraq and Afghanistan, got a refugee crisis, and it has squeezed health and education. In any case, AUUKUS cannot stop China. When AUUKUS could not stop Taliban after 20 years, what can it do in China ? Afghans were fighting with small missiles fired from Toyota Hiluxes. China and Russia can land nuclear missiles on the Anglosphere and both have knocked out satellites. A few sea patrols by AUUKUS does not change that equation. China launched a gold backed currency, the yuan, and oil is now traded by Russia, Venezuela, Iran and China in it, bypassing the dollar system. China will undermine the dollar's hegemony that was enforced by military force over Arab oil producers. That is the fear, not China taking Taiwan. China is going to undermine the dollar's hegemony and Putin also sees it is necessary. There is nothing you can do to stop others trading in yuan instead of dollars. You yourself mock Biden as unfit, then why do you want to run after Biden led US alliances ? If the Anglosphere makes three simultaneous enemies (China, Russia and Islamic countries) and fights them at the same time, they will take the Anglosphere down. Britain should not be suckered into this. Britain should seek an alternative path with the EU, avoiding conflict.
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  5262. It will not be a joke if Ukraine was hit with a tactical nuclear weapon - it has dawned on Times Radio but not you. Times Radio knows there is nothing NATO can do except to hope for China to censure Russia !
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  5263. 'No one could have imagined that the United States would abandon Ukraine like this' I saw it coming. Look at Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam... How could Ukrainians be so stupid ?
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  5264. The Israelis have 'full aerial control over Tehran', but they do not have control of what comes into Israeli airspace.
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  5265.  @mework1871  'The world is laughing at this sham. Corrupt, bought and paid for tournament.' So BBC, Gary Linker can boycott and go home. They are sore with Qatar that they refused the price cap for LNG. They are sore that Qatar goes with Russia. Wales v USA. Stadium is full of Welsh and US fans. All of them appear to be sobre and able to cope without alcohol. Thank you.
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  5266. @sloth bear Yet so many from Asia, Europe and US go and work in Qatar. Why ? So cut out your bitching. If it bothers you so much, boycott the games. Don't watch. It is a bit late in the day to raise these issues. It is western companies that built the stadia and made huge amount of money. They should have refused because of 'slave labour'. This is the hypocritical and opportunistic moralism that is hated. The real reason is Qatar refused LNG relief. They were not going to break contracts with Asian customers to supply Europe; nor were they going to give you a free ride with capping prices. I do not see the European or even US media maligning Qatar like the BBC. When you over do it, you lose credibility. Get it ?
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  5267.  @tistakere5055  Rules can be changed, as with travel during Covid. You have to abide, that is law and order. No alcohol, so Qatar does not have to cope with riots and hooligans destroying Doha. It is a bad precedent to set. Qatar should be congratulated and western countries should emulate them. Control your yob culture, don't export it.
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  5268.  @mework1871  The stadia were built by western companies. They made money and they did not complain about workers conditions. That is why you are hypocrites by nature. It is late in the day to raise it. You suffer from jealousy. If Gary Lineker and BBC do not like it, they can boycott the tournament and go home. The reason the BBC is running a motivated campaign against Qatar is because Qatar refused to break contracts of Asian LNG sales to supply Europe, and because it refused the price cap. When you go to another country, you have to learn to abide by their rules. Putin has ended the western order, and little Qatar is sending a similar message. Harry Kane and co were told not to wear the LGBQT bands, otherwise they would not be allowed to play. They had to abide or take the plane home. So keep your LGBQT and drunks at home, don't impose on others. You can keep bitching but the tournament will go on and Lineker's country will not win.
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  5269.  @mework1871  No one said keep gay people at home. Qatar (and Russia) say don't come and show off your gay there, do that at home. Like that, no drinking for protection of society means just that. Keep your football hooligans and yobs at home. Qatar has laid down the rules, if your life is empty without beer, stay at home, you will not be missed. Others don't want your drunkeness imposed on them. Get it ? Gary Linker and team can leave - now !
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  5270.  @mework1871  People have different values, you stick with yours, don't impose on others. Your culture of gays and single sex marriage is why your population is decreasing and you will disappear. I am not for persecuting gays or anything like that, I am against demanding everyone in the world follow your agenda. Who the hell are you ? Qatar has said 'no gay displays, no drinks'. That is final. You obey, or boycott. As simple as that. Harry Kane was told no gay arm bands. He abides or goes home with Lineker. Qatar has also said no LNG price cap. That is what is bugging the BBC. Putin has ended your impositions. Little Qatar is also doing the same.
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  5271.  @mework1871  'Muslims coming into EU impose their rules. Like r^pe is ok, sexual assault is ok, woman to blame. ' You are making that up and airing your prejudices. If they come there, the law is applied to them. Rape is nowhere OK. 'We are coming to a tournament, we were invited. If you didn't want outsiders, don't invite outsiders.' You were not disinvited. You don't like the laws, so boycott and stay at home. Attending a football tournament does not give you the right to drink or smoke weed if that is the law and considered harmful in another country. As I said, those who feel strongly can boycott or return. I watched the matches, the stadia were full, no one is complaining. They will be no English style football hooligans. You have to leave that at home. 'Although, without oil, and western technology, you still would be in the middle ages.' Conceited arrogant fellow, your technology was built on robbing others and slave labour. The colonial era is over. End of western world order has also come. Sir Putin has ended it for good. In summary get used to the terms and conditions : Qatar is not allowing you to parade gay pride (indulge in your gay activities without troubling others), it is not allowing drunkeness, and it is not going to agree to a LNG price cap just because you demanded.
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  5272.  @mework1871  'Once the oil is not needed, you're doomed to live in sand houses again.' You wish. Till then, you will come on bent knees begging for oil and LNG - like Biden and Johnson. And Putin will shaft you. And before the oil goes, you will die out because your population will be non-existent due to your obsession with gays and single sex marriage.
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  5273.  @mework1871  Western and non-western companies are going and flogging electric vehicles in the Middle East. The Middle East is learning R and D, it is a matter of time. They have companies like Aramco and SABIC which have international R and D base. At one time, Japan had no R and D, but now it makes better products than the west. Electric cars need Li batteries. Afghanistan has the largest stock of untapped Li. Chile is the leading supplier. There is none in Europe. So you will be dependent on others even for electric cars. You got a beating from Russia. For now, you have to beg Saudi and Qatar for gas and oil, and they told you there is no free lunch for you. So you are raging. No body wants to kill gays, at the same time the rest of the world doesn't wish to flaunt gay as the normal, like you wish to project. You are a perverse society and with your gay logic, you will disappear on your own as you do not want to reproduce, and neither your women nor men want children. According to UN demographic statistics, the west is being depopulated. The west will be replaced by people from Middle East and elsewhere, although that is freaking you out. In other words, all the people you look down on will replace you and that is an unstoppable thing due to your mentality. That is the arrow of time.
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  5274.  @mework1871  The Arabs invented algebra, and their scientific works were translated into Latin and came to Europe via Spain. Most of the prominent stars in the firmament were have Arabic names - Rigel, Betelgeuse etc. There is a crater named on the moon after Alberuni. You are just an ignorant low IQ westerner. What have you done apart from slavery and banditry ? Stick with your alcohol and lesbianism. You will be replaced, you are dying. Continue begging for energy, but there are no more free lunches. Get it ?
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  5275. So why have you not gone there if you so impressed by Ukrainians ? The last I heard they are refusing orders in Ochertyne and even surrendering. They are refusing to enlist, and the ones abroad don't want to go back. They now know they are going to lose and the US will abandon them after the elections.
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  5276. What Obama has said obviously is true, that is why the Indians are so enraged. India is known for cow lynching, and rape, and burning minorities. When Trump visited, there was a riot in Delhi and the Hindu police threw stones at the Muslims. The BBC documentary Gujarat Files showed Modi is basically an organiser of riots and murders. That is the basis of his power. Indeed, any country where one group persecutes another will fall apart. It leads to civil war. So far the Muslims outside Kashmir have put up with the persecution and not decided to fight. But that might change. Churchill doubted that India was a real country. The independence generation like Nehru and Gandhi had exposure to democracy and western standards. Now we have the homespun Hindu like Modi, and he is from a group that admired Hitler. Hitlerism caused Germany's death, and Hindu Hitlerism will be India's downfall. The US is clutching at straws like India because it has got cornered by Russia and China acting together. The US has Europe under its belt but it is not enough to counter Russia + China. So they are seeking India. But India does not really fit the bill. It is not really strong militarily or economywise. India is in BRICS with Russia and China and wants a multi polar world, and expansion of non-dollar trade. At the same time, India is in Quad, an alliance to contain China. China took Indian land, but India is too weak to fight or open its mouth. The rest of Quad did not even open their mouth, let alone come to aid India. The US is being opportunistic in ignoring Modi's record and this undermines its claim to defending human rights. It is this rank opportunism and double speak of the US that has led to Africans, the Arabs and Latin Americans to not back the US over Russia. India also better watch it. The US only has client states like Pakistan and European nations. It wants to sell arms, and it expects India to send troops to fight its wars. The Indian army used to do that for the British.
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  5277. Yes, normally Craig does not hide his bias. Today, he could not find optimism for the Ukranians, even their counter offensives.
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  5278. Earlier, the western media used to tell us about Ukranian resilience and how they were so motivated unlike the Russian soldiers. Connolly was the one who used to tell us about Ukranian resilience. Now as people realise Russia will win, the thought of just getting killed for a lost cause cause may not be so appealing to Ukranians. Some of them must have realised by now the US and EU will ditch them. Zelensky made out Ukranians were fighting to save the west. Now it is clear, he and his cabal will be killed or they will scoot to the west. Amusing to hear Conolly say that he does not see Ukranians leaving as a sign that the Ukranians are tired and willing to cut some sort of deal allowing Russia to keep what it has bitten off. Conolly has not absorbed what Russians have indicated on this score. The Russians are not interested in any negotiations allowing them to keep what they have taken, and cede the rest of Ukraine to NATO so it can rearm Ukraine. They have stated that the only two options are available to Ukraine : (1) capitulation and acceptance of Russian terms or (2) cease to exist as a state. They know they are on the victory path : Ukraine's manpower has been killed off, massacred in Mariopol, Bakhmut, and the ill fated counter offensive; and the west does not have the arms or money to continue. Ukraine will not last on week without money and arms from the west and those are drying up. Whereas Russia has the manpower, and the weapons production to continue.
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  5279. Why are Hindus going to Muslim countries ? Are the Muslim mobs lynching Hindus because of what they eat and wear ?
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  5280.  @universalphilosophy8081 The Hindus cling to the caste system, they only become Christians and Muslims to escape the caste system. As for Indian knowledge, till the British came, the Hindu certainly were the most primitive, they cannot tell the difference between a cow or a monkey and the Creator. Even now they cannot ! You used to burn your widows - till the British put a stop to your ghastly practices. India is the last refuge of primitive paganism. That is why India can never reach the front rank amongst nations.
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  5281. 'Iran's Attack On Israel "Shows How WEAK" They Are' .... Then let the Iranians show off their weakness, why is NATO commander agitated ? Recall similar comments by NATO against Russia. Why has strong NATO not sent troops to Ukraine ?
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  5282.  @yurigansmith  'I repeatedly heard Western military experts claiming that Bakhmut isn't strategically relevant' Western military experts are propagandists. Once doubts appeared about Ukraine's capability to hold Bakhmut, they started floating claims that Bakhmut isn't strategically relevant. That includes France 24. Now as the west sees that Bakhmut is going to go Mariopol's way, they are starting to prepare the western audience for the reality. As the reporter says, if Bakhmut falls, it opens the gateway to taking Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Two Ukranian soldiers say they cannot allow Russia to take Bakhmut (but they have a resigned tone).
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  5283.  @unitycatalog  Kherson and Maripol are captured. And the areas that are captured are being re-integrated into Russia. Ukraine will not be able to get them back, just like Crimea. Russia has captured the coastal areas and is making Ukraine a landlocked country.
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  5284.  @theinternetdude8599  Well, Russia's nukes will be incinerating only the US and west, and not China, India, Arabs, Africans and others who don't threaten Russia.
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  5285.  @terrence344  Yours is a pathetic effort at saving face after NATO cowardice is exposed. Why did NATO not (1) send troops into Ukraine and (2) put no-fly zone, after misleading Ukraine into believing it will get protection ? Of course, NATO cowardice was exposed earlier in the hasty exit from Kabul when all 30 nations led by the US scrambled to get away.
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  5286.  @wilburtuason967  Is that so ? Then why is Zelensky saying he wants international help to save the Azov Nazis ? Why is he saying Russia should return to pre-2014 borders ? Russia has taken critical areas of Ukraine, especially the industrial and coastal areas, which will make Ukraine landlocked.
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  5287.  @wilburtuason967  What are the civilians doing hiding with Azov Nazi regiment ? Human shields. Russia has kindly let them go. Now, let them liquidate the Ukranian Nazi soldiers. What is your problem with that ? Why is the west backing the Azov regiment which is known to wear Nazi insignia and was founded white supremacist Andrei Biletski ? Russia has not won a city ? Then why are you pleading on behalf of Ukranians for Mariopol ? Keep believing Ukranians are winning.
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  5288.  Aπωφις Aπωφις  How many generals Russia has lost is not relevant. That is not going to save Zelensky's country. How many Ukranians have died due to Zelensky and the west ? How many are dying everyday ? He has lost strategic land in the eastern industrial belt and the coast. Zelensky's position is invidious : he cannot negotiate because the Nazis surrounding him will kill him, or the Russians will kill him.
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  5289.  @andrewholdaway813  Is that so ? Evidence shows Ukraine is getting a good kicking for indulging in Russophobia and flirting with Nazism. Kherson captured, Mariopol gone, Odessa being softened, much of Ukranian cities in rubble, 6 million refugees. Who is getting the kicking ?
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  5290.  @andrewholdaway813  You are dumb, Ukraine is get the kicking. The west is burning in fury because its 'world order' was ignored. In Afghanistan, the west could send troops to invade and do regime change, but with Russia, the US and its weak allies are powerless, as Russia holds the nuclear sword.
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  5291.  @വൈഷ്ണവ്  Probably because they can understand the doublespeak of the US and EU. The US invaded Iraq using a false flag story about WMDs. NATO attacked Afghanistan, and Ukraine which was not even in NATO, sent 5000 troops in the hope of getting American acceptance in NATO. Thus, they would be glad if Ukraine and NATO and US got a beating from Russia. As would many others who have been harmed by the US. Others support Russia as they see Ukranian nationalism has a signficant Nazi component and Russia is the only country taking it out. White extremists had been flocking to Ukraine from other parts of Europe and the US even before the war to train with the Nazi Azov Batallion.
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  5292.  @nebonaladoni2678  Well written. Russia is a unique country. Putin did say there are only 4 sovereign countries : US, Russia, India and China. The rest are followers and puppets - like the EU.
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  5293.  Aπωφις Aπωφις  Sure Russia will take back Ukraine, a bite at a time. Ukraine has proved it is incapable of governing itself.
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  5294.  @ibexdnb2879  Orange man is bad in many things, but on Ukraine he is right - the war should not have started, and having started, Ukraine and the west have lost it, it is time to end it, even if it means Russian surrender terms. Orange man has a clearer mind than all the Zelensky worshippers.
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  5295. Ukraine BELIEVES that 47,000 Russians killed in Avdeevka. Why does WSJ report what Ukraine believes ? Ukraine believes it is winning.
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  5296. For Russia, the land is not important, what it will not accept Ukraine being in NATO, even if Ukraine cedes the land. If Kellogg wants to continue the war if Russia does not agree to the proposal to freeze the conflict, and add to that Ukraine is taken into NATO after 20 years, Russia will not stop. Russia can out last Trump. Why should Russia agree to negotiations when they are winning ? In this interview - like all western presentations - there is no thought given to what Russia thinks. It is interesting they want to give Ukraine security - why did they not consider security for Russia to avert the war ?
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  5297. It is a diversion to cover up defeat.
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  5298.  @ryancruz1876  The west is defeated, the talk about Ukraine being part of EU and NATO is a cover up for the embarrassment. If you cannot reclaim the 4 oblasts and Crimea which are now part of Russia, then saying it will be in EU and NATO is like saying Russia will be part of EU and NATO .
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  5299. Boris won't get it, because he tries to hog the limelight and show off Britain is a superpower, and the US cannot tolerate that. Ben Wallace thought he was going to get the job, but he didn't precisely because he tried to upstage the US. He acted as if he was the director of the west's war against Russia. The US has been appointing Scandinavians, now they will for for the irrelevant Baltics.
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  5300. NATO needs to trigger article 5 - against Ukraine !
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  5301. This is another shoddy, time wasting, Indian-produced video by HT. 'Zelensky removes Ukraine’s envoy to India, 4 other nations amid Putin’s invasion; Here’s why'. I knew HT is lousy with its lurid music and attempt at increasing number of hits, but I thought it might explain why these envoys were removed - as it is not explained anywhere. It says 'Here’s why', but no reason is given. Indians seem to want to show off they have a view, and poliitcal analysis skills, but their presentations are no more than propaganda from both sides (west and Russia), given alternately, just to catch a wide viewership.
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  5302. Tell the US to stop NATO expansion, otherwise Ukraine will not exist.
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  5303.  @ryanthompson1981  'they don't fully control a single Ukrainian Oblast' You are clutching at straws. Ukraine certainly as no control of the 4 oblasts. And if they persevere, more will go. And what is left will be turned into a wasteland.
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  5304. They still trundle out that line about Russia is out of ammunition, missile, money , morale...to cheer up their own sagging morale which is hit by the economic downturn.
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  5305. These 'Hindu nationalists' appear to be good for rioting in Manipur but against China, they are meek as a mouse when it comes to action after China took Indian land.
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  5306. The US never had any moral authority, its hypocrisy and duplicity has been known for some time. That is why in this war, the US could not get the support of people outside the vassal states. People outside support Russia as they see it as the only power that has ended the US world order and saved them.
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  5307. Levin sprouts a rant listing China's achievements. China got a contract in Solomon Islands. So what ? Did they get it by invasion ? He is a old fashioned supremacist type longing for Thatcher, Reagan and Churchill. That was in a period that the newly independent countries had not come up and the west could continue with neo-colonialism. However, the era of western dominance and assumed superiority is over. Just as the whites in South Africa had to accept apartheid was not sustainable, the whites in the US have to understand the US cannot succeed by more confrontation and military adventures like Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. Putin ended the western global order and there is a new non-western world order dawning before our eyes. Live with it and join it or perish.
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  5308. It is wrong to say Zelensky planned Kursk, and attribute it to his recklessness. The US and UK came up with this harebrained scheme, and neither Zelensky nor Zaluzhny could have disobeyed Al Capone's orders. Once you work for Al Capone, you cannot disobey as your life will be ended.
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  5309. The west and Ukraine wanted escalation. The retaliation was bound to be come. So what is shocking ? Russia will destroy Kiev and all its command centres. It may be continuous with no respite.
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  5310. You cannot afford it. The British should stop war mongering on America's behalf. Shameless people.
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  5311.  Dracula's Traphouse   Why will Russia be crippled ? It has gas to heat its houses and run its industries. It can export to China. Your talk is wishful thinking.
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  5312.  @Whoknowsme007  The Jews claim they are Chosen by God. That is the difference between them and the rest. The Muslims and Christians are willing to welcome others, but not this lot. It is racial. Like Nazi Aryanism. And they are ready to practise Nazi methods. Shameful.
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  5313. Alexander has been saying for some time Russia is moving into Bakhmut and that is an important advance. Today's BBC has a mournful report on Russian shelling on Bakhmut. That is a sure sign that Ukraine has reached a plateau. It is clear the west made a mountain out of a molehill, and made out the Ukrainians were defeating the Russians. There are no more stories about Ukrainians rampaging forward and demoralised Russians running away.
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  5314.  @anthonychin1873  Those are not my wishes, those are my observations. Talk about Ukraine capturing Kherson and Crimea were wishful fabrications of the western media and western politicians who are desperate to tell their public their foolish moves are not foolish, and that we must stay the course. But the reality catches up - Russia is prevailing.
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  5315. When the Ukrainians worked with the Russians, the Ukrainians ruled the Soviet Union ! Once the Ukrainians became independent, they self destructed when they agreed to be vassals of the US.
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  5316. Jazeera is much better. At least it admits that after fall Soledar, Bakhmut is going to be in a pincer and it will fall.
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  5317. ''We need to give Ukraine whatever we can'' In 2023, Stoltenberg said NATO gave 98% of Ukraine's needs for the counter offensive. It failed. Then how will giving whatever you can change the failure ? NATO Sec. Gen.s are generally from minor and irrelevant countries like Netherlands, Norway, Denmark.... If the US has given up on Ukraine, accept that and move on.
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  5318.  @BTinSF  NATO countries will have to back down as Russia has run it out of weapons and NATO is not prepared to be killed. Ukraine should never have been pushed to fight Russia. And Ukrainians should not have been dumb enough to accept western backing as fighting a war with external support depends on goodwill and capability of the donor.
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  5319.  @BTinSF  Ukraine had the choice to stay neutral and not join any military alliance as per its 1992 declaration of independence. But the US incited a coup in 2014 where the elected govt. was overthrown and a US supporting govt, was put in place. Among the mobs during the coup were Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. US schemers like the Jew Victoria Nuland and John MaCain were in the crowds distributing sweets after the coup. What were they doing there ? It was the Ukrainian choice to embrace anti-Russianism to gain US favour. So they have no else to blame. Even after 2 months of the war, there were peace negotiations in Turkey in which an agreement was initialed. But Boris Johnson came and talked them out of it, and told them they could win if they continued fighting. The Ukrainians went with that, it was their choice to believe they could win, giving no option for Russia than to dismember Ukraine. To survive, they need 100 Patriot batteries which no one can supply. To roll back Russia from what they have taken is impossible as the the 2023 offensive showed. They do not have the manpower. So the goose is cooked for Ukraine. Due to their own folly in thinking that they can use the west to threaten Russia. Get it ?
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  5320.  @wwlb4970  Ukraine does not have to invade Russia, it posed a threat to Russia by seeking to invite the US to put missile and naval bases to threaten Russia.
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  5321.  @wwlb4970  Ukraine was part of Russia. Russians and Ukrainians did not have a very differentiated identity, they were intermarried and Ukranians were leaders of the Soviet Union, like Krushchev, Brezhnev, Chernenko. When given independence, the Ukrainians could not manage, they descended into neo Nazi Russophobic nationalism, encouraged by the US. Once the US infiltrates, that country is destroyed. It is characteristic of Anglo Saxons to seize on differences and instigate conflicts everywhere. War for profit is their culture. They have done that to break up the Ottoman empire (pit Arabs against Turks), in India pit various communities against each other to partition it, just to name a few. They have done the same in Ukraine. Except Russia is a superpower, it will fight and smash anyone that threatens it. That is the bottom line. Get it ? Ukraine is not in a position to fight Russia, with or without western support. The Ukraine of 1992 is not coming back, just get over it, don't waste your money on lost causes. The west is declining, it has enough problems, de-industrialisation, dying populations due to low fertility, anxiety about immigration, the western financial grip on the world is slipping as Russia and China drive de-dollarisation. I would not waste my time fighting lost causes. A new world order had emerged due to Russia and China, and the rest of the world will go with it. The west can fit into that or it fizzle out.
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  5322. Macron said Trump should get together with us (EU) and bring Russia to the negotiating table ! The US does not need EU, UK and Ukraine. The plantation owner does not consult slaves on his business.
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  5323. Marina has irked you because she is saying the obvious : Ukraine is not winning, a few ATACAMS will not change the outcome of the war, the Kursk operation is a liability and not a negotiating trump card. Things you do not want to hear. She is not feeding western delusions.
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  5324. Like Nazi Germany had to sign unconditional surrender to the Soviet Union, and Europe's map was decided by Stalin and Germany and Europe had to accept.
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  5325.  @louise_rose  Stalin redrew the map of Europe. Poland is a gift of Stalin. 'There was never any formal peace treaty between Germany and the allies after WW2, only memoranda by the allied leaders, including the western ones, from Yalta and Potsdam in 1945.' You need to update your knowledge. There was a treaty called 'The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany' in 1990, signed between unified Germany and the Soviet Union, Britain, France and the US stating that unified Germany accepts the borders of FRG and GDR as the final Germany, and it will not make any claims on Poland and others.
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  5326.  @seanniemeyer5437  Sovereignty does not confer the right to invite a superpower from across the Atlantic to put missile and naval bases to threaten a neighbouring superpower. It is the height of stupidity. If Ukraine had stuck with the neutrality its independence declaration said, it would have been independent country even now. But the US staged a coup, overthrew an elected govt., and implanted a govt. that sought NATO membership. Ukraine's Independence Declaration said it would be a neutral state. Otherwise, Russia would not have allowed independence. After 2014, Ukraine wanted to renege on neutrality and join a anti-Russian military alliance. Therefore Russia, quite correctly, ended the Ukrainian state. The Ukraine of 1992 is not coming back. The US incited Ukraine, and now it knows that Russia cannot be defeated, it is dropping Ukraine and moving on. End of story.
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  5327.  @magpiegirl3783  You do not have intellect to refute a Russian parrot.
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  5328.  @magpiegirl3783  But the parrot bothered you so much that you wrote back. The fact is Russia defeated the collective west. And you are licking your wounds.
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  5329.  @magpiegirl3783  ' I bothered to write back because all the parrots squawk out a lot of propaganda that deserves to be countered.' I have not seen any counter from you. You do not have the ability to do so after having lost. Putin has thrashed Ukraine and its NATO backers, and the collective west is squawking that he is coming after the rest ! Cowards speak to much.
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  5330. Yes, Ukraine put up a fight, but at the end of the day, it was foolhardy to fight a proxy war for someone else. Its supporters are fair weather friends, the US will ditch Ukraine and move on. The rest of them do not count.
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  5331. Zelensky said he would reach Crimea by Dec. 2022. He said no more cities will fall after Severodonetsk. 'Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of August....' ? It is all wishful thinking. The Bandera army has been massacred in Bakhmut and Soledar, and does not have enough shells. If Ukraine steps into Crimea, Kiev will receive a tactical nuclear weapon. Russia has stated that all weapons in its arsenal will be used if Crimea is threatened. Of course, Russia will put its nuclear forces targeting western cities on standby first, to prevent any US intervention, and then strike Kiev. This has been communicated to the US. That is why Gen. Milley said Ukraine will not be able to take Crimea this year ! He did not want to say that Ukraine will never be able to take Crimea.
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  5332.  @thegreatdane3627  Putin never said he will take Kiev in 3 days or 2 weeks. Gen. Milley said that. And you quote that and if you repeat the lie, it becomes truth for you. The Russians never cite any finish date, or announce any plans. They have stated their general objective : (1) no NATO bases in Ukraine (2) demilitarisation of Ukraine and (3) de-Nazification of Bandera followers. The capture of the Russian areas of Ukraine was added as the war progressed. Objective (1) is achieved. There will be no more NATO training camps in Ukraine, and no naval bases for the US. The US will have to fight a nuclear war for it, and it does not have the stomach for it. Objective (2) is partially achieved; Odessa needs to be taken to complete this. (3) and (4) are ongoing. The 'western analysts' make up targets and dates. For example, they said Russia will launch strikes on the first anniversary because they like symbolism. There was no such operation. Another strike on the power grid came 3 weeks later. Russians strike as and when appropriate. War is a dynamic thing. When Russia was stuck on Kiev, they withdrew and came back from the backside to take Donbass. They were endangered in Kherson, so they withdrew to the east bank without loss. Ukraine in contrast tried to hold on to Bakhmut unintelligently and got massacred. Western analysts said Russia was planning an offensive in March (Russia never said anything). When it did not happen, so then started saying the Russians do not have the capability. Western analysts said Russia ran out of ammo and was fighting with shovels with prison releases. They must have bayoneted the Ukranians in Bakhmut with shovels. Ukraine and the west have announced a spring offensive, they have announced Leopard tanks, so Russia has prepared for them. Bring them on, mighty Russia will slaughter the Bandera army till they have nothing to fight with !
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  5333. Are today's European powers strong enough to fight Russia when Russia has defeated the collective west including the US ?
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  5334. 'Why not Poland, the Baltic and Scandinavian countries , and Finland provide logistical troops inside Ukraine for the transportation of weapons to the combat zones? ' They are afraid of being killed by a Kinzhal. Fifty Swedes were killed in a Poltava military academy where they were training Ukrainians in electronic warfare, when they were hit by a single Kinzhal.
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  5335. Bolton is an American supremacist. Trump is a white supremacist, and less of an American supremacist. NATO should be disbanded. NATO has been a tool of US expansionism. Europe has not benefited from NATO : the US it to drag Europe into its wars against Muslim nations and Russia, and when Russia retaliates, the US does not want to fight, it slinks off. Europe carries the fall out, the refugees from the ME and Ukraine. Trump said that America will not be for Europe if it was attacked. Nothing surprising. That was always the US stand. Kissinger said America would not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany. The Europeans need to shake off their delusions that they have shared values with Americans, and they can join America and Israel to fight Muslim countries, and Russia and China, all at the same time. America is for itself, and Trump does not hide it. The Europeans need to learn independent thinking and not be reliant on America, and not join in wars they cannot win against Muslims, Russia and China. The British need to learn to be a team partner with the EU, and not be American's Trojan horse in Europe. The British also need to realise empire and world power are gone, and being America's shoe shine boy is demeaning.
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  5336. It looks more like a Russian counter offensive has started !
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  5337. What's the time frame for President Zelenskyy's victory plan? Why do you even ask such a question as if there is a credible victory plan ? Zelenksy's victory plan involves dragging the US to do the fighting - which the US will not do. The Americans do not want to be killed, and they do not want their cities incinerated. At the start of the war, the US deal with Ukraine was 'we supply the arms and money, you supply the blood'. Zelensky's plan is to have US supply the blood as well. Trump's victory plan is for Russia, and Harris victory plan is to off load the war to the EU.
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  5338.  @bigboyshit1  Now that Bakhmut is going to fall, you say it is of no importance. It is the Ukranians who are being slaughtered by Zelenky's order to make a last stand. Why do you think Ukranians want to hold it if it is not important ? If Bakhmut falls, the Russians will go to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
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  5339.  @nekakampeputinșipefaniilui  War of attrition works only one way. Which country is being destroyed, Ukraine or Russia ? Which country has no water, electricity, factories, destroyed buildings and cities ? Which country has lost its independence ? You need to get real and put aside false pride.
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  5340.  @nekakampeputinșipefaniilui  Are you feeling defeated by the FSB ?
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  5341.  @nekakampeputinșipefaniilui  The SMO has now advanced to war. Ukraine is being battered and subjected to the shock and awe treatment. You ain't seen nothing yet.
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  5342.  @nekakampeputinșipefaniilui  Let us say I am, what is your argument against my arguments against NATO expansion ?
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  5343. Putin said to Tucker Carlson 'why should we negotiate just because you ran out of weapons'
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  5344.  @Ineedahandle75  'He does not have, and never has had, any interest in negotiations.' Before the start of the war, Putin requested negotiations for Russia's security. The US did not respond and avert war. Then 2 months into the war, the Ukrainians and Russians negotiated in Turkey and initialled an agreement. But Biden sent his vassal Johnson to sabotage it. Why ? Because you thought you could win. Now the situation has changed. You have found you cannot win, you do not have the weapons and Ukraine does not have the manpower. In this situation, negotiations will be on Russian terms. Ukraine has to cede the 4 oblasts AND it has to be neutral. If it is unwilling, Russia will take the 4 oblasts by force and take more. 'He does not have, and never has had, any interest in negotiations.' Don't lie. I have explained above.
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  5345. Don't know why the Saudis bothered with this joker. Russia does not want negotiations. It has the upper hand. The west is looking for a way out.
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  5346. America will be salivating - the thought of selling arms !
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  5347. The 'coalition of the willing' was a non-starter when Russia said it will kill all entrants into Ukraine, and the US said it will not provide a back stop. The British have a penchant for gaslighting. The podcaster Emil Cosman compared the British to a opposum. It is a creature that gnashes its teeth in an apparently threatening manner - because it is afraid. Then it drops dead and hopes the threat goes away.
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  5348.  @obriets  The one who created a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and enabled Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, has created the crimes against humanity, so it could peddle its arms to NATO. It is the US.
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  5349. Ask Sweden and Finland to step up.
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  5350.  @matthewsill-ei5gf  My good fellow, Russia is fighting Ukraine and 32 hyenas supported by a superpower. It takes time, it is now winning, and NATO is licking its wounds and talking about next war when they think Russia will attack NATO ! Russia has the stamina to play a long game, you don't have that. Zelensky's original peace plan demanded return of Crimea. Now he said he wants 2022 borders. Why the climbdown ? Because he knows he is defeated. He is not having 2022 borders. Ukraine will not exist and you cannot alter that. Get it ?
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  5351.  @matthewsill-ei5gf  Oh, you want to maintain the pretence the west and NATO are not fighting in Ukraine, so you cannot lose. But then why is it western leaders are speaking about preparing for winning the next war against Russia ? It is because they have lost this one and feel mortified. You also know it. Don't put on airs.
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  5352. It seems all that Ukranian and western bravado of the Kherson offensive and march to Crimea are over, as reality sinks in. Now the boasting is reduced about Russians evacuating Kherson and allowing a Ukrainian walk-in. Now the Ukranians say it is going to be the heaviest battle. The Ukranians are going to get slaughtered and they know it. They have no choice as the US is pressing them to push ahead with the offensive, otherwise their aid will be cut.
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  5353. It is best if Hungary kept quiet, unless you fancy a beating like Ukraine is getting. Poland likes to poke the bear, they may be the next one in line for a mauling from the bear.
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  5354. As if Poland is an energy exporter....
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  5355.  @gregrogers3203  Poland is a vain poser. Maybe it has some coal, but nothing else in the way of energy. The countries of Europe are so weak they look up to the likes of Poland and Estonia to fight Russia.
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  5356.  @forehfilms  You are asking European and American cowards to fight.
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  5357. New game changer after defeat.
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  5358. If they were extremely capable countries, they would stay out of NATO. In fact they are weaklings, who took fright even though the fight was far away. There is only one sovereign nation in NATO, that is the US. The rest are feeble dependents. Neither Finland or Sweden is going to stop Russia in Ukraine, or when Russia goes after Lithuania. The reason Europeans are boasting about these two weaklings joining NATO is because Europeans feel defeated by Russia in Ukraine. Their sanctions did not work, and Russia's economic warfare has dampened their spirit. They feel this is a victory ! Putin stopped Ukraine from joining NATO, so two other weaklings joined, and that is a western victo Iran and Argentina applying to join BRICS is a bigger Russian achievement. It expands trade between non-western countries and that is where the bulk of the population and wealth will be.
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  5359. Putin has already won the economy war - he is de-industrialising Europe, and de-dollarising the world economy, so that is eventual end of the US dominance. As for the military war, Ukraine has lost 20% of its 1991 borders, Russia controls the shipping lanes making Ukraine landlocked for practical purposes. Whatever bits of Ukraine remain will be destroyed beyond repair. Ukraine cannot be rebuilt without Russian permission. The US cannot get what it wanted : naval bases in Ukraine. Russia will not allow it. It is ready to fight a nuclear war. Putin has single-handedly ended the western 'rules based international order'. That is why you are burning.
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  5360. The British are anxious as Trump is about to wash his hands off Ukraine. The British got very much involved with fighting Russia, saying the 'international rules based order' was under attack. They now feel lost as they will be defending their international rules based order, all alone.
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  5361. 'Putin is losing troops at an 'unfathomable rate' . Then why all this frightened hysteria from the British about Russia invading Britain ?
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  5362. As if Sweden will make a difference. Peter the Great inflicted a defeat on Sweden, and modern day Russia is too powerful for all the hyenas in Europe.
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  5363.  @ConradAinger  Why have the Ukranian flags disappeared ? The public in every European still gets a steady stream of self righteous and Russophobic propaganda.
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  5364.  @michaelkatz275  That is a weak face saver, about 'propagandists in Moscow claiming to destruct the Ukrainian military far beyond what the facts suggest.' If Ukraine is not so badly off, why do you think Zelensky was pleading for F 16s, and then in Vilnius for immediate NATO entry ? Those are the facts. Did Moscow's propagandists ask him to do so ? Try to engage your brain. And why do you think the US barred NATO entry ? And why was Zelensky told to be grateful ? That is because his two principal drivers see Ukraine is in a losing position. 'We constantly hear about the failure of the Ukrainian offensive even though the Ukrainian military forces have in fact gained pushed the Russian back from the flanks of Bakhmut and continue to make progress in Zaporizhzhia.' How did Ukraine push the Russians back from the flanks of Bakhmut when they have not admitted they lost Bakhmut ? 'At the end of June 2023, they have regained 200+ square kilometers.'. They have not reached the first Russian defence line anywhere to start a breach. They are still in the grey zone, all their attempts have failed - and led to huge casualties and loss of equipment. The western media is not hiding it. So 200+ square kilometers (which is unverified) are irrelevant. Ukraine has till end of October to make a breach before the muddy season comes. When the offensive fails, you will see the US pulling out the plugs.
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  5365. You are pathetic if you are depending on Poland. Which useless European country do you come from to think this ? Europe is a collection of weak states who hate each other and is manipulated by the US. The best security for Europe is to keep the US out and not provoke Russia.
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  5366. Zelensky said he would get Crimea by Dec 2022, and the war would end in 2022. The west said the Himars were achieving that. They made some potholes on the Kerch bridge, then Sir Putin got angry and ordered destruction of Ukraine's power grid, and Ukraine has been on the backfoot since, and has lost Soledar and Bakhmut. If Ukraine crosses the Dnieper and enters Crimea, Kiev will be hit by a nuclear weapon. The Russians have intimated that to the Americans. Hence, be realistic about Ukraine's prospects. Their forces have been massacred in Bakhmut and they don't have shells. The west cannot produce them fast enough. Russia has the manpower and the shells. Learn to be objective.
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  5367. The rage of the protestors is only about bringing the captives back. After that is done, they will be happy to continue with their apartheid state and land grabs.
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  5368. Russia has ended the western rules based order - for good. That is why the western heads are spinning.
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  5369. Those surrounding Ukraine need to think twice : if they provoke Russia through NATO, they won't exist. It is too late for Ukraine, but Baltics and others can think.
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  5370. The Indians are acting in a foolish way and they will get something like this happening to them. Russia and China have an independent foreign policy line and they have said only a Two State formula will be a solution. Indians want to have an independent foreign policy line, and should have taken the same line. But they have taken the same line as the west. And they want to be a superpower with a UN SC seat. It is not going to happen.
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  5371. Putin single handedly strengthened nato ? But Putin single handedly defeated NATO in Ukraine, destroyed western tanks and Patriots, and Russia advances while the collective west does not dare send troops.
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  5372.  @Bernadette-vi7qs  Labour said there is a 20 billion hole in the budget, where does the money for Ukraine come from then ?
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  5373.  @rogermartinez78  'the West as a group could easily defeat Russia in a conventional war and can do as it pleases in Eastern Europe and Russia could not do anything to stop it, but does that mean that the West should?' The west has no moral compulsions. If it believed for one moment what you claim (that it could easily defeat Russia in a conventional war), it would have sent troops to Ukraine. The west is afraid of being killed by the Russians. It does not have the courage. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  5374. Germany is getting deindustrialised by the closure of Nordstream 1. Aluminium and steel factories are closing down, some for good. If Germany's economy goes down, all the scroungers like Poland will also go down.
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  5375. The west has lost the war and this man is admitting as much.
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  5376. ' while imposing sanctions on the country redusing to make peace and continuing the war' Trump is going to impose sanctions ? Sanctions are already imposed, so what are you talking about ? You are writing gibberish because you cannot bear the defeat Russia inflicted on you. When Trump comes, he will recognise US folly and tell Ukraine to accept Russian terms, and there is no more free lunch. Get it ?
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  5377. He is very clear minded. Shocking analysis for a westerner.
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  5378. As usual greedy Jews want to live in Europe, support Israeli Nazism, and complain about anti-semitism in Europe. Professor, leave Vienna and Europe, migrate to Israel which practises western values, you will be safe there.
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  5379. @Yesindeed126 As noted, it is good for you to be diverse. The less you have old colonial farts like Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Ben Wallace, it will be better for you. You will learn how to work with Russia, China and join the new world order. You will come out of the colonial mentality about 'white man's burden' which claims to export democracy while looting others.
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  5380.  @neilbarrass7337  Every one will fight when called for - but not if called by warmongers for no reason other than their egos or to serve US needs.
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  5381. After Merkel's admission, it is clear that reunification of Germany was a mistake (that Gorbachov made). Germans have nothing to offer Russia to end the war. They are an arrogant, duplicitous people. Germany and Europe are declining into irrelevance. Germany could not open its mouth and say who blew up Nordstream. The world saw Germany's obnoxious behaviour in the Qatar world cup. Germans can open their mouth to show their love for LGBQTs in order to malign the host. Qatar ignored them. Russia should stand by its decision to dismantle Ukraine, ignore Germany and build trade with China, India, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
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  5382. The Ukrainian Donbass front is also eroding - and when it collapses, the Russians will advance to the Dnieper.
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  5383. The west self-certifies its innocence and noble nature (as usual), but cannot understand the reality that the non-west sees Russia's point of view.
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  5384. Western interpretation when the missiles get through and destroy targets in Ukraine : this shows Russian desperation, they have not had a win for a long time !
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  5385.  CoffeeAndLofi1983  The Ukrainians heirs of Stepan Bandera were employed by the Germans as concentration camp guards.
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  5386. Talking about 'military superiority' for Ukraine before crossing the first Russian defence line after 4 weeks, is a pathetic, wishful thinking that DW is peddling. The same was claimed after delivery of Himars, after delivery of Leopards and Challengers, after the cluster bombs.... Abrams is the next great western hope. But they will go up in flames the moment they come into the open. Ukraine does not have the capacity for combined arms warfare, its supply line extends essentially to the US, its manpower has been massacred. So how can it have military superiority ? Russia will not lose Crimea. Ukraine will have to breach the three defence lines, enter Crimea and hold it. That is impossible. They have not crossed the first line although they have been saying for a month they have taken Robtyne. There was no follow up and it has disappeared off the news. Russia has told Blinken that a tactical nuclear weapon will be used on Kiev if it captures Crimea. Since Ukraine is unable to breach the Russian defence lines, that will not be needed. DW needs to be realistic. There have been too many false dawns that it propagated like the rest of the western media. The war is lost for the west. Russia is more powerful than the collective west, it withstood the economic and military warfare of the west. That is hard for the west to accept as it believes in its superiority. The west now has nothing left in the war chest. It cannot produce enough of the armaments needed and it does not have limitless money; and it does not want to send troops. Ukraine will resist but will lose. The western media now talk about negotiating a frozen conflict but the Russians are not interested. The time for negotiations ended when Ukraine was pressurised by Biden's emissary, BoJo. Russia will be able to block Ukraine for another month till the muddy season sets in, kill more of the Bandera army in that period, and then it will rebuild. Russia will go on the offensive in 2024, take Odessa and will eventually destroy Zelensky and his odd cabal of Jews and Ukro Nazis. Like the Red Army finished Hitler and his German Nazis, the Russians know that can be the only solution now. Meanwhile, Russia knows 2024 is election year and the support is fading in the country that instigated the war. That country has voices asking to ditch Ukraine. The rest of NATO won't have a say when Ukraine is ditched; they will change their tune and blame Ukraine for not following NATO rules on breaching operations, and for corruption. The Poles have already changed. Slovakia is about to. DW will endorse the capitulation when it comes and host experts who will blame Ukraine entirely for American folly and wickedness.
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  5387. The west is desperate for finding an off-ramp, it cannot find one, so it has to live with the delusions peddled by Times Radio. Times Radio has been saying since month 3 that Russian troops are poorly trained and low in morale; Russia had run out of semi conductor chips and was using washing machine chips; it did not have air dominance; in Bakhmut, Russians were forced to fight with shovels. In 2022, Ukraine did a stout defence, and even instilled some forced withdrawals. But after the failed Ukrainian counter offensive of 2023 for which Stoltenberg proudly said Ukraine got 98% of its needs, it has been all one way - Ukraine is unable to reclaim anything, and it is losing more. Russia has killed off Ukraine's professional army, and has run the west out of shells. Look at the nonsense the west indulges in. It held 3 Ukraine reconstruction conferences - as if Russia will allow the west to step in and rebuild. Any rebuilding will be by Russia and Russia alone. Russia knows the mischief the west will create if allowed into Ukraine. Earlier German and western companies said they will set up factories to make tanks and armaments in Ukraine. Russia may allow it to be built and then they will destroy it with an air shovel before production can start ! The west is holding a peace conference in June '24 in Switzerland. Russia is not invited ! Biden, the main creator of the war, will not attend - even he sees it is futile. His election campaign is his priority. Zelensky's 10 point peace plan for the conference says Russia should vacate Crimea, pay reparations, and Putin should go etc. In other words, Russia should capitulate to Ukraine ! Times Radio also has delusions like Zelensky. Russia has said any peace negotiations after Turkey will be based on military realities. Western leaders know the military realities, that Russia cannot be dislodged, that the west does not have the arms and Ukraine does no have the manpower. Ukraine is on its last legs and it is on a ventilator and needs oxygen support. But the western media cannot admit it, because it will be defeat. Biden's plan is to try to keep Ukraine alive before the elections. If Trump comes, he will cut support for Ukraine and NATO. And if Biden comes, he will abandon Ukraine and delegate responsibility to the Europeans. And the Europeans are like Times Radio, all mouth and no trousers. Only 4 years ago, NATO armies ran away from Kabul with their tails behind their legs. How can such an army fight Russia ? It is humiliatingly obvious.
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  5388. Most of western politicians fly into an emotional rage. Defeat makes them worse.
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  5389. NATO is great ? Can it send troops to Russia and fight ? It can't. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  5390.  @blazunlimited  When NATO nations decide to ensure Ukrainian victory...why don't you send NATO army ? Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia should come to the battlefield and show it. NATO did not take up the challenge.
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  5391. I shall believe France and Germany Want Tit for Tat Retaliation Against USA when they pluck up the courage to announce who blew up the Nordstream pipeline. Germany said it knew, but said it cannot be disclosed as it is a security secret ! The Europeans are afraid they will be bullied and sanctioned by America. They don't have the courage of Iran, Afghanistan or Iraq, let alone the steely resolve and might of Russia. They are a collection of indolent and narcissistic states. Bourell, the FM of the EU said the Europeans are the garden of the world, and the rest of the world is a jungle. It will take one more generation for them to drop their colonial sense of superiority. By then they will be irrelevant.
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  5392. Ukraine is going - to Russia.
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  5393. The Ukranians are arrogant and they have been infected by Nazi style nationalism. The west should stop arms to Ukraine and see how Zaluzhny opens his mouth when Russia strikes.
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  5394. Russia has rebuilt Mariopol, so go there and bring some photos. Your support for Ukraine does not count for anything. It is a failed country, a vassal of the US, and unfit for self rule.
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  5395.  @atticusfredericks6210  All is not going according to plan, but Ukraine is not being let off the hook.
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  5396. The wreckage is difficult to retrieve the US says. The US should therefore forget about it.
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  5397. You are right, in light of what Ukraine did in Iraq, they deserve what they are getting now by scheming with America against Russia.
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  5398.  @johndean1634  'They also gave support to Germany in WW2. So whats your point.' The point is western Ukraine always was poisoned by Nazism and it is better for Russia to wipe the Ukro Nazis out.
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  5399.  @mgigachad3170  'actually Ukrainians did prefer the nazi over the Soviets and some helped them as well.' So Russia is right to eradicate the Ukro Nazis. They killed the Azov Batallion in Mariopol.
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  5400.  @antonlopatinsky9154  Ukraine has Nazi fascist groups in govt. like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. They were Nazi swastika tattoos and they killed Russian speakers. Ukraine has a Nazi problem, unlike Iraq. Russia has to eradicate them. They beat the hell out of the Azov in Mariopol.
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  5401.  @marek7641  And you must be a bloody Pole, trying to act like America's attack dog. The Bandera Nazis killed 100,000 Poles.
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  5402.  @antonlopatinsky9154  'Just because US support Ukraine should not automatically mean that other nations can't support Ukraine also regardless of their opposition to the US.' The only nations supporting the US are vassal states like Baltics, Poland, UK etc. And just because US and west support Ukraine, does not mean others have to support it. It is the US that works on the principle 'you are with us, or against us'. Others are not ready to play ball on those terms - Russia, China, India, South America, African nations, Arabs....
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  5403.  @RedButtonTV1  Coalition of US and UK, and later some hangers-on like Ukraine. There was no UN mandate to invade Iraq. So much for the pretence about the west following a 'rules based international order'. That is why the west has no credibility now. That is why others don't give a damn about a western war, and many support Russia as they know NATO expansion was a US provocation and threat.
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  5404.  @ThisNinjaSays_  You spotted antonlopatinsky is a duplicitous hypocrite. When his side does it, it was a mistake. That is all. He did not get enraged and call for arrest of Bush and Blair, he did not call them madmen and fascist - because he says US is not Russia and Iraq is not Ukraine. He has self certified US and Ukraine as noble.
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  5405.  @antonlopatinsky9154  Defence of Ukraine is a western problem. The US expanded NATO to sell arms, and Russia kept warning. The US's vassals in Europe went along as they are dependents. So when Russia blew up in your face, don't say it is the world's problem. Others have no issue with Russia and intend to trade with it. You are not putting out the fire the US and its vassals created, instead they are fanning it.
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  5406.  @RedButtonTV1  Have you considered the western view is skewed and the majority of the world does not agree with you ? That is why no one has time for your sanctions or sanctimoniousness.
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  5407. Russia's plan is to de-industrialise Europe. Close its glass, aluminium, steel and downstream factories. Once closed it will be forever. The Europeans will have to import glass, aluminium, steel and cement. That is, if the Europeans produce something else that can be exchanged.
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  5408.  @sababugs1125  Aluminium factories in Germany have shut, glass factories in France. BASF, the largest chemical complex in the world is under threat - if their energy supply is cut, or if the price increases. Listen to the video. The Russian plan is working.
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  5409.  @sababugs1125  I suggest that you are writing contradictory nonsense out of false pride. First you say the majority of these factories that shut down were hardly competitive. So let them close. Russia has done EU a service then. Your next line says 'Also it's only a matter of time before new sources ensure those factories work again.' So you think they will reopen and become competitive again. There is no energy as cheap as piped Russian gas. Europe is trying to replace it with LNG. LNG costs 5x piped gas. So how will those factories which you declared as non-competitive reopen with higher energy costs ? The factories don't have legs and aren't going to go anywhere. Yes, they will stay - as abandoned hulks. Experience has shown in the 1970s when aluminium factories were shut in Japan due to high energy costs, they were never re-opened again. The companies rack up big costs and debts and that kills them for good. Hence, Europe will close steel, aluminium, carbon fibres, cement and all energy intensive products and import them from more competitive places - which will be the places you hate such as China, India, and even Russia (backdoor channels will be arranged). But Europe will have to produce something to import these. What will be those ? Europe is not strong in IT and software. There is no Silicon Valley. No, my fellow, Putin is going to de-industrialise Europe and you do not have the intellect to understand it because of your emotions.
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  5410. You need to recognise the war is lost for the west, no point saying 15 years ago you could have won.
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  5411. What are our values ? Creating a Jewish state by expelling Palestinians in 1917, and more of the same in 2023 and 2024 ? And somebody criticised your hypocrisy and you are indulging in threats and blackmail to silence them. Sunak is a Hindu who has ingratiated himself to the Zionist mafia that runs the US and west. Otherwise, he will not survive.
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  5412.  @markford-h7l  Then Europeans should stop invading African countries for their mineral, and creating wars in the ME for their oil. Wars bring refugees. Your leaders have created problems for others and you.
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  5413.  @BMW_Classical  Learn to write English before coming here.
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  5414.  @barryporteous4904  The majority of Jews are mendacious, a few are very good, but they are exceptions. Look at the scheming Jews in the Ukrainian war : architect of 2014 coup in Ukraine was the Jewess Victoria Nuland, she was wife of neocon Jew Robert Kagan (architect of Iraq war); Zelensky the Jew; his mentor the oligarch Jew Igor Kolomovsky (caught for financial fraud in the US, ran away to Israel), PM of Ukraine is the Jew Shyamal; Zaluzhny, the ex defence minister, is another Jew stashed away as Ukraine's UK ambassador, to be brought in after the election; Blinken the Jew, Grant Schapps the Jew, the present US negotiator is another Jew. Rosenberg is another smarmy anti-Russian Jew. They are disproportionate in numbers. The moral junk infecting Europe and the US, that backs Israel.
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  5415.  @KiD-h7n  'They are masters of interviews.........you cannot get them rattled no matter what you say. ' But the BBC interviewers generally try to rattle the interviewee if he is perceived as not part of the west. Often they succeed. But sometimes they are against a hard nut who exposes them, then they pretend they are not rattled. There is a BBC Hard talk, Stephen Sackur versus a South African politician Julius Malema. Sackur tried to question why South Africa was not sanctioning Russia, and he tried ramming it down Malema that Putin was indicted by ICC and so SA should cut ties. Malema told Sackur where to go : he said Russia supported the ANC's anti-apartheid struggle whereas Sackur's country supported apartheid. Malema made Sackur squirm - Sackur was rattled but he tried not to show it. Now the Americans are saying the ICC indicted Putin is a good guy - because they want a peace deal quickly and distance from the mess they created in Ukraine ! The BBC is not so neutral as you imply. It is loaded with colonial British attitudes, condescending to others. The BBC did not challenge Blair and Bush's invasion of Iraq, it does not reveal the ground realities the Palestinians are facing because the British govt. supports Israel. It is part of the British political establishment. Rosenberg here chose not to be combative, he is meek as a mouse as he knew before hand he is up against a bear who will mince Britain.
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  5416. Don't worry, Russia is not planning to invade Britain or any other country. However, if the west tries to harm Russia, it will destroy them. The current war mongering and fear mongering from Britain is born out of frustration after its defeat in Ukraine.
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  5417.  @tomtillman  First show you can put trial the people who you have access to - Bush. Then talk.
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  5418.  @martinjacobson3191  If they have stored for future use, then let them release it, as there is need in Europe.
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  5419. Times Radio sets out to reassure all the western supremacists that the west has not lost - when that is how it is seen by the rest of the world ! It is the west that has run out of weapons and Ukraine has run out of manpower. Strategically, the war was lost in 2023. Now only the military endgame has to play out. The only American wish is that Ukraine does not collapse before the election. Some months back, western analysts dropped hints that the west should seek to negotiate to freeze the conflict. Putin replied that Russia is not going to negotiate just because the west ran out of weapons ! That is the actual situation. China will back Russia - it knows the US is planning similar mischief against China.
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  5420. 'I say to the Ukrainian people rest assured that we, the people of the west, will continue to stand with you, and support you until peace returns on your terms. ' The Ukrainians were foolish enough to believe you. Now they have lost their country. Why did you not stand by them and send troops ?
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  5421. And all Ukranians cities will have another round of the demolition job.
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  5422. It should not trust the US either. It can incite Poland to fight Russia, throw them under the bus, and leave the Poles. Poland will be Ukrained.
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  5423.  @markg958  America is not in a position to decide to use Russian money to build Ukraine because Russia will not allow the US to foot in Ukraine. You will be killed if you enter Ukraine. Russia will control the rebuilding of Ukraine.
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  5424.  @markg958  Send those American cowards who ran away from Taliban to Ukraine and you will see they will pass water when the Russians start killing them. If you thought for a moment you could win, you would have sent your troops already to Ukraine.
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  5425.  @Hyrodeniamandibulata  Biden will rot in the earth before the little bald man.
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  5426. Ukraine should not have planned to invite America and NATO to put missiles in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Due to their misbehaviour, the Ukrainians are being punished.
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  5427. The UKranians claim they are killing 7 Russians for every Ukrainian. It is not credible. If that is so, why does the reporter say Ukranians are hanging on against the odds ? The Russians are firing 10 shells for every Ukrainian one. The casualties will be higher on the Ukranian side. The Ukranians are running out of ammo and will be trapped in Bakhmut. At the start of the war, the west was saying the Russian soldiers have low morale, they are deserting etc. whereas the Ukranians were spirited. If that is so, why are the Russians advancing even after losing 7 to every Ukrainian ? That is one hell of a morale and spirit. The war is lost for Ukraine and the west. They need to put on a brave face.
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  5428. India shields Hindu terrorists from Gujarat riots. The man at the top is a criminal. So what is HT lecturing others about ? The origin of Sikh separatism is Hindu militancy that claimed Sikhs were Hindus and Hindi (and not Punjabi) is their language. Hindu misgovernance is the root of the problem. Hindus in India have been killing Sikhs, Muslims and Christians. The latest Hindu mob violence was against Christians in Manipur. Western countries have to support Canada. Even if the man was a separatist, Canada cannot allow India's extra judicial killings (which it practises in India) to be carried out abroad. Western countries need to wake up and realise that Indians, specifically Hindus (or BJP supporting Hindus) pose the greatest threat to their societies. Yes, it is Indians who are the threat, not Russians and Chinese - the latter do not migrate in large numbers and they do not bring with them the disputes in their countries. Since the rise of 'Hindu nationalism' in India, many Hindus settled abroad have vibed with it. The BJP and RSS (Hindu fascist group) even have a design to push in new Hindu immigrants into the west, to capture power and influence to support their fascist policies against minorities in India. They were gloating about Sunak capturing power for Hindus in UK and showing off his Hindu affiliations. They are expectant that the Hindu Ramasamy will win the US elections. Western countries have three illusions (1) Indians are a model minority (2) India is a rising economic power due to 5th largest GDP and (3) it can aid in containing China. Indians might have been a model minority some years back, but the rise of a fascistic Hindu nationalism in India has changed the mindset and behaviour of even Hindus settled in the west - right up to Sunak. India's economy is a mirage. 5th largest GDP is solely because of the largest population. India's per capita income is lower than Bangladesh and on the global hunger index, it is with sub-Saharan Africa. The west might think it can set up manufacturing in India. However, India has a protective economy that does not allow fair competition. It has a few businessmen like Adani and Ambani, who are corrupt and have an oligarchic relationship with Modi. The govt. shields their businesses against competition and in return they finance Modi's election. The experience of foreign companies like Vodafone and Cairns energy forced them to leave India. Apple is losing money after setting up a manufacturing unit in India. They find India does not have enough skilled manpower. India's military power is also non-existent. Two years ago, China seized Indian land and Modi had to keep quiet. India knows it will be beaten in a war with China. Even when it had a skirmish with Pakistan (suspiciously staged for Modi's election), Pakistan shot down an Indian plane and captured its pilot. India cannot contain China economywise as it does not have the low cost manufacturing base, and it has an uneducated and unqualified population. Militarywise, it cannot fight China. India manufactures hardly any hardware, it depends on Russia. It is time for the west to realise that India does not have the potential, and Indian migration (specifically Hindus) poses the greatest threat to western society. The visa and migration policies should be reformulated. Canada will take the lead, but the US, UK, EU and Australia have to follow. The Gulf states employ many Indians, but they need to watch for mischief created by Hindy nationalists. They had to deport some Hindus when they started sending hate messages against Arabs on Whats App.
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  5429. You don't know there were decapitated. Did you see it ? Were any reporters shown this ? The Israelis are saying it to gain sympathy. You are just credulous.
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  5430.  @JosephBisio  After the landing in Crimea, what happened to Ukraine's Special Forces ? Are they holding onto anything in Crimea ? Did the Russians kill all of them ?
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  5431.  @JosephBisio  'They went back home supposedly after their mission with no losses.' No account of what they achieved, and it is difficult to believe there were no losses. A flash in the pan reported amongst the most ardent western media as if the Ukranians have captured Crimea, or are on the way to capturing it !
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  5432.  @richardhasler6718  Crimea is not Ukranian territory. It was given by Russia during Soviet days. So don't encourage false hopes. In fact, whole of Ukraine belongs to Russia. Russia gave independence on the condition Ukraine returned the nukes and agreed to be neutral. Ukraine started to renege unilaterally on the second commitment, hence Russia has cancelled Ukraine's independence. The Ukranians have lost a lot of lives for foolhardy causes encouraged by the US. In the end, it is being defeated, and the US will walk away. Biden has effectively thrown Ukraine under the bus when he signalled in Vilnius that Ukraine will not join NATO. If you look at some of the US Presidential contenders like Trump and Ramasamy, they openly say Ukraine is not US business, it is Russian business. When they come, you will change your tune also and agree to hand over Ukraine to Russia.
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  5433. I don't believe it for one moment. It is like Boris Johnson saying he phoned Putin and Putin said he would kill Boris with a missile !
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  5434. The Europeans are showing off with their pants down.
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  5435.  @jeckjeck3119  The planning is just showing off, trying to depict Europe is relevant and competent. The fact is Europeans are subordinates of the US with no independent capacity for thought. Russia will decide Ukraine's future, so Russia has to be part of the rebuilding programme. When the west says it will seize Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine (although it will not be enough), then the Russians will destroy more of Ukraine to increase your rebuilding expenditure ! And as pointed out, the European govts have all taken on large debts this winter. And they will have to do the same next year. Ukraine will be abandoned like Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump said the US needs money to rebuild itself. The US creates wars, the Europeans join them, and over a period you decline.
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  5436. @MSD Group Kissinger once said India is the largest unimportant country. The situation has not changed. Indians can't achieve anything in India, so they migrate and achieve something, and claim it is an Indian achievement rather than an achievement of the country they settled in.
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  5437.  @ilaser4064  Russia is going to decapitate Ukraine. Had they captured Kiev, it would have been better. Now, Ukranians are getting the slow kill with the meat grinder approach.
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  5438.  @jakemroz9869  The rouble is the strongest performing currency. How is the EU doing with gas supplies ? First some refused to pay in roubles. Now 20 EU companies have signed up to pay in roubles and EU invented a dodge for them to say they are not flouting sanctions. Russia has living space, food security (the largest wheat exporter), it has energy security, it has water security, it has defence security (it can wipe out all enemies) in a blink of an eye. Tell me which country has all these ? Russia does not depend on others.
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  5439.  @rameshnagappa6064  For world peace, you can return to your jungle in India and worship snakes.
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  5440.  @harrypotter12558  The missionaries brought education and healthcare to the poorest rejected by Hinduism.
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  5441.  @rameshnagappa6064  Good that you introduced numericals, I appreciate. But who discovered you introduced the number system ? It was the British. What is your achievement in the last 200 years ? You have not even figured out the cow is an animal.
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  5442. Those 30 countries cannot make weapons and cannot fight as they are afraid to die.
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  5443. The Russians will destroy Ukraine and its neo Nazis just like it destroyed Germany and its Nazis.
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  5444. Alexander believes the British told the Ukrainians to do this hare brained Kursk incursion. The idea was to capture the Kursk nuclear plant - but they were not able to get anywhere near.
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  5445. Putin did say energy is more valuable than your euro or dollar. I met a common taxi driver who understood this. He said we need energy to make money. The common people understand, but the European elite does not understand.
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  5446. Europe is so pathetic it now relies on insignificant countries like Poland and Baltics to decide military and foreign policy.
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  5447. The Poles want to be America's attack dog. They are good for fighting other people's wars.
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  5448. The Poles appear to like to fight for other people's wars.
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  5449. 'Helping Ukraine win this war would be a strategic success for all of Europe' Ukraine has lost the war, the US and Russia will meet to decide Ukraine's future. Like Soviet Union and US decided Europe's boundaries after WW 2. So what are you talking about ? Poland was a gift of Stalin. Had it been for Germany, there would be no Poland. Had you waited for the British, you would still be waiting. What you have today is due to the Soviet Union, you ungrateful wretch.
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  5450. What is your enthusiasm for Ukraine based on ? The Ukro Nazis took advantage of the Nazi invasion and some collaborated and massacred the Poles. Such Ukrainians were also appointed as concentration camp guards. Whereas the Red Army liberated Auschwitz and Poland. The Poland you have today is a gift of Stalin. If it was left to Germany, there would be no Poland. Considering the above, I say Poles like you are a shameless and ungrateful wretch. Be careful with your provocations against Russia. If you go to far, you too will get Ukrained. We know you cannot fight and nobody will come to your aid.
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  5451. NATO is over extended. To take a decision, they have to convene a meeting in Spain to decide China is the next great enemy ! Even Article 4 and 5 require ponderous agreement. If the Baltics misbehave, Russia will seize them, and the rest of the hyenas will howl and call for a meeting. Any action will depend on US's willingness to fight and die.
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  5452.  @samuelcalkin3516  The west is defeated in Ukraine and you have to prop up a loser. Russia has consolidated the 4 oblasts and Crimea, they are preparing to take Kharkhov and Odessa, they will come back for Kiev. Meanwhile, the west is engaged in supporting another surrogate, who needs money and weapons. Like Ukraine, Israel is another long term liability for the west.
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  5453. When Borrell says openly that diplomacy is about managing double standards, that shows how shameless Europeans are.
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  5454. They ran out of everything in 2022. Zelensky even announced Putin's death in 2022, and said a look-alike was in command.
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  5455. Will you go and release the Ukranian Nazis holed up in steel plant ?
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  5456. Putin's threats are not empty. Why do you think NATO does not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine ? I shall tell you - they know NATO soldiers cannot fight like Russians (or like Ukranians). NATO is afraid of Russia.
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  5457. It is a 'coalition of the willing' inside NATO that is forward thinking, that can see Ukraine cannot win, and that wants to cooperate with Russia ! The rest of them having gone down the road of stoking a proxy war with Russia, cannot leave their delusions of Ukraine defeating Russia - yet !
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  5458.  @robertareynolds2124  Sometimes it is the minority that has the courage and intellect to see what is their national interest; the majority can be like lemmings, who just jump to suicide because others are doing it.
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  5459. 'Ukraine better just keep fighting' - they say that they are doing it to save the civilised west.
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  5460. 'Putin is looking for every chink in our armour' - super clever Putin ! He found plenty of chinks in the armour of Chellengers and Leopards and Bradleys.
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  5461. The message is : advantage Russia. They will prevail. Ukraine's goose is cooked. Westerners are backing a lost cause. They are backing it because they created the problem with NATO expansion.
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  5462. Well done Turkey and Erdogan ! He is clear minded like Putin. And what is the surprise that the US seeks to overthrow Turkish govt. ? It is a policy it has followed in Latin America, Pakistan. Even Ukraine had a US sponsored coup that brought a US implanted government - which led to war.
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  5463. Ukraine of 1992 is gone for good, slogans will not bring it back. Have clear vision.
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  5464. The Russians have destroyed one of the Patriot missile batteries. The US admits at least now that it is damaged. The Patriots will be like the Himars. Two weeks ago US media reported the Himars were becoming ineffective because Russia was jamming the GPS. This is the last throw of the die for the west. When it fails, the US will seek to depose Zelensky.
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  5465.  @havanasyndrome3024  The US is putting on a brave face. First the said Ukraine shot down a Kinzhal hypersonic. Lately, they have admitted a Patriot battery was hit - the are admitting in drips.
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  5466. The US withdrew its naval battleship Gerald Ford ! It is like their Abrams tanks in Ukraine. The problem is the support of Israel. UK created Israel and the US backs it. These two countries are responsible for destabilising the world with their war mongering. If it had not been for US-UK backing of Israel's Gaza invasion, the Houthis would not have attacked US and UK shipping. They same two led NATO expansion into Ukraine and created a war.
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  5467. Yes, the Russian offensive has failed, because they only took strategically unimportant Soledar and Bakhmut, which is a Pyhric victory. And the Ukrainain counter offensive has succeeded because they have unnerved the Russians by not disclosing the time and location. Meanwhile, the US is pressurising an unwilling Ukraine for a counter offensive, so that when it fails, the US can have an exit from the mess it created.
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  5468. Ukrainians thank Boris Johnson and the US for their current plight. They had reached a settlement with Russia in Turkey, but Zelensky was ordered by Boris Johnson and Biden to continue. They ordered Ukraine to do that wretched counter offensive in the Crimea direction.
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  5469. Because Ukraine will receive a nuke if it attacks Russia in any major way. Ukraine's grid was destroyed because of the attack on the Kerch bridge.
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  5470.  @edvigq  Do you think Estonia being hawkish helps them ? Lithuania tried to put a blockade on Russian trains to Kaliningrad, violating the agreement that gave Lithuania independence. Lithuania climbed down when a Russian politician said that Lithuania's independence must be reconsidered.
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  5471.  @georgine321  Lithuanians listened to the Russians when they said they will have to reconsider Lithuania's independence. Why else did the Lithuanians drop their attempted blockade. Because they realised Russia will kick their head in and the US would look the other way. Get it ?
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  5472.  @chriscampbell9191  'I have yet to read or hear any military expert say that's the case.' Western military experts will not claim their failures like Ukraine's 2023 counter offensive. They would claim it if Ukraine succeeded. Before the counter offensive, Stoltenberg said Ukraine had 98% of what it needed. After the flop, he did not explain why NATO's tanks and the rest got burnt, and the Ukrainians could not cross the first defence line. Who are western military experts ? Generally British idiots who say Russia is fighting with shovels, and their electronics comes from washing machines. One of them even said Ukraine could not advance in the counter offensive because the weeds had grown too tall !
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  5473.  @Blanka1100  What are the achievements of these great people, Kallas and Sikorski, apart from barking like chichua dogs ?
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  5474.  @jefferyshute6641  'The Russians had several months to prepare 3 lines of fortified defense.' Give them credit for reading NATO's mind correctly. 'NATO countries would never have attempted the counter-offensive without air superiority over the battlefield, which Ukraine did not have.' Ukraine was pressed into the counter offensive and given a time table by NATO. Stoltenberg said Ukraine had 98% of what it needed for the counter offensive. So was air cover the 2% that was missing. If NATO countries would never have attempted the counter-offensive without air superiority over the battlefield, then why did you make Ukraine do it ? You are criminal. You don't mind seeing Ukrainians killed to save your ugly pride. Since NATO does not have air superiority over Russia, and Ukraine also does not have it, why is NATO driving war ?
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  5475.  @tempest411  'Except Estonia is very much a country, and a country with better quality leaders. No Trump's, or Marjorie Taylor Greens.' It has anti-Russian rabble rousers like Kallas who would like to fight a war with Russia - using others. How could you be so dumb ? The impression you give is the whole western world feels so defeated it looks up to Estonia.
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  5476.  @righthandstep5  I am wrong. And is the correct 'time is on Ukraine's side, they will launch a counter offensive with miracle artillery and capture Crimea before winter ?'
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  5477. So you are very hopeful of a Ukrainian victory in 2024, and their wretched army will accomplish what they couldn't in 2023, with little US support in 2024. Such is the power of wishful thinking after a defeat.
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  5478. The US is also run by oligarchs.
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  5479. You can say Putin is bluffing till he is not bluffing. The British will find out when Putin strikes Britain or a British asset, as promised. What will the British do ? They will find the Americans will not come out to support them, the special relationship notwithstanding. And the rest of NATO is useless. The British are living dangerously due to false pride and delusions of being a great power.
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  5480. Bolton justifies the Iraq War, unilaterally decided by US and UK. In which case, why should Russia not decide on removing NATO's threat to Russia in Ukraine ? Naturally, Bolton does not want the ICC. He would be there with Bush and Blair, for Iraq.
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  5481. "The NAIVETY Of Protesting For Iran!" There is no naivety, people support Iran because it is defending Palestinians against ethnic cleansing by the Jews. It is wickedness to support Israel. The creation of Israel by the British has been an endless source of conflict for the world and that conflict is creeping up the ladder to a nuclear level. The Jews had become a problem for Europe, so Europe solved it by gassing the Jews and sending the remainder to Palestine. In the region also, the Jews create conflict. They want to expel the Palestinians and in recent times their greed and ambition has grown, they seek parts of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Fascist ministers in Netanyahu's cabinet like Mordrich and Ben Gvir have demanded as much. The Israeli Knesset has an inscription which says 'from the Nile to the Euphrates'. That is Solomon's empire. The western powers had leverage to curb the Jews. But they have been inexplicably servile and they bow to the Jews. The west has thereby undermined its own credibility and its forever wars fought for the Jews has brought America's decline.
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  5482. He made a slip of the tongue because English is not his language, she is seizing on that and sighing to show exasperation and make Peskov sound irrational. It shows her prejudice. An interviewer showing emotion like that is very unprofessional. Peskov is cool, and he has made it clear : Ukraine ain't joining NATO, and any existential threat to Russia will mean nuclear weapons.
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  5483. Israel wants to make it the last war ? They said that about every war. But Jewish greed can never be satiated. This is the last war that Israel will last. In earlier wars, Israel prevailed because it could get quick 6-day victories. However, that is no longer feasible. The military technology gap between the Muslim nations that Israel dominated over has narrowed, and US support will diminish as the US is over stretched by other wars it created elsewhere. Israel is now drawn into long wars which it cannot win, and which drain it. Israel is an unsustainable state. It has sustained itself using military means and unlimited US support. However, that is over now. Israel has manpower shortage and as Jews migrate outwards, that is the death knell for Israel. All of the western settlers have dual nationality, and see Israel has no future. So they are leaving. Why does not Melanie Philips go and settle in Israel and join IDF ? She will be sorely needed to fight Hezbollah.
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  5484.  @radicalcartoons2766  'she is too old for the army, don't be silly.' The IDF will run out of young men as this is going to be an open ended war of attrition with many nations. They will need Melanie to enlist. She is an onboxious, duplicitous Jew, fitting the very caricature of the community.
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  5485. This presenter is trying to put up brave explanations about the ever upcoming Ukranian offensive which the west desperately needs to save its face from the sting of defeat. He starts with citing Ukraine's negotiating stand : Russia must vacate all including Crimea. As if Russia will surrender because Zelensky says so. In Sept. 2022, Zelensky said with the Himars, Ukraine will recapture Crimea by Dec 2022. He said that is where it started, that is where it will end. June 2022 is upcoming and how is Zelensky's claim of Crimea by Dec. 2022 ? The reality is Ukraine of 2014 let alone 1991 is not coming back. The lands taken by Russia are now fortified, Ukraine as the invading party will need 3x the force to overcome the Russians. Ukraine's forces have been decimated in Bakhmut and other places. Meanwhile Russia has started to destroy western ammo caches and Patriot missile batteries. That is why Ukraine says it is unable to start. Ukraine will be forced to mount something due to US pressure and when that peters out, the US will tell it to negotiate. If Ukraine only makes minor progress, the money supply will be cut.
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  5486. The west is a pathetic joke. What is the point of holding a peace conference in Switzerland without Russia ? There is no stalemate, Russia is advancing slowly but surely. They are going at a pace where they can consolidate and make all gains irreversible. Ukraine has a manpower crunch, no matter what equipment they get, they do not have the soldiers to go forward or even stave off the Russian advance. The US knows this, they are just praying Ukraine does not collapse till the elections are over.
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  5487.  @Abulb99  Let us suppose I am a russian bot working on Prigozhin bot farm. Why are you replying ? You certainly cannot refute me. No one from a vassal state can.
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  5488. Russia gave Ukraine. Ukranians misbehaved and backstabbed Russia. Russia is taking back Ukraine.
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  5489. So after NATO's client lost 10% according to you, NATO has won ? You are a duplicitous lawyer and your client is very dumb.
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  5490. The relationship between the US and the EU is more than strong ties. It is master and vassal. EU will commit economic suicide for the US. Europeans are unbelievably dumb.
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  5491. You forgot mentioning the need for strong ties with democratic Ukraine !
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  5492. Western technology is superior to Russian technology ? Then how did the Russians destroy Leopards, Challengers etc. with shovels and why did the Ukranians who NATO said had 98% of what was needed for the counter offensive, fail ? The Russians defeated the offensive despite superior western weapons. The lady is stupid and hysterical half way through. She said the Ukranians do not have weapons, that is the reason the Russians who only have machetes can win. Russia is stronger, and Europe with or without America is not a match.
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  5493. @Budiono Widodo Economic warfare was a serious miscalculation by the west, its false pride makes it continue.
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  5494.  @AstroGremlinAmerican  Any electricity can refine Aluminium. That is not the point dumbo. Germany cannot build a nuclear power plant tomorrow to prevent shut down of Al plants and other plants today. Once plants are shut, people lose their jobs. For Germany to get ready some LNG terminals will take up to 2025. Europe does not have enough energy and raw materials and is going to have its economy come down.
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  5495. The Ukranian elites sold themselves to the US. They have nowhere to go or turn.
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  5496. Russian missiles were running on chips from washing machines in April 2022, they had shortage of infantry, officers and generals because Ukraine had knocked them off by June 2022 and soldiers were mutinying, by Feb 2023 British intelligence was saying the Russians are fighting with shovels in Bakhmut. Indeed the incapacitated western minds have to wonder whether such depletion will put an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.
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  5497. Things have changed in America. The Israeli Jewish narrative that used to control America unopposed, is now opposed. People now hear the Palestinian voice as in the video above. The ugly Jewess can shout as much as she wants but people see the other side now. Indians who want to side with Israel need to remember that Israel was created by British imperialism by handing over Palestine to the Jews, just like Pakistan was created by the British.
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  5498. Putin seems to you like the proverbial 'Rat in a corner' ? The Europeans are like rats in a corner. Cornered by Trump and Putin.
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  5499.  @KirstyCaddick-ne4vk  And who are the people you support ? Zelensky ? Netanyahu ?
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  5500. To solve corruption, Ukraine will have to get rid of Zelensky and its political establishment, because they are all implants of the US. The US is reported to have spent $ 5 billion to engineer the coup in Ukraine (which they call colour revolution), and Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowd distributing sweets. The implanted Ukranian govt. sold 35% of agricultural land to three US corporations (like Cargill, Monsanto). The US itself is the source of Ukraine's corruption and benefited from it. Even Biden's family (Hunter Biden) benefited. Thus, the US demanding Ukraine to end corruption as a condition for joining NATO, is rich. It is only a pretentious cover to defend its decision to veto Ukraine's entry into NATO.
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  5501. The great power psychology of the British was revealed in what Boris Johnson said. At the beginning of the war, he said 'Putin cannot be allowed to win, as it will destroy the 'international rules based order''. The British believe they had an important role in creating the 'international rules based order'. But as Putin responded, 'who devised this order, and why was Russia and others not consulted ?' In any case, the British flouted any concept of 'international rules based order' when it invaded Egypt during the Suez crisis in 1956, and when it created a a false flag threat of Iraqi WMDs striking Britain in 40 minutes, and used that to invade Iraq. Boris Johnson's mindset was revealed further in a more recent interview where he said that if Putin wins, it will end western hegemony. Those were his words. He thinks western hegemony is an entitlement for Britain and the west. He is shameless. However, he has a curious mindset. He despises the Europeans, he mocks them, he drove Brexit to free Britain from Europe which he equated to Ukraine fighting to free itself from Russia ! At the same time, I have seen Boris in interviews suck up to America shamelessly. He is a pliant vassal of the US, believing Britain has a 'special relationship'. Hence his belief in maintaining western hegemony actually means maintaining Anglo Saxon hegemony, where he thinks Britain will automatically get an important position as a junior partner of the US. Britain is a fine nation in many respects and it has many achievements, but Boris Johnson and the British political class represent the worst aspects of the British. Keir Starmer is no different; he has the same antipathy to Russia, he sucked up to America reminding Biden about the 'special relationship' which required America to authorise Storm Shadow use in Russia. Duplicity, scheming against others, war mongering, and at the same time, pious posturing are the worst characteristics of the British, which makes them hated.....The British in India stole its wealth, they taxed the Indians mercilessly and used its wealth to build Britain, but they always pretended they were working for the benefit of the natives. With that cultural and colonial background, it will be difficult to adjust to a situation where Britain can thrive without chicanery and intrigue.
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  5502. Nothing surprising, the Jews are in control of the US.
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  5503. The Europeans need to be taught a lesson for their Russophobia, who better than the US to teach them ! Looks like they will be shafted by the Russia and the US.
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  5504. The US started it all by blowing up the Nordstream pipeline. The Russians will do the same some time. No one can complain. The US started cyber attacks on Russia and China. Eventually Russia and China retaliated - and got better at the game than the Americans. Hence, the Americans complain. It will be the same with pipelines.
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  5505. This fellow says Russia blew up the Nordstream and we need to hold them accountable for it.....ha, ha, ha.... Russia will teach the America's European vassal states a lesson. And the US will not come to Europe's aid.
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  5506. How cynical of the US to press Ukraine to fight a proxy war for NATO expansion (for the benefit of the US arms industry), and after the war is lost, ask Ukraine to send its 18 year olds - as if that will turn the war around. Morale will be low in Ukraine when 18 year olds know that in 6 weeks, the US will abandon them. Of course Ukraine has been dumb agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US.
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  5507. And what is your suggestion for stopping Oreshnik, Avangard and Sarmat hypersonic missiles ?
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  5508. Poles have a gross inferiority complex. They want to be a great power, but they cannot be. They are a joke. About Poland and western Ukraine joining into a confederation is a hare brained scheme. But it is possible Russia may agree to a partitioning scheme after taking Odessa and the entire Black Sea Coast. This way, the US will not have a naval base. West Ukraine is the home of the Bandera Nazis, so Russia does not want that part. Ukraine will be the loser - it will be partitioned between Poland and Russia. Poland will also be a loser as the Bandera Nazis will want to fight the Poles. They massacred the Poles once. Russia can leave the Ukro Nazis and Poles to fight. It will also wreck NATO.
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  5509.  @lyudmilavelya2140  The UK's interest is not clear to me. Generally, they follow what the Americans do, as they believe some gravy will come to them in the process. They have a blind belief in an imaginary 'special relationship'. In reality, they are door mats like everyone else who relies on America. In this, their mentality is like the Ukrainians who crave to be America's door mat. But in the current situation, I don't see what the UK gains : it cannot make Ukraine win; it is wasting money for Ukraine which is not going to provide a return; it is saddled with refugees; it going to face a severe energy crunch, and although it boasted earlier that unlike Germany, it only buys 6% of its gas from Russia, it has to pay the same international price for gas. Then they found the UK has the highest usage in Europe of gas for central heating, and they are lagging far behind in the planning for the emergency, as they didn't have a functioning PM. And their currency is devalued by 20%.
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  5510.  @lyudmilavelya2140  Lyudmila, what do you think of this video which says the west sabotaged any negotiations between Ukraine and Russia ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUX1YUY7gWA
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  5511.  @sofiabrekhova1551  What was Victoria Nuland and John McCain doing on the Maidan distributing sweets to the crowd to celebrate the coup that overthrew the elected government ? What was there a NATO training centre near Lvov when Ukraine's independence declaration said it will be neutral and would not join any military alliance. Why did Ukraine send 5000 troops to invade Afghanistan at US request ? US interest was to induct Ukraine into NATO so that it could get missile and naval bases to threaten Russia. US never does anything without ulterior motives. Ukraine took the wrong fork in its nationhood, teaming up with America and invading Afghanistan, and then threatening Russia. Therefore Russia has decided to clip Ukraine's wings so it never uses America to threaten Russia. When the US cannot afford it, it will leave you destroyed, as it did Afghanistan and Iraq. At least Russia will rebuild you.
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  5512. The deal with Ukraine was 'Ukraine supplies the blood, the west the money and weapons'. No one in the west, even the most ardent Ukraine supporters is willing to die for Ukraine. Get it ?
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  5513. 'Talk of joining Nato caused a war, now they want to deployed European soldiers from Nato countries as part of lasting peace' Defeat causes the head to spin.
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  5514. So you tell us how you are going to make Ukraine win ? You are going to send troops ? Can your NATO cowards fight ?
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  5515. Foolish comparison to console yourself because Russia has defeated 45 countries waging economic and military war.
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  5516. As if a tank or two from Belgium or Germany will make a difference ! Ukraine's counter offensive cannot be revitalised. If the Ukrainians could not breach quickly and do a blitzkrieg, they are not going to succeed in a battle of attrition. Already, the Russians are moving to take Kupiansk in Kharkhov oblast. It is best for Ukraine and the west to cut their illusions of victory over Russia, and thereby cut their losses. Russia has shown it is more powerful than NATO. It is a pathetic proposition to think a few tanks from Belgium will make a difference, when the Russians obliterated them so easily. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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  5517. So now the west is admitting the best the Ukro Nazis can do is to make it costly for Russia in Soledar and Bakhmut. That is, they accept they will lose these cities ! But Ukranians are needlessly losing soldiers for a lost cause. They can learn from the Russians who took the decision to withdraw from Kherson. When the Russian attack switches elsewhere, Ukranians will less to defend regions near Kiev. And now the fall of Soledar is near, trundle out unsubstantiated war crimes in Kherson. Ukraine will not exist to make prosecutions.
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  5518. Stoltenberg makes a 5 year plan to support Ukraine - after it is under the bus and the principal instigator has left ! The US can leave but Europe will be holding the refugees and Ukraine will be a dependent of EU aid. Why does not NATO send troops to Ukraine and fight with its superior weapons ?
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  5519. Israelis are dependent on the US and could end up like Ukraine, fighting a war with no end.
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  5520. The ICC itself shows why the rest of the non-west supports Russia. The ICC has a record of arresting leaders of African nations and showing it is delivering justice. It never issued arrest warrants against Bush and Blair. The US is not part of the ICC. It has the most criminals. The ICC has no credibility, it is run by a bunch of pretentious Europeans. The Europeans themselves are vassals of the US, they would not dare asking the ICC to issue an arrest warrant for Bush, but they pose as the Morality. That is why this 'international rules based order' which is holy for the west has no credibility and the rest of the world is happy Russia ended it. These western nations are fooling around because they are frustrated they cannot get the better of Russia in the military nor the economic war. Russia has ended the western rules based neo-colonial order. Russia has floored the European economies and is de-indsutrialising Germany, and the sanctions war ended up catalysing de-dollarisation and eventual weakening of US power. Russia knocked out a US drone and the US could not do anything about it. So how can ICC or anyone else arrest Putin ? He has the power to incinerate all the cities of ICC's loudmouths. The west cannot supply ammo to Ukraine in quantity and in time. The war is therefore lost for the west. The west will create such sideshows out of helplessness. They will make much news from this for a couple of days and move on. They come up with all such shows : Bucha, Ukrainian reconstruction conference, EU membership for Ukraine, wearing Ukranian flags etc...
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  5521. 'If the US is pulling out of support for Ukraine, they should not be involved in any way in negotiations with Putin about the outcome and cessation of the war. ' Only the US and Russia should decide. The US created the war and incited Ukraine to fight Russia. The US changed its mind. Ukraine and Europe did what they were told by the US, so why should they be involved in any way in negotiations ? France and UK are powers of the 19th century. How can they fight Russia when the US couldn't ?
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  5522.  @MartinBoersma-u5e  ' Putin needs American help to withdraw without making it look he achieved nothing' Really ? Putin did not ask for negotiations. The Americans are running after him to end the war.
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  5523. So what is Estonia going to do to roll back Russia when the US itself cannot do it ?
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  5524. I noticed your channel is very pro-Ukraine war. If you waste your money this way, and do not spend it to develop your country, then it is bound to be the case that an underclass of lumpens will develop, who are jobless, violent and nihilist. Britain should stop playing the role of a great world power. Your channel spends its time propagating wars.
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  5525. So what would Churchill have done in the current context ? He went to Moscow to see Stalin to save Britain's skin.
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  5526.  @Blanka1100  ' Churchill also sold Eastern Europe to Stalin in Yalta'. Stalin rewrote the map of Europe. He was the winner. Churchill had no choice but to acquiesce.
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  5527.  @Blanka1100  The USSR wiped out Nazism and made Germany into a peaceful nation.
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  5528.  @Blanka1100  The Red Army' great general, indeed the greatest general in the history of war, Marshall Zhukov said 'we liberated Europe from Nazism, the Europeans will not forgive is for this'. Your post illustrates what he meant. Numskull.
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  5529. I agree majority of the world is with Russia and they see Putin as a hero. The west is coming out with such pretentious shows only because of their powerlessness. They want to believe they are still in charge of the world. Russia would nuke each one of these 37 countries if they touch Putin.
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  5530. How does Panama escalation threaten Putin ? Your channel comes out with ludicrous anti-Russian statements.
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  5531. The guitar playing shows how immature and unprofessional western leaders are. The song Blinken song was an anti-war song (against American wars like Iraq) and he did not even know that. Blinken is an embarrassment. And western public is too dumb to realise it - like you. Putin is a serious leader, his planning is not based on rage about Blinken's song. Implacably, Putin stands for his country. There is no western leader who can match him.
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  5532. I have seen a video of Bolton and the US team meeting Putin and his team in Moscow. Bolton's body language was like that of a mouse in front of Putin ! Putin threw a calculated witticism which caught Bolton off guard. Putin knows his stuff and comes prepared. Bolton is a hawk otherwise, but in front of Putin it does not work. It is the same with Trump - he bullies and condescends to everyone, to Zelensky, Trudeau, Starmer etc. but he knows he cannot do that with Putin, Xi and even Kim !
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  5533. Russia has correctly read the mentality of EU and NATO. They encouraged Ukraine to backstab Russia, but when the EU started feeling the pinch, it started backstabbing Ukraine.
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  5534. Excuse me, the invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked. Ukraine wanted to join NATO to put US missiles to threaten Russia. It was a provocation, and Ukraine is paying the price. Part of Ukraine is retaken and the rest will be strangled economically.
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  5535.  @rappakalja5295  Russia decided to boost its defence by making sure US cannot put missiles in Ukraine. That is what the war is about. Ukraine and US were foolish to think they could get away with it. The US is the aggressor with reckless NATO expansion. Russia has taught Ukraine and NATO a lesson they will not forget.
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  5536.  @duhni4551  Your type has been predicting rouble will collapse, Russia has no air force, they are running out of shells, Putin has Parkinson. Wishful thinking. They have taken the industrial heartland, the coastal areas, and they are in a position to strangle the Ukraine that remains, and not allow reconstruction. And the west does not have the guts to go and fight. They might send some arms and mercenaries, but that is all. Come winter, the west will be squealing and ready to compromise. Already, many of them are paying in roubles.
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  5537.  @duhni4551  Your narrative is the same as what the German Nazis said and thought. The Russian people have a higher capacity for pain than westerners. Only they could take the casualties and defeat Nazi Germany. The rest of the Europeans were happy to collaborate with the Nazis. Also Russian military seems to be ill motivated and some of them has outright refused to fight....so how did they take Mariopol, Kherson, and they are on the rampage without let up in Severodonetsk ? The German Nazis also said the Red Army does not have the will to fight. 'Thanks to the sanctions, Russia can't rebuild its modern military weapon systems nor maintain them, this means that what ever gets destroyed will not be replaced and this then makes Russia completely defenseless in the long run' Russia built hypersonic missiles which go past US defences. The US is still struggling to make hypersonic missiles. So did Russia make the hypersonic missiles with US technology ? The Sarmat missile takes out an area the size of Britain. You are dumb. You are like the stupids who said and believe Russia is running out of parts and they are using electronics from washing machines. The western media said due to sanctions the rouble will collapse. It became the strongest trading currency. Wait till winter and you will the westerners expressing discontent when they freeze.
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  5538. It is no wonder France is despised and hated everywhere : by Africans, Russians, the Algerians, Muslims. They are so stuck up. The Africans have kicked them out, and the French want to fight Russia. The Russians have promised to kill all the French they moment they step into Ukraine.
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  5539. The video is a mixture of western propaganda and its contradiction. Typically, they say Putin is losing, he is desperate, so he is going after civilians. They tell us Bakhmut is unimportant militarily, and we don't know why Russians are after it (why are Ukranians defending it then ?). They informed us Russia had run out of ammunition, but they are firing 9 shells for every Ukranians one. They told us Russian soldiers are unmotivated and Ukranians are highly motivated. But somehow the unmotivated Russia soldiers are coming forward. In between the gloom, the narrator cites the US that Ukraine and Russia have lost 100,000 soldiers but it is stated as it the loss is equal. But if Russia is firing 9 shells, to Ukraine's 1, then it is certain the Ukranians are being massacred. Seeing the video and reading between the lines, it is clear Russia is advancing in Bakhmut, and the situation is getting desperate for the Ukranians. After seeing the video, it is clear all the tall talk and praise about Ukraine defeating Russia is wishful thinking. The US and Europe should explain why they pushed Ukrainians to this massacre and then did not go to their rescue by sending troops to Ukaine.
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  5540. Putin's way of dealing with the west is 'you hit me once, I shall hit you twice'. That is why the west fears Sir Putin. They are frustrated and angry that he ended their western rules based order for good.
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  5541. Russia said more than 'peace is possible only if Ukraine stops fighting'. That is not a meaningful statement. Maria Zakharova explained clearly Russia will agree to peace only if the original foundations of Ukraine's sovereignty - its neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status - is confirmed. Those were the conditions under which Ukraine got independence. Ukraine tried to renege on this unilaterally.
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  5542. Does this man not know that neither Ukraine nor the west has air defences to stop Miss Hazel ? This man is inviting Miss Hazel to visit Kiev. Does this man not know that each escalation made by the west has led to a Russian response which has made Ukraine weaker, so much so the US is considering abandoning Ukraine ? Putin can also argue that the west only understands the language of force. Ukraine is not of much importance to the US - anymore. Just as the Vietnamese regime in Saigon found out, or the US implanted Afghan govt. in Kabul. The US implanted Ukrainian govt. can be sacrificed due to cost over run. The man blabbers on about defence of rules based order (he has learned those western terms, he thinks he is one of them). The US and UK flouted it and invaded Iraq. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq on behest of the US. So it has no right to complain about Russia and speak piously about rules based order.
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  5543. Has the saintly west indulged in any disinformation ?
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  5544. The western media are biased and unserious because they get western 'experts' and Ukrainians, but never a Russian to give Russia's point of view.
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  5545. The western media and governments had been telling us since the first month that Russia has run out of missiles. They also assured us that NATO is the most powerful alliance in the world, Europeans and Americans are the richest people, and they can arm Ukraine for as long as it takes. But in the DW clip, the correspondent said Europe and the US do not have the rockets and munitions in stock to fight on this scale ! They can give Ukraine a rocket launcher but not enough rockets. So now we know the reality. Russia has the munitions and the Europe and the US will run out. Then how can Ukraine get into a better bargaining position, let alone win ? Russia can prolong and go for the kill.
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  5546.  @peabase  Iran complied ? They have not said that, you made it up. The claim that Russia has run of missiles has been peddled by Ukraine and its handlers since month one.
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  5547.  @peabase  'Iran doesn't have to admit it for it to be true.' You mean to say the western media has to accuse Iran, then it must be true. Also, if Iran sent drones, so what ? You sent HIMARS to Ukraine.
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  5548. Earlier on, your channel was spouting about stopping Trump coming to power, stating how disastrous it will be for NATO and Europe in their fight against Russia. Now that you know that Trump is here, you are spinning optimistic hopes that he will follow what you want. I have not seen any evidence. Ukraine's support is coming to an end and any settlement will be on Sir Putin's terms. How else could it be ? The loser cannot set the terms. You channel shows the helplessness of the UK and the EU. You are going to be used by the US and kicked by Russia.
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  5549.  @divumque  A country does not have the right to invite a far of superpower to come and threaten a neighbouring superpower. In that case, that country will not exist. Anyone who attacks or threatens Russia will be torn apart. Consult Germany, France, Poland, Sweden... Get it, you numskull ?
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  5550.  @divumque  A country does not have the right to invite a distant superpower and give it bases to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Ukraine obtained independence under the understanding it would be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia. It tried to renege on that unilaterally, hence it will not exist. Get it ?
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  5551.  @lorenzcassidy3960  When the Soviet Union showed good will and allowed the reunification of Germany, US Secretary of State James Baker said that NATO would not move one each to the east. But as Putin pointed out, the US lied and there were 5 waves of NATO expansion. It is irrelevant that Eastern European countries wanted to join NATO. NATO is the US. The US reneged on the understanding it gave Russia that NATO would not expand eastwards, despite protests from Russia. Don't use eastern European countries to justify US lying. The threat to Russia is the US, and not the Eastern European countries. The US thought that Russia was bluffing about NATO expansion. Putin had warned as early as 2008 NATO expansion would lead to war. Now you know Russia is not bluffing. NATO expansion to Ukraine was the last straw. Russia has decided it will use the mailed fist to check NATO expansion. Now you find the most valuable industrial part of Ukraine has returned to Russia, and the rest will be turned into a wasteland, and there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. The US is planning an exit strategy. If Trump comes, he has said he will end the war on Russia's terms and seek good relations. And if Kamala comes, she will get rid of Blinken and Sullivan, and form a new team who would advise her to hand over Ukraine war to Germany and the EU. The US cannot afford to continue funding Ukraine, it is a divided society, its economy is not what it was, and it has other priorities like China. Finland, Sweden and the rest of the Europeans are useless and cannot fight Russia. Once the US hands over the war to Europe, Ukraine has no choice but to accept Russia's terms. It was dumb of the Ukrainians and Europeans to rely on the US. Get it ?
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  5552.  @mikehart8281  Rejected without any counter argument - because you do not have the intellect to raise one.
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  5553.  @divumque  What proving argument ? Ukraine's independence declaration declared it will be a neutral country. It wanted to renege after the 2014 coup in which the US installed a govt. favourable to it. Russia acted in good faith when it gave Ukraine independence, giving away even historic Russian lands like Crimea and cities like Kiev and Odessa. The US had said NATO would not expand one inch to the east. Ukraine and the US backstabbed Russia. Hence, Ukraine will not exist, and if the US wants to fight, Russia is ready for a nuclear war. Get it ?
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  5554. The Arab leaders need to work with Russia, and not the US. They should open their eyes and realise the US and the west will always run to defend Israel. The Jews have a stranglehold on US politics, media and finance. The US defines the rules for everyone else. Israel can practise apartheid because it is in the western camp, but Palestinians cannot fight for their freedom as the US has labelled them with the T word. Also, the Arabs should realise, normalisation of relations with Israel without implementing the Two State Solution will not work. Israel is an abnormal apartheid state, so normalisation will not work. They are just greedy, they would take more land, and if you allow them in, they will undermine Saudi Arabia, Emirates. That is the Jewish mentality.
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  5555. It just means Britain cannot afford it. Therefore the best option for Britain is to work for peace and conflict resolution. Britain has played the chief assistant to the global war monger. That is what Britain did in Afghanistan, Iraq and now Ukraine. What did Britain gain ? It became steadily poorer. The war is lost for the west in Ukraine, so it is better for the British not to waste money for a lost cause, out of false pride, imagining it is the leader of Europe. Sooner or later the Americans will move on from Ukraine to their next war with China, and Europe will be left with the Ukrainian refugees and de-industrialisation.
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  5556. This is a professional diplomat alright. How dare the US threaten other small countries with consequences ? The Saudis subsidised the US dollar and the US's standard of living for 50 years, and all the Arabs and Muslims got was invasions and abuse. It was priceless that the Saudis got western mercenaries released from Putin ! The other take away which she did not say is that Putin has ended the western 'rules based international order' for good. Others like the Saudis are plucking up the courage to drift away from the US. Russia, Turkey, China, India, Iran don't follow orders from the US, and US threats of sanctions and invasion do not deter them.
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  5557. 'You are not fighting only for your Freedom but also for the Freedom of Europe and the Freedom of the World. All of us are grateful to you and your people'. And after the Ukranians have all died for you, you will forget them, and continue watching football in comfort.
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  5558.  @marialuisamalnero2711  Your prayers do not matter. In Vilnius, the US has agreed with the Russian demand and vetoed Ukraine from NATO. The US did that as it realises that Ukraine cannot win.
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  5559. Russia's history is such that others have invaded it many times to seize its assets. So its security comes first. Russia needs the ICBM to thwart you. Stalin had industrialised Russia rapidly and built the military technology saying if it did not, the west will destroy it. Due to the unfortunate threats Russia has faced from the French, Germans, British and Americans, the ICBM has precedence over cars. Get it ?
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  5560.  @dreizdreiz9203  Invoicing Russian oil with high prices to Europeans - cannot blame Turkey for the Europeans being suckers with their sanctions.
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  5561. The Ukrainians have no one else to blame than their leaders for selling Ukraine to the US.
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  5562.  @brubeker12  The British seem to pretend all is well for Ukraine and it is marching to victory after firing some missiles into Russia.
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  5563. Germany has promised to build Ukraine a tank factory. It was not clarified if this is during the war or after the war when Ukraine will not exist. Biden promised support to Ukraine ;for as long as it takes'. But in Vilnius, the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO and refused to give a road map, and Zelensky was left looking forlorn. As the west is forced to retreat from Ukraine, it will put up some smokescreens showing the opposite. The financial and military aid cannot change the course of the war.
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  5564. The journalists says we don't know the consequences Lithuania will face. Maybe Lithuanians can study Ukraine. The former Lithuanian Defence Minister says Russia will be scared because of Sweden and Finland joining NATO and the Baltic Sea will be surrounded by peaceful NATO countries ! First of all, Turkey has not given permission. Secondly, Sweden and Finland are as useless as Lithuania. One Sarmat missile will dispose both. All these Russophobic minnows talk like they are superpowers !
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  5565.  @andreyknyazev9179  'any examples of Ukranian culture in addition to dancing? Any world-level writer? Artist?' They have comedians.
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  5566. German embassy was struck. The US has ordered evacuation of its embassy.
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  5567.  @RiccardoTheBeAst 'Did you understand my comment? Anyway i know, they are not using western tanks that much....' Did you understand my comment ? What is the purpose of sending tanks for a breaching operation and then not use them ? They are not using western tanks that much because the Russians destroyed a few, and the Ukranians and their handlers know all of them will be sitting ducks.
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  5568. Why do the British find it hard to accept Ukraine and the west are defeated ?
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  5569.  @tomw.6757  Russia lost on day one - but they took 4 oblasts and are taking more.
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  5570.  @danielmartin7838  'single strategic, operational or tactical advantage' Russia killed off the professional Ukrainian army in 2023. It killed off much of the Nazi Azov batallion in Mariopol and thousands were captured and are in Siberia. It ran the west out of weapons. To demilitarise Ukraine was a strategic objective. Russia is starting to empty the west of weapons as well.
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  5571.  @EViL3666  And you forgot to analyse the downfall of the west. The west has broken itself, its sanctions policy or using the dollar as a weapon not only did not work, it triggered de-dollarisation. The west has lost much of its industrial production capacity to China, India and others. Russia retained its industrial capacity. The west was relying on control of the financial system. But that is slipping away as other companies become wary of the dollar and US blackmail. You lose the last remaining asset - the financial system. The west has also shot itself in the foot by bringing Russia and China together to form a gigantic Eurasian economy with military power that surpasses the US. The two together are too formidable for the US. The rest of the world will go with Russia and China - Africa, Asia, Latin America. Russia superpower status is enhanced in the rest of the world - the others see it as the only power that could throw of US sanctions, prevent NATO expansion in Ukraine and hold the nuclear sword over the west. You have been defeated and you are trying to console yourself.
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  5572. Hamas has undermined Israel's self confidence in the biggest attack by 1948. It has shown that despite all the surveillance, Israel got punctured. Israel cannot create an apartheid state and create a bantustan. Hamas has not doomed itself, Israel is going have to live in a permanent state of war. It is a settler colony and dependent on external support and sustained war is unviable. There will be no 6 day fixes for Israel and a prolonged war is a losing proposition.
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  5573.  @Dan-jp8jr  'If this was a war in which Poland was involved in you would clearly see the strength of nato doctrine' Then why was Poland cowering in fright when 100 of those musicians appeared on their border ? When was the last time Poland won any war ?
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  5574.  @Dan-jp8jr  Iraq did not have the endless support that Ukraine has. Hence Iraq succumbed to the US. If you think the US can crush Russia like Iraq, ask the US to come and fight in Ukraine and you will see the Russians will kill them on the same scale as Ukranians. Therefore the US does not have the guts to fight Russia directly.
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  5575. There is no Islamist problem if the western countries, NATO, US did not invade their countries. Till the Iraq, Afghan and Palestine wars, there was no Islamist problems. Wars create refugees. Denmark is a dirty NATO country that went to Afghanistan. So they cannot complain. Anyhow, there is a bigger challenge to Europe than Muslims, it is the Russians. The Danish have shown they are militantly anti-Russian. But the Russians have given NATO and its proxy, Ukraine, a thorough beating. There are nine million Ukrainian refugees. You may think you can integrate them, but you will see the economic effect of fighting Russia will be even more catastrophic for Europe than Muslims. Because that country can destroy all of Europe. As for the Muslim countries, the EU was begging Qatar to give a discount for LNG. Europe has a bleak future because it has supported Israel and instigated wars against Muslims; it has supported America to instigate Ukraine against Russia; and it is trying to instigate war against China. You cannot fight all three and win.
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  5576. Every Nazi officer had to continue believing even after their Fuhrer's suicide that Germany was winning.
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  5577. And Ukraine and the west also must know the Bear can deliver a nuclear punch if needed. Can't complain if Ukraine gets hit with a nuclear strike, because they have been warned.
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  5578.  @BenDover-1  'll Russia’s neighbours running to NATO. ' That shows that they are chicken. Like Finland and Sweden.
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  5579.  @Xanomodu  The US also has a place to live across the Atlantic, who asked it to become to Russia's borders ?
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  5580. Freezing the war and hoping the remainder of Ukraine joining NATO is wishful thinking. Russia is not going to allow that. Russia has won. The west does not have the money or the equipment.
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  5581.  @YAHOO-ii3vi  Angela Merkel said that Minsk 2 was about buying time to arm Ukraine.
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  5582. Ukraine's best plan is unconditional surrender. No weapons = surrender. Get it ? Europe has no plan, it is a divided collective, a vassal of the US. Vassals have to accept their master.
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  5583.  @TheIceman567  Whether a country wants to join NATO is irrelevant, if a NATO country is used as a surrogate to threaten Russia, then that country will be attacked and dismembered. The US cannot hide behind NATO to threaten Russia; that is the bottom line. If you want to fight Russia, come directly. It will show you the Sarmat missile.
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  5584.  @jrfirefiher  Russia has exposed NATO as a collection of weaklings. It is all mouth and no trousers. When has NATO won any war ?
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  5585. So you console yourself that Putin is not winning. Then why is the west feeling humiliated ?
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  5586.  @easymoney8535  According to some western media, the west has supplied anti ship missiles and the blockade is being cracked.
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  5587. After being defeated in Ukraine, the collective west seeks face saving consolation in two weaklings, Finland and Sweden ! Pathetic lot.
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  5588.  @zjeee  I know there are no western armies in Ukraine. But why is the collective west behaving like it is defeated ?
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  5589. It is the element of surprise.
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  5590.  @madhulikanegi319  China and Russia are trading with each other using the Chinese yuan for trade settlement. Ironically, it was forced on Russia by the sanctions. Otherwise, Russia was using dollars mostly for settlements with other countries other than the US. It is possible for two countries to trade between each other providing the two countries make and provide complementary things each one needs. Thus Russia supplies energy to China and gets paid in yuans, and not dollars. With the yuan, the Russians can buy Chinese cars. Russia and India had rupee-rouble trade. Russia was selling oil to India and getting rupees; the problem was Russia was accumulating rupees and India did not manufacture much that Russia needed or did not make. However, in India can make things that Russia needs. All these countries are also setting up banking systems that bypass SWIFT. Russia, India, China have set up debit card payments not using American VISA and Mastercard. Before when they used VISA and Mastercard for domestic transactions, the Americans got 2.5% for each transaction. Now, money does not go outside their countries for domestic card transactions. Further many governments are converting some of their dollar deposits to gold to avoid seizure by the US. All this reduces the demand for the dollar. And Trump is aware what that means for the US. The way Trump is blackmailing BRICS, people will look for ways to trade without dollars - except when the trade is directly with the US. BRICS may not launch a currency immediately, but they will seek trade settlements and payments between themselves in their national currencies; the US cannot stop that. As for the US threat of tariffs, it is not a one way thing. The Americans will not have the cheap goods and they cannot manufacture it because their wages are too high. And the other side will also put tariffs.
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  5591. Russia was moderate, and did not go for Ukraine's jugular at the start. The Ukranians misbehaved and thought they were powerful. Now Russia cannot go on sparing the big rod.
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  5592.  @SpatchcockRat  So the missiles struck outside the city and the air raid sirens immediately afterwards were to announce all was safe ?
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  5593.  @SpatchcockRat  'I know most people ignore the sirens' -seems an undisciplined people. Good that Russia is not targeting civilians, unlike Israel.
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  5594. 'Why the Ukrainian counter-offensive can still succeed' The title itself suggests the mind and reason point to defeat, but the emotion arising from the sense of loss makes one hope against hope. That is the predicament of the west.
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  5595. Germany has only itself to blame - for obeying US orders on Ukraine.
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  5596.  @hermesliteratus882  Germany is a willing colony. Like all in Europe.
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  5597. The western world lives in la-la-land because it feels defeated. So it looks up to Kallas to lead them. That is the depth of the defeat.
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  5598. 'The Russian Ambassador just Tweeted the soldiers of the Ukrainian Azov Brigade should be shot. ' How else should certified Nazis be treated ?
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  5599. Why would Russia use a high precision missile to kill 53 prisoners in their control, when 53 bullets would be much cheaper ? It is beyond belief.
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  5600. The west has a disconnect with reality. Indeed, why is the west talking about a reconstruction plan when the war is not ended and it is going Russia's way ? It seems just a posturing and show off to save face. All the strong cards are in Russia's hands. No reconstruction is possible without Russian permission. Russia will not give permission as long Ukraine does nor return to neutrality and NATO is kept out. All NATO training bases in Ukraine have to go, same with the bio labs. Otherwise, forget about reconstruction. Russia can keep on with missile strikes on the remainder of Ukraine.
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  5601. It is too late, to give 'Ukraine anything and everything they need to win this war and let them use it in any way they see fit'. The war is lost for Ukraine and the west, and the US knows it. The US chucked in the towel in Vilnius when it agreed to Russia's demand when it vetoed Ukraine from joining NATO. If the US chucked in the towel, none of the puny states of Europe can change matters.
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  5602. And still NATO had to but 155 mm shells from Pakistan, where factories are working 24 h to fulfil NATO's orders.
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  5603.  @DaveP-uv1ml  'the US bought those shells NATO didn’t buy anything.' The Czech PM on behalf of NATO and EU undertook to procure 155 mm artillery shells. The requirement was well beyond the capacity of US + EU. The British govt. was buying shells from Pakistan. Pakistani factories are working round the clock to supply shells - and still it is not enough. The US does not have enough Patriots and interceptor missiles. All in all, you do not have the arsenal to fight Russia. That is why you are asking for ceasefire and negotiations. As Sir Putin told Tucker Carlson, 'we are not going to negotiate just because you have run out of weapons'. These are the reasons for your defeat. Learn from it : no one can fight Russia and win.
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  5604.  @AsgeirrSpjuth  'ukraine has already defeated russia.' Then why is Trump asking for a ceasefire and negotiations, you numskull ? Why is Ukraine asking for a security guarantee ?
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  5605. Chrisiian nationalism, white nationalism, gun culture....and this country wants to fight Russia and China
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  5606. What is really at stake is already lost. The war is lost for the west, and Russia has ended for good the 'western rules based order' and the rest of the world is happy and thankful to Russia.
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  5607. The Ukrainian lady wonders how in 21st century someone is capable of sending spaceship and then kill some one. I hope she considered her mentors the Americans, they went to Iraq and Ukranians sent 6000 troops to help them. So Ukrainians cannot complain now.
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  5608. In public, the US and its subordinates boast incessantly about the superiority of their weapons. And they say the Russians are fighting with shovels. In private they know the Russians are resourceful and know how to get round them.
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  5609. While I tend to agree that Britain should have avoided getting into a fight with Russia and should have pressed for negotiations, the news analysis is crude and the choice of language shows it is motivated. The channel has an axe to grind. Wion is a Indian Hindu channel which has a grudge against UK, US and Europe. Their presentation is shoddy and typically Indian; it gives the impression all the presenters desperately want to present the UK in the worst possible light. I would like to know how India is doing - it has no energy, it needs LPG, how does that cost ? It has to suffer the same high prices. India's economy went down during the Modi era, and took a big hit during Covid due to his incompetence, and it would have gone down further due to the current rise in fuel prices. Can Wion make a similar video on what Modi is doing ? It would not dare. India had a great run with its economy under the previous moderate PM Singh (a Sikh, not a Hindu). This was between 2004-2014. But after that, Modi's obsession is to project Hindu greatness but he is clueless about the economy. I notice the same attitude in other Indian channels - Crux, HT, TFI Global. They are crowing over the west. The reason can be traced to the rise of Hindu nationalism. On the one hand, they want India to be accepted as a democracy and a global power, but since Modi came to power, the Hindus now indulge in fascist intimidation of non-Hindus through vulgar and violent displays of 'Hindu nationalism' . They are anti-west only because the west has criticised the violent attacks against minorities in India. This makes them boil and this is the reason for how UK's economic woes are presented in this video. The UK and India are trying to negotiate a trade deal - for which India demands more visas for Indians to study and work in UK, and immigrate. If India is such a global power as the Hindu nationalists imagine, why do they want visas for the UK ? Priti Patel who was hobnobbing with the Hindu nationalists in India allowed a lot of them to come here. Some of the militant Hindu youth from India created a riot in Leicester last month. At the same time, a Hindu temple in Birmingham had invited a Hindu extremist politician who organised a riot against minorities in India. Fortunately, the Birmingham police got wind of it and cancelled the Hindu extremist politician's visit and avoided another riot. The Hindu right is boiling at the BBC and The Guardian for linking (correctly) the Leicester riots to the Hindu fascists in India. The Indian media like Wion are looking at ways to run down the UK and the west. The war in Ukraine and the blow back on the economies of the west gives them a golden opportunity. Suella Braverman the Home Secretary is of Indian origin, but she is unlike Priti Patel, she is of Christian descent. She does not want to give India free passage to export Hindu fascists to the UK. Truss wants to go soft on immigration from India for a trade deal, but it would be a serious mistake to over rule Suella Braverman. The India of today is not the same as it was before. Hindu militants rule, and they want to export their aggression against minorities outside. It is good that Sunak was not made PM, as he also showed the tendency to hobnob with India's Hindu fascists (to get the UK's Hindu vote) and he would have imported India's problems to the UK. It is time for Truss to wake up. Take this presentation by Wion with a pinch of salt.
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  5610. Putin is rattled by NATO's cowards ?
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  5611. So crew survival is now your claim to superiority ? Can't you get to grip with the reality that Russia burnt your superior weapons and they cannot be raplaced or repaired, and the Ukro Nazi' army's counter offensive is ended.
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  5612. If Ukraine is a de facto NATO member, what use was that ? Why is NATO not sending troops to Ukraine or putting a no fly-zone ? Can NATO return Ukraine to its 1991 borders ? Ukrainian politicians are so lousy that they feel proud of being a de facto NATO vassal state, even though the consequence of playing with NATO was their country got demolished and will not exist.
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  5613. When the folk who have genuine concerns for their safety and their future, indulge in mob violence, it is against the safety of the country. Therefore they have lost their case by following fake news and targeting Muslims. They screwed up whatever case they had.
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  5614. Zelensky the Jew should be running Israel.
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  5615.  @artiefakt4402  'Putin gave them no other choice...' Liar, Putin asked you to give a security guarantee that Ukraine will not be used to place US missile and naval bases. EU, US and NATO refused. So don't lie. Then Russia said it will go ahead with technical military action. Russia told you what was your mischief, they warned you of the consequences, you did not believe it, so you got the beating of your life. Now Russia has the upper hand, they do not want to negotiate. 'and Russians will have to pay the price for the decades to come....' What about the price Ukrainians and Europeans are paying ? Russians at least have heating and food.
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  5616.  @YannR34  If you have the intellect, specify what is the Russian propaganda.
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  5617.  @monkey1o8  Europe has mentally subordinated itself to America. Firstly, Europeans have too many nations, and no central direction, apart from a vague notion of European values. Germany and France have rivalry, and the rest of the Europeans have resentment to their domination. The UK looks down on Europe and thinks it is someone due to special relationship with America. There is no European army. So you need NATO, which is America.
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  5618.  @kbityy  Westerners are now supporters of Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, who are in the Ukranians govt. and military. Once you needed the Red Army to drive out the Nazis from Europe. The Ukranians chose to aid America to threaten Russia, and got a beating, they knew what they were doing, so they cannot cry about genocide. Russia gave them plenty of warning, Ukraine had the option to stick with the neutrality it adopted in its Independence Declaration. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone, it was given an opportunity to be independent, but instead its people and politicians turned it into a failed state. It does not deserve to exist.
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  5619.  @kbityy  You have simplistic and conceited western notions about what this war is about. This war is caused by the US attempt to get naval bases in Ukraine and cut off Russian access to the Black Sea. Russia cannot and will not allow that. An independent country does not have the right to invite a superpower from across the Atlantic and team up with it, to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Independence is not absolute, it rests on history and geopolitics. Ukraine has a choice to return to neutrality or face being annihilated. You can howl as much as you like about genocied but Russia will do anything to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine, including fight a nuclear war. There is nothing you can do about it. Are you ready to fight a nuclear war to defend Ukraine ? You are not. Then you should not be encouraging Ukraine along the wrong path. In 2008, Russia warned the west not to to expand NATO to Ukraine, otherwise, there will be consequences. The US brought this on Ukraine and Europe.
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  5620.  @kbityy  You are self-certifying it is a defensive alliance and making your argument of NATO innocence based on your self certification. NATO went to attack Afghanistan. How is it a defensive alliance ? It is a merely a tool for US hegemony. Others see you as an offensive alliance based on evidence. It is the perception of others that matters. The Ukranians who are not in NATO sent 5000 troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, countries that never attacked it. Why should it complain if it got attacked. The current war was instigated by the US. The US funded and staged a coup in which Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion were involved. You are a shameless apologist for Nazis. The purpose of the US was to get naval bases in Ukraine and shut off Russia from the Black Sea. That is an offensive plan. Russia will not allow it. Ukraine's independence is over. Russia will take the eastern part and the coastal part, and bomb the remainder and make it a wasteland. The west is exposed and defeated, and hence you are burning. It incited Ukraine to fight Russia, and when Russia gave a punch, the west did not have the courage to send troops to Ukraine. The west is happy sending Ukranians to their deaths, but does not want to die itself. The US and NATO will not be allowed to enter Ukraine. No rebuilding is possible without Russian permission.
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  5621.  @silentdeath7847  'does the russian troll factories pay good? ' Weak reply. Did I sting you ?
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  5622. So why has India refused rederendum to Kashmiris ? They are not Indians.
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  5623. Russia ran out of missiles since March 2022, Kiev is staging all this and howling for attention.
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  5624.  @glebarhangelsky4351  Russia's hand is forced by the west egging along the Ukrainians. It is only when the Ukranians launched cross border attacks, Russia took the decision to destroy the power generation plants. Till then, they had only hit the power distribution network.
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  5625. NATO does not have shells to supply. According to western sources, they cannot ramp up production. Even Stoltenberg has said so in the past. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. When you listen to western officials, you get the impression they are trying to put a smile on a dead rat's face (Ukraine). What is the progress Ukraine has made in recent times due to NATO ? They have lost Soledar and Bakhmut, and they have been massacred there. Their power grid is damaged. They can only hold the remainder of the frontline from shifting. The Russians will wait, let the Ukranians come forward, see off the offensive and then they know Ukraine has no more cards, and the west will cut aid. If the Ukranians offensive only holds the current battle lines without shifting them (getting territory and holding it), it is a defeat for them, and US will cut Ukraine's money. For Russia, at this moment it is enough to hold the front without pushing forward. Once the Ukranians have exhausted themselves, the Russians know they can back up with a heavy counter punch. They did that to the German Nazis.
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  5626. Sweden has built a pretentious image of itself as a land of peaceful neutrality, liberalism and tolerance. In reality, it is a den of racism, Islamophobia, and now the latest is they want to get into Russophobia and warmongering.
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  5627.  @messsatsu4118  'What makes you think EU cant fight Russia?' So why has no EU not sent troops to Ukraine ? Because Europeans are innate cowards, they want proxies to fight for them as they do not want to die. And why are Germany and UK not sending Taurus and Storm Shadow missiles ? Because Putin said the country that gives such missiles will be held accountable and struck. And, no the US will not come and fight for you. Get it ? Russia cannot defeat Ukraine - are you in touch with the news ? They are advancing all over the Donbass front. Seeing which Trump wants to cut funding for Ukraine.
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  5628. Why did Ukraine listen to Boris Johnson and walk out of the agreement reached in 2022 in Turkey ? Then why is Zelensky and west calling for peace talks with Russia now ? At that time Putin had said the next time Ukraine wants peace negotiations, the terms will be set by the Russians. Those terms will not only ask for no NATO bases, but ceding the lost areas. Putin was clear, Zelensky and the west are muddled and in a fix.
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  5629. Trump can bully US allies in NATO, but he cannot dictate terms to Russia or China. Russia has the upper hand in Ukraine now, that is why Trump is asking for negotiations and ceasefire. But Russia will not oblige unless Ukraine signs up for neutrality. That is a key condition. What can Trump do ? What sanctions can he put ? Trade between US and Russia is down to 3 billions dollars - which is nothing. The US is unable to supply weapons, it does not have enough or the money. That is why Trump wants to hand the war to the Europeans.
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  5630. The collective west has lost face and is smarting, so they are drawing comfort that the Red Square Parade was scaled down. It is a highly immature response. The parade is only a show, the battlefield is the real thing. In the battlefield, Crimea is gone, Donbass is gone. It is not reversible. The west knows it cannot stop Russia. In the final analysis, the west does not have the courage to send troops to Ukraine - because of the fear the Russians will kill all of them. Russia will not let NATO set foot in Ukraine again. The west has been boasting for months that there is a Ukranian counteroffensive. Now Zelenksy is asking for more time ! And western experts are saying not to expect too much. This is the last throw of the die, when the counter offensive peters off, the US will distance itself from Ukraine and move on. On top of that, Russia has led in the economic warfare as well. The sanctions led to inflation which is killing the western economies; French, Germans, the British are on strike. De-dollarisation kicked off by Russia will undermine US power. The US will ditch Ukraine when it becomes unaffordable, and its vassals don't have the capacity to fight Russia. Russia has single handedly ended the western 'rules based international order' - for good. No one else could have done that - not even China. That is the reason for western outrage.
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  5631.  @AIAudiobooks411  I thought King Charles knighted him.
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  5632. We shall see the Russians destroy the Abrams with helicopters and drones, and put them on videos. Earlier western media said that Ukranians had broken through in Robotine, but now Bell says, they have not actually broken through, they are on the verge of breaking through the fragile Russian lines ! Sky's propaganda just does not add up. If the Ukranians have not broken through as claimed for the last two weeks, but are on the verge of breaking through as claimed by Bell now, and these super Abrams will help Ukraine to charge to the Sea of Azov according to Bell, then how will they take part in the charge after the breach (which is imminent), when the Abrams have not arrived (10 Abrams by mid Sept, 20 by end of the year) ? In that waiting period before the super Abrams enter, the Russians will keep killing the Ukranians like flies. This is the second last throw of the die. After that fails, they will say we need the F 16s.
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  5633. You hope. So far Ukraine has not been able to approach the Russian frontlines. Russia can always settle Ukraine with a nuclear strike and there is nothing you can do, because they can settle you with the same.
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  5634. I remember the west raised a bogey about chemical weapons when the Russians went after the Azov Ukro Nazis in Mariopol. There was a similar hue and cry and Azov floated a video about chemical weapons. The story disappeared and the fabrication could not stop the rout of the Ukro Nazis in Mariopol. The west made similar propaganda about Bucha, and Putin being tried in ICC. Whenever they are losing, they raise a hue and cry. Smokescreens to hide their impotence.
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  5635. So what ?
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  5636.  @kenrik2105  The west will keep sending money and arms out of false pride (NATO expansion was their idea and they told Ukraine it is their sacred birth right), till the economic cost becomes too much to bear and the war is open ended. For the west a stalemate is no good as it would drain them financially. The west needs Ukraine to win - which is impossible. In Afghanistan, it took US 20 years to realise that the US could not win and it was just a loss of money. In Ukraine, it depends how long before Americans feel a sufficient economic pinch and start backing out of supporting Ukraine.
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  5637.  @valentinadanilina2126  Globalism means 'agree to be under American control'. If the Americans say 'jump' don't ask 'why ?', ask only 'how high' ? It suits Lithuania and Poland. Ukraine wanted to join them through threatening Russia. But sovereign countries like Russia cannot be client states of America. We have not forgotten it was the USSR and the Red Army that defeated German Nazis. Like that Russia will defeat the Ukro Nazis.
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  5638.  @suryakumairi3622  America will send wheat for Ukraine's 1 million soldiers.
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  5639. Trump is 'killing Ukrainians' by helping Putin with the war in Ukraine ? He is ending the Ukraine war, so that will reduce Ukrainian deaths. So that is good. Ukraine was refusing to accept the terms. So Trump cut off aid so that Russia can finish the war quickly. Ukraine was warned.
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  5640. A tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev would also look like fireworks for you living safely abroad.
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  5641. You are absolutely right, now the west presents the Ukranian Nazis sympathetically using their wives.
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  5642. You must be a white supporting apartheid in South Africa once.
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  5643. Macron said once that the west must not humiliate Putin ! That was when westerners thought Ukraine is coasting to victory and would capture Crimea. But Macron and the west feel humiliated after realising their Ukraine project has failed. Macron's change from dove to hawk stems from two reasons (1) the humiliation in Niger, Mali and Burkina Fasso where Russia ended French colonialism and (2) the realisation if Trump comes, NATO will end; and it is an opportunity for France to lead Europe and for him to be the new Napoleon. But the situation in Africa is irreversible. And on the anti Russian project, the Anglos will not allow France to direct Europe; they will support Russia if needed ! Everyone knows the British mentality; it is not much better than the French. What Macron is proposing is nothing new. The British MP Tobias Elwood wanted to create a 'Coalition of the willing' outside NATO, to send troops to Ukraine. Poland and the Baltics would provide the foot soldiers; Britain and America would direct them and avoid getting killed ! That is the British brain - use others. That never got off the ground. In 2023, Putin had asked those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in NATO had the guts to take up the offer ! They know the Russians will kill the British, Poles, French, Baltics, Americans in the same way they killed the Ukro Nazis in Mariopol. Once that happens, they know the public reaction in those countries.
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  5644.  @markusberzborn6346  Germans do not have the courage to disclose who blew up Nordstream. Germany, like the EU and UK are vassals of the US.
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  5645.  @WinterGK  Don't put on airs, the western media is not so free and fair as you imagine. Would they keep their jobs if they said Russia was threatened by NATO expansion, and this war is the outcome of the 2014 coup organised by the US ? In such channels like DW, BBC, France 24, we do not see any Russian being asked to give their view. Why ? All we see is Ukrainians, and Ukraine supporting warmongers in the west, presenting their view point. So effectively the western media is manufacturing consent, and saying exclusively what the western governments have decided. The western media is the best for producing a brainwashed population. That can be seen in your response.
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  5646.  @ipnorospo3000  So your best hope now is Ukrainains attritioning a few Russian. The Ukranian army is also wasting it troops in Bakhmut, and it does not have much to spare. The Russians are massacring them.
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  5647. Trump is only recognising the obvious : Russia has won the war and there is no point backing the loser.
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  5648. The Russian soldiers know they are fighting to stave off US bases that would threaten Russia. That is why they have taken Bakhmut, whatever the casualties. When the Russians fight, it is for their country and they fight hard.
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  5649. Oh come on, nobody wants uneducated racists with an inferiority complex, like Trump, who cannot accept an election loss ! At least in Europe, when Boris Johnson was unwanted, he resigned. Draghi resgined. Compare that with what Trump did. The US is gone - Trump or Biden. I agree Europe is in mess, Russia and China will overpower the US. Trump himself was soft on Russia - because Putin had him. One American told me that when Trump went to Moscow, he womanised as was his wont, and the Russians have a dossier on him ! So let us not have this crap that Trump had great foresight and if only the election was not stolen, US will be leading. It is not only weak Europe, America's heyday is over, and it cannot be changed. Europe lives under fear of a beating from Russia, and has a shortage of energy due to not resisting US NATO expansion policy. But America also has the nuclear sword hanging on it. The greatest damage that Russia has and is bringing about to the US is undermining the dollar by creating alternatives to the dollar for trade. What the Europeans have to learn is to kick out the US led NATO. Go with Russia. It makes more business sense than going with America. Then the US would respect Europeans more.
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  5650.  @hansdieterkuhnert6269  You are the first European who has figured it out. EU-Russia economic cooperation is a win-win situation. But the US will not allow it. Europe needs to shake of the US. True, the US helped Germany and Europe. But that does not mean Europe has to pay tribute to the US permanently. If Europe trades with Russia, China and India, a strong Eurasian economy will be built which leaves the US out -and hence they determination to block EU-Russia relations. The problem is Europeans go along with some nebulous belief in 'shared values' with the US.
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  5651.  @fishlivesmatter  Americans will ask for more agricultural land if any part of Ukraine is left.
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  5652. 'It's just war my brother, hang in there and just hope for better day or just fly to Poland, France or UK .' You war was in Iraq and Afghaistan, did you ask those people to fly to Poland, France or UK ?
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  5653. Le Figaro says US, Ukraine and EU favour a negotiated settlement. [Only the British want to fight on]. The Figaro says left-over Ukraine can have other gains : EU, NATO membership. The Russians have no objection to EU membership, they have said, but there is no way they will agree to NATO membership - that was the cause for the war. Zelensky will go to the US to present his victory plan no less, and that involves no hand over of land, no cease fire, no frozen conflict. So what is going on ?
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  5654. 'If we abandon Ukraine now we should be ashamed of ourselves forever.' You should be ashamed of taking advantage and inciting a fledgling new born country to war with a neighbouring superpower with which it had historic ties. You are forced to abandon them because you are defeated. But that should not be the cause for shame, the first should be the cause for shame. If you pump Ukraine with more arms and money, you prolong its death, but you will not change the outcome. Get it ?
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  5655. So fi you brought back Bamboo cane, a leather belt , a pe slipper or once even with a small cricket bat in the school, you will be able to fight Russia ?
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  5656.  @darrenjohnston1744  Look man, it starts with a western biased criticism on Russia/Putin, saying there is a President openly critical of the western system, and then meanders on to the theme British society has become soft and is unprepared for Russia, and it ends with Cameron talking about lights flashing red on the international stage, , and there is war in Gaza and 'international security' experts are saying that the assumption we (west) can live in peace is being threatened by certain international actors, and the grand conclusion is we need to be prepared for war, and conscription. You need to raise your IQ and look behind what he is saying and its veracity, and why he is lying. That goes beyond watching the video and saying there is very little discussion on Russia/Ukraine . First Boulton's lies and distortions. Putin has not been critical of the western system, he is not against you living as you want. What he was against is the west threatening Russia by using NATO and ringing it with missile and naval bases. He warned the west in the security conference in Munich in 2008, and he said he would take action if NATO expansion continued. The west is guilty, they brought this upon themselves . YOU went to threaten Russia but she defeated the US designs on it, and hence the west feels threatened ! As for the Gaza war, that too is a creation of Britain and the US. The British created an apartheid state for the Jews and from the 1960s, the US has backed Israel unconditionally. Who are the 'international security' experts who are saying that the assumption that we (west) can live in peace is wrong because it is being threatened by certain international actors ? These are British and western security experts - who never factor into consideration that the international actors threatening peace have been Britain and the US. These two countries staged the war in Iraq; the US invaded Afghanistan and dragged NATO with it; in Ukraine, the US staged a coup and sought NATO expansion; Israel is a byproduct of Britain's wicked colonial past. The British watch videos but you do not have the intellect to understand or question the assumptions behind the line being projected. But if you raise your thinking capacity, you will realise the British, the US and the EU have been stoking wars, but now you are facing its consequences. The solution is not preparing for a war - because unlike the past, your gunboat diplomacy will not work. Russia for one has the power to incinerate the whole of the UK with a single hypersonic Sarmat missile. And the US would not come to your rescue as it does not want to be incinerated. And the gap between Palestinians and Israel has narrowed, there are no more 6 day wars Israelis can win, and an attritional war is not winnable. The British and Americans need to understand they have lived by warmongering, but this will not work any longer. You cannot do harm to others and live comfortably, and preach sanctimoniously and pretend you are angelic. If you don't change, then your security will be jeopardised and there is nothing you can do to win. Get it ?
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  5657. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to help their master the US, occupy Iraq. Zelensky has said Palestinians are the aggressors and Israelis are the victims. Hence, the support in the Arab world is for Russia. They think Ukraine deserves the beating it is getting.
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  5658. Not shown on western media.
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  5659. 'frozen funds of Russia should be used to help Ukraine...' Russia has killed off Ukraine's soldiers and you do not have the ammo, so money cannot reverse the defeat. Get it ?
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  5660. We were told Russia had no air force and they have run out of missiles.
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  5661. The US has exploited Europe with NATO expansion which benefited its arms companies. But it finally led to war, and when it became too hot, the US will do what it always does, it will hand over its failed Project Ukraine to the EU and leave. With a shrinking economy, the EU has to harbour 10 million refugees and subsidise any rump Ukraine that is left. The US was profiting from Europe, it was cynical and wicked of the US to create a war in Europe, so there is no need to claim innocence and be sanctimonious about deceitful European NATO members who don't pay their bills.
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  5662.  @జైతెలుగు  Then why are Sikhs demanding an independent land ? And why are you killing Sikhs in Canada ? Israel is unable to manage its country, what do you expect to learn from a failed state ?
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  5663.  @rudragaming6977  Khalistan is in India. Canada supports it. See if Israelis can advise you.
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  5664.  @SubhashishBagchi  Today I see Sikhs demonstrate with Pakistani Kashmiris against India in Canada, London, Australia, US....Matters have changed, Sikhs see Hindus as enemies out to snuff them out. Smell the coffee.
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  5665.  @devyanshjoshi8065  'Sure Hindus are ready to leave Canada and shut down billion dollar education market in cannada' Yes, I want Hindus to leave Canada. They are not so indispensable as you think. It is Hindus who are desperate to move to Canada and US since their country cares for cows than humans. There are others with money to study in Canada, Hindus are not needed as they will bring their fascist nationalism to Canada.
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  5666. @@Channel1-sp7nr I am afraid the Khalistanis are focussed on India You have to go with what they want.
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  5667. @@Channel1-sp7nr World's 4th most powerful country kept quiet when China grabbed its land. Why ?
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  5668.  @nldrbreakthrough  Why, what ?
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  5669.  @rishabhghosal8076  See if you free your land from China. Or what you call PoK from Pakistan. You are all mouth and no loin cloth.
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  5670. Why is this causing so much burning in the west ?
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  5671.  @kameraldbahrul3432  They still do not realise who is admired as the great leader in the world. It is not Biden, Trump, Boris Johnson, or Macron....
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  5672.  @kameraldbahrul3432  The west has a superiority complex towards the non-west. Russia and China are not ever going to be under their thumb; and Africa, Middle East and global south has also drifted away. The Indian foreign minister Jaishankar advised the US to join the new global order.
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  5673. The west is not going to mobilise its defence industry for Ukraine's war. The US is unable to. The rest like the UK us useless. Anyhow, why should they ? Russia has not invaded Europe. It only responded to the US action of threatening Russia by NATO expansion to its border. Even the western public knows where the blame lies - with western politicians. They are not going to make sacrifices.
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  5674. So why does the free world not send troops to Ukraine ? Cowardice perhaps ?
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  5675. Sounds like the pangs of jealousy. The west has always looked down on Africans and their methods of business whether the Anglo Saxons, Portuguese or the French has always been based on ruthless extractive methods. The west knows no other way than extortion. They cannot understand the Chinese and Russians do not do business the same way, and the Africans might be able to work with them better.
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  5676. Only three weeks ago, the western media were saying Ukraine was on track to capture Crimea in about 2 weeks, and the Russians were running away from those Himars. On the basis of this, on the road to recapture Crimea, surely Ukraine will get back Kherson etc. next week. Then why is the west so agitated ? Even Ukraine is keeping quiet.
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  5677. No respect for fools who fight a proxy war for someone else and get their country destroyed.
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  5678. Certainly not Russia. US has to be blamed for NATO expansion. The EU has to be blamed for being America's door mat.
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  5679. Look at who is talking ! Can the sanctimonious BBC do a programme on why Britain is involved in so many global conflicts : backing Israel's apartheid system, waging war in Afghanistan, invading Iraq, stoking destruction of Libya, fuelling war in Ukraine ?
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  5680. Ukraine is not going to exist. The Russians have taken Niu York and have rapidly reached to Pokrovsk in the Donbass. Ukraine cannot hold Kursk.
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  5681.  @wisnualimartono  Although Zelensky gets the blame and is vilified, the real wicked culprit is the US. They pit one group against other, and aways pretend they are disinterested or have noble motives.
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  5682. The way British politicians have engaged in warmongering (Iraq, Ukraine, Israel....) thereby bleeding the wealth of the country means they should not be demanding conscription.
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  5683.  @LearnWithVikram7  Bangladesh has higher per capita than India now.
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  5684. There is a lot of wishful thinking in the west that Russia will back down or get defeated. Russia will not allow US missiles in Ukraine, whatever happens. NATO said they would not expand NATO past Germany but there were 5 waves of expansion. The west plead innocence, and claim it was only defensive. Ukraine joining NATO will lead to US missiles in Ukraine. Russia will not allow it. Russia has said its security is non-negotiable, and it is willing to pay whatever the price. The Ukranians do not have a mature political class who know how to maintain good relations with neighbours. They rely on taking an extreme stand against a neighbour to get money and support from a foreign power, regardless of the damage that may do their country. Zelensky is on the US's payroll. The ordinary Ukranians who voted for Zelensky unfortunately have to pay the price as their country gets hauled into a war between two powers.
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  5685.  @IanMay-g5u  Where is the Phalangist Christian militia today ? In the IDF ? Have they ever fought for the Arabs ? They have always been proxies for the west and Israel.
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  5686. No religion says occupiers and landgrabber can live in peace.
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  5687. Europeans need to understand their own mindsets first. Russia is a great and independent superpower. The European mindset is to be a vassal of the US, and fight Russia for US interests. The Europeans are dumb, a once-upon-a-time people.
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  5688. Europe's natural economic linkage should have been Russia. There was nothing like piped gas. But Europe has committed economic suicide on behalf of the US. The US split Europe by getting the support of Eastern European countries, by bribing and thrusting NATO expansion through them. That led to the war with Russia. The US gained, the Europeans lost heavily - but the Europeans do not have the intellect to understand. Now the US is pressing the Europeans to take up cudgels against China as well. And the dumb Europeans will agree. They are vassals of the US.
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  5689. So this price cap is within Germany. It is not asking Qatar to put a price cap for LNG. Qatar has already given its reply to the EU ! Putin did not cut off the gas supply as claimed by the American speaker, the Europeans brought it on themselves by going with US on NATO expansion, by making euros and dollars unusable for Russia, and by refusing to pay in roubles. Russia is successfully de-industrialising Europe. If BASF and other companies leave Europe for China (and the US), the loser is Europe. Europeans seem to lack intelligence but have a high degree of arrogance. The best analysis I have read was an article in China's Global Times 'As US-triggered Ukraine crisis prolongs, EU faces grim prospect of de-industialisation'. It gets it right like no European media. The US is the trigger for the Ukraine war - and not Russia as most Europeans think. But Europeans are the biggest stakeholders who will be affected. Yet Europeans have the least ability to steer the outcome. They are as much pawns as the Ukrainians. The result (besides Ukraine losing land), is that Europe is going to be de-industrialised. And the article also makes clear that China (unexpectedly and beyond China's wildest hopes) is going to be the beneficiary. It said that China in fact is the biggest importer of energy, yet it gets it at lower prices than Europe (from Russia and Saudi) ! So the European companies want to relocate to a region with low energy prices and manufacturing skill and infrastructure. Did we not hear sometime ago EU and NATO see Russia as immediate threat, but China as the long term threat ? Well European companies are voting with their feet - they can get Russian energy in China to manufacture ! Good for rich shareholders of European companies but job losses for Europeans. Is it the Europeans' lack of intelligence or innate arrogance that they could not and cannot see backing the US over Russia was a losing strategy ?
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  5690.  @justinneill5003  The west was duplicitous. Even if there was no treaty, NATO expansion was against the spirit of detente, it was attempting to seek one sided advantage. Later as Russia recovered, it demanded in writing a treaty to stop NATO expansion to its borders. NATO haughtily ignored Russian protests. Eventually Russia issued an ultimatum and threat to take action. NATO ignored it, thinking Russia was bluffing. Finally, the Bear pounced, Ukraine got mauled, and NATO which had been inciting Ukraine to join NATO, acted in typical cowardly fashion and told the Ukranians it cannot fight for them. That is the situation. Ukraine will be torn piece by piece, and the bits that remain will require lots of western money to survive. How much money does the west have ?
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  5691.  @justinneill5003  You have been evasive and did not disclose the 2014 Euromaidan coup was orchestrated by the US to overthrow an elected government. What were Victoria Nuland and John McCain doing at the grounds ? Russia immediately saw the American implant wanted to be inducted into NATO; it saw the threat to its Black Sea Fleet which sails from Sevastopol, Crimea. The US Seventh Fleet would sail from Sevastopol if Crimea was not retaken. It took prompt action. Ukraine continued unwisely with its Russophobia and took NATO aid. Then Russia waited for an opportune moment to crack down on Ukraine and call NATO's bluff. That moment came after NATO's chaotic and cowardly exit from Kabul. With a weak new President, and the US not having the stomach for another war, Putin moved in. Ukrainians had been trained by NATO and they performed better, but finally Russia bludgeoned them, and they are losing more critical territory along the coast - which Ukraine will never get back. The Ukraine is heading to be a failed state, in perpetual war; it is a victim of cynical US greed for NATO expansion and arms sales.
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  5692.  @chilloutcentral2097  He means non-white immigrants. He can give his house to resettle Ukrainians.
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  5693. The auto industry can move to China and get Russia to supply the energy. I cannot believe what the Europeans are up to. Are they driven by the slave mentality towards Americans ? Or is it false pride, of negotiations being seen as defeat for Europe ? Surely, de-industrialisation is victory for Putin. The Europeans went against Russia thinking their money was the most important. But energy is more important than money. It is energy that allowed their money to be created. Such stupid people !
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  5694. Ukraine was told that the west is not an Amazon. NATO said Ukraine had 98% of what it needed for its counter offensive. But it was a 100% failure.
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  5695.  @highphysics3617  Is Russia losing ? It is Ukraine that has lost 20% of land, suffered over $ 1 trillion of damage, and its access to the Black Sea is closed. The counter offensive will fail as the Ukro Nazis do not have enough artillery and its handlers are unable to make shells like Russia can make.
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  5696. Great, westerners are fighting Russia safely, down to the last Zelensky.
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  5697.  @ramadankadriu5336  Germany was destroyed by the Soviet Union, whose core member was Russia.
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  5698. It is not Germany that does want Putin to test Article 5, the US does not want it - the US does not want to send troops to Ukraine as the Russians will kill the Americans in the same number as they kill Ukranians, and there will be uproar in the US. Now Turkey has said no objection to Ukraine, Germany will be made the scapegoat for blocking Ukraine ! But the real blocker is the US. It knows the consequence. Russia is not going to back down on Ukraine in NATO, and is ready to fight a nuclear war. The US does not want to be incinerated to save Ukraine. The whole existence of NATO is at stake. They keep saying they are getting stronger due to Finland, but the reality is they are stuck. If NATO insists on passing Ukraine, then the US has to send troops to Ukraine and get killed, and if it escalates, it has to have its cities incinerated; or if Ukraine is denied, it looks like a defeat for NATO policy ! They will have to go with the latter. Zelensky will howl but he was a fool to have believed the US promises.
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  5699. Losers cannot dictate terms to the winner.
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  5700. Zelensky and the Ukrainians sold themselves to the previous US President, and tried to stab Russia in the back by getting America to put missile and naval bases in Ukraine to shut Russia off from the Black Sea. Then Russia thrashed Ukraine. Ukraine got what it deserved. And the next US President realised the blunder of the previous President, and understood Russia had defeated the collective west, and there is no point wasting more money on Ukraine. Zelensky and the Europeans needed to be shown their places. They are vassals. The Europeans were so long sailing in the US boat, they were culprits and willing accomplices in many US led wars - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Palestine. But they made a serious mistake joining America, trying to play hanky panky against Russia. America decided it cannot fight Russia, and the Europeans have to face the music for their mischief ! The Ukrainians were dumb. Zelensky believed he was Churchill and indispensable for the US. Great Russia defeated not only Ukraine but the collective west. That is all there is to it.
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  5701. NATO for helping us Estonians ? NATO helped Ukrainians and see where they are. If you provoke Russia, it will seize the Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics, and no one will come to your aid. No one has the capacity to fight Russia. Get it ?
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  5702. 'A holy war with Iran is looming ' No such war is looming, it is wishful thinking and alarmism by a loser, who is stuck in Gaza.
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  5703. I am against Ukraine, but I am against the US as well - because the US engineered a coup in Ukraine in 2014, and thereby created this war. Having done that, walking away after Ukraine is defeated and blaming them as if you are innocent is shameful. However, Ukraine is also to blame for agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US.
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  5704.  @ragingmonk6080  Why are you in denial of the US engineered coup in 2014 ? Victoria Nuland the Jew who organised it later said it only cost $ 5 billion, it was good value for money. Nuland and John McCain were in the crowd in EuroMaidan square distributing sweets to the crowd in celebration. What were two US politicians doing there ? Among the crowds that took part in the coup were Ukro Nazis groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. This is your morality. You implanted a govt. that would go and ask for NATO membership, and did your bidding. Russia ended that. Why don't you send troops to Ukraine to protect the implanted govt. you support ? Instead, you are going to abandon them. The US shows moral turpitude and cowardice. Trying to evade responsibility by saying 'Sure and we caused the collapse of Rome, built the pyramids, made the sky blue and water wet', implying it is a mere conspiracy theory is a way to cover your moral turpitude and cowardice. Shameless scumbag, search for Victoria Nuland and you will find the above.
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  5705. Stalin industrialized the Ukraine. Due to the misbehaviour of Ukraine's current leaders, Putin is returning Ukraine to an agricultural state of the pre-Holomodor days. Ukranians will only be allowed farming wheat and grooming pigs.
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  5706. They present a 'united front' that is hollow. The west is being suicidal - they are getting a beating from Russia, and they want to fight China also.
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  5707. A tale of two economies : as if the two are comparable. One is reduced to begging and handouts, and it even does not know in what form it will exist as a country. Funny to see the westerners encouraging the beggar to fight as if he will be the winner.
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  5708. The Europeans feel humiliated by the realisation that they are irrelevant. In their rage, they are concocting hare brained schemes to fight the bear, led by Starmer and Macron. After the London meeting, Starmer announced willingness to put boots on the grounds and planes. Next day, Macron announced the British were willing to go in first into Ukraine. Immediately, the British denied it ! The thought of being clawed by the bear made the British faint hearted. Earlier, Starmer had agreed to a 100 year partnership with Ukraine ! The Europeans are lost, and the world can see it. Such is the scale of Russia's victory - it is not just Ukraine, Russia made Europe irrelevant and it has made NATO's existence doubtful.
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  5709.  @ErikaRatilainen  Who says Baltic is closed off to Russia ? There is no justification for increased military spending. You don't provoke a bear and then look to spend money to save yourself. That applies to UK as much as Finland. Get it ?
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  5710.  @carle5538  Don't put on condescending airs. The fault is American. Ask them to stop meddling in Ukraine, putting implanted anto Russian Ukro Nazi groups in power, and go back across the Atlantic. Then there will be peace. As long as Americans are there, Ukrainains will not have peace. There is no way Russia will allow US bases in NATO. Get it ? You are brainwashed.
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  5711.  @sqnhunter  Get real. Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. There will be peace only if the US stops meddling in Ukraine and threatening Russia. Otherwise Ukraine will be reduced to a wasteland.
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  5712. Stop NATO from expanding.
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  5713. I am glad Russia revived itself and is a world power. The non-western world thanks Russia for ending the western world order which was used to wage war and extort the resources of the rest of the world. Thank you Svetlana and the Russian people. I say thanks also to the Soviet Union.
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  5714. It does not matter what Ukraine recognises. It is a fait accompli. Ukraine will not return to 1991 borders, they have squandered their independence, and become a failed state. If Ukraine continues with its misbehaviour, it will be left as a ruin like Libya. At some stage, the west will abandon it.
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  5715.  @marynamalitskaya3534  You are welcome Maryna.
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  5716.  @funkyplasmaman  There is no battle of Odessa yet. But it is coming. It is a warning to Ukraine.
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  5717.  @funkyplasmaman  ..;regimes marauding through their lands firing 60.000 shells a day, 1500 cruise missiles, a few million mortar rounds and grenades and tens of millions of machine gun rounds.' Where did you get these figures ? Zelensky said in the first month Russians will run out of ammo in 3 days. The western media also say the same. The Russians do not have the firepower and the manpower. Their gains are minimal. Ukraine has more firepower with Himars. So why are you fabricating ?
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  5718.  @funkyplasmaman  The Russian soldiers are demoralised according to you, yet they are advancing, capturing Mariopol after an epic struggle, and then Severo donetsk and Lychschank, and are now preparing for Sloviansk. Do you want to engage your brain and think it out how that happened ? Russian is not akin to the Soviet Union, and the Russian army is not quite the Red Army, but still it does not mean they are push overs as you make out. Do you think Ukraine will capture Kherson and then Crimea ?
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  5719.  @funkyplasmaman  Kherson is very doubtful. Ukranian successes have been only based on keeping the attacker out - like Kiev. Kherson is now fortified by the Russians and they are defending, it requires a 3x force to overpower. Since 2014, Ukraine has not got anything major back. The west is merely goading Ukraine to do the impossible to jutstify the Himars sent them. When more of Donbas is about to go and Russians threaten to move forward after that, it is unwise to go after Kherson. Russians can come back for Kiev etc.. Time is not on the Ukranian and western side. Russia's counter economic war is costing the west so much they will get rid of Zelensky. You are not a soldier, you are just an emotive westerner smarting at the defeat the Russians are inflicting.
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  5720.  @aadalmahgari8650  Actually, the Cuban missile crisis was also initiated by the US, the same as now in Ukraine. in 1959, the US had deployed Jupiter nuclear missiles facing the USSR near Izmir, Turkey. The US had invaded Cuba later in 1961 (Bay of Pigs). Fidel Castro therefore requested the Soviet Union for help. The Soviet Union agreed to deploy to nuclear missiles in Cuba in 9162. The stand off was averted when the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw their missiles - but in exchange for the US moving its missiles from Turkey (which they did quietly). You can read up on it. As in Ukraine, the problem is initiated by the US, as they look to trouble others.
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  5721.  @stephenbuck1280  'NATO has a policy that anyone can apply to join but there are strict requirements for membership which Ukraine was never going to meet.' NATO is the US. The Europeans are puny and don't count. If the US wants Ukraine in NATO, it would have got its way. The US took the first step by overthrowing the Ukrainian govt. in 2014, and implanting a NATO supporting one. So don't put on airs about NATO innocence. As for Finland joining NATO, it is irrelevant. Putin had said if Russia did not block NATO in Ukraine now, the US would get naval bases and shut off Russia from the Black Sea. He said the cost will be greater for Russia later as it would have to fight a nuclear war with the US. Now was the right time to end US designs in Ukraine. Putin took the correct action and has inflicted a strategic defeat on the west. And if Trump comes, NATO will be weakened. Finland and Sweden don't count. If they misbehave with Russia, they too will be Ukrained.
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  5722.  @seanniemeyer5437  And NATO only respects when Russia gives it a beating.
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  5723. Another European disaster.
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  5724. But he thinks he is a genius and he is going to appoint only high IQ people for air traffic control in future.
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  5725. Wondered how they missiles caused the power cut when Ukraine shoots all of them down. Is it the debris that caused the the power cut ?
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  5726. Everything is a sign of Putin's weakness. If the power grid is destroyed, that is weakness. If drones hit Ukraine, it is a sign of desperation as Putin has run out of missiles. If Mariopol is taken, it is a sign of weakness because he took longer than he should have. If 4 oblasts are incorporated into Russia, that is sure sign he is losing because he does not have control. If Putin says 'pay in roubles for gas', that is weakness of Russian economy. Russians are evacuating Kherson because they cannot hold it. Russia giving a nuclear reminder is because Putin cannot win a conventional war against NATO.
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  5727.  @HowTheMikeyHasFall  The point is the west does not apply its rules to itself (why did not 37 countries demand prosecution of Blair and Bush ?). Thus the rest of the world says 'to hell with the west, Putin demolished their western world order, and that is the best'.
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  5728.  @Degarth  And why not Whataboutisim ? When you claim there is a rules based international order, show you apply to yourself first. You don't, so the rest of the world feels happy that Sir Putin ended the western order.
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  5729. The west is also under pressure for more sanctions - but they have none left ! Zelensky asks the west for a nuclear strike on Russia - but the west knows all their cities will be wiped out, so that is a no-brainer. For the last few days, the west was telling us Ukraine is winning. Now the west says its is under pressure to do more !
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  5730.  @MAXlMUS  Where is your counter offensive ? We are still waiting for it.
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  5731.  @MAXlMUS  You don't even have a story. Tell us why the counter offensive did not take off. Leopards and Bradleys taken out, where are the Challengers and Abrams ? In hiding ? One of your generals said Challenger 2s are like dial phones during the era of smart phones ! They said the Abrams will come next year after the armour is refitted with old technology so it does not fall into Russian hands !
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  5732.  @MAXlMUS  Come back when you can write something intelligent or when Ukraine issues another stamp.
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  5733. They can still go to carpet bombing of one city like Kiev, without sending ground forces. That is what they should have done, but it can still be done.
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  5734. Just like they say Putin is bluffing, he will not use nukes on Ukraine or NATO.
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  5735. The Russian military has been a dismal failure ? Russia is a fighting a total war. The military has seized 20% of Ukraine and they prevent Ukraine access to the sea. They are working to end Ukraine's power generation infra structure. The US this did to Iraq at the beginning. Russia was lenient to Ukraine, they could have done it in February. Now they are going to do it. There is the economic war to cripple Ukraine's financiers, and they have the upper hand in this. The sanctions did not work, and the Russians turned the tables and are successfully de-industrialising Europe and they are driving de-dollarisation of trade. In the total war, Russia is winning against Ukraine and the west.
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  5736. Russia has already won the war. That is why the US is asking for ceasefire and negotiations as it can see Russia will take more of Ukraine and even reach Odessa. Russia does not want negotiations.
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  5737.  @ToothlessFoun0  Russia is barely surviving or Ukraine is barely surviving ? Ukraine has run out of people and arms. The western media is now accepting with Trump, the game is over for Ukraine. Ukraine will have to accept ceding territory and accept it cannot be part of NATO. If Ukraine and EU do not agree, Trump will bypass them and negotiate with Putin. Get it ?
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  5738. Ukranians should thank Russia for letting the civilians embedded with the Nazi white supremacist Azov Regiment. But they are mannerless, and want to continue non-stop with their shameless Russophobia. Russia has the power to eliminate the Azov Nazis. With the civilians taken out, Russia should eliminate the Azov regiment. There can be no other option for Nazis.
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  5739. Funny how in her resignation statement, she more or less blamed Putin for handing her a messed up economy. She went to fight Putin. The catastrophically illiterate cannot fight the catastrophically literate like Putin.
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  5740. The British are ineffectual and wound up. Let us say Russia did jam the GPS, so what ? Why take it is an insult ? And do we know the west is squeaky clean and does not do the same ?
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  5741. Australia is a doormat. Never seen such a country with such an abject absence of self respect. The lady says she is very proud of serving America and dying in vain !
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  5742. 'It’s truly astounding how Putin thought he could just invade a country and no one would do anything' Putin did not imagine no one would do anything. He prepared for it. He knew the west would not have the guts to fight a war, and he knew they will freeze assets and launch economic war. Amazingly, he was prepared to launch counter economic warfare and that is bringing the west to its knees. Germany is rationing energy, and there are predictions of business closures. Russia has to be admired as it has the unflinching will to take on the west. No one else, not even China, can do that. Russia has the strong cards, it is capable of military AND economic warfare. Energy is more valuable than currency. The days of western blackmail by freezing dollar assets are over.
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  5743.  @differentangle2499  When you stop waging war on non-western countries, you will not have refugees. Get it ? Take your creations like Israel with you.
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  5744. Perhaps it is dawning on Sky that Ukraine is not going to win, and the fear Russia will prevail. So now they are bringing out the truth about Zelensky to wash their hands off him. Perhaps they will wait to see the outcome of the Kherson offensive.
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  5745. Ukraine is desperate as defeat approaches. The drowning man will pull down his supposed saviours.
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  5746. @chrisviking7807 Get real. Ukraine cannot win and the US is getting ready to ditch Ukraine. The Europeans will also give up. The divisions and blame game has started as defeat is on the horizon.
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  5747.  @devilsolution9781  You are trying to put on a brave face with US loss in Ukraine, Israel and de-dollarisation. Europe is irrelevant. US is polarised and divided, and at the moment, the Europeans agree to continue to be its vassals, but that too may change. The US may be left on its own.
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  5748. What did the Ukranians think will happen ? Russia will now strike Kiev's city centre repeatedly. Ukranians will reap as they sow.
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  5749. India is highly immature and is nursing a Hindu inferiority complex. The G20 is a summit that is waning in value. So is G7. G7 is run by the west. G20 was created by the west to show some inclusiveness. Basically, some second rank countries like Inddonesia, India, Saudi started getting some chance to show their presence. But countries like Indonesia did the job last year but did not lose their heads. The problem with India is it would like to be considered a superpower like China, Russia, and the US. The problem it is not there now, nor does it have the capability to be a superpower. What it has is an excessive show of false Hindu pride, and vain self congratulations, and adulation for a Modi, their Hindu godman (in India, they have this creature they call godman). Indonesia and other second rank countries do not behave like this. The reason India behaves like this lately is due to Modi's 'Hindu nationalism' (a polite western term for Hindu fascism). Modi has synced with the Hindu inferiority complex and created the impression in the minds of credulous Hindus that India is looked up on as a guru by the rest of the world. Indian media are full of self praise and congratulations. Hindus have a tradition of blind worship of godmen, and Modi is an infallible godman for them. India spent 10x what Indonesia or a developed country like Germany spent on G 20. That is true Third Worldism. They actually erected sight screens on some roads to hide the shanty towns of Delhi. Everything in India is fake - like Bollywood movies. They have a craving for respect, but they hide the reality.
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  5750. You contradicted yourself - hope against hope.
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  5751. Ukraine is part of Russia, not Europe. Ukraine was given a fling of independence but proved not to have the capacity for self governance. So it is back to Russia. Get over it.
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  5752. Russia has been pounding Ukraine even in Biden's time.
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  5753.  @treygarver7791  What is the relevance of your question ? Do you have the intellect to answer or refute what I wrote ?
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  5754.  @treygarver7791  The west also implanted a govt. in Afghanistan and spent 20 years funding them to stay in place. But one day, America decided it could not afford it, and walked away without informing its European subordinates. Zelenksy is the result of the US implant in 2014, and he embarked on a suicidal collision course with Russia, thinking he will have US protection. Afghanistan fighters or their supporters could only inflict a few terrorist strikes in the west; there was a cost for the west to defend against that, but essentially they were pinpricks, and the west could afford to support the implanted Afghan govt. for 20 years. Afghanistan was not capable of inflicting economic warfare against the west. However, the difference now is Russia is capable of hammering Ukraine militarily while fending off NATO sending troops by dangling the nuclear sword; and it is capable of doing severe economic warfare by cutting off gas supplies and driving up the price. As Gazprom CEO said, commodities (especially energy and food) are more valuable than paper money. You can have all the euros, but it is no use if you cannot buy energy. There is another aspect to Russia's economic warfare. They are driving (along with China) the creation of non-dollar trade between other countries. Oil is being traded in yuan, and between India and Russia, in rupees and roubles. This will diminish the dollar's value in the long run. The Soviet Union had the capability for military warfare, but not economic warfare. Russia has capability of both; they understand the capitalist and international economy and know how to play the economic warfare game that the west has always played. Hence, don't fool yourself. Come this winter, the west will be rethinking on affordability of funding Ukraine.
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  5755.  @clausjensen5658  Sweden is a hypocritical country talks tall about terrorism but was giving to refuge to those bombing Turkey. Turkey exposed Sweden.
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  5756.  @Piccyman1  The US and UK know they cannot fight Russia and win, and they are not willing to fight and die. They have been dishonourable not so much in not honouring commitments but for inciting Ukraine against Russia and for staging a coup in 2014 in Ukraine.
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  5757.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  Sweden cannot contribute anything to NATO, it is a vacuous, empty nation that has been posturing about being a peacenik. All that is exposed. Turkey is in NATO because the US wants it. European opinion does not count. Anyhow, NATO's weakness has been exposed not by Turkey, but by Russia ! You are taking out the frustration of defeat on to Turkey.
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  5758.  @jakebarnes28  Where is the evidence the Europeans are independent ? America blew up Nordstream and made Europe dependent on its LNG. When I ask Germans and any Europeans to hazard a guess who blew up Nordstream, they are embarrased and look vacantly. The servile dog cannot open its mouth against its master.
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  5759.  @Nga-y1k  Sweden and Finland are now quaking after joining NATO and making statements of fighting Russia. They are wondering what will happen to them if Trump deserts NATO.
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  5760.  @joshfrench5858  Russia is not going to allow the US to put up naval and missiles bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Till Ukraine reverts to neutrality, Russia will be in Ukraine. Get it ? The US now gets it. That is why they have said Ukraine cannot be in NATO. The US should stay out of Ukraine and Europe, and stay on its side of the Atlantic.
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  5761.  @markwilson1096  'So what you are saying is NATO is weak for not wanting to start the next world-wide conflict? ' No, I said NATO is inherently weak, as it is an unwieldy organisation of feeble European states, and dominated by a superpower living across the Atlantic which now uses NATO not to protect Europe in Europe's interest, but to advance its military and economic interests. Rumsfeld said at the end of the Cold Europe, there is Old Europe and the New Europe. Old Europe is France and Germany, Rumsfeld felt they were obstacles to US interests. By new Europe, he meant Poland, Estonia etc. which would be susceptible to US money, and which could be rekitted with US arms. The US is a predatory ally within NATO, which controls NATO and uses it for itself. The others have to send troops to Afghanistan to fight a US war. In Europe, the US will not sent troops to fight a European war - as you can see in Ukraine. NATO is as bureaucratic as the EU, it cannot take a quick decision in any war. Article 5 is vague and dubious. In an attack on a NATO state, it is left to each member to decide what contribution to make; there is no commitment that all members have to send fighting forces. The command and control is with the US, and the US is not willing to fight in Europe. Long ago Kissinger said the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. Then NATO's purpose is illusory. If the US walks out of NATO under Trump, that is the end. 'Russia is doing everything in its power to disrupt and divide nato because they know they’re involvement means their demise'. You are stating the obvious. Why should they not ? NATO went to harass and confine Russia, but Russia ended plans for NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  5762.  @TheStormtrooper00  Winning is only thinkable if the Europeans and Americans were willing to put boots on the ground. But they are not interested in winning if it costs their own lives. The deal with the Ukrainians was 'we supply money and weapons, you supply the blood'. The west has run out of money and weapons, and the Ukrainians have run out of blood. 'They should resign and give the power to those that are interested in winning.' Those who were 'interested in winning' like Boris Johnson and Biden are gone. Estonia and Poland, Sweden and Finland talk big about winning. But what could they have done that is different ? The west does not have the money and the arms - they cannot even produce 150 mm shells. Johnson and Biden would not be able to change those things. And you know the capabilities of Estonia and Poland, Sweden and Finland to win. NATO expansion to Ukraine was a US project, it was inherently flawed from the start, there is no possibility of winning.
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  5763. 'Ideal time for China to get Manchuria back.' Wishful thinking born out of spite, in turn born out of defeat.
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  5764.  @Scaleyback317  You hope China is unwise and foolish like the west to go and pick a fight with a nuclear power. China is focussed on trade, you are uncompetitive in trade, so you focus on war. Numskull.
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  5765. All wishful thinking put out due to the pain of defeat. A big blow the west's false pride......
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  5766. The war is lost already for Ukraine. Get real. Russia is massacring the Bandera army in Bakhmut and Adveeka. A few western tanks are not going to save Ukraine. Zelensky has already said a Russian victory in Bakhmut will be calamitous for Ukraine, because it will force Ukraine to accept 'unacceptable consequences'. You know what those are.
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  5767.  @federicosantoro7100  In Sept. 2022, Zelenksy did say (after he got and fired the Himars) that he would take Crimea by Dec 2022. He said 'that is where it started, that is where it will end'. At one stage, he even said Putin is dead, and a look-alike was in place. Now he has been told his place in Vilnius - no NATO entry, no road map; NATO is not Amazon, be grateful for what we gave you.
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  5768.  @jeremymanson1781  'So it has been necessary to adopt other much much slower means of attrition.' The western military pundits said at the beginning Ukraine must not get bogged down in a battle of attrition, as that favours Russia. Ukraine has faced heavy casualties in attempting a breaching operation, without even reaching the Russian lines. Plus Russia has destroyed so much equipment, the west will not be able to keep the supply chain running. Hence, you can take as the war is lost for Ukraine and the west. Russia is now going in hot pursuit. They are encircling Kupiansk.
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  5769.  @federicosantoro7100  I do not need to fight, the Russian army has checked the Ukranian counter offensive. And it is now gone on the attack without any fanfare. It has encircling Kupiansk, and when that falls, it will be after Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Kharkhov.
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  5770.  @federicosantoro7100  Indeed, the end is near for Ukraine, glad you see now. Why did you send Ukraine to fight Russia when you know the outcome ?
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  5771.  @federicosantoro7100  Yes, the outcome has been great so far. Russia takes the 4 oblasts that accounted for 90% of Ukraine's GDP, and it blockades Ukraine's agricultural exports, and most importantly, Russia got the US to veto Ukraine's entry into NATO. Russia can now work on taking Kharkhov and Odessa.
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  5772. It is Russia that will decide who will reconstruct Ukraine. Reconstruction of Ukraine will be allowed only when Ukraine agrees to neutrality (no NATO), demilitarises and de-Nazifies. The US and its lackeys like Australia will not be allowed to enter Ukraine again to create NATO training bases and run bio labs. Do you get it ?
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  5773. Look at the confusion in western minds. First they said Zelensky must win, and we shall support for however long it takes for Ukrainian victory. Next, they said Putin must not be allowed to win. Now, these jokers say we want Zelensky to be in a powerful position to negotiate. Zelensky then says, 'I shall give up land (only temporarily) but I want to be in NATO'. The US will not have Ukraine in NATO now (even though it had been playing for Ukraine to join NATO since 2014). Then Ukraine asked for NATO peacekeepers. Trump said there will be no NATO peacekeepers, the Europeans must send peacekeepers. Russia in any case will not accept NATO or European peacekeepers. The Europeans are in a fix !
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  5774. Russia is rattled.
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  5775.  @nbgoodiscore1303  The destruction of the power grid all over Ukraine is a warning what happens if you touch the Kerch bridge. If Ukraine continue to misbehave, its pain will be more.
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  5776. The last time I heard, Ukraine's offensive was slowed by the growth of weeds. According to some US military man, Ukraine has now 1 month left to break through and reach Crimea. If they do not break through before winter, the offensive would have to be put on pause. He warned then Russia will regroup during winter. Then what happens ?
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  5777. Ukraine could have had peace and avoided war if it had gone back to the neutrality it pledged in its independence declaration. Instead, it got sucked in by the US into NATO, and is paying the price. Ukraine is a failed state.
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  5778.  @purple0-12  Ukraine is unfortunately being pushed into an offensive by its handlers which it is not in a position to win. Some in the US have said they want a Return on Investment soon. They cannot wait. So much so for Biden's statement of support for Ukraine for however long it takes.
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  5779.  @V-for-Vendetta  The Ukro Nazis and their supporters are being a taught a lesson.They ain't seen nothin yet.
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  5780.  @jamesferguson2353  An army which the west does not dare send troops to fight - that is the height of NATO's impotence.
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  5781. Why has Germany reversed its direction ? America twists its arms. Europeans are afraid of America. Ask a European who blew up the Nordstream, they will be scared to say it is the US. See what happened to Slovak PM.
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  5782.  @Liukas642  Defeat for Ukraine and the west is Ukraine cannot get back Crimea and Donbass. The expert in the video keeps saying Crimea is Ukrainian. Since Ukraine cannot get it back and NATO cannot change the reality, it is defeat for Ukraine and NATO. For Russia, it has unambiguously established that there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine and Ukraine will not join NATO. has the resolve to fight a nuclear war to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine, and the west does not have that resolve. Although the EU keeps mentioning accession talks for Ukraine to join NATO, the reality was in the NATO summit in Vilnius 2023, where Biden said Ukraine cannot join NATO and there is no road map for it. Zelensky had been begging at the summit to join NATO or at least get a road map. The US is the boss of NATO, not Stoltenberg or EU, it decided Ukraine cannot join NATO. That is a victory for Russia. The war was fought for that only.
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  5783. NATO already lost in its Ukraine plan, it lost to Taliban, it does not inspire confidence.
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  5784. 'I’m not going to war and leaving my wife and children alone with all the immigrants and women and children getting attacked.' Why would immigrants get attacked if you left for the war front ? Were you protecting them ?
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  5785.  @Planet-Pantera  I thought immigrants were vulnerable to Nazi thugs who now roam Europe. There would not be so many immigrants if your leaders did not wage war or incite wars. There are 9 million Ukrainian refugees from their latest war. Plus from all the previous wars like Iraq and Afghanistan. Britain never misses an opportunity to make enemies and wage war. Ukraine is over, they have moved to Middle East. Anyhow, there will be no conscription to fight Russia, you will not be asked to leave your family, as even your leaders know they cannot fight Russia and win.
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  5786.  @Mylostsock11  'Seeing as we have 45,000 jihad fighters/sympathisers here in the UK it's quite unwise to not be manning the deck and looking after your family so to speak! I fear we may need to.defend ourselves closer to home before we send our troops elsewhere.' That is a lame excuse to say you do not have the courage to fight the Russians. The fellows you mentioned you are afraid of are yesterday's enemies that your govt brainwashed you into believing. Your govt. has declared that the Russians are the current enemy. Next it will be Chinese. Maybe you should ask your govt. why it makes so many enemies.
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  5787. I daresay Putin is an even greater leader than Stalin, the Marshall of the Soviet Union. Putin has defeated the collective west : US, Europe, Japan, Korea...... People in the non-western world admire Putin for this defeat of the collective west.
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  5788. Klichko speaks English and German fluently - does that help Ukraine with energy ? From the video, I understand he is a tough man, who has put Ukraine in a winning position. The western anchor fawns over him in admiration.
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  5789.  @monumentaltravel3745  They sold themselves to the US for 5 billion USD according to Victoria Nuland, and are dying for the US. The Americans are watching their baseball.
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  5790.  @monumentaltravel3745  'Yeah Ukranians have brains, courage and morality.' If they had those, they would not be losing their statehood. The correct conclusion is Ukraine was unfit for self rule.
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  5791.  @monumentaltravel3745  It will be more than 18% in 2025 when the US support is cut. Their army is on its last legs, there are desertions and they may have to send 18 years olds. Morale is low because it is sinking into the Ukrainians that they are mere pawns and the Americans are abandoning them.
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  5792.  @amandabotha1431  Who else will do it ? Why would Russia shoot at a plant it occupies ?
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  5793.  @amandabotha1431  Russia sees the west as liars. The Warsaw Pact was disbanded and James Baker said 'not an inch to the east'. But there were 5 waves of expansion, but Russia thwarted the US design to put bases in Ukraine. Part of Ukraine will go back to Russia, the rest will be a landlocked rump dependent on EU aid, and there will be no NATO bases. That is for sure. The US will have to fight a nuclear war to set up bases in Ukraine. Russia is not using the nuclear plant as a weapons base, they want to control the flow of electric power to the east and not to western Ukraine. The Ukranians are firing it at it to attract attention. Their Kherson offensive is not going anywhere, they need sympathy of the west.
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  5794.  @amandabotha1431  Until 2019, western media was reporting on the Ukro Nazis like Azov Batallion and Right Sector. The Azov batallion was founded by Andrei Bieletski, who said the aim was to save the white race from Jews and Untermesnchen. White supremacists from US and Europe were soon flocking to Ukraine for training. The US even banned the Azov batallion. Now of course the west is supporting the UkroNazis. Russia has decided to wipe out these UkroNazis, just as the USSR did with the German Nazis. They caught them in their HQ in Mariopol. Russia is one country that stands up to Nazis. Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine 1,201,102 views Jan 8, 2021 TIME Correspondent, Simon Shuster, travels to Ukraine in the summer of 2019 to investigate white supremacists militias that are recruiting people to join their fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy910FG46C4 Azov Regiment On Ukraine Russia Frontline l Putin’s Denazification Goal Aimed At White Supremacists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqZ8gPKKis What is the Azov Battalion? | 5 Minute History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuBeABAprlo
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  5795. This 'international' donor conference, Ukraine rebuilding conference etc. are western roadshows for convincing the western public that the west is not defeated. The west led Ukraine down this path but it does not want to accept its culpability. Instead, the west wants to encourage Ukraine to continue with its folly. Ukraine is like the egg Humpty Dumpty. The west perched it on a wall, and it fell down. The King's men and horses cannot restore it. These rebuilding conferences cannot restore Ukraine. Russia will decide Ukraine'a future.
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  5796. Is the BBC not confident enough to say "according to Ukraining officials" It certainly does not wonder 'if Ukraine shot down 21 out of 23 missiles, why there is so much damage ?' If you listen to the newscaster, he says 'this is all after a failed winter offensive'. It is like he is trying to console himself, and tell the western audience that Russia did not get anywhere in the past few months, and Ukraine is now charged up to defeat Russia in the next battle. Once you have taken a pre-set position, you have to bend the reality to fit your wishes. After the loss in Stalingrad, Goebbels went on about waging a total war in which Germany would defeat the Soviet Union. The BBC is not independent (despite its pretence), it is following its government guidelines and public expectations. And that says one must project the 'Ukraine is beating Russia' narrative which has been sold to the western public. This narrative has to continue till the US gets tired and decides Ukraine is loss centre, and moves on to another war.
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  5797. NATO doctrine will work against Iraq but not Russia as it is impossible to get air dominance. The Russians will shoot down NATO planes, and burn all the NATO equipment and the casualties will be so high no NATO army can advance. If the US thought it could win for one moment, the US would have sent NATO troops to Ukraine.
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  5798. That is why the west and its media do not have credibility, and the rest of the world is with Russia.
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  5799.  @karsten11553  Convicts and shovels, eh? Indeed, that is what British intelligence said. Perhaps that is why it took 11 months.
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  5800.  @Takeawayking971  The bear will attack a NATO nation if it threatens Russia. Example : Kaliningrad is an exclave of Russia, and Lithuania's independence was given on the understanding that there will be a train corridor through Lithuania to Kaliningrad. Earlier Lithuania tried to impose a partial blockade on Russian train cargos to Kaliningrad. Then a Russian politician made a statement that Lithuania's independence would be re-evaluated. NATO and the EU got the message. Soon enough Lithuania backed off. Otherwise it would have been Ukrained Article 5 not withstanding. An attack on Russian territory will be met with nuclear strike if necessary. Get it ?
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  5801. Iran did not ask for ceasefire.
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  5802.  @skeletor8250  Why would they ask for negotiations, when they have hypersonic missiles and are busy torching Tel Aviv and Haifa ?
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  5803. Ukrainian soldiers did train with NATO armies. They said that NATO was clueless how to fight a land war.
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  5804. You sound like a sore loser. Starmer has restored law and order in a week and the rest of the world can see Britain is a law and order country.
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  5805. Ukraine will never get what is gone. It was irresponsible in ganging up with the US against Russia. Sanctions are leading to de-dollarisation, so keep your sanctions, people stop using dollar unless trading with the US, and that over a period cuts US hegemony.
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  5806. I agree that what Britain is doing is highly risky and Britain might find itself on a limb if it tries to sabotage Trump. I agree that Russia calculates and acts. They are great chess players. They make their move after they analyse the opponent's move and their consequences. In this context, they will wait 2 months, and then they would be right in thinking if they strike Britain with a hypersonic, Trump won't come to save Britain's skin. It will be a replay of the 1956 Suez fiasco when Britain, France and Israel sent a expeditionary force to Egypt after Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal (at that time also, they said it was in defence of the international rules based order). At that time, the Soviet Union said it would nuke Britain unless it withdrew. Eisenhower looked the other way and told Britain it was its look out, and the US was unwilling to fight another war in Europe so seen after fighting against Germany. The Suez fiasco was cause for Anthony Eden's downfall.
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  5807. 'Out of everything Modi Gov. had helped India reached to new heights.' What are you talking about, Modi rode to power by unleashing mob violence in Gujarat ? The mob even attacked a pregnant woman and speared the foetus. The Modi govt. released the rapists and murderers in Gujarat. This is the height Modi has taken India. Fools like you thought it was alright.
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  5808. The French have always been seeking leadership of the EU. Germany does not want that responsibility, Britain has no voice in Europe after Brexit, and seeing the news that Trump is lukewarm towards Europe, Macron feels the path is open for France to lead Europe heroically. Except he has overlooked that France leading Europe against Russia is not a trivial issue. It will lead to Russia punching France in the face !
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  5809.  @the0ne809  So what is the real news according to you ? Ukraine is winning and recapturing Crimea ? That the west is winning the economic warfare ? That Russia is trembling due to Sweden and Finland ? That Biden is going to cap Russian oil price ? That Ukraine can be rebuilt without Russian permission ? Let us go to the most basic issues of the war. I say Ukraine cannot join NATO ever. I say Russia will never allow the US to put its missiles in Ukraine. Is that the reality or do you think otherwise ?
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  5810.  @lasse888  No one has seen ghosts, Santa, Batman. Have you seen Russia's hypersonic nuclear missile Sarmat ? That is real.
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  5811.  @lasse888  The Euro maidan coup in 2014, which was financed by Victoria Nuland, in which Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part. The Finns took the side of the Nazis, so we know what you would be like.
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  5812.  @lasse888  and so? You want to know the consequences of supporting Nazism ? Russia eliminates Nazis whether German, Finnish or Ukrainian. Get it ?
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  5813.  @lasse888  Merkel said the Minsk agreement was to buy time to train Ukraine for war against Russia.
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  5814.  @lasse888  'so what? That agreement was needed because Russia invated Ukraine. Which agreement was needed ? Learn to write English.
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  5815.  @lasse888  You certainly won't be writing perfect English. And what was your point ? I do not think you had any point in any language.
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  5816.  @duartesimoes508  The Red Army liberated Auschwitz. The Poles were not capable, they are ingrates.
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  5817. Closure of city means no western mercenaries. The Russian army is like the Red Army, they go after the Ukro Nazis. So now this Gulliver chap is reconciled to losing Bakhmut, but his hope is the Russians will come up against more fortified positions ! He says things without evidence.
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  5818. It is not Zelensky, it is US and UK who organised the attack on Russian airbase. Ukraine is not capable of doing it. The planes were parked in the open as required by the START treaty to limit strategic arms. It was the last surviving treaty, which comes up for renewal soon. By doing this, the US is signalling non-renewal, and also that it is untrustworthy and unwilling to honour treaties it signed. It will have to engage in arms race with Russia and China.
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  5819. Cragg says Zelensky's new spin is to hope Russia hammers Ukraine very hard, hoping that would persuade Trump to support Ukraine ! But then again, Trump is annoyed with Biden trying to create problems for him, so he may clamp down on Ukraine hard. Cragg is now slyly talking about freezing the conflict, but adding Ukraine is not happy about it. Never mind, Russia is not going to agree to freeze the conflict if it keeps the door open for Ukraine to join NATO later. Russia will not stop, they will keep going. Ukraine's only choice for survival is neutrality and demilitarisation.
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  5820. And why not, after all the US supports all types of dissidents in Russia. So why should Russia not do the same ?
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  5821. Pretty bleak, did you say ? But please keep up western delusions by informing that this makes Ukrainians even more determined to fight.
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  5822.  @jamesbinns8528  You are like the German Nazis who said 'never surrender'. So they were trapped in Stalingrad and had to surrender. After that, the Red Army reached Berlin and enforced unconditional surrender. Ukraine will be forced to surrender or accept neutrality. The west does not have the means to make Ukraine win, and already announcements are being made about ending the war by summer. By summer, Ukraine will not have forced Russia out, it would have lost more.
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  5823. It acts as a super ignorant due to western impotence against Russia. They are feeling defeated.
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  5824. Get real. Ukraine, all of it, will be part of Russia. The US does not have the money or the weapons and no one in NATO wants to die for Ukrainians. Hence, the war is lost.
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  5825. It is time to migrate to where they come from. Migrate to UK and US.
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  5826. That press secretary Caroline Levitt is the stereotypical bimbo. She asks 'does anyone pray what the skin colour of the pilot is when on a flight' ? The answer is most don't, but she would be the type who would pray the pilot has a certain skin colour ! In the first Trump Administration, there was another bimbo type, Kellyanne Conway, who came up with 'alternative facts'.
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  5827.  @sababugs1125  Is that so ? What is your evidence ? Sounds like you do not want to admit your wickedness. Russia had said it does not object to Ukraine joining EU, but it had made it clear Ukraine joining NATO is a security threat for Russia. Then why did you seek NATO expansion ?
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  5828.  @sababugs1125  Don't make feeble excuses to justify western duplicity and cheating. The US and the west had said NATO would 'not move an inch to the east'. By going against the spirit of detente, the west created mistrust and ill feeling. Russia has 7k nukes indeed. But that does not mean it can allow the US to have missile and naval bases in the Ukraine. US naval base in Ukraine would mean it will block the Russian Black Sea fleet (Sevastapol in the Crimea is the HQ of Russia's Black Sea fleet). Then Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to dislodge the US. Russia decided to pre-empt the US from getting naval bases in the Ukraine. This way they do not have to fight a nuclear war with the US. Hence, consider it best for you that Russia has taken Crimea and the coastal ports along the Black Sea, so Russia does not have to strike you with any of those 7k nuclear weapons.
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  5829.  @sababugs1125  'Not an inch forward was promised to Gorbachev during the ussr . After it collapsed west had every right to accept anyone it liked. ' You are a typical duplicitous westerner who wants his cake and eat it. So you think that what was promised to Gorbachov as Soviet Union does not apply to Russia. Even if legally correct, it was against the spirit of detente. Gorbachov has shown goodwill, but you stabbed Russia in the back. That is your culture and breeding. Yeltsin had been furious when he observed the first NATO expansion and saw it as a betrayal. He had said 'the Soviet Union is gone, but Russia will be back, you just wait'. Russia is back. It had protested all NATO actions and seeing the west was ignoring it, Russia decided to take action against the remaining ex Soviet countries to stem NATO advance. Now you find Russia can take on 30 countries both militarily and economically. 'Ukraine being nato would mean it would be protected by article 5 meaning Putin couldn't take Crimea and donbass to boost popularity back home '. First of all, Ukraine is not in NATO, so there is no Article 5. Secondly, you have not read Article 5. Article 5 offers no guarantee of armed counter. All it says is if one member is attacked, other members may/will take measures to defend that member, in various ways each one sees fit, including and up to armed attack. There is no compulsion nor guarantee that anyone will take armed measures. Thus, Lithuania blocked Kaliningrad claiming it was following the EU. That is a direct attack on Russia's internal business, then Russia could have pounced swiftly at some stage. If that happened, what would Lithuania do ? To invoke Article 5, NATO would have to call a meeting of 30 and get parliamentary approvals. It all depends on the US being prepared to fight. The US may decide it does not want a nuclear war, it will support Lithuania from the outside. So don't fool yourself. Don't mess with Russia and don't over estimate about NATO's strength. When was the last time NATO won a war ? Afghanistan exit was a debacle.
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  5830.  @sababugs1125  'the reason Yeltsin hated NATO expansion isn't because of any "betrayal" .' Why don't you say why even a pro west leader like Yeltsin hated NATO expansion ? Article 5 depends on what America will do. America has repeatedly said they do not want a war with Russia. If Russia is threatened, it will attack any country, regardless of Article 5. It was sooner or later going to attack Lithuania over Kaliningrad, that is why Lithuania and the EU backed down. Recall Kissinger said that the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany and Europe. The same applies now. If the US will not risk fighting Russia, you think the spineless Europeans will be able to fight Russia ? Afghanistan was a debacle because it had a western supported government that was unsustainable. The US could not afford to support the Afghan govt. and so withdrew. Similarly, the time is approaching when the US and west cannot afford to maintain Ukraine. Ukraine will be thrown under the bus. The west is trying one last throw of the dice with the Kherson offensive, if that fails, the US and the west will look for an exit strategy.
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  5831.  @sababugs1125  Kissinger said long ago that the US would not fight a nuclear war with USSR to save Germany and Europe. That is the same case today. That is why Biden stated at the outset, US will not send ground troops to Ukraine. This is not Iraq in Kuwait. The Ukranians were demanding a 'no fly zone'. Biden ruled that out. Why ? Yes, Russia is willing to fight a nuclear war over Ukraine and Kaliningrad. Make no mistake about. Putin said you will face consequences you have never faced. That is why the US backed off on a 'no fly zone' and the EU on Lithuania. With those Sarmat hypersonic missiles, the US would dare contemplate a war with Russia. We shall see after this winter western resolve in Ukraine. US is willing to fight small countries but would not have the guts to fight Russia. The rest of the west is a collection of weaklings. The west is gros bouche, petits mains. Big mouth, tiny fists. Russia does not talk much, it just does.
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  5832.  @sababugs1125  Kissinger was pragmatic. Why would the US allow all its cities to be nuked for someone else ? It is not going to happen. Not only Kissinger. Biden's haste to say the US would not send troops or put a 'no fly zone' is proof that US resolve to fight Russia does not actually go to the extent of fighting. USA doesn't have back bone - for the reasons cited. NATO expansion is a threat - if Russia takes not action. But Russia takes action to neutralise the threat. When Putin said if anyone sends troops to Ukraine or tries to put a 'no fly zone', they will face consequences they have not faced before, the US declared meekly the very next day it will not put a 'no fly zone'. Pussy cats cannot fight Siberian tigers. Where is the west's resolve on Ukraine - you threw them under the bus, why don't you go to Ukraine and fight the Russians ? 'Russian hypersonics are hot junk . Only thing keeping them alive are nukes'. The US's hypersonic test failed two times. But you fear their nukes ! They can deliver those nukes to US cities in minutes and your missile dome cannot stop them. If for a moment you thought you could win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine.
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  5833. Boris has this fantasy about being a Churchill, leading Britain and the west to a great victory against Russia. The problem with Boris Johnson's plan is (1) his country, the UK, does not have the money and the arms (2) the EU (which Boris despises) also does not have the money and arms. He expects America to shoulder it all. The Americans don't have the money and the weapons either. None in the west wants to send troops. In effect, Boris is a vain barking dog just like Kallas of Estonia etc. The UK has as much fighting power as Baltics, Poland etc.
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  5834. The Europeans are putting on symbolic and useless shows of solidarity like Ukraine reconstruction conferences. They nade a show acceptance of Ukranian applications for EU and NATO etc. In reality this is like other weaks shows like putting up Ukranians flags and giving Ukraine the Eurovision contest. The bottom line is the US and NATO do not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine; they don't want to be killed. All these reconstruction conferences assume that Ukraine will win and Russia will leave Ukraine alone for the EU and NATO. That is not going to happen. How is that even thinkable ? Will Russia spend money and its blood to give Ukraine on a platter to the EU and NATO ? There can be two outcomes (1) Russia continues taking parts of Ukraine till it is demilitarised and Ukraine agrees to neutrality or (2) if Ukraine does not agree to neutrality, Russia takes the eastern industrial part, and the coastal regions, and then batters the rest into a wasteland and keeps doing so for 30 years and prevents EU and NATO from reconstructing it. Russia will not allow EU and NATO to set foot in Ukraine again.
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  5835. Let us say it was an act of war, is the US going to war ? I don't think so.
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  5836. NATO does not have the arms or money to supply Ukraine. It does not have the courage to send troops as Europeans are not ready to fight and die. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  5837. The war is lost for Ukraine, what difference your uncle made ? Canada is refuge house of Ukro Nazis. Russia will eliminate them.
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  5838.  @Swish-x7b  You want democracy in Russia like in Ukraine - stage a coup in 2014, bring Azov Nazis to power, who will follow America's orders. That will not happen in Russia. It is not going to be client state of the US like Ukraine, UK, Estonia, Finland etc. Get it ?
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  5839.  @Swish-x7b  time, technology and democracy moves on!… Indeed, you (British, French, Europeans) need to move out of your colonial times, and get to realise you are not powers anymore. There is a new world order set off by Sir Putin, which will not be controlled by you, and the rest of the world sees that as desirable. The GDP of BRICS now exceeds G7, and the difference will grow. Get it ? Move with the times. Technology moves - Russia uses hypersonic missiles, the US has tested 4 times and failed. Britain's Trident tests failed and a satellite launch vehicle caught fire on lift off a couple of days ago. You need to do a lot of catch up with Russia. Democracy - you engage in overthrow of governments worldwide, including in Ukraine, and you support even fascist groups like Azov in Ukraine. In your countries, you have mobs storming the Capitol, and race riots, and Nazis on the march in Europe and UK. The last time, Europe needed the Russians to crush the Nazis. True or not ?
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  5840. The reason Ukraine is shelling the nuclear power plants is because they are frustrated that Russia will starve them of electricity. Ukraine has to accept now the power plant belongs to Russia, and it should not shell it and create an incident where the fallout will damage Ukraine the most. Russia is not going to shell the plant it controls, it is the immature Ukrainians who are doing it to attract sympathy. Russia should have not only asked Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, it should have shut down the nuclear power plants before giving Ukraine independence. Russia gave all Ukraine has during the USSR days, but unfortunately, the Ukrainians have proved to be back stabbers. They have sought to join an anti-Russian military alliance stupidly, and that has cost them their country. The west should now understand its folly in pursuing NATO expansion. Is the west better off as a result ? Don't tell me Finland wants to join, so the west is well off. Unfortunately, westerners are even more stupid than Ukrainians.
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  5841. Western reports lack of credibility. For weeks, Ukraine and its handlers said Russia did not have any missiles left. Their logic is Russia is striking Ukraine because it is losing. In WW 2, the British and the US said at the start that they would spare civilian targets, but ended up fire bombing Hamburg and Dresden. This German journalist should know this is a normal part of war.
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  5842. The smug and pompous Rees-Mogg starts off with 'Russia is making very slow progress against a very determined Ukrainian defence'. This is the standard western pose, show Russia is incapable and Ukraine is infinitely capable. They want to believe Ukraine has held Russia to a stalemate. However, the American military expert shows the truth as it is and Rees-Mogg nods uncomfortably at the truth - the war was lost strategically for Ukraine and the west after the counter offensive, and Ukraine cannot turn it around just by infusion of some money. As he explains, this $ 60 billion is a one-off. Russia is not pushing for more land, they are killing off the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainians themselves see there is no point enlisting as they now know the US will ditch them after the elections, and the EU is useless.
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  5843. Has Russia announced it is going to launch a major spring offensive ? It is western propaganda to justify sending arms to Ukraine.
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  5844.  @spointz8936  'they complied w Bush’s war in Iraq and Israels gencide.' And they have not put Blair behind bars and they constantly pretend they are virtuous.
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  5845. @kzrlgo She sheds doubt on whether Russia has taken Toretsk.
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  5846.  @PatrickWhitaker-ls2cs  I read that the EDL and JDL had a collaboration at the start. He does not stand for any issue, he goes with money.
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  5847.  @washuneluvhada7616  The Brits like to think they are leading the fight against Russia. They want to out do everyone in Russophobia.
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  5848. Odessans, it is time to shift to Poland, please start moving now before it becomes difficult.
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  5849. When the Ukrainian denies use of ODAB, why are you claiming it was used ? And if it was used, what can the west do to stop it ? They don't want the ODAB on them.
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  5850. @KierStalin 'We don't want war with Russia' You want war with Russia, Kier Starmer went to see Biden to persuade him to let Ukraine missiles into Russia. The British seem to be worse than Americans. Anyhow, you will know your position when Russia hits your asset, and the US looks the other way.
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  5851. The US is insisting to send Ukranians to be massacred.
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  5852. NATO cannot decide, Russia decided Ukraine cannot join - have you not figured that out ?
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  5853. Ukraine will receive a nuclear strike if it sets foot in Crimea, it has been conveyed to Biden.
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  5854. I like what the Ambassador said 'They (the Jews) lie more than they breathe' ! That sums it all up. The BBC has been a liar. It said there were WMDs in Iraq. Piers is so unbelievably biased.
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  5855. Russia should concentrate from now on one city and raze it completely. Best to start with Lvov - it is the conduit for western weapons. Concentrate all fire power on this city for 2 months. Let a few stray missiles fall on Poland, the US will blame the Ukranians.
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  5856.  @zacksulics8021  So why did the EU back down and say it is alright, as long as the goods are going to be used only in Kaliningrad, and not exported it is fine. Who is going to monitor if it is being exported ? Russia did not play games with its gas first, the EU played games and frozen Russian euro accounts. The EU thought it could get gas and pay in Euros - after it made the currency unusable for Russia. That is effectively getting the gas free, and Russia said that is not possible. Are you stupid or you do not know your own wickedness ?
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  5857.  @chrissmith7669  You are just empty and writing cock-and-bull stories. 'But make no mistake their ports will be watched to evaluate if Russia is evading sanctions and if they do Kaliningrad would get pulled in.' So EU inspectors will dare board outgoing Russian ships to check their cargos ? Look at what you wrote : 'It’s called a carrot to get Russia to move.' Sanctions elsewhere (which have backfired), but carrot in Kaliningrad. Does that make sense ? Russia will not go for military war over sanctions, they go for counter sanctions (cut off the gas). But if you dare sanction intra-Russian trade, Russia will give you beating - for sure. It is not a carrot, the EU realised a beating was coming for Lithuania, and backed off.
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  5858.  @duartesimoes508  Well, you don't seem to have IQ for an intelligent reply.
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  5859.  @chrissmith7669  NATO shouldn’t be underestimated ? What is your estimation based on ? I say they are shameless cowards from the way they ran from Kabul ?
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  5860.  @chrissmith7669  You have not explained to me why your army with superior manpower and equipment ran away from Kabul in the most cowardly manner. Why does the army with superior manpower and equipment not dare put foot in Ukraine. Russia will beat the hell out of you. When your toy mercenaries get caught, you get so disoriented. You will not be able to cope with the body bags that Russia will make of you.
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  5861. Clearly, Russia has defeated US and NATO. The US will walk away from Ukraine and the writing is on the wall. There is no mystery why the US dropped out of Ramstein. Starmer had gone to the US and asked to let Ukraine strike inside Russia with Storm Shadows. At that time, Putin had said British assets and Britain itself will be struck. Two days ago, a British tanker was hit. Biden then backed down supporting the British proposal - for if Russia struck Britain, Britain would not be able to fight, and it would ask the US to fight on its behalf (just like Ukraine). It was decided to postpone the decision to arm Ukraine to fire into Russia till the Ramstein meeting. Meanwhile Putin announced that Russia had set up a plan to attack US and UK assets round the world, and Lavrov said if a decision was taken in Ramstein to allow Ukraine to fire missiles into Russia, Russia would not wait till Ukraine fired a missile, it would straight away implement its plan. That would have meant the Houthis and Hezbollah would be enabled to sink UK and British ships straightaway. Based on Lavrov's statement, Biden cancelled Ramstein. These are the points not discussed in western analysis.
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  5862.  @eddastrohmayer251  The whole British establishment, whether Conservative or Labour, is bitterly anti-Russian, to the point they are delusional. The media is also united with them. Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Ben Wallace; Starmer all hold the same view on Russia. Boris Johnson said Russia should not be allowed to win, because that 'would be the end of western hegemony'. They are delusional because they know Britain cannot fight Russia, but they just hope the US will do the heavy lifting under British guidance. The British have a craving for a Churchillian moment where the world will notice Britain, that it guided the US to battle against evil. They wanted to give the first battle tanks, the paltry Challenger, thereby claiming they crossed a red line, and they want to do the same with the Storm Shadow. Some months back when Trump's position on Ukraine became clear, the Daily Telegraph wrote an article saying if the US cannot lead Europe, Britain should. The same people look down on Europe and championed Brexit and boasted about 'taking back control from the EU', but they have delusions they can lead Europe in a fight against Russia.
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  5863. All wishful thinking. Russia will not agree to any of this. No NATO in Ukraine, no European peacekeepers. Losers cannot dictate terms to Russia. The Russians have no need to negotiate. So don't waste your energies seeking pathetic solutions.
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  5864. 'Give them what they need and let them get on with it.' It is too late, the war is lost. The US knows this, that is why it vetoed Ukraine from entering NATO and even blocked giving them a time line. If Ukraine enters NATO, it will ask US to send troops. The Americans know they cannot fight and the Russians will kill them.
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  5865. Simple way to end war : Ukraine should accept neutrality, and understand that there can be no US bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Any other path is self destruction. Sovereignty does not mean seeking to invite a foreign power to put missiles in your country to threaten a very powerful neighbour. Russia has not used yet its heavy weapons like the thermobaric missiles, but if Zelensky does not have sense and believes the west can save him because of his plucky stand, these thermobaric missiles will hit and it will be impossible to withstand. All this talk about the west sending weapons (but not troops) is hogwash created to placate western opinion which wants see their govts. to do something. How will this equipment be sent if the roads and airports are blocked by the Russians ? Advanced equipment needs training. The people who encouraged Russophobia and asked Ukraine to stand against Russian walked away, to save their skins. The US led NATO has created a big mess for Europe. NATO is not a defensive alliance, it went to Afghanistan. It was sneaky with Russia and expanded 5 times eastwards. Now Russia drew a red line. The US pressed for NATO and EU entry for Ukraine, although France and Germany opposed it in 2008, knowing it will provoke conflict with the Russians. But the US arm twisted France and Germany. So the EU itself does not have sovereignty on critical issues and is manipulated or arm-twisted by Americans to fit its agenda. The EU needs to come to its senses and realise that making enemity with Russia will lead to endless problems for the EU, and not so much for America. Europe, not America, will be saddled with refugees and economic problems. Shutting down airspace, SWIFT etc. will not change the outcome, as Russia said it will not allow a threat to its security, come what may. Iran has resolutely not allowed Americans in after 50 years, and cutting them from SWIFT has not changed that, so to imagine Russia will succumb is fantasy created by lack of clarity in thinking.
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  5866.  @andypoppey5243  It is too late for probing deployments. Western pundits said the first 72 h are critical, if the Ukranians do not punch a hole and create a blitzkrieg, they will lose. If after 3 weeks, they are probing and they lost men and equipment, then it is all over. Russia will wait it out till the remainder of the Ukro Nazis are thrown in, and kill them, and then they will go in hot pursuit.
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  5867.  @dimbusjenkins  Why are you replying to a dumb bot then ? You must be even dumber.
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  5868.  @MAXlMUS  Is he ? He offered a ceasefire so Ukranians cannot say he killed them on Christmas day. If Ukranians do not want it, that is fine, they can be killed on Christmas, it is their choice.
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  5869.  @wvvwwvwvv  He claimed to build a mini submarine to rescue Thai children stuck in a cave. It was a flop. Most of his projects are hypes.
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  5870. Yes, Poland should fear Russia. Those who threaten Russia will surely get a beating. That is the learning point from Ukraine.
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  5871.  @supreme3376  What have you learnt from history ? You are as intelligent as the Ukranians.
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  5872.  @sababugs1125  Russia has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, and is strangling its economy. If Poland misbehaves towards Russia thinking it has NATO support, it will find itself like Ukraine. Americans don't want to get killed for Poland, they will stand at a safe distance and offer weapons.
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  5873. Ukranians offering to negotiate is like German Nazis holed up in Berlin offering to negotiate after the Red Army entered Berlin. Russia should not give safe passage to the Azov Regiment as they are self declared Nazis. Russia does not compromise with Nazis - unlike the west. The west is projecting humanitarian concern for the Ukranian Nazis. Surrender or death is the only option Russia gives Nazis. That is why it has admirers.
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  5874. Did the Israelis bomb an embassy against international law ?
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  5875. One part of Ukraine will rejoin Russia - which is for the better. The rump Ukraine that is left will be a permanent basket case living on EU handouts. They will be reduced to begging. Look at the shameless Ukranian spokesman talk about funds for reconstruction - he says they will wait for American instructions ! ! Unbelievable. He says that they can take Russian assets. If that is the line, Russia can drop a tactical nuke and see what money Americans will give to reconstruct.
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  5876. Talent is subdued by the caste system.
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  5877. I was laughing at the thought of Truss, Borrel, Wallace, BoJo, Olaf Scholz, Macron, von Leyen, or Blinken and Biden sitting with Lavrov, let alone Putin ! The west has no one of comparable intellect who can get past them. Wallace said that the British kicked the Tsar's backside in the Crimean war and will do so again. That was in 1856 ! He imagines that he can do that to Russia today. I have seen a video of the American redneck John Bolton and delegation meeting Putin and delegation. Bolton who is normally brazen was quiet and submissive in front of Putin ! Putin even stunned Bolton with a mischievous joke about the American eagle and asked whether Bolton was coming with olives or arrows. Bolton did not seem to know about what the American eagle held in its claws ! He looked blank, it seemed the joke went above his head. And if you want to see Putin handle a vain and conceited low IQ American journalist, see how he deals with Meghan Kelly in an interview.
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  5878. Why is the west relying on the Saudi prince ?!
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  5879. 'what their future will be post-Ukraine; Ukraine will be part of Russia's future.
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  5880. 'Your analysis neglected to mention how dearly the Russians paid for their failed attempt to take the city.' You know that do you ? What is your source ? When the Ukranians say the Russians are firing 10 shells for every Ukrainian one, then who is more likely to get killed ? Engage your mind.
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  5881. Nick Connolly is no longer telling us about Ukrainian victory, like he used to. Still he is blabbering optimistically about the CDU giving an ultimatum to Russia that unless it stops, Germany will give Taurus missiles to force Russia to the negotiating table and accept Zelenky's terms ! Really ? The Germans will recall that the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, but the Red Army beat Germany into a pulp. If Germany gives Taurus missiles, Germany will receive a nuclear strike. Straight and simple. And no, Trump will not come to Germany's aid. DW needs to dismiss jokers like Nick Connolly.
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  5882. If no one had intention to threaten Russia, why did the US not negotiate a security guarantee that Russia asked for in Dec. 2022 ? The US wanted to get Ukraine into NATO to get naval bases to shut off Russia from the Black Sea. Russia took pre-emptive steps. NATO will not be allowed to step into Ukraine again. The west is defeated but is continuing out of false pride to save the US's ego. It is looking for an off-ramp.
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  5883.  @yogeshcyr31  India is huge only in population. Everything else, it ranks very low - global hunger index similar to sub Saharan Africa, per capita income lower than Bangladesh, sanitation among the lowest, the worst performer in Covid etc. So how can it beat almost all countries except 3 maybe ? It cannot, that is why it seeks to emulate Israel. No one else does. Western countries defend Israel due to historical baggage from the Holocaust and due to Jewish control, but they do not want to emulate Israel. India is the only country that would like to emulate Israel. What is wrong with you ?
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  5884. Russia will never accept security NATO guarantees for Ukraine's security if it means NATO bases in Ukraine, in exchange for Crimea. Russia will continue the war as it has the advantage. It will keep Crimea and Donbass and push for Odessa and turn the remainder into a wasteland. Having land is not what Russia is after - it is no NATO bases in Ukraine. Ukraine could get all the land back if it signs a peace treaty with Russia and cuts NATO out.
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  5885. Perhaps this hypocrite Rutte can go and visit Gaza, which is being decimated by western supplied weapons. Who is destroying the way of life of the Palestinians ?
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  5886. This is not a Ukrainian planned operation, it is a US directed operation to divert attention from Ukraine's escalating losses in Donbass. The US would have directed Ukraine to do something spectacular, to get funding for the war coming. It boosts the morale of the west temporarily - but the Ukrainians will be the ones killed eventually in Kursk. An incursion into Kursk is not sustainable when Ukraine has shortage of manpower and arms, and it will speed up loss of Donbass. It does not make military sense. The Donbass cities like Porvorsk etc. were fortified over years and Ukraine lost them and is losing more. Ukraine does not have the time to fortify the areas of Kursk it has entered, and with 10,000 troops, how can it hold it ? It is another harebrained US scheme.
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  5887. Ukraine's NATO entry is not held up by corruption. That was the cover the US used when it blocked Ukraine's entry into NATO. The reason for blocking is the US sees that Ukraine is losing and cannot push back the Russians. The US does not want Ukraine in NATO as it will ask for Article 5, and the US will have to send troops to Ukraine, and the Russians will kill the Americans. Ukraine's defeat is not due to corruption. The Russians have now got their act together, they have decimated the Ukranian army and killed off the experienced soldiers and Ukraine is forced to field people with 5 weeks of training. They have been given inferior western weapons and Russia is breaking them.
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  5888.  @LuzdoSol00  The western politicians, its media, from liberals to right wing, have become self righteous slaves of Zelensky. After all, it was their decision to expand NATO recklessly. How can they admit they goofed and this war is a result of NATO expansion ? Since the west cannot admit fault, the west will not find a solution. That is left to Turkey. Perceptive western policy analysts had warned from the 1990s that NATO expansion will bring war. Zelensky is a western implant. The Americans tried a similar implant in Georgia, but Russia retaliated and the west ditched him eventually. Zelensky has however skilfully survived by directly appealing to western public opinion due to social media, and the west's politicians are now trapped and unable to ditch him as that would go against their public. Europe is getting its economy screwed to defend this comedian who has got his country destroyed, and is following unworkable Russophobic policies.
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  5889.  @albertnganyira853  Apparently, the damage was done by missile debris. They need Patriots to shoot down the debris.
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  5890. The presenter say the oOutcome of the war is not clear, what is the point of a reconstruction conference ? The outcome is actually clear : it is not what the west wants, the reality is Russia will prevail. Russia is going to take some of the land and make it Russia; left over bit of Ukraine will not be allowed to reconstruct without Russian permission. Russia will give permission only if Ukraine signs neutrality and keeps NATO out of Ukraine. That would be a defeat for the west. The west may not be able to tolerate that. So they may keep Ukraine fighting and getting destroyed more. It is possible the Ukrainians recover some intelligence and realise the west's limitations and feel it was a mistake to put all their eggs in the western basket.
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  5891. The conclusion is that the west and Ukraine have lost. The Russians are great chess players, and NATO is a bunch of amateurs, driven by emotions. Ukraine's sovereignty was based on the understanding given to Russia that it would be neutral and not join any military alliance. The Ukranians reneged and tried to backstab Russia. Ukraine is paying for it. It has become a failed state. The west gave all kinds of promises to Ukraine but does not have the will to fight. Russia has proved it is stronger militarily and economically than the west.
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  5892. US gives iron clad support as long as US soldiers are not killed.
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  5893. Russians don't disclose their hand completely. Keeps their enemies guessing ! The conclusion of the analyst is Russia will be the loser - as if Europe will be the winner, as if other sources of cheap energy are round the corner. Westerners are trying to put on a brave face to cover their folly of NATO expansion.
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  5894. Americans are negotiating without the Ukranians. Biden had said no decision will be taken without the Ukrainans. When the cost of the Afghan war became too much, the Americans negotiated with Taliban in Doha - without inviting the Afghan govt. they had implanted.
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  5895. @Terry Orzechowski The Russians did ask to speak to the Americans. They will never do that. The Americans reached out to the Russians after months shouting about war crimes. Now the Americans realise the sanctions did not work, and the Russians are winning the economy warfare, so they want to talk.
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  5896. @Terry Orzechowski The rouble is the best performing currency - the western media says. Russia has land, water, food (it is the biggest producer of wheat), gas and energy for heating and industry, it can destroy any enemy that attacks it, tell me how many countries have all these combined ? No one in Europe. Europe is going to be de-industrialised. Russia's industry is not outsourced. Russia has also catalysed non-dollar based trade, so that is chipping American strength. They have built an alernative to get around SWIFT, they issue their own cards to replace MasterCard and Visa, so it is loss to American business.
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  5897. The US will not allow Europe to become independent. If you grow too big for your boots, the US can help Russia take more - as Trump famously said ! In any case, Europe is a collection of irrelevant states.
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  5898. Times Radio is a channel that has consistently presented 'Ukraine is winning' titles and stories. Every small Ukrainian achievement is inflated and Russians are underplayed. This is the first time we are seeing a more realistic report in Times Radio. The title 'Ukraine's counteroffensive is their 'last hope' of taking back territory' shows its realises Ukraine will fail, and then the US will say 'no more money' for lost causes. The western media is gradually preparing its public which they had misled into thinking Ukraine will not only regain Donetsk, but that it will retake Crimea. Russia will defend and stave off Ukraine's last ditch effort, and then strike them. It will not be a stalemate after that. Russia can and will continue to hammer Ukraine. Much of the professional Ukranian army has been massacred. The west cannot supply artillery shells. How can Ukraine win ? The west itself is in trouble as many crises overlap. It is not able to afford high energy prices, inflation and de-industrialisation. There are worries of more bank failings. De-dollarisation that Russia and China have set in motion cannot be rolled back. Hence support for Ukraine 'for however long it takes' will not be sustainable. Remember Macron said Russia needs an off-ramp, we must not humiliate Putin. In fact, the title of this video shows now the west feels Ukraine is a lost cause. The west is looking for an off-ramp - 'we must not humiliate the US' ! The west is continuing economic suicide now not because they care for Ukranians, but the feeling that not only Russians, but the rest of the world will see the west is defeated. That is, west knows the war is lost, but the west is continuing due to false pride.
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  5899. Any American diplomat or ex diplomat loses credibility when they talk about committing the US to defend another country for however long it takes. Clearly, the US is unable to honour this, or a future govt. will not be able to do so. That is why US and NATO have lost credibility as Ukraine heads to defeat. The war was lost strategically already in 2023, now it is a matter of trying to stave off the military endgame till after the elections - but the Russians will not oblige !
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  5900. She blithely claims the confidence in the dollar is because of rule of law. Seizing other's money is not rule of law, that is why there is a global move to de-dollarise. As for using Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine, the damage is over $ 1 trillion and the amount seized was $ 300 billion. The US will lose interest like in Afghanistan and Iraq. Russia will rebuild Ukraine once it becomes part of Russia.
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  5901. It is a clear sign the war is lost for the west and Ukraine.
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  5902. 'You don't invite the enemy to the peace conference.. You don't negotiate with terrorists.' Russia did not ask for an invitation. After Boris Johnson sabotaged the negotiated settlement reached in Turkey, they do not want a negotiated settlement with NATO. After Zelensky followed Boris Johnson, Putin said the next time Ukraine asks for negotiations, the Russians will set the terms. Get it ? Russia does not negotiate with Ukro Nazis like Azov Batallion.
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  5903. I remember in an interview with a black news network, he said that by stopping immigrants from Mexico coming in, he was saving black jobs. Then he was asked 'what is a black job ?' ! He could not answer. The US is falling apart - due to whites like Trump and Musk and their supporters.
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  5904. G7 is an even more ineffectual group than NATO.
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  5905.  @pakde8002  What is more believable, Russia would use a missile to kill 50 of the Azov Nazis, when they are already captives, and the normal procedure is firing squad, and they would be laid to death without anyone knowing. Which is cheaper, 50 bullets or a precision missile ?
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  5906. The US is shameless. Its influence and standing will plummet further as it seeks to protect Israel. The Arabs should cancel Abraham and Camp David accords.
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  5907. You said this in 2022. It is all wishful thinking - because Putin has beaten you.
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  5908. Blinken says the presence of his forces in Iraq and Syria has nothing to do with Gaza. Such a response shows Blinken's dim mind. He lives with alternative reality. Iraq, Syria, Gaza, are all part of the same region called the Islamic world, and they are fighting a western imposition called Israel. Just as western nations form a coalition to attack others, the people they target also form a coalition to attack their invaders. That will always be how it is. Similar American duplicity led to the Ukraine war. The Americans say that Russia's attack on Ukraine has nothing to do with NATO expansion. Again, alternative reality. Anyhow, America is defeated and there will be no future expansion of NATO to Ukraine. There will be a similar outcome in the Middle East. It will be prolonged and the war will sap America and its cohorts.
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  5909.  @Nick186  NATO is on Ukraine's side and it got smashed. If Germany messes with Russia, it will face the same - the Red Army made Germany into a peaceful nation, but it is rearing its ugly head again.
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  5910. Saving face ? Why does the US not send troops to Ukraine to help them with the counter offensive ? You know the reason : the Russians will massacre the Americans like the Ukrainians. And if you push them, they would incinerate US cities. They have made that clear. You are saving face. You dare not send troops to Ukraine, and you know the counter offensive is going to fail and Ukraine cannot reverse the loss of Donbass let alone Crimea, and you will have to drop Ukraine like Afghanistan and Iraq after the mess you created.
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  5911. South Africa is failed state for you because it does not bow to the US.
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  5912.  @christianmarriott3696  Anything is a failed state in your eyes when it does not take orders from the US. Borders on envy that people can be independent. Look at Iran - kicked out the Americans 50 years ago and does not allow them back.
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  5913. The obvious and inevitable happened. Ukraine got defeated because it acquired delusions based on the belief it had become western. Its 'partners' who were encouraging Ukraine to fight and were swearing to support it for 'as long as it takes' realise Russia cannot be defeated. The west ran out of arms and money; and Ukraine ran out of people. Sobre minds saw this long ago. But the supporters of Ukraine carried on out of false pride. Being defeated causes burning especially when you believe you are the most superior in the world. Now the US wants to cut its losses and leave. The vassals of the US are also going to do the same, albeit with pious promises of Ukraine's entry into EU and NATO at an undefined date. Boris Johnson, a singularly wicked former British PM, said in 2021, that Putin should not be allowed to win, as that would end the 'rules based international order' (look at his bloody cheek - the UK and US invaded Iraq based on false claims). In 2024, Johnson said in a video, if Putin wins, it will be 'end of western hegemony'. That was a candid admission of what the west is fighting for : 'rules based international order' = western hegemony. Since Russia has defeated the collective west, and the latter has to surrender Ukraine to Russian demands, following BoJo, we can say Russia has ended western hegemony. The rest of the world feels sorry for Ukraine's foolishness, but thanks Russia for ending western hegemony
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  5914.  @carlosk8103  If they had not taken money from America for the coup in 2014, and kept neutral instead of changing the constitution to join NATO, Ukraine would have had all including Crimea. They would have been 100% Ukraine as in 1991, but the American instigated coup was their end. Mandela once said, if two neighbours are at war, be sure America visited one. Get it, numskull ?
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  5915. The EU and UK have not learnt, they are vassals of the US as they believe they have shared values.
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  5916. Russia made a mistake giving Ukraine independence. It became a failed state and it best for Russia to take it back.
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  5917.  @GordonDivine7  Britain has more enemies than Russia. They are plenty in the Middle East, Iraq, Palestine. Be realistic, and careful, you cannot match Russia. Russia can hit you in a big way, and the US will look the other way. Remember the Suez Crisis of 1956, when Britain invaded Egypt and the Soviet Union forced you out with the threat of a nuclear strike. So be careful.
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  5918.  @noodlyappendage6729  If they were given a missile to sink a ship, what will you do ? You will not be able to find the Houthis afterwards, and you will not be able to fight Russia, and the Americans will look the other way. Anyhow the British and French ambassadors were called in told that Russia will strike their assets, and afterwards you toned it down. You should know the limitations of your power, and you know Russia does not bluff. Get it ?
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  5919.  @TheAdamsOverlandCompany  'everything from their tactics, capabilities, words, timelines and economy is a bluff' Hitler also thought the same till the Red Army arrived at his door and he had to commit suicide. Russia's economy withstood your sanctions, it can make shells and hypersonics, it can make steel, titanium and produce energy..... If it is a bluff, why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? Being dismissive is a bluffing strategy to cover the pain of your defeat.
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  5920. Trump is eyeing Panama and Greenland because he knows he has to only fight weaklings. He knows US cannot fight Russia. He has common sense.
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  5921. Zelensky is a thorough Jew, so it is not surprising that he will sell his country to the highest bidder. The Americans are a disgrace, so is the entire west. For resources, they will push a country to destruction.
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  5922.  @GhostlyJorg  Ukraine's independence was based on (1) handing back nukes and (2) neutrality. They reneged unilaterally on (2) and hence they got a beating, and they can only blame themselves. Ukranians have proved that they cannot run a country, they have made Ukraine a failed state.
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  5923.  @conorwhite2066  Yes, you are right, neutrality will be the condition for a final settlement and Zelensky knows it. Ukraine should have understood this in the first place, and not allowed themselves to be manipulated by the US into believing they can indulge in Russophobia because they would get NATO protection. They could have understood this before getting a beating. If they were capable, they could have had good relations with both, and enjoyed best of both worlds.
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  5924.  @braxxian  Finland and Sweden are irrelevant nations. All the EU nations are not equal to Russia. The take away message from Ukraine for Finland and Sweden is if you mess with the polar bear, it will maul you, and Article 5 will not save you. It is best not to go out of your way to poke the bear. Poland and the Baltics need to understand that also, some of them are carried away with Russophobia, but one mistake will cost them dearly.
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  5925.  @dice3809  You would not have any capability to stand up against Russia without the US. If US's interest in NATO wanes in the future, or it cannot afford it, be careful with your Russophobia. Eastern Europe and Baltics will also get a beating. It is best not to indulge in Russophobia and poke the bear.
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  5926.  @chidera66  'Russian federation wants the oil rich region of Donbas' Is that so ? Why would they want that when they have all the oil and gas in the world ? Ukraine has screwed itself up with its Ukro Nazism and Russophobia, and they are going to lose 20% or more of their state. Ukraine was given freedom by Russia, sadly it has turned into a fail state that does not have the diplomatic skills to govern.
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  5927.  @danielnorberg9903  The Soviet Union gave freedom to Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and even Ukraine. But these countries have used that freedom to foster Russophobia. Hence, the Russian reaction was inevitable. These countries are living dangerously. They can misbehave as long as they have US support. But if US interest wanes, or the US cannot afford to carry these parasitic countries, and these countries continue to indulge in Russophobia, they too will get a beating. They know it, that is why they are cowering in fear.
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  5928.  @chidera66  Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should also have been dissolved. You want it both ways. It ain't going to happen. NATO threatened Russia trying to use Ukraine, so NATO countries have to live under the threat of the nuclear sword, and Europe has to surrender to the US, which will sell its gas and weapons at inflated prices. You brought this on Europe. Europe has become a collection of helpless countries caught between the US and Russia.
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  5929.  Кирило Европейченко  Ukraine's independent declaration said it would be neutral, and not join any military alliance. They reneged on it unilaterally and so have to pay the price.
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  5930.  @dice3809  If Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved as well.
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  5931.  @GhostlyJorg  The acceptance of neutrality was in Ukraine's declaration of independence.
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  5932.  @FandersonUfo  I recall when the US toyed with a 'no-fly zone', Putin said you will face consequences you have not faced before. The US meekly dropped the 'no-fly zone'. The Sarmat missile can wipe out an area the size of Britain in a single strike. They will be launched with hypersonic missiles which America does not have. So I would advise against vain bravado.
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  5933.  @dice3809  German reunification, and dissolution of Warsaw Pact, and freeing Baltics and Ukraine was done by the Soviet Union. They could have stopped it. But you thought it was one way, you were sneaky. Now, you have to pay the consequences. Russia has decided enough is enough, anyone who messes with Russia, be it NATO, Baltics, US etc. will be mauled. It is very clear, so no need to argue. Keep your NATO, but don't cross the limit set by Russia. When Putin said you will face consequences you never faced (if you tried to put a no-fly zone), NATO understood and meekly withdrew. You don't want to be at the end of a Sarmat missile.
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  5934.  @dice3809  Russia does not indulge in vain bravado. What they say, they do. So you will not be messing with Russia again. You will not be sending troops to Ukraine, putting no-fly zone etc. You don't want to doubt what Sarmat can do. False pride goes before a fall.
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  5935.  @danielnorberg9903  Your post is incoherent. 'it feels like you think that war is tough' - yes, war is tough for everyone, what is your point ? You think Ukraine is having a good time ? 'that countries should be afraid of Russia.' - Those who threaten Russia should be afraid. It is deterrence. What is your point ?
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  5936. ​ @dice3809  The rules have been laid very clearly. If you mess with Russia, you will get a beating. NATO and US cannot protect you. That is the take-away from Ukraine. Instead of learning, you want to misbehave like Ukraine; again thinking you can do so due to American support. But be careful; if America loses interest or cannot afford it, then you will pay the same price as Ukraine if you indulge in Russophobia. Simple solution : guard your tongue and don't mess with RUSSIA.
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  5937.  @chidera66  So now you are replying with a single line, personal abuse. It means you do not have any argument left, only false pride.
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  5938. Do Idol worshippers have a lot in common with Jews ?
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  5939.  @NaveenKumar-ep7iq  Just wondered what is the enthusiasm of cow worshippers for beef eating Jews. Seems unnatural to me. Hindus are unable to run India, they are always fighting with Sikhs, Muslims and Christians and they even fight abroad with them. Jews cannot run their country either. So is it mutual sympathy, or is there something both can learn ?
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  5940. The Budapest Agreement did not allow Ukraine to scheme with the two other guarantors against Russia's security. Hence, Ukraine got Russia's mailed fist.
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  5941.  @janstapaj9689 You talk too much without substance. What is the deeper issue before the Budapest Memorandum ?
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  5942.  @robertshiell887  Don't speak like a simpleton. No one said Ukraine per se is a threat. The threat to Russia comes if Ukraine gives naval bases to the US. Then the US will block Russia from the Black Sea. Russia cannot allow this. Putin said the cost for Russia to fight this war is high, but it will be higher if the US gets bases - Russia would then have to fight a nuclear war with the US to evict its bases from Ukraine. Russia has effectively pre-empted US bases in Ukraine. Now it will not be possible.
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  5943.  @WHS_reviews  Americans were insane to think they could threaten Russia without consequences. Perhaps you thought it was the same as Iraq and Afghanistan. Why don't you send troops to Ukraine ?
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  5944.  @brianconnelly7823  So Ukraine and west have already won, then why is the beggar Zelensky going to US with his victory plan, and talking about peace conferences ? Why is he begging to lift restrictions on missiles ?
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  5945.  @brianconnelly7823  'Russia is a laughing stock. ...' So why has NATO not sent troops to Ukraine and defeated Russia and ended the war ? Cowardice perhaps ? Why is Ukraine begging for missiles to strike Russia inside Russia ? And why has Biden refused to allow Ukraine to use missiles inside Russia ? Cowardice. What is the cause for the cowardice ? The certainty that Russia has the capacity to destroy all US cities in the blink of an eye. Get it ?
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  5946.  @stevebusfield199  'Are you getting hundreds of thousands of US dollars like the Kremlin's US YT influencers? I bet you get hundreds of Rubles instead.' Very feeble reply !
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  5947.  @richiecooke69  'John Adam is just a little Putin bot boy ' Pity you do not have the IQ to write a refutation.
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  5948.  @brianconnelly7823  If Russia is not a world power, why has not NATO not sent troops to Ukraine ? What are you waiting for ? Putin did say you would face consequences you have not faced before. Understand what that means ? Western leaders understand what that means, but dimwits like you probably don't.
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  5949.  @mikehart8281  Agree, Zelensky has NO clothes or military. He is begging the US for help, but the US cannot afford it. America's vassal states are pleading on Zelensky's behalf for more strike weapons, but the support was not forthcoming from Al Capone. Meanwhile, Zelensky despite being unclothed, is going to present his Victory Plan to Al Capone in the hope of getting aid !
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  5950.  @richiecooke69  'Deluded nonsense.' I agree, Zelensky's Victory Plan is nonsense, just like the Swiss peace conference, and the two Ukraine reconstruction conferences. The west is equally deluded. They find it difficult to understand that they could not prevail over Russia.
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  5951.  @stevebusfield199  'Can't afford it. It's less than 1% of our GDP... Russia’s GDP was $1.78 trillion in 2021 and California’s GDP was $3.37 trillion. That's just one state.' Your GDP is irrelevant when it comes to decide whether you can win a war or not. The US is not capable of winning a war against anyone because, its people are not willing to get killed. Thus they could not prevail over Taliban. Against Russia, there is the problem that the Russians have the technology to incinerate all US cities. So the US cannot fight a war with Russia. Get it ? Even all these comparisons of GDP that you make (Russia's GDP is only the same as Italy's) are immature. It depends what is in that GDP. Russia has energy, it has gold, it has minerals, it makes metals like titanium (Boeing buys it from Russia still), it has full command of the nuclear supply chain, it is the biggest supplier of wheat; plus it can make shells, drones, tanks, space vehicles, thermobaric weapons, it has its own GPS system, electronic jamming and cyber warfare expertise. Italy cannot make any of these, its GDP is cheese, shoes, fashion, cars, tourism.... Russia has developed and used hypersonic missiles. US has failed to make hypersonic missiles after 4 tests. The west is unable to make military equipment in quality and quantity. Get it ?
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  5952. 'Putin has to respect international law! Don't negotiate!' Putin does not intend to negotiate.
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  5953.  @richiecooke69  'And that will be the cause of his demise. A sad, scared and weak little man.' You have been telling us about Putin's hand shake and cancer, and imminent overthrow for the last 3 years. Zelensky even announced in 2022 that Putin had demised, and a look-alike was acting. Biden is a sad old man, who had to step down. BoJo's colleagues got rid of him. Macron talked about sending troops to Ukraine after Russia helped African countries kick the French out, but he disappeared. Scholz does not know what to do. But Sir Putin is going to chair the BRICS meeting in Kazan in October. Does that sound like a sad, scared and weak little man ? You are delusional and into wishful thinking.
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  5954.  @richiecooke69  If NATO is so strong, send troops at once. NATO ran away from Kabul, they cannot fight against Russia, their soldiers are not tough or brave enough.
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  5955.  @richiecooke69  You don't know the Victory Plan of your man ? He has gone to see Biden to explain it. His plan is get back the borders of 1991. He wants NATO admission by December this year, and then invoke Article 5, and get the US to send troops to Ukraine. That is his victory plan. Do you think the US has courage to commit nuclear suicide ?
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  5956.  @richiecooke69  'Are you on overtime Sergei (it is late in Moscow)? Trying to earn an extra potato and cabbage???' I maddened you, and I know you do not have the intellect to frame a response. That is the reason cowards and numskulls cannot fight and win against Russia. You will be content with saying 'Russia is fighting with shovels'.
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  5957.  @richiecooke69  I have not seen you write a refutation to my ]far fetched narrative'. You write one liners of the sort 'you have must have been paid a rouble by the Kremlin'. You are a dim witted numskull.
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  5958. Europeans are vassals, no need for US to consult them, there is no need for Russia to discuss with them.
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  5959. In May 2022, the British said its Harpoon missiles would drive out Russia's navy from the Black Sea and lift the sea blockade on Ukraine. Nothing of the sort happened. Ukraine cannot get any wheat shipped without Russian permission.
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  5960. It is not a stalemate, Russia has defeated entire NATO, forced US and EU to cut the funding, and it has changed the global economic order. Stalemate, frozen conflict, negotiated settlement, Ukraine is controlling Black Sea is the latest narrative building to mask the western defeat. The fact is Russia has taken the 5 key industrial oblasts, Ukraine cannot get them back, Ukraine'army is decimated and the west does not have the money and weapons. Russia has now taken Marinka, they have sieged Avdivka and more will fall in 2024.
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  5961. He is a stupid comedian, an implant in the pay of the US, who could have opted for neutrality to avoid war, but decided to carry on with Russophobia because he thought he had American support, only to find the Americans do support but do not want to die for him, when the Bear came to maul Ukraine. With his foolish foreign policy, half his cities are rubble, more land is lost, more is going to be lost. He has made Ukraine a failed country. It is an unviable nation whereas if it had astute politicians, it would have remained a sovereign country. You can keep hoping he is going to lead his people to victory, but realistically, more Ukranian cities will be destroyed, and they will lose more land. Ukraine is a victim of Zelensky's immature political miscalculations, and western duplicity and mischief making against Russia.
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  5962.  @mikesaunders4694  Over emotional support for Ukraine without looking into Zelensky's faults is generally observed with white Europeans and Americans. They do not show the same sympathy to Iraqis and Afghans and Palestinians, who are victims of Europeans and Americans. Hence, they are racist in their bias.
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  5963.  @MsNakoxd  We know Zelensky's stand on other comparable humanitarian situations. When Israel attacked Gaza and civilians and children were killed, Zelensky came out in support of Israel. He is a Jew first when it comes to Israel. So indeed his compassion is fake. He has taken Ukraine down the wrong road, he has inducted Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov batallion into the government.
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  5964.  @da90sReAlvloc  Generally the west attacks others. Most others are weaker. Except for Russia and China. Russia can give a counter punch, that is what is upsetting the western mind. The west is used to kick everyone around, but it cannot bear that someone can kick them.
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  5965.  @trishawilson1436  Georgia also tried Russophobia to get western favour. A small thrashing sorted it out. Now they are watching Ukraine getting a bigger thrashing and thinking 'we don't want to get Ukrained to please the west'.
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  5966.  @tyoo9502  Russia only asked Ukraine to be neutral. It was something Ukraine could have acccomodated to avoid war. But Zelensky is an American implant, and the Americans will not agree to neutrality, as that would be a loss on their investment. They made him stand up against Russia and promised support. He did not realise it will be only outside support.
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  5967. Who asked you to invade Islamic countries ? That created refugees.
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  5968. Every country in the EU is making some claim it is supplying some weapon that will be a game changer. There is no game changer. Russia has taken the industrial heartland, and the Black Sea blockade is squuezing Ukraine's remaining source of revenue, its agriculture. Ukraine's goose is cooked. But the pretence has to be kept up that Ukraine is getting back Crimea.
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  5969. 'I'm german. Since all of my life, I tried to understand why the generation of my grandparents did such insane things. Now, hearing what the russians ary saying, I understand.' So you now understand why your grandparents were Nazis and invaded the Soviet Union. And can't you understand why the Russians in the video see the Nazi threat from Ukraine funded by the west ? Have you heard of the Right Sector and Azov Batallion, who were swastikas and attack Russians ?
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  5970.  @TheSudanka  Russia knows its history, it knows as the lady said every 100 years, a western country invaded them. They beat back each invader. Like the Red Army taught Germany a lesson and made them a timid nation.
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  5971.  @dotdashdotdash  ' In fact without American & British assistance it's likely that Russia would have been defeated in 1941-1943....' Without the Soviet sacrifices, Britain and America would not have beaten back Germany. 80% of the German army was destroyed by the Red Army. No one can fight like the Russians; maybe only the Ukranians.
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  5972. What would happen if America's support dries up, will the UK continue ?
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  5973.  @tortotheconqueror  Last I heard the US is getting ready to ditch Ukraine, the Germans have cut funding, and the British and French are shutting up about firing missiles into Russia and sending troops to Ukraine. Zelensky went on a begging tour of the US and Europe and came back empty handed. Russia has taken Vuhledar and getting ready to take Pokrovsk. Ukraine and its handlers are defeated.
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  5974. Maybe the Ukranians should train the NATO soldiers ! They are far braver than the American GIs who need ice cream and McDonald. The Ukranians have the same DNA as the Russians, and they are battle hardened. The Americans will never be able to fight the Russians, and they know it.
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  5975.  @kierenmoore3236  When did Britain clean up after Russia ? Trump asked Starmer if Britain will be able to stand Russia on its own.
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  5976. A Russian team has been sent, what is your problem ?
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  5977. 'DE followed USA for leadership, and we slow-walked.' Anyone who follows DE leadership will end like Ukraine. It will be thrown under the bus, the US will walk away and blame Ukraine.
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  5978. The west has lost the war, it deserves to lose it, as it is full of vain and conceited people out of touch with reality. The British lead in this vanity and self delusion - Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Ben Wallace, Keir Starmer, Sean Bell and Michael Clarke. Their politicians, media, military 'experts' and academics are garbage. They have no strategic and calculating thinkers like Putin or Lavrov.
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  5979. Ukraine is on the way to oblivion. Unless it signs up to neutrality and demilitarisation, Ukraine will cease to exist. Russia is ready to use a nuke on Ukraine to make sure NATO does not set foot in Ukraine again.
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  5980.  @milesinnz  You don' t have any points. 'do the world a favor and go to the Ukraine front, preferably in a T62 tank....' Russia has already come to the battlefield in T 62s. Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. NATO's cowards were not up to the challenge. Come in your Leopards, Abrams, come and fight Ukraine. You will not come because the Russians will kill you like flies and you know it. So what is your point ? Russia has already come, you dare not come to Ukraine. What is the business of the US to come from across the Atlantic and trouble others. You did it in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now you want to do to Russia and then China. But if you mess with Russia, for sure they will kill you.
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  5981.  @milesinnz  It is Ukranians who are dying the most, thanks to the instigation of the wicked Americans. Why don't you send your troops to Ukraine ? After pushing Ukraine under the bus, why don't you show commitment to them ? Your shameless cowardice is on show. Cowards get beaten.
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  5982. Russia has not broken the Budapest agreement. There is a clause that allows intervention if Ukraine threatens Russia. As for Russia threatening nuclear war, why should they not ? What are nuclear weapons for when you are faced with enemies who have nuclear weapons ? Russia will prevail and Poles talking about defeating Russia in Donbass is vain talk.
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  5983. The EU chose to make the euro worthless for Russia. So pay up in roubles. Russia is not going to give gas free. It is not the state of mind of the Kremlin we need, we need to examine the European mind. The Europeans need to engage their brain and ask what is the point of inciting Ukraine to join NATO. European companies will go bust. The only solution is to get Ukraine to negotiate and accept loss of land.
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  5984. She said the cause for her predicament was Sir Putin's war.
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  5985. The west has to keep up the pretence Ukraine is going to win, as it would be such a loss of face for the west.
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  5986. And when Lithuania gets the beating for violating the terms for its independence, the Americans will not come to fight a nuclear war, and Lithuania can depend on Ireland.
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  5987. The western reports are typically confused as they juggle telling the truth versus giving the western audience hope that the west is winning. The reporter says the situation is grim. It will take 2 years to fix. But the banner says 'Electricity and water slowly returning.' and 'Ukrainian spirit strong heading into winter'. Interspersed will be assurances about Ukrainian resilience and spirit, and promises of war crimes trials.
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  5988.  @fred4687  Thanks for the info. In a war, the tactics from both sides evolve and adapt. They need to hit the entire power production supply and repair chain.
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  5989. FAA does not have enough manpower due to lack of money. They did not have a director of the FAA. The previous FAA Director resigned before Trump's swearing-in, and the reason was because he put a $ 600,000 fine on Musk for safety breaches which led to a crash of one of his rockets, and Musk wanted him out and Trump agreed. The US has money for wars in Ukraine and Iraq. That is where the money goes.
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  5990. Why does not France reform its culture of racism, colonialism, intervention in ex-colonies, arrogance, making offensive cartoons and pretending it is freedom of speech ? It provokes all these things and is shocked by the reaction. And it wants to fight Russia.
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  5991. The Baltics have big mouths ! The Baltic states feel they have become superpowers after they became independent.
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  5992.  @Liboch  'US is selling their LNG to Europe at ridiculous price, 4 times the price they sell domestically' LNG is about 4x piped gas because it is more costly to produce; if the US is selling LNG at 4x the price it sells LNG in the US; then the price for Europe is 16x as much a before. You need to check whether they are selling LNG at 4x piped gas (that is normal), or they are selling LNG at 4x LNG price in the US (then it is 16x Russian gas that Europe was getting).
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  5993. It is still a strategic win for Ukraine. Putin was not seeking to take all of Ukraine. His objective is there will be no US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Whether he takes only a part of Ukraine, there is no way the remaining Ukraine can be in NATO, as Russia will turn it into a wasteland and can keep the war going till the US gives up and goes elsewhere with its mischief.
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  5994. Israel is stuck in an attritional war it cannot win. It could win 6 day wars, but in wars that drag out, Israel does not have the manpower. The west as usual is backing losers - Ukraine and Israel. All due to false pride. Both Russia and Iran have ended the western order.
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  5995.  @bertbarnhoorn The goals of the Ramstein group of 47 states has not changed. But it got defeated by Russia. They do not have the money or the arms to continue. Do you grasp that ?
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  5996. NATO has never won any war. NATO was exposed as a weak and bumbling organisation when 30 weaklings +1 superpower could not send troops to stop Russia in Ukraine. For NATO to take any decision, a one week meeting would have to be held in Spain one month after an incident. It finally depends on the US. If the US politics changes, it may lose interest in NATO and the rest of them are all mouth and no trousers.
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  5997. 'When the war is over and the Ukraine has won, the Ukrainian soldiers will be the backbone of NATO.' How did you deduce Ukraine will have won ? Alternative reality perhaps ? You created the mess in Ukraine with the 2014 coup, you walk off after defeat, and declare Ukraine will win, and you give optimistic projections of Ukraine being the fighting force for NATO after Ukraine'e demise. You condescending American numskull. You are thick as a plank.
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  5998. It is true that Russia has not attacked beyond the frontlines for 7 months. But Ukraine and the west got carried away and hit the Kerch Bridge thinking there will be no consequences. It did not bring a nuclear strike but just enough to mess up the whole of Ukraine. Another power would have done taken out the power grid at the start of the war. Russia has not been vicious.
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  5999. America's Project Ukraine has failed. Project Ukraine was created by people like Hodge. Hes has been telling us that Ukraine is winning. Now all those falsehoods are down the drain. Let us be clear. The original problem in Ukraine was created by the US when it staged a coup in 2014 to get a US oriented govt. in place. The US generally creates such problems and then walks out when it fails. Europe will fall in line with Trump - it has no choice. Hodges says Europe has a larger economy that Russia. But it matters what is in those economies. The Europeans cannot make 150 mm shells, let alone hypersonic missiles, thermobaric weapons, do electronic warfare, destroy satellites etc.
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  6000.  @suzettewilliams1758  The UK spends its time badmouthing Germany and Europe. It does not hide its animosity to Europe. At the same time, it wants to show off to Europe it is a leading hawk on Ukraine. While at the same time, it enjoys vassaldom under the US, and thinks it is a force in the world. It is a confused and irrelevant country. It is not in a position to fight Russia.
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  6001.  @telebubba5527  'Milibland handled it well'. Milibland has a pompous British accent but there is no substance. Can you answer my questions : What the hell is a British fellow talking about European unity when the British left the EU thereby damaging European unity ? When has Britain put Europe over the US ? As for infringing international law, who the hell are the British to talk about it when they invaded Iraq based on a lie ?
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  6002. As the victor of WW 2, and with the mighty Red Army, Stalin was entitled to redraw the map of Europe. It was the Europeans (Germany) that attacked the Soviet Union. After losing, the Soviets were entitled to redraw the map of Germany and Europe. The US sought to threaten Russia with NATO expansion. The Europeans supported the US. Russia defeated the collective west. The US does not have the stomach for a direct fight, and the Europeans are useless. After defeat, Russia will naturally decide the borders of Ukraine. Don't go and pick a fight, and pretend you are innocent. Get it ?
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  6003. Why did you not send troops to Ukraine ?
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  6004. They will work on those till they are in full control.
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  6005.  @darinmeritt3790  Wishful thinking of cowards who dare not fight Russia.
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  6006.  @darinmeritt3790  'more Ukraine will be under Russia, more Ukrainian brigades will surrender.' That is evidence, what is the basis for dispute other than your false pride ?
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  6007.  @darinmeritt3790  Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. Why don't you take up the offer ? Cowardice. False pride to cover it up.
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  6008. That is why China knows it has to work with Russia both on military and economic fronts to block US hegemony and war mongering. It does not matter whether it is Biden or Trump, they cannot tolerate anyone being equal to them. The US wants everyone to be a vassal to them like the Europeans, the UK, the Gulf states etc.
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  6009. Finns are not so admirable. They fought on the side of the Nazis in WW 2.
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  6010. So after your defeat by Russia, you want to target China ?
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  6011. You can see he is fumbling. On the positive note, it is not clear what NATO has delivered in 10 years - it gave Afghanistan back to Taliban, and its expansion scheme for Ukraine unhinged the European continent. When he says the learning point is that the purpose of any operation outside NATO territory must be clearly defined means NATO went into Afghanistan and Ukraine adventures, unclear of the purpose ! When he says we must be honest about what we can - and cannot- achieve means NATO feels objectives in Afghanistan and Ukraine are not achievable !
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  6012. Ukraine is on a life support machine now. Western arms and aid can delay Ukraine's death, but cannot stop it. It is the dilemma faced by relatives of a man on the ventilator fighting to be alive. At some stage, they have to agree to switch it off. The west needs to cut out its sentimentality and recognise Ukraine's reality. The Ukraine of 2014 is not coming back, let alone the Ukraine of 1991. Ukraine + west is not capable of pushing Russia out. There is no point continuing out of false pride.
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  6013. Trump is a realist, he knows what happens if you fight Russia.
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  6014.  @zi0  She did not feel the same about those wars Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon, and the illegal bombings of a "Sovereign" country. She imagines she has shared values with Ukrainians because they are white.
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  6015. There will be no clash, Trump will agree to Sir Putin. The very fact that Trump will meet Sir Putin after all all that tall western talk of boycotting him, arresting him etc. shows who has the upper hand. The meeting will be held without EU, UK and Ukraine. So much for the statement 'nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine'.
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  6016.  @DarkRider1768  Russia is running a de-dollarisation campaign with China. You as an American will not be able to pay the taxes to fund your government's mischief abroad.
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  6017. Europe is a collection of 30 puny states. They have two ex-powers, the UK and France. These were military powers - in the 19th century. Germany had industrial power but due to its history, it cannot be a military power. Then there are some countries like Netherlands etc. The feeblest are the eastern Europeans like Poland and Lithuania. Russia is the only power in Europe since 1945. It remains a superpower. It makes single minded decisions. The Europeans are divided and do not count for anything. Neither singly nor as a collective can the Europeans can match Russia. So they are dependent on the US, and the US has made them into doormats. The combination of their puny status, and living next to a real power in the neighbourhood, gives the Europeans an inferiority complex and jealousy, which comes out as Russophobia.
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  6018. The EU and NATO were challenging Russia's borders. Now Russia should challenge EU borders. The EU is hollow and now is the time for Russia to punish them for their misbehaviour.
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  6019.  @alexcervantes5951  The US did start this war by attempting to putting bases in Ukraine to throttle Russia. It did not work out. Ukraine is finished and you do not have the guts to fight.
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  6020.  @danielch6662  You drip feed the in such tiny numbers because they cost a lot and you don't have enough. The west should have thought about it before deciding to fight Russia. The US should have agreed to the security guarantee that Russia asked.
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  6021.  @solomonshv  'only 5 leopard tanks were damaged in the war to date, and 1 has already been returned to service.' If so, why is Ukraine's counter offensive a flop. A breaching operation is swift and then followed by a blitzkrieg. Ukraine has been floundering for the past 4 months. If you want to study how a breaching operation is done, study the Red Army's Operation Bagration, which breached the German lines and followed with the drive for Berlin. The Red Army's operation was like a tsunami. Is the Ukranian counter offensive like Operation Bagration ? The Ukranians should know because they were in the Red Army and took part in it.
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  6022.  @2xkiller  'If NATO was actually involved, the war would be over.' Indeed, the Russians will kill NATO soldiers on a scale they have not faced in Iraq or Afghanistan, then crowds will come out on the streets of western capitals and demand pull out when the body bags come home. The war would be over as NATO will be comprehensively defeated. That is why NATO does not want to enter. Biden did not let Ukraine into NATO in Vilnius, so that it could not invoke Article 5 and demand US troops. Cowards cannot fight.
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  6023.  @summer20105707  According to NATO, after their trash is burnt, the soldiers survive and march on foot to Crimea; and the Ukranians haul back the burnt trash to be repaired in Poland and sent back to the front.
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  6024.  @jimjefftube  The UK is just a doormat and a vassal state. It is a once-upon-a-time power. You call that punching above its weight. It is in no position to fight Russia. It has lost direction. Having left the EU, it has no trade deal. The US will not give it a trade deal. Its economy is stuttering and it wants to fight Russia - and China. What for ? For the Americans. Incredibly servile.
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  6025.  @Sereno44  Russian troll ? Why did you reply then ? Did I sting you ?
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  6026.  @kevinstreet5709  'challenger and crewman survived unharmed. ' That is your consolation, is it ? Did the crew then continue on foot to Crimea ?
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  6027.  @csh5414  Does not matter whether you think mines destroyed those useless western tanks, they are all part of war. Drones and helicopter gunships also destroyed them. Ukranians are saying their offensive cannot proceed without air cover. Why do you think Ukrainians are begging for air support if it was just mines ? It is 4 months now and you cannot maintain the counter offensive is succeeding. A breaching operation is meant to be done in a few days, followed by a blitzkrieg. And afterwards, Ukranians would need to hold the land. It is 4 months and they have not breached the first line of defence; they claim to have breached near Robotyne, but since there is no follow up with tanks etc., it is clear those were lies. If you want to know what is a breaching operation through minefields and fortifications, read up about the Red Army's celebrated Operation Bagration, where they stormed through German minefields and fortifications after months of preparation. Once breached, the Red Army was like tsunami, they went through Poland and to Berlin. The Ukranians were in the Red Army once, they should know. Ukraine's counter offensive is hardly an Operation Bagration. It is an Operation 'Fooling Around'.
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  6028.  @kevinstreet5709  'isn't that the point of a tank to protect the occupants they are going to get hit at sometime, and as for the men walking they don't operate alone' That is a feeble reply from a feeble mind. Are you British or American ? The point of a tank is to burst through the lines in a breaching operation, allowing quick follow up by infantry and the rest. If the breaching operation could not even be carried out after 4 months of trying, you can forget your tanks. The men crawling through the minefields are not going to capture Crimea, let alone hold it. The tanks cost 5 million. The Russians are able to destroy them easily, and if the men can only march on foot, then there was no point having the tanks. Ukraine and the west are heading for defeat, and the US is trying to extricate itself.
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  6029.  @gaoxiaen1  'Russia is pulling antiques out of junkyards!' But the Ukranians are unable to breach the Russians lines, and they are forced to hide the western tanks so the Russians don't make videos of them burning. The US is looking to freeze the conflict. This is what they told Zelensky. The Americans told him they are prepared to spend $ 100 million if Ukraine did enough to prevent the Russians from advancing. It is the Russians who say they are not interested in negotiations and frozen conflict.
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  6030. As if it will make any difference ....
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  6031. You cannot afford to build a formidable force. You cannot build your hospitals, where is the money ?
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  6032. The press had to speak constantly about the counter offensive to boost sagging western morale and make you feel you are going to win. But Alas ! The Russians were far too clever and more capable than the western media made out. The western media was mocking that Russia has made no progress for the last 10 months, the front lines have not moved, they have nothing to show etc. Russia consolidated what they have taken - the industrial area of Ukraine. They will sit out the offensive and attrition the Ukranians and then go after other Russian areas like Kharkhov and Odessa. But now, the west realises that Russia has sealed the fate of the 4 oblasts. They are part of Russia and Ukraine will never have it. That is why the US vetoed NATO entry for Ukraine and told them to come back when they win. The US knows Ukraine cannot win. They are preparing the ground to cast them away. The Americans can always say they gave them premium weapons, but the Ukranians did not know how to use the superior weapons, and they show no gratitude.
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  6033. You must be hating the deal because it was brokered by Turkey and the not by the useless Europeans and the Americans.
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  6034. Putin invited all those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. The outspoken, almighty British did not take up Putin's challenge, even though they were the ones who pressed Ukraine not to accept negotiations in Turkey. All they could do was sent 12 Challengers, and when it finally appeared on the front, the Russians destroyed one, and then the British told the Ukranians to hide them ! The Ukrainians can fight, the Russians can fight; but not the British. With the Americans withdrawing, the British are left as vain posers. There will be no war with Russia, it is just empty posturing by the British. The saying about the British is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists.
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  6035. The western media have been telling us Bakhmut is unimportant. Then why has Ukraine committed 8 of its best brigades ? When Bakhmut has been declared as unimportant by the west, it means Russia is closing in and the west sees it will eventually fall. I don't believe any of the nonsense that the push for Bakhmut is to establish the credentials of the Wagner group. Nor can we give much weight to stories that the Bakhmut assault is being done by prisoners. This is weak Ukranian propaganda; they say things out of frustration. The push for Bakhmut is because it is the gateway to capture Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Once that happens, Donbass is over for the Ukranians. The second reason is to wipe out as much of the best brigades of Ukraine, which will come in handy when the fight turns for Odessa and Kiev. The Ukranians are hanging on, but Bakhmut will go the same way as Mariopol. As for Zelensky' speech comparing Bakhmut to the Americans in the Battle of the Bulge, why did he not ask Americans to send troops to Bakhmut ? That will prove how much Americans care for Ukranians freedom and defence of democracy.
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  6036.  @bertmortier7678  He is putting a stop to the Ukro Nazis like Azov Batallion and Right Sector. He is safeguarding his country from threats of US missile and naval bases in Ukraine.
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  6037. Who is paying for this ? The US govt. or Ukraine ?
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  6038.  @russ_6214  That is what I thought. The American taxpayer has to foot the bill as Ukraine cannot pay. I was disbelieving because how can people agree to this. It is presented by politicians and media with no divergence of view - manufactured consent as Prof. Chomksy called it.
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  6039.  @russ_6214  Just a clarification requested. Are the money and weapons given formally as a loan, rather than as a gift ?
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  6040.  @russ_6214  Russ, thank your post, it is the most sobre and objective analysis on what the west has done by leading Ukraine on a path of confrontation with Russia. Ukraine is fighting to maintain the west's pride. That is all. Just like the US abandoned Afghanistan and Iraq and did not rebuild them, in the future the US and the west will abandon Ukraine despite all the tall talk about shared western values - they will not have the money when they themselves face the economic crunch. That time will come sooner than imagined because of Russia's economic retaliation.
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  6041. Ukraine is short of people, why does the west not send troops ?
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  6042.  @stiannunn5113  Scared people cannot win wars.
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  6043.  @stiannunn5113  'Scared people cannot win wars.' You misunderstood. I meant, NATO talks about defeating Russia, but it is scared to go into Ukraine, and scared people cannot win wars.
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  6044.  @stiannunn5113  Either Ukraine should not be fighting for people who ask them to fight, but who value their lives more than Ukrainian ones; or NATO's loudmouths who love Ukrainians should send troops and share their lives. Instead, the Americans proudly say 'we degraded Russia, without losing a single American life, and it is good value for money'. NATO and the west have become contemptible, and at the end of this war, it will sink into the Ukrainians.
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  6045. Sean Bell tries his best as usual to discredit the Russians : they have had huge casualties, they don't care for their troops, we fight differently with our precision weapons (so why did NATO not send its troops along with its precision weapons ?). Bakhmut is of no use, it is a prestige issue for Zelensky. If Ukraine does not listen to us, they would not be in a position to mount an effective offensive. He sees Ukraine is not going to succeed in holding Bakhmut nor roll back the Ruusians in any spring offensive, so he has positioned himself for the blame game : Zelensky did not listen to us.
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  6046. Losers have to hope for miracles.
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  6047. It is interesting how most of them already had past convictions and criminal records. Obviously unemployable thugs trying to show their worth to the nation in the only way they know.
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  6048.  @pimpompoom93726  They EU leaders try to show off bravery against Russia, the weakest ones shout the loudest (like Poland and Lithuania). It is done under US cover. Hence, they would not have the guts to say 'no' to the US. If the US reached a point where it could not afford it and abandoned Ukraine, the rest of the EU will follow suit. That is what happened in Afghanistan.
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  6049.  @michaelchiasson9088  Your starting axiom is wrong. It is a provoked invasion - the US and NATO provoked it. When the Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved. Instead it was expanded, against Russian protests. The Russians were given to understand and expect that in the very least NATO would not be expanded east. But there were five waves of NATO expansion ignoring Russian protests. In Ukraine, Russia said it is crossing a red line and was a threat to its security. The US plan was to induct Ukraine into NATO, so it could missile and naval bases in Ukraine, which would cut off Russia's Black Sea fleet from sailing from Sevastapol in the Crimea. When the US sponsored coup in Ukraine took place in 2014, Russia took prompt action and moved into Crimea to neutralise the American plan. In Dec.2021, Russia asked the US to give a security guarantee that it would not set up bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. The US refused. Why ? If your interest was averting the war, you would have negotiated. After you rejected negotiations, Russia said it will take military-technical action. It has kept its word. Now you know the US have will not have bases in Ukraine. Russia will fight a nuclear war if the US tries to induct Ukraine into NATO. Is the US ready to challenge Russia with a nuclear war ? I don't think so. It was not ready to put a no-fly zone or send troops to Ukraine. The US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, then I did not hear your type say 'Tyranny cannot go unchallenged! Glory to Iraq and Afghanistan'. Your sort of hypocrite would have avidly endorsed the US. Well, you could do it against Iraq and Afghanistan. But with Russia, you will be thrashed, and you also know it. That is why you are standing on the sidelines and howling Tyranny cannot go unchallenged, but you dare not send troops.
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  6050.  @michaelchiasson9088  The west did not do anything to thwart the invasion, so you are guilty. Russia had been asking not to expand NATO. On disbanding Warsaw Pact, it was given at least a tacit understanding that NATO would not expand eastwards. The west with its customary arrogance ignored their concern. It thought could have its cake and eat it. When Yeltsin complained and reminded of the understanding not to expand NATO, he was told that commitment was made to the Soviet Union, you are Russia. Yeltsin was furious; he said 'you watch, Russia will be back'. Indeed Russia is back; it has the military strength and the nuclear sword, plus it has built the economic strength to strangle Europe. The most important outcome and benefit for the world is Russia has taken the steps to drive de-dollarisation and thus cut US power. They have teamed up with China and others for this. Russia asked for a security guarantee and peace treaty from the US in Dec. 2021, such that the US would not seek to put missiles in Ukraine. The US refused. Why ? Then Russia said it would take military-technical action to make sure Ukraine will not join NATO and US will not have bases. They have made sure that will not happen - the US will have to fight a nuclear war to get bases in Ukraine. Cut out your humbug about invading Iraq for democracy, and you could not find a partner for democracy, but in Ukraine you found a democratic partner. You lied Iraq had WMDs, that is the reason you said you had to invade. The real reason was Saddam attempted de-dollarisation by selling oil in Euros. You did not go into Iraq for democracy or even WMDs. It was to set an example to those who tried de-dollarisation. Now de-dollarisation is being driven by Russia and China, and you would not dare invade them. The Ukrainian govt. was an implant from a US sponsored coup. They have closed Russian language newspapers and TV channels. How is that democratic ?
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  6051.  @abvmoose87  I like DEI, disadvantaged people are often kept out by a discriminatory club, so affirmative action is needed to break monopolies. The whites like to think a non-white got a job, so that must be the causes. However, accidents occurred even when only whites were running the show, so what is your point ?
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  6052.  @Merica1776o  ' I do know that due to multi faceted affirmative action that they have declined over a thousand candidates or so in the last few years because their skin color and abilities didn’t match the new criteria of theirs. ' On one hand they say there is a shortage of ATC and it is overworked and understaffed. If so, there was no need to decline the more than 1000. So your type of story that DEI was the cause for crash does not add up. When there is a shortage, they could have taken the DEI quota and the people of the right skin colour. Do you know the 1000 presumably kosher whites were qualified any better ? I know many whites are unqualified and lazy, but think they are entitled to jobs, for which they are unfit. Trump for instance.
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  6053. @Alek_J_Hidell There is a war in Ukraine because the US wanted NATO expansion to threaten Russia.
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  6054. The fearmongering nonsense arises because the west feels defeated by Russia despite being superior. The western ego is wounded. The British in the programme are frothing - not only against Putin but Biden !
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  6055. Trump wishes he could with them.
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  6056. Ukrainians should understand that Russia can and will attack anywhere in Ukraine, and no reconstruction or normalcy is possible without Russian permission. The US cannot change that. Forget about the rest of the Europeans, they are feeble. The only way out for Ukraine is to revert to neutrality as in its independence declaration, and disassociate itself from NATO. As long as Ukraine is linked to NATO, Russia will pulverise Ukraine.
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  6057.  @larsrons7937  The Russians are firing cruise missiles and Kinzhals and what not from warships. How is Ukraine stopping them ? Denmark is a useless country, trying to show off. You are not in Russia's league. Stick with what suits you - porn, making cartoons etc.
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  6058. @@PresidentPutin-ec7xo 'e also have long range missiles on standby. Ones that can reach and level the entire United States in 15 minutes.' That frustrates and irritates them ! If for a moment they thought they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. But since they cannot win, they are happy with using Ukrainians to die for them.
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  6059. Russia has defeated the collective west. All this was predicted by many.
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  6060. So where is all the evidence of the babies ? Show it. Why should anyone believe because Israelis say so ? It is like the WMDs. Where were they ?
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  6061. Israel is the vulture that was stealing land. Now the Jews are facing the price for that. What is your full support for Israel ? Anyone wants to die for the Jews ?
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  6062. Why did he not fight in Kashmir or in the Chinese border ? Is he Jew and if so why is was loyalty to Israel than India ? If there are Indian Jews, the white Jews from Europe who run the country will put them in the front and sacrifice them.
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  6063. Israel has been doing it with US and western endorsement. Trump endorsed occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital. So don't put on moralistic airs.
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  6064. As Ukraine loses, all manner of excuses will come out for the failures. Blame game and witch hunting will start to preserve the real culprits of Ukraine's end - Zelensky and the Ukro Nazis he shields. Ukraine needs someone fresh to weed out Zelensky himself. He has collaborated with the US and NATO and see what is left of Ukraine. Gulliver has lost his smug attitude from the earlier days when he thought Ukraine was winning.
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  6065. The reporting has to be consistent with the western narrative that Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing.
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  6066.  @PlaYer-sn5or  Who is the NATO commander ? Where did you see the news ?
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  6067. It has been unwise for Russia to run a paramilitary military organisation in parallel to the Russian army. That is privatisation gone too far. Out-contracting military matters was a diseased American model (Blackwater) that Russia should never have copied. In the Soviet days, there was the one and only Red Army, and that was famed for tearing out the guts of the Nazi army. Russia should disband the Wagner, the Chechen militias etc.. Other countries can learn on the danger of allowing private military contractors. That can turn a country into a nation of warlords. The west is obviously disappointed that Prigozhin backed down after he realised he did not have support. As for the Ukranian counter offensive, that was temporary relief, they might be feeling self satisfied, but they should not imagine they will be let off. The Ukrainians should commit their remaining brigades, and Russia will destroy them. Russia is not relying on Wagner for that. It is good that Prigozhin backed down, otherwise the US would have tried to take advantage which would have forced Putin to resolve Ukraine through a nuke strike.
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  6068. I hope the Ukranians understand terrorism does not pay.
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  6069. It is probably a planned leak to divert focus from Ukraine's planned offensive. The Russians will be on their guard.
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  6070. Why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? That will be better than sending weapons.
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  6071. The religion of racial apartheid will not be allowed to dominate.
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  6072. It is funny that it is the right wing people like Farrage and Tucker Carlson who are sobre about Ukraine's prospects and it is the liberal media that is gung ho about Ukraine winning.
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  6073. 'If we change nothing, we will lose this war' . DW realised this after months of lying. Now we do not see Ukraine issuing postage stamps. The Slava Ukraine brigade has disappeared. Ukraine became a failed country, a victim of the machinations of the US and Ukraine's greedy politicians who were ready to sell their country to the US.
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  6074. Yes, Indian immigrants can spread Hindu Nazism abroad and can riot in Leicester like they do in India.
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  6075. There would be no 'Islamist threat' if the UK had not invaded Afghamistan and Iraq, creating refugees and enemies.
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  6076. You said in the first month of the war that Russian soldiers have low morale, they do not have manpower. But they took Maripol, Bakhmut after fierce fighting which only Russians are capable of. And here we are, the Russians are pressing ahead all along the front, they captured fortified Torestsk in a surprise attack and now are pressing back on Chasov Yar. Ukraine meanwhile cannot find recruits, and they are dragging boys off the streets. And they do not have the arms. Ukraine has only two options : unconditional surrender or be turned into a wasteland. It does not have a winning option.
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  6077. Zelenskyy is what a hero for standing up to the US ? Numskull, Zelensky sold himself and Ukraine to the previous US President. The new President recognises Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  6078.  @scratchy996  Zelensky said Ukraine was going to take Crimea soon because they launched a drone attack. The western media was saying they shelled a bridge and were poised to take Kherson in weeks (that was said a month ago). There is no way Ukraine will take Crimea next year - because they will face a nuclear strike, regardless of what Biden says.
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  6079.  @chefchaudard3580  "they just do it"... or not... That is better. No point making wild claims like Europeans like Ukraine is about to take Crimea, rouble will be rubble etc.
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  6080. The German wish would be to be neutral, but their arm is twisted by the US. The US would sanction Germany. All European states are vassals of the US and are mentally colonised to the extent they think they have shared values with the US. 'Either fully commit to Ukraine or maintain a neutral, quasi-pro-Russian stance. This timid stance is alienating everyone! Show some courage; The US instigated the coup in Ukraine in 2014, now that the project has failed, the US will hand it to Germany and Europe to pick up the wreckage of Ukraine. Why don't you ask the other European states and UK, to stand up collectively with Germany against the US ? Why are you pushing the blame solely on Germany ? Germany has wrecked its own economy for the US. It is forced into de-industrialisation. BASF is shifting production to China and US, and Volkswagen is planning shut down in Germany. Glass, aluminium factories have shut down. If German economy goes down, whole of Europe goes down.
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  6081. Ukraine currently exists as serf of the US. It was forced to walk away from Istanbul 1 at the behest of the UK and the US.
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  6082.  @bluecanary9417  The Azov Regiment was founded by Andrei Biletski, a white supremacist who thought he was saving the white race. Global white supremacists flocked to learn from the Azov Batallion. The Ukranians have had a fascist streak producing people like Bandera. Ukranian fascism was kept under check by the Soviet Union. When Ukraine was given freedom, unfortunately they degenerated into Nazi style nationalism and Russophobia - like Nazi Germany. Just as the Soviet Union corrected German Nazism and vanquished it, it has become Russia's burden to crush Ukranian Nazism. Putin's state is not run along the lines of racial supremacy. There are millions of Ukranians living in Russia, they have not been rounded up and incarcerated because of the war - unlike what Ukranians have done to ethnic Russians in Ukraine.
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  6083.  @bluecanary9417  Putin does not hold Nuremberg rallies. The Russians do not have racial supremacist ideology. Ukrainaians like the Azov Batallion and Right Sector who took part in 2014 hold Nazi ideology. They wear uniforms with the Nazi Wolfangel symbols. The Azov Batallion was founded by the white supremacist Andrei Biletski and it has drawn white supremacists from the world over. Ukraine has had fascists for a long time - read about Bandera. The Soviet Union kept them under check. With this background Russia should not have given Ukraine independence. A mistake was made, but Russia is doing course correction. In 2014, after the US sponsored coup, Ukraine reneged on its pledge of neutrality which was given to Russia in its independence declaration, by putting NATO induction into its constitution. Another condition agreed by Ukraine to get its independence in 1994 was that it would allow Russia to use Sevastapol in the Crimea as the HQ of Russia's Black Sea fleet. The moment the coup took place in 2014, Russia had to retake Crimea - before Ukraine reneged on its agreement to allow the use of Sevastopol. If Ukraine joined NATO, the US Seventh Fleet would be sailing from there. Everything Ukraine has is due to the Soviet Union - which had a large Russian input. With their Russophobia and Nazi leanings, Ukranians have proved they are back stabbers. Russia made a mistake trusting them. Now they are forced to take action. Ukraine's is heading for 'failed nation status' and it is best it is reabsorbed back into Russia.
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  6084.  @bluecanary9417  You are making glib and false comparisons of Putin and Russia, with Hitler and Nazi Germany. The ideology that underpinned Nazism was racial supremacy of the Aryan race. Russia has never had such a racial concept (The Ukranians have some Nazis amongst them - there was Stefan Bandera, and now you have Azov Batallion and the Right Sector). Russians rally around to defend their country as they are patriotic. It is being threatened by the US and NATO, with planned placement of missiles against Russia in Ukraine. That plot has been foiled. Most Russians understand the threat they faced, and rallied round their leader.
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  6085.  @bluecanary9417  There is no need for pointless digressions. The war is about Ukraine and not Russia. Ukraine was given conditional independence. One conditions was it will not join any military alliance. Ukraine reneged on that international agreement, abetted by the US. Hence, Ukraine got a beating. Russia is going to break up Ukraine piece by piece and reabsorb them. Whether it is Putin or someone else rules Russia, Russia had to take the action to prevent Ukraine falling into NATO hands and becoming subject to missile threats. Gorbachov and some weak leaders signed away Russian security and the west took advantage. No future Russian leader will allow a security threat, even if it means nuclear war. The Russians have built the nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles to take care of America if it wants to fight a nuclear war for Ukraine. America does not want to get incinerated. When the Russians get tough, they get really tough.
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  6086.  @bluecanary9417  The discussion is not on Russia. It is the onus of the west to explain why they pushed for NATO expansion, why they organised a coup in Ukraine and promoted Nazi elements to overthrow a democratically elected Yankivich govt., and why they did not agree to consider Russia's security request. How Russia is governed is an effort not to face the west's guilt and incompetence. You are trying to save face. The west cast the die, Ukraine will be shredded and taken back, piece by piece, and there is nothing the west can do. The west also has to pay a price - inflation due to rise in energy prices, cost of refugees, increased defence expenditure, and undermining the banking system (a key western strength) leading the push for trade bypassing dollars and euros.
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  6087.  @bluecanary9417  Ukraine's sovereignty is ended, you also know it. When Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, no one could restore him. NATO was driven out of Afghanistan. They scrambled to evacuate, such was the fear. If the west had the guts, go into Ukraine, put a no-fly zone and talk. I do not see the west has that kind of resolve. Russia has it. They have decided Ukraine must be dismantled, unless it agrees to neutrality.
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  6088.  @bluecanary9417  So what is the west going to do (1) Crimea was retaken around 2014. Can Ukraine or the west get back Crimea ? It is a fait accompli ? (2) Why did the west not put troops in Ukraine or put a no-fly zone ? What is the answer ? (3) The coastal areas are lost, including Mariupol ? You think Ukraine and west can get it back ? (4) If Russia drops a tactical nuclear bomb on Ukraine, you think the cowards who ran away from Afghanistan and did not dare put a no fly zone will attack Russia and get incinerated for Ukraine. If you can answer the above questions, talk. Please tell us what west will do to prevent Russia from prevailing. What is your estimate of what the west can do ? Otherwise accept the west's mistake in NATO expansion and its impotence when the polar bear woke up and mauled Ukraine. I know the west feels more humiliated than Ukraine, but reality is reality, there are limits to your capability.
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  6089.  @bluecanary9417  In a war, there will be ups and downs. The sinking of the ship was due to American help. If the Russians had intervened and helped Iraqis in the same way, America would have also lost some big things. In future, Russia and China have to work and confront America in the same way when it launches unilateral invasions like Iraq. As for Ukraine, its goose is cooked, sinking of a ship not withstanding. In the bigger schemes of things, see what Russia has achieved. Ukranians have been taught in no uncertain terms that Russophobia will bring such a severe beating that Finland and Sweden run for cover ! Ukraine has squandered its independence, its sovereignty is completely gone, one can see break up of the country, with part of it being reabsorbed into Novo Rossiya, and part being turned into a landlocked wasteland. Reconstruction is not possible without Russian permission. Ukraine dreams the war will come to an end but it does not know who will guarantee its security - US and NATO will not be acceptable. Whoever will be the guarantor has to be acceptable to the Russians. Thus, it is a Russian victory. You only have sinking of a ship to cite which is a minor achievement. Russia's enemy is not Ukraine per se, it is the US. In that too, Russia has checked the US's NATO expansion scheme, and the US knows no missile bases will be possible in Ukraine. Russia has made it clear they will fight a nuclear war if needed if the US tries to put missiles there. Russia has made the west feel the nuclear sword over its head. Last but not least, the sanctions and freezing of money has triggered the push for a parallel non-dollar, non-euro financial system. Russia has made that it will work with other partners like China and India towards that goal. That undermines the basis of US power - and that is good for the world. The era of printing dollars will come to an end. Russia is thus exerting counter pressure not only with missiles and nukes which terrify the west, but they are working to change the dollar denominated financial system.
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  6090.  @aaroneu07  The westerner cannot understand his duplicity. He has no concern of horrors inflicted on Iraq and Afghanistan because his media does nor show it at breakfast time. He does not see any problem in US seeking missile and naval bases in Ukraine to target Russia.
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  6091. It is best for Trump to just drop Ukraine and get out. At the moment, he can say it is Biden's war, and pin the defeat on him. If he prolongs the negotiations (and it will be prolonged as Russia has all the cards and it will accept only unconditional surrender from Ukraine), then it will become Trump's war, and the defeat will pinned on him. Better cut all aid to Ukraine, hand the project to the militant Europeans, as they are keen to fight on, they think they can defeat Russia. When the Europeans are defeated, they cannot blame Trump.
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  6092. Take Latvia back !
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  6093. Chicken can cluck together in fright but forget about fighting a bear !
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  6094.  @NunyaBizniz-tm7de  Remember, Poland is a gift from Stalin. Don't be ungrateful and misbehave, or they will be Ukrained. That Morawiecki fellow was talking like a superpower some weeks back, but arrival of just 100 Wagner on the border and he is hysterical. These people were occupied by the Germans and the Red Army rescued them. But they are ingrates.
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  6095.  @nsevv  The US showed weakness when it barred Ukraine from NATO in Vilnius, which was a key Russian demand.
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  6096. @@Ell-tell No one is cared of Russia anymore ? Then why Finland and Sweden run to join NATO like chicken ? Why is Poland quaking because 100 Wagner appeared on the border ? Why did the US agree to the Russian demand and block Ukraine from NATO ?
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  6097.  @traumvonhaiti  'The problem is any aggression against Poland automatically pulls US and other NATO allies into the war.' Have you read your Article 5 ? Obviously not. All it says if there is an attack on a NATO member, the members will consult on the action - which MAY include declaration of war. There is no obligation for any member to join a war. The US does not want to fight as it does not want its soldiers killed on the scale the Russians can do. So don't assume that someone will come to Poland's rescue if it misbehaves with Russia. Earlier, Lithuania tried to act like Poland and blockade trains to Kaliningrad citing EU sanctions. One Russian politician said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. Russia could seize the Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics. Then the EU and Lithuania climbed down and lifted the blockade. No one messes with Russia thinking they have immunity due to Article 5. If the Ukranian counter offensive is defeated (as is the expectation), and the Russians go into offence and advance, then the Poles are being trained to enter western Ukraine. The Russians have prepared for that eventuality by holding a dagger at Poland with a lateral attack to prevent that.
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  6098.  @traumvonhaiti  Alliances are indeed built on trust. But the Alliance has become a tool for US exploitation of Europe. The US dragged NATO to Afghanistan to fight its war. When it became too costly, the US negotiated with Taliban in Doha, without NATO and the Afghan govt. it was propping up. Then the US withdrew from Kabul, unceremoniously, without informing its allies - because it wanted to get the first planes out before the Taliban captured Americans. There were angry questions raised in various European legislatures about the US. But in the end the allies had to accept - because they are not allies, they are vassals. The war has dented the alliance - although NATO says it is united as ever, and Finland and Sweden have joined. However, on the key issue, US decided Ukraine will not join - and the Europeans have no say.
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  6099.  @VictorLopez-ri3ob  Russia is beating the hell out of Ukraine - and you dare not send troops to rescue them.
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  6100.  @josephjun5822  It is the Red Army that liberated Auschwitz. The Poles were incapable of liberating themselves. Remember the sacrifices the Soviets made for these useless Poles.
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  6101.  @cyber_habanero  I don't think Wagner will open another front against Poland just for the hell of it. Poland has been belligerent and wants to send troops to west Ukraine to grab it. Russia therefore holds a dagger against eastern Poland to tell it there could be a flank attack if Poland tries to enter Ukraine from the south on behalf of NATO.
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  6102.  @cyber_habanero  US/UK have a plan to use the Poles to enter Ukraine from the south west in the eventuality the Ukranians are beaten and the Russians advance. The Poles are willing to be sacrificial pawns for the Americans. In this case, if Poland enters Ukraine, the Russians could launch a flank attack on Poland. Then the US has to decide if it want to fight in Poland and have Americans killed. Russia is keeping the Americans on edge.
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  6103.  @70Accordion  You are a simpleton who does not understand the chess game Russia plays. Wagner is not going to attack Poland - they are there in reserve. There has been talk by western politicians of sending Polish troops into western Ukraine, when Ukraine's counter offensive fails, and the Russians advance westwards. Russia has created a pressure point on Poland's flank to counter that. That will be activated if Poland tries to move into Ukraine. Poland will have to fight on two fronts. Poland is quivering in fear - see what the Polish PM is saying about destabilisation of the country. Some weeks back, he was talking as if Poland is a superpower. But when Russia moved 100 Wagner, he feels vulnerable.
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  6104. Brilliant and clear exposition on how minefields are cleared. US could do it in Iraq because the opposition was weak. But Ukraine cannot clear the minefields.
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  6105. How many have dachas ?
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  6106. 'Why is Russia complaining about Ukraine using US and NATO munitions,...' Russia is not complaining. When Lord Cameron said British missiles were permitted to strike targets in Russia, the British ambassador was called not to hear a complaint but to get a warning that Russia will strike British targets outside Ukraine. Get it ? Russia does not bluff, it gives a warning and if you cross that line, they will kick your head in. Get it ? For example, they could sink a ship in the Red Sea or use cyber warfare. What will you do ? Call the Americans ? What if the Americans look away ?
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  6107.  @rockfella1377  'the outcome is total defeat of the russky rashist army and the dead of Putin.' Learn to write English and submit some analysis to back your forecast.
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  6108. What you say is correct. But the US stuck in its way. It cannot change, it has made too many enemies.
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  6109. Excellent Emil ! The names of the people to be punished who could have given the security guarantee but who got a country destroyed to advance their oil and arms businesses : Victoria Nuland and her neocons, Blinken, Biden, CEO of Lockheed who campaigned for NATO expansion in 1997, Ursula, Zelensky.....
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  6110. Modi and his Hindu Nazis have killed thousands of Indians in Gujarat and Manipur and Delhi, so he is also a terrorist. The US and Canada should go back to the days when Modi was made a non persona. The more India continues this way, the more comes out in the west on Modi, Hindu Nazis, RSS....Trudeau has ended western hopes of using India to contain China (a silly idea in the first place, but now everyone in the west knows cultivating Nazis does not pay).
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  6111.  @mikefallwell1301  'If what you say is true why are the ukrainians celebrating the new Aid package from the United States'. Their soldiers are now disobeying orders and they lost Ocheretyne recently because of it, and their youth are running away to avoid being to sent to the front to a near certain death. It has dawned on the Ukranians they are just proxies and the US will ditch them after the elections. Their morale is now low. As for Ukrainians celebrating, you are hearing their political class - which served the US and needs to serve the US to survive. Ukraine's situation now is like the Nazis after the defeat in Stalingrad. They knew the Red Army will come after them, but they had no choice but to live with delusions.
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  6112.  @cadicamo8720  You love the experts who said rouble will be rubble, Russia is fighting with shovels.
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  6113.  @cadicamo8720  Ukraine has a Nazi problem. Read up about Azov Batallion, Right Sector, Svoboda, and such groups that came to the fore after the US regime change operation in 2014. Why do you want to brush the evidence under the carpet. You are making excuses for them because Nazis are useful to you. There was a Donbas genocide. When these Ukro Nazis came to power, they burnt Russian speakers in Odessa in a building. Russia did not say Ukraine would fall quickly. US general Milley said so. Russia stated its objectives, it never gave a timeline. The western press currently says a new Russian offensive has started, but Russia has never said this or given any time when it will start. 'You believed those who said Putin was a geopolitical master, a paramount chess strategist...' The evidence shows he is a geopolitical master, a paramount chess strategist. Both Biden and Trump have declared that Ukraine cannot join NATO and there will be no NATO peacekeepers. The US has abandoned its former line that Ukraine is a sovereign nation and it alone decides, Those are two key Russian objectives. Other two are de-militarisation of Ukraine and de-Nazification. These are in progress. Russia is killing off Ukraine's military, and the Ukrainians are not able to recruit enough people. Putin has split the trans Atlantic alliance, and US commitment to NATO has shrunk. The Europeans are groping about what to do. The western led attempt to retake Crimea in the 2023 Ukrainian offensive was a failure. Ukraine has lost more, and it has to cede not only Crimea but Donbass. The western led drive to intrude Kursk was also a failure. Now the west is asking for ceasefire and negotiations. Why ? Because the master strategist has defeated you. Why else ? Putin had said long ago in an interview with Carlson that 'we are not going to negotiate just because you have run out of weapons'. 'We're near 1'000.000 russian casualties. ' You made that up to console yourself. Russia is massing more forces, Ukraine cannot find more. You are misled by people who told you that Russia ran out of missiles in 2022 because of sanctions, that rouble will be rubble, the Russians are fighting with shovels in Bakhmut, Ukraine was going to re-capture Crimea in 2023, that Challengers, Leopards and Bradleys would be game changers; that ATACAMS and Storm Shadows would take down Kerch bridge; that F16s would be game changers; that drone swarms will overwhelm Moscow. Your latest fantasy is Taurus missiles would be a game changer. Indeed, NATO expansion was a massive geopolitical and strategic miscalculation. Boris Johnson had said defeat to Russia would be the end of western hegemony. That is what has happened - Russia has single handedly changed the western world order. The US would like to wind up the war and leave Ukraine to its fate, and the useless Europeans do not have the capability to support Ukraine in any meaningful way. That is defeat.
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  6114.  @TheConverter330  If neither you or I know exactly what the real situation is like, why did you write, 'Bunkum,as usual on this biased site.' I see what the Indian sites write, western sites report later. This video says the Russians have started the procedure to clear out the Ukrainians and they have retaken 10 settlements. Is that biased ? Later, the western press also said the Russian counter offensive has started in Kursk, and Zelensky says it as well. Do you think the Ukrainians have the numbers to hold on to Kursk ? The western press is very biased. Has it ever asked a western politician why they went for NATO expansion, why the US staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014, and brought Nazi groups like Azov Battalion to power, why the US did not negotiate to avoid war, why Boris Johnson sabotaged the peace deal reached in Turkey ? The western press gives weight to idiotic British intelligence which said the Russians are out of weapons and they are fighting in Bakhmut with shovels.
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  6115. In 2022, you told us that Putin has a mysterious illness and a hand tremor and he is dying. Zelensky said Putin died and a look-alike was posing. Now you find Putin is sharp as ever and defeating you.
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  6116. The Nazis appointed Ukrainian collaborators to run their concentration camps.
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  6117. Ukraine has lost 20% of its land, it just lost Bakhmut, it is unable to start its offensive as the Russians will massacre them. If that is losing, Russia should keep losing.
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  6118. 'War is at a tipping point, can't see how Putin will survive'. The west has been saying this since month one. They said Putin has hand tremors, he has cancer, there are officers plotting against him, crowds will come on the streets and overthrow him. Yet he is still there and the west is frustrated. In fact, some of his adamant opponents have not survived : Draghi is gone, far right is in Sweden, BoJo is gone, the media says Truss is to go, Biden will be paralysed after mid term. Putin launched air strikes on 10 cities and the Ukranians were soon blabbering for help. Gone was the tall talk of capturing Crimea. The west predicted the rouble will be rubble and thought Russia's economy would not survive. But if you look at the economies of Germany, Italy, France, UK, they are not going to survive !! Don't fool yourself. It is humiliating but one has to be objective, and accept Russia is stronger and has more will power than the collective west. It is led by a leader who cares for the security of his nation, who will not compromise on that. You will not find a single leader in the west who has anything apart from doublespeak and pompous bombast.
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  6119. One has to admit Putin and Russia are resolute. When Russia is threatened, it fights unflinchingly. Hitler and Napoleon bit the dust. Ukraine and the combined west are going the same way. For every western response, Putin has said there will be a Russian counter response. Russia has the means and resolve. The west appears headless and aimless. Biden (when he became a lame duck gives permission) to fire missiles into Russia. It was not motivated by helping Ukraine, but by the desire to spite Trump. It is unbelievable how American policy making is based on personal grudges. Britain also is a puzzle - it wants to stick its neck out and take the lead in fighting Russia. When Russia retaliates against Britain, it will find the US will look the other way and Estonia will not be able to help !
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  6120. Biden has a last spiteful gesture. He is defeated by Putin in the war and Trump in the elections. The last game changer, the F16, lasted till one got shot down. And then we did not hear any more about F16s.
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  6121. Middle East Riviera will be for Jews only. That is the problem.
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  6122. Not the usual report of Craig laced with the bravado about Ukrainian resilience, Ukraine shooting down 98% missiles, Russia is running short of missiles, Russia does not have accurate missiles. He says the targets were infrastructure, but one fell on a residential area because the Ukranians shot it. A more factual report as the western media has to now prepare its public for the impending defeat of Ukraine which will accelerate after Bkahmut falls.
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  6123. @@rwafpre8246 Your information is out of date and built on western propaganda. Now Bakhmut is on the verge of capture, the west says it is unimportant. However, it was heavily fortified by Ukraine with NATO guidance since 2014 as a bulwark against a Russian advance. Once that falls, Russia can go for Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, and connect up with Zaphorozhia. Afterwards, it is easier to advance to central Ukraine as it is open steppes from thereon. 'because of the typical Russian military strategy that if they can't have something nobody can...' The Red Army crushed the Nazis in the same way. It had to be done to get to Berlin. The Red Army destroyed 80% of the German army. 'The story of the war so far has been Russia making slow grinding progress based on brute force, which then gets reverse all at once when Ukrainians come in using actual modern military strategy and tactics.' Indeed. But things have changed. Ukraine will no longer be able to reverse its losses. Because it has lost too much manpower in places like Bakhmut and Soledar. The US is asking Ukraine to give up Bakhmut so it has some soldiers left to train with the tanks. The Russians fire 10 shells for every 1 shell from Ukraine. The second reason Ukraine cannot reverse the losses now is its supply chain is stretched - it is getting too little, too late. Russia in contrast has greater manpower, and Russia makes all components of a wide range of weapons. It has a larger stockpile than the west, and its factories are able to ramp up production. The battle in the east and south is lost for the west. You need to update your information and expectations. Russia has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck and will not let it go. There can be a negotiated settlement but on Russian terms; or Ukraine's surrender. There are no other outcomes. The Nazis in Berlin had to surrender to the Red Army even though they resisted till the bitter end, and it will be the same with the Ukro Nazis.
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  6124. Piers always talks as if the war started on Oct. 7. It started in 1917, and it was created by the west. Israel itself was created by terrorist gangs, Stern and Irgun, they killed Palestinians and western diplomats to get their. And after ethnic cleansing, they want more. It seems to me the Jews were a problem for Europeans, so Germany got rid of them, and GB decided to resettle them outside Europe. Thus the Jewish problem was settled for Europeans, but it became a problem for the Palestinians. And the strong European support for Jews that Piers shows comes probably from the fact that the Europeans do not want the Jews back. After seeing the havoc the Jews have created in the Middle East, Piers will be knowing the trouble the domineering and scheming Jews would inflict on Europe if they came back. So stay in Israel, and we shall do out best that you stay there and not here !
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  6125.  @tintinismybelgian  The common ground was the Oslo Accord which both sides signed and then the Israeli right put up settlements on the West Bank to make the accord implementable. The west created the Jewish problem for the world, and so it needs to solve the problem instead of appeasing Israel all the time out of fear of being accused of anti-semitism - like Piers is doing while pretending to be an honest broker.
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  6126.  @facefact3737  Cut out the sophistry about Palestinian state. There was no state called Israel either. The Zionists claimed Palestine as it was called in the 1900s was a land without people for a people without a land. This is a lie. The land had inhabitants, was well populated and whether it was a state or not does not matter. It was ethnically cleansed by European Jews - and the process continues. Hence, don't hide behind whether the name of state existed or not. There was a place called Palestine for several centuries, it was populated, and it was ethnically cleansed by Nazi like Jews with the believe in racial supremacy (Chosen One). The motive is not Jihad, anti-Semitism and bad living circumstances. Don't come out with shallow and self righteous analysis. The problems the Jews have an ideology of racial supremacy and exclusivity like the Nazis and their Aryan supremacy; and the Jews are ready to use force to achieve their racial supremacy, just like the German Nazis.
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  6127. The way things are going, NATO may not exist either for Ukraine to join. The west is screwed up.
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  6128.  @inconvenientfacts8896  Western media has been putting a positive spin on everything Ukraine does, so the reality becomes difficult to face. Ukranians are encouraged by US and Europe into suicidal acts.
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  6129. As usual, the most useless and incapable countries like Estonia talk the most. It shows how pathetic Europe has become. All of Europe and US combined cannot match Russia. Before any of these pipe dreams can take off, Russia will have taken more of Ukraine.
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  6130. Putin must be laughing at his opponents. Germany is a vassal state of the US (like the rest of Europe and the UK).
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  6131. You are obviously burning with jealousy. The world can trade and exist without Europe. The day will come when Germany will ask to join BRICS.
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  6132. The best you heard ? His solution is for the west to send their navies to unblockade Odessa ? If a western ship gets sunk and precious western lives are lost, then what ?
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  6133.  @helzer.patrick4920  And neither Fareed nor you have the balls to break the blockade of Odessa. Try it and talk.
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  6134. 'Israel wants to make this the last war' implies Israel will win a decisive war which will settle all wars, and all native and surrounding people will accept Israeli supremacy. The wars that Israel won decisively such as 6 Day War did not bring an end to wars. Such is the vain arrogance of the Melanie Philips type of Jew. Israel is an unnatural state created by war. It will perish by war. Read the article 'Israel Takes its Last Breath', by Ari Shavit, Haaretz. It explains why Israel is an unviable country. It rejected a two state solution, it cannot stomach a one state solution where Palestinians will have equal rights, it chose more land grabbing (such being the insatiable greed of the Jew) and built an apartheid state with Jewish settlements all over the west bank and Palestinians in bantustans. Israel is highly dependent on the US, and once support in the US declines, it cannot survive.
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  6135. Hear BBC journalist;s bias : they (Russians) are advancing on Bakhmut incermentally and are desperately trying to change the narrative, but the reality is Russian forces are on the retreat everywhere else ! The reality is Russian forces will take Bakhmut and that opens the way for Kramatorsk and Slovianks, and in other places, Russian forces are holding the lines and beating back Ukro offensives, and the drone attack has laid waste to the power system in the entire country. That is the full picture free of interpolated wishful thinking.
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  6136. There are interviews with conceited western journalists like Meghan Kelly, and he bamboos all of them. He has knowledge at his fingertips unlike western politicians.
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  6137.  @ryanjonathanmartin3933  Russia is planning to back the rouble with gold and commodities, then it actually will have more substance than the euro or dollar which are fiat currencies. But for Europe, economic decline hearkens. Europe's living standard for the last 30 years was fuelled by cheap Russian gas. Whatever alternative the EU transitions into will be substantially more expensive.
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  6138.  @MikeRyzhikov  Seize somebody's assets either directly or by proxy and then print the currency. That is what Americans did to make the petrodollar and make the Saudis and Arabs sell oil in dollars only. It meant the Americans effectively owned the oil, and the dollar was backed not by gold, but by oil. But that age is coming to an end. Yuan is being used by sanctioned countries - Russia, Venezuela, Iran - to trade oil. Xi is going to Saudi for his first bit and oil purchase in yuan is on the table. The seizure of Russian assets has accelerated the move to non-dollar trade. In long term, they cuts the value of the dollar and with that US and western dominance. Almost certainly the US did not foresee that.
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  6139.  @MikeRyzhikov  You are displaying usual American wickedness. The element of frustration can be seen in your comment as others overtake you. 'Expect another mass famine in China and tens of millions of dead Chinese with 10 years.' Sounds like sour grapes. 'I'm gonna enjoy watching this show with a full stomach, electricity, and continued technological advancement in the USA.' After Trump, US democracy is eroded. The US came close to a coup. The US is in a social crisis due to simmering racial warfare. 'The dollar is backed also by the might of the strongest military the world has ever witnessed. In Guns We Trust. ' Indeed, the Arabs subsidised the dollar in the last 50 years. It was enforced by military force, and allowed you to print dollars, and live beyond your means. However, after defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US is not in a position to impose regime change in other countries. Plus Russia + China are determined to pull you down. Military strength will not work against those who have hypersonic missiles and can fry your cities. You will not fight them.
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  6140.  @MikeRyzhikov  So you are a Russian but more American than the worst American. You want to show that off to prove you are American. Russia is a proud country, it does not need your type.
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  6141.  @MikeRyzhikov  Good fellow, Russia cannot run its security and foreign policy to cater for the frustrated emigre ex-Russian who now hates Russia to show off his Americaness. 'it got rid of its top engineers, scientists, and intelligent people. ' So who is running its oil and gas industry, how did Russia launch Sputnik (rocket and vaccine) and who is making its hypersonics ? It is Russians in Russia who decide what is needed for their security. There are people there who are patriotic and believe in their country. Why do you call yourself Russian if you have left ?
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  6142. Scandiniavians are quivering in fright as they fear the bear will maul them. In Sweden and Finland, they are preparing their populace to hide in bunkers as they fear they will be decapitated first !
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  6143. Yeah, yeah when defeat stares you in the face, people talk tall to cover up, and keep up the spirits of their drooping flock. As the Red Army entered Berlin, there were some Germans and Waffen SS who believed some miraculous victory was in the offing. No one can rebuild Ukraine without Russian permission.
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  6144. What has socialism got to do with the era of shortages that is about to fall on Europe ? Nothing. Nor is the energy crunch to do with alternative energy and green policies. The shortages are due to getting into an unnecessary confrontation with Russia. The US led NATO expansion, which EU went along with it, has brought about the shortages.
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  6145. Western narratives don't add up. It is Ukraine that escalated and hit a bridge. Ukraine's handlers say it is winning and about to capture Crimea. But now it says Ukraine fears escalation. Why ? It is good that Putin does not want to destroy Ukraine. The air strikes were in proportion to Ukrainian escalation. He is being decent. But Ukranians need to realise they need to behave
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  6146. As defeat stares the west, the choice of words has to be managed to keep up drooping spirits. The most priceless statement is Ukraine has been sounding 'urgent' on Bakhmut (said the lady). The lady assures us without any supporting evidence that 'Bakhmut is strategically unimportant, it is only symbolic'. Connolly says it will not change on the course of the war . It will be a Pyrrhic victory....The really important cities that matter are even better defended he adds. (What is the course of the war ? Is Ukraine marching to get back Crimea ? Zelensky said he would be in Crimea by Dec. 2022). You can see the loss of face and wishful thinking in these western media hacks ...... They have an established script and the reality does not fit it.
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  6147. Ukrainian will be a forgotten, failed country. 20% will be back with Russia, the rest will be a wasteland. And everyone will be shortly watching football world cup and forget about them.
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  6148. There is no point with all this Thatcher nostalgia. Britain and Australia do not count for much. Biden pulled out because America could not afford the war. Trump started the pull out, because he realised America could not afford it, and he would have messed up equally. There is no humiliation. The war is over, there is no going back to Afghanistan, Thatcher is not coming back. America is declining and Britain and Australia have been sailing in the American boat, they need to learn to fend for themselves.
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  6149.  @fairman1455  Russia will get out of Ukraine the day it signs up to neutrality. Otherwise, there will be no Ukraine.
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  6150. Biden is the one who said the rouble will be rubble and he is now begging for money from his govt.. !
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  6151. The Russian advance has not lost momentum. They are concentrating to seize the next set of cities. The Russians are not like the Ukranians and their western supporters. They do not announce details of what they are going to do. They keep their enemies guessing and fabricating. The Ukranians are now reduced to announcing counter offensive in Kherson with an imaginary million man army and the west also quotes it hopefully - as the reality of defeat stares in the face and is too hard to digest.
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  6152.  @NOFX0890  What was the strategic ambiguity in announcing the Kherson offensive for months allowing the Russians to prepare ? The Russians show strategic ambiguity, they don't declare their move before, they only say after it is done.
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  6153.  @NOFX0890  I don't know what you are trying to say. Get real. Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine that produces 90% of its GDP, they have control of the ports and Black Sea shipping lanes and they strangle Ukraine's economy. Russia has allowed wheat exports, but they can stop that any time. Russia has also throttled the economies of the nations funding Ukraine, so at some stage, they will say they cannot afford it. And if the Ukranians try too hard, the tactical nuclear weapon awaits them.
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  6154.  @NOFX0890  'you dont know what im trying to say'. Possibly. That may because of posts where you write 'deception. Their strongest or most succesful push is not in Kerson.' Who is 'their' ? Russia or Ukraine ? It is ambiguous.
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  6155.  @NOFX0890  You don't know how to write English. Before you discuss politics, learn to write English.
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  6156. Give us a break ! First, Sweden needs Turkey's permission. Sweden wants to join NATO precisely because it feels it is a weakling. Whether you have 30 or 32 weaklings in NATO, it is not going to make a difference. Russia has shown it can take on 40 nations including the US and dictate terms. It is an awesome country. Recently that Finnish bimbo Marin said that Europe cannot survive one day without the US. She knows Sweden and Finland will not change the equation. Russia is a superpower, EU is a collection of vassal states of the US.
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  6157.  @dragosstanciu9866  NATO claims it is the most powerful military alliance in the world, it can defeat Russia. Then why has it not sent troops to Ukraine and brought an end to the war ? It seems to me NATO is a coward hiding behind Ukraine and sending Ukrainians to their death, and then saying you had noting to do with it. I shall give it that Ukranians are not cowards, they are better fighters than anyone in NATO. But they cannot win against Russia with or without NATO help. They are brave but foolish. NATO is cowardly and foolish. NATO is a weak and ponderous alliance. Just to take a decision needs a meeting in Spain and requires 30 to agree. Sweden and Finland are weak, that is why they want to join NATO. The Finnish PM Marin said Europe would not be able to take on Russia without the US.
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  6158.  @JLSMaytham  Ukraine's best negotiating position would be to negotiate directly with Russia without the US and the west, as it did in Turkey, but this time, it should not succumb to US pressure to include the US.
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  6159. 'Everyone is so shkht scared to say anything bad against Russia....Why is that?' Everyone is now fearful of what Russia can do. The west under estimated them. Imagine if Russia reached out for its nuclear missile.
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  6160.  @nicklindberg90  You did not pick the right side with Ukraine. They have lost Donbass and Crimea, and the counter offensive is a flop, their Bradleys and Leopards got burnt, and they are hiding their Challengers and Abrams ! The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good, and more will go.
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  6161.  @nudisco7882  What is your point ? What is the military history ? Klitscko says Ukraine's success will be when Russia does not exist. Do you think Russia will not then force unconditional surrender of Ukraine with a tactical nuclear strike ? What precedent in history shows a country will not surrender when faced with a nuclear strike ?
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  6162. Canada and Sweden are among the useless weaklings in NATO. Neither of you individually or collectively can match the Russians. Can they alter the outcome in Ukraine ? It seems to me after being defeated in Ukraine, NATO is chest beating about its prowess, only to ward off Russia giving a beating to a NATO country !
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  6163.  @natalieturko4808  When Ukraine agreed to a peace deal with Russia in Turkey (3 months into the war), why did the UK and US scuttle it ? That was the supreme example of one country interfering with the internal policies of another country. It shows Ukraine is not independent, it never was after the 2014 coup sponsored by the US. Did you notice that, numskull ?
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  6164. Ukraine will live inside Russia. Do I hear you say 'Long live Palestine, democracy and freedom ?' No, because democracy and freedom are only opportunistic slogans for you.
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  6165.  @alvaro701  Zelensky also promised to end the war in the Donbas. Did what he do encourage that ? As for going being closer to Europe, he has achieved that, but at what cost ?
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  6166.  @alvaro701  Russia gave Zelensky an opportunity to avert war. All he had to do was re-institute neutrality as in Ukraine's original declaration of independence, and keep a distance from NATO. He refused that. He wanted to use US to threaten Russia. So Russia had no choice. First they attempted to capture him in Kiev, that was not successful, so they decided to annex the east and the coastal areas, and break up Ukraine. No problem, let Ukranians continue with their President. Jake Sullivan has issued a warning 2 days ago to Zelensky that his life is in danger. He will be decapitated likely by the Americans as he becomes a costly burden for them.
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  6167.  @paulstepaniuk2974  Well, that would not have happened if UKranians had not misbehaved with them, indulging in Russophobia with American protection.
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  6168.  @alp8409  You are making that up. Ukraine should have assured Russia it would not join NATO and allow US to put missile and naval bases in Ukraine.
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  6169. The question 'Ukraine counter-offensive: Can it still succeed?' itself means the war is lost, and it is sinking into the west. 'Still win' means there is big doubt. The fact that the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO and refused to give a time line is clear evidence that the US now sees Ukraine is a loser. The west knows it is defeated but cannot say it. Now they admit the Russians have been innovative and not as dumb as the west thought. But they will add that western equipment is superior - although the results show the opposite ! They did not want to show the graphic results. Now the latest is Ukraine's advance is thwarted by weeds !
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  6170. It is interesting to hear the reasoning Jake Sullivan and Biden gave. The US and its collection of puny allies are unable to supply artillery shells that Ukraine needs. That is a tacit admission that Ukraine does not have the basic munitions to support their offensive; therefore Russia is winning. [All this while, they had said Russia had run out shells, missiles, tanks etc.]. To sustain the Ukranian offensive that has got nowhere, the US needs to supply what is left in the cupboard : cluster bombs. The Russians are not going to sit back. They can start spraying cluster bombs on Kiev and Lvov. Who can complain about war crimes ? They can make all of Ukraine uninhabitable. Further, such steps by the US bring Ukraine a step closer to receiving a tactical nuclear strike. It shows the dire position of the US and NATO. The original belief that the Russian economy will collapse and Putin will be overthrown has failed. In the war, Ukraine has lost land - and is threatened with loss of more. The Ukranian offensive to regain land is going nowhere. The US realises Ukraine cannot dislodge the Russians; they say the Ukranian offensive is disappointing ! Meanwhile, Ukraine is pressurising the US to join NATO; but the US does not want Ukraine to join NATO, as this will mean the US will need to send troops to Ukraine. The Russians will then kill the Americans like the Ukrainians. And no US President will survive that. If Ukraine joins, and the US does not go through with Article 5, then that is the end of NATO. Even the dumb Europeans will realise it is foolish to be doormats of the US. The US needs an off-ramp but there is none. It is trapped by its false pride and the loss of face is unbearable. Some of the less rabid US neocons have started speaking to Russia to seek an end to the war (reported by NBC). But Russia does not want to negotiate till a guarantee is given that there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. That is the key requirement which Russia will not back down on. Till then, Russia will pulverise Ukraine, with or without cluster bombs.
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  6171. It is amusing to read the commentator say Turkey will come to see how useful Finland and Sweden will be for strengthening NATO. NATO is a collection of 30 weak European nations who are willing subordinates of the US. When the US tells them to go and die fr them in Afghanistan, they are forced to go. When the US exits from Afghanistan, without telling the rest of NATO, the shameless Europeans do not have the guts to question the US. Finland and Sweden will be another couple of free loaders seeking to live under the US umbrella without paying up. It is far fetched to believe Finland and Sweden will be strengthening NATO. It only is an example showing when the bear growls, all the European chicken run for cower. None of the chicken, even if 32, will be able to go to Ukraine and fight Russia. And if the bear came after Finland, or Sweden, the rest will cluck furiously, but will not fight.
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  6172.  @kukulroukul4698  I don't know what you are talking about. Are you saying a NATO contingent with 60 Romanians will be better value than an American contingent with 10,000 ? And Romanians would make some money on the side ? Hmm. The Romanian soldiers joined the Germans in the siege of Stalingrad. When the Red Army broke the siege, they punched through the Romanian encirclers, and trapped all the Germans and their Romanian cohorts in a pincer, which finally led to surrender. Neither Romanians nor Americans will be able to fight the Russians (the Ukranians can, but not Romanians, other Europeans or Americans).
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  6173. The free world is already united in its cowardice. Nobody in the free world is willing to die for Ukraine. The deal with Ukraine is 'we supply arms and money, you supply the blood'.
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  6174. So what if Iran is backing Russia ? Iran is not in the western club. The west is backing Ukranian attacks on Russia.
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  6175. Finland is another weakling, so how can it strengthen NATO ? The reason it wants to join NATO is because it is weak and frightened. NATO is a collection of weaklings plus the US. None of them is willing die. Finland's bimbo PM Marin said that without the US, the Europeans will not survive one day against Russia. Russia could take on 40 countries including the US, floor the European economy, and pound Ukraine into rubble and none of NATO dares send troops to challenge Russia. Only Russia could do this. There is no possibility of NATO putting its bases in Ukraine. All said and done, Russia is awesome.
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  6176.  @kaym7704  What is mad ? Can you write a refutation to what I wrote ? I do not think you have the capability to do so.
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  6177.  @kaym7704  Triggered by a weakling ? It is amusing how Europe and NATO are trumpeting the entry of a 31st weakling when 30 + 1 superpower could not stop Russia.
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  6178.  @G.A.C_Preserve  It is the US that is looking for an exit strategy from Ukraine after the counter offensive it sponsored flopped. Russia has taken 4 oblasts and is setting up shop to take more.
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  6179. The Lithuanians believe they are a superpower ! The Lithuanians, Baltics, Poland etc. are so Russophobic that they will cut their noses to spite their faces. And the major European countries are held to ransom by such countries.
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  6180. Nobody said western equipment in Ukraine was strong. It has proved to be hopeless, are you saying the good ones are in Poland ? Then you sent junk to Ukraine. Very cynical. 'I think there's no way around Poland's involvement if Russia & Belarus keep this up.' You are putting it on Russia. Whereas Poland has been itching to fight Russia, and certain western powers have been saying that Poland should send troops into western Ukraine as they fear the Russians will defeat Ukraine's counter offensive and advance westwards. Then a plan that is touted is to send Polish troops to Ukraine, outside the ambit of NATO. Russia is preparing for a flank attack on Poland to check Poland if it sends troops to Ukraine. Russia has stationed nuclear weapons in Belarus to target Poland to remind them of the cost if they indulge in mischief in Ukraine. Poland can keep out of the involvement - if it wants. But it is led by people who are itching to fight Russia. The Poles will get injured like the Ukrainians and the US will not send troops to save them, because the American lives are precious.
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  6181.  @TheAArmstrong  Merkel said that the Minsk agreement was merely to buy time to arm Ukraine to fight Russia, so don't put on pious airs.
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  6182.  @B.D.E.  Russia has no missiles, then why is Ukraine's counter offensive such a flop after 3 months ? How did the Russians destroy the Leopards, Bradleys and other game changers ?
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  6183.  @-BuddyGuy  The Ukranians need training from Russians. The Ukranians got a lot NATO training but they lost all their industrial area, they cannot ship grain, and they botched their counter offensive. NATO has not fought a war it has won, and we see its effect in Ukraine.
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  6184. If you had common sense, you would work with reality and not delusions. Ukraine will not exist, it is a failed state. Russia will take the Russian portion, and render the rest into a wasteland, dependent on EU aid. Get it ?
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  6185. You could ask Zelensky to be leader of Britain. I understand he is an incarnation of Churchill.
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  6186. At least he understands for the Americans, the only interest is money ! But his idea is to sell off Ukraine's assets to the west. That brings corruption. It has already happened - before the war, already 35 % of Ukraine's agricultural land was sold to 4 US corporations. No country sells its agricultural land like this. Hence Aristovich is no better than Zelensky. There is an interview with Aristovich before the war where he says war with Russia was planned, with the US belief that Ukraine can be used to defeat Russia. He is a warmonger alright, his only complaint is Zelensky is not doing it the way he would.
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  6187. 'Soon Ukraine will have a much more resilient power infrastructure and Putin has no more capability to cause big damage.' How did you deduce that ? It is Ukraine that is pleading desperately for help.
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  6188. 'Putin can't afford to negotiate...' Putin does not need to negotiate. In Biden's time, he had told Carlson 'we are not going to negotiate just because you ran out of weapons'. It is the US that is seeking negotiations - because it recognises it is not a war it can win. It has abandoned supporting Ukraine for however long it takes. The west is defeated and you are trying to put a spin to show that Putin is in a corner. The defeated one is in a corner and that is why you are seeking negotiations. Shameless fellow !
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  6189. Pathetic effort to divert reality. The reality is Ukraine has lost the war, the Kherson counter offensive has petered out, and there is no more news of Himars changing the reality. So talk about a Ukrainian rock band. This is how pathetic western foreign policy is. It is like thinking Ukraine is winning the war because mysteriously they won Eurovision.
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  6190. The collective west is responsible. They all ganged up against Russia, but now that it is defeated, the finger pointing has started - the US says the EU should carry more weight, the EU says its is a US problem as the US wanted NATO expansion.
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  6191.  @jarls5890  Now, I am convinced Ukraine is a failed state, because it does not have the political skills to manage its ethnic composition, nor the diplomatic skills to co-exist with its neignbour. Ukranians got into fights with ethnic Russians, cultivated militant Russophobia, thinking it will get western support, and it allowed political parties funded by the US. It was a recipe for disaster. Hence, it is better off under Russia. Ukraine was under Russia since the time of Catherine the Great.
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  6192.  @jarls5890  It is even more fascinating that for 90% of the west, a failed comedian is their Great Hope.
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  6193.  @paulovaska1984  like you brought democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan, you should invade Russia. But I forget, your cowardice will get in the way.
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  6194.  @jarls5890  Russia gave the options to ts neighbours to co-exist. When Warsaw Pact was disbanded, NATO should have been disbanded. But the west cheated and expanded NATO eastwards. It wanted its cake and eat it. Russia gave warnings, but the west did not heed, it got carried away with its arrogance. If you poke the bear, don't complain if it mauls you. And after mauling Ukraine, it may come after Poland.....
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  6195.  @sergeymelnik1689  Ukraine is a failed country, you do not know how to govern, you have sectarian conflict, and your foreign policy is only Russophobia to earn American money. All Ukraine has is due to Soviet Union.
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  6196. Ukraine's probing attacks brought disaster to Ukraine. Why is the west encouraging Ukraine to be suicidal ?
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  6197. Latvia is another country that looks like it is incapable of self governance. It looks like it is itching for a beating from Russia - just like Lithuania. It was a mistake to give independence to these people.
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  6198. When I went to Germany, I asked Germans 'who blew up Nordstream'. All of them were stricken by fear and looked the other way. They do not have the guts to say the Americans did it. I have spoken to Chinese, Arabs, Turks, Indians, they have doubts or no hesitation to say the Americans did it. The Germans and the Europeans are embarrassed to point fingers at the Americans. They think the Americans are their 'partners'.
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  6199. The Ukranians and the US claim near 100% strike rate in knocking out missiles. This is quoted by the newscaster as if it is unquestionably true. Yet the power infrastructure is knocked out. Besides, the west has been saying Russia has run out missiles months ago. Hence, the Ukranians are knocking out all the missiles Russia never had, and at the same time they are saying is committing a war crime hitting power stations ! Then the analysts say Russia will not be able to afford firing missiles. Once they had said that sanctions would bring Russia to its knees and Russia would not be able to afford it. But Russia's counter sanctions started de-industrialising Europe ! Russia has administered Ukraine a beating. The west feels it is also a beating to the west ! They are forever talking to themselves about how Russia will fail and how the west will succeed - without any evidence.
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  6200.  @irwan3064  You can see the loss of face in Gulliver Cragg when he tries to spin some positive prospects for Ukraine.
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  6201. British intelligence is a discredited outfit that regularly puts out incredible propaganda showing the underlying frustration because things are not going Ukraine's way. It stated Russia had run out of weapons and was fighting with shovels in Bakhmut ! But the Russians nevertheless took Bakhmut with shovels. The Ukranians may be doing some sabotage ahead of the counter offensive; but the Russians are doing the same on a larger scale destroying ammunition centres like Pavlograd, so Ukraine's counter offensive will not have the sustaining capacity. Many of the new weapons can be identified from the air and destroyed. The Patriot missile installations once installed will be taken out with the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. The Ukranians are not in a position to launch a winning counter offensive, but its handlers are demanding a quick Return on Investment. Otherwise, the funding will be cut.
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  6202. So why are the Europeans rattled by the peace deal Trump is planning ?
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  6203.  @DieFlabbergast  Indeed, most of the world knows the US is the real enemy. Only the dim witted Europeans do not realise it. Kissinger had said it is dangerous to be an enemy of the US, but it is fatal to be the US 's friend. Ukraine is the latest example.
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  6204.  @lancelittrell369  Would you like to address the subject of what I wrote instead of launching personal attacks ? The US has been responsible for more wars in the last 70 years. Who the hell are you to talk about China's bad behaviour ? You have invaded countries, you have overthrown governments, you torture people in Guantanomo Bay, and your own society is violence laden. How dare you lecture others ? You had a treaty with Kuwait you say. But Rumsfeld was meeting Saddam for various deals before and was encouraging him. Saddam only became a problem for you when he started selling oil in dollars. That would have undermined the dollar. The US has spent more than 1 trillion in wars in the last 30 years. You are living in debt, printing dollars, and using your war machine to maintain that life style. However, that is coming to an end. After Afghanistan chased you out, Russia has given an even bigger kick, and if you mess with China, you will get a similar sized kick. 'Iraq was warned not to invade Kuwait.' Why did you not warn Russia in the same way ? And why after encouraging Ukraine, did you not go into Ukraine to save it like you saved Kuwait ?
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  6205. Without immigrants, you will have no workers. You are lazy.
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  6206. With China brokering, the west will feel left out.
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  6207.  @Katoshi_Takagumi  'Debatable, but we don't even know if it was ever on the table or had they done the risk assessement.' There is nothing debatable. At the start when Ukraine was pleading for a 'no fly zone', Putin issued one of his inimitable statements. He said the west 'will face consequences it has not faced before'. That was understood as Russia would shoot down US planes if they entered Ukraine and it would be ready for escalating to nuclear if needed. The Americans understood, and the next stay Biden announced there will be no 'no fly zone'. Nuclear is a serious factor, and Ukraine cannot win. Russia has stated that nuclear weapons will be used on Ukraine if Russia was placed in a position of strategic defeat. Strategic defeat is Ukraine enters NATO and grants the US naval and missile bases. Before that can happen, Russia will use a nuclear strike on Ukraine. The Russian nuclear doctrine is understood by all in the non-west, but is beyond the grasping power of the western intellect. They think Russia is bluffing. Some of them think Russian nuclear missiles will not work. ' I'm hoping there are contingency plans in work unless the west is hoping for some devine intervention to remove Mr. Putin.' The west was hoping that the sanctions would cripple Russia, and the Russians would do a Maidan revolution and overthrow Putin, and they could put a Zelensky type of implant in Moscow, who would give access to Russia's minerals and oil and gas. That did not work out. Thereafter the west has been hoping for divine intervention. Western media said in the early months of 2022, that Putin had a hand tremor, he had a mysterious illness and he had cancer etc. Zelensky even said Putin is dead and a look-alike was acting on his behalf. The west was so ardent in its fabrications that it believed them.
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  6208. Very clear take aways : America has a huge debt problem, it has to borrow money to pay its the interest on past debt - a Ponzi scheme. It could do by enforcing the Arabs by military force to sell oil ONLY in dollars. Much international trade was in dollars, so its value was high. Tariffs means higher prices for US consumers. Recreating traditional industries in the US is not possible - he explained by the wages in India and China. A high dollar value makes manufacturing in the US impossible. If people do not want to buy US debt and treasuries, higher interest rates are needed, then US govt. has to shell out more interest, which means less services. The danger is the US will blame China and every one else, and resort to war.
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  6209. It seems to be a vain attempt to keep up the morale of Ukraine's handlers. The reality is there is no Kherson offensive and Russia is after Nikolaev.
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  6210. Mrs. Thatcher was cited as a model for Ukraine. Britain de-industrialised and cannot produce anything as a result. Ukrainians are desperate and they suggest anyone in the west as a model to prove Ukrainians are Europeans.
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  6211.  @Grokku.61  They lost their uranium robbery.
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  6212. Ukraine is defeated, Europe's played a wicked game inciting Ukraine to fight Russia, and now that it has lost. There is no security for Europe without Russian security. Get it, numskull ?
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  6213. Yes, Putin is desperate, he is planning to give up Donbass and Crimea, to get back Kursk. He is relying on Trump to get Zelensky to agree to this trade off.
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  6214. The western media is in the invidious position having to save western face. The newscaster says Zelensky is the world's most-in-demand President. Give me a break ! The world is not Europe. Zelenksy is not in demand, he is a pain, the west is stuck with this joker because it is foolish and declared they will be with them for however long it takes. Then to climb down would be to admit defeat. So Zelensky won't attack Russian territory ? Wise, otherwise it will invite a nuke, and the west will be in hot water. The lady blithely declares Ukraine's goal is to defeat Russia by the end of the year. Zelensky said in Sept. 2022 that Ukraine will retake Crimea by Dec. 2022; he said that is where it started, that is where it will end. At the end of the year, he will say he needs another year. The Russians cannot be defeated. They will just kill more Ukrainian army and the west will have to carry this basket case for another year.
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  6215. They can see Sir Putin is awesome.
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  6216. Trying to save face, are ya ?
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  6217. 'Staying strong should be the easiest thing we can do.' Then why have you not sent troops to Ukraine ?
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  6218.  @baneslayerbeelzebubsnemesi5078  You are exaggerating. The US created the problem by expanding NATO to Russia's doorstep, seeking bases to threaten Russia. That led the bear to maul you, and then you cry and say the bear will chase and invade. You are like children who throw stones at a bear and when they are mauled, they don't know what hit them. You mind your business, Russia will mind its business. But if you seek to fight it, then yes, Russia has the capacity to destroy Poland, Norway etc. with a single Sarmat hypersonic missile. If you enter Ukraine, Russia will use a tactical nuclear weapon. They have told the west. The bear actually does not want to deal with you, it prefers to go and do business with China.
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  6219. They are telling us Patriots and Thadd can stop them.
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  6220. Friedmann knowingly or unknowingly omitted mentioning the rise of religious fundamentalist and extremist Jews in Israel who are in league with Netanyahu. They have a desire to demolish the Al Aqsa Mosque, claiming Solomon's Temple is below. They have been clashes over 2 years at Al Aqsa. This will initiate a conflagration - Shia, Sunni Muslims, Arabs, Afghans etc. will come to fight Israel. The Muslims are ready to die for it. The current Palestinian attack was code named Operation Al Aqsa. It is a warning shot of what will happen to Jews if Al Aqsa is desecrated by Jewish fanatics. No one in the west seems to be aware of Israel's provocations on the Al Aqsa, as they are mired in weeping crocodile tears for Israelis.
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  6221.  @rk4138  The Russians never said it will be a 3 day operation, American general Milley said it. The western media than twists it and says the Russians said it. Russia announced goals : deNazification and delimilitarisation of Ukraine (ends arms production factories, disband army, no NATO). They do not announce a date for an offensive or the next target. They will not say what is after Avdevika; they will keep you guessing.
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  6222. Consequences for China - sanctions. Russia showed how to deal with them and floor the west. The US's days are over. Threatening others by using the dollar as a weapon means the use of the dollar will decline. China and Russia are accelerating that.
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  6223.  @grapepounder Ask the people who suffered in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Libya....ask them what they think of Britain, you vain numskull. Most of the non-western world sympathizes with Russia.
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  6224.  @PaulHoward-n3x  Why should it be sarcasm ? Why don't look at your historical record instead of patting yourself on the back ?
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  6225.  @vernonkay1984  You created Israel, bringing Jews from Europe and settling them in Palestinian land. Why did Britain not give 5 of its own counties to the Jews to create Israel ? You partitioned India by setting Hindus and Muslims against each other through the colonial adminstrative structure. You supported the apartheid system in Rhodesia and South Africa. The Soviet Union on the other hand helped the Africans end apartheid, that is why they have a high standing in Africa, and you don't. So keep your bloody mouth shut.
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  6226. 'Poland's pre-election situation is worringly similar to Romania's'. Means Poland's electorate may not want to vote as its elite which sold out to the US. Oh well, you can cancel the election as in Romania if the result is not correct and hold another election till you get the right result.
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  6227. If the US loses interest, Ukraine will still be able to fight Russia and not cede land ?
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  6228.  @jaybee4288  Truss had low IQ. Proved by Russian foreign minister when he asked whether Russia had the right to move troops in Russia's Rostov on Don, and she thought it was in Ukraine.
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  6229. How Russia manages to run all these useless EU countries round in circles ! The Europeans have surrendered their foreign policy to weak Baltic countries. Unbelievable.
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  6230. I agree the west is blowing its trumpet on the Himars as if it is going to be a game changer. That is unlikely to be the case. The Ukranians themselves say they are only getting 10% of what they need. The Ukrainian goose is cooked.
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  6231. The claim of a two tier Britain has become the fallback for fascists to invoke self pity, after their violent movement fizzled out like a damp firecracker. Mindless mobs with no real ideology can't go far with fake news from social media. Once you indulge in mob violence, and attack the police and destroy property, you have lost the case on immigration and any other issue. Acting on fake news shows low IQ and wickedness. When Farage was asked what his source of information was for his claim that a Muslim immigrant did the ghastly killing of the children, he said he got it from a post by the Romanian criminal Andrew Tate! He said since police was not saying who was the killer, he might as well accept what he read in a tweet ! The police are bound by laws which say an under 18 cannot be named. Farage should know the law and respect it. It shows Farage is wicked and duplicitous, all the while pretending to be injured and claiming there is a bias, two tier policing etc... Keir Starmer (who I disagree with for his support of Ukraine and Israel) acted like a decisive leader and did what is best for the country. He showed the world that Britain is a law-and-order country. And the non-violent majority of whites came out yesterday in numbers to show their opposition to fascism. So get over it. The police and legal system has acquitted themselves well, and Britain can be proud.
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  6232. Ukrainian soldiers are meeting greater than expected resistance from the Russians ? What did they expect ?! Russians have low morale and just shovels ?
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  6233. The statement now is Russia should not be allowed to win. It is an acknowledgement Russia is winning. Stating they should not be allowed to win is wishful thinking.
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  6234.  @Axbneht  Russia buys what it needs, Ukraine lives on donations, and now donors cannot afford it. The pain of defeat is clearly too much for you. The reality is the west cannot turn back the clock for Ukraine. The west does not have the courage to fight, and increasingly it does not have the money and equipment to conduct a proxy war. Trump recognises it and will negotiate an end to the war - on Russia's terms. EU and UK will not count, you will not be even invited. Get it ?
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  6235.  @jackiemckenna5448  'Finland has a population of 5.5 million and Sweden has 10 million,'. What is your message ? Is that the reason they got frightened and ran to NATO ?
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  6236.  @allaboutperspective650  Sweden makes no difference, whether it is NATO or not. It cannot change the dynamics of the war in Ukraine's favour.
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  6237.  @dpelpal  Vovechansk is in Russia's grip. Ukraine has made no advances since the failed 2023 offensive. It does not have the manpower and the west does not have the arms to try again. Get it ? Russia cannot be dislodged from the 5 oblasts, and the push is westwards. And when Trump comes, he will formalise and ask Russia to keep what it has. Get it ?
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  6238.  @Ines-uw5gi  NATO is defensive alliance - ha, ha,ha. Invading Afghanistan, bombing Libya... who you trying to kid ?
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  6239.  @SK-lt1so  Really ? He said Ukraine ain't joining NATO. Zelensky agrees now. NATO now knows there is no chance of putting US missiles in Ukraine as it is WW 3. Ukraine's coastal areas are going to become part of Russia. EU companies are paying for gas in roubles - they came up with a dodge to allow them to comply with Putin. So is Putin sobbing or Pentagon official is sobbing ? Putin has got more than nothing. US and its proxy Zelensky are crying because they are in minus.
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  6240.  @SK-lt1so  You also need a reality check. The coast will be devastated, and economically isolated from the world. That is a great setback to Ukraine, not Russia. 'The market for Vlad's hydrocarbons is shrinking by the day, and sanctions make them more difficult to harvest.' China, India and others are already buying the Russian hydrocarbons, yuan, rupee and rouble trade is already functoning and bypasses the dollar. It will reduce the demand for the dollar. 'NATO is on Vlad's borders, getting bigger, and overtly cooperating with Ukraine.' It is not numbers that make difference, it is decision making and resolve. NATO's cowardly exit from Kabul was only recent. NATO is all mouth and no trousers. What happened to the 'no fly zone ' ? How has the cooperation with Ukraine helped ? It is reduced to rubble, and EU has 5 million refugees. The west is paying for its arrogant and reckless NATO expansion - rocketing fuel price, expense for refugees, increased defence expenditure, loss of life = massive cut in standard of living. You are trying to put on a brave face - vainly.
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  6241.  @SK-lt1so  Resorting to personal abuse is a sign of weakness and inability. The meaning of the message is not clear 'One minute you are "Vlad is taking over the south!", the next "if the south is destroyed, it's Ukraine's problem!"' Learn to write English. Russia is indeed taking over the south, that is clear. Only Odessa remains. They will come after it. 'if the south is destroyed, it's Ukraine's problem!" If they can take the south without destroying, that would be better for both. But to take the south, if it gets to be destroyed, , so be it - as in Mariopol. Berlin got destroyed when taking out the Nazis. Mariopol got destroyed taking out the Azov Nazis. But it had to be done. 'And Europe is a much bigger customer to Russia than China and India will be any time soon, and Europe as customer is lost forever.' It is best if Europe is lost forever. If the Russians cut off the energy immediately, Europe will beg. Already, German and Italian companies are paying in roubles as ordered. In the long run, any alternative to Russian gas will be more expensive. LNG costs 7-10x the price. Means a cut in living standards, and the cost of industrial production goes up, making European goods uncompetitive. As Europe declines economically, China and India and others will replace it. 'Vlad's armies are getting chewed up by an army a fraction of NATO.' Is that so ? Then why does not NATO have the guts to put a no fly zone ? What is NATO - it is a bunch of cowards that fled capture by the Taliban. 1/5 of Ukraine is under Russia, more will go, 1/3 of it is destroyed, more to go. NATO can delay the result but cannot stop it.
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  6242. Russia made a mistake giving Ukraine independence. Never imagined the Ukranians would become such backstabbers for Russia. Everything Ukraine has was due to USSR and Russia. Now, the mistake is being corrected. Ukraine is being broken up and reabsorbed. There is no other solution. Otherwise, the US will get in and put bases to threaten Russia.
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  6243. Enough to turn the tide? Supply of a ventilator next month and oxygen the month after to a mortally wounded patient does not turn the tide. All the US is doing is hoping Ukraine is not defeated before the elections. They have given some balm and bandages, but after the elections, Ukraine can be dropped. No body will remember.
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  6244. If the British have better kit than the Russians, and the Russian performance in Ukraine was so bad, why are the British squawking like headless chicken about having to fight Russia ? You can defeat Russia easily.
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  6245. The US does not want to give Ukraine NATO membership for obvious reasons which it cannot spell out. It is because Ukraine will invoke Article 5 and then the US will have to send troops to Ukraine, who will be duly killed by the Russians. The US and its subordinates prefer the current method : they supply the arms and money, for as long as it takes, and Ukraine supplies the blood.
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  6246.  @navinkumar6388  Actually, the Azov Batallion asked to be 'extracted' from Mariopol. That is given safe passage to a third country ! They thought it was their right.
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  6247. The EU is irrelevant. Ukraine will not exist.
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  6248.  @marthafogelin1770  NATO won't exist when the US withdraws.
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  6249.  @dutchcourage70  He is venting delusions as a result of defeat to Russia.
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  6250. The US is driving the Ukranians to commit slow suicide and asking Ukraine to persist as stopping the war would be a loss of face to the US. The Europeans are the most affected stakeholder (apart from Ukraine and Russia) but they are helpless. They (like the Ukranians) follow the Americans thinking they have 'shared values', but the Americans exploit their weakness.
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  6251. History is not needed to know that Ukraine has lost the war and no amount of US help can reverse it. Russia is too formidable, it withstood economic and military warfare of the combined west. Therefore Trump has acceded that Ukraine cannot be in NATO, Ukraine has to recognise the borders Russia will set, and there will be no peacekeepers. As for the Europeans, they should understand that if they could not win with the US against Russia, there is no chance of winning without the US.
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  6252.  @lewizmenzify  Why are you replying to a Russian bot's post ? I should have said that not only Ukraine has lost, Russia has defeated the combined west.
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  6253. Ukraine will receive a nuke strike before NATO can make a decision.
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  6254. The Israelis have held the citizens of the entire Gaza hostage for years. They cut off all supplies whenever they want. Now the Palestinians have taken some Israelis to enjoy the hostage life of Gazans. When the Israelis bomb Gazans, the Israelis will die with them. Why are Israelis angry ? They are reaping the fruits of the Jew's land grabbing greed.
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  6255. Why must 'we stop Putin's Plan B' ? Why is Zakaria taking sides ? This is not objective. It is the US who created the enmity between Ukranians and Russians with the coup it organised in 2014.
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  6256. The British army has plenty of alcohol for its soldiers. Can Tommy fight without it ?
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  6257. Stop order for all except Israel and those serving Israel (Egypt). It goes to show that despite all this US bravado, it is under the grip of the Jews even under Trump. The Jews will control US fascism also.
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  6258. Perhaps he flew into one of the missiles in the barrage.
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  6259. But Ukraine will not exist to train you ! Part of it will be absorbed by Russia, the rest will be a wasteland, and the west will forget and move on. How can you be so foolish ?
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  6260.  @thattubesound2214  blah...blah...blah - clearly you do not have the IQ to write a refutation.
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  6261. If the Jews put up posters for Israelis and Palestinians, it would be different. But they have been perpetrating ethnic cleansing and running an apartheid state for years, and portraying themselves as victims. The posters are only to perpetrate that narrrative, so they need to be taken down. I can see the man's point. Piers as usual expresses outrage and then adds he is not biased. Would he speak in that tone to a Jew ? The posters should be ripped down because it is propaganda - it is selected truth. Holocaust museum does not mean anything to Arabs. Why should it ?
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  6262. When the Russian retaliation comes, your channel will keep quiet.
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  6263. I am told the Modi govt. runs an IT cell churning out self praise and hate against minorities. He actually employs and pays youth to turn out Whats App propaganda and hate messages. Now I can imagine him saving money by buying Chinese AI to churn out hate messages. That is how pathetic Modi and India are.
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  6264. '8 months to take a small portion of a small town.. ' sour grapes perhaps ?
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  6265. You will not go to war, something worse than Ukraine will happen. Come on, you can live without internet.
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  6266.  @ManiSRao-bt3xw  You are a Brahmin from India.
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  6267.  @rickywright1264  That is a very feeble riposte. Did I puncture your thin skin ?
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  6268.  @G1NZOU  ; actual Russians should be able to express their views against Russia's actions.' dpelpal is not an actual Russian woman as he pretends in this post. All of his posts smack of typical western superiority complex. Even a Russian critical of his country would not write like that. No Russian believes Kursk will not be retaken. It is an important part of Russian history. The Red Army fought the largest tank battle in history and destroyed the Germans. The Russians are not going to give up Kursk to the Ukro Nazis. If they can take Donbass, they will retake Kursk. For Ukraine, Donbass will be gone for good. Ukraine and its handlers know Donbass is lost irretrievably, that is why they tried a side show in Kursk.
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  6269. Hilarious, Poland is a vociferous supporter and inciter of Ukraine. But it is starting to affect their economy, so they are now squealing. After some time, it will complain about the Ukranian refugees.
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  6270. 'We picked the right path'. Since 'picking the right path', I observe the Baltics speak as if they are superpowers. After picking the right path, you need to keep your mouth shut and not provoke the Great Bear unnecessarily. Example : Lithuania took the provocative action of trying to blockade Kaliningrad using EU sanctions. One Russian minister said that Lithuania's independence must be reconsidered. The EU then asked Lithuania to back down. If the Baltics, EU or NATO messes with Russia on Kaliningrad, Russia will seize the Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics. Article 5 will not stop them as an attack on Kaliningrad is an attack on Russia, which invites a nuclear response on Europe. The Americans will not come to save Europe as they don't want their cities incinerated.
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  6271.  @JoaoSoares-rs6ec  Ukraine is not a neutral country, it was a de facto NATO member, and it wanted to give naval bases to the US to threaten Russia. Hence, it was attacked and its independence was terminated. Ukraine and the US borught this predicament and they should own up their responsibility.
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  6272.  @Crashed131963  Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, which generated 80% of its GDP, and it is demolishing the remainder. Chances against NATO are very good. NATO is weak and indecisive. NATO will only fight if the US fights. And the US chickened out of sending troops to Ukraine or to put a 'no-fly zone'. They will be killed on a large scale if they fight Russia. It is not Iraq or Afghanistan.
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  6273.  @Crashed131963  'I do not think any country thinks Russia is a conventional military superpower with their performance in the last 10 months.' Russia is fighting a conventional war not just against Ukraine, but against the US and NATO. In that light, Russia has done remarkably well, it has taken 4 oblasts, made Ukraine landlocked, warded of NATO from entering Ukraine by dangling the nuclear sword on your heads. It has made sure that the US cannot have NATO bases ever in Ukraine; that was its principal objective. Moreover the west waged an economic war on Russia, but Russia waged a counter economic war effectively, it is in the process of crippling Europe by de-industrialisation, and by speeding up de-dollarisation, it has served a long term blow to the US economy. Effectively, Russia has ended the western 'world order' for good. Only Russia could do this. Throughout history, Russia has been exceptional. When you look at US wars, it fought against Iraq. Afghanistan etc. Iraq did not have any supplies from a superpower like Russia or China. If those countries had been given weapons as Ukraine, they would have inflicted heavier casualties on the US. The proof of the US being a superpower would have been if it had sent troops to Ukraine. After all, the US staged a coup in 2014 and their implanted govt. is in place. But the US dared not send troops to Ukraine to save its implant. Why ?
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  6274.  @VilkatisJanis  What claims do you need proof for from me ?
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  6275.  @Crashed131963  'Russia has not fought a NATO Soldier, Airforce ,Tank or Warship.' Putin invited NATO soldiers Airforce ,Tank or Warship to come to the battlefield and show they can defeat Russia. No one dares. No one in NATO wants to be killed. 'If Russia was truly fighting Nato for real , they would be kicked out of Ukraine in a week.' Then why has NATO not sent soldiers and put a 'no fly zone' in Ukraine ? The Ukranians were begging for it. It is 10 months and Ukraine is being reduced to a wasteland. Why has NATO not sent troops and kicked out the Russians in a week ? Let me see you answer this question. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouths, tiny fists. 'Iraq was beat even before they ran out of weapons. If the world supplied Iraq with weapons it was not changing them from being over run in 4 weeks.' The US destroyed Iraq's power grid in the first week. Russia spared Ukraine that till month 10 or 11. Ukraine was pumped with arms and trained by NATO from 2014. Iraq did not receive that sort of help. Russia has single handedly ended the western run 'world order'.
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  6276.  @Crashed131963  The relevant question for you is 'why have not the rich Nato countries with Air Forces and Navies and a income 20Xs that of Russia and a population 6 X larger than Russia, not sent troops to finish Russia.?' See if your genius allows you to answer that tricky question.
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  6277.  @gloin10  So NATO is a defensive alliance ? Don't put on airs. Why was NATO invading Afghanistan ? NATO is a platform for US hegemony. 'The simple answer to your question is that NATO is a DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE.' Then why did NATO not give Russia a security guarantee it asked ? Why is NATO not running to organise a ceasefire ? Instead, NATO is fanning the flames of war. Only NATO member Turkey attempted to mediate, but it did it independently. The simple answer to the question why NATO dared not send troops to Ukraine (after instigating Ukraine to join NATO) is because NATO soldiers would have been killed in large numbers. Russia warned you would face consequences you have not faced in your life. If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Fighting Russia would not be like fighting Afghanistan.
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  6278. 'Putlet doesn't have the manpower nor the material means to take a city like Kharkiv.' So no need to lose sleep.
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  6279.  @jamesgreen1116  Only Times Radio has a clue what is happening in Ukraine. It is on the road to Crimea.
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  6280. The Ukranians are like infants crying for attention. Is there a way to shut the plant, entomb it with concrete so Ukraine never has it ? There is no need for Ukranians to have power from nuclear reactors, as they are so irresponsible.
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  6281. Russia is running out of missiles he says - these western jokers have been saying this since March 2022 ! And to make sure we understand the west is still winning, he adds Russia's missile strike was desperation.
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  6282. That is fine, Article 4 allows it.
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  6283. The analysis in the HT is perfectly correct but so far no one in the western media has put out the facts so starkly, that Ukraine cannot roll back the Russians. The western media are busy cranking up western public on the coming Ukranian offensive with game changing western tanks.
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  6284. Mercouris summed up neatly what happens if Ukraine is let into NATO : Either the US has to fight nuclear war and WW 3 with Russia. Or face the humiliation that the US has to back down from Article 5, which means existence of NATO is in jeopardy.
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  6285. Which are the civilised countries ? The ones that invaded Iraq and back Israel ? 'Putin must be confronted.' The US has decided to throw Ukraine to the bear and leave, as it does not want to get mauled by the bear.
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  6286. He slyly slips in the store was selling products useful to the military, probably there were soldiers inside also buying things they need for their trenches...in other words, the military was using it as cover.
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  6287. Ukraine has lost the war no matter what you give them, that is why the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO. If the US lets Ukraine into NATO, Ukraine will ask for Article 5, and the Americans will have to send troops, and the Russians will kill them.
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  6288. 0.26 Doland Trump. That is how that illiterate Modi pronounces it. Modi was showering praise on Trump and even rooting for his re-election. Go ahead Trump with the taxes, Modi supporters are Trump supporters.
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  6289. UK has spent 11 billion on Ukraine, so that is more than half of the 20 billion hole.
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  6290. Who is this random lecturer that France 24 brings in to assert it is not Ukraine ? It is just his personal opinion 'I don't think Ukraine did it, they have nothing to gain from it....'
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  6291.  @costa200  Yet Piers could not refute him, Hijab reduced Piers to stuttering meekly 'I am not stuttering' ! Jews and their bootlickers like Piers obviously do not have Hijab's sharpness of intellect. Piers knows Israel's diabolical character, yet he does not have the backbone to condemn a religion built round racial exclusivity, because he is afraid he will lose his business.
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  6292.  @Maplelust  Zelensky lost his mind, picking a fight with a nuclear neighbour. If Russia dropped a tactical nuclear weapon, what would he do ? The west cannot stop it.
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  6293.  @heyho4770  Not relevant how many people it has. The fact is Russia can pyrolyse all of Europe, so you will not dare put a no-fly zone, or stop Russia from dropping a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine.
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  6294. Why is Leningrad siege 'mythology' ? Don't trivialise because you want to run down Putin.
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  6295. Trump's America was worse. America is falling apart, whether it is Trump or Biden.
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  6296. I can believe the Ukranian goose is cooked. Zelensky had to order his wife to go to the US to drum up support.
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  6297. Sir Putin reminded Ukraine started it by attacking the Crimean bridge. Russia is teaching Ukraine a lesson about the consequences. As for the western narrative that Russia is attacking civilian infrastructure to counter military defeats, the US did the same in Iraq right at the start. The Russians spared the Ukrainians on Feb. 24 2022, they could have destroyed the power structure right at the beginning.
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  6298. The Ukrainians thought they were different from Iraqis and Afghans. They prided themselves as superior Europeans and thought they would have favour with America. Alas, it was not to be.
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  6299. What is the difference then between western values and warmongering for theft of other people's resources ?
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  6300.  Umbrella Studio  I would not want to be a beggar.
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  6301. That is if the west has weapons in the first place... If Ukraine misbehaves and uses long range missiles, it will receive a tactical nuclear strike. Ukraine is living dangerously goaded by the west. The west is also living dangerously.
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  6302. What Ramasamy is talking about is also how to maintain US hegemony - by other means. He believes in US exceptionalism but he feels other Americans are not doing it the correct way. While realism sounds all very good, it is all too late for America. US dominance is based on controlling the financial institutions backed with military power. The US has been printing dollars and using its military to invade other countries to extract their resources. As Putin said in a speech, the US extracts a tribute from other countries through the dollar. Is Ramasamy going to give all that up ? Spending 61% of Allied defence needs was no problem for the US because it could print dollars. Semi-conductor independence is not going to return to the US. The US cannot have low cost production anymore, that is why US capitalists moved to China. They are driven solely by profit and not by national interest. Nixonian realism led to China becoming an economic and military superpower - that over took the US ! Now it is too late. Going to Russia to replicate Nixon's model will only create two economic and military superpowers. Both China and Russia have decided to push de-dollarisation, and this is needed absolutely to end US hegemony. Both know Ramsamy is just another American hegemonist in another form. He goes along with making China an enemy after all the Nixonian overtures that he praises, and hopes China can be countered by allying with Russia. Ramasamy has imbibed the usual American wickedness while signalling virtue.
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  6303. Zelensky is always badmouthing the Russians, he uses every platform for inciting Russophobia. Then why should Russians negotiate ? He says he is winning and the west also believes it, and is encouraging him. Then keep fighting and don't complain about casualties. Ukraine did not want to give an assurance of neutrality and NATO wanted to expand, then accept the consequences.
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  6304. I always wondered why the British are the most deluded and shrill. Even the Americans are not as desperate. Times Radio is crowing about a Ukrainian victory, it says that Putin's nuclear bluff was called; Challenger tanks are racing through Kursk; it informs Russian troops are cut off in Kursk; all the Ukrainians need to do to enforce Russian surrender is fire British Storm Shadow missiles; Putin is about to be overthrown; etc. No mention about the cost to the Ukrainians who are being mowed down in Kursk and Donbass, just to assuage British anti-Russianism. No mention about Ukraine losing Niu York and Russians at the gates of Pokrovosk. Indian and other channels describe how the Russians are advancing through the remaining Donbass at increased speed since Kursk, and Ukrainians being hunted down in Kursk. What is the reason for such delusional behaviour ? I think the British found it difficult at the end of WW 2 to accept that the Soviet Union would replace Britain as the superpower. Sub consciously, they are burning about the Suez crisis when the Soviet Union forced Britain, France and Israel to vacate Egypt or face a nuclear strike. It still chafes. They cannot accept Russia is more powerful than them. The only way the British can show importance is to act as America's attack dog. The loss of self esteem after losing power leads to a switch from rational to emotional behaviour and delusional and wishful thinking. This is the psychology of Times Radio and all the experts that appear on it. Yesterday, I watched on BBC, a space launch in Britain that caught fire. The last two Trident tests were failures. Russia on the other hand has used hypersonic missiles but Britain wants to fight Russia. Amusing but delusional !
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  6305. One part of your analysis is wrong. America is the principal cause for this debacle and tragedy for Ukraine and Europe. Yes, Europe is also to blame - for being supine towards America. It is correct for Europe to hold America responsible. Let the Americans get annoyed and go away from Europe. Only then, Europe will recover. Its recovery plan has to be based on reconciliation with Russia - which is only possible if America is kept out of Europe. Don't worry about the Americans leaving Europe. They will do their utmost to keep Europe under them - otherwise they have no allies. Even against China, the US wants Europe to be on its side. If Europe traded with Russia, and China, and India, and the Middle East independently, that is the end of the US. The Americans will continue to keep their foot in Europe by pitting eastern Europeans against western Europeans.
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  6306. You have been saying this since 2021 - Russia ran out of manpower, it has run out of missiles, and Putin has cancer. The reality is Russia is not asking for negotiations, the US is. Why ? Because the west is defeated. The US is effectively begging Russia to stop. Russia will accept negotiations only on its terms : Ukraine will not be in NATO AND it has to cede land.
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  6307. And yet it is Ukraine that is finding it difficult to continue the fight because the experienced have been killed off and Ukrainians are refusing to enlist, and it is the Russians who are taking villages and towns. Why do you believe in lies ? The Ukrainians themselves say Russia is firing 10x the number of shells, so how can Russia lose more people than Ukraine ? You are dumb.
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  6308. The west is shouting 'foul' but they do that all the time out of impotence. It is better for Ukraine to join Russia. At least Russia feels obliged to reconstruct what it is taken back, because it regards it as part of Russia. The west will leave Ukrainian ruins and walk away like Afghanistan and Iraq. They will shout for now, but when they cannot afford it, and the next Trump or Meloni comes, they will say 'we did not create this mess, Biden did, it is not our obligation to spend our money to build Ukraine when we do not have any money ourselves'.
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  6309.  @zoeherriot  'that's a dumb comment.' You must be pretty dumb if that is the best you could write.
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  6310. What brought the west to this state was reckless US policy of NATO expansion to sell its arms, and the European acceptance of a subordinate role in running its own affairs.
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  6311.  @jannekiljunen6784  In history, Russia has been attacked by European powers like Germany, France, Poland-Lithuania, Sweden, and since 1945, the US + NATO continuously threatens it. There can be no European security without Russian security. Russia has put its foot down on NATO expansion, and they will break and destroy any country that threatens its security. That is the bottom line. Ukraine played a dangerous anti-Russian game using the US, as a result, its independence has come to an end. The Ukraine of 1991 is not returning. Lithuania also tried to blockade Kaliningrad but after 3 weeks, after Russia threatened a beating, it climbed down and abandoned the blockade.
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  6312.  @the_grand_tourer  What are you talking about ? The politicians had a chance to decide on averting war, once Putin asked for a security guarantee. Biden, Johnson and their surrogate Zelensky decided not to give the security guarantee, and the risk of was was worthy. Maybe the politicians thought Putin was bluffing. Once the war has started, the military commander on the ground, Surovkin decides. That is fair enough. Russia goes to war to win whatever it takes, to make sure the west never tries to threaten it with proxies like Ukraine.
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  6313.  @the_grand_tourer  Your Ukrainian US/West proxy conspiracy theory is laughable beyond belief ... I see you are trying to brush away facts. Explain what Victoria Nuland and John McCain were doing in Maidan square celebrating the overthrow of an elected government. If you cannot stretch your little mind, it is the same as Trump taking a mob to Capitol to prevent Biden. Imagine if Russian politicians funded Scottish separation and attended their political rallies. Ukraine is a thing of the past. The Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. Some of Ukraine will be back in Russia and the rest will be destroyed if it continues to misbehave. Russia will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and fell down, and the King's men and horses could not put him back. That is Ukraine's situation. Your duplicity has come to an end. Sir Putin has single handedly ended the western 'global order'.
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  6314. Western media reported the Russians troops were fleeing Kherson city, and they are going to hand it to Ukranians, so why are the Ukranians dug in trenches ? Why do we have a video in November about the Kherson summer offensive showing the grit of Ukrainian soldiers in trenches ? Is it supposed to inspire confidence ? Already one deadline for the Kherson result is missed : US midterm elections which is today. The last chance to show a result is end of Jan. after when Congress convenes and Republicans check Biden. Jake Sullivan came to Kiev to press the Ukrainians to obtain a positive result. More likely the Ukranians will get massacred trying to get Kherson.
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  6315. No commentary in this. According to western media like DW, all hypersonic missiles were intercepted and the damage was from debris.
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  6316. 'We have gone from having the best armed forces in the world to being a laughing stock'. Ben Wallace, Britain's uncouth ex Defence Secretary had boasted on TV 'we kicked the Tsar's bottom in the Crimean war of 1856, and we shall kick Putin's backside the same way'. Indeed, after 2023, the British are the laughing stock. It is a once-upon a time country living in the 19th century and seeking to be relevant.
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  6317. Why are the British so Russophobic ? Why do you go around creating wars ? The US will reverse course, can Britain then lead the fight against Russia ?
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  6318. Send back all Modi supporters and Hindu fascists to India.
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  6319.  @saucy05  If it is pilot fault, and it is their best pilot, then it goes to show the F16s will not make any difference. If it is mechanical, then all these are very old planes, there will be more of such crashes. If it is Russian missile, that is going to happen. The whole purpose of the investigation is to say it was not a Russian strike.
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  6320.  @underwaterlevelz1947  It may have been a Ukrainian missile. They are saying that. Equally it may have been a Russian missile. But they don't want to consider that. Why ? Because it will be another humiliation after claiming western weapons were superior.
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  6321.  @jaycristoval6155  Russia gave you independence in good faith in 1992. You squandered it with your misbehaviour, indulging in Nazism and using NATO to threaten Russia. Others will have a say in Ukranian affairs if you team up with some against others. The best option for you was neutrality. Like at Switzerland sandwiched between powers like Germany, France and Italy. It kept neutral and survived well. Ukraine is finished. You are a failed state, you do not have the know how how to run a country. If you want others to have no say in your affairs, then that should apply to the US as well, otherwise you will have the situation now.
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  6322.  @miceatah9359  Is that the best you could reply ?
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  6323.  @psychedone708  Expansion is bringing US missiles next to Russia. It may be done through voluntary association, but it is nevertheless is perceived as a threat and it goes against the spirit of detente. James Baker had said NATO would not expand an inch to the east. If Warsaw Pact was dissolved, why was not NATO dissolved ? I see you are the typical duplicitous westerner who wants his cake and eat it. You reap as you sow. If there is action, there is also reaction. Russian reaction has come. When Russians fight, they fight hard.
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  6324.  @JamesC785  You have selected the bits you want and omitted the bits you don't want. Typical of a propagandist. Article 2 of the Budapest memorandum says : 2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. It allows an exemption for Russia to attack Ukraine if it threatens its security (the statement 'except in self defence' allows that). There is an unforeseen circumstance. Ukraine gangs up with two of the three guarantors of Ukraine's security (US and UK) against the other signatory, Russia, seeking to enter a military alliance (NATO) which is anti-Russian. Ukraine, US and UK are therefore guilty of breach of the Memorandum. The Memorandum is therefore now null void and Russia has taken corrective action to see that US cannot put missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Ukraine of 1992 will not exist, and corrective action can include a nuclear strike. It also means in any future settlement between Ukraine and Russia, Russia will never again agree to US and UK being a guarantor of Ukraine. These countries have breached trust and cheated. Guarantors have to be maybe Turkey, China, possibly France and Germany.
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  6325.  @kpadalldotablet1009  Sovereignty is never absolute, it is also based on geographical and historical conditions. Sovereignty gives you the right to invite a foreign power to install missile bases and naval bases in Ukraine to threaten a neigbouring nuclear superpower. Alright, but then accept the consequences - the neigbouring nuclear superpower will destroy you to secure its own security, and maybe even use nuclear weapons if needed. Then the Ukranians will find the western guarantors of their sovereignty will not come to fight Russia. That is the present situation. Instead of theoretical sovereignty, think of practical sovereignty. Russia showed goodwill in 1992, allowing Ukraine independence. There is an understanding implicit in Ukraine's declaration of independence that it has an obligation to be neutral and not threaten Russia. Ukraine chose to flout it, so accept the consequence : the Ukraine of 1992 will not exist, it will be a reduced landlocked Ukraine, which will be kept in a disturbed state permanently. Who is responsible ? Ukranians - and the US. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and had a fall. All the King's men and horses could not put back Humpty Dumpty. That is the Ukraine story.
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  6326.  @kpadalldotablet1009  On your reverence of sovereignty, let me expose your typical western duplicity. The US attacked Afghanistan saying it shielded OBL who they accused of attacking the US. Afghanistan asked for the evidence, and said they would try the guilty in their country. US did not feel it had to respect a sovereign nation, and decided it will attack. NATO countries and even Ukraine sent troops. Why ? Did you protest ? You thought security over rode Afghanistan's sovereignty. The US attacked Iraq saying it had WMDs. Iraq is a sovereign nation, why should it not have WMDs ? Did you shout about Iraq's sovereign right to have WMDs ? In any case, it was a false flag attack anyway as they did not have it. Palestinians want a sovereign nation and sometime launches missile attacks. Israel routinely attacks Palestinians and does major havoc. Western countries staunchly back Israel. Why ? Then why are you preaching about Ukraine's sovereignty and criticising Russia ? You have no credibility. That is why outside the west, the world sees the Russian point of view.
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  6327.  @kpadalldotablet1009  “Do not expect that once you take advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russians always come for their money. And when they come, do not rely on the Jesuit agreements you have signed that allegedly justify you. They are not worth the paper they are written on. Therefore, it is worth either playing honestly with the Russians, or not playing at all.“ Otto von Bismarck. So if UK and US act as guarantors with Russia of Ukraine's sovereignty in the Budapest Memorandum, but US and UK subsequently conspire with Ukraine to induct it in NATO to threaten Russia indirectly, then Bismarck stated the consequence.
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  6328.  @h0mo3rectus69  Russia had Crimea, it gifted it to Ukraine during USSR, it ceded Crimea to Ukraine even after allowing independence. Unfortunately Ukraine tried to stab Russia by allying with NATO, so Russia has taken Crimea, and Ukraine is not getting it back. A nuclear strike awaits Ukraine if it tries too hard.
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  6329.  @Mr.Cerera69  Bush will tell you many things, you are foolish to do foolish things like bait Russia and believe when Russia gives you beating, US will come to your aid. Have you read Article 5 and understood ? It only says if any member is attacked, there will be a collective response and member countries may respond as they say fit, including and upto armed intervention. However it does not say there is a compulsion on armed intervention, and individual members are free to respond as they see fit. Thus, the US can opt out. Why would the US risk nuclear annihilation to save Lithuania ? 'President Bush speech in Lithuania where he said: By NATO Article 5 i announce that from now on whoever attacks Lithuania will attack United States of America and NATO alliance. These words made a tear in my eye thinking: Finnally after so many decades and centuries of occupatuon of russian empire, soviet union. russia is no longer a threat to us.' Bush might have said it to induce tears in your eyes, but tomorrow it might be Trump and he does not give a damn about NATO. Remember Kissinger had said the US would not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. That would be the situation now also. At the end of the day, you have to live next to Russia and if you misbehave, Russia will crush you, Article 5 notwithstanding. Lithuania was very foolish to try to blockade Kaliningrad. Russia can easily sieze the corridor and cut off the Baltics. Take it from me, the US will not fight a nuclear war to save Lithuania. In the end the EU realised and pressured Lithuania to back off. But Lithuanians appear to be as thick headed as Ukranians.
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  6330.  @h0mo3rectus69  Putin also proved NATO is a paper tiger. It did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine or put a no-fly zone. To take a decision, NATO will hold a meeting in Madrid with 30 countries.
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  6331.  @righthandstep5  I am wrong ? Is that all you could say ?
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  6332.  @kpadalldotablet1009  What you are missing is that the west has always lived on 'might is right', so you should not be moralising. See your behaviour in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine. I never heard your type shouting about their sovereignty, so why this sudden passionate defence for the sovereignty of Ukraine ? Your whole colonial past, subjugating the world, and justifying it, has been 'might is right'. Even now you continue with freezing the money of others (Afghanistan, Russia, Iran). What is that other than 'might is right' ? You fellows complain that Russia is blackmailing you with nuclear weapons. Who made nuclear weapons first and who used it first ? If you do not believe 'might is right', then set up an example and give them up, and persuade Russia and others to give them up. Sovereignty does not include the right for Ukraine to conspire with US to give missile and naval bases to threaten Russia. That is also the practice of might is right. There is no absolute sovereignty. That is a totem pole invented by the west - when it suits them.
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  6333.  @kpadalldotablet1009  You are forced to agree that here is no absolute sovereignty and no international law supporting such. Why is my argument specious then ? Yes, the war was for forcing Ukraine not to allow NATO bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine had been willing to agree, there would have been no war or conquest of land. The capture of Ukraine became the only option to force Ukraine not to allow NATO bases. 'The most powerful side will win that war, and it isn't Russia.' You mean to say Ukraine is the most powerful side ? You have low intellect to write this.
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  6334.  @govidiotsheep  No one believes you.
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  6335. Due to Biden's support, Ukraine will not exist as a sovereign state. Thanks Biden.
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  6336. Ukraine does not have people to fight as Russia has killed off its army. The west does not have arms to give. Ukraine is not going to be in NATO, NATO knows that. The war is lost.
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  6337. The plan is that Ukraine will have to surrender or face non-existence. It is going to plan. The Ukrainian counter offensive has been beaten back and there is division among its western supporters.
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  6338. The US aid is only to keep Ukraine going to stave off defeat before the election. There is no more talk of Ukraine regaining what it lost. Ukraine does not have the manpower.
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  6339.  @majkib  Who liberated Auschwitz and Poland ? The Red Army. Were you capable of doing it ? Who gave Poland its present borders ? Stalin. Had been left to Germany there would be no Poland. And if you had waited for the British, you would still be waiting. The Red Army even gave one of its famous generals Rokossovsky to Poland; he became Poland's defence minister. Poland can shout a lot behind US shield. But as US commitment to Europe declines, you better be careful. If you provoke the Bear, it will maul you liked it mauled Ukraine. Get it ?
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  6340.  @majkib  'when there was a war between NATO and anybody?' It happened in Afghanistan.
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  6341. Trump will fire Stoltenberg because he is a costly waste of space !
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  6342. It is clear the US is shifting blame on to Ukraine as it sees there will be rising opposition to NATO and US in Europe over Nordtream attack if it was done by the US. On the other hand, Ukraine also does not want to take responsibility. Even if they do not have the technical capability, one would imagine they would like credit. But even Ukraine fears if Europeans believed Ukrainians did it, this will undermine European support for Ukraine.
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  6343. The world is united against Russia ? It is typical wishful western delusion arising from western impotency. Having encouraged Ukraine in the false hope that US missiles can be placed on Russia's doorstep, and finding the polar bear will maul Ukraine and the west cannot stop it, the west feels disoriented. The world order - that is the order that is beneficial to the west - has been disrupted. China has gone with Russia or abstained. India abstained. UAE abstained. Israel refused US request to cosponsor UN resolution against Russia, Imran Khan hosted by Putin and is shaking hands. Saudi Arabia has refused to increase oil production to support west and keep price $ 100/barrel. None of these countries are enemies of the west as such. So the 'world unity' only means a tenuous show of western unity - which is only a cover for loss of face. And what is the west doing to stop the attack on Ukraine, apart from inciting Ukraine's to a suicidal direction and getting western audiences riled up ? For ultimately, the US and the west created the problem by expanding NATO to Russia's borders. The west is playing with fire. The talk about creating no fly zone is all the wishful thinking. The Russians will use nuclear weapons - that is clear, and the west knows it. Knowing this, the west should not have encouraged Ukranians to Russophobia - because it means Ukraine will be destroyed and poor Ukranians will be killed. The Russians will make sure Ukraine joining NATO and putting American missiles next to their doorstep is not possible. That is the reality that the west need to understand.
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  6344. If Trump withdraws from NATO and defence, that will be the best for Europe. All these useless countries like Estonia, Poland etc. will come to their senses and tone down their anti-Russianism.
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  6345. Correct, Putin also said why should Russia negotiate just because the west has run out of weapons !
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  6346.  @Cecil-yc6mc  The US weapon production is not a magnitude greater than Russian. The western media say that the collective west cannot even make as many shells as Russia. All US attempts of making hypersonic missiles have failed, whereas Russia is using them.
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  6347. Putin's peace plan is realistic based on military and geopolitical reality. Unlike Zelensky's peace plan asking Russia to return Crimea, Putin to stand down, war trial for Putin etc. It was Ukraine that chose to back Boris Johnson and walk away from the peace agreement Ukraine reached with Russia in Turkey, in the first months of the war. The UK and US wanted the war to continue and Zelensky agreed or felt compelled to agree. At that time Putin had warned Ukraine that the next time, the Russian terms will be stiffer. Indeed they are. After being defeated in the counter offensive, what does Ukraine and its handlers expect ? Russia cannot give up the land after spilling the blood of its brave soldiers. Ukraine has the choice of continuing and losing more land, and of he US walking away as it does.
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  6348. Did you try to negotiate when Russia requested a security guarantee ? You did not. Why ? So Russia took action, and now they will not relent. Why should they ? Once Russia fights, naturally it fights to win. It will demolish Ukraine, and its western handlers cannot go to Ukraine and fight, because you don't want to die.
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  6349. There are western plans afoot to get rid of the Jew Zelensky.
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  6350. Ukraine has lost the war, so point being embarrassed after the event. Trump has promised to end the war in 1 day.
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  6351. Sir Putin has defeated the collective west, including America. He deserves congratulations for this incredible achievement. The west was boasting about its superiority but let us go by the result. Well done Russia !
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  6352. Oh yeah, the US has given up, now France is the Great Hope of the west.
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  6353. The French and British need to get real. Russia is undertaking preparations to use a nuke following Macron and Cameron's statement. Russia can use it against Ukraine in the first instance, and then dare the British and French to come forward to strike Russia. And if they dare, a single Sarmat hypersonic each with nukes will suffice. I assure you the Americans will stay out of it as they would not want to meet the same fate as the foolhardy French and British. In 1956, these two nations along with the Jews launched an invasion of Egypt over the Suez. The Soviet Union forced them to withdraw and sent letters to London and Paris that they would launch nuclear strikes. Eisenhower refused to come to their aid. And Anthony Eden's govt. was forced into a humiliating climbdown. It will be the same situation now - the Americans will leave these two stupids and look the other way. After Russia started a drill to practise a nuclear strike, Cameron took his tweet down ! Someone must have told him Sir Putin does not bluff.
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  6354. Now the western media realises Ukraine is being flushed down the drain and it not in a winning position because it staved off capture of Kiev or because it sank a ship. Zelensky now says only diplomacy can bring an end to the war. But he is not allowed to negotiate because the US and UK want the war to continue to weaken Russia. Effectively, they want to fight Russia to the last Ukranian. Some Ukranians are dropping their vain bravado and accepting they need a ceasefire. A cease fire will only come if Ukraine opts for neutrality and tells NATO to go.
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  6355.  @Ihtiandr13  Connolly is a bit less depressed because now he does not have to lie for a living, about Ukraine winning. He now knows Trump has given up on Ukraine, so Connolly can be relaxed.
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  6356.  @PavlovsDog-kl8mo  The diplomatic words should have been that Ukraine will be neutral and there will be no US bases in Ukraine. If those were uttered in 2021, Ukraine would not have what it lost. If those words had been uttered in 2014, Ukraine would have Crimea. But Ukraine's handler did not accept and instigated Ukraine to fight. Ukraine lost 4 more oblasts, and cannot regain them. In any negotiations, this is the political reality Ukraine must accept if it does not want to lose more. Russia has to honour its soldiers who gave their lives to defend Russia from the US threat, so it is out of the question of giving the 4 oblasts back to Ukraine. The negotiating position for Ukraine now is accept the loss of 4 oblasts, and there can still be no NATO entry. If it does not agree, Russia will continue to take more Ukraine and raze what it cannot take. Get it ? You need a dose of realism. The west cannot impose its delusions.
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  6357.  @Blanka1100  Switzerland is neutral, Austria is neutral. They have done well out of it. They threaten no one. If you are a relatively small country bordering a giant, it is unwise to invite a far away power to threaten the neighbouring superpower. It is in fact plain dumb. Get it ? One of the learnings of world war 1 is that the system of alliances creates suspicion and war. That is what has happened with US-led NATO. Further for the US, it is a cynical arms business, under the guise of shared values. The US has made money from this war, Ukraine and Europe (and Russia) have paid for the greed of Lockheed and GE.
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  6358. The war will end, but Ukraine will not exist. Any opportunity will be under Russia.
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  6359. That is an accurate description of Britain's special relationship with the US. Britain is a vassal state, but it believes it is directing America. The British antipathy to Russia indeed comes from the 1956 Suez debacle when the Soviet Union forced them to withdraw, using the threat of nuclear weapons.
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  6360. Good gesture from Turkey, but it will require Russian approval (like the grain shipment mediated by Turkey). Unless Ukraine agrees to neutrality, Russia should aim to return Ukraine to a pastoral state, as it was before joining the Soviet Union. That is, Ukraine should be returned to state with no electricity, no factories, no armament production, so that it will not think of threatening Russia using NATO.
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  6361.  @tomhenry897  Ukraine can afford to pay. EU can pay on their behalf.
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  6362. She is part of the Jewish necon mafia.
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  6363. If 'conservative, patriotic people, who want to preserve their way of life ' don't go out and destroy other people's way of life by creating Israel and by creating wars, then they would not have refugees. The way of conservative, patriotic people, who want to preserve their way of life, is to plunder and conquer others.
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  6364. Why are you boiling that NK sent troops to Russia ? Why don't you send troops to Ukraine to show solidarity with your ally ? What kind of ally is it that incites a nation to war against another and when push comes to shove, abandons its ally ? The west is desperate to prevent the world seeing not only its defeat in Ukraine but its innate cowardice.
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  6365. Russia will not agree to any more Minsk agreements with France and Germany, nor any agreement of the Budapest type where the UK has a role. Even the US should be kept out, as it was the originator of NATO expansion. The best for Ukraine is to return to neutrality and negotiate directly with Russia, as in Turkey. Russia can give the non-Russian speaking territory back but only if Ukraine is neutral (no MATO) and demilitarised (no arms production). Russia can bear the cost of reconstruction. Now the Ukrainians will be knowing the US, UK, France, Germany cannot guarantee Ukraine's security - their policies led to Ukraine's extinction.
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  6366. 'Time for NATO to step in !' NATO is a collection of cowards who can't fight.
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  6367. So no more western and Ukranian talk about Ukraine beating Russia. Did not Zelensky and his westerner supporters say 2 months ago that Russia will not have ammunition after 3 days ? Still the western journalists give only a grudging acceptance of the reality. They say it a limited victory. Why ? If Russia takes the industrial part, and the coastal part, and make the remainder landlocked, they strangle Ukraine economically. Can Ukraine and the west do anything to stop it ?
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  6368. After Russia wins, everyone including you will forget the Ukranians.
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  6369. This man said Russia cannot sustain its losses in Mariopol. He said the same thing in Bakhmut; the Avdeevka. Russia cannot sustain the effect of sanctions.
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  6370. The Russians see it the other way : the US and its western suboridinates have been waging a creeping war against Russia with NATO expansion.
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  6371. The west's use of Ukraine as a proxy to fight Russia is incomprehensible. The west wants to fight Russia till the last Ukranian. There is no way Ukraine will win. Why is the west trying to lure Ukraine into NATO ? Why cannot the west tell Ukraine neutrality is the best for it ?
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  6372. The Europeans are vassals of the US. They are happy vassals.
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  6373.  @BobBrand-z8s  You should be made a pariah state everywhere, by people stopping to use dollars. That will end your arrogance. Russia, Arabs, Africans and South Americans have faced your bullying, and now Europe is also facing it.
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  6374.  Asad Premji  The UK went on an adventure with the Americans. It will have to take Afghans.
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  6375.  @stratfordbaby  Pakistan has had more Afghan refugees than any other country. They don't complain. The UK goes and makes a mess, then it should take the most.
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  6376. Very informative post Yelena. This is the perspective the west does not understand but it needs to be told. For the west, the problem started on 24 Feb. 2022 due to one man, Putin. They pretend there is no history or complicity of the Ukranians and the west. It is good Russia said enough to NATO expansion and Ukro Nazis and Russophobia.
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  6377.  @TheWarInUkraineNL  Ukraine is doing an amazing job indeed, but it has lost the war. The puny countries of Europe, singly or collectively cannot defeat Russia. Get it ?
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  6378.  @albertobenevenuto77  After defeat by Russia, you are still fantasizing.
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  6379.  @TheWarInUkraineNL  NATO is bigger but more useless than ever ! No one in NATO is willing to get killed for 'western values' and those who are not willing to die, cannot win any war. That is the difference between you and Russia. Get it ?
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  6380.  @albertobenevenuto77  The defeated cannot set terms. Ukraine will have to accept unconditional surrender once the US ditches.
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  6381.  @albertobenevenuto77  You have accepted unconditional surrender after debating with me.
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  6382. If it was known already, why did you incite Ukraine to fight a war it was destined to lose ?
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  6383. 'I sure wish We had been a lot more "proactive" when it came to arming Ukraine from the start!' You should have negotiated on Russia's security concern instead of arming Ukraine and losing. Numskull !
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  6384.  @intractablemaskvpmGy  If you don't care what Russia wants, then cope with the war, and the refugees and the defeat Russia is inflicting on NATO. NATO has been exposed as a paper tiger that does not have the courage to send troops and fight.
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  6385. Actually the media buzz about Russian withdrawal was done by Ukraine and the west, not Russia ! So now why are Ukrainians complaining about the Russians tricking them ?
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  6386. Poles love being heroes in other people's war. Makes them feel valued.
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  6387. Peskov is so gentlemanly the way he says history has shown Russia can resist any pressure. Contrast with western politicians. In Kiev, Starmer declared that Putin is untrustworthy, but in the same breath demanded Russia to give a ceasefire. He does not even know the contradiction in his approach.
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  6388.  @meduza6281  I doubt Ukraine can be restored. Certainly not to 1991 conditions. Ukraine has no future. It committed suicide by following the US.
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  6389.  @rob6927  You will remember about Biden's pious promise in 2023 that no decision will be taken on Ukraine without out the consent of 'our partners in Ukraine'. The US sold out the Afghan govt. it put in place and negotiated with Taliban in Doha without the Afghan govt. or other NATO members. In July 2023, Biden took the decision Ukraine cannot enter NATO and there will be no timetable, without consent of Ukraine or rest of NATO !
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  6390.  @Princip666  Can you read up about the Azov Batallion and Right Sector, two Ukro Nazis groups in govt. and the army, which took part in the coup of 2014 ? Andrei Biletsky, the founder of Azov, said he wanted to save the white race from Jews and untermenschen. The US branded the Azov Batallion as terrorist, but in 2023, it shamelessly lifted the ban to allow arms to be supplied to the Azov Batallion. The Russians hammered the Azov Batallion in Mariopol, killed many and took them prisoner. They are identifiable by their Nazi tattoos. During the WW 2, Ukro Nazis were active in western Ukraine supporting the German Nazis. Their leader was Stefan Bandera. There was a SS division of Ukrainians. The Germans often chose Ukrainians to be concentration camp guards in Poland. After defeat of Nazi Germany, Bandera escaped to West Germany and was given asylum in Munich. The US shamelessly recruited this Nazi Bandera to work against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union eliminated Bandera in 1958. After the US sponsored coup in Ukraine in 2014, roads have been named after Bandera in Ukraine, and statues have been erected of this wannabe Ukrainian Hitler. There is nothing imaginary, it shows you are ready to support Nazis to gain advantage against Russia. Shameless scum.
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  6391. Ukraine wanted to fight Russia on behalf of the US, now Ukraine is being ended whether Ukrainians like it or not.
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  6392. If I were Ukranian, I would stay away from Ukraine and migrate to Poland.
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  6393. Not reported in western media.
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  6394. Hammond mentions re-prioritisation but does not tell in what that is. Re-prioritisation means more money for Ukraine, more for defence, and less for education and health - that is what I understand from Johnson and Truss's war-like rhetoric.
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  6395. They first captured IDF posts, and then took away IDF soldiers and the civilians. Israeli civilians are in the IDF and they are settlers who grab land. The Palestinians are going to stand their ground and fight the IDF when it enters.
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  6396. When Lavrov made a fool of her, her party should have realised she was unfit.
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  6397. How is the man who the west said had a mysterious hand tremor and was dying of cancer able to impose chaos on the west and disorient NATO ?
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  6398. I thought the Serbs were fascists like the Ukro Nazis.
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  6399. Russia is barely handling Ukraine ? They are handling Ukraine + NATO. Without NATO, Ukraine will not behave as it does.
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  6400.  @davlid100  Your economies are under strain, you do not have the capacity to make 4 million shells. You will only get Ukraine even more devastated to no avail.
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  6401.  @jorgepino6901  Morawiecki is clucking like a frightened hen, he needs sedation.
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  6402.  @IgorVladimer  My grasp of recent events is astonishingly bad but no one of your type is able to write a refutation.
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  6403. Did the Russians say a new offensive has started ? The west did not foresee that it will not be able to supply Ukraine shells when the war started. They did not realise Russia had what it needs and their military production is state owned and hence can be ramped up. Western defence companies are profiteers and they will only produce for profit. If they have to invest in new production lines and hardware, their governments have to pledge buy- back orders. Western governments do not have the money to give these orders after Russia sank their economies !
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  6404. Poland is over rated. The west has become so incompetent that it lets Estonia lead on EU foreign policty.
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  6405.  @sempreviva4564  'But a country can’t join EU without joining NATO. It’s a pattern if you look into it. There are some exceptions but for the most part at first you need to join NATO and then EU.' You are an unintelligent ignorant. The captain of NATO is the US, but it is not in the EU. The UK left the EU and badmouths them regularly, but remains in NATO to badmouth Russia regularly. Turkey has been in NATO since the 1950s, but the EU will not admit it. Austria is in the EU and not NATO, and its model was best for Ukraine. The Soviets left Austria after WW 2 on the undertaking Austria would be neutral and not join any military alliance. Ukraine should have followed this model; join EU but not NATO. Putin had indicated Ukraine joining the EU is not an issue as it is an economic alliance, but joining NATO which is a military alliance set up to threaten Russia, will not be allowed. Ukraine's sovereignty will be cancelled if it tried to join NATO as those were the terms under which Russia gave Ukraine sovereignty. If you are ignorant, never contest or debate with people who know more than you.
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  6406.  @idarpolden5913  You are right, Ukraine tried to backstab Russia by unilaterally trying to renege on the commitment to neutrality which was a condition for sovereignty. The US and UK were not honest breakers to encourage Ukraine to renege. In any future settlement, Russia will not accept US and UK.
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  6407. That is funny !
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  6408. A condescending American from a party whose supporters stormed the Capitol and whose President pardoned the rioters is lecturing Europeans on defending democracy. He is a stinker.
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  6409. India is a failing country under the grip of Hindu fascism. The 97 % Hindu population feels entitled to raise mobs on the occasion of their monkey god's birthday and parade through minority areas to terrorise them. And India's corrupt police is with them. A Hindu policeman's loyalty is not to his job, it is to his caste and community. The Hindus created a similar riot in Leicester in England. They shipped in Hindu youth from Wembley, wore masks and balaclavas and paraded through a Muslim area shouting Jai Shri Rama. And after the BBC and newspapers reported it was linked to Hindu extremism in India, and an enquiry committee was set up, the Hindus said the committee was promoting Hinduphobia. There was a riot in Delhi when Trump visited, where Hindu mobs were shipped in. The BBC showed the Hindu policemen throwing stones at the minority. The people have not left their jungle roots. It seems to be a tactic of Hindu fascists : beat up the minorities and cry the perpetrators of mob violence are the victims.
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  6410. Had Ukraine been winning, it would have issued postage stamps for Bakhmut and counter offensive.
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  6411. It is best to get a Russian, not a Ukrainian, to discuss Russia's red lines. Ukraine is drowning and the Ukrainian seeks to take others down with him. Ukraine sees its only option is to drag the west into a direct war. At the end of the day, Russia has nuclear weapons and its doctrine says it will use them if faced with a strategic defeat. And as Lavrov said, the Americans should not imagine that if it goes nuclear, it will not just Ukraine and Europe will go, and America won't be untouched. America being the chief prosecutor of the war has to go as well.
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  6412.  @michaeldunham3385  But recently, the British ambassador was called in and told Russia will strike British targets outside Ukraine if their missiles are used on Russia, and it is ready to fight a nuclear war. Russia does not bluff. Suppose they gave a missile to the Houthis and told them to take out a British ship for supporting Israel, what will you do ?
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  6413. Entirely correct, Nuland is part of the necon cabal that runs the US and plots coups and wars. Nuland's husband, Robert Kagan, as an architect of the Iraq war. Needless to say they are Jews. As are Zelensky, Zaluzhny etc. Destructive people.
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  6414. Stoltenberg says only a Ukrainian win can achieving lasting peace - so how is this to be achieved ? Why does NATO not send troops to achieve lasting peace ?
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  6415. Your channel has been saying Ukranians are pushing back Russians and it is a stalemate and the frontline has not changed and the Russians have huge casualties. Therefore what is the cause for concern ?
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  6416. @@jimrestin2719 Putin is very sharp. He is sobre and collected, he does not indulge in personal attacks like western politicians. There is a video of a meeting with John Bolton, a typical US hawk and American supremacist. In front of Putin, Bolton was meek like a mouse. Putin has a phD on the oil industry and western oil companies who have negotiated have commented on his A-Z knowledge of the industry. He has an incredible recall of history. Contrast with US presidents - the incoherent Biden, the childish Trump. There is no European leader of Putin's calibre. Meghan Kelly went to see him to question him on cyber attacks - which the US actually started; Russia and China retaliated and got better at cyber attacks . Putin trashed her. She has low IQ and so do you (judging by your comment).
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  6417. Russia is deciding to take back what belongs to it.
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  6418. The usual necons looking to escalate the war. The only problem is Russians can escalate to nuking Kiev. Joe Biden is turning victory into defeat ? When did the US and its protege, Ukraine, win ? It is clear Kherson counter-offensive will not start....It was all hype. Ukraine does not have the ability to over power the Russians.
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  6419. 'Trump has no effective means of forcing a deal on Ukraine, if the support of Europe (and other democracies) remains firm and, indeed, increases.' No US money and arms, that is the end of Ukraine. Europe cannot fill the gap, they cannot even supply 155 mm shells.
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  6420.  ElaineDavey  I feel sorry for Zelensky. Ukraine is a US 'guided democracy' ever since the US sponsored coup of 2014. The Ukrainian govt. since then has to obey US orders which are based on the US's geopolitical interests, and not Ukraine's needs. The US geopolitical interest is to control small countries that have resources by installing governments through regime change operations, and contain and encircle larger countries like Russia and China that could be powerful challengers. It is a feudal system of vassalage, and countries like Ukraine thought they would get some benefits in return, and they were made to feel they are partners of the feudal baron. The Europeans and UK are also in the same position as Ukraine, they also believe they are partners of the US, even though the US has put Germany in a position where it has to commit economic suicide to be on the right side of the master.
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  6421. The same reporters were sending stories of Ukrainians winning thanks to 'our weapons', and they were projecting stories about Russians having run out of arms and fighting with shovels. Now the reporter talks about a 'resurgent Russia'. Now that defeat is now on the cards, the tone of western media is shifting. Even some of the most western supremacist news media are putting out the occasional story indicating Ukraine and the west are going to lose.
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  6422. The Europeans should engage their brains and desert the US. The US is the instigator of the coup in Ukraine and the NATO expansion plan. The US blew up Nordstream. The US is a predatory ally. Europe is the loser.
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  6423.  @shane5898  Russia lost a battleship in 2022 - due to some weapon supplied and guidance given by the US. It has not put Ukraine in a winning position. The damage to Ukraine is over $ 1 billion - and mounting. In 2023, Russia has the upper hand. No more postage stamps issued by Ukraine in 2023. Russia took 20% of the land that generated 90% of Ukraine's GDP. Russia has taken 4 oblasts, and built a defence, and tells Ukraine to come and get it. Ukraine is breaking itself doing that. Russia has smashed Ukraine's power grid and now ended its agriculture. And it controls the ports and has effectively blockaded Ukraine. That is a winning strategy. That is the reason the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO. The cowards know Ukraine is defeated and Americans don't want to die for them. Ukraine is not a poor country. It is not like Afghanistan. It had industry, steel mills and even nuclear power - all given by the Soviet Union. It had a tank factory, a plane factory - all Soviet. Plus it got weapons and money from the US. So it is not the same as Afghanistan fighting the US. Its army was part of the Red Army, so it knows how to fight. You are making all these type of irrelevant comparisons because defeat of Ukraine and the west is painful. You backed the wrong horse, against wiser counsel.
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  6424.  @planetkasper  How are they playing with the lives of their own citizens living in the Kaliningrad Oblast ? They are protected with nuclear weapons, if any NATO member casts an eye on them, they will incinerate you. So what are you talking about ?
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  6425.  @shane5898  So what military strategy should Russia have used ? They should have carpet bombed Kiev from day 1, then sent 500,000 to Kiev at the beginning and brought regime change. But they did not want to kill the civilian population on a large scale, they wanted a negotiated settlement. Ukraine in fact negotiated after one month, and there was a draft agreement, but the US sent Boris Johnson to scupper that. Now they do not want negotiations, they have decided to consolidate the 4 oblasts, then go for Kharkhov and Odessa. Ask the Ukranians to come and get them - and wipe them out. Then advance. Good strategy. Only a good chess player can rectify a not-so-good position and turn it around.
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  6426.  @planetkasper  Where did I say entering Lithuania and Poland would be okay? Because it's a "safe" move? Lithuania tried to blockade trains going to Kaliningrad last year, citing sanctions. A Russian deputy said that Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. Soon after Lithuania came to its senses and climbed down. If Lithuania threatens Russians in Kaliningrad, make no mistake Russia will enter and beat the hell out of them. Lithuania's independence was on condition the rail corridor to Kaliningrad oblast will be open for Russian trains. If Lithuania flouts the terms, its independence will end. Russia does not want to attack Poland. However, the news says NATO is training Poland to send troops to western Ukraine when the Ukranian counter offensive fails and the Russians advance. If Poland sends troops to Ukraine to fight Russians, then Russia can create a flank attack on Poland. That is logical. So cut out your posturing. It is the US that is war mongering. It expanded NATO for the benefit of its arms companies. There are articles in the New York Time from 1997 and 1998 saying this.
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  6427.  @shane5898  It because of their military strategy that the US vetoed Ukraine entering NATO and refused to give a time line. The Americans realised if they allowed Ukraine into NATO, Americans will have to go into Ukraine and the Russians would kill them.
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  6428.  @planetkasper  '"Beat the hell out of them" is for anyone who threatens Russia. Blockading Kaliningrad is attacking Russia, and make no mistake what the response will be. Lithuania knew what its independence terms were, why did try to blockade Kaliningrad ? Only the threat of a beating made them climb down. The US is the principal war monger. Russia goes to war mainly when its security is threatened. The US's defence industry is private, it is driven solely by profit, so it needs wars to make money. Russia's defence industry is mostly driven by national security, and not profit. One can see the difference in response to the Ukraine war. The US defence industry will only ramp up production if it is profitable. They will only increase production of shells if the US govt. makes commitments to buy for several years, so that the investments they will have to make is profitable; and for that the war has to continue. The Russian defence industry is largely not for profit, it is govt. owned, and its primary purpose is to produce to defend Russia. They can ramp up production on govt. order.
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  6429. 'Ukrainians are rapidly creating very favorable conditions for a breakthrough.' The Ukranian performance is so embarassing for the west, keep wishing and fantasizing, such is the desperation !
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  6430. NATO has become very strong after Finland joined, so why don't you send troops to Ukraine to save them ? The Swedes sent some cyber war trainers to a military academy in Poltava, they were killed by a Kinzhal. Since then, the Swedes are keeping quiet.
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  6431. '21st century independent states are free to follow and choose their own destiny' That is a false assertion. Independence does not give you the right to be stupid and invite a distant power to come and place its missiles to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Then you will get a beating and you may find your protector doesn't want to protect you as he himself fears a beating. Prudence guards your sovereignty Ukraine has blown it. It will go back to RUSSIA.
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  6432.  @pgpython  Russia could not take Kiev on the first attempt - but will come back for it, unless the Ukranians go back to neutrality and distance themselves from NATO. The window for negotiations is diminishing, after a stage, the Russians might decide to go after all of Ukraine. Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, more is about to go. The polar bear has got the Ukranians and their neo Nazis by the scruff of the neck and will not let them go - they have taken the industrial heartland, and the coastal areas, and are strangling Ukraine's economy. There is nothing the west can do to reverse it - in fact Russia has got Europe's economy by the scruff of the neck as well ! Russia is now stronger than the Soviet Union. The USSR became a military superpower, but its economy was a stand-alone type that operated outside the western system. Russia is still a military superpower, its hypersonic missiles are awesome, and as it integrated with the world's economy, it has learnt all the tactics to wage counter economic warfare, squeezing energy supplies and undermining the dollar in the long term. You know the reality but you are in denial. As in 1943, once the Russians have to fight, they fight very hard. Time is on Russia's hand. Like in 1943, the Red Army recovered from initial set backs and fought their way to Berlin. The US plan in Ukraine was not only to put missiles in Ukraine but also to have naval bases in Ukranian Black Sea ports - which would be a direct threat to Russia. There is no way Russia was going to allow that. If Ukraine has to disappear, so be it. Basically American and NATO interference in Ukraine has brought an end to its independence. Of course, Ukraine has to blame for its folly, and for allowing neo Nazis to drive its nationalism. Now, ask your self 'was NATO expansion worth it' ? It benefited US arms companies, but what about Europe and Ukraine ? Did not Russia warn you not to expand NATO to its borders ? When Russia asked NATO for a security guarantee in Dec 2021, why did not NATO agree, and thus avert war ? If the west wants Ukraine so badly in NATO, why don't you send troops to Ukraine now ? Putin asked NATO to come to the battlefield and see if you can defeat Russia. Your cowardice and miscalculation have been exposed. Russia has created the conditions for end of western military and economic dominance.
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  6433.  @pgpython  You are so foolish as to not realise that Finland and Sweden expressing desire to join NATO does not prove NATO's capability, it just proves these two are weaklings who took fright when they saw a far away war and ran helter skelter for cover ! Russia has just proved that it is stronger than Europe + America put together. Their combined efforts could not save their protege, Ukraine. Ukraine or rather US presence in Ukraine is a big threat to Russia, not only in terms of missile stations, but the danger of the US operating naval bases from the Black Sea. Russia by its prompt action in 2014, and now has closed that threat for good. Ukraine is feeling the heat because its access to the Black Sea is closed; it wanted to do the same to Russia using America, but its planned mischief has been nipped in the bud. 'Ukraine to do that it would have to be in nato and that would be impossible'. The US was working towards inducting Ukraine in NATO. It organised sand supported the coup in 2014 that brought the Ukro Nazis to power. Victoria Nuland and John McCain were amongst the crowds celebrating the coup. What were they doing there ? NATO has a training base near Lvov which was wiped out by an air strike in the first month. Foreign merecenaries had come there and over 35 were killed. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan. Why ? It was becoming a de facto member, it was working towards formal membership. Anyhow, Russia has ended all that. Ukraine will be rebuilt by the Russians without western help. Ukraine was rebuilt by the Soviet Union after the German Nazi destruction. The Antonov aircraft factory, the tank factory, the steel factories, the nuclear power stations, its universities were all built by the Soviet Union, in which the dominant contribution was from Russia. The Ukranians became back stabbers, so Russia will take Ukraine back, and yes it is worth it.
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  6434.  @pgpython  We have to ask when Warsaw Pact was dissolved, why was not NATO dissolved ? Then there would have been mutual trust. But the west cheated and expanded NATO after saying 'not an inch to the east'. So how have you based your 'foreign policy for fear of what might annoy Russia?' You are pretending you are innocent, after you did everything to annoy Russia by expanding NATO. That is typical western hypocrisy. You have been duplicitous all along, and the Russians have had enough, they have decided the west only understands the mailed fist. What are you talking about unequal and unstainable relationship that at some point will lead to conflict ? The west tried to have its cake and eat it, and the conflict is here. Russia punched the west's surrogate NATO member, and Russia showed the west is fearful to fight Russia. No western country including the US can fight Russia and win. If for a moment the west thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Defeat in Ukraine stares you in the face. You need to recognise your faults.
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  6435.  @ArawnOfAnnwn  Your observation "in the 21st century independent states are free to follow and choose their own destiny" - are they? Or only when said destiny happens to align well with the west? ' is excellent. Of course, after staging coups, they cover their tracks. In Ukraine, the west maintains the pious pose 'in the 21st century independent states are free to follow and choose their own destiny'. But the US with Victoria Nuland in Kiev staged the mobs and coup that overthrew the elected govt. of Ukraine in 2014. Those taking part in the coup included Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. Ukraine's hoped destiny was to get entry into NATO so the US could put missiles and get naval bases in the Black Sea, in return for which Ukraine could continue with Russophobia. The US has been trying to overthrow the govt. of Venezuela. Now, they are trying to get oil from them. They are shameless.
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  6436.  @pgpython  So you confirm the familiar western duplicity : Russia should give up Warsaw Pact and increase your security, but you have no obligation to reciprocate to Russia. There was a window of goodwill during the Gorbachov and Yeltsin era. But the US took advantage seeing Russia's weakness at that time. NATO expansion and inciting Eastern Europe to join was driven by the US's arms industry, not because of any commitment to freedom, but out of sheer lust for money. This was reported in the NYT in 1997 and 1998. The US arms industry like Lockheed saw that with NATO expansion, the former Warsaw Pact countries could be made to replace Soviet arms with US ones. Read New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html Thus your claim that the decision to expand NATO was due to 'the serious risk Russia would drift towards authoratism and try to reclaim its former soviet states' is fraudulent and is motivated by your ignorance (which is self evident) or worse due to your duplicitous character. Now, if you think Russia should make all the concessions and you do not have to make any because in future Russia might revert to its ways, then at some stage there will be a reaction in Russia, and someone will say 'we should not have made these concessions, the west is our enemy, and always will be, and the only way to handle them is by dangling the nuclear sword on their head'. That is bound to be the case. The west's duplicity can be seen in the following. Us Secretary of State James Baker had said NATO would not expand one inch to the east (beyond East Germany). When the Russians raise this now, the west says, there was no written treaty. When Boris Yeltsin objected to the first NATO expansion, he was told that agreement was with the Soviet Union, you are Russia. Yeltsin was furious and he told 'the Soviet Union is over, but you wait, Russia will be back'. Indeed, Russia is back. It took 30 years to rebuild. It has got the hypersonic missiles and the Sarmat that can wipe out France in a single strike. And unlike the Soviet Union, which ran an economy isolated from the rest of the world, Russia has entered the world economy, and it has such clout that it can wage counter economic warfare. Russia can strangle Europe's economy. Europe's prosperity was built on cheap Russian gas. There is no alternative that is not 5x more expensive, so Europe has to decline. The west pushed neo Nazis in Ukraine to usurp power, to promote an anti-Russian, pro-west agenda. When Russia countered and gave Ukraine a beating, the west was found wanting in courage to intervene and save Ukraine. The west thought they could win with economic warfare, but even that has backfired, and the western economies are pushed against the rope. It is you who needs introspection. You need to ask whether it was right to push NATO expansion when Russia had repeatedly warned against it. Is the Ukraine and the west now better off due to NATO expansion ? The west is living dangerously. It has pushed Lithuania to put a blockade on Kaliningrad. That is again flouting the agreement that gave Lithuania independence. In which case, Russia at some stage will take back Lithuania, NATO not withstanding.
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  6437.  @thomas9961  Russia doesn't have to use nukes as it has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck now, and is in a position to strangle its economy. They have got the industrial belt, and also the coastal belt to control the shipping lanes. Wheat export is a major income earner, and that is blocked as well. The EU is desperate to find a way to get the grain out as otherwise Ukraine has no income at all, and the EU has to find the money to subsidise Ukraine - in a midst of a refugee and energy crisis which is pinching the EU economy. Russia can in principal use a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine, without opposition. Sorties of NATO bombers and cruise missiles would NOT annihilate every military target in Russia if they did, because western cities will be incinerated, and no western country wants to die for Ukraine. NATO will only do that if a NATO country is attacked. Ukraine is not in NATO. So get your logic right and don't try to obfuscate. The reality is Russia has all the strong cards and the west has got its knickers into a twist by reckless NATO expansion. The reality is Ukraine will not enter NATO as it threatens Russia. Neither EU nor NATO can change that and they should reflect on where their greed over reckless NATO expansion has led the world to.
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  6438.  @thomas9961  To prevent US from putting missiles threatening Russia. Ukraine is never going to be in NATO and the US ain't putting missiles in Ukraine against Russia.
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  6439.  @batboy555  Indeed, a no fly zone is a declaration of war, and the west does not have the stomach to fight Russia.
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  6440.  @ajsingh9668  The western man is used to instigating others to fight.
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  6441.  @diasflac0g  Often you see a company with multiple business units. One of them loses money for years, and the company spends money to rescue it, but the losses continue. No one wants to close it down, so the company continues pouring money for some more while, to try and turn round the loss making unit. But after many attempts, it can't be turned around. Then someone decides finally that business has to shut down for the rest of the company to survive. That is the situation with the US in Ukraine now.
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  6442. Why are you afraid of Trudeau ? Has he ordered assassination of Hindus ? All Hindus who support Modi should return to India.
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  6443. Mariopol was the Great Hope of western supporters of Ukraine, now they have to put on a positive spin and say the Ukranians held back the Russians for a long time.
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  6444.  @letsdosomething806  Mariopol is gone like Crimea, for good. Insurgency will not work. Ukranians need to get realistic and give up thinking Russophobia entitles them to be considered the new Europeans.
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  6445.  @chenglim1087  Why are you so eager to not accept the reality ? The ones whose mission is over, where have they gone ? To Russian area. You think the Russians will allow them to move into a better vantage point and regroup since that position is no longer viable for them ? You are absolutely dumb.
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  6446.  @MM-tw7pu  What you write about Ukranians coming to their senses and negotiating to save what they can is sensible and obvious - except to the Ukranians and their handlers in the west. It is correct that they will not be able to get Mariopol back any more than they could the Crimea. The west is egging on Ukraine, and the net result is it may be a stalemate or Ukraine will lose more. The west is guided by their belief 'we cannot allow Putin to win, as that would wreck our international order which only we are allowed to flout'. The fact that Ukranians get into a 'no win' situation and get pulverised is overlooked.
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  6447.  @MM-tw7pu  'They need to wake up and think about their country and interests, not the US, UK and western Anglo block' The interest of the Anglo block : the US wanted NATO expansion to requip the Eastern European countries with American equipment; the UK seconds America generally to show it has a special relationship, and BoJo declared we cannot allow Putin to win and disrupt the 'international order' (which is set by the US and followed by the west, and flouted when it suits them). The Ukranians got tangled up because the west made them believe they are of the European family (the words of Ursula von Leyen, who speaks like a German Nazi). The Ukranians think they are part of the sacred 'free world'. The Ukranians now use these terms and tell people they are fighting to save the free world. If they go down, the free world goes down. Once the Ukranians were someone when part of the Soviet Union - they produced rulers who governed from Moscow. Now they are a confused lot, they don't know what is good for them, they don't know how to steer through a middle way, they are pawns in the hands of America and Russia, and the great power battle is fought over their dead bodies. It is unbelievable that the Ukranians allowed this to happen. Still more unbelievable that they do not even realise their folly and are trapped in a self destruct mode.
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  6448.  @willijime69  Same thesauraus as UkroNazis with Nazi tattoos and their supporters talking about fighting to defend the free world, and those who overthrew an elected leader using a mob, talking about democracy, and Victoria Nuland explaining the biological labs. in Ukraine established with US help were for testing bacteria in cattle.
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  6449. All the propaganda about Ukraine winning has gone since Russia started to prevail and Severodonetsk and Lyschshank fell. Now it is replaced by futuristic positive projections of coming Ukranian actions, and negative projections for Russia. Ukraine is going to make a 1 million army and get back southern areas. Russia has no soldiers or ammunition left to continue, and is reeling under sanctions. Zelensky said Lyschshank will be the last city Russia will take. Siversk is encircled. Wait some more time. That will be the test to know which is propaganda.
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  6450.  @Pythaghorean  Why would I want to buy the Golden Gate bridge ? How is it related to what I wrote ?
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  6451.  @aidankennedy1860  There were two ways for Trump to end it. Zelensky could have agreed with Trump to end it, but you know the Russian terms (Ukraine will not be in NATO, it has to surrender the land it lost by fighting a proxy war for the US, and there will be no NATO or European peace keepers.). Zelensky did not agree, he was harping on for a security guarantee. The US is unwilling and Russia will not European peace keepers. Zelensky kept harping, so the US decided to allow Russia to settle it by force. Trump explained to Zelensky he has no cards. Even Trump has no cards, only Russia has. Get it ?
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  6452.  @Pythaghorean  If you knew the meaning of what you wrote, you would explain.
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  6453.  @sammyautomatic3944  You are fighting a proxy war for the US which shows you are incapable of statehood. If you had stayed with the neutrality stated in your independence declaration, Ukraine would be intact and still have Crimea. You got independence, but you used it to stab Russia in the back. Therefore, you will return to Russia.
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  6454. The British are the most incapable of digesting the reality : which is defeat of the collective west by Russia. ' Vladimir Putin’s army are wildly “untrained” conscripts who are “struggling” on the frontline' Oh yeah ! Russia is about to close the pincer on the last Ukrainian troops in Kursk - either they will be killed or captured. Once they are cleared from Kursk, Ukraine has no bargaining chips. Russia will dictate; Trump will agree; and Europe has no means to stop Russia's terms.
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  6455. Trump sees the reality better than Biden - he sees Russia is advancing and he said he will help Russia to take more !
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  6456. The west is doing a lot of drum beating. But the Ukranians do not have the same confidence as in the first 6 months of 2022. Earlier, they were issuing postage stamps for various occasions, for the sinking the ship and Snake Island. After Severodonetsk, Zelensky swore not another city will fall. In Sept. 2022, after the Himars, Zelensky said he would capture Crimea by Dec. 2022. But they lost Soledar and Bakhmut and got massacred there. Now, the Ukranians want secrecy for their counter offensive ! Clearly they realise the odds are against them. Their best troops have been killed, and now they are going with half trained recruits against a more numerous, well dug in side. If the Ukrainians boast now as before and it flops, the west will lose interest.
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  6457. EU and US's guided democracy. Like Ukraine after US instigated 2014 coup.
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  6458. Mariopol is the HQ of the neo Nazi Azov regiment. The Azov Batallion was founded by the white supremacist Andrei Biletski to save the white race. The Azov Batallion got iincorporated into the Ukraine army. Thus, Ukraine's army is the only one in the world to have a Nazi regiment. Russia is determined to erase this Nazi regiment. They will do whatever it takes.
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  6459. The Ukranians are unable to run a country, they are becoming a failed state.
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  6460. Ukraine has lost 1/2 million dead, part of its population is in exile, it has lost land, it has over $ 1 trillion in damages - thanks to the likes of Gen. Hodges who is a paid liar peddling lies on NATO and Ukrainian capabilities.
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  6461. Neither side has the ability to win ? I thought Zelensky is coming to the US with a victory plan. As for reconstruction of Ukraine, the west held three conferences. All useless. This joker mentions a Marshall plan for Ukraine - as if the Russians will allow the Americans to set it up. There will be nothing possible in Ukraine without Russian permission.
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  6462. Stoltenberg said Ukraine had 98% of what it needed for its counter offensive. Then how is it hands tied back ? Ukraine is short of manpower. The Russians have killed off most of their professional soldiers. Their hands are therefore tied. Why does NATO not send troops ?
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  6463. So the diverse population is to blame for the failure of the missile ? I bet you everyone involved in the test would be a white Brit. No one else would be allowed.
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  6464. Under the leadership of your glorious Zelensky, Ukraine is reduced to rubble. It will be better to join Russia.
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  6465.  @demiliosfercudo1038  Did the people being forced with guns take the videos then ?
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  6466. Ukraine also flaunted HIMARS, Patriots, Fighter Jets & More. Ask what Russia did to them. Russia showed it was junk. There is no substitute to good diplomacy. Poland shows immaturity. If Poland wants to be America's attack dog, it will get a beating like Ukraine, and then find America is unwilling to come and fight Russia and die for Poles.
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  6467. Firing or promotion of Reznikov with a sinecure ? A Jew protecting a Jew. They cannot join NATO. Russia will not allow it. Ukraine will receive a nuclear strike if NATO puts its foot in Ukraine.
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  6468. What happened to the ultimatum on sanctions that the 'coalition of the willing' was going to put from today if Putin did not obey ?
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  6469. It is absolutely clear Ukraine is defeated. The women know it is futile. Ukrainians were incited by the west to fight Russia, but Russia is too powerful. The west realises Russia is too powerful and is getting ready to ditch Ukraine. What is the point of losing more Ukrainian lives when defeat is certain and the west is ditching ?
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  6470. This video is the usual western mish mash showing Ukraine's dire position interspersed with hopeful comments about Ukranian resilience. An old lady says she wants peace but Putin attacked us. She does not know the games the US played in Ukraine with the 2014 coup, to instigate Ukraine against Russia. Another one says she does not mind sitting it out this year, if Putin is not there next year. But Putin may be there and Ukraine will not be there ! Zelensky now says Russia may have more missiles (in the first month he had announced Russia had missiles for just 3 days) but Ukraine not give up.
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  6471. The Russians have had enough time to prepare for the counter offensive, there is no element of surprise any more. They have fortified the entire line, they have killed many Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut, and they have bombed NATO supplies. There will be no low hanging fruits like Kharkhov. Go by present reality, not the past. Ukraine and the west needs to make noise about a Ukrainian rebound after losing in Bakhmut, but they know in their hearts they will not dislodge the Russians from Donbass and Crimea. The war is lost for the west.
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  6472. Good to hear Russia is unbowed, unrepentant, it has no remorse - that is how winners are. Russia will not allow the US to have bases in Ukraine and that is non-negotiable. That is what the war is about. Unless Ukraine spurns NATO, it is going to turned into a waste land. Ukraine ain't seen nothin' yet. And there is nothing NATO and US can do to save Ukraine.
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  6473. Except more talk about sanctions !
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  6474. '32 nato country against one Russia, these two tells nato is stronger then Russia' That is the very thing that is causing them burning. They feel born to rule but they are beaten by Russia.
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  6475.  @A_L90  Ukraine has lost land, it cannot be retaken, its infrastructure is destroyed, it has no economy or future, and after the elections, the US will abandon it, and move on, and Ukraine will be dependent on the useless Europeans for aid.
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  6476. MSM has stopped reporting because it realises Ukraine is defeated and western people do not want to hear about that. Couldn't you figure it out ?
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  6477.  @Chisel_Chest  The war is lost for Ukraine and the collective west, seized Russian assets notwithstanding. Ukraine has run out of manpower and the west does not have the arms.
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  6478.  @xyz12345457  Did Vlad cause burning in you ?
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  6479.  @xyz12345457  Google told ne Ukraine is winning because Zelensky has a Victory Plan. I did not believe it. But a numskull like you would have bought that.
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  6480. G7 leaders - the jokers who wanted to take off their shirts to show they are equal to Sir Putin !
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  6481. But the crew survived......
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  6482.  @karsan6018  Plagiarism can be research for Indians.
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  6483.  @eklektek Personal attacks are sign of immaturity. If you have the intellect, contest what is written.
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  6484. 'hey should at least provide ATACMs to be able to hit Russian (air)bases far behind the front lines.' Don't push your luck. Any sustained attacks on Russian territory will be met with a nuclear strike on Kiev. This has been communicated to the US. All western cities will be put on target to ward off intervention before Kiev is struck. So don't come back and tell me that US will strike Russia if Kiev is nuked. The US will do no such thing, it will think of its skin and will not commit suicide for Ukraine.
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  6485. Hopeless video. I watched till the end to hear What would Nato do if Russia used chemical weapons? There was no statement ! It seems the usual western bluster. What will they do ? More sanctions ? Who is left to sanction ?
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  6486. Very disappointed with Musk. Basically, an American is interested in wishing ill for Britain. When you say that civil war is inevitable in Britain, it is actually wishing for one. Why, when Britain is an ally ? It is disgraceful.
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  6487. And you will be living safely in the west using the last Ukranian to fight Russia. And after Russia has razed more of Ukraine's cities and driven its population out, you will spend the money to reconstruct. Do you think the west has the money to support Ukraine's folly indefinitely ?
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  6488. Russia confuses the confused and delusional French !
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  6489. Why don't the Ukranians sign up for neutrality ? The people want it to end.
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  6490. Why shouldn't China help Russia ?
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  6491.  @marcd6897  Maybe with your western IQ you can explain how the man who has a hand tremor and was dying of cancer has beaten you, and is sowing chaos in the west.
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  6492. was he not Jewish enough ?
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  6493. 'Liberated Kherson' is not so liberated. Russia is returning the Ukranians to their agricultural state, as it was before they joined the Soviet Union. No electricity, no industry, no steel, just grow wheat and pigs. This is the price Ukraine has to pay for teaming up with US and back stabbing Russia.
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  6494.  @Alexandra-zp3gr  Well, you can avoid making enemies with Russia. That is what common sense would suggest. The Ukranians lack that. They were taken for a ride by the western promise of NATO entry. Now Russia is returning Ukraine to an agricultural state, as it was before joining the Soviet Union.
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  6495.  @Alexandra-zp3gr Ukraine was given independence under the understanding it will not enter into a military alliance against Russia. Ukraine breached its commitment to neutrality, given in its declaration of independence, by seeking to join NATO and bring US bases to Ukraine to threaten Russia. Therefore Ukraine's independence is being ended.
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  6496. 'Putin defies West with global summit' You mean to say he did not take your permission ? That shows your western hegemonic mentality. Alright, Putin has defied you, what are you going to do about it ? He prevented NATO bases in Ukraine, and he defeated you and your sanctions. Anyhow, the BRICS summit was not about Putin defying you, its aim was to create a new financial system, free from western blackmail, allowing better trade terms for its members.
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  6497. Like the west showed its cowardice by firebombing the civilians in Hamburg and Dresden, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ask the civilians of Iraq and Afghanistan what NATO did. So don't put on airs.
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  6498. West 'working hard' to avoid war with Russia - why now ? Why not earlier when Russia asked for a security guarantee from NATO ? NATO refused. Why ? So now is the West 'working hard' to avoid war with Russia, because Ukraine and the west is losing ?
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  6499. Russia will be in NATO before Ukraine.
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  6500. Ukraine will not exist to be in NATO. Russia will be in NATO !
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  6501. India is now well known for killing its minorities - Sikhs, Muslims and Christians. This is in its quest to make a Hindu state. It is no longer the country we cherished earlier due to Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru. India might have been poor, but it was dignified and held up as a model for tolerance and co-existence, unity in diversity. It is not that anymore. Modi spearheads this campaign of 'Hindu nationalism' (actually Hindu fascism) and although he is elected through his BJP party, it is a front for the Hindu Nazi paramilitary group called the RSS. In case people do not know, the RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi. The RSS leaders in the 1930s wrote articles admiring Hitler and wishing for the same model in India - these can be found on the net. Modi has been a member of the RSS and he organised a pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat. Before he became PM, he was a persona non grata and he could not get a visa for western countries due to the pogrom. After he became PM, western states had to lift the bar to him because he was head of state. Under his rule, Muslims have been lynched over cows. Recently, his party organised a pogrom against Christians in Manipur state. Western countries need to beware as the RSS is infiltrating its Hindu Nazis into the west, with the aim of influencing western polity, so they turn a blind eye to their genocide of minorities. The Indian media is not independent as formerly. It now tows the lines of Hindu fascism, partly as it has been purchased by powerful oligarchic Hindu businessmen and independent Indian journalists have been killed, threatened and harassed by the Hindu nationalist government. This can be seen in the shrill Hindu hysteria in all the videos from HT and others in the Indian media. This killing of a Canadian Sikh is a case where the Hindu nationalists have decided to silence their critics abroad as well. Western governments need to be very careful in their assessment of India. They are courting India, somewhat half heartedly thinking it has a large market, and it can be bulwark against China. India's economy was built by Dr. Singh but it has withered away under Modi. It cannot become a manufacturing alternative to China. Hence, India is of little economic value for the west. Besides, despite the posturing by Hindu nationalists of being a superpower, India is not strong enough to counter China. China took Indian land and Modi kept as quiet as a mouse to avoid a fight in which India would have been publicly defeated. Thus on both counts, the west is clutching at a straw. Indians (rather than India) is more dangerous for the west than Russians and Chinese. The Hindu nationalists have infiltrated western polity in their quest for Hindu domination. Unlike Russians and Chinese , Indians immigrate to the west in large numbers. Thereby Indians pose a threat to the west due to the sheer volumes that migrate. Thus western governments and Middle East countries need to be careful about giving work visas to Indians, particularly Hindus. Last year, newly immigrated Hindu youth created a riot in Leicester, UK. UK newspapers reported that it was a outfall of the culture of mob violence the Hindu nationalists ruling India have nurtured. Canada has instituted a visa check on Indians who have served in the Indian army. If they have served in the Indian army in Kashmir, they do not get visas. Canada needs to extend the visa security check to Indians who have been in the RSS and deny visas for them. This is absolutely necessary to stop Hindu fascists from infiltrating Canada and fighting with Sikhs, Muslims and even 'low caste' Hindus in Canada; that is, to avoid replicating the mayhem they create in India. In fact all western countries need to screen Indian visa applicants to check if they have been members of the RSS or raised funds for it. If Indians agents assasinate Canadian Sikhs, then what is to stop the Sikhs from assasinating Hindu diplomats in Canada ?
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  6502. I don't know what this speaker is explaining. Sanathan dharma produced genocidist like Modi, a criminal like Amit Shah, assorted lynchers, cow worshippers and rapists. So what are we to make out of that ? It is better to eradicate it like Covid and malaria.
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  6503. Germany will take it as quietly as a US door mat....like the rest of the Europeans.
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  6504.  Tom Goddard  The US is way behind on hypersonics. You were building technologies in the last 30 years to fight Taliban while Russia and China were building next generation of missile technology.
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  6505.  @andrewmckenzie292  It is best for the US to be cooperative, and not try for a unipolar world. At the end of the cold war, the neocons emerged and they got carried away. Wolfowitz wrote a doctrine that the US would not allow any other power to rise. The US also seems to need a permanent enemy to fight, to mobilise the western public. In the 1990s, it was Muslims and Islamophobia. Fighting with Muslims over 20 years did not lead to a win and cost over a trillion dollars and sapped US economic strength. By 2018, under Trump, China was proclaimed as the new enemy, and he vilified China on every occasion. Biden withdrew from Afghanistan to focus on curbing China. In between, unexpectedly, Russia came in. Now Russia is the main enemy that makes the western mind distraught, followed by China. The west is not going to lose fighting Muslims (not even a power), Russia and China. Why can't the west learn to live with others ?
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  6506. Ukraine lowers army draft age as Russian missiles strike Dnipro - clear indication Ukraine is losing and nothing can be done about it. Even if the US's 60 billion arrived, Ukraine does not have the manpower and the Russians will press home the advantage.
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  6507. Very interesting effort to boost morale with tales of drone hunters. But it does not change the reality. Ukraine is on the back foot, the great bear is on the march, it is prowling around Chasov Yar, seeing that, the US has abandoned Ukraine, and the hyena hordes of Europe are afraid they will be clawed by the bear if they intervene. Trump said yesterday, he will settle the issue, and ask Ukraine to give up Crimea and 4 oblasts. But even that will not satisfy Russia now. There have to be punitive reparations that Ukraine has to pay, and it needs to return to neutrality and be demilitarised. There will be no negotiations, no return to 2022 borders, let alone 1992 borders.
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  6508. Ukraine MP: Putin Avoids Peace. But you were the ones who walked out of Istanbul 1, because Boris Johnson directed you. West Must Act Now - what can they do ? Your army is killed off and the west is not going to send troops. The agreement was the west supplies arms, Ukraine supplies the blood.
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  6509. Which military has desert storm technology ? Ukraine ? Why was its 2023 counter offensive with latest western technology a flop then ? You are dumb. As for the desert storm technology, the Challengers and Abrams were burnt by Russian drones.
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  6510.  @runtaoyang1244  Swedes don't have the guts to fight Russia, they are only capable of porn.
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  6511. Did you say the same thing when US and NATO bombed Iraq and Afghamistan ? You didn't because they did not show it. The western media was embedded with the US army and could only show what US military censors allowed. Independent channels like Al Jazeera broadcast the ground situation and showed civilian casualties. The USAF bombed Jazeera and silenced them. So don't put on airs.
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  6512. So go to sleep, why are you fear mongering about Russia ?
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  6513.  @Xo-jb1rk  The Danes need to save their F16s for Greenland, instead of sending them to Ukraine.
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  6514. Why did the US stage a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and incite and arm it to fight Russians ? That was grotesque, obscene, callous and very American.
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  6515. Russia can escalate it to the point of a tactical nuke weapon on Kiev which will force unconditional surrender.
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  6516.  @JMARTIN1947  The parts Russia has taken was Russian territory gifted by the USSR to Ukraine. Even after independence, Russia let Ukraine keep those areas (Novo Rossiya, including Crimea up to Odessa and Trans Nistria). However, from 2014, Ukro Nazis came to power and they wanted to ally with the US to backstab Russia. Hence, Russia is reclaiming its land. And if Ukraine continues to misbehave, more will go.
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  6517.  @TL-fv5xg  Modi is normally a loudmouth. He was quiet because he knew if he tried to fight China to get land back, India would get a beating. 'US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, blasted China for crossing the LAC. ' How did that help, your land is with China. 'Modi tried to negotiate with China while US was tough. ' Why is Modi trying to negotiate when China has already taken land ? See Russia, it smashed Ukraine when it tried to get US to out naval bases in Ukraine. That was pre-emptive action. Here, China has taken land, and you are talking about negotiation. That shows Modi is very weak. US was tough. How ? 'Tt failed because the Chinese only know strength. So...now India has access to US satellites and can see Chinese actions in advance. India still comes out on top.' India certainly does not have strength. 'India has access to US satellites and can see Chinese actions in advance.' Who told you that ? If China went for all out war, India would be trounced. As for claiming India coming out still on top after losing land, you are a pathetic Indian. And you think you are entitled to a seat in the UN just because there are 1.3 billion of you ?
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  6518.  @starcutzen1331  'Chinese are in fear if they leave the region and move back from LAC Indian side mobilisation will kill all their strategic positions in COK(Chinese occupied Kashmir).' You are trying to put on a brave face to cover Indian cowardice. China has taken your land, Modi has to keep quiet, because India will be defeated if it went for war. Indians can fight between themselves, and Modi is an expert in that. You have bravery to beat up minorities, that is all. On the economy, India is dependent on China, and it has a gross trade imbalance. India does not produce much. Apart from the largest population and anything linked to that, India does not have much substance. India's fifth ranking in GDP is only linked to the population. Per capita GDP is now lower than Bangladesh.
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  6519.  @Missingfromhere  'whats your source for this information? another whats app university child' What is the information you contest ?
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  6520.  @gatocachorro7998  Proof for what ? That India lost land and kept quiet ? If not, why is India bitching about China all the time and taking half hearted moves like blocking TikTok ? Or you want proof that Modi is a Hindu Nazi who organised a pogrom and had 2000 Indians killed. See BBC's programme. Or earlier Indian and BBC broadcasts of the violence in Gujarat. If you elect criminals and your system allows that, don't imagine you will become a developed nation. You will be like Myanamar, Rwanda etc.
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  6521.  @Normie4lyf  How do I know what ?
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  6522. @@36saalkaNallaAvinash India did not capture Kashmir because it was not capable of it - then and now. Nehru did not capture it. Why has Hindu nationalist Modi not captured it ? All he did was organise a border skirmish with Pakistan at election time, and lose an Indian plane and pilot. Imran Khan was gracious enough to return the pilot. What is Modi's achievement over Nehru ? Nothing. India is not powerful like Russia to fight Pakistan or China. Russia can fight 40 countries at the same time. India is not a superpower, and never will be because of its divisive Hindu mentality and caste system. India can say Kashmir is part of India, but that is all. The part that is with Pakistan will never return. And the part India has can never be governed because Hindus are not inclusive and want to fight Muslims. Even the rest of India is a Hindu-Muslims tinderbox which will fall apart judging from the news.
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  6523.  @Normie4lyf  I read some Indian media at the time and they mentioned India lost land in Galwan. Afterwards, Modi said nothing happened and Indian media were ordered to take this line. But you can tell from India's body language that it lost. India ordered TikTok banned and weakly tried to boycott Chinese business; it gave up because India is so dependent. Also, Indian channels like HT are constantly sniping at China and trying to score points over China. People do that when they are defeated and cannot do anything. The Chinese media is not sniping at India as they have nothing to prove to India. Similarly, India's cross border raid on Pakistan before an election was a flop. India claimed a surgical strike, international media said that India did not hit any significant target. All we know for sure is Pakistan brought down and Indian plane and was gracious enough to return the pilot. If India messes with China, it will get a bloody nose, not withstanding Modi's Hindu prowess. India is not impressive, and all this new Hindu nationalism comes across as a gross inferiority complex.
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  6524.  @shanmon  Why would anyone offer a UN seat to Nehru when according to you he was a dud ?
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  6525. @AnilKumar-kg8dv The rupee is a worthless currency. Give me a yuan.
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  6526.  @eveningmelody3902  China crossed the LAC and took the land around Galwan. Indian media initially admitted it, but now that India cannot fight and get it back, the new narrative is India did not lose anything. But looking at the Indian body language, one can see it is behaving like the defeated.
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  6527.  @ctdzxvjcc  Nehru was an architect of India's democracy, and he laid to rest Hindu-Muslim conflict allowing the country to rebuild. If it were not for Nehru, India would not have a space programme and nuclear programme and educational institutes like IIT. Modi in contrast is an uneducated Hindu, who polarises India to trumpet a Hindu India. He is good for sowing discord in India and with neighbours. He has built a Hindu India with no substance based on cow lynchers and rapists. The BJP has an inferiority complex because none of its louts can match Nehru. Nehru built the institutions of democracy. Modi has undermined all the institutions of democracy - press, judiciary, police, army,election commission, universities. Even business is run based on political affiliations. ISRO has not been affected - yet. Modi is someone with no conviction in democratic values operating in a democratic system. Finally, Nehru wrote illuminating books. You cannot expect an illiterate with a record of genocide to do that.
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  6528.  @smartlearning6390  'India was never offered permanent seat in UN in 1950s' It is a falsehood claimed by BJP because they have an inferiority complex vis a vis Nehru. They run a character assassination campaign against Nehru because they cannot produce someone of that stature, education and intellect. They are a bunch of Hindu Nazis. Modi is an uneducated Hindu whose greatest achievement is a genocide in 2002. His power base is based on that alone. He has given many Hindus an illusion by beating up minorities, Hindus have become a superpower and the world is in awe of the Hindus. In my observation, many Hindus today have a low self esteem and that is why they behave as Modi clones. Paradoxically, when India was a newly emerged nation under Nehru after independence, it had self-esteem. That is due to Nehru. It did not try to assert itself by scoring points against minorities inside and neighbours outside. Today the Hindu disapora outside despite having greater wealth has a lower self esteem than before.
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  6529. I see the western narrative is now couched carefully, and they are hedging their bets on Ukraine. Earlier, they were predicting a comprehensive defeat for Russia with Ukraine getting back Crimea with the game changing Himars. Now it has dawned on them Russia will prevail. Ukraine's manpower is degraded, whatever the west can supply is paltry and too late, and this cannot be changed. The west cannot even supply enough artillery shells, let alone tanks and planes. They also know their stories about Russia having high casualties and running out of missiles was fake. Now they do talk not about NATO defeating Russia, but what will happen if Russia wins !
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  6530. It is not unlikely that Putin is going to be tried, it is not going to happen. The US and the west have no credibility, jumping mindlessly from issue to issue. It conveys only their frustration and impotency. The US is not a member of ICC, anymore than Russia and Ukraine. There is no credibility because first of all, one would need to try Bush and Blair for the false flag attack on Iraq claiming WMDs, for drone strikes on Afghan wedding parties, and for waterboarding and holding prisoners with no trial in Guantanomo. The west talks about rule of law, which they make for others, but do not follow themselves. Secondly, there is no way of bringing Putin to the Hague. US and NATO would have to invade Russia and go to Moscow and get him. When the US and NATO could not cross into Ukraine and implement a no fly zone after Putin mentioned consequences they have not ever faced before, what is the chance it will cross into Russia ? It is the habit of habitual cowards to make noise when they do not have the capacity.
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  6531.  @drmodestoesq  'They would rather spend the countries vast wealth on foreign adventures than their own nation's people.' Just like the US and UK in Ukraine, Iraq and Afghanistan, Vietnam. You may recall that the US and UK overthrew the Iranian government of PM Mossadegh in the 1950s. That is why the Iranians are against you.
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  6532.  @drmodestoesq  'Why would Iranians be against me because Americans overthrew the Mossadegh government? That makes zero sense.' Who are you if not American ? If UK or EU, you bat for America.
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  6533.  @drmodestoesq  In the case of Iranians, they had to fight off American interference in their country, such as overthrow of Mossadegh and fostering the Shah whose Savak was trained by the US. The Iranians are forced to fight and drive out Americans from the region to survive. It is not the same for the Amercians : they fight and wage wars for profit, as there is nexus between Lockheed etc. and US politicians.
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  6534. Vassals are not in a position to tell the US what to do.
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  6535. All western wishful thinking - born out of sense of defeat. Biden said rouble will be rubble. But nothing happened. You said Russia has run out of missiles. They are firing them every day, and they burnt the Leopards and Bradleys. The rest are in hiding. As for forcing war to a dramatic and swift end, Russia can do with a nuke strike on Ukraine. What will you do ? Nothing.
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  6536.  @michaeljohnston980  Stick with the subject, it is not about police state. Can Ukraine slice through Russian defence as claimed by wishful defence experts ? What do you think ? Why has it not happened in 5 weeks ? If you have more than the ordinary western intellect, show it, and answer these questions.
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  6537.  Cynthia DeMario  You have been saying that Russia is going under for a long time, they have no missiles etc., but Russia seems to have the upper hand. A few air strikes and all the west is howling helplessly !
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  6538. Russia has beaten Ukraine and the collective west, you numskull.
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  6539.  @naomieyles210  'Russia has no country able and willing to support them at this time.' Russia does not need any country. It is self sufficient. That is its greatness.
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  6540. Very childish and dishonest analysis from this Lithuanian lady with Ukrainian name. Putin has said the Soviet Union had many achievements which is correct. But he said he had no desire to recreate the Soviet Union. However, if NATO threatens Russia using Ukraine, Baltic states etc., these countries will be made redundant. Putin has never said he wants to grab the Baltics if they mind their business and do not gang up with the US to threaten Russia. This Lithuanian lady should recall that in 2022 Lithuania tried to blockade Russian trains to Kaliningrad for about 1 month, claiming they were flouting EU sanctions - till a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. Lithuania became independent on the condition that it will keep a rail corridor open for Russian trains to Kaliningrad. If Lithuania continued to blockade Kaliningrad, Russia would have Ukrained Lithuania, NATO membership notwithstanding. Russia can seize the narrow Suwalki corridor cutting off the Baltics. The Americans would not have not come and fought a nuclear war for Lithuania. And the rest of the Europeans are incapable. Realising this, the EU advised Lithuania to climb down - which it did. Hence, this lady needs to be reminded, if you deliberately poke the bear, don't cry afterwards when it mauls you.
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  6541. It may be worrying only for Jews who support Israeli apartheid. The good ones came and joined the demos.
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  6542. If Ukraine was going to win, he will say Ukraine will win the war. If he says Ukraine 'can still win', it means it cannot. Ukraine's manpower has been decimated in Bakhmut, Soledar etc. It does not have shells and its western handlers have said they cannot produce them fast enough. Russia is not handicapped in the same way. Then Ukraine has no chance to roll back the Russians. The spring offensive is the last throw of the die. After that fails, the US will tell Ukraine to negotiate and the US will move on to China.
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  6543. Why are they admitting the Russian supersonic missiles cannot be stopped ? Earlier they were claiming the Patriots shot down the hypersonic missile. Now that the US is walking away from Ukraine, perhaps the Ukranians decided to tell the truth about American technology.
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  6544.  @titoromero4490  It is a medium size country supported by 40 countries, do you see that ? My comment and question was 'Earlier the Ukrainains and their handlers were claiming the Patriots shot down the hypersonic missiles. Now they are lamenting that cannot stop any. I am asking why the reversal. Is it that the US is walking away from Ukraine, perhaps the Ukranians decided to tell the truth about American technology ? How have you answered my question with big country against a small country ? The Patriot missile is from a big country. Does it stop the hypersonic as claimed or not ?
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  6545.  @gautumbuddha8715  Indeed, Sir Vladimir has Europe by the scruff of the neck ! He is going to deindustrialise them. Glass factories, Aluminium factories and all dependent industries are shutting for good. The Europeans can import them from China, if not Russia ! That is, if the Europeans producing anything else in exchange, or if they earn anything from Americans for being shoe shine boys.
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  6546. The west only understands the mailed fist. Russia has it. Hence, the west says 'we are not planning to send troops to Ukraine'. Next reality, we have no plans to send arms. Next, we have no money !
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  6547. It is committing suicide for America. Ukrainians are not very bright.
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  6548. No one trusts the US already - except the poodles of Europe.
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  6549. Russia is bluffing till it is not bluffing.
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  6550. Only Iran can win a war of attrition, and not a small country dependent on US aid. Iranians have the endurance to take hardship, the Jews do not have it. If Iran keeps up the missiles attacks on Tel Aviv, shuts down Ben Gurion, keeps the Haifa oil refinery shut, it will exhaust Israel. Iran clearly has the capacity to penetrate Iron Dome and hit cities, with something more powerful than the Palestinians could manage.
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  6551. Ukraine and Russia negotiated in Turkey, and they agreed on an end to the war. But the Ukrainians chose to walk away because Boris Johnson ordered them to continue the war. The assumption was with western help, Ukraine could defeat Russia. At that time, Putin had warned Ukraine next time, the terms will be stiffer. Now, why are 'leaders aiming to pressure Putin to end the war ?'. It seems to be tacit admission from the west it cannot win.
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  6552. Well, we know Scandinivians are cowards, and will not be able to fight. That is why you ran to NATO for protection, even before Russia cast an eye on you.
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  6553.  @gtube6913  Ukraine does not have the capacity to recover any land, with or without US support. Get it ? Considering it backstabbed Russia after independence, it should never have been made an independent country.
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  6554. 'And it all seems to be planned for control and dominance over the original inhabitants.' So you think you are an original inhabitant of the USA ? Who are the original inhabitants of the US, numskull ?
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  6555. Come on Ukraine, speed up your offensive. Once Russia has seen it off and given you another thrashing, get to realise you have been misled by your benefactor, the US. The US has landed you in this mess after promising what it cannot deliver. It cannot deliver artillery shells and it doesn't want to die for you. You will continue getting killed and there will be no benefit. You have messed up your independence due to your immature foreign policy. When your offensive fails, the US will walk away. There will be no reconstruction by the west, you will be left like Afghanistan and Iraq. If anyone will reconstruct Ukraine, it will be Russia. The western economies are in dire shape, and western politicians are looking for the Ukranian offensive to fail, so they can write you off.
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  6556. The Ukrainian fellow at the end is pretty sour. He is not happy being asked in a doubtful tone 'how is the counter offensive going ?' He knows the Ukrainian claims of capturing Crimea are just not credible. The perceptive knew Russia will prevail in the end. The Ukranians must be feeling they were let down in Vilnius when the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO and refused to give a time map. The US was not going to be trapped into sending troops to save the wretched Ukrainians. They don't want to be killed by the Russians. Instead, they created a NATO-Ukraine council. This unhappy fellow is going to find the US will ditch the Ukrainians, and the Danes, Finns, Germans and other Europeans are useless, and cannot save Ukraine from defeat. If you read the western press (WP, NYT), there self-congratulatory articles saying that Russia got weakened without a single NATO soldier losing his life. For Americans clearly, Ukranians are cannon fodder. The articles also claim NATO has become stronger - because two chicken, Finland and Sweden, joined ! Maybe the reality has still not dawned on the Ukranians. They think the Americans and Europeans are 'our partners' and Ukraine is fighting to save European values. But maybe the unsupressed and helpless anger of the Ukranian towards the DW interviewer at the end shows it must have dawned on Ukrainians that they have been taken for a ride, and they have had a lot of people killed, and more to be killed, for America's games.
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  6557. The whole western world order is ending - for good. Macron says France will retaliate. That is why Niger needs Russian help.
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  6558. The Finns are duplicitous rascals. Finland fought on the side of the Nazis when they sieged Leningrad. Your country on the other hand needed Soviet help to avoid falling under the Nazis.
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  6559.  @evgeniybastrykov  Ukraine and the west have lost the war and they know it. Bakhmut is more or less fallen. Russia will see off Ukraine's spring offensive, after that Ukraine and the west have nothing left. Not enough manpower, not enough ammo. Russia has both. You need to get an update on the news. It was all imaginary hope the west was spinning of Ukraine pushing out the Russians, or that it will get into NATO.
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  6560. Putin is very clear minded unlike western politicians. There is no point getting western analysts to analyse, because they will always pretend that west has the upper hand. Putin is correct, the era of the unipolar world is over - US domination is unsustainable. The US cannot expand NATO to Ukraine and put its missiles there. That is surely incontestable. The west also needs to understand that it had control of the international financial institutions - once. It was the west's trump card. But that is changing because the west undermined it by freezing Russia's money. The west had done this with Iran, Afghanistan etc. but got away with it, but Russia will not let it pass. Banking works on trust and the belief that you will get your money back. The west has undermined that and shot itself in the foot. Putin has shown Russia has the military and economic power (and understanding of economics) to challenge the west. The west said the rouble will become rubble. But it is now the strongest performing currency. The CEO of Gazprom pointed out that commodities (especially energy) are more valuable than paper money. That is correct. Russia has the food and energy to heat its homes. The west will freeze and face power cuts this winter if it persists in its fight to expand NATO and threaten others. Its euros and dollars are no use if it cannot buy energy. The most significant outcome of Putin is not what happens to Ukraine, but two key effects he has triggered : (1) the gradual spread of non-dollar transactions, and countries understanding the need to diversify their savings from the dollar; this will undermine the value of the dollar in the long term. This means the US cannot have a unipolar world which it imagined was possible forever, after the end of the Soviet Union (2) the shift from a euro-centric world to a non-euro centric world where Russia and China will be major players, with more countries aligning with them. The necons in America like Wolfowitz said after the US victory in the cold war, the US will not allow another challenger to rise ever again. Fukuyama wrote about the end of history. Huntingdon wrote the clash of civilisations, in which the west will always prevail. Putin has ended that. 30 years later since these Americans made their exultant projections for a unipolar world dominated by the US and its subordinates in Europe, there are two countries now that have the military AND economic power to challenge the west. And the west is not going to win against them. Europe is a collection of weak states. The US is in decline after two wars that sapped it. It has little manufacturing. It is not the end of the west - but it is the end of a unipolar world dominated by the west. That is for the better. Russia as usual has played a seminal role in bringing a big change.
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  6561.  @jeremytine  So why has NATO not expanded to Ukraine ? Presumably because it does not have the guts to fight Russia.
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  6562. Orban is obnoxious in many ways from the racist angle, but his analysis is still correct on EU and Russia relations. The dialogue should be between the US and Russia to settle the war, and not between US and Kiev to promote the war. There is no way Ukraine can win. Russia has outwitted the west; not only the EU, but the US also. Russia has the military and economic strengths to stand against the whole west. Russia is calculative and single minded in its decision making, the west is a collective of weaklings with inflated false pride and sense of entitlement. One of the analysts says the Europeans will get divided on the issue of sanctions as the gas supply dwindles, but he says they are united on arms supplies. Even the second is not true or can be taken for granted. It all depends on Ukraine's much touted Kherson counter offensive. If that fails, as I think it will, the western funders will be disillusioned and start giving up on Ukraine on the military front. One speaker says Europeans need to be persuaded that 'Short time pain is for long term gain' ....what is the proof ? What if short time pain becomes long term decline or even collapse ? The far right will grow. The neo Nazis are always bubbling under the surface in Europe. Europe cannot let US neocons run the show that benefits only them. The anchor asks whether Donbass will be enough of a face saver for Putin. It is the west that needs a face saver. The west cannot win militarily or economywise, they need a climbdown without loss of face !
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  6563. The US wants to sell weapons to Europe, so the US would not be happy if Europe could be militarily independent. In 1997, Lockheed lobbied US politicians to expand NATO. If Europe was independent, it would also buy Russian and Chinese weapons.
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  6564.  @iraaus  'USA needs a subordinate Europe, not an independent one.' Europeans are not intelligent enough to understand you. They are proud of their association with the US, even as subordinates. Iranians, Chinese, Indians, Russians would react against subordination; but not Europeans and British.
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  6565. Ukraine has shortage of energy, where is this new energy coming from ?
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  6566. The reason Biden gave permission to strike with ATACAMS was not because of Russian escalation in the form of North Koreans, but Biden's desire to spite Trump. That is how cheap US politics has been. If Miss Hazel travels at 11 Mach, then it is just not just Putin saying it is unstoppable, these western experts need to tell us what the west has to stop it. The BBC's discussion is very shallow.
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  6567. Why can't the Europeans figure out how to get on with Russia ? Why are they so dependent on the US ? Turkey is a member of NATO, but unlike Europe, it is not a subordinate of the US. The reason is because they are Muslim, the Europeans do not want them, the Turks have a historical consciousness like Russia, and so they realise they are better off with a separate identity. The Europeans have turned out be a collection of servile and very disappointing countries.
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  6568. You have given all the reasons the Abrams will sink in the October mud, but you had to end saying it will fight the war it was created for. And you are hopeful those thankless Ukranians will say 'thank you'.
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  6569.  @Scapestoat  'if NATO were to decide to step in, it would probably be over in a week.' So why does not NATO go in and the war in one week. You will save the Ukrainians and the west from a prolonged conflict. You know the saying about NATO : gros bouches, petits mains. Big mouth, tiny fists. So you explain Netherlands does not send troops to Ukraine because there are international laws governing warfare - so I was wrong, I imagine it was because NL is a puny country. Alright, why don't you together with the other pack of NATO hyenas go to Ukraine and fight to save the international laws ? The reason you do not do it is because you know the Russians will kill the lot of you ! You can't fight.
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  6570.  @matt-eu-poland  Those russbots are too intellectually challenging for dimwitted Poles !
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  6571. Putin said correctly, negotiate while you can, because the longer Ukraine fights, there is less left to negotiate for. Russia will prevail regardless of western help, cut your losses now. The west does not have the courage to send troops to Ukraine. They don't want to get killed.
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  6572. According to DW's liar Nick Connolly, Ukraine is going to prepare a new army of 25 year olds. Other news media say the 25 year olds are all killed and the average age of the army is 43 years.
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  6573. The problem is the western governments still believe the propaganda they dish out to their public through the media : that the west is prevailing and they believe in the inevitability of Russian defeat. They still believe Russians are facing intolerable economic hardships, they will not take it, and they will overthrow Putin and someone will take over who will agree to western dictation.
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  6574.  Alex Humble  What is clew ? You have no clue of English. 'Western one has been untouched. Should’ve they gone to eastern one where Ukraine’s forces retreated, which has really been destroyed? Then it would be help to Russia.' Western governments held a Ukraine reconstruction conference in Switzerland, with much pomp - and no clue about what and how they can reconstruct. So which part do they intend to reconstruct ? East will benefit Russia; west is untouched, so nothing to reconstruct according to you. The western mind is confused.
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  6575.  Alex Humble  I was being sarcastic about workers put on unpaid leave to be sent to reconstruct Ukraine - after all, some governments asked their citizens to go and fight in Ukraine. 'There was talk about confiscating of 300 billion of Russia’s frozen assets and use it for that purpose.' That is Ukraine's demand and no doubt the west will agree. NATO expansion and seizing the 300 billion has not put Ukraine or Europe in a winning position. The damage to Ukraine at the moment is at least 1 trillion. It has not ended, Russia will continue to batter Ukraine and damage Europe's economy more. Any peace deal will require return of the 300 billion.
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  6576. We keep fighting, and lose Ukraine little by little, we shall be left in rubble with no prospects of rebuilding, and women and children in exile. Our sovereignty ended due to our Russophobia and Nazi traits, and out willingness to be a proxy for someone else, who wants to use us, but is not prepared to die.
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  6577. I remember in 2022, western media said Russia has no dominance in the air, and this is not how our superior NATO fights. NATO's surrogate has no air power either.
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  6578. Russia is not going to allow them to withdraw - they will get them like the Ukro Nazis in Mariuopol.
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  6579. There is no evidence that Hamas butchered babies. If Jews say so, disbelieve the cheats. The Jews agreed to the Two State Solution and bought time to expand settlements in the West Bank. Israel's Jewish fanatics have butchered Palestinian children with IDF support. So ignore the Jews - they are disoriented by the blow and are seeking western sympathy, raising Holocaust and pogrom. It was nothing of the sort.
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  6580. Your support for Ukraine led to its dismemberment. Numskull.
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  6581. The British effort to use Storm Shadows against Russia, and protect itself if Russia attacks British assets, by getting America to fight for Britain, reminds me of world war 2 when the Red Army was approaching Berlin from the east and the Allies from the west. It had been agreed that the Red Army would get to Berlin first, and considering the Soviets made the lion's share of destroying the German Army, the honour of capturing Berlin should be left to them. The Allied command was under US Gen. Eisenhower. The British Gen. Montgomery in the sneaky British style asked Eisenhower whether 'we' should not make a dash to Berlin and pre-empt the Red Army ! Gen. Eisenhower declined Gen. Montgomery's proposal. He did not want Americans to take the casualties an assault on Berlin would require; and he added, he feared the Red Army would not stop with the Germans, Stalin would order them to fight the Allies in which case America would have more casualties. BoJo, Keir Starmer are doing the same as Gen. Montgomery . Biden saw the consequences of giving permission to the British to use Storm Shadows in Russia - the Americans would be drawn into a shooting war with the Russians and it risks having American cities incinerated. The British are very good at using others to fight. But sometimes the Americans realise the US cannot be led by its vassals like Ukraine and the UK, to commit suicide.
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  6582. Ukraine is not in NATO, so NATO's principles don't apply to Ukraine. 'Nearly three years in and still Ukraine’s allies haven’t found enough air defense mechanisms to protect Ukraine’s skies.' I thought they said Patriots were shooting down Kinzhal hypersonics.
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  6583.  @BojanPeric-kq9et  You are very correct ! The most powerful military alliance becomes timid as a mouse when facing a country with a real WMD and a delivery system.
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  6584. Putin has the European economies by the scruff of the neck, so what is your optimism based on ? The usual vain bluster coming from your inadequacies that Putin exposed to the world ?
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  6585. Russians are losing 30,000 a month according to this American. They ran out of missiles, they have to use shovels. Ukraine lost 30,000 since the beginning. They have game changing western weapons. But the Russians are winning.
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  6586. Poland will ask for a EU bailout
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  6587. 'When were all our leaders fully fledged Englishmen with English intelligence and integrity? ' The last one was Blair. He lied about WMDs and created war in Iraq and thereby refugees. The fully fledged Englishmen are rogues.
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  6588.  @chefdave3275  You need more with English passports who don't hold an English view. The English are subservient to the US. You need independent minds.
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  6589.  @Gopferteckel  Ukraine's independence depended solely on Russia, not UK. It would not have got independence without surrendering the nuclear weapons. Those were made by Russia and some were located in Ukraine. Ukrainians were not capable of anything.
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  6590.  @surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531  Russia does not need land. It is seeking to prevent US bases in Ukraine and the Ukro Nazis persecuting Russian speakers.
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  6591.  @christianevanherck6023  In 1992, Ukraine signed the Lisbon Protocol and it joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state in 1994, along with Byelorussia and Kazakhstan. It was a condition of independence for them. All the three former Soviet states that had nuclear weapons stationed in their territory had to hand them over. The transfer of all nuclear material took some time, but by 2001, all nuclear weapons had been transferred to Russia to be dismantled and all launch silos decommissioned. The Budapest Memorandum was a security assurance given to these states after they signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia, UK and US guaranteed Ukraine's independence and agreed not to use military force against the three states, "except in self-defence'. Later, Ukraine - and the two other guarantors - of the Budapest Memorandum flouted the spirit of the memorandum by scheming together against Russia by trying to induct Ukraine into NATO. Russia had explained it is a security threat if the US got missile and naval bases in Ukraine, and had warned Ukraine against it. The last Article of the memorandum says that in the event of a dispute, the four signatories would sit together and resolve the issues peacefully. In Dec. 2022, Sir Putin had sent a letter asking to have a meeting to negotiate a security guarantee for Russia. The US and UK made a deafening silence and Ukraine also did not urge a meeting to avoid war. The US and NATO took the line sovereignty meant Ukraine alone decided whether to join NATO or not. Sovereignty does not give the right to invite a distant super power to threaten the security of a neighbouring super power. The US-implanted govt. in Ukraine had been told that US and NATO would support Ukraine if Russia attacked. Russia took action in self defence to protect against the US threat projected through Ukraine. You gambled that with military aid to Ukraine and sanctions, you could defeat Russia. You thought that there will be an Euromaidan style mob that would overthrow Putin and then the US could implant a pro US govt. in Moscow that would hand over Russia's assets to US companies. The US wanted a regime change in Russia. It did not work out as you hoped. Russia has defeated you, Ukraine will not exist, and if you want to fight Russia, it is ready. Get it ?
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  6592.  @richardsanders.4624  Ukraine's independence was conditional on signing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and that the US also wanted. So there is no question of Ukraine having a choice of keeping nuclear weapons developed and controlled by Russia.
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  6593.  @davidhowse884  'The Maidan Revolution in 2013 was the result of Putin meddling in Ukraine's internal affairs regarding Ukraine's wish to establish closer ties with the EU, it was neutral yet Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas (It was Russia instigating Donbas. ' Liar, Maidan was plotted by the Jew Victoria Nuland. She and McCain were in the crowd celebrating. Why were US officials taking part ? The govt. Ukraine got was implanted by the US. Putin even in the middle of the war has said he has no opposition to Ukraine joining the EU as that is an economic union. The objection is to joining NATO which is a military alliance directed against Russia. NATO has expanded even though after German re-unification, James Baker had assured it would not move an inch to the east. The west lied to Russia - as you are doing now. So Russia has decided to kick your head in. Get it ?
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  6594.  @dalecrocker3213  You are absolutely correct. The US engineered a coup in Ukraine through that mendacious Jew Victoria Nuland and put an implanted govt. to serve US interests. They have been doing this in Middle East, Latin America, Africa - overthrowing govts. and replacing them with implants. But it went wrong because it was against Russia. There are great consequences to the US and the west - Russia has ended the western global order, and sped up the de-dollarisation move.
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  6595.  @christianevanherck6023  Would it alright if a Russian visited Britain at the time of the Scottish referendum and said 'I am with you, you deserve to be independent' ? Or if Russian officials visited the US and urged voters to support Trump ? The fact that Ukraine allowed Nuland and McCain to make such a speech means it is a banana republic. You are a duplicitous hypocrite. And if McCain said 'The free world is with you. America is with you' and Biden said US will support Ukraine for however long it takes, why does Biden not send troops to Ukraine ? Why did he tell Ukraine in the NATO summit in Vilnius that Ukraine cannot join NATO and there is no road map ? Ukraine was immature and corrupt, America has thrown it under the bus and plans to leave. Ukraine and the west have got what they deserve - a defeat from Russia.
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  6596.  @richardsanders.4624  What is a lie ?
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  6597.  @richardsanders.4624  What is all of it ? Be specific.
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  6598. Ukraine claimed it would win the war by Dec 2022. Zelensky said he wanted to wind up before start of winter.
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  6599. There is no moral quandary about the occupied killing the occupier. The Jews in Warsaw Ghetto tried to overthrow their Nazi oppressors. Do we blame them ? A Jewish student killed the German ambassador in Paris and that triggered Kristallnacht, aka collective punishment of the Jews. So would Piers say 'I do not have an issue with Kristallnacht, it was natural for Germans to seek revenge against Jews, my issue is only whether the SS went to far, it was disproportionate !' Piers is a pretentious moralist, trying to shield the Israelis. If he was living in Gaza, he would do the same.
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  6600. This retired Air Vice Marshall is a western propaganda hack, he has never led an air force in war !
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  6601.  @A4Natty  The American General Milley said 3 days. The Russians declared no timeline. They only stated objectives: either Ukraine signs up for neutrality, or it will be demilitarised and de-Nazified forcibly. There will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. The goals are being achieved. The Russians have the stamina to achieve the goals, the west does not have it. Get it ?
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  6602. The UK has nothing to give. It is all mouth and no trousers.
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  6603.  @r-e_mii  The UK does not have the capacity to fill the gap. They are all mouth and no trousers.
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  6604. Palestinian Christians and Muslims face Jewish terrorism. I understand the Jews have struck up an alliance of convenience with the pagans and idolators of India who hate Abrahamic religions.
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  6605. "So we are supposed to give up our national territory, vow never to join NATO no matter what russia does to us, AND also give Donald Trump our rare Earth metals?" Yes, because you are defeated. You don't have to vow never to join NATO because you will not get unanimous support - the US will not agree, let alone Hungary, Slovakia, Turkey. You have to give Donald Trump our rare Earth metals to pay for the money the US expended.
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  6606. The French might need all those arms they are giving away to Ukraine ! The French are known for their staunch chauvinism and racism. They have a very troubled colonial history. The French found it difficult to give up their colonies. In their hot war against Algerian independence, the French killed 1 million out of 15 million Algerians. They were sore losers. The army, police etc. have the culture of French colonialists putting down colonial subjects. The Algerians are also tough fighters - one Algerian told me, you hit me once, I shall hit you twice. It is a mindset that is difficult to change from both sides. The French do provocative things like ban the head scarf and make cartoons against Muslims, and say the first is laicite and the second is freedom of speech. The French are very bull headed and full of false pride, and will not make small concessions on these for wider goodwill. After this, they will not come out any wiser. They will conclude they have to behave in the same way but even harder. It is unlike the British who negotiated an exit from India and did not try to hang on by fighting. Hence the relationship between the British and the people from their former colonies settled in UK is not seething with anger and hatred. Both sides love to play cricket with each other, and have Commonwealth Games.
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  6607. Russia will bide its time, prepare and pounce on Lithuania when the US is distracted.
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  6608. There is nothing to understand about the price cap, the Europeans are just trying to show they are still relevant. Qatar has already told the EU if they find someone else was willing to pay a penny extra than the cap, the LNG will go to them.
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  6609.  @johnvannisselroy6197  The EU wanted to impose price cap on Qatar, but Qatar refused.
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  6610.  @ladeacarr4245  People will setup alternative insurance schemes and end the monopoly.
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  6611.  @jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713  Insurance is not high technology. It was historically with London as it was a premier sea faring nation in earlier times. Other countries with shipping industry should develop marine insurance - it is a great business opportunity.
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  6612.  @michaeldavison9808  Joe Blogs is a demented wishful thinker. He has been predicting Russian collapse for months. Everything from rouble collapse to military collapse. Whereas the reality is Russia is de-industrialising Europe and cutting its employment and wealth generating industries, and it is doing the same to Ukraine militarily. Will the price cap apply to Norway and US ? The more the west tries its duplicity, the more people will pass round them. Europe will become irrelevant.
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  6613. If someone came and took your home, you expect him not to fight ? Why do people in the US keep guns ? And what is your claim to civilisation ? You put Red Indians in camps and you practised slavery. So just shut up and don't preach to Palestinians, you ignorant numskull. To ask why Palestinians rebel against their oppressors is like asking why Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto made an uprising to overthrow the Nazis.
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  6614. Odessa is a gem built by Russians. Catherine the Great.
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  6615. No more settler Jews can fly in. But let those who want to leave Israel fly out.
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  6616. Not after 7 Oct... Israel has no surprises. It is not Entebbe.
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  6617. 'Putin's weaknesses will be targeted in Zelensky's Nato shopping list'. The very title shows Russia has the upper hand, and the west has to rummage for a weakness. Such is Sir Putin's mystique in western minds ! His methodical coolness deranges and demoralises the west. The west tried everything - sanctions, seizing Russia's money, sending tanks, cluster bombs, Himars, ATACAMs, Patriots. But all to no avail. Russia destroyed the Leopards, Challengers and Abrams, and made videos of them. It neutralised the Himars with electronic jamming, and the Patriots cannot cope with the hypersonics. The west boasted about the arrival of the F16s, and so the Russians destroyed the air bases. No doubt they will destroy the F16s on the ground. Meanwhile Ukraine is being pummeled with glide bombs, and Kinzhals, and nobody can stop them. Ukraine's power supply is halved. Let us face the reality : a paper tiger cannot fight a real bear !
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  6618.  @spotez9547  Zaluszhny did not want to be remembered for signing the surrender paper.
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  6619.  @sab4793  30 or 32 nations, NATO is merely an arm of the American arms industry.
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  6620. No he can't match Blinken the Jew, Jake Sullivan and the brain dead Biden.
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  6621. 'hes more intrested in looking out for islamic intrests for personal profit and their votes. ' No evidence for it. He has supported Israel to the hilt, so don't make up falsehoods, you scumbag.
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  6622. Why is Poland saying it was going to stop Russian gas, and boasting it had prepared all steps to stop Russian gas - and then complaining it is a direct attack on Poland, and stating it is going to take legal action against Gazprom ? It is funny how the most useless EU nations show the most vain bravado.
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  6623. Stalin taught Russians to be tough !
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  6624.  @femaleonthewatch  So would the British person ask for advice from the Chinese, or Russian politician, on what its govt. should do ? Let us face it, you are servile door mat of the Americans. You have been since 1945.
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  6625.  @istvanglock7445  He may not be a representative of the government, but unconsciously they mouth a certain line. Since WW 2, Britain like the EU is a vassal state of the US. The only difference with the EU is the British are fond of saying they have a special relationship with the US, which Americans don't recognise. It makes the British even more usable fools by the Americans. That question to Bolton about 'what should the British do in front of Trump' was shameless and shows the depth of vassalhood. It is like a Ukrainian asking a Russian politician what should Ukraine do in front of Putin.
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  6626. There was no answer given to where the money is coming from ! They have to maintain this stance of undying support for Ukraine for reasons of false pride. But in the end economics talks. Since she would not say where the money is coming from, it means it is nothing significant, or it will be cut from education and health budgets.
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  6627. The UK asked the Ukranians not to bring the Challengers to the front line after they saw the Russians torch the Leopards !
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  6628. The saying the French is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists.
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  6629. All fake news. The war in Ukraine is lost, Israel is also losing, British hanky panky does not work any more, so create a scare about Russians, immigrants, Muslims etc.
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  6630. So internationally respected that the US would not allow Wallace to become NATO Sec. Gen. which made him give up.
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  6631. Called the bluff of French and British 'strategic ambiguity', with a blunt message !
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  6632. It is never too late. Earlier, the trains were used to transport refugees, so they let that pass. Now, the west is using the trains for gun running. So the time has come to destroy the rail network, and surely that is easy to do from the air with little cost. The rail yards of all major cities will be destroyed. Lvov in particular may be razed.
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  6633.  @a6893_  Ukraine's brain is American brain now, that prevents negotiations, they will be destroyed little by little.
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  6634.  @phantom96aggie00  The Ukranians think the west will give them Russia's frozen assets and they will be able to rebuild. But the complication is before that, Russia will drop a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine to force surrender, and the west will not be able to stop them.
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  6635.  @AhmedAli-hu4vb  Zelensky cannot be serious in negotiations, America has paid him, after taking 800 million USD, he cannot turn to the Americans and say he will negotiate. He has to continue along the path of destruction of Ukraine while lapping up western praise.
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  6636. More shock and awe. First Ukrainian ballistic missile - don't believe it !
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  6637. Did not the Ukranians and their handlers say 6 months ago the Patriot missiles shot down the hypersonic missiles ? Now they are admitting hypersonic missiles cannot be shot down. What is going on ? As for getting an Ukranian soldier to say that the Leopard tanks are wonderful, what is the point of saying this, when we saw Russians destroying these tanks, and the Ukranian counter offensive was a flop ? As for the Germans saying they are going to make shells, where are they going to find the money when the country is being de-industrialised ? In 2023, the Germans declared they are going to build a tank factory - in Ukraine ! The Germans have committed economic suicide and it is all false bravado after a defeat. CNN has no credibility.
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  6638. She is busy plotting a coup somewhere else, Georgia or Moldova.
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  6639.  @barbaraseymour3437  Freedom does not mean joining an alliance hoping to bring in someone from across the Atlantic to put missiles in your country to threaten a neighbouring country. If the neighbouring country is powerful, it will give you a beating. The US is responsible for inciting Ukrainians to Russophobia, and the Ukranians were dumb to be used thus.
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  6640. Your ancestors were Nazi, were they ?
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  6641. And when it happens, all the media that were egging the western public to volunteer to go to Ukraine do a volte face and panic at the thought more mercenaries will be laid to rest by Russian missiles.
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  6642. Donbass and Kherson are part of Russia. So what is your plan of action ?
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  6643.  @ashk6762  'his plans is to condemn n post a Ukrainian flag on his status'. He will be like the EU politicians who wear Ukro flags on their lapels and lead lemmings like him over the cliff.
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  6644. Turkey is a key member of NATO. If they really teamed up with Russia, they will tear up Europe from its belly, while Great Bear chews Europe from the east.
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  6645.  @chewieknievel8439  Turkey has a large army, the biggest after Ukraine. Turkey has NATO weapons - but also latest Russian weapons ! Russia + Turkey will have Europe encircled from east and the south. Turkey, unlike the other NATO members, is not a servile vassal state of the US. Unlike Europeans, it has self respect.
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  6646.  @chewieknievel8439  You declare I am the Russian troll Ivan, and so no one believes me. However what I write is read and it bothers you so much that you write back. But you do not have the intellect to write a refutation.
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  6647.  @hunterphung3638  Why does NATO not send troops to Ukraine if you are so vehement Putin is a liar, thief, and murder ? Instead, western leaders want a diplomatic solution now.
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  6648.  @RobBCactive  'Basically denying support by diplomacy is as valuable as a military aid delivery.' Then why are Biden and Scholz offering diplomacy now ? Russia is winning the economic warfare. It is de-industrialising Europe. On the military front, Ursula von Leyen says that 100,000 Ukranian soldiers are killed. Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, and the rest is being reduced to rubble. So get real.
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  6649.  @trentriver  'NATO never threatened Russia.' It is not for NATO to decide that. It is for Russia to decide that. Ask Afghans and Iraqis if NATO threatened them. You need to cut out the self-certification of your innocence. Putin has got what he wants. Both the Ukranians and the US now know it is not feasible for Ukraine to join NATO, and the US cannot have military and naval bases in Ukraine. Sir Putin has drummed it into their hands with conventional warfare. If the US pushes and persists, Ukraine will get the nuclear treatment.
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  6650.  @trentriver  What do you mean NATO was not involved in Afghanistan ? Ignorant, don't you know who NATO troops ran away from Kabul, after the US exited ? In terms of nuclear treatment, why would the US go and commit nuclear suicide for Ukraine, when they are not ready to send troops and die in Ukraine ? Kissinger said long ago the US would not fight a nuclear war against the USSR to save Germany and Europe.
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  6651.  @solconcordia4315  'The US largely stayed there longer to reconstruct Afghanistan into a secure, comfortable, modern, prosperous, gender-equal, democratic society. It's a traditional U.S. endeavor after a major war. Handing over security responsibilities to Afghan government without having it being involved in the peace process backed by our infantile sucking-toe-in-his-mouth Trump failed after Sleepy Joe's pushing the snooze button repeatedly.' The US is very noble according to you. But Trump and Biden let you down in this endeavour in Afghanistan. Trump and sleepy Joe will let down Ukraine and wash their hands of it. The US does not have the money to rebuild Ukraine and Russia will not allow the US to spread its tentacles in Ukraine again
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  6652. It should not be acceptable to allow Russia to overfly ANY part of Poland for ANY reason at all...... What can Poland do ? Go to war with Russia ?
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  6653. The Jews, not Pakistanis, control Starmer.
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  6654. @ruger6049 Kiev is not an English word, it can be spelt anyway in English. What are you talking about ?
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  6655.  @Paulyy_D  'any reasonable man would stop that one sided deal' So BoJo went to stop the deal as an honest broker as he was reasonable ? So Ukraine's leaders are not reasonable and not fit to decide whether to negotiate or not, they have to be guided by the British and Americans ? Bloody cheek you have ! If what was agreed in Turkey was a one sided deal, what Ukraine gets now will be worse - it will be unconditional surrender, confiscation of land, no NATO, no military. And BoJo, Macron, Biden cannot change the outcome. Get it ?
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  6656.  @pjohnpamaipamai8057  Where can Hamas move their civilians to ? They are hemmed in all sides and the Israelis gave made it into a concentration camp. What is your point, what is the connection to Ukraine ?
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  6657.  @l-uk3xm  If most Jews in the US and Belgian stand w/Israel, they are endorsing an apartheid state built on war, then they are fair game for attack, and if they feel insecure, they can go to Israel which was created by the British for them.
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  6658. ‘’Hope is the main fuel we are running on’’ Sounds like the last gasp of the loser.
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  6659. Tell me what he has said that is illogical. The Anglo Saxons are the trouble makers in the world - the creation of Palestine, Iraq war, creating a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and inciting Nazim elements in Ukraine to hate Russia. And the strategy to take out London is logical - it makes an example, and he knows the US would save its own skin and look other way so a similar fate does not befall it. A single hypersonic Sarmat missile can take out the whole of Britain in a blink of an eye. You should recall Britain's experience when it played out its colonial era wickedness in the Suez crisis of 1956 when it invaded Egypt with its baby Israel. The Soviet Union (Bulganin) sent a letter to Anthony Eden that London will be nuked unless it withdrew. President Eisenhower looked the other way and was not ready to bail out Britain if it was hit by a nuke. Britain had to withdraw from Egypt.
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  6660. The aim is to take the Russian areas like Donbass and Odessa, back into Russia. Donbass has been taken. Odessa remains. Then make the rest of Ukraine a wasteland so NATO cannot spread its tentacles. Keep a low intensity war going for long time, so NATO entry is impossible. They have succeeded in making NATO entry into Ukraine impossible.
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  6661. You cannot blame Scholz for energy that costs 4x than before. The US imposed NATO expansion and Ukraine war. Germany and EU well along with the US. Blowing up Nordstream was part of the US imposition on Germany. Germany needs a leader like Putin, who can tell the US to get of its back.
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  6662. According to this joker Ledwidge says Ukraine has already won the war ! Then what is all this recruitment drive about then ?
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  6663. Scholz was asked to call Putin to seek an off-ramp for the west.
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  6664.  @fatdoi003  Jaishankar of India is pretty good as well.
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  6665. It is brilliant how the Russians handle the gas politics. They do not say they are putting an embargo on gas to the EU. They said the issue is they will only accept payment in roubles. They say the compressor needs repair from Canada. They say NordStream 1 is down for maintenance. They keep the west guessing. Contrast with the west : they announce sanctions round 1, 2, 3....and beat the drum, Ukraine tells them what to do, they predict rouble will be rubble, Russia will not be able to wage war soon etc. The west is all mouth and no trousers. Russia has not only got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, they have got the EU as well !
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  6666. United we stand - you would like Finland to be rubble like Ukraine.
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  6667.  @KirosanaPerkele  The war is unfinished. Kiev will not be so fine after Russia has finished - unless you sign up for neutrality.
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  6668.  @jdubb6960  If Ukranian forces station military installations near civilian centres, then they can be hit. Do you know the term 'collateral damage' ? If Russia wanted to massacre the Ukranian civilians, they could have bombed all the evacuation trains to Lvov and Poland at the beginning of the war. Instead, they generously allowed evacuation corridors and even allowed civilians out of the Azov Nazi held town of Mariopol. They inspected if the refugees had Nazi tattoos, that is all. Russia's aim is not to eliminate Ukrainians, nor originally even to take land. Their original aim was for Ukraine to accept a return to the neutrality it promised in its independence declaration. This is the only option for Ukraine to survive. Ukraine fought thinking it could win with US support, but it lost land and that will not be returned.
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  6669.  @gandalfstormcrow8439  'you wouldn't last 5 minutes' ? Against NATO ? Name a war that NATO won.
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  6670.  @jdubb6960  There were no war crimes, it is just westerners shouting and trying to be relevant because they feel defeated. The US should have been held for war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. I did not see your type shouting then.
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  6671.  @Inzpectre  I was thinking 'I am a bot, I must disguise from geniuses like you'.
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  6672. Russia has won the war, and got its strategic objectives, so shut up !
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  6673.  @katenoke1571 Russian frozen assets wont be enough. Ukraine has over $ 1 trillion in damages
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  6674.  @eveleung8855  You are correct. The US's relevance to Europe will go unless it has NATO. For that, the US needs to provoke Russia, and then Russia retaliates, and the Europeans fall in line with the US. There was the possibility of a Eurasian economy developing - linking Europe, Russia, India and China. The US would be left out. The problem is no European leader has the guts to say the US is a problem for Europe. They would be afraid of sanctions.
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  6675. Sometime ago, you thought Ukraine would capture Crimea. Now you are reduced to wishful thinking after defeat.
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  6676. Tell your Zelensky to agree to neutrality and stop him from inviting Americans to put missiles targeting Russia . Mr. Putin will stop the war. He would not have started it if NATO and Zelensky had accepted his not unreasonable demand at the beginning. Ukraine cannot afford to be in the western camp and be used to threaten Russia, it will be decimated little by little.
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  6677.  @lijing9669  Putin does not want US missiles placed in Ukraine to threaten Russia, which was NATO's plan for inducting Ukraine.
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  6678. Why are Jesus supporters with Judas descendants ?
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  6679. Cut out your patronising comment and threats. They don't want your foreign aid, they want you to get out of Africa. You need to absorb the message. The Africans see China and Russia as better business partners. You and your companies gave them slavery, apartheid, and wars to inflict regime change. Take an example of Somalia. The US oil companies and US govt. flocked to Somalia. ConcoPhilips found oil. Conco told the Somali govt. that they would develop the oil fields, on a 70:30 deal in their favour, and Somalia had to pay for all construction costs, and Somalia would have restricted access to the fields. The Somali govt. refused the terms. The US then tried regime change. Some American soldiers got trapped and the American sent a Black Hawk helicopter to rescue them. Somalis shot down the Black Hawk. In the ensuing fight, 3 Black Hawks were downed and 20 Americans killed. After that, the Americans withdrew from Somalia and Hollywood made a movie Black Hawk Down, to show off the brave American GI's escaping from wild Africans.
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  6680. Russians have had ample time to plan it because Ukraine had been announcing the Kherson offensive since July.
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  6681.  @daithi6826  It was more than one solider. Don't trivialise. NATO and Ukrainian senior planners were present.
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  6682.  @WunnSEN  Indeed Russia has only begun - the nuclear weapon still awaits Ukraine.
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  6683.  @bobwoods1302  NATO can go home. Russia is not interested in your peace deals. Any peace deal will require Ukraine or what is left of it to be neutral. If Ukraine does not agree, the left over will be made a wasteland and a low intensity war will be waged indefinitely so NATO cannot enter.
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  6684. The British military experts told us that Russia is fighting with shovels in Bakhmut. So how can it develop tactical nuclear weapons ? There is no threat.
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  6685. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouche, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. The US came to NATO meeting as a tiger and left as a chicken. It had staged a coup in 2014 to get bases in Ukraine. In 2023, it declared Ukraine is not ready for NATO yet, and there is no time table. Russia has cast the die so that the US dares not put Ukraine in NATO ! In effect, it has defeated 40 countries led by the US. Forget about bases in Ukraine, Ukraine cannot get the land back, and NATO cannot get it back either. Russia does not want negotiations. It will take the Russian regions of Odessa and Kharkov. NATO projects that it is becoming stronger because another two puny countries joined ! But it does not help Ukraine. It is time to disband NATO. Europeans need to distance themselves from the US. They are committing political and economic suicide, just like Ukraine, thinking being a vassal of the US will bring it benefits.
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  6686. Ukraine cannot have NATO membership. The war started because of it. Russia will not allow it. Full stop. Ukraine has only the following choices : (1) cede land (2) be neutral or (3) be destroyed and not be rebuilt.
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  6687. Sir Putin has diluted British, French and US power worldwide. It is unbearable.
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  6688.  @Paulyy_D  How can they provide what they don't have or produce ? You should be disappointed that your leaders incited Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  6689.  @chrismeese3666  You mean Ukraine is losing 900 men a day ?
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  6690. 'Ukraine Ceasefire: Caution Required' Don't worry, Russia is not seeking a ceasefire. Putin and Lavrov said Russia will not agree to a ceasefire or negotiations if it means NATO or European troops in Ukraine. Putin had said cryptically in 2023 'Why should we negotiate just because you ran out of arms ?' Russia is in a position to continue the war, break down the last major defensive bastion in the Donbass (Pokrovsk) and march on to the Dneiper. You do not want ceasefire, Russia also does not want one. So what is the argument about ?
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  6691.  @jimtalbott9535  Don't equate yourself with any NATO generals. Russian generals are fighting a combined arms war, and they have more experience than what NATO can manage. Combined arms means artillery shells, helicopters, planes, missiles, hypersonic missiles, thermobaric weapons, electronic warfare and GPS jamming, drones, ships, satellite knockout capability, and they have the nuclear sword at their disposal to ward of western intervention. Plus they have at their disposal hardy, patriotic soldiers who fight for their country. You have none of that. Get it ? You might have fought in the Falklands 40 years ago, but fighting Russia, don't even imagine you are remotely capable.
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  6692. 'every day a Russian collapse is imminent.' If so why did Trump's spokesman say Ukraine cannot expect 2014 borders, it cannot be in NATO and US will not supply peacekeepers ? The US is accepting Russia's demands. Hence, the collective west is defeated. You are deluded man. Get real.
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  6693. Someone once said "Quantity has a quality of its own". That was said by Stalin. He was responding to claims the Germans made of the superior quality of their weapons and their belief they would win because the Soviet Union only had numbers.
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  6694. You have a point about the great country of Newton. Still I would give credit to how the British are handling the situation, from the PM to the police. The police is not heavy handed, it is in the service of the law, not the state. The PM did not respond to taunts and incitement from Elon Musk, he was dignified. The PM did not speak like Trump and say 'both sides (rioters and victims) have a point'. Opposition parties are acting not to undermine the PM. Those who are caught for violent actions were sentenced within a week. As an observer, I am fascinated by how the British handle their affairs. Riots incited by fake news have been seen in India, the US, Rwanda; maybe even in France ? I don't think Farage is popular, he is still an outsider and this will discredit him. His party got 3 seats, it is a start.
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  6695. Ukraine offered sometime back to send power to poor Germany.
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  6696. One commentator Mercouris explained : Putin has put the US exactly where China wants ! Supplying and feeding Ukraine, so it has no time and resources to attack China.
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  6697. The BBC spends time to make programmes to create sympathy for Israel.
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  6698. What is the content of the Ukraine Peace Summit that Russia needs to go out and sabotage ? You do something idiotic and then say the Russians are trying to sabotage it. Western foreign policy shows a lack of seriousness and professionalism. Apart from this 'peace summit', they held three Ukraine reconstruction conferences. Western companies will not be able to enter to reconstruct Ukraine as Russia will not allow it. The west is stumbling from one folly to another to save face. But the rest of the world sees all these useless conferences as a cover-up for defeat. Turkey hosted serious peace talks where Russia and Ukraine attended and reached an understanding - which the US and UK did not want, as it is their war.
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  6699. Swedes were into Quran burning defending it as freedom of speech. I guess Swedes have to change the law to ban such incidents.
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  6700. Sky is very sloppy with its reporting. The reporter says Ukraine is going to supply weapons to Ukraine to bolster defences.
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  6701. America cannot undertake low cost production. The wages and expectations of the whites are too high.
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  6702. Look at the contradictory and clumsy accounts in the western media. At 0:32, the Ukro Nazi Philosopher says the enemy failed encirclement of the city from the outside. But at 1:08, soldier Konstantin says that it is very hard to get out of Bakhmut because they shoot at the roads at the slightest movement. The lady reporter bleats out the western propaganda : she says Kiev is holding out despite both sides suffering heavy losses, and military analysts say Bakhmut has no strategic value. The truth has to be pieced together from the above. The truth is Bakhmut is very relevant, so much so that the Ukranians have been ordered to stay even if there is danger of being encircled. The truth is Bakhmut is encircled as claimed by the Russians and is evident from soldier Konstantin's statement. The western media as usual is trying to put on a smile on a dead rat's face. The dead rat is Ukraine.
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  6703. Kherson offensive is imaginary. It is wishful thinking.
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  6704.  @david_24_king  The Russians are on the move in the Donbass and are advancing on Bakhmut, Kharkiv. In Zaphorizhia, they are getting ready to disconnect Ukraine from the power grid. Ukraine has a lot on its plate, they don't have the ability to take Kherson. We are yet to hear of Ukraine taking any named village in Kherson.
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  6705. 'One of the main problems is, that the west didn't give Ukaine the tools to make a breakthrough earlier - so Russia had enough time to dig in formidably.' You realised this just now, did you ? Russia was plotting its chess moves quietly, and the west was broadcasting Ukraine's counter offensive. ' west didn't give Ukaine the tools'. That is not because they didn't want to give, they did not have enough to give. And the Ukranian manpower has been killed off. The west cannot match Russia's ammo stocks and its production. That was known before. Independent analysts indicated that months ago. The west believed its own propaganda about the superiority of western weapons and training. You have realised this when defeat stares in the face.
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  6706.  @1midnightfish  Nobody is deluded apart from the western public. The US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO, thereby agreeing with Putin. The US knows Ukraine cannot win and it does not want to send troops to Ukraine, because the Russians will send Americans back in body bags. No one in NATO has the courage to go and fight Russia. They rely on Ukraine, but Ukraine is running out of bodies and shells.
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  6707. The emphasis here is on Britain's importance ! What is burning up the British so much that Russia has won ? There is nothing Britain can do to reverse Ukraine's position. Britain is not a relevant country anymore and claiming £500 million will change the course when 200 billion spent on the counter offensive only brought failure, shows the British cannot take the defeat and need 'alternative facts' to console themselves.
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  6708. No minority rights in US ? Every Hindu is dying to migrate to the US.
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  6709. That superior western technology ! Why can't they simply say it failed and we shall try again ? Failure is not icing on the cake.
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  6710.  @fimenduro  You must be burning, to reply to a bot.
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  6711. 13 drones out of how many shot down ? Notice the western spin. First they tell you how successful Ukraine has been at striking back, knocking missiles and drones out. Then they will add the customary assurance of Ukranian resilience. They also tell you for weeks that Russia has no missiles left, and anyway, they are inaccurate. But somehow Ukraine's power grid is destroyed and millions are without electricity, and that is a war crime. The situation is permanently dire and Ukraine needs more money, more generators, more Patriot missiles.....because somehow Russia finds a way that does not fit the western narrative. What makes the western media behave like this ? It is the sense of humiliation arising from the fact that the west has been given a poke in the eye by Russia.
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  6712.  @peterbarton9856  How has Russia failed ? It can destroy Finland with one Sarmat and whole the nuclear sword over all the EU and US. This is only if it threatens Russia of course. The fact that you are making a big deal about Finland joining NATO shows you are desperate for a victory over Russia - because on Ukraine, Russia dictated the rules and there is nothing 30 EU countries + US can do about it.
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  6713. Surprise, surprise - the Bandera army has discovered the Russians are not evacuating Kherson. Some western media even said triumphantly the Russian army was fleeing Kherson. As for the summer Kherson offensive, we were told it was imminent since July. But this Cragg fellow now says it is still some weeks away - due to the mud. And Ukraine is seeking more weapons from its 'partners' to advance. The longer it takes, the more time for the Russians to dig in and prepare Earlier, the Bandera army diverted to Kharkov to gain some cosmetic points, and did catch the Russians by surprise. But in Kherson, the Ukrainan forays had led to huge casualties for the Ukrainians. The Ukranians do not have the strength to take Kherson but the Americans are pushing them even if it is suicidal. Otherwise, there is cut off of money supply.
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  6714.  @2dronetek2  That will happen of course. Eventually, people in the US will question open ended expenditure on Ukraine for a lost cause. Ukranian strategy is to make retreats and then appeal for arms and aid.
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  6715. Stop the whingeing ! There is no two tier policing. Those arrested and prosecuted and gaoled are whites only because they were the ones throwing bricks at police and setting vehicles on fire. In contrast, the immigrants were law abiding. That is the conclusion based on evidence. The majority of whites want law and order, and not hooliganism. Britain has shown the world it is a law and order society and others can learn from it. It is not a country like India, US etc. where mobs can riot and dictate politics.
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  6716. This interviewer demands the Palestinian Ambassador to condemn the attack. But it is like asking the Jewish concentration camp inmate who killed the camp guard to condemn and apologise for what he did. One important point that the west does not understand is the fire Israel is playing with in trying to demolish the Al Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian ambassador has said the attack was caused by this and it was called Operation Al Aqsa. Any attempt to demolish the mosque will cause major attacks on Israelis, Jews and the west, and it will not be controllable. The west has no understanding of this mischief that Israel is doing, it is just obsessed with the death of a few Israelis.
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  6717. So you have not blamed Russia ?
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  6718. 'The UK's military industrial platform is run for profit.' Indeed it is, as they follow the US model. The military industrial platform in US-UK wage wars and gouge the tax payers to pay for it, saying he is about to be hit by an Iraqi missile in 40 minutes or a Russian invasion. The media goes along with such narratives. The politicians in the US are board members of arms companies or recipients of funding from the likes of Lockheed. It is very high corruption. That is why the US has been engaged in war after war. Russia and China's military industrial platforms are run for purpose - that is to defend their countries if invaded or threatened, they are not run on a 'wars for profit' model.
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  6719. Ukraine is not going to exist, it is going to be part of Russia. You misled Ukraine to fight Russia. Ukraine lost, and you do not have the courage to fight Russia because you would be killed. There is nothing you can do with your Storm Shadows. Russia said it will strike British assets and Britain. Therefore Biden refused permission to Starmer, as he knows Britain cannot fight Russia and the US does not want to fight Russia. The Houthis struck a British tanker, what could you do ?
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  6720.  @shuathe2nd  russia is about to implode - that is wishful thinking of the defeated. You have been saying this since 2022.
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  6721. The NK troops are not relevant. They are in Russia for a start. You are looking for diversions to cover western defeat in Ukraine. The war was lost for the west in 2023 when Ukraine's counter offensive failed. Now Ukraine is set to lose all of Donbass clearing the way for the Russians to advance to the Dnieper river. You do not have enough equipment, and what you had was crap as the Russians destroyed them.
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  6722.  @Bulldog2833  The UK was all mouth and no trousers. The ex defence minister Wallace said that 'we kicked the Tsar's backside in the Crimean war and we shall do so again'. That was in 1856. That moron believed Britain is as it was then, and Russia is as it was. Whereas Russia is a superpower with an arsenal no one else has, and it can kick Britain's head in.
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  6723.  @kathleentrinity7367  'Biden has been overly cautious and doesn't fully understand what Russia has done and can do.' Biden fully understands what Russia can do it - incinerate all cities in a blink of an eye. That is why he is cautious. And Trump wants to hand over the Ukraine war to the EU to manage. Get it, numskull ?
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  6724.  @cyclewisconsin105  Looking back, Russia should not have made Ukraine independent and it should have taken action against NATO expansion much earlier.
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  6725.  @billyray7067  'Clearly the west could have crushed Russia early on.' If that was possible, they would have done it early on. They don't have the capacity then, and even less now. Now that you have seen Russia's formidable arsenal, and you know you cannot stop the hypersonics, you are not going to stop them. 'Russia to this day still doesn’t have air superiority. They only fly over occupied areas.' It is an old fashioned concept that you have to fly over a territory. They can fire their missiles from inside Russia - fire and forget. You have military thinking of the 1990s or earlier. The Oreshnik was fired from a land site inside Russia. The FABS are fired from aircraft inside Russia. It does the job if the delivery system has the reach and accuracy. Ukraine's power grid is taken out. After defeat, it is customary for the loser to say, 'if we had done this or that earlier, we would have won'. You are like the Nazi general Manstein who wrote a book called 'Lost Victories' claiming if Germany had done this or that, it would have defeated the Red Army. Another variation of this syndrome is people who now say the Oreshnik missile has western technology ! If so, why are you unable to make any hypersonic missile ? The fact is Russia has superior military technology in quality and quantity, the Russians are brave and have better fighting ability, two qualities that the west does not have. The combined effect is they have won, and the endgame is on. 'The long war is having irreparable effects on Russias economy. That’s the goal. ' When you say to damage Russia's economy was the goal, you have made that up to console yourself after defeat. The US goal was to have missile and naval bases in Ukraine to shut Russia off from the Black Sea. That has been stopped. Ukraine's goal was to be in NATO. That too is not possible. Ukraine lost land and another stated goal is to retrieve it. That too is not possible. One has to judge you by the goals you set, and since you cannot achieve them, you are defeated. You retro fitted a goal after losing. The Russians buckle down, tighten their belts and make sacrifices for their country, something which the effete and emasculated west cannot do. The long war has destroyed Ukraine's economy with damage over 1 trillion. Ukraine has lost all its industrial area. The war has de-industrialised Germany and Europe. It has triggered de-dollarisation. You have shot your own economy down.
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  6726. 'Israel, the only country in the world that has to defend itself for defending itself...' Indeed, an apartheid state built on stolen land will/should have a hard time defending itself. Get it ?
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  6727. Excellent Karaganov ! Blunt but clear. NATO has been engaging in military political aggression against Russia for 27 years. Russia is sworn to defeat the European political elites so they do not wage war against Russia again.
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  6728. The Ukrainan Nazis cannot tolerate Russians, and they are embedded in their army and govt., so how will they tolerate Africans.
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  6729. Yes, Putin has realised he cannot win, he is in a panic, he is going to agree to Zelensky's 10 point plan, return to 1992 borders; quit office; surrender for trial; and pay reparations.
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  6730.  @AG-mz7vm  So you think Ukraine is in a glorious position. Even dumb Anders is changing his tune.
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  6731. He is vague about the alternative to Russian oil and gas, he hints at friends in OPEC (which friend ?) to bail out the west. The sinking feeling must be there that Russia is winning both militarily and even in the economic warfare, and is unstoppable. This blind adoration of America is the reason for Europe'e predicament. There is no recognition that the problem was caused by America's desire for reckless NATO expansion, and to split off Europe from close trade ties that was developing with Russia. The Europeans are doormats of the Americans.
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  6732. What values did Ukraine have in sending 5000 troops to Afghanistan ? Now, why should Zelensky complain if someone else sent troops to Ukraine ? On Israel-Palestine conflict, Zelensky said Palestine is the aggressor.
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  6733. Ukraine, American and European countries are not going to set foot in Crimea. That is a sure invitation for a nuclear strike.
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  6734.  @bobafett5757  I imagine Turkey will need to see the EU and NATO curbing their doublespeak and duplicity when dealing with people outside their club. For example, (1) harbouring terrorists trying to overthrow the Turkish govt. (2) saying Ukraine can join the EU because it is part of the European family (Ursula von Leyen) while Turkey cannot and (3) making cartoons against their religion pretending it is freedom of speech, while protesting against the Russians for making a cartoon mocking the EU (the French; but also Danes, Swedes and the rest of the hyenas of the EU). Hence, Turkey may block Finland and Sweden, or they might drive a hard bargain.
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  6735. The commentator said Ukraine appealed to Luxembourg for weapons ! Proof of desperation.
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  6736. But they say the tank crew survived. They will continue with the offensive on foot.
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  6737. Ukraine will be part of Russia, so Russia will become part of NATO.
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  6738.  @thegreatdane3627  ' but there are other suppliers, and other sources of energy. ' Can you name the suppliers who will supply you energy at 1/4 price like Russian gas ? Other sources of energy - you do not have enough from solar as you do not have sun. As for nuclear, you will find Russia is a key player in the nuclear supply chain. The US buys from it. 'Russia will never be a major supplier of anything to the EU again.' Russia does not need a dying EU. It is self sufficient, and it is going to be a key player in the new economic order in which EU will be irrelevant. That is proved by the way Russia was unaffected by your sanctions, whereas factories in Germany had to shut and move to China. The EU is a collection of irrelevant countries who are vassals of the US, and who have committed economic suicide for the US. Denmark is the most irrelevant, most people don't know where it is. You cannot fight Russia singly, or collectively.
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  6739. NATO is a fighting force that does not want to be killed.
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  6740.  @stephenhill545  The Germans I met in Germany tried not to think at all when I asked them who blew up Nordstream. They know the US did it, but they don't have the courage to say it. When you ask a westerner who created the coup in Ukraine in 2014 and why, either they don't know or they don't want to think at all. So what is your point about Russia ?
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  6741. The smugness of the west after the Kursk incursion they incited is gone. Now they know the reality Ukraine winning.
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  6742.  @andybassman104  All the Russians are dreaming about living in the west, that is why they are fighting and laying down their lives to defend the security of their country. You are a conceited, vain westerner. You would not fight and go to Ukraine and lay down your lives. Because you don't believe in anything other than LGBQT.
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  6743.  @biggusdickus5986  If you have the intellect, address what the video says. The video says Zelensky Urges NATO "Protection" Against Russia "Sabotage". Why is he saying that ? Why don't you overcome cowardice and send troops to Ukraine ?
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  6744.  @ugli88  On being a doormat - when the US orders you to go to Afghanistan and Iraq to die for them, you will only ask how high should I jump for you ? The Swedes will be dying for America, but not the other way round. Being a doormat of the US is suitable for Swedes but not for Russia or China.
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  6745.  @lukebandolino882  BASF's CEO announced that it is going to downsize in Germany and shift production to China - because energy prices are too high to support production. The auto industry is affected. Aluminium factories have shut down in Germany. Airbus is affected. It too will have to shift to China. De-industrialisation and de-dollarisation news is from the western press. The west said rouble will be rubble. Instead, the euro and pound lost 20% of their value.
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  6746.  @lukebandolino882  Yes, de-industrialisation has been happening earlier as the the capitalist sought higher profits using cheaper labour - it was called globalisation. However, Germany was a last bastion and hub of European industry. The rise in energy costs - inflicted on the west in retaliation for the west's economic warfare on Russia - is the death knell for Germany's industry. If there is little production left in Europe, can Europe live just on financial services ? The UK has done that, can the rest do that ? Even the UK will not be sustainable after Brexit. Well, the Europeans have shot themselves even in the field of financial services by seizing Russian money. The west had control of the banking system, but they have undermined it. Seizing money undermines trust in western banks. Mastercard and Visa were in Russia, and for domestic card transactions in Russia, they were earning 2.5% per sale. Now that is gone, and Russia brought its own card system, it is domestic for now - but it means Russian money will not go to the US. Other countries can also do the same. The net result of the west using the dollar and euro as a weapon is de-dollarisation and de-euroisation The effect of de-dollarisation is not as fast as de-industrialisation. When you see no evidence, the reason is it occurs at a slower pace. The US was bothered when Saddam started selling oil in euros. They did not wait to see evidence of dollar decline, they invaded to stop him. Give it time, Putin has accelerated de-dollarisation, and a rolling stone picks up speed. The US cannot invade Russia like Iraq, to stop him. Russia now sells oil in yuan to China, rupees to India. Hence, Russia's non-use of the dollar is a permanent dent in dollar demand. Likewise, others are looking into non-dollar trade. China is asking Saudis to sell oil in yuan. The day the Saudis do that, there will be another dent in demand for the dollar. The west has shot itself in the foot as it has undermined its chief asset, the banking system. You have down sized industrial production, and you cannot have others' money to play with, and you want to spend money on wars. It leads to a decline in standard of living and it will be permanent.
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  6747.  @ugli88  If no Swedes died for America, that would be the best for Sweden. When the US invaded Iraq, the US had the temerity to ask India to send troops. India declined. It is not a door mat of the US. That is a truly sovereign country. Of course it is out of the question for the US to think of asking China and Russia to die for them. But Sweden can be asked, they will oblige as it is not really a sovereign country. When the US bailed out of Kabul 2 years ago, they did not bother to tell the rest of NATO fools the date they were exiting !
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  6748.  @andybassman104  That is a weak response. Given up the debate ?
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  6749.  @cyndytung7477 The US is suggesting negotiations to Zelensky. Russia has not commented. They are in no hurry. They have the ammo to destroy Ukraine's infrastructure and they will continue.
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  6750.  @putinspuppet  Why would the Russians shell their own plant ? It is plain dumb.
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  6751.  @joemyler2958  Russia is not going to leave Ukraine. It is not going to pay any compensation. Who will force them to do that ? Instead, Russia will rebuild the part it has taken, and it will make the remainder a wasteland if Ukraine continues. The rump Ukraine will be dependent on EU aid forever, and the US which instigated it will walk away.
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  6752.  @gerri577  Zelensky will be eased out when the Americans decide it costs too much to maintain him.
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  6753.  @andybassman104  Yes, I read Shakespeare and Tolstoy. You have been reading some tabloid for low IQ people.
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  6754.  @andybassman104  If the tabloids are banned, it will raise your IQ.
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  6755. strong and resilient - stupidity is another dominant character of the Ukranians. Selling your country to the US (Victoria Nuland bought them for 5 bliion USD). They could have made something of their independence, but they squandered it, by siding with the US to threaten Russia. Now, the Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. The Ukranians are unbelievably dumb. Look at other countries that became independent, such as India. They don't agree to become a vassal of the US and they skilfully tread the path of neutrality, as that is the real independence.
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  6756. Amanpour is typically patronising and pompous and this attitude, coupled with her stuffy British accent, makes her nauseating. She is bobbing up and down searching for the right words, as she does not know what to ask. She is searching for a put-down to start off, so that gives the bias away. She starts off with low Russian morale - it is largely unsubstantiated. Peskov remains calm, he says 'let us discuss the causes for the operation'. His point 2 is the most important : Ukraine's declaration of independence stated it would be a neutral country and would not join any military alliance. Otherwise, Russia would not have agreed to let Ukraine become independent. After the 2014 Euromaidan coup, it reneged on this commitment and put NATO entry into its constitution. That is a direct threat to Russia and hence one can see why Russia felt compelled to take action. Generally, the Russian diplomats are cool, whether it is Peskov, Lavrov, or Putin himself. Maria Zakharaova on the other hand gives testy replies with pointed and accusatory finger. I enjoy watching the Russian diplomats and contrast them with the raging western ones, who goes to China and India and Arabs and demands them to accept their western rage.
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  6757. Canada will be Ukrained if you don't shut up. And Europe will be as useless as it was with Ukraine.
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  6758. Sill trying to console yourself ? Russia has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck and will not let it go. Ukraine will be reintegrated back into Russia.
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  6759.  @r3dpowel796  He has said Lysychansk will be the last.
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  6760. It is easier for Ukraine to join Russia than NATO. Ukraine should teach the west a lesson by opening negotiations with Russia ignoring the west.
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  6761. France is preparing for war against a near peer. Russia is more than a near peer of France !
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  6762.  @dweb  Good luck to them ! They could not get back Crimea, what are their chances of Kursk ?
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  6763. Zakaria should stop fawning on this joker to Zelensky. What is his purpose ? Does Zakaria want to show he is American, just like Zelensky ? There is no way Ukrane will beat Russia. Russia will break up Ukraine.
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  6764. It is difficult for any western country to surge arms production. They are not at war, another country is at war, so to surge it for someone else's benefit will not occur. Western arms companies are private, and for them to retool and make investments is not viable unless their govts. guarantee a 5 year buy back. The war may be over before that, and western governments are cash strapped.
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  6765.  @mastermariner490  Don't try to repeat the positive spin the western media is putting on. It is not easy to ramp up production. Even after the ramp up model, Ukraine has said it only meets 1/4 of their needs. The reason the west cannot ramp up unlike Russia is because the defence industries are private. They would need to retool, put extra lines, employ people. They will only do that if their profits are guaranteed. The western govts have to agree to buy the output for say 5 years. The war may be over in 2 or 3 years. The decision making will be slow and by that time Ukraine will be beaten into a pulp. The EU govts. are grappling with high energy costs and are de-industrialising, they are not loaded with money to make arms for another country's war. In Russia, the defence companies are govt owned as in the Soviet times, they are not profit based, they are need based, so they can respond to a command economy.
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  6766.  @mastermariner490  Cut out the swearing. Did I rattle you ? The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits main'. Big mouth (like yours) and tiny fists. Ukraine itself has said your claimed plans will only meet 1/4 of their needs. Ukraine is complaining that you are letting them down. The war in Ukraine is lost for the west.
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  6767.  @mastermariner490  Dumbo, I have copied this from the paragraph below the video. 'Ukraine's defense minister has said the EU's plan to supply Kyiv with one billion euros worth of ammunition was not enough. Oleksii Reznikov says Ukraine needs four times that amount.' Can you read and understand ? The meaning is the war in Ukraine is lost. EU Foreign Minister Borrel said if the EU does not ramp up production, the war will be over this year. Then he went on to cite why the EU cannot meet Ukraine's needs. Cut out the wishful thinking. Russia is beating NATO's 35 odd countries both in the economic and military warfare. Russia has single handedly ended the western 'rules based international order'.
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  6768.  @michaelkatz275  The crew escaped intact and is now marching on foot to Azov Sea to cut off the Russians. All the western crap equipment is failing them and they are told to be grateful.
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  6769.  @Yup333  Whether he is British or Russian does not matter. If what he says is logical and compares well with what we see, then people believe him. He is under no compulsion to air western media lines just to be conformist to the govt. script. You are frustrated due to the stinging pain of defeat, after having backed the wrong side.
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  6770. They died for US profiteering. They will realise when the US walks away after the elections.
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  6771. They have Zelensky on their mind.
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  6772.  @arisplugis5197  France and Britain (and Germany) created the Palestinian problem, so they have a responsibility to take the refugees.
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  6773. You can visit Ukraine when it is part of Russia. Ukraine agreed to a settlement with Russia in Turkey, but Boris Johnson urged them to continue fighting. So this is the result. Ukraine will not exist. Get it ?
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  6774. The US created the coup in 2014 using Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, it encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia with promises of benefit, and when it got defeated and matters did not work out, US wans to be the negotiator. The US arms and funds Israel, and then acts as negotiators and the Arabs accept (Camp David etc.). The US wants to do the same, except it is up against Russia, which cannot be pushed around. It can dictate to Ukraine but not Russia.
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  6775.  @Bac4-qu6qg7sk4v  Sir Putin has defeated the collective west. Has that seeped into your brain yet ?
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  6776.  @jaripeura5336  It has not seeped into your head that Putin has defeated the collective west. Well, let us do a fact check. The US has declared Ukraine cannot be in NATO. So much so for the pretence that Russia cannot decide who joins NATO. Russia decided, the US agreed. As a bonus, Russia gets 4 oblasts besides Crimea. And Russia will not allow any peacekeepers. And Russia has undermined the existence of NATO. That is the reality mate. Get it, numskull ?
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  6777. That WP article is absolutely sick and cynical. It says 'but it has been a triumphal summer for the alliance'. What are the triumphs ? Sweden and Finland joined NATO. How did that help Ukraine ? But I forgot, Ukraine is only a proxy whose purpose is to weaken Russia for the west.
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  6778. I don't think it will be business as usual if Harris wins. She will ease out Blinken, Sullivan etc. and put in a new team that will advise her to reduce support for Ukraine. The US does not have the money, and she has to attend to the domestic decline, and she has to attend to war with China. Therefore, her team will advise her to transfer responsibility for Ukraine to Germany and Europe. Germany is in no position to lead. Macron created some noise of sending troops to Ukraine but has quietened down after Russia killed some French soldiers. The British have the loudest mouth but Biden forbade Starmer from using Storm Shadows inside Russia. The rest of the Europeans like Poles, Baltics etc. are useless. Project Ukraine was a US scheme. It has failed. The US will do what it aways does, it will move on. The British follow the US. The Europeans will be left with the mess. They will have to sue for peace on Russian terms.
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  6779. People should have realised her calibre when she sparred with Russian FM Lavrov and said she will not recognise Rostov is part of Russia ! The British economy is a victim of the war against Russia. No Chancellor can change the economic situation.
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  6780. Keep dreaming for your Azov Nazis. They ain't coming out. Russian troops are threatening to cut connection of Ukranian troops on the Donbass front.
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  6781. I read the Sarmat missile can take out an area the size of Britain with a single strike. It is hypersonic, it will reach before you can react. So I would advise you to be very careful and keep quiet.
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  6782. Ukraine keeps saying it is shooting down hypersonics with Patriots. Is this true ?
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  6783.  @joker6544  And I hope Hindus stop going to America and spreading their casteism and sectarianism there.
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  6784. Good luck to those secular americans who have voted this woman as there representative - indeed she is exposing the Hindu Nazis who are settled in America.
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  6785.  @rakeshkrishnan1099  Is Ihlan Omar a radicalised American ? Or is she Pakistani ? Either way, you cannot rebut her charges. You don't have the intellect.
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  6786.  @rakeshkrishnan1099  What do you mean she is 'radicalised' ? Is she burning Hindus in the US ? Or organising mobs to lynch Hindus in the US ? Or making hate speeches against Hindus per se ? Many Hindus are radicalised and are murdering Indians. That is the subject : why are you evasive, why don't you solve that ? You are indulging in whataboutism. There is nothing wrong in selecting India for questioning. Whether she is of Somali or Pakistani origin is irrelevant. There was a conference organised by Hindu academics against Hindutva that I attended. Are the Hindus against Hindutva also radicalised ? After all, India claims it is a democracy. Hindu radicals wants to massacre Christians and Muslims in India, and have normal relations with Christian and Muslim countries. That is not possible. There will be a reaction against India - and eventually against Hindus.
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  6787. She says US has to project strength against such a leader who has defied the US and its allies multiple times - that is the crime ! Everyone should be a vassal of the US - like its 'allies'. Saddam and Gaddafi defied the US and were taken out. But Russia will never agree to be a vassal, and Putin is too formidable because he can injure the US and its allies, indeed he can incinerate all their cities !
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  6788. Israelis are not united. The strike has blown away their self belief in their invincibility. It has devastated their morale. They are into the blame game. They are not in control of the future as they imagined. They are stumbling into another attritional war which they will not be able to win. And this will not be the last Palestinian strike on their apartheid state and its venal land grabbing policy. Those hostages ain't coming back if IDF goes in. They will be booby trapped. Israelis must reflect that it is best to go back and in live in Europe or wherever they came from.
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  6789.  @mwambakatongo8613  'I guess he's paid to tell cope stories.' That is correct. The west is unable to extricate itself from the folly of pushing NATO expansion. That has become a sacred cow for the west. Bell has to put on a brave face for the losing side, the west. They all do. , But look at his idiocy. He claims that the west's advantage is smart weapons, and technology but he adds we do not want it falling into Russian hands ! So the west is hiding their weapons for fear of Russia.
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  6790. Russia wants more than Crimea. They have taken Donbass, why should they give that up ? Most important is not territory : Russia demands there will be no NATO bases in whatever part of Ukraine they leave. Without that, the Russians will continue with the war.
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  6791. What are western values ? Apartheid, support Zionism, wage war using false flag (Iraq), attack countries to grab oil (Somalia). The rest of the world knows western hypocrisy and duplicity, they have not forgotten, that is why they prefer to go with Russia and China. Ask the Africans.
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  6792. @BabuWebTech What are you trying to say ? Learn to write English.
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  6793.  @johnmcentegart8537  Cute and the magic sword. The polar bear is cute but it will tear you to bits if you enter its habitat.
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  6794. You are frustrated because Putin has checked NATO in Ukraine.
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  6795.  @KIZMET3001  Defeat is too painful to admit for the west. They think they are supreme. They have to keep Ukraine on the ventilator and put off its burial till after the elections.
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  6796.  @18_rabbit  Putin has prevailed in that the US cannot put missile and naval bases in Ukraine. That was its objective. Now the US knows that is not possible as Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop it. He has put fear into all of NATO. They will not have time to run around the world creating wars. Even more than the military result is the economic warfare. Russia catalysed the de-industrialisation of Europe, and triggered de-dollarisation which will sap US power. No country, not even China, could have achieved both these : checkmate the west both in the military and economic war. The rest of the world admires Russia. Get it ?
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  6797. Russia does not announce offensives, it keeps you guessing.
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  6798.  @mynameisnobody3931  It is the western media that is announcing a Russian offensive and getting hysterical to save Ukraine with tanks. The Russians do not announce things till it is over - Mariopol taken, power grid destroyed.
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  6799.  @rossevans1774  Russia does not announce like Ukraine months before. We are sending Himars and they will be game changers. We are sending tanks. Russia has time to prepare to destroy the tanks on arrival.
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  6800.  @citronski  NATO is not planning any industrial production. Its defence companies are private and they will ask for long term guaranteed orders, if they have to invest. No govt. in the west can give that. In Russia, the defence companies are state owned, and they can be run under a command economy. 'NATO hasn't even boots on the ground yet'. They don't want too put boots on the ground as they don't want to get killed by the Russians. The deal with Ukraine was 'we shall send you weapons, you give the blood'.
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  6801.  @jonnysantos5074  If there is not much to guess about what the Russians are up to, why are the western media hysterically beating their chests about a Russian offensive when the Russians have not announced it ?
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  6802.  @jonnysantos5074  How is NATO responding ? Weakly, too little, too late. Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come the battlefield and show it. NATO is unwilling as none of them can stomach being killed.
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  6803.  @toma2667  'Representatives of five russian regions will hold referendums on independence from the russian Federation in a couple of days.' Wishful thinking by a westerner who feels defeated.
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  6804.  @genenovak2717  No one could have put it better ! Strike 3 is to set up old factories to make shells !
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  6805.  @toma2667  I said Russia has not announced any offensive. You think it is because they have tanks from the 1960s. In that case, I dare the US to enter Ukraine and fight. The Russians will kill you on a bigger scale than Afghans. After running away from Taliban to avoid being killed with RPG, you will not want to be killed by 1960s tanks.
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  6806. The message is : show us results with the counter offensive, that is, show a return on investment, after that we shall give more money. Since Ukraine's counter offensive is a flop and is not going to improve, that means no F 16s.
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  6807.  @inquisitvem6723  There is an influential group called neocons, whose members are predominantly Jewish, and who are both present in Republican and Democratic Party. The necons plotted the Iraq war. Among them was Robert Kagan, husband of Victoria Nuland, the arranger of the 2014 coup in Ukraine. Both are Zionist Jews. The American people are not consulted on Iraq or Ukraine, the neocons arrange it, the media is used to manufacture consent and the American people fall in line. Bush did not face any consequences, nor Kagan and Nuland. Bush is gone, but Kagan and Nuland remain peddling their influence. The malignant neocons are not the wielders of power, but they direct those in power. You will point fingers at Bush, but not at Kagan, Wolfowitz, Perle, Kristol....
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  6808. Of course it is too late for Ukraine. Biden's is a loser and his move is cynical, he is not doing it for the benefit of Ukraine, but to spite Trump and of course Putin. He does not want people to say Ukraine lost because 'Biden tied Ukraine's hands down'. At best, Ukraine will fire a few missiles into Russia, but Russia will punish Ukraine severely, and the terms and conditions for Ukraine will get stiffer. And after 2 months, Trump will cut all the nonsense and Ukraine will pay for it.
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  6809. Whatever happens in Donbass, Ukraine has lost key coastal areas. Crimea now has a land corridor along the Azov and Black Sea, and Ukraine will not be able to get it back. Ukraine's exporting potential is cut.
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  6810. The war will conclude with Russia getting half of Ukraine and it will make the remaining half a failed state dependent on EU aid. Why don't these people ever ask why the west wanted to expand NATO to Russia's doorstep till it caused a war which the west cannot win ?
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  6811.  @KittenBowl1  Your statement is that 90% of missiles are being caught and haven’t landed before in Kiev. This is what Ukrainians say. But there is no evidence, it is just their word. Anyway, why are the Ukranians howling now ? Is the 10% doing so much damage ? 'Besides Russia is running out of money. I guess you think Russia has endless supply of missiles ' As if the west is not running out of money and weapons....
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  6812.  @eduwino151  Civilians were not attacked. The power grid was destroyed. The US did that in Iraq at the start. Here, Russia did not do it, till Ukraine attacked the Kerch bridge.
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  6813.  @eduwino151  Russians are crumbling ? Your Ukranian beggar has gone to the US with requests to save Ukraine from being beaten to death. Why ?
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  6814.  @eduwino151  Russia is fighting Ukraine + US + NATO, a military war and an economic war. Ukraine is battered, the west does not have the guts to send troops, the western economies are in the dock, and Russia keeps going. Incredible Russia. The reason you behave as you do is because you feel humiliated.
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  6815. And 100th time you had to back down out of fear.
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  6816. Ukraine has to come to terms with the reality : Russia will not withdraw unless Ukraine declares there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. Till then, the operation goes on till Ukraine becomes a wasteland.
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  6817.  @placeswelive5388  Condition (1) I don't think at this point Russia will accept just no NATO bases but will demand a statement that Ukraine will never be offered membership. That is the only acceptable formula for peace. The US will not permit Ukraine to be neutral, as that would be a US defeat, which goes against their pride. Ukraine does not have the freedom to decide. So then the only outcome is for Ukraine to become a wasteland.
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  6818. You are ignorant. Ukraine had nuclear power stations, tank factories, steel mills, aircraft factories, it produced good aero engines - it was all due to the Soviet Union, of which the major constituent was Russia. You imagine it is better Ukraine is 'destroyed but FREE cause one day Ukraine can have its Economy fixed without Russian interference.' It is good you understand Ukraine is being destroyed. The rest is wishful thinking. Russia will destroy Ukraine and make sure it cannot be rebuilt and the west will not be allowed to set foot there again. Ukraine will be returned to an agricultural state as it was before it joined the Soviet Union. It will have no factories, no electricity, no armaments..... Russia fought this war to prevent NATO expansion and western interference, do you think Russia will hand Ukraine back for western interference again ? Ukraine lives next to Russia, so Russia will have a say. In any negotiated settlement, Russia will demand there are no NATO bases in Ukraine. Otherwise, it will indefinitely keep hitting various cities randomly, and no westerner will go there as they don't want to get killed.
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  6819.  @maryanchabursky9148  You talk like Zelensky : a beggar who claims Ukraine is winning. Ukraine's GDP is under 50% of what it was. You do not have electricity to run industry, so what are you talking about ? Donbass is where the Ukrainain industry is . If you say, there is industry in Kiev, Dnipro, Krivy Rih, Kharkiv, and Odessa, Russia can destroy that in due course. If you continue misbehaving, Ukraine will be returned to an agricultural state. Whatever Ukraine has is due to the Soviet Union. You are an ingrate, that is why I favour Russia taking out all Ukrainian industry, arms industry etc. 'ruSSia started the war to annex Ukraine and end its existence, NATO and western intervention is a myth (and you know that).' NATO expansion to Ukraine has been an American plan. Ukraine changed its constitution and made NATO entry an aim. If you wanted to avert the war, you could have reaffirmed neutrality in Dec 2021. But you thought you could be part of NATO and threaten Russia. Then Russia decided to annex parts of Ukraine to prevent NATO entry. So don't lie. 'If ruSSia keeps hitting Ukrainian cities they will start too run out of munitions capable of doing so and Ukraine will get more AA'. In the first month, Zelensky said Russia would run out of missiles in 3 days. You are delusional. The missiles keep coming in. Russia is preparing the hypersonic Tsirkon for you. Let the ceasefire end. The west is running out of ammunitions. 'if ruSSia refuses to sign a ceasefire after Ukraine kicks them out of it's territory then Ukraine will go into ruSSia and destroy ruSSian installations. All this is already happening.' You mean to say Ukraine will launch an Operation Barbarossa ? Then you will receive a nuclear strike on Kiev to force unconditional surrender. Ukraine is a failed state. You should never have been given independence. You don't have the skills of statehood. Russia gave you independence in good faith, and you blew the opportunity.
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  6820.  @khiem1939  Zelensky buoyed by the Himars said he would capture Crimea by Dec. 2022. He said that is where it started and that is where it will end. If Ukraine enters Crimea, they will receive a nuke on Kiev. Zelensky also said after fall of Severodonetsk, no more city will fall. But since then, Soledar is gone, Bakhmut is going. And more to follow.
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  6821.  @md.fakharuddin4848  Like the Red Army did in Berlin.
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  6822. Rifkind is a pompous British ass of the colonial era, imagining Britain is a superpower like Russia. The efforts to denigrate Russia and under estimate its capacity comes from frustration. The claim that its GDP is only the same as Italy, or that it is a gas station is one dimensional thinking. What matters is what is in the GDP. Russia is the world's biggest wheat producer, it has oil and gas, it is the one which has the complete nuclear fuel supply chain, it makes metals, from steel to titanium, it makes gold, it can launch satellites and knock out satellites, it has its own GPS system. Finally, it has the Oreshnik missile which travels at 11 Mach and whose impact even without explosives is equal to a meteorite hitting the earth. Italy's GDP is pasta and cheese, shoes and fashion, some cars, tourism.... It is no match for Russia. As for the talk about China being a threat to Russia, that is wishful thinking, hoping somebody will check Russia because you cannot. China is not looking to fight, it is busy building its economy. Russia has nuclear weapons, so why would China go and pick a fight with Russia. The west underestimated Russia, it thought it could encircle and contain Russia - and it got defeated. The rest is sour grapes. The fact is Russia brought de-dollarisation and that itself ends western hegemony. Germany and Europe are being de-industrialised, and the UK is caught sucking up to America thinking it has a special relationship, and the US is mired in its debt and de-dollarisation undermines its future power.
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  6823. Earlier the EU said it was confident it was on target to replace all Russian energy by Dec. 2022. What happened ? France and Germany pledge support to consumers. Is that right ? I thought they pledged indefinite support for Ukraine. Europe is heading for de-industrialisation. What are the Americans saying ? Europe (like Ukraine) will be a sacrificial lamb ? The price cap is another harebrained EU scheme like its sanctions.
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  6824.  @fabik805  Russia lost more people than Ukraine ? Who told you ? The western media. How reliable are they ? They said Putin has a hand tremor, a mysterious illness, Russia has run out of missiles, run out of officers and soldiers. They said Russians have low morale, and then they tell you they are sending human waves, which means they are fearless. Ukraine is staring down the barrel of the long Russian gun. It does not have a future with its confrontational course.
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  6825. Zelensky is complaining he was hit with an ICBM but he says Putin is terrified !
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  6826.  @nijadbahnam9859 Why is the west aiding Israel with its genocide ? Hypocrite !
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  6827.  @UnionGunSlinger  Palestine is the homeland of Palestinians who are both Christians and Muslims; indeed there were also Jewish Palestinians. It cannot be the home of European settlers that Britain sent after 1917 to create an apartheid state. Get it ? You won't like it if Russia gave away 6 counties in Britain and brought in and settled Indians there.
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  6828.  @NoExpertHere  'Is Taiwan defence India's Problem or Not? Whats your opinion?' It is for Indians to say. I expect them to say Taiwan's defence is not India's problem. They would see it as another US created problem, and if the US persists, China is capable of giving a punch to the US just like Russia has done. The Indians would sit and watch. The Indian foreign minister Jaishankar memorably asked when he was pressed by a western reporter or politician, why is it a western created problem (like Ukraine) is a world problem, and the rest of the world's problems (example Palestinian problem) are not your problems when you created it ? An Austrian news presenter interviewing Jaishankar said Russia is India's ally. Jaishankar corrected him - India is not in an alliance with anyone. Russia is also not part of any alliance. The European thinks he is part of an alliance and he has a feeling of superiority, but actually European countries are just vassal states of the US. Europeans cannot think outside that box. Perhaps Putin summed it up : there are only four countries that are independent, Russia, US, China and India. The rest follow orders from the US. You need to look at the mirror and see that Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine etc. are all US created problems and the collective west is drowning in the problems it created.
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  6829. ​ @SuperHaz007  'Britain did not want to be in charge of Palestine after the war and the creation of Israel was agreed by a majority in the UN.' Your snake-like duplicity is evident. Israel's creation was long before WW2, it dates from Britain's Balfour Declaration of 1917. So what are you trying to hide ? You think people do not know ? Who gave you the authority to give a land where people were living for generations to people settled in Europe ? Why didn't you give half your country to the Jews, you bloody hypocrite ? As for the agreement of the majority in the UN, the UN at that time was just western countries, the majority of the world were colonies who were not in the UN. So don't hide behind technicalities to hide your wickedness. In 1956, Britain joined Israel to invade Egypt over the Suez Canal. That wicked streak had not changed. It was the Soviet Union that forced Britain out from Suez by threatening a nuclear strike. Britain bears responsibility, you cannot duck it. To this day, you support Israel. In 2017, Theresa May celebrated the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration as a great achievement. In the current war in Gaza, Britain is supplying arms. Why do you think students in university are out protesting ?
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  6830.  @timonsolus  'Actually the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 was approved by the UN General Assembly and by the UN Security Council.' Idiot, the UN General Assembly at that time were consisted mostly of the colonial nations like Britain, France, European countries, US etc. None of the countries we call the global south today were free at that time to contribute to the decision. The natives of Palestine were never consulted. So don't cite UN as justification of the creation of a settler colonial state running an apartheid model. Britain was the creator of Israel, of settling European Jews in Palestine, and other Europeans went along. Why did Britain not give 6 of its counties to the Jews to create their apartheid state ? Are you an ignorant or an unthinking, duplicitous hypocrite ? Britain continues to be an abettor of genocide of Palestinians. In 1956, it teamed up with Israel to invade Egypt over the Suez Canal - till the Soviet Union forced withdrawal by threatening a nuclear strike on London. Britain is supplying arms to Israel in the ongoing Gaza genocide. These are western values. So don't plead innocence.
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  6831. Russia's 'vicious attack' was promised when NATO expanded eastwards. So what is the surprise ? The west brought it on. And after bringing it on, the west finds it does not have the power to roll back Russia.
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  6832. This is the price for everyone who is a dependent of the US - whether Ukraine or UK.
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  6833. And all these unsovereign countries like Germany and Sweden are fighting for Ukraine's sovereingty !
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  6834. I hope Russia will not release any Azov Regiment fighters as it is a Nazi batallion. There should be no extraction. Only surrender or death should be the options for the Ukranian Nazis.
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  6835.  @gavrawlinson3099  It also depends what is in the GDP. Russia's GDP has food energy, metals, it has its own GPS, it has satellite launching capability, hypersonic missiles. UK's economy is today largely services. The UK cannot fight Russia . In the 1956 Suez crisis, Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt to create a regime change. But they got an ultimatum to withdraw from the Soviet Union, or else, face a nuclear strike. Britain meekly withdrew. Eisenhower was unwilling to save Britain. So Britain and its co-criminals had to withdraw. The situation is the same today. A single Sarmat hypersonic missile can be destroy Britain in a single strike. And the US will not dare step in.
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  6836.  @Misael8924  Genius, would you like to explain I contradicted myself ?
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  6837.  @DeborahBullock-j4b  I looked at the Labour Party. There are no convicted felons or rioters who tried to storm Parliament after losing an election.
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  6838. Very constructive. And Russia will destroy Ukraine for how long it takes.
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  6839. One more 'game changer' required - after they said Ukraine had 98% of what is needed. The Russians destroyed all western game changers and showed they were shoddy. They are preparing for destroying the F 16s. They have the missiles to bring them down. A few of them will be shot down and the west will not be able to replace them. So bring them on and Russia will show you ! And after that, don't make excuses, admit defeat.
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  6840.  @neilfox9854  Pompous exaggeration as if the Soviet Union won because of America. The Soviet Union would have won anyway, it might have taken longer. The US army and Britain would not have been able to take Berlin. The will was not there.
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  6841.  @nathanielacton3768  Ukraine and the west said two months ago the Russians will run out of ammunition in 3 days.
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  6842.  @drususmaior1641  Zelensky actually said Russians will run out of ammunition in 3 days. The west has been making similar predictions, Russians will run out of ammunition, soldiers, officers, they only have losses, and they will not be able to sustain it.
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  6843. There is no anti-semitism or call for genocide. People are asking for the end of Israel as an apartheid state. They are asking for sanctions. Even many Jews now agree with this.
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  6844. The rare earth and mining areas are with Russia already. There is going to be nothing for America. No reconstruction contracts either.
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  6845.  @zinomanezinomybe8244  'and we will blockade Kalinngrad once again '. What made you lift the partial blockade ? 'we will have us base at some point and Russia will do nothing'. That is what Ukraine thought as well. But see the beating it got. There is no prospect of US bases in Ukraine. The US now knows that also. Ukraine is 45 million, they have been good soldiers even in the Red Army, Ukranians are called Little Russians. Yet they have been bludgeoned. As for the Baltics, you are 2-5 million, Russia will seize the Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics, and the US would be unwilling to fight to save you. The rest of NATO won't be able to fight Russia. Realising that, the EU asked Lithuania to backdown on the partial blockade of Kaliningrad.
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  6846.  @ricardomadleno564  There is no legal right for any country to invite a superpower from afar to give them naval bases to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Ukraine's indepedence was conditional on giving back the nukes, not joining any military alliances against Russia, and leasing Sevastapol port to the Russian navy. Ukraine agreed to all three, but planned to renege on the last two commitments, therefore Ukraine's independence is cancelled. 'Gladly 85% of Ukraine is now forever to remain Ukrainian and alligned to the west ' Who told you that ? Russia is not going to allow NATO into the 80% of Ukraine that is left.The rump Ukraine has to agree to neutrality, or they will be bombed to the stone age. Russia will decide Ukrane's future.
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  6847.  @ricardomadleno564  NATO can keep supplying Ukraine, but it is not stopping more of Ukraine being destroyed. Russia will return Ukraine to a pastoral state, as it was before Ukraine was industrialised by the Soviet Union. That is, Ukraine will have no electricity, the nuclear power plants will be closed and entombed in concrete, Ukraine will have no industry, and all its ports will be seized. Ukraine's future lies in Russian hands, not in NATO's hands.
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  6848.  @DSan-kl2yc  Independence is not absolute, it depends on history, size of the country and neighbours. Under Ukraine's historical circumstances, it had to commit to giving up nukes, agree to neutrality and allow the Russian navy to use Sevastopol. Ukraine reneged on the last two, and therefore its independence is curbed and its future depends on Russia. 'If Ukraine had give the US bases, Russia wouldn't have invaded.' It is a pointless comment like saying if Ukraine had not given up its nukes (if Ukraine did not give it up, it would not have got independence). Ukraine would have given naval bases to the US, that would have come if it joined NATO, and Russia was not going to wait to find out. Ukraine should return to neutrality, or else Russia will continuing bombing it to a wasteland, maybe even hit with a nuke. Those are the only two options.
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  6849.  @DSan-kl2yc  There was nothing I said that was insane. I am starkly realist. Russia will not allow US naval bases in Ukraine. Ukraine can return to neutrality, or Russia can continue bombing it for years and making it a wasteland. Ukraine cannot defeat Russia, and the US is not strong enough to dictate terms to Russia.
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  6850.  @DSan-kl2yc  If Ukraine had said it wanted to join NATO in 1991, it would not have got independence. Its Independence Declaration stated it would be a neutral state. You have never read the Budapest Memorandum. It says the signatories will not attack Ukraine unless it posed a security threat to any of the signatories. Ukraine started posing a threat to Russia by seeking to join NATO. It conspired with two signatories, the US and UK, to threaten Russia by joining a military alliance of which the US and UK are members. That is against the spirit of the Memorandum. The last Article of the Memorandum says that should there be a dispute, the parties would sit together and negotiate. Russia asked for a meeting to negotiate a security agreement. The US declined, and Ukraine went along. Hence, all three signatories stabbed Russia in the back, and so that is the end of Ukrainian independence. Russia will take the Russian areas, and the rest will be bombed into a wasteland and no one will be allowed to reconstruct. If the rump Ukraine is to be independent, there has to be closure of all armaments factories in Ukraine and no US bases. All that Ukraine has got is due to the Soviet Union - arms factories, aero engine factories, steel mills. These should be closed or confiscated. Ukraine should be returned to a pastoral state as it was before joining the Soviet Union. It needs to be deNazified and Azov Batallion and Bandera worship have to be stopped.
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  6851. Yes, the Ukranians are fighting to save you. Afterwards, you can forget them and watch the football in comfort.
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  6852. Indeed, there is nothing to win in Ukraine ! The war is lost.
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  6853.  @maritaschweizer1117  Putin's main goal was no US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. That is achieved. US knows it will have to fight a nuclear war for bases in Ukraine, it is not going to do that. The US is getting ready to drop Ukraine = Putin has won. Get it ?
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  6854.  @MrBahjatt  'Nielsen is an idealist.....' I do not think so, he has a typical western colonial mindset which believes in innate superiority, the belief that the west sets the rules for others, but can flout any rules when needed. Nielsen is a neocon, the same as Boris Johnson, Blinken, Biden etc... 'He doesn't think NATO expansion should be seen as a threat to Russia.' Whether it is a threat or not is decided by Russian perceptions. He should know that Russia has been the victim of countless invasions, the last one being from Nazi Germany. Soviet casualties were 20 million. Hence, the Russians are paranoid (with good reason) about being attacked. It was highly insensitive of the US to push NATO expansion. Russia does not fear any of the Europeans. They know the Germans, British and the French are yesterday's powers. The British talk big and act Churchillian because of US cover. But the US is the threat. The Russians know NATO is just a cover for the US. The US plan was to have naval and missile bases in Ukraine to shut off Russia from the Black Sea. There is Rand Corp. report which the CIA commissioned on how to contain Russia, and it actively describes methods to stir up anti-Russian sentiments in surrounding countries. 'He doesn't know that it is a threat and may not know the Manroe doctrine.' If he does not know what is Monroe Doctrine, he should not make videos. He knows everything.
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  6855. NATO is not ready to die, so it can never win a war.
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  6856.  @surfaceten510n  'Its a win win for NATO..' How is that after inciting Ukraine to join NATO and fight Russia, and then saying they cannot enter NATO and they should be grateful ? NATO's behaviour smacks of abject chicanery and cowardice. NATO does not dare send troops to Ukraine to fight Russia. Russia is holding up well under conflict. The sanctions had no effect and the Russians sent European economies into a tail spin, and it triggered de-dollarisation (essential to end US power). Russia has taken the eastern part of Ukraine, that produced 90% of its GDP, it has fortified those acquisitions so that Ukraine will never get it back, blocked Ukraine's shipping lanes in the Black Sea, it has destroyed Ukraine's power grid and it has forced Ukraine and the west to run out of munitions. In 2023, it is win-win Russia.
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  6857. 'And now the world is a mess because we didn’t act.' The world is not a mess just because Russia defeated the collective west. In fact, the world will be a better place, as the western hegemony is ended. Get it ?
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  6858. This is CNN from 2 months ago 'Why Russia fears a 'major breakthrough' by Ukraine, according to UK intel' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYW6XBl6jok&t=458s Watch and have a laugh about the credibility of these jokers who promote Ukraine and western power. Russia had quietly prepared while the west was boasting about the devastating offensive Ukraine was going to launch via Zaphorzhia, which would lead to capture of Crimea.
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  6859. The IDF will go into Gaza, and get killed, and then find they cannot get out as that would be defeat, so they have to be there for years. I guess the Americans now know after their Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq debacles that it is easy to get in, but not easy to get out with a victory against a guerrilla war. Biden is giving the right foreboding. But the Israelis are trapped. The Israeli population is angry with Netanhayu, and demoralised. The Palestinians knocked out their self-confidence. The Israeli govt. is under pressure to do something, but is in a mess. It has to (1) get the hostages out (2) destroy Hamas without being sucked into an attritional no-win war (3) stave off a three front war. If Israel goes in, it can say farewell to the hostages and the public will be furious with Netyanhu. It cannot destroy Hamas. They have the will power and spirit, they are ready to take casualties, the IDF is casualty averse. A three front war is even less winnable. Israel needs money and arms, and the US is struggling in Ukraine to supply. That is why the US is pressurising to avoid a long conflict.
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  6860. All Hindus cannot be equal. It is against Hindu religion.
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  6861. So it is dawning on these western jokers that they have traded Pokrovsk for Kursk and that is a losing strategy. Russia will take Donbass and drive out the Ukrainians from Kursk. When that happens, the US and UK will pretend it was a Ukrainian decision, and nothing to do with them.
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  6862. In the next 6 months, Ukraine's handlers will look for a climb down and sell off Ukraine : they cannot defeat Russia militarily or economically. The writing is on the wall, once the great hope of Kherson summer offensive goes, realism will sink in. Russia has proved to be stronger than 30 weaklings + 1 superpower.
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  6863.  @SainyaHokage  Six months later also, the situation has not changed : Russia has proved to be stronger than 30 weaklings + 1 superpower. The only difference is the west is quietly understanding it.
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  6864.  @SainyaHokage  And you will continue reading my 'lies' and wishing you had the intelligence to write a refutation.
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  6865. There is no strategy in the west. The west does not have the weapons, and the Ukranians do not have men. Hence, defeat is certain. Russia will press on as Putin said. Now DW commentators can see what is coming.
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  6866. They are looking to migrate - to Germany ! Those two ladies are looking at which country would be safe for them. No one wants the Jews in Europe. After all, they got rid of them.
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  6867. Why do not the NATO countries send their trained soldiers, they might have a better chance than Ukranians with 3 weeks training ? Western media fellows are required to put a smile on a dead rat's face. The dead rat is Ukraine. Bell spins hope that the dead rat will get back its original life. The Ukrainians are not ready but the west is pushing them. The US is demanding a return on its investment. The Russians are waiting to massacre the Ukranians and they know, this is Ukraine's last attempt. The Russians have had 6 months to prepare, and they have killed a lot of the Bandera army in Soledar and Bakhmut. For the Ukranians, it is like they are launching an invasion of well defended Russia. What they are required to achieve is beyond belief.
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  6868. Time to stand strong after a defeat.
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  6869. The conflict is not going to be frozen, Russia is going to take all of Ukraine when Trump comes.
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  6870. Removing restrictions is not possible - the Russians have intimated in their revised doctrine that if Ukraine launches Storm Shadow missiles into Russia, the donor of the missiles will be struck. Biden therefore refused to give permission to Starmer. The US does not want to get incinerated for Ukraine. Get it ?
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  6871. Half the Jews are considering leaving Britain ? Good. Where will they go ? Israel ? Join the IDF and see what is your life expectancy.
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  6872. What are the European values about security this Pole talking about ? When you expand NATO to Russia's borders, where are the European values of security ? It seems one sided, and when Russia delivers a beating, they wonder why this country is different and unlike us. When Russia asked for a security guarantee, why did not NATO give it ?
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  6873. Did not your channel tell us in 2022 that Putin had a mysterious hand tremor, a swollen face and was dying of cancer ? Here he is leading the drive to change the financial structure of the global economy and end dollar hegemony. What is going on ?
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  6874. Always wondered why the British are delusional. It seems to be a craving for status as a big power. They wish they could be powerful like Russia.
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  6875. She says Oreshnik will be launched but it will not be a game changer. She assures us that the war will continue - that is what Biden has ordered. Biden has asked Zelensky to send 18 year olds.
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  6876. I guess firing squad. The US has to keep quiet.
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  6877.  @yourmanzach2307  Biden said the US had artillery shortage, so they gave them cluster bombs, but they made no impact.
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  6878. The west is trying to come to terms that Ukraine cannot win or join NATO. There is evidence for it. In Vilnius, the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO and refused to give a road map. To cover up for this, NATO makes out Russia has conceded that Ukraine will join NATO.
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  6879. Russia has defeated NATO and shown what a paper tiger it is. NATO does not want to die, and those who are unwilling to die cannot win wars. Russia inflicted this strategic defeat on the west and more important than Ukraine is its achievement in triggering de-dollarisation; that is the move that will cut US power in due course. There is no point taking out western frustration on Turkey. The US wants Turkey in NATO, European opinion does not count, especially that of useless countries like Sweden. Think what will happen if Turkey was no in NATO and had Russian bases at the bottom of Europe.
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  6880. It is good to hear the Russian side.
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  6881. They bash China and request China to curb Russia !
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  6882. What is heroic in being a vassal of the US and agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US and getting defeated and abandoned ? That was predictable. He and the Ukrainians were incredibly stupid. They squandered their nationhood.
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  6883. The Ukranians have 10 days to stage a suicide mission before the NATO meeting. Otherwise, the US will ask them to negotiate !
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  6884.  @johnfrancisco1851  Glory to Ukrainians - so why did the US not admit Ukraine into NATO ?
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  6885.  @NYlocked  But Swedes and Finns and the rest are terrified of the Russian military, that is why they ran to NATO.
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  6886.  @Trekari  ;the Russian military has proven itself to be incompetent and inconsequential.' If so, why are the Swedes and Finns crapping in their pants and running for NATO ? And why can't the Ukranians get back Donbass and Crimea ?
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  6887.  @xpact83  'Those explosions are from the sky.' Then why are the buildings on fire ? And why is Zelenksy howling like a dog and asking for more weapons ?
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  6888.  @kirkpatrick7475  Taiwan set up a chip factory in the US on US orders. Afterwards the US could not sell the chips because the main customer was China and China decided it will make its own ! Big disaster for the Taiwan company and the US.
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  6889.  @kirkpatrick7475  You wrote 'his country doesn't make them, the US and her allies are short on these weapons', and 'Rusyhas been storing and manufacturing weapons for decades for this very moment' If Ukraine cannot make them, and the west is short on these weapons (those are your words), why don't you accept Ukraine and the global west are defeated ? And therefore Ukraine needs to surrender like the German Nazis and accept the peace terms of Russia.
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  6890. 'I will move as far away from this dystopia as possible.' You can move to Ukraine. It is waiting for you.
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  6891.  @steveb890  Putin has never give any timeline. Even on Pokrovosk. Western experts give the time line and then say he did not meet them. Putin has only stated the objectives - no NATO bases in Ukraine, and either Ukraine signs up for neutrality, or Russia will demiltarise and de-Nazify Ukraine. Get it ?
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  6892. I would not rely on Poland to save Europe even if they spend 4.7% of GDP. It is another useless country.
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  6893. Why, he was not regaling you with false projections of Ukrainian capabilities, so he works for Russia ?
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  6894. In Southport, he was under 18. Not allowed by law to disclose the person without special permission of the court. Here, he was 58. There is no two tier system. The far right uses such a claim to seek resentment to further their fascism - amongst dim witted whites. Get it ?
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  6895.  @Vikingpoints The US should not have expanded NATO. When Warsaw Pact was disbanded, NATO should have been disbanded.
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  6896.  @SVSky  You have view that is self absolving. It was the US that pushed NATO expansion. Merkel and Sarkozy warned against inducting Ukraine, fearing to would lead to war - but Bush twisted their hand. It was the US that financed the 2014 coup in Ukraine that brought neo Nazi, anti Russian nationalists into power. From that day on war was inevitable. You have not bailed out anyone, you created the Ukrainian problem with the 2014 coup - and you are going to walk away. This is after saying you will support Ukraine for however long it takes, after refusing to reply to Putin's request to guarantee Russia's security, and after scuttling the peace agreement reached by Ukraine and Russia in Turkey. The US incited the war, you dragged Europe into it, you blocked the peace agreement in Turkey, and now that you are defeated, you say Ukraine is Europe's problem, we are sick and tired of your wars! Shameless fellow. Europe and Ukraine are at fault no doubt - for consenting to be US vassals. They deserve what they are getting. But don't put on airs of innocence. Get it, scumbag ?
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  6897. Can pompous Clarke tell us where Russia got these missiles from when people like him have been telling us for months that Russia has run out of missiles and is fighting with shovels ?
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  6898. In India, killing people for a cow is patriotism, rapists are garlanded, Hindus marched for the release of a Hindu temple priest and son who raped a 8 year old Kashmiri girl. Hindus who support BJP see that as patriotism.
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  6899. Putin has scared the hell out of Warsaw, Berlin, Paris and even Helsinki and Stockholm. Seeing Bakhmut is a warning for those who mess with Russia.
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  6900. What a genius of a military analyst, he tells us 'if I am a commander, I would want to take out every missile, plane and drone that came at me. But it tells us Ukraine simply does not have the missiles to take out incoming Russian missiles.' So did people of his ilk make a miscalculation about western capability versus Russian capability when the west incited Ukraine to fight Russia ?
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  6901. He is stupid and his people are stupider to be pawns in a game for NATO expansion, that is US benefit. You do not see even the most undeveloped country sacrificing itself for someone else's war.
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  6902. The British below are fondly quoting Churchill as if he was a great savant. Churchill went to see Stalin and prostrated himself to get Soviet support. If Churchill had been around, he would have behaved just like BoJo, Sunak, Starmer. He would have talked big about the need to fight Russia, but would have expected America to do it for him. As it is, America created the crisis in Ukraine by staging the coup in 2014, and now it wants to exit after seeing the mire. But the British want to be more American than the Americans, thinking it is a great Churchillian moment for them to shine and save the free world ! Boris Johnson stated recently that Russia must be defeated as otherwise it ends western hegemony (his exact words). No doubt that is the thinking of the collective west. But the collective west has been defeated in Ukraine, as the US is looking to exit, and EU + UK cannot save Ukraine. Western hegemony is ended for good. There is a new world order, the west can join it. Churchill was the epitome of western hegemony but it is not sustainable.
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  6903.  @ragesmirk  The Palestinians suffer abuse daily from the IDF in their own country. For you, only this lady matters because you saw it today. She is getting a taste of Israeli medicine.
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  6904. @@presidenteden6498 Ask the Israelis what they right have to confiscate land and murder Palestinians first. Israelis have been waging war on Palestinians since 1948, so they have to take casualties.
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  6905.  @ragesmirk  So why don't Germans, French get out of Arab countries, why do they want business in UAE and Saudi ? Then the world will be a less dangerous place.
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  6906.  @Sarah-xw2sv  Your eyes have opened suddenly because you saw a video. Your eyes did not see Israel running an apartheid, colonial settler state since 1948. You are the type who would have objected to black struggle in South Africa as unjustified violence against whites. Shameless person.
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  6907.  @semhacj5296  Palestinians are going through a hard time because the greedy Jews grabbed their land. Your statement 'the Palestinian going through a hard time, not because of the Israeli, they go through hard times because of their own people' is like saying the Jews went through the hardship of a Holocaust because of their misdeeds against Germans.
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  6908.  @Gimmithat491  Israelis have been denying there is no Palestine, but the Palestinians have not gone away. They are still taking the fight to them. Wishful thinking does not help.
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  6909.  @Gimmithat491  Israel tried to rule Gaza directly but withdrew because of the casualties it faced. It will be the same now.
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  6910.  PutinWearsPigozhinsWigs.  Gaza will be free burial ground for Israelis.
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  6911.  @hodayalavi6947  Tell Israel not to run a apartheid, settler state, and you stop excusing their acts of violence against Palestinian children and civilians.
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  6912.  @oliverdahms9434  No matter what Israel does in Gaza, Israel will have to live in fear, and face attacks.
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  6913.  @SCrEenNaMe-i9h  A single word, is that all you could write ?
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  6914. This Ukrainian joker is putting on a brave face. The US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO - because it can see that Ukraine cannot dislodge the Russians from the East and they will advance. The US did not give a road map for Ukranian entry. This Ukranian spokesman says that at the end of the war, Ukraine can join NATO. First of all, at the end of the war, Ukraine in its form of 1991 will not exist; and Russia will not allow what remains to join NATO. Russia will turn it into a wasteland and NATO would not dare enter. Saying the Ukranians don't show enough gratitude may be true, but it is just blame game as the counter offensive is a flop and western equipment turned out to be inferior and poor. The Americans have other wars to fight - China. Besides Trump may come and he will solve Ukraine in 1 day. No arms to Ukraine. Why can't Times Radio accept the reality ? Ukraine and the collective west are defeated. Cover up and blame game does not help. You have been brainwashing many in the west with unrealistic stories about Ukranian capabilities and western military superiority. The rest of the world could see through it. It is time to educate the western public you goofed. US caused NATO expansion, it thought Russia was weak, when Russia struck the Americans did not have the courage to send troops because the Russians would have killed them as well. The US came to Vilnius as a tiger and departed as a chicken. Ukraine came as a beggar as it was helpless and bleeding to death and was told to be grateful to the US and UK for putting it in this position.
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  6915. Africans do not want NATO, Americans and Europeans in Africa.
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  6916. 'Ukrainians weren't allowed to!'. Ukrainians should never agreed to fight a proxy war based on someone else who did not want to die.
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  6917. The Ukrainian explains why Russia is advancing : numbers and ruthlessness. Indeed, when Russia fights, it fights hard - to win.
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  6918. You got your chance to vent some racism, did you ? You think the 'native' British are prepared to go and die in Ukraine ?
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  6919. Let us assume the immigrants who you hate don't enlist to fight Russia and leave. Then will the authentic Brits go and fight in Ukraine and beat Russia ? Let us look at your history. In 1956, the British embarked on an invasion of Egypt over the Suez Cana, along with their colonial friends, France and Israel. Then the Soviet Union intervened and threatened to use nuke strikes on Britain and France unless it withdrew. There were no immigrants then but there was no will to fight the Soviets. Eisenhower refused to come and support Britain as he did not want to fight the Soviet Union either. Anthony Eden's govt. climbed down. It was a defeat from which he never recovered. There were no immigrants in Eden's time, so why did the British not carry on with the Suez invasion and go and fight the Soviet Union ? It is because the Red Army would have thrashed all the true Brits. That is the same situation today. You send an army of true blooded British to Ukraine, and Russia will decimate them. So you won't send them. Then why blame immigrants for your own cowardice and frustration ? The Suez invasion was a similar defeat for Britain as the Ukraine faisco. You never learn do you, to give up colonial adventures ?
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  6920.  @user-yg3vv3zp1l  Are the immigrants the one that are holding up the Brits from sending troops to Ukraine ? You think the 'originals' are ready to fight Russia and die ? You will find despite the tall talk about defending freedom, they don't want to die. Long ago, they had the British Indian army to die for them. Not any more.
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  6921. How much sunlight do they have ?
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  6922. 'Putin’s ‘hyperbolic power’ has been ‘proved wrong’ | former US Ambassador to Russia' One has to have a gross inferiority complex to say the above ! The Russians can fight; America and NATO cannot. Hence, the western rage against Russia. And the admiration for Russia by the rest of the world. Americans and NATO will fight against Iraq etc. but will not fight Russia. If for one moment they thought they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. Instead, they thought they could win by economic war. Even that they lost. Russia withstood the sanctions and the theft of their money. Russia instigated de-dollarisation which is now unstoppable. Recall that the US invaded Iraq because it started selling oil in euros instead of dollars. The US economic system depends on forcing people to trade oil and commodities in dollars only, and using its military machine to enforce it. But Russia and China understand this, and have taken steps to de-dollarise and the Americans cannot invade them like Iraq because these countries have the power to incinerate all American cities. Indeed, Russia is a hyperbolic power !
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  6923.  @salted6422  You have a lot of partners in crime in Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan, so don't be sanctimonious. The world is not going with your sanctions against Russia.
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  6924. The Soviet Union should never had allowed German reunification. Their Nazi wickedness remains.
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  6925.  @etienne4403  Europe has become irrelevant if it has surrendered its foreign policy to inconsequential countries. One of the lessons of the world wars was that large countries should not get sucked into wars by small countries. If Estonia misbehaves, Russia should seize it. The US will look the other way.
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  6926. What happened to Ukraine's Kherson offensive ? Zelensky had said he would capture Crimea by end of December. After all that boasting about Himars, Ukraine is being battered and hoping the Patriots will save them. The Ukranians can only be saved when they decide not to be led by the US.
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  6927. NATO is an ineffectual organisation, no matter how many join it. NATO's record in Afghanistan was poor. It ran away in the most cowardly manner. The US did not inform the rest of its useless allies it was exiting, and grabbed the first planes out. NATO expanded eastwards and it brought war to Ukraine. But it does not have the guts to send soldiers or put a no-fly zone. If Russia drops a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine, NATO will watch. Sweden nor Finland can change anything. It will put them as targets for nuclear strikes.
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  6928. Is Ukraine winning or not ? Or do we have to wait till August for the win ?
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  6929. Russia trusted NATO, and it expanded. Hence, Russia destroyed and threw NATO into disarray.
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  6930. You are nuts - Russia has defeated Ukraine and the west. ' In WESTERN style war, B2s and Tomahawks would have eliminated all of russia's air defences, then F-22s and F-35s would have gone in to (EASILY) establish air superiority.' All that is vain talk, Russia would eliminate all western cities with Sarmat hypersonic missiles. That is why you dare not send troops to Ukraine. You lot are not ready to die. Those who are not ready to die cannot win wars.
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  6931.  @jamesmedina2062  Why is it you want to threaten Russia and fight with her ? NATO has been expanding although the US, Germany had said to Gorbachov 'not an inch to the east'. The Russians asked for a security guarantee and asked Ukraine to be neutral. But the US staged a coup and implanted a govt. and incited it to join NATO. Russia had said it would be a red line. Russia went to war - and beat the collective west. You are a pathetic loser to claim European partners such as Lithuania are picking up the slack. In the second month, Lithuania was incited act as a superpower and blockade trains to Kaliningrad, citing EU sanctions. The condition for Lithuania's independence was that it would maintain a rail corridor from mainland Russia to its exclave, Kaliningrad. Lithuania continued its misbehaviour till a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence needs to be reviewed. Then the EU and NATO asked Lithuania to back down. Otherwise, Russia can seize the Baltics by cutting off the Suwalki corridor. Nobody in NATO wants to get killed for Lithuania. So don't be idiotic about Lithuania picking up the slack. Russia is a mighty power and none of the puny countries of Europe, singly or collectively can match. The Ukraine war has proved it. And the mighty USA also does not want to get killed. Biden had refused Ukraine's demand to enter NATO in the summit in Vilnius. He knows that if Ukraine gets into NATO now, the Americans will have to be killed. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars.
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  6932. Ukraine has no choice but unconditional surrender. You should not have incited Ukraine to fight superpower Russia, that is where the fault was. Losers cannot dictate terms to the winner. Get it ?
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  6933.  @PerfectDeath4  But Russia is punching Ukraine into a pulp, and the EU and US who said they will back Ukraine till it wins, are now begging for ceasefire and negotiations. NATO is divided and may fall apart. Same with the EU. And Russia has catalysed de-dollarisation, the biggest achievement that will curb US power.
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  6934. Neil made no sense. Europe's problem is mindless Russophobia. Europe and UK are not going to win against Russia by provoking confrontation.
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  6935. Europe does not have the capacity, Cowards cannot win wars.
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  6936. Ukraine cannot remain in a defensive mode. The US elections are round the corner, western people are starting to question the economic hardship. Besides the Russians will pepper the Ukranians with air strikes while they wait for F16s. If the F16s come, the Russians will have prepared a counter. The war is lost. Ukraine will not get a second chance in 2024 as its paymasters cannot afford it. Russia has played its cards at the right time. They are great chess players. They don't talk and propagandise much like you, they just do things.
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  6937. The Poles are terrified of immigrants !
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  6938. Why should he care about Ukraine ? It was the folly of past US Presidents. He is under no obligation to throw money at a dead horse to revive it.
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  6939.  @RE-zg6ns  Rz army has thrashed the collective west, so they became bots.
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  6940. Surreal comments from Blinkers : There is no magic pot of money.....and we are out of time. That is defeat ! But Ukraine will thrive he says. And will stand on its own feet. Our allies should foot more of the bill. It is a win-win for us. Yeah right !
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  6941.  @vervetech9395  Turkey is not in the EU and was sensible. It has avoided inflammatory language. Due to that, they are the only country that can host the two warring parties at the negotiating table.
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  6942. What happened to all the game changers NATO sent to Ukraine like Himars and Switchblade drones ? Did they make Ukraine win ? Why will a handful of tanks help Ukraine now ? The way west is behaving shows it is cornered and at a loss on what to do.
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  6943. 'Russia out guns and out mans Ukraine, but they are taking higher casualties? ' They have to say it as a self consolation, a face saver.
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  6944. If Ukraine tries to build long range ballistic missiles, they will receive a tactical nuclear strike. The purpose of this war is to stop NATO expansion, demilitarise Ukraine and root out the Ukro Nazis. Russia will keep going. Ukraine will be reduced to rubble if it continues resisting.
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  6945. The British and Americans firebombed German cities and the justification was to bring the war to an end, so why are they moralising now ? Russia has only hit the power infra structure. They should have done it in the first week to bring a quick end. But they were too soft. The Ukrainian civilians are active in the war effort, so why should they be spared ?
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  6946. It is not just 2023, Ukraine will not be able to evict Russia from Ukraine ever. Ukraine will become part of Russia. It got messed up by dallying with the US.
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  6947. 'Emergency meeting on Tuesday. Not much of an emergency; That is NATO's style of working. It needs to organise food and wine for the delegates jetting in. And Biden may cancel at the last moment, like the Ramstein meeting. NATO is not a fighting army, it is an army for war games, or to be used by the US against countries with no military like Afghanistan. None in NATO is ready to die. Least of all the Americans. Anyhow, Trump will disband NATO. Biden has alienated him so much with trying to escalate the war.
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  6948. Very good Qatar, stand for your values. The western man is a slave of alcohol, it is needed for his empty life. In fact, Qatar should take a leaf out of Russia : Putin told the west they can keep their single sex marriage to themselves.
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  6949. NATO is unwilling to send troops as they will get killed. Those who are afraid of dying cannot win wars.
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  6950. In Hitler's last days in the Reich bunker, all the Nazi officials serving him were partying as the news of the Red Army's approach was announced. It was an escape mechanism to forget impending doom. That is a psychological trait. That is the what the Ukrainians are showing as they know the war is lost.
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  6951. Only 40% gone into a grey zone according to Cragg.
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  6952. Horrible country.
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  6953.  @samielkhosht1086  Without the Soviet Union, Europe would not be free. Fact. You would have collaborated with Nazis - as you are doing now. Spineless, shameless people.
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  6954.  @JaneSoole  It is the Red Army that reached Berlin, they destroyed 80% of the Wehrmacht. You were not capable.
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  6955. The US has abandoned Ukraine and it will move on. Just get real. Ukranians are stupid. All you needed was to be neutral and you would have existed as a country. But you stabbed Russia in the back, now Russia has taken 5 oblasts, they will take Russian regions like Odessa, and Kharkhov. Putin said he does not want western Ukraine where all the Ukro Nazis come from; he said he does not mind if Poland or others take over. He did not mention what happens to Kiev. Whatever, Ukraine will be partitioned, and for this, blame yourself for following Hodges. This is what Hodges said 8 months ago : 'Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of August ..' | DW News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBhm5-y9h38&t=2s
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  6956. Even recognised western media does not ask critical questions. The Guardian reported the Ukrainian report that Russia shelled the nuclear plant. It did not ask or wonder why would Russia shell the plant that is under its control. Likewise, western media report 50 Azov Nazi prisoners were killed in a Russian POW camp by a Russian missile strike. The question was not asked 'Why would the Russians use an expensive and inaccurate missile to strike 50 POWs, when they it is cheaper to execute them with a bullet each (assuming they wanted that) ?'
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  6957.  @gottfriedheumesser1994  Personal attacks are a sign of weakness. Putin is not a nationalist 'just like Hitler', so don't make false comparisons. Only Germans and Austrians can be like Hitler. The Ukranian Nazis like Azov Batallion's founder Andrei Billetski said he wanted to save the white race from Jews and the untermenschen. Only Ukranians are proud that they had better Nazis than Germans. Ukrainians were employed as concentration camp guards. Putin does not follow any theories of racial supremacy. He does not say the Ukranians are sub humans. Ukrainians in contrast have made racists statements. Kuleba, a Ukranian minister said Russians are not human because they are not European, they have Asian blood. Russia has many nationalities and they support Putin because he has not persecuted anyone due to their ethnicity and religion. For example, he told the 15% Muslims in Russia that he will not allow any cartoons of the type Swedes, Danes and French allow under the pretence of free speech. He is a proper leader compared to all the duplicitous ones you have. He does what he says. As for your father being a well known antifascist, send me a link, and don't put on airs. Germans must be considered Nazis till proved otherwise. From your sly writing, you are an Austrian or German Nazi type. The rest of the world is grateful to the Soviet Union for putting you in your place. If Germany is a peaceful nation today, it is thanks to the beating the Red Army administered to you. 'Soviet humanity was that they captured 90k PoWs, but about 6k returned.' Where did you get the figure 90k PoWs ? Just made it up. They might have only captured 6500. The Germans killed 25 million Soviets, how dare you talk ? If the Soviets had been like the Germans and Austrians, they would have put 25 million Germans in East Germany in gas chambers. Instead, they encouraged them to build a socialist state and DDR did quite well. Most of the Austrians collaborated with the Nazis. When Toscannini was asked to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic, he refused unless 50% of the orchestra which had Nazi membership was sacked. Austria was under the occupation zones, and the Red Army only left after Austria agreed to neutrality.
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  6958.  @keith8609  You could only give a single word reply ? You must be one of those blind Ukranian supporters.
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  6959.  @weeblz9562  Who told US to expand NATO ?
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  6960. 'It's a shame that these brave men have to attack without air power...' NATO said it had given Ukraine 98% of what was needed for a counter offensive. Now that the counter offensive has failed which is effectively a western defeat, you resort to 'if only we had ...' Ukraine and the collective west are defeated, there is no way out of the hole you have dug yourself and fallen into. Russia has ended the western world order for good.
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  6961. He got it right - Germans are hemmed in by their Holocaust guilt. They have no voice. And it took Erdogan is right to ask why Christians are not shouting about churches being bombed. The reason is because Christianity died and Europeans have become shameless. Their souls are dead.
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  6962. It is time the Germans plucked up courage and told the Israelis they cannot back Jewish Nazism.
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  6963. Americans cut and run first. Even by American standards, Biden is motivated by undermining Trump more than helping Ukraine in any meaningful weapon.
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  6964. America created the Ukraine war, it has decided it is a lost cause, what is your problem ? The British and EU are irrelevant.
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  6965. Your channel is motivational but delusional, the war is lost, Ukraine cannot be restored. You put Humpty Dumpty on a wall, he fell down, and all the King's men and horses cannot put him back. Sir Putin has won, the rest of the world can see it, except your channel. There is a difference between a paper tiger and a real bear.
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  6966. As if there is any minimum quality concept in India....I was once in Bombay trapped on a road when these processions come out with effigies of the monstrous elephant god which are dunked in waterways. I learnt the idols are made in China ! So China caters to all primitive Indian traditions.
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  6967. Melanie Philips is an obnoxious Jew.
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  6968. What Obama did was discourteous and bad form.
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  6969.  @blrenx  There are lot of white supremacist Nazis in the Azov regiment whose HQ is Mariopol. They need to be liquidated.
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  6970.  @wilfredocortez8327  The problem is Zelenski is trapped. His paymasters, the Americans want him to fight to the last Ukranian. He has lost new land, and if he negotiates now, he will have to give more than Crimea and his own far right groups will kill him. So all he can do is continue, and get more of his country reduced to rubble. Even nuclear escalation is possible if the west goes too far.
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  6971.  @rustydog4404  I do not know what you are talking about. I never said the Ukranian people in your family are to blame. I said Zelensky and the people surrounding him like the Azov regiment neo Nazis are to blame for thinking Ukraine could join NATO and host US missiles to threaten Russia. Of course, he is an US implant, an outcome of the 2014 coup which the US backed. So regardless of your personal misfortunes and that of Ukranians, you need to accept it was the dumbest foreign policy. Ukraine does not seem capable of ruling itself, it is torn in the power play between US and Russia.
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  6972. Why don's you support Ukrainian Independence and sovereignty by sending troops ? Why are you afraid of the Russians killing you ?
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  6973. Of course US has decided in 2023 that Ukraine is not ready for NATO after staging the coup in 2014 that brought Ukro Nazis to power (who supported NATO entry). The reason for the change in heart ? If Ukraine enters NATO in 2023, it will ask for Article 5, and US troops will have to be sent to Ukraine, to be killed by Russians. That would not go down well back home ! Biden's promise is only extension of the original deal : Biden will give arms and money for however long it takes (that is, till Trump comes), and Ukraine has to continue giving the blood. American blood is too sacred and was never on offer to Ukraine.
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  6974.  @bencarter1666  The European model is also the imperial one. They can't do it on their own, so they just sailed in the American imperial boat. But they put on a pious pose of innocence after aiding in the invasion Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Palestine. That is why the British and Europeans have no credibility today when they pretend they have values and talk about rules based order.
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  6975. When you look at all of NATO's claimed game changers, from switch blade drones to Stinger missiles and Himars, in the end they made little difference. Russia has taken the land that generated Ukraine's GDP, Russia controls the shipping lanes, they have destroyed the power grid, Ukraine has lost more than 100,000 soldiers, Russia is on the move, and after taking Soledar, they are after Bakhmut. As always, Russia has the nuclear strike to finish Kiev if needed. A few tanks will not make much difference, the Russians have the firepower to continue to batter Ukraine. Russia is not going to allow NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  6976. Indeed, they underestimated their opponent . They knew they could not send NATO armies to fight Russia in Ukraine, but they thought Ukraine was a convenient proxy. The Ukranians had fighting ability and willingness to take deaths, but now the west finds it is not enough to beat Russia, and meanwhile Russia has inflicted incalculable damage on Europe. Europe is facing the pinch with refugees, energy shortage and de-industrialisation. Hence, the west is now reconsidering diplomacy. Of course, that means selling out the Ukrainians. The Ukranians will end up like Afghans and Iraqis.
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  6977. You will agree that Russia has courage more than the combined west ! The Germans do not have the courage anymore because they were beaten into a pulp by the Red Army. They know what fighting Russia means. 'Britain is fine. France is in the clear. The Scandinavians and the Polish are on top of their game.' You exaggerate their capabilities. They are hawkish for now, because they have US support. Once that goes, they will back down, they will quietly seek trade with Russia ! When you cannot beat them, join them. Britain's army is just 40,000 and they have a missile called Storm Shadow. When Storm Shadow was deployed in 2023, the British media were boasting that it would take down the Kerch Bridge and Russian soldiers will be trapped and Ukraine will retake Crimea. They boasted about their invincible Challenger tank and forced Germany to send Leopards. The Russians destroyed both. The Ukrainians could not cross the first layer of the Survokin line. The Kerch bridge was hit by the Storm Shadows, but it could not be taken down, and the Russians found ways to take down the Storm Shadows. France is inconsistent. In 2022, Macron said Putin must not be humiliated - he assumed Ukraine and the west would win, and Putin must be given an off ramp. But now the situation is reversed and Macron alternates between wanting to fight and negotiate. It is the west that is seeking to negotiate and freeze the war. The British and French can be summed up by the saying 'Gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. The Scandinavians joined NATO and now wonder what would happen if NATO is disbanded. They are training their populace for living in bomb shelters ! They are a pathetic lot. Sweden sent electronic warfare experts to train Ukrainians in Poltava. About 50 of them were killed by a single Kinzhal. Swedish electronics could not detect the Kinzhal ! Since then Sweden as gone quiet. The Poles are rabid, they want to be America's attack dog. Again, it will last as long as America is there. We know their performance in the last war. The Red Army liberated Auschwitz and the Poles from the German Nazis, the Poles could not do it themselves, and they would have been waiting a long time if they relied on the British. If it was left to Germany, there would be no Poland. Putin reminded the Poles that what Poland has today was a gift of Stalin. Stalin could have easily incorporated Poland into the USSR as it is a troublesome country on its own. As for Germans, you need to pick up courage - to turn down America and say you will not commit economic suicide. You also need to pluck up the courage to denounce Israel. You have no shame for subservience to the US and Israel - but you want to fight Russia. If you fight Russia, the outcome will be like 1945. You need to remember that the Soviet Union was gracious to allow German reunification, but you have stabbed Russia in the back by ganging up against Russia.
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  6978.  @1tr4phouse  What is at stake in Ukraine ? America's coup and implanted govt. failed. You can move off to your next war.
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  6979. Americans are a vulgar people. The comment comes out of sense of defeat. The Russians are dignified. That is the difference.
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  6980. @Nana He is the false god for the west, their Great Hope who will beat Russia for the west.
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  6981.  @hernanreipp3321  'The other british media was wet with "how the stormshadow, the challenger and other UK things" are used in Kursk.' Yes, the British seem to love show off their relevance after Brexit, while being a doormat of the US. In reality, they sound like Estonia talking against Russia like a superpower.
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  6982. ' The Empire is completely dead and the rot has settled in.' The Empire is where the money came from to invest and renew, that is not there any more.
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  6983.  @chrissmith7669  The opponent has taken 20% of the land that produces 90% of GDP and Ukraine cannot roll them back; it has shut off Ukraine from the Black Sea; it has caused damage worth $ 1 trillion; it prevents Ukraine from joining NATO. At best Ukraine can stop Russia from taking more. So who is winning ?
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  6984.  @chrissmith7669  You never put a feather weight to fight a heavy weight. The heavy weight clobbers the feather weight and you cheer the latter because he stumbles up after falling down.
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  6985.  @chrissmith7669  The feather weight has had his home destroyed, his cities destroyed and citizens living without power, his industries destroyed, his shipping lanes are cut. That does not seem he is dancing around to me. And the heavy weight might yet use nuclear arsenal to bring unconditional surrender.
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  6986. Ukraine will not exist, so what is the point of NATO membership ? Being in NATO is not such a privilege. Europeans will be forced to fight America's wars and then thrown under the bus if it is too costly for the US.
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  6987. Ukraine and Europe are victims of US machinations. Indeed in 2008, Bush strong-armed France and Germany who opposed NATO expansion fearing (correctly) that it will lead to war.
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  6988. Sir Putin has won, and you will trade with him again. You should realise the folly of your ways and realise the days of western hegemony are over. All those lives were lost because Boris Johnson and Biden thought they could impose their hegemony on Russia. Westerners should do some soul searching - the war could have been averted if the US had responded in Dec. 2021 to Russia's request for guaranteeing Russian security.
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  6989.  @richiecooke69  The US wants naval bases in Ukraine to shut Russia off from the Black Sea. Russia will not allow that. Sovereignty does not give the right to invite a distant superpower to come and threaten a neighbouring superpower. In this case, it is obvious the neighbouring superpower will destroy you. Get it ? Ukraine should have stuck with the neutrality it promised in its declaration of independence, in which case it would be intact and have even Crimea. It chose to fight a proxy war for the US, and got beaten into a pulp. One cam blame the US - and Ukraine for being dumb enough to be seduced by the US.
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  6990.  @Wowwhataswing  Russia's main objective was not land, but to ensure Ukraine will not have NATO bases. That is achieved. NATO knows Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war if needed to stop this. If Ukraine fights, it will lose land.
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  6991. If tactical nukes are used, Zelensky brought it upon Ukraine. Why should the rest of the world be responsible for Ukranian folly ?
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  6992. Does Russia have the technology to locate and cut underwater cables ? The west constantly says Russia has no technology. Then what for this fear mongering and paranoia about Russia ?
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  6993. @Null Pointer 'Russia is lacking the industrial base for large scale production of high tech weapons...' They have hypersonic missiles and the US has not been able to make one. They have used Kinzhal missiles in Ukraine and nothing can stop them. Your type of westerner on one hand says you have a commanding technological superiority as evident in your condescending acknowledgement 'That doesn't mean they aren't able to stick a camera to a cable and add some propellers to it...' 'what are you on about?' I was being sarcastic and mocking your type when I asked 'Does Russia have the technology to locate and cut underwater cables ?'. Your response shows the duality in your mind. Always condescending to Russia, but always paranoid at the same time that the Russians are coming to get you !
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  6994. He backed the Iraq war - like the Jew he is.
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  6995.  @lapserdak24  The reason you went into Iraq was the claim that Saddam had WMDs that could hit London in 40 minutes. That was a lie. After killing 1 million, Blair invented another cover up lie - he had saved people from evil Saddam. The west's credibility is gone because of your lies. The western world order is ended. Don't imagine you can use Israel to control the Middle East.
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  6996.  lopezb  Jews are manipulative. Most of the necons are Jews - Kagan, Perle, Kristol, Nuland, Wolfowitz. Friedmann is one of them, a war monger.
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  6997.  @desmulhern6872  Don't make excuses. The reason cited for invading Iraq was that Saddam had WMDs to hit London in 40 minutes. The real reason for invading was Saddam started selling oil in euros which would have undermined the dollar, and started de-dollarisation. The reason given (after the debacle) was to build democracy. That is change the goal posts to cover your wickedness. Anyhow, the western world order is ended by Putin, he has also kicked off de-dollarisation, oil is being traded in yuan and the US cannot stop it.
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  6998.  @splatoonistproductions5345  Someone asserted that they have quality. Let them provide the evidence they have quality. In 1956, the Soviets forced them to get out of Suez/Egypt. After that the Brits were careful to fight mostly in American led wars. All for failures -Afghanistan, Iraq.... Apart from Falklands, which war have they one ? The question in the present context is whether you have sufficient quality and quantity to fight Russia. You know the answer : you don't. You do not have the kind of incredible arsenal Russia has and your soldiers are not hardy like Russian soldiers. A Kinzhal strike or a thermobaric weapon will change your self assessment. The Swedes sent military trainers to train Ukrainians in electronic warfare. A single Kinzhal strike in a military academy in Poltava killed 50 of them. The Swedes withdrew and are keeping quiet. The same will happen to you. Your quality will not matter. Get it ?
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  6999.  @bradj6985  Russia is fighting against the combined arsenal of the west. It has destroyed Challengers, Leopards, Abrams, Bradleys, shot down F16s, and your various missiles - because it has an incredible arsenal. You are unable to produce 150 mm shells. It is because of Russia's t incredible arsenal, you dare not send troops to Ukraine. That is why the US decided to cut and run. The US could not last 3 years after saying it will support Ukraine for as long as it takes. But Russia lasted, it has the stamina. Get it ? Now the US is putting out feelers for negotiations. For negotiations, you will have to accede to Russian terms - Ukraine has to surrender what it lost and it cannot have NATO bases. And the UK and EU are confused - how are you going to fight this country with an incredible arsenal ? As for incredible weapons, do you have a Kinzhal or Oreshnik hypersonic missile ? Do you have anything to bring them down ? Have a reality check. You have lost the war. Get it ?
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  7000.  @KOPITE8989  Your post has a lot of vain bravado. 'Russia isn't what people think and without those missiles they wouldn't beat us in a direct fight.' It is like saying if Russia did not have an arsenal, and was like Afghanistan, we would win ! In a war, you check what the other side's arsenal holds, and not imagine you could win if they did not have somethings you have. You are a numskull to make such a statement. 'Regardless of what russia has we are also a nuclear state and ours are trident and unstoppable also. ' Your Trident missile failed in the last two tests. You do not have hypersonic missiles. Britain said it will make a hypersonic by 2030. The British company Reaction Engines set up to make the hypersonic collapsed a few months back. So what are you bluffing about ?' 'Our navy was a beast less than 100 years ago. Its knly due to government cuts we aren't as strong as once was it only takes a decision to rebuild on mass production buddy'. Why do you think there were govt. cuts ? It was because you did not have the money. Your economy is stagnating after Brexit, so no one can take a decision to rebuild on mass production. Why are you bluffing ? You are a spent force, a once upon a time country trying to show you are relevant. The US only sees you as a vassal, and you look down on EU, so you are nowhere.
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  7001.  @KOPITE8989  The British are vassals of the US and you are talking against the hand that feeds you ! No special trade deal for you. If Russia threatens you, you go on your own like in Suez 1956 - see how long you last before coming crying for help.
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  7002.  @fishingstevie8830  'Always is about the British ...' This is a right wing British channel for those nostalgic about Churchill and empire, who long to show they have leadership qualities which the wet Europeans and Americans don't have. The British bull dog will go it alone against Russia....
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  7003.  @johnm7267  But many believe Britain is almighty. Boris Johnson and Starmer think so.
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  7004. Earlier the west used to mock and say Russia did not have air superiority, and they do not fight like NATO. Now they say Russia's air superiority is unchallenged.
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  7005. Who is Putin's puppet ?
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  7006.  @johanbtheman  Joe Blogs the part of the US web brigade. At the end of the day, you have to compare his predictions and assessments on the Ukrainian counter offensive and the actual result.
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  7007. A few days go the Indian media were gloating that US had not supported Canada. Now, Sullivan has made it clear if India was behind this assassination, it will not be given special exemption. India has more to lose from this action. It got carried away away with its hot headed Hindu nationalism. Indians seek visas and want to migrate to Canada. That will be cut. The US and others can follow suit. Indians were getting away with killing Sikhs and minorities in India. The west was ignoring it. But now Indians got carried away and started doing what they call encounters in their country in another country, they will face the music.
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  7008. There is no parallel with the way East Germany got united with Germany following end of Soviet Union. The Soviet Union did not have direct rule of the GDR. But in the parts of Ukraine that have become part of Russia, the people are Russian speaking and they can be integrated into Russia. In the regions of Ukraine that Russia may leave, it will not allow NATO to set foot. The two Germanys reuniting is possible because they are the same people with the same language. Who will Ukraine hope to reunite with ? With Poles ? With Byeolorussians ?
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  7009. So Bakhmut will fall. All those claims about Ukraine getting back Donbass are not on. I had been seeing in alternative news analysis that Russia is making progress in Bakhmut. Now BBC is reporting it - reluctantly.
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  7010. Why not take up the challenge of the duel ? Then you can prove his missile threats are blase.
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  7011.  @hiufgterde  That the western media lies when it suits it, I am sure of that. But it surprises me that most westerners are blind to that. They think western media does not lie because it is 'free' and the western world is the 'free world' of which they are proud, privileged members. The western media is 'free' in that no one is going to be arrested for publishing a view, but it does not mean it does not falsify or project in misleading ways, to manufacture consent for the ruling governments.
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  7012. Headless chicken trying to fight a bear !
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  7013. Starmer says the coalition of the willing needs a US backstop !
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  7014. Stalin industrialised the Soviet Union in 10 years and made it a military superpower, so you cannot play the kind of games you do against the peoples of Africa, ME, Latin America.
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  7015. The Ukranian comedian has also realised Russia is gaining ground, but having taken American money, the Americans will not allow him to negotiate.
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  7016.  @robertosovietunion7567  'Russian gaining ground through Propaganda lies in there Controlled media...' But you agree Russia is gaining ground. Russia has taken most of Donbas, Mariupol and the coastal cities, is this propaganda ? Even Zelensky asked Ukranians to evacuate from Mariupol and Severodonetsk.
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  7017. Ukraine will get what it wants - it will become part of Russia.
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  7018. Russia would suspend the helicopters for some time, knock down any F16s with SAMs, knowing the US can not supply more, and then the helicopters will continue. The war is lost with or without F16s. Russia has knocked out all western equipment with ease and F 16s will be no different. Don't give that spiel 'if only we had given Ukraine F 16s, Russia would be defeated'.
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  7019. The Baltics need to be careful not to bait the Great Bear. The Baltic states have acquired a false sense of power due to association with US and NATO, and their leaders talk to Russia as if they are superpowers. This is what to led to Ukraine's downfall. One of them, Lithuania, had the cheek to try to blockade Kaliningrad using EU sanctions. One Russian politician then said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. Then the EU forced Lithuania to back down fearing Russia would administer a beating to Lithuania (as it would certainly have done). An attack on Kaliningrad is an attack on Russia, and a military response on Europe is then due, including and up to a nuclear response. The Lithuanians and Europeans will then find notwithstanding Article 5, the US will not be ready to fight a nuclear war with Russia to save them. Without the US, NATO is composed of useless countries who cannot fight. The Europeans should realise they cannot fight Russia and win. No one can. No point in provoking Russia.
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  7020.  @honnebombll  Weather in St. Petersburg is fine, we have heating in the home. How about you in Ukraine and Europe ?
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  7021.  @honnebombll  'we are living in caves again, you know, back to the roots.' European leaders see virtue in such sacrifices to satiate America's greed for NATO expansion.
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  7022.  @honnebombll  'Its actually not that bad, no junk food, cozy conversations at the campfire, no pollution, hunting for food keeps you in shape.' Well, then thank Russia for keeping Ukranians and Europeans in shape.
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  7023.  @honnebombll  Leopards are no match for the polar bear.
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  7024.  @honnebombll  Zelensky is requesting the UN to organise a peace conference in Feb 2023. The polar bear is not asking for negotiations, it is ignoring Ukraine, and just carrying on mauling Ukraine.
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  7025.  @honnebombll  The first indirect feeler for negotiations was sounded by Biden and Scholz. Now by Zelensky. For the optics, Putin will say that Russia is willing to negotiate. But Russia is continuing the winter war and is not offering any Christmas respite. There are only two solutions Russia is going for : (1) force Ukraine to accept neutrality, but now with further land loss (2) failing which, bomb Ukraine to a wasteland, and make it impossible to reconstruct, and make it impossible for the west to enter Ukraine for business.
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  7026. Sad for you because war mongers are no more ?
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  7027. He does not like NATO, he wants to be head of a 'coalition of the willing' and go into Crimea ! It will end when Russia nukes his country.
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  7028. There is no mechanism to expel anyone from NATO. NATO is a divide and useless organisation as it is, and it will fall apart even more if it starts bickering with Turkey.
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  7029.  @michaelrowe6360  Robinson is a man with criminal charges against him : tax evasion, contempt of court, stirring riots. Why do you want to obstruct the course of the law using mobs ?
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  7030.  @meusuniversitas4787  You want to have your opinion thrust on others through mob violence. And if society does not accept that, you grieve that you are ignored.. silenced. 'the truth will out and at least we all know which side of history we would rather be on' What is the truth ? Spell it out. Would you be on the side of Hitlerism which Britain fought against ? Numskull.
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  7031.  @meusuniversitas4787  here we go... you do not want the criminal record and background of Robinson to be known, you want people to accept his and your right to criminality ? Is that how you see Britain ?
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  7032.  @meusuniversitas4787  Share the truth that you know. Where did you get it from ? A Whats App message from Robinson, Farrage and similar thugs ? Something is not true because it fits your prejudices. The killer of the three girls was a Welsh Christian. Robinson and Farrage led you to believe they were Muslims. There was a nurse who killed 60 babies, she was white Christian, are you enraged that you want to deport all whites ? Numskull !
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  7033.  @dalebrown7842  Try harder to write a more cogent defence for a fascist.
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  7034.  @keithwilkins1437  You probably believed the last tweet from Robinson or Farage and rioted like an animal. Did the authorities not sentence you at the time ?
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  7035.  @wolfgangwiesinger9502  Latvia is in NATO , so what ? NATO is a collection of weaklings.
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  7036. Only the British were calling him Churchill.
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  7037. 'Russian bots will sleep through 4500 of their best, fully armored and prepared tanks being destroyed by "inferior western equipment" and then completely go nuts when ONE naked challenger 2 is destroyed. ' It is not the Russians who brought out the video of your ONE naked challenger 2 being destroyed It is the Ukranians who showed it and it is the western analysts who are giving all manner of laughable face savers like the crew survived and the tanks is repairable (Sean Bell on Sky News). It is all over BBC and your media. And the UK's Defence Minister issued a statement claiming due to your technology, the crew survived. Are they all Russian bots ? The western media claimed all manner of super qualities for this tank, and they are going nuts now when they find the tank is crap and the Russians have the capability to destroy them ! The Russians have only one made on tweet - that the UK wasted 4 million of tax payers' money. What do you mean by ONE naked challenger 2 is destroyed ? Are tanks not naked ? Do you think the Ukranians should have camouflaged it with a blanket so the Russians would not spot it ? Or do you think the Russians were unfair firing at a naked challenger 2 ? I can see your are burning and so you do not know what you are writing. It is as if the Russians punched you on the face. Backing the wrong side and being defeated is painful. I understand. But you need to become aware of reality.
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  7038. Europe must threaten Russia ? Who will dare ? Estonia ? Ha, ha, ha ! The bear will gobble headless chicken.
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  7039.  @varun2250  Caste system got solidified during colonial times ? The British have left, why do you cling to the caste system then ? Has an Indian PM ever campaigned on a platform to end the caste system ? Why don't you say the caste system is an abomination and Indians should work to eradicate it. Your attempt to blame the British is a defensive reaction - you want to continue with the caste system, but you want to attribute it to the British. Read your scriptures and you will find its sanctified. 'word salad is the highest limit for whatever that you are doing here while spouting Goebbel level propaganda' Learn English.
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  7040. The last 3 years showed the US has no leverage over Russia. Russia did not blink, the west has. Russia is not asking for negotiations or freezing conflict or a ceasefire, the US is asking for it. Russia's terms for ending the war are unchanged : no NATO bases and exercises in Ukraine; accepting that territory lost as a consequence of choosing to fight is ceded; demilitarisation of Ukraine so that Ukraine cannot resume the war; rights of Russian language speakers protected, and barring Ukro Nazis from government. Otherwise, Russia will prosecute the war till these aims are achieved. The west on the other hand is confused. First it said Ukraine must win, and it will support Ukraine for however long it takes; next it said Putin must not be allowed to win; now it says the war is about empowering Ukraine to have a strong hand at the negotiating table. The west's only objective is now to bale out without looking it lost. Russia is focussed and single minded. The west is divided and objectives are not defined, and decision making is slow and cumbersome.
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  7041. This academic is not neutral, he is wearing a heart with the Ukrainian flag, just to make sure everyone knows ! It is clear to everyone outside the west that Putin has won the military war and economic war - and now even the media war ! That is what is causing burning to Times Radio and all the western media. This academic says it is unfortunate that Republicans are not backing the war. In other words, he would like the US to continue funding the proxy war for the US. Putin said in the interview that there is no way Ukraine can win the war or reverse its fortune, and the only way is for the US to stop sending weapons in the futile hope Ukraine can defeat Russia. He is correct. Tucker said this is now accepted by many analysts in the west privately and he asked whether Putin thought the problem for the west to accept that Ukraine has to accept negotiation is a humiliation. That is what it is - the west needs a way out of this globally viewed humiliation, and this academic and others who persuaded themselves and others about the righteousness of the west to back this proxy war, now are left hoping that somehow the aid will be continued and Ukraine's fortunes will be reversed by a miracle. Putin was very diplomatic in his answer - he did not comment on the western humiliation, he did not want to rub it in, but he suggested a diplomatic off ramp for the US. All in all, Putin does not indulge in name calling, he has a class, sophistry and diplomatic control that western leaders simply do not have. Just listen to Kirby, Blinken, Biden, BoJo, they foam in rage and called Putin a war criminal. After all that, now to negotiate is humiliation ! Yet that is the only way out for the US. And negotiations will be held when Trump is back.
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  7042. Nothing can save Ukraine. Only unconditional surrender.
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  7043. So you had a good time lording over the Africans, enforcing apartheid and stealing from them, that time has ended, and now you know that time is over.
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  7044. Trudeau did the right thing, he should go further and cut visas and migration of Indians. Under Modi, Hindu Nazism reigns, and Sikhs, Muslims and Christians have been massacred. The Sikhs are protesting that. Canada does not give visas to Indians who have served in the army in Kashmir. Banning the RSS as a terrorist organisation in Canada has been requested before. Trudeau should go ahead and ban it now as the biggest threat to the west is not the Sikhs, but Modi's 'Hindu nationalists'.
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  7045.  @Jocelyn-075  Bell is forced into delusions as it is difficult to say in public Ukraine and the west are defeated. He will lose his job and money.
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  7046. In war, it is normal for civilian infrastructure to be damaged. At the beginning, they said they would not target civilian infrastructure. Afterwards, the British and Americans firebombed German cities and targeted civilians outright. The Americans used nuclear bombs to end Japanese resistance. In both cases, the British and Americans said it had to be done to bring the war to an end. The same applies here. Destroy the civilian infrastructure. If the Ukrainians continue, it is the tactical nuclear weapon.
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  7047. '"Kyiv in THREE DAYS!". Putin did not say that, US Gen Milley said it. Show me a source where Putin said this. Putin has only stated Russia's objectives. He does not give timelines. If the Russian army is a total joke, why don't you send troops to Ukraine, defeat them, and end the war ? And why did Finland and Sweden get scared and join ? You are frustrated because Russia has defeated the combined west. The rest of the watching world knows.
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  7048. End of Putin ? You have been saying this since 2022. But here we are in 2025, Ukraine has lost most of Donbass, Russia is set to take more. But this joker general is saying the Donbass invasion is not going well. The west has stopped talking about Ukraine recapturing Crimea; now the west talks about putting Ukraine in a strong position to negotiate ! I take it therefore that Russia is winning and all the west can do is try to make Russia stop. The west is so desperate that it now relies on useless Finns and Estonians to give direction !
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  7049. It is better you kneel to Sir Putin. You messed with him with your NATO expansion, and now you find you are being defeated. The Ukranians were dumb and thought they could fight a superpower and win believing they were indispensable to the Europeans and Americans
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  7050. Zelensky says it is not a Hollywood movie ! That is ironic coming from an actor. Ukraine could not have waited for air cover because the NATO is ordering them to attack saying they have given 98% of what Ukraine needs for the offensive. The writing is on the wall for Ukraine : the US wants results now, otherwise no more money and F16s.
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  7051. The NATO summit is a disaster - for NATO ! The Daily Telegraph reports that Ukraine has been told it cannot enter NATO - because it is corrupt ! In the Vilnius NATO summit in June 2023, Biden told Zelensky Ukraine cannot join NATO and there was no road map for it. The real reason is NATO cannot fight Russia, so they need an alibi. The reason the US could stage a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and implant a govt. favourable to it (which changed the constitution and put NATO entry as an article), was only because of Ukrainian leaders could be bought with US money in the first place ! This is a familiar tactic the US has used in developing countries.
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  7052. Like the west set the Jews loose on the Palestinians.
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  7053. Russia and China are so desperate - hopeless, aren't they ? Why do they give you sleepless nights ? Why do NATO countries run around like beheaded chicken ?
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  7054. Russian missiles are formidable. The UK can ask for a test on UK soil to check acuracy.
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  7055. 'And it’s hard to not underline how much money and effort and support Ukraine gets from Baltic countries.I ll forever remember that.' Your country does not exist to be remembered.
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  7056.  @paulgibbon5991  Ukrainan culture - what is that ? Name some poets and musicians. The Ukraine of 1992 is not coming back, so get used to that. Russia is admired in the rest of the world for ending the western 'rules based international order' for good. That is not coming back either. In future, there will be three powers, Russia, China and US. Europe and UK do not count for anything. That is also clear. Get used to that also.
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  7057.  @paulgibbon5991  It is a gas station with the awesome capability of eliminating Britain with a single Sarmat hypersonic missile, in the blink of an eye. The Soviet Union threatened to use a nuclear strike on Britain and forced Anthony Eden to withdraw from the Suez in 1956. You had to back down as Eisenhower did not want to fight the Soviet Union. And you are name dropping China out of wishful thinking. You know you cannot fight Russia, you hope China will ! The saying about your type is 'petits mains, gros bouches'. Tiny fists and big mouth.
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  7058.  @MM22966 'Long-term, of course, it just makes it neighbors mad and more likely to do things against Russian security interests (like Finland & Sweden joining NATO). ' Two weeks ago the Swedish PM was wondering if Sweden did the right thing to join NATO when Trump says he will abandon it ! The Swedes should stick with what they know best - porn.
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  7059.  @Ra-ox1cm  'The Russian Economy is the size of spain. ' That is a one dimensional story designed to make you feel better. It depends what is in the GDP. Russia makes metal alloys, titanium, it is the biggest wheat producer, it launches satellites and space stations, it can knock out satellites, it has the best hypersonic weapons, it is the key player in the nuclear energy industry, and it is also a leading oil and gas supplier, it is also is a gold producer. Can Spain produce any of these things ? The whole western world could not produce 150 mm shells to match Russia. 'Outside of Ressources russia is economically irrelevant.' Russia's gas fired Germany and Europe's industry. Now Europe and Germany face de-industrialisation. High wages, high energy, so BASF is shutting plants and moving to China.
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  7060. BoJo was Biden's errand boy. They have a vested interest in the war, which is driven by the US arms companies. Their system is based on war for profit.
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  7061. This news is irrelevant. Why is it reported ? Let us hear about the Ukranian counter offensive.
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  7062. @@peoplesrepublicofninj3418 Can you explain the relevance for you ?
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  7063. 4 Migs ! It is laughable. Russia must be quaking in fear. This is how desperate the west has become to save face. Defeat is written on the wall.
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  7064. Amazing how Ledwidge has become sobre and realistic. In 2022-2023, he used to froth at the mouth and either rail against Putin or proclaim Ukrainian victory. Now he knows the real position. It is better to be honest instead of being held up as a lying fool. There are still a number of British military 'experts' like Michael Clarke and Sean Bell who are peddling delusions.
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  7065. Himars did not work, nor are the tanks going to change the result. It is too little, too late. Russia has 15,000 tanks. Ukraine's forces have been butchered in Soledar and Bakhmut. Ukraine's supply line is too stretched - arms, ammunition and spares have to come from the US. Ukraine has lost the war in the east and the south already. The US is telling the Ukrainians to get out of Bakhmut, so they have people left to train ! The west has to put up a spectacle saying that it is doing something, anything.
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  7066. Is the US going to fight Russia and risk nuclear obliteration for Lithuania ? Mercouris is correct. The answer is 'no'. During the cold war, Kissinger said that the US would not fight a nuclear war against the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe.
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  7067.  @Alexandru0687  Let us say it is a pack of hyenas. The bear can maul all of them. That is what we saw in the Ukraine + NATO saga. True or not ?
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  7068.  @goldienorman9402  The hyenas in NATO are chicken hearted. Even real hyenas can fight as a pack. NATO is not even able to do that because the fear of being killed grips them.
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  7069. The usual attempt to downplay the result when things are going the Russian way. Soledar is not relevant, the expert says. If Bakhmut is not important, why are the Ukranians trying to hold on ? As these towns slip away, they become unimportant. Look at Kuleba's arrogance saying he knows Germans have to give tanks, and the Germans also know it.
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  7070.  @thegreatdane3627  Ukrainians and western media say that Bakhmut is unimportant, so it is better Ukraine gives it up.
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  7071. The west should forget about India being a bulwark against China. It is better to cooperate with China. India is not capable. It has a shoddy economy, and it is not strong enough militarily either. The west is clutching at a straw. Meanwhile, what the Hindu nationalists are doing is infiltrating Hindu extremists into western societies in the hope that they will get into power and shield Hindu fascism in India. The Hindu extremists have been infiltrated into UK and Australia as well. Last year, they created a riot in Leicester.
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  7072. NATO said they had given Ukraine 98% of what it needs for its counter offensive. You know better than NATO ? There is no question of Ukraine having air superiority. Over 1 year, the Russians destroyed Ukraine's Soviet era planes, so Ukraine gradually lost air cover. A few F 16s which the Ukranians don't know how to fly will be brought down by the Russians. The west cannot make enough artillery to supply Ukraine, they will not be able to supply enough F16s once Russia knocks them out. 'Considering how much more difficult this makes their mission, they are actually doing a good job.' When NATO said it had given Ukraine 98% of what it needs for its counter offensive, how can you say the Ukranians are actually doing a good job when they are failing with what was given ? Was the 98% junk ? Ukraine and the west have lost, and you are seeking vain consolation.
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  7073.  @wokeaf1337  Russia has enough air superiority to strike anywhere in Ukraine. They don't even have to cross the border.
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  7074.  @CountScarlioni  Stay hush, hush. The Russians will batter Ukraine further as the counter offensive has flopped. When the F 16s arrive, the Russians will knock them out like the Himars, Leopards and Bradleys.
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  7075. 'I haven't seen Russia deploying 1500 heavy bombers to bomb Ukraine into submission.' Why would they do that when a single nuclear missile will force submission ? They have not done that because they have been quite merciful (unlike some nations).
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  7076.  @bonnie7898  Why has Russia not used a nuclear weapon ? Because they are more merciful than others. Putin said they will use it only as a last resort, if the NATO tries to impose a strategic defeat- which means the US setting up missile and naval bases in Ukraine.
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  7077.  @airheart1  The Russians destroyed the Bradleys and Leopards in Ukraine's botched counter offensive attempt with helicopter gunships. The Ukranians are begging for F16s to counter Russian air superiority. So what are you talking about 'already shaky Russian force.' ?
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  7078.  @bonnie7898  Your side has flopped in its counter offensive. Your superior weapons were all burnt.
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  7079.  @bonnie7898  'Good cope. Hope you feel a bit better now.' I hope you feel better writing that clever reply !
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  7080.  @rbrookeb  Americans are cowards, they don't want to die for Ukraine.
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  7081.  @bonnie7898  Yes your side has flopped in the counter offensive. I did not say you are Ukrainian, or American or European either. But this is the side you are supporting. Why are you clinging to failure ?
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  7082. It is difficult to believe. Poland and Baltics have been at the forefront of anti-Russianism. Anyhow, why do Poland and Baltics want the war to end ? It implies they are facing severe negative consequences. That would be the only reason for them to change mind. That is a more plausible reason than they think Russia's performance in Ukraine was so bad they have nothing to fear.
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  7083.  @Katieroe1953  So make a up a random figure to console yourself after the defeat, say 1 million Russians perished without evidence. Putin has secured Russia from US bases in Ukraine.
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  7084. The BBC is eager to report the pious humbug of US politicians - as if that makes it truth. If Russia was to say the US is interfering in Russia, they will not report it.
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  7085.  @dpelpal  Russia is joke military now - so why are you seeking negotiations ?
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  7086. The reason all the western countries backed away from Macron's proposal about sending troops to Ukraine is precisely because of the fear that Russia will end western countries with nuclear strikes. If it were not for that, all the western countries would have ganged up by now. But Putin holds the nuclear sword on them. Well done Russia, it is always a step ahead of its enemies.
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  7087. Let the law take its course.
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  7088. The Golani brigade got hoodwinked by the hostages into believing they were Hamas ! It shows that IDF is jittery about ambushes.
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  7089. The US & the UK will not be able to give back 10% of nuclear power to Ukraine -because Russia will nuke Kiev and they will put their missiles on alert to destroy US and UK cities to prevent any interference. Hence, don't suggest dumb ideas that will not happen.
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  7090. When Putin says 'I will', does it mean the opposite ? When he told the west 'you will face consequences you have never faced before if you put no fly zone in Ukraine', do you think he meant the opposite ?
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  7091.  @stehlik  What consequences ? Putin has strangled Ukraine's - and Europe's economies.
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  7092. All western drama. The west does not dare send troops to Ukraine. Do you the think same cowards can go to Moscow and force Russia to send its politicians to be judged by others ? You will get a nuke in your face first !
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  7093. Zelensky and the current Ukranian govt. is an American implant, so he is forced to do as the US asks. The US is pressing them to make the offensive regardless of the military situation. The US wants return on the investment. If there is no progress, the money will be cut, the US will pressurise them to negotiate.
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  7094. This was well known. The west encouraged the comedian and gave high hopes, and said that we are sending arms, volunteers are signing up to help him, their attack was floundering, and the Russian economy was collapsing etc. The comedian asks for his backers in the west to put a no fly zone, send arms, stop Russian oil and gas, but the west is not able to do it. Then what was the point of encouraging the comedian when the west does not have the capacity to fight Russia ? What was the point of trying to get Ukraine into the west just to put US missiles there ?
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  7095.  @jcoker423  Vlad's army has destroyed half of Ukraine, Zelensky says the damage to date is 600 billion. It will cross 1 trillion if he continues. No one has the money to rebuild the country, and Russia will not allow US and NATO interference post war. The coastal areas are gone, it will become a landlocked country. It is heading to be failed state - thanks to US and NATO.
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  7096.  @jcoker423  Ukraine will be rebuilt by who ? The west does not have the money, it has to feed Ukraine's refugees and pay higher prices for oil and gas. Stagflation is on the horizon. In any case, Russia will not allow NATO and US to enter Ukraine. Russia and China are in the process of creating a new financial system based on yuan and other currencies, to trade oil and commodities, which will undermine the dollar's value. Others like India are buying oil from Russia bypassing the dollar system. The west has undermined its financial system with an own goal. As for Russia's weapons, NATO feared them, that is why it avoided a no fly zone.
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  7097.  @jcoker423  You need to become realistic. The collective west - US, NATO, EU - has failed. They could not stop the Russian operation, they do not wish to cross the border, sanctions don't seem to have any effect. Read the Chinese, Indian, Arab and other non-western media. They are openly lauding western failure. The western people are like lemmings, jumping into the cauldron because everyone else is doing the same. Russia and China will build an alternative financial system which is long overdue, and this will undermine the dollar and hence the US war machine. Get facts correct, then you will find a solution - otherwise, the west will not be part of a solution, it will be only stand outside and be part of Ukraine's destruction. Why was NATO not dissolved when Warsaw pact was dissolved ? Why did NATO say 'not an inch to the east' and expand in 5 waves ? Why did NATO ignore Russia's warnings ? When Russia asked for a written guarantee that no missiles will be placed in Ukraine, why did not NATO agree ? Russia warned it will take technical-military solution. Russia then did what it said it would do. It called NATO's bluff, and the US, NATO and EU are running like beheaded chickens. One day, it will say 'no fly zone', then it will say that is not possible; then it will say Poland will send planes, then it says it cannot be done; it sanctions a few oligarchs, and then unsanctions Abramovic because Zelensky says so; it allows Zelensky to speak in its parliaments, he insults, accuses and blackmails, and everyone meekly claps, and no one has the guts and minds to ask why this actor is being backed blindly, in the destruction of Ukraine. Turkey has played a more useful role trying to bring the warring sides together. NATO does not inspire confidence. The world saw how the US ran away from Kabul, without even bothering to tell its NATO allies. When NATO talked about a 'no fly zone' as asked by its comedian, Russia warned NATO of 'consequences it never faced'. Biden and Stoltenberg immediately said there will be no 'no fly zone' . So who is more powerful ? The one who does what he says, or the one who shouts a lot and runs away ? After the Kabul exit, Putin decided this is the time to settle NATO expansion for good. He has achieved what he set out to do. Ukraine and NATO now know there can be no more NATO expansion. Zelensky has agreed to give that up. The west incited Ukraine with false hopes, and then was too cowardly to go and fight for it. Now, if you cared for Ukranians, you would play the role of Turkey and try to mediate a peace.
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  7098.  @jcoker423  Why are you acting like a headless chicken ? It is as if Russia gave you a personal beating. NATO didn't want to stop Russia because it is a cowardly, brain dead organisation (Macron). It ran away from Afghanistan with its tail behind its legs, led by its leader the US, which took the first flights out, and forgot to tell its 20 other weak allies. Biden thought withdrawal from Kabul would allow US to concentrate on its rising enemy China. But Russia came in between. Now the US has two enemies, Russia + China is formidable. The reality is Russia has already won. It called NATO's bluff. Ukraine became an unviable, failed state run by Russophobes and neo Nazis who imagined they could bait Russia and NATO would come to their assistance. Ukraine has given up the dream of joining NATO - Zelensky himself concedes it. He wants security guarantees. That is going to be difficult to get because Russia ain't allowing US in, as it is the creator of the problem in the first place. No more Victoria Nuland in Kiev. Zelensky's only option is to surrender and ask for a ceasefire. Continuing a prolonged fight would mean more Ukranian cities will be turned into rubble by air strikes - Kiev and Lvov included. What is the point ? Russia can keep a low intensity war going for a long time, preventing rebuilding of Ukraine. Zelensky can continue his theatrics on war crimes etc. for another 2 days, after that he will move on to some other drama, but he cannot stop his cities being razed. There is no way Russia is going to let him off the hook. He keeps begging the west to intervene but the west does not have enough spine.
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  7099.  @jcoker423  Broaden your brainwashed mind. Watch the Chinese spokesman pointedly say the US does not have the courage to fight Russia directly, it tries to use proxies like the unfortunate Ukranians. That is how the US is seen by others outside the western bubble who you think the 30 nations of the west form the 'international community'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJAkJ0SUZOE
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  7100. Europe went green by buying LNG from America at 5x the price of Russian gas, and by de-industrialising and shifting production to China like BASF did.
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  7101. 'As Donald Trump claims progress in a chat with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, are we headed for another 'frozen war'? ' So a chat took place and irrelevant countries like Ukraine, UK and Europe were not involved. There will be no frozen war. Russia has said it does not want that, the job must be completed. Russia is clear minded about its objectives. The west is unclear of its objectives and capabilities.
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  7102.  @natalieturko4808  It should be nightmare for all Nazis and those who threaten Russia. There will be no NATO bases in Ukraine, or Ukraine does not exist, that is the bottom line, it was made clear at the start. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war over it.
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  7103.  @buddyrojek9417  They could have been neutral as stated in Ukraine's independence declaration of 1992 and avoided being subsumed. But they chose the path of Bandera's Ukro Nazi nationalism, and thought they could use the US to threaten Russia. Therefore they are subsumed by Russia. You need to get things in the right order. If they had not chosen to fight on the orders of US and Boris Johnson, they would not have been subsumed. Now it is too late. Get it ?
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  7104.  @mikefallwell1301  The American dream for Russia was regime change and installation of a Zelensky type of Jew in Moscow who would allow the Jews to rip of Russia's wealth. Did not work out, did it ?
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  7105.  @hindurashtra63  'RSS promotes Nation first.' That is a very convenient doublespeak - the RSS promotes nation first, because nation is Hindu according to them. Why did the RSS assassinate Gandhi ? The RSS has no original idea of its own, its notion of a Hindu state is a copy of Hitler's notions of nationhood. Indians don't produce ideas of their own, they are mere copiers. Where they have their own ideas, they are primitive and reactionary, such as caste and discriminaton. As for the Indo - China war, in the last skirmish, China took some land India claims. Why has the RSS's disciple Modi not got the land back ? RSS members should be marching to the border to wrest the land back. Instead, I read they vandalise churches at Christmas, and march in support of a Hindu priest who raped an 8 year old Kashmiri girl in a temple. The Leicester riots are a wake up call for Britain to the threat posed by Hindu militants to Britain. Britain needs to deny visas to RSS people coming to stir riots as in Leicester. Otherwise, they will create Hindu-Muslim/Sikh riots in Britain as they do in India.
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  7106. An Ukranian official complained that Putin has weaponised the weather !
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  7107. 'If Ukraine had remained neutral (Budapest memorandum) and treated the Russian minority population decently (Minsk agreements) then Ukraine would not be in the state they are in now. ' Well written. But unfortunately Ukraine is infected by the Bandera Nazi ideology which is racially and linguistically supremacist. The Ukrainian Nazis take pride they were Nazi even before Germans. The US cultivated them to undermine the Soviet Union and Russia.
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  7108. The EU is a collection of weak states who want to fight Russia on behalf of the US.
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  7109. The EU itself is a rickety, failed project. Nazis are rolling out in European countries, and they all admire Trump and his racism.
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  7110. Those who need alcohol to watch a 90 minute game can cancel their ticket and stay in the west. If it is such a matter of principle, you can give up on the money spent on tickets and setting up lodging and travel. If alcohol is so much needed, your lives are empty. Westerners have no right to pollute other countries.
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  7111.  @Scaleyback317  Russia is not a threat to UK - unless the UK gangs up and goes to war Ukraine. In the latter case, naturally the Russians will retaliate and you will be badly injured.
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  7112.  @ronny8429  The Russians see the way you behave as a threat (NATO expansion). You started that although Russia dissolved the Warsaw Pact.
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  7113.  @ronny8429  NATO is not a defence organisation, it is a tool of US expansionism and control. NATO went and fought in Afghanistan It took part in attacks on Libya. Even Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq, a country which had not harmed Iraq. The conditions for Ukraine's independence was that it would hand back the nuclear weapons, it would be neutral and not join any military alliance, and it would lease Sevastapol port to the Russia navy. Ukraine had plans to renege on the last two understandings that it had with Russia for its independence. Hence, I see why Russia will not allow US to put bases in Ukraine and why it wants to demilitarise Ukraine, so it has no army or weapons.
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  7114. Times Radio : Putin's advances in Kharkiv region 'stalled' ? Really ? BBC used to propagate delusions the same way as Times Radio. But this is what it said today Frontline fighting: Russia advancing in shock offensive north of Kharkiv | BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmgAjSJtX6o
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  7115. Ukraine will not be negotiating, it will have to surrender.
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  7116. As usual, there is an effort to gloss over loss of Bakhmut by adding Russia will not have gained ! The 'expert' says taking more cities will take time, and Russia does not have time - as if Ukraine has time on its side !
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  7117. You mean when Peskov is sleeping, he's still creating sleeplessness for you. That is natural. The chicken feel sleepless having heard there is a prowling bear in the vicinity.
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  7118. Your ancestors were proud of fighting for Nazis, without the Soviet Union you would be Nazi still.
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  7119. Sanctions have failed, you have shot yourself in the foot - Germany is being deindustrialised and de-dollarisation kicked off. You are dumb. Russia has ended your world order.
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  7120.  @chrissmith7669  Putin said he did not object to Ukraine joining the EU as it was an economic union. He repeated this even during the war. But joining NATO was a 'no, no'. Russia had informed Ukraine and NATO long ago that there will be consequences. So don't paint Ukraine and yourself as innocent. The US wanted to have naval and missile bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Why ? Has Russia come to Mexico and sought naval and missile bases ?
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  7121.  @chrissmith7669  Don’t paint yourself as innocent. If you are American, when Warsaw Pact was abandoned, why was NATO not abandoned ? When James Baker said after reunification of Germany, that NATO will not expand one inch to the east, why were there 4 waves of NATO expansion ? Why did that nasty American Jew Victoria Nuland overthrow the elected govt of Ukraine in 2014 and install a govt. with Ukro Nazi Russophobic groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion ? Why were she and John McCain distributing sweets to the crowd after the coup ? Merkel said the Minsk agreements were to buy time for NATO to arm Ukraine to fight Russia. And if you are British, why did BoJo cancel negotiations and ask Ukraine to fight on ? The west and Ukrainians made the choice to fight Russia, so they pay the price. You fought and lost. There will be no US bases in Ukraine and Ukraine will not exist. Get it ?
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  7122. Come on man, cut out the Holocaust tear-wrenching show. Jews are a problem wherever they live, for others and for themselves. In Europe the Jews were a problem, so Germany organised a Final Solution, and Britain organised another kind of Final Solution by transporting you to Palestine. In Palestine, you did ethnic cleansing, and grabbed land. Jewish greed for land has continued to grow with the fundamentalists settlers. Israel is an unnatural and dependent state. It is becoming unsustainable. Either you reform your character, or you fight yourself to extinction. If throughout the history, everyone dislikes you, you must also be doing wrong.
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  7123. The western media always puts on a deceptive stance. They ask now Russia's forces sustain their momentum? Earlier, they were trumpeting that Ukranians had the momentum and Russia was on the back foot, about to be defeated. Now, that Russia has concentrated its force, and has taken the coastal areas and is taking Donbass, they imply Russia cannot sustain the momentum. Russia is going to take the industrial region, the coastal areas and make Ukraine landlocked, and strangle Ukraine's economy.
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  7124. Macron wants to have one foot in both camps : be vassal of the US and have sovereignty. That comes out in his statement : 'they decided to weaponise energy'. No, they did not, you decided to weaponise the dollar and euro, and Russia said we cannot give you oil and gas in currencies we cannot use, as that would be giving gas free. However Macron is right that it put EU in a crazy and unbelievably situation. At least there is admission that Russia floored Europe's economy with its counter-sanctions. Polish PM Morawiezcki wants to support US on China - because an alliance with the US is critical for Poland's security. Poland has talked like a superpower against Russia, and it positioned itself to be the attack dog for America. But it knows if US support goes, Poland will be Ukrained ! Poland is living dangerously by being militantly anti-Russian. It chose to do so, and one day it will pay for it. The US senator Marco Rubio is also devious. The US is not fighting to save Europe from a European war. The US created a European war to expand NATO and sell its arms. The US wants Europe to not have good business relations with Russia and create a massive Eurasian trading bloc of Russia, China and India, which leaves out the US. The US created the European war so Europe seeks security from the US and continues being a vassal. Most Europeans are dumb and think that America has shared values with them.
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  7125. But Britain wants to lead wars against Russia and fight for Israel. The colonial mindset has not died yet.
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  7126.  @edik2507  What conspiracy theory ?
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  7127. In case of a Russia-NATO war, the surrounding countries of Europe will also be obliterated in a few minutes. One Sarmat missile takes out an area the size of Britain. So don't forget that. Russia's punch is bigger than Europe and NATO. Europe depends on the US. The US will back out from a nuclear war to save Lithuania, and without it, the rest of NATO is useless.
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  7128.  @mandrews1245  Yes, Russia has had the misfortune to be killed and ravaged by invaders - the French in 1812; the German Nazis in 1940s. Before that the Swedes, Poles, Lithuanians invaded Russia but all were beaten. Now, the US is threatening Russia with the possibility of missile bases in Ukraine. The Europeans (French and Germans) have learnt what happens if you invade Russia. But not the Americans. Russia has hung in and survived and beaten all its enemies. Due to the lack of population, Russia's nuclear and hypersonic missile programmes are important. It has to inflict unthinkable casualties on its enemies so that they dare not enter. If it were not for that, the US would have sent troops to Ukraine, and even invaded Russia. In the 1917 civil war, the US under Woodrow Wilson invaded Russia.
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  7129. Kiev shoots down all the drones as usual. But it is always asking for more money.
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  7130. Give Ukraine planes to evacuate Ukranians to Europe, Ukranians think they are Europeans, and von Leyen also says they are part of the European family. And give Ukraine to its original owner, Russia.
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  7131. @Neuromancer Russia was not opposed to giving Ukraine independence. It agreed on condition it would not join any military alliance against Russia. But Ukraine unilaterally reneged after 2014. Hence, that is ground to revoke Ukraine's independence. Crimea and up to Odessa was Russian, it was built by Catherine the Great. It was never Ukranian. The Soviet Union attached it to Ukraine. All that Ukraine has was built by the Soviet Union.
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  7132.  @putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236  You are a liar because you want to talk what happened after 2014, but not what happened in 2014. In 2014, a coup was staged that violently overthrew the Yankovich govt.. Participants of the coup included Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. In the crowds in the Maidan, Victoria Nuland and John McCain were there distributing sweets. Why were they there ? The coup was organised by America and Victoria Nuland had been liaising with and funding Russophobic groups. In 2008, Merkel and Sarkozy had opposed induction of Ukraine into NATO saying it would lead to war. But the US arm twisted Germany and France to accept its plan to induct Ukraine into NATO. Nuland was caught on tape saying F..k the EU. In other words, the US determines what who will run Ukraine. After the coup, and only after it, Russia took the Crimea. The reason is Sevastapol in the Crimea is the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet. At the time of independence, Ukraine made agreement with Russia it would lease out the use of Sevastapol port to the Russian Navy. With the seizure of power by Russophobic Ukro Nazis, they could unilaterally cancel that agreement after NATO entry, and the the US Seventh Fleet would be sailing from the Black Sea. Thus, Putin acted quickly to stop that, and took Crimea. Ukraine has continued flirting with NATO reneging on its independence declaration which said it would not join any military alliance. US and NATO forces were training the Ukranian army near Lvov. Russia demanded commitment from Ukraine to honour its original agreement with Russia of neutrality, and asked NATO to give a security guarantee. Ukraine and NATO refused, so Russia had no choice but to take technical-military action. That is going on. Russia has taken the industrial heartland, and the coastal area, and is strangling the Ukranian economy. It has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck. Ukraine has only two choices now : accept neutrality AND cede more land (that is the price for inducing war); or continue till all of Ukraine is demolished city after city. There is nothing that NATO can do to thwart it.
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  7133.  @putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236  It is not correct that Ukranians wanted to join NATO only after Russia annexed Crimea. Russia took back Crimea because the 2014 coup was staged by Russophobic groups funded by America, and it was the American plan to induct Ukraine into NATO. If that happened, there was the danger they would terminate the agreement for Russia to use Sevastapol in the Crimea and the US Seventh Fleet would move in there. Russia had to act immediately and they did. The coastal areas are important, and they could not let Ukraine allow US naval bases. That is why they have gone after more of the coastal areas in this round. Ukraine had to be punished for reneging on neutrality, Russia had no choice.
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  7134.  @putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236  Russia moved into Crimea only after the 2014 coup, which brought the threat of losing Sevastopol naval base if Ukraine entered NATO. They showed ability to read the geopolitical situation and took prompt reaction. What the Ukranian public thought of NATO is irrelevant, Russia went in after seeing the Ukro Nazis and Russophobes who took over in 2014, and where they would take Ukraine. Russia will not allow Ukraine in NATO or NATO bases in Ukraine. Full stop. They are ready to fight a nuclear war over it. The US understands, that is why it is not sending troops.
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  7135.  @putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236  Ukraine defaulted after 2014 on its international commitment to neutrality that it gave Russia, by changing its constitution and inserting a clause to seek to enter NATO. NATO exists solely for the purpose to threaten Russia. Thus, Russia has every right to defang Ukraine and its Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Regiment, and revoke its independence. The process is underway. It was a mistake for Russia to give independence to this bunch of ingrates in the first place.
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  7136.  @putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236  Have you read the memorandum and understood it ? 2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in selfdefense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Ukraine and the US have conspired to induct Ukraine into NATO. NATO is a military organisation whose sole purpose is anti-Russian. By trying to put Ukraine in NATO, Ukraine is threatening Russia, so Russia can act in self defence as stated above.
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  7137. ​ @putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236  The clause in article 2 negates Article 1. I caught you out, I bet you did not know about it. If Ukraine threatens any signatory of the Budapest Memorandum, action in self-defence can be taken against Ukraine. Ukraine, in coordination with one signatory, the US, was threatening Russia with NATO. The plan was to put US missiles in Ukraine, stop the Russian navy's use of Sevastopol which was originally agreed by Ukraine, and make it a naval base for the US Seventh Fleet. Hence, Russia has the right to annul Ukraine's independence or take action to degrade Ukraine. All the other signatories of the memorandum tried to be sneaky, but Russia stopped their wicked machinations against it, in no uncertain terms. You can howl as much as you like, the fact is Ukraine will be broken up and taken back over a period of time. Ukraine has squandered its independence due to the the irresponsibility of its politicians and people, and due to US manipulations.
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  7138.  @stasguivan4680  Ukraine has no chance of joining NATO as it knows it will invite a nuclear strike. Russia is not weak, it can do a nuclear strike - and there is nothing NATO can do about it. So NATO itself will not allow Ukraine to join now ! To sneak Ukraine into NATO was the plan, but it is not now - because the Russians gave a strong response with the technical-military operation, and the nuclear sword is a further deterrence. If NATO thought for one moment it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. But nobody in NATO wants to be killed. Finland and Sweden have not joined. They don't have Turkey's permission. Overall, NATO has been checkmated by Russia, and Russia has won the economic war. You need to be objective, Sir Putin is a master strategist.
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  7139. According to the western media, Russia's drone strikes shows that Russia has lost the war. They are a sign of Putin's desperation.
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  7140. Blair came out recently - to bitterly denounce Biden for 'weakness'. It is funny that countries that sailed in the American boat and cannot stand on their own without American support, are most bitterly denouncing the American withdrawal. Blair feels disoriented and sees it as fall of western civilisation.
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  7141. 'The US is the type of co-worker who asks for your help for years, but when you finally need an extra hand, he sneaks out of the door.' And you realised that very recently. Until now, you were willing vassals, assisting the US in their invasions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  7142. There will be people in the US who will ask ;what is the US and west gaining by NATO expansion' ? Putin has the upper hand. Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. Ukraine shot itself in the foot. So did the west. Putin is leading to de-industrialisation of Europe, and de-dollarisation which in the long run will bring down America. The west needs saving. False pride gets in the way. The west, not Putin, needs an off-ramp. Biden is looking for an off-ramp himself, but he expressed it in a clumsy way, making out Putin needs help ! Putin is not asking for negotiations.
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  7143. The original foundations of Ukraine's sovereignty - its neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status - must be confirmed. Very clear and correct. Ukraine reneged on the agreement given to Russia by seeking to join NATO, and hence its sovereignty is revoked - unless it reconfirms in a treaty. It has to be demilitarised and de-Nazified. Those were the Russian goals and those are clear and unchanged.
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  7144. I see the western bluster is toning down as they face the economic pinch. They thought they could bring Russia down with sanctions. But as one speaker said, the Russians are ready to face the pinch. But the westerners are not. At some stage westerners need to ask what was the point of NATO expansion, and what is the point of egging on Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  7145. He is personally responsible to defend the Russian Federation against the US placing missiles in Ukraine after inducting it into NATO. That was the US game plan. Putin nipped it in the bud. The west needs to give up threatening Russia and cut out its Russophobia. Ukraine became a proxy for the west and is paying the price.
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  7146. India's diabolical caste system itself is a form of reservation where the notorious Brahmins reserved education and wealth for themselves. The high castes were appeased for too long, and the lowers demand the cake to be shared.
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  7147. Russia agreed to a peace deal, and Ukraine also agreed 3 months into the war. Then Ukraine chose to obey Boris Johnson and decided to fight, then if it is lost 25%, that is tough. It is in the process of losing more, and Russia sees no point in negotiating.
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  7148.  @arnoldsaunders6073  It is very, very unfortunate the Ukrainians squandered away their independence by falling for America's design. Russia gave them independence in good faith, but they were seduced by America to take an anti-Russian stance. You only get one chance.
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  7149. How will killing British soldiers in Ukraine take one to a WW 3? What is so special about the British that Putin would not dare to strike the British in Ukraine ? He has even said he will strike Britain if needed. Some months back, the Swedes were shouting about helping Ukraine. There were Swedish instructors in a military academy in Polatva training Ukrainians in electronic warfare. One day they were struck by a Kinzhal, and 50 were killed. Their electronic warfare could not stop the Knizhal. After that, Sweden lies low, it does not want to send troops to Ukraine. Likewise, Russia will strike the British with a Kinzhal. What will the British do ? Run to Trump. Who will tell them to go and fight on their own. There is nobody in the west with the courage to fight a WW with Russia.
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  7150. This joker Connolly continues to spin unconvincing tales that Bakhmut is unimportant, Russia is desperate for a symbolic victory due to set backs, and Ukrainians will withdraw to Kramatorsk which is more difficult to take, and anyway Ukraine has worn down Russian soldiers in Bakhmut ! The questioner asks 'Is Ukraine losing ?'. Connolly dodges the answer. It does not fit the script. Tanks and planes cannot save Bakhmut - or Ukraine.
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  7151. You will not be able to match Russia in 30 years.
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  7152. Germany must remember the defeat and unconditional surrender the Soviet Union's Red Army imposed.
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  7153.  @arkad6329  The Russians did not say that Ukrainians could never threaten the Crimean bridge. Or strike the Engels Airbase. Or sink a Russian warship. What Ukraine has done is pin pricks. The Russians took it in their stride, they don't talk too much, they just do. What Russia has done is destroy Ukraine and its economy, end Ukraine's independence, and take back Russian lands. The Russians can fire a few missiles, keep quiet for some days, let the Ukranians try to restore the power grid, and then repeat the treatment. And at the same time pound Kherson and Bakhmut.
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  7154. Russia never says what it will do. It keeps the west guessing !
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  7155. '‘It’s the beginning of the end of Jewish life in the West'. It is all rubbish. Is life safer for Jews in Israel ? Will 1300 Jews be killed in Europe ? No Jews has been killed in Europe since 1945. The reality is more and more Israelis are taking German passports for safety ! However, the professor is right that the demographics are not in favour of continued Israeli or Jewish dominance. The Israelis and the Jews have been pursuing a suicidal policy. Israel lives on the support from the west and lives in enmity with its nearest neighbours, who have a huge population. Like Ukraine wanted to live with US support and enmity with Russia. Or like the whites dominating over the majority in South Africa. The Jews living in western countries were also backing Israel. But the Arab and Muslim population has grown in Europe which was inevitable - considering that France, Britain, ruled Arab countries and created wars and refugees. Eventually, a new generation of Arabs and Muslims will not only have the numbers to be on the streets, but they are coming in universities, media and business. Numbers count. It was suicidal of Jews to make enemies against people with numbers. It will work for some time, but when it fails, either you adapt in time or perish. The Jewish professor in Austria slyly mentioned 'western values' (and implied Jews are part of that). What are western values ? The west produced that famous Austrian painter, who invented gas chambers. The Arabs did not come up with that. The thing about this Professor is he can see the writing on the wall, that Jewish dominance over Arabs cannot continue; but he shamelessly tries to ride on the back of 'western values' . He says this to make out the Jews are part of the west, unlike the Arabs. But even that game will end, because the Arabs will also be part of the west. The Jews cannot fight Arabs because eventually numbers matter. The best is for Jews in Europe to show solidarity with Palestinians.
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  7156. Modi is a fascist in his own country.
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  7157. Why sadly ? The west went to threaten Russia and got beaten.
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  7158. Russia earned its victory. Just outplayed the collective west.
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  7159. The IEA should not advise Europe. They think they are super intelligent and have western values. Let them commit economic suicide, it is their choice. The world's largest chemicals company BASF has announced it is going to downsize production and shift to China due to intolerable energy prices. See the fun. China is the world's largest energy importer. But it has cheaper energy than Europe because it has good relations with Russia and Saudi. The Europeans instead followed the US on NATO expansion and now have to buy LNG from the US at 4x or higher than Russian gas. The US is not offering any price cap to their allies ! Nor is Norway. The capitalists will make as much money as they can. That is the western value they know.
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  7160. What stepping up can a country with a tattered health system can do ?
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  7161.  @masabamutalechristopher6436  Wishful thinking born out of sense of defeat.
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  7162. The EU is gutless, they are doormats of the Americans. They will take a hit, and buy American weapons and LNG at 10x the price.
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  7163. The Palestinians may not negotiate because Israel broke the ceasefire.
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  7164. He says it is difficult to make a controlled retreat. Russians managed it in Kherson. Ukranians have left it too late in Bakhmut. Americans have advised the Ukranians to pull out. The 'expert' acknowledges in a couple weeks the Ukranians will withdraw. So that is confirmation Russia is advancing. It will not be controlled withdrawal. More Ukranians will get killed during the withdrawal.
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  7165. The Europeans are happy being vassals of the US. They have proved that many times.
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  7166. It is obvious to all outside Europe that Russia has the strong cards. Europeans are conceited and as you say, they think the world revolves around them, and they lay the rules which they can flout, but they expect others to follow their diktats. Europe is dependent on energy and raw materials. Russia is the nearest source. Earlier, they could rip off their colonies. If Germany has to endure hardship, you will see their Nazis will be out, as in Ukraine.
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  7167.  @millennium677  Dumbo, their electricity is largely generated with gas.
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  7168. Why would God save those running an apartheid state ?
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  7169. The migrants are coming because of all the wars the UK and western world waged in the Middle East in its quest for control of oil and for preservation of Israel. It is well known wars lead to refugee crisis - you have that from Ukraine. The migrants who have come on boats are negligible compared to what came from Ukraine. That war was created by the US with its NATO expansion. US greed, Europe pays the price. Perhaps the west can think about its foreign policy. When Macron blamed Italy for the migrants, none other than Meloni said if France had not waged wars in African countries, the Africans would be living there. Israel is a colonial extension of the west. Look at it its attitude. Drive the Palestinians out of Gaza to another country. Then many will come to Europe. The US waged umpteen wars in Latin America, and then refugees came. The west has created this problem for itself - due to its own wickedness.
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  7170. If Russia is not strong, why has the US not sent troops to Ukraine ?
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  7171. Feeble try. Israel is practising and running an apartheid state and shoving Palestinians in bantustans, but you feel Israel is the victim and is getting a biased press. That narrative that the Jews manufactured ran for a long time but is getting exposed.
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  7172.  @martinlutherking1984  Which civilised countries ? The ones who created an apartheid state in South Africa and Israel ? Attack on Israel was not created by anyone in Europe, it was Palestinians. The Israelis are at war with them. You have created a war against Russia through your surrogate in Ukraine and you are getting beaten, and you have created wars in the Middle East through your surrogate Israel and you are getting beaten. Your world order has been ended.
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  7173. The 60 billion is the great western hope, don't disappoint people !
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  7174. DW is becoming realistic. It is grudging of course as they had been saying Russians have run out of ammo, their morale is low, they have lost so many generals, the sanctions are crippling Russia, we shall not pay in roubles, Putin has Parkinson and is depressed etc. Now they have to break the news to Ukraine to negotiate and cede land.
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  7175. Well said girl. Israel's politician have built an apartheid state, and a settler colony, with western support. Dismantling it is going to be difficult.
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  7176. The money should be there right, Farage, after all the money saved from the EU ? Or was it all squandered away in wars ?
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  7177. All the indigenous people in Britain also came from somewhere - Normans, Danes, Vikings, Anglo Saxons. Celts might regard themselves as more indigenous. Modern scientists say man came out of Africa. Then everyone is African. So just grow up out of your race obsession and become modern and scientific.
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  7178.  @jeremyvanbriesies1940  Dead city now, it is not the first time in war, Russia will build it.
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  7179.  @jeremyvanbriesies1940  Go on, tell me its was a Pyrrhic victory. Tell Ukraine not to bother to try to get it back as it is a dead city. It belongs to Russia.
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  7180. Good action that China cut trade with Lithuania. No need for big countries to be held to ransom by non-countries like Lithuania.
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  7181. Saviour of the west - you mean he is the Great White Hope who can turn Europe into South Africa, and run the west through a collection of moneyed oligarchs.
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  7182.  @anomanderrake96  The Chosen One perhaps ?
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  7183. I have met Germans, when I asked them who blew up Nordstream, they gazed vacantly, they were embarrased and avoided an answer. From that, I realised the Germans are very scared of saying anything against the US. I think the US did it, Ukraine is made to carry the blame (but Ukraine does not mind, they feel proud serving the US).
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  7184. Only the idiotic British think he is a Churchill. If Zelensky had independence and integrity, he would not have listened to Boris Johnson when he pressurised him not to accept the peace deal negotiated in Turkey. Due to the idiocy of Zelensky and the British and the Americans, his country is ended.
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  7185. If Russian has lost, why are Americans telling Ukraine to compromise and cede territory ?
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  7186.  @joyduncan9434  America is in economic decline and the western world is coming down not due to the left, but due to the unsustainability of insatiable capitalist growth, centred on money for a few rather than human welfare. The working class and even middle class in the US has lost jobs and income to China, and they are in a rage. Capitalism is driven solely by the profit motive, and if producing in China is cheaper and more profitable for the shareholders, then that is what it will do. The people who have lost out on jobs in the process and living standards is the non-shareholding working class. They are the victims of the right wing which had deified capitalism where people are expendable. The right wing has engaged in wars to bring booty in the old colonial style - Iraq for instance. But they dress it up like Joe Bloggs as fighting for the free world, women, our boys in uniform etc. In the end, the booty did not come, the invaded were ungovernable and it became unaffordable, so they cut and run. They do not want the left pointing this out. They want to keep the dispossesed occupied with blaming China, Mexicans etc. Joe Bloggs is more American than American because he feels his country cannot stand on its own feet. He covers it up by saying he loves the commitment to free speech. He loves the shared history - of invading Iraq etc. It has become fashionable to blame the left, out of frustration when things do not go according to their world view.
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  7187.  @lizeggar2421  The details of America's exit strategy are irrelevant. Concentrate on the conclusion : it was a defeat, and it would be the same whether Trump or someone else was President. What did the US achieve in 20 years, with 2 trillion spent, and thousands of Afghans killed ? The US economy is drained, the society is bitterly polarised, while China and others move on to being the top economy. Is Biden responsible for draining the US economy ? Or is it Bush and his predecessors ? The US is not going to win fighting Muslims, Russia and China simultaneously. Concentrate on that reality, instead of Biden being inferior to Trump.
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  7188.  @davehallett810  The American world order is not working - for itself. The working class has seen its jobs and living standards falling, race wars are reignited, the wars America started have drained its economy, America made three enemies (Muslims, Russia and China) who are not push overs, neocons and Zionist steer the country for their personal interests, and printing dollars and living beyond one's means is unsustainable as China has launched a gold backed currency. The rest of the west does not count for much. They sail in the American boat, when the boat starts sinking, the American captain will get out first, as in Kabul. Get real !
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  7189.  @thebrightsided136  You are a very bright sided right winger.
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  7190.  @joyduncan9434  In America, there is the inculcated belief that one can get as rich as one wants, if you try hard. If you are not rich, you must be a lazy bum. That worked when the non millionaires could also feel their living standards were improving. During the cold war confrontation with the Soviet Union, the capitalism in the US became as doctrinaire as communism, perhaps as a reaction. In Europe, they accept notions of social welfare, and they are not so doctrinaire about capitalism or socialism. The tragic part is that the victims of America's raw capitalism actually side with the extreme right - Republicans, Trumpists and further right. The extreme right offer no solutions to the problems they created. Trump cannot reverse the cost of the wars, he cannot bring jobs back from China, but he can direct public anger on China, Mexicans, the refugees, and on Democrats (as if Republicans did not contribute to the downward slide). America has a tabloid press like Fox News that specialises in fanning anger (the election was stolen) and stoking social divisions. This has spread to other countries (Sky Australia). GB News is another clone, but it has not caught on in Britain as they have a long established standard like the BBC. In America, the combination of economic decline, cost of wars, refugees, immigrants, gross disparity, social polarisation between Republicans and Democrats has brought a condition where even democracy is threatened. Trumpists and Republicans believe the election was stolen. The mindset has come where one side believe grabbing power is needed to save the nation. Any questioning of increasing social disparity is shouted down as socialist and leftist.
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  7191.  @joebloggs3551  Capitalism was so wonderful, we had Nazism, and colonialism and neo colonialism. You benefited from it, at others' expense, that is why you are smug about it. American capitalism is now based on a war machine, that is used to force other countries to sell oil only in dollars, allowing America to live beyond its means to print dollars. However, that era is drawing to close. America is set back financially by the two wars, and China has floated a gold back currency and it is already used by China, Russia, Venezuela and Iran to sell oil. America could invade Iraq to prevent it from selling oil in Euros, but it cannot do anything against China. Britain has been sailing with America and has been a willing accomplice in its criminal invasions. Now, America has cut and run, and it forgot to tell Britain, and in fact holds Britain responsible for the last blast in Kabul. Britain has shot itself in the foot by disconnecting from the EU. Without EU and the US, 'global Britain' is not very credible. When America made enemies of Muslims, China and Russia and ended up in a sorry state as a result, do you think Britain can fight all three at the same time and win ? You need to get out of your state of dependency on Americans, and cut out the 'free world versus enemy of free world' rhetoric, and show how to get people together, for example to solve climate crisis.
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  7192.  @j2174  "bring down the western world" is a process that happens naturally. You cannot stop it unless you change. If the 'western world' stands for invasion of others to rob while pretending otherwise, the invaded resist, it bankrupts you, and meanwhile new powers rise. Course correction is possible still. Just abandon invasions and wickedness, work for common good like solving climate crisis. The western world needs to abandon its self righteous sense of entitlement and superiority.
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  7193. @Ryan Hulme You are forthright, I agree with you. This is not 1945, America has changed. It is running a war machine to keep oil and value of dollar. Britain and EU felt obligation to America due to the war. It does not care for Britain or anyone else. America is using NATO for its purposes. Britain would be better off healing relations with Russia, China and Muslims, while maintaining good ties with EU and America. If America does not get on with someone due it its own malfide activities, it does not makes make sense that Britain should make them its enemy as well. Britain has a lot to offer in terms of governance and education to many developing countries.
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  7194.  @davehallett810  Who do you complain to for human rights abuses in Guantanomo, Abu Ghraib ? For Blair and Bush ? Why did you not prosecute them ?
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  7195.  @CastrolHondaSP2  You are saying that because you have no answer.
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  7196.  @thebrightsided136  I am impressed by your intelligence, you caught me out !
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  7197.  @joebloggs3551  'You' refers to you, not western world ! When I said 'you are smug', I meant 'you' and not the whole 'western world'. You claim to speak on behalf of the whole 'western world', therefore the 'you' becomes the western world for you ! Never mind if it is a Chinese or Saudi bot, do you have the intelligence to refute anything I have written about you which is the western world ? I don't think you can, that is why you are deviating.
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  7198.  @thebrightsided136  Who do you fear most : Muslims, Chinese, Russians, the left, the wokes, or your shadow ?
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  7199.  @davehallett810  Ah yes, you are a climate change denier. All part of the right wing mindset, I should have guessed. You fit the stereotype of the Trumpist. Like stolen election, and 'We would have won in Kabul if Trump was there'. It is a left wing, woke conspiracy. Barack Obama buying a coastal house does not disprove climate change. He maybe thinking only of his lifetime. If you have any scientific background, go and read the NASA website on climate change. Is that written by left wing wokes ? If America is to be a leader, it has to take a lead in tackling climate change. Battling Muslims, Russians and Chinese for the 'free world' is a continuing recipe for America's decline.
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  7200.  @davehallett810  You are trying sanctimonious and irrelevant diversions. Just because I did not criticise Mynamar, or China does not mean I endorse them. They are not relevant to this discussion. Those countries are not posing as the defenders of the 'free world'. You and the likes of Joe Bloggs pose about that. The subject here is the ‘special relationship’ between the US and UK. The speakers in the video say it is largely a wishful construct of the British, and it never existed in American minds. After Kabul, it has dawned even on the British,that it does not exist anymore. Anyway, what has this special relationship meant ? From 1945 to 1992, the west led by the US worked to break up the Soviet Union (a great country I admired). After that, the US continued to try to break up Russia – till Putin came and decided to do tit for tat. After the Soviet Union’s end, Wolfowitz published a doctrine saying the US will never allow another power to rise again. With the Soviet Union gone, the neocons and the Zionists declared Muslims are the next threat to western civilisation/ free world, and they made propaganda. Due to the US, there was the Gulf War, Israeli aggression backed by the US, and Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The US and the west waged brutal wars on Muslim countries and maligned them, but pretended it was for the benefit of those they invaded. The Muslims have suffered – but the west has also paid a big price financially. The Muslims fought a guerrilla war that drained the west and the US, so the US withdrew. Meanwhile China has grown financially and militarily strong, and so has Russia. True or not ? Biden says he wants to concentrate on China and Russia. One cannot say whether the US wants to continue fighting Muslims also. The US wants to continue to threaten others to have hegemony. Once a tiger becomes a man eater, it remains so, I pointed out the US is not going to win fighting all three. The US has become dependent on using its military machine. This must be used continuously to maintain its lifestyle. The US economy and the dollar are dependent on enforcing on others the threat of war. See Fox News on Youtube, 'Erik Prince: The US military may not be as capable as they claim'. Watch the Blackwater founder Erik Prince candidly and shamelessly say the US has to exercise military dominance to maintain the dollar as a reserve currency. The US prints dollars so it can live beyond its means. Listen to it, and you will realise the sheer wickedness of the US. Erik Prince is not left wing or a woke, he is from your stable. There is no mention of free world, he says the wars were to maintain the dollar and the US’s lifestyle, which is to live beyond its means. So let us not hear any more humbug from you about defence of the free world. The US is pulled down by fighting the Muslims, and China and Russia will do the rest. That is telling you unsentimentally the writing on the wall - which the US has brought on itself. To try to counter that by telling me the US is better than China or Myanamar is missing the point.
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  7201.  @davehallett810  You are self declared winner. Why don't you declare Kabul as a victory also for the special relationship ?
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  7202.  @davehallett810  The left has the intellect to criticise and analyse. They predicted where all these invasions would end. The right does not have the grasping power.
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  7203.  @johnhanson5943  You have a point. However, how is someone who faced a western invasion for the last 200 years to know that what they faced is not western civilisation ? Would that matter to them ? Also, do you think Blair, Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle and all those who backed them are not part of western civilisation, when they themselves claimed they were out defending 'western values' and they were busy maligning other cultures ? You have to see it from the viewpoint of the victims. Outsiders might see westerners as marauding, murderous thugs.
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  7204.  @thebrightsided136  I do have an Antifa flag on my wall. How did you guess ?
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  7205.  @markjohnson188  Who elected the US administration ? Was it the US people or someone else ? What is your resolve ?
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  7206. He is the new age 'Hindu nationalist;, who hates Muslims and Christians in his country, but leaves his stinky India and goes and works in Muslim and Christian countries for money, and spreads his hatred. Indians were not like this 30 years ago. We knew them as soft, hard working people, and they were respected.
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  7207. Russia should not agree to any ceasefire, they should continue and destroy Ukranian Nazism and Russophobic nationalism.
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  7208. Putin quoted Milton Friedmann on capping prices. Friedmann said if the price of tomatoes was high, and the govt. decided it should be sold below $2/kg, and issued an order to that effect, the result next day is there will be a shortage of tomatoes next day and the prices will sky rocket. The same will apply to oil. Russia will just cut production. Russia can start more offensive actions on Europe like blowing up the Baltic stream gas line to Poland.
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  7209.  @omarionbayley9721  Ukranians are advancing to their deaths. First they tried to go in Leopards and Bradleys, but found those were death traps. So now they are going on foot with manual mine sappers.
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  7210.  @Ikkeligeglad  Brave talk to cover up your ugly face. 'It is not possible for a country to become a member if it is at war'. It is possible if the US decides so. If it was sure Ukraine would win, it would have bent all rules. Now there is no question of Ukraine becoming a member - as it will not exist. 'Ukraine just has to hold its own on the battlefield until Russia falls apart due to internal discord and economic crisis'. Ukraine is on its last legs. The US knows it is defeated, that it why it vetoed entry to NATO. Britain knows it, that is why it told Ukraine to be grateful and get on with what it has. There is no sign Russia is going to fall apart due to economic crisis. Whereas Germany is being deindustrialised. And inflation is high in Europe. Russia can supply weapons, you are unable to supply. Russia is not giving up the 4 oblasts and if Ukraine continues, it will lose more. 'No one in the west will allow Russia to become strong again...' See the contradiction in what you fellows say. Earlier, you were saying that Russia is weak, see they took so long to take Bakhmut. Now you say 'No one in the west will allow Russia to become strong again...' That means Russia was strong ! Russia did not become strong because you allowed it (see your western conceitedness ?). If you mess with Russia, it has the capacity to destroy the US and Europe. You in contrast are weak and will remain so. The weaklings of Europe will remain helpless, and rely on the US, and agree to be its vassals. The US will fight small countries but it is too cowardly to fight Russia and China.
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  7211.  @bobgonzales9680  The Poles want to fight other people's wars and dream about regaining the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Putin gave them a reality check when he told them today's Poland is a gift of Stalin.
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  7212.  @Michael_Pusa  America is Israel's backbone. You have no backbone of your own. You would not last 1 week without America, so don't put on airs.
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  7213.  @YourMomSaysHi_Jinx  So why is the US sending money and arms to Ukraine ? Because of neocons like Nuland. And she is a typical Jew alright.
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  7214.  @MejinaPerez  And you ready to die for the stealer and usurper of land to run an apartheid state ? Shameless. Your place was Germany, not Palestine. Go back there.
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  7215. Sunak is America's new errand boy. The previous errand boy BoJo is writing articles in the US press urging the US to go to war with Russia.
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  7216. Is it possible that these countries initiated these attacks and China just retaliated ?
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  7217.  @zhangyiping100  Master Putin is kicking your head in and you are cowering in fright. Do you have anything intelligent to say ?
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  7218.  @verblvik  The IDF has been killing Palestinians indiscriminately for years. I read that the Israelis killed the family of the Palestinian commander of this operation. That is collective punishment, Nazi barbaric style. Let me see you condemn it.
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  7219.  @sprPee  Russia did not ever say it will be a 3 day operation. A US general thought so, and you attribute it to Russia. Russia does not announce its offensive, when it will be, and how long it will be. It announced its objectives only - demilitarisation of Ukraine (no NATO) and de-Nazification. Ukraine's counter offensive is going nowhere and the the west is defeated. The west other protege, Israel, is also another liability for the west.
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  7220. Indeed, history will repeat for the Jews. Let us begin and dig back into Jewish history. They alienated the Germans. They did not learn from the Holocaust. Wherever they have lived, no liked them. Is something wrong with them, or with the whole world ? They were expelled from Europe. The Germans killed them. The British facilitated their expulsion by giving them Palestine. And there, the Jews continue with their mischief. That is their history.
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  7221. The west says Bakhmut is not important, yet the Ukranians are being ordered not to surrender till they are all killed like in Mariopol. After that, they will say we have built harder defensive barriers in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
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  7222. All western narratives are prefaced with 'Russia has been taking huge casualties for minimal gains'. They said that about Mariopol, they said that Bakhmut had no strategic value (after it was lost), the same with Avdeevika. And what are Ukrainian casualties like ? They do not have men for their batallions. And what are the gains Ukraine has made ? Russia has regained half of Kursk. And it is matter of time when they drive out the Ukrainians. Meanwhile what Ukraine has lost is not coming back.
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  7223. Keep praying, but NATO countries are looking for an exit strategy. The US vetoed Ukraine from joining NATO. The US is your lord, so who else can you pray to ?
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  7224. Alright then, why has Britain not sent troops to Ukraine ? What are you waiting for ?
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  7225.  @centurionzen1005  Britain has not sent troops to Ukraine despite tall talk because it knows Russia will kick its head in. Same with Macron. Same with Biden; that is why he vetoed missiles to strike into Russia. Get it ?
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  7226. 'We just need to support them with our ability to project force and protection.' You failed in Ukraine, you could not project force, so what are you talking about ?
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  7227.  @RZakelis  Can't you see western support is ending, the US sneaked away and the rest of the Europeans are running round headless chicken, and hence Ukraine will not exist ? If you engaged your brain, you will see that as a massive failure of the west.
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  7228. The British were not keen to join the French send an expeditionary force to Ukraine ? 6 months ago, the British MP Tobias Ellwood wanted to create a 'coalition of the willing' to go to Ukraine. It would be led by Poland and Baltics, and the Anglos would be hiding behind and directing them. That did not take off ! I cannot imagine the British working under French leadership. Trust them to sabotage any French effort ! The French, British and Germans want to show they are the leader against Russia. They will undermine each other, if they felt the other became the leader.
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  7229. This is another NATO joker. He will not admit NATO's mistakes in expanding NATO. He seeks consolation to say Putin is a loser due to upcoming NATO expansion in Finland. He admits he underestimated Putin's resolve, only to the extent that the west was under prepared for Putin taking action in Ukraine. There is no admission that expanding NATO eastwards and threatening Russia was wrong and that is the cause in the first place. Due to NATO's attempted expansion to Ukraine, Putin has damaged Europe severely. Europe has to now absorb refugees; it faces an energy and economic squeeze; it requires a hike in defence expenditure; Europe is even more of a pawn in America's hands; Putin has set in motion a non-dollar based international trade system which undermines western power; and the nuclear sword hangs over Europe and the US due to the Kinzhal and other hypersonic missiles which cannot be stopped by NATO's missile protection system. All these negatives for the west far outweigh any advantage from Finland joining. The way western officials like this NATO chief talk gives the impression Russia gave an unexpected punch to their innocent faces, they are burning with anger, but dare not fight with Russia directly because their collective cowardice is overwhelming . So they are looking to save face and say NATO is in a strong position due to Finland, and Russia lost ! On his claim that NATO is strong, we only saw abysmal cowardice from the way it exited from Kabul. NATO has not shown anywhere it can take massive casualties and win. In any case, NATO would not dare enter into a direct war with Russia as that would be MAD.
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  7230. The Red Army beat the hell out of the Nazis and set Germany right. The Russians are doing the same to the Ukro Nazis.
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  7231.  @stevenmartin8828  Is that so ? It is Ukraine that has lost 20% land, 40% of its power, has no shipping lanes left apart from the corridor for wheat (given by Russian permission), about 800 million $ worth of damage, and GDP slashed by 50% - in what has Ukraine made a mockery of Russia ? You are dumb, you live in a make-believe world because you are defeated.
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  7232.  @gazpachopolice7211  Russia has taken 20% of land, it has blocked Ukraine's shipping lanes, it has destroyed 50% of Ukraine's power, and reduced its GDP by 50%, caused damage of $ 800 million. Do you feel Russia should have taken 50% land and caused $1.5 trillion worth of damage ? That will happen in due course.
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  7233.  @tatyanamoshtaghfar6398  Very good reminder : Europeans surrendered to Hitler and collaborated. Soviet fought for 4 years to end Nazism. Now the Europeans are back to support Ukro Nazism.
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  7234.  @JD-jl4yy  Russia is fighting Ukro Nazis, the Bandera followers and their Azov Batallion. Europeans are supporters of Nazism - Hitler and now in Ukraine.
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  7235.  @JD-jl4yy  Ukraine lost 20% land, its trade routes through the sea are blocked, 50% of the power stations are destroyed, its GDP is reduced by 50%, and there is $ 700 billion worth of damage, its handlers are in dire economic straits and questions are raised about sending money to Ukraine, and you believe Ukraine is winning. Who is delusional ? Europe is committing economic suicide and will be irrelevant. The world is mocking you. Pathetic wretch !
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  7236.  @gazpachopolice7211 'you're argument is confusing. Are you saying that Russia is trying or not trying to take the while of Ukraine. ' Learn to write English before you question and say what I wrote is confusing. ' I'm questioning OP.s numbers.' What is 'OP.s numbers' ? As I said, do you know English ?
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  7237.  @JD-jl4yy  You have been saying this for 6 months. You are busy defending the Ukro Nazis of Azov Batallion. Russia destroyed many of them in Mariopol, and they are continuing to deNazify Ukraine . 'Russia is weaker than ever, it's whole future is falling apart.' As if Europe is got stronger. Europe is being de-industrialised by Sir Putin. BASF's CEO said they will shift much of the production to China as Europe is not viable for production. Russia has also accelerated the de-dollarisation drive. That in the long run will end the dollar's dominance, as others start to trade without going through the dollar. That ends America's privileges of printing money and living beyond their means. And with that, American power automatically goes, and the Europeans also become irrelevant. Russia on the other hand has everything - energy, water, food, land and defence. Energy is more valuable that currency. Tell me which European country has all these.
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  7238.  @gazpachopolice7211  There is not contradiction in the statements. Russia's intention was not to take all of Ukraine. They gave them independence in all good faith. There are parts like Crimea, Donbass, Odessa etc. which were Russian from the time of Catherine the Great. Lenin attached these Russian areas to Ukraine. When modern Ukraine was created, Russia let Ukraine keep Crimea, Donbass, Odessa etc. out of goodwill; they should have not given these areas to Ukraine, but they regarded Ukrainians as part of the Russian family. However, Ukraine has been subverted by a US sponsored coup in 2014. Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part in the coup. They spear headed a militant anti-Russian nationalism which suited the US. Ukraine was encouraged to ask for NATO membership which would allow US to get missile and naval bases in Ukraine. The US 7th fleet could displace Russia's Black See fleet and then sail from Sevastopol in the Crimea. Grandmaster Sir Putin saw the plan and took Crimea after the 2014 coup as he read the US plan and saw what was coming. Now with US NATO expansionism, and US training of Ukrainian forces since 2014, Russia decided to cut Ukraine to size. Russia would have preferred not to go to war and take territory if Ukraine renounced NATO and the US gave the security guarantee it asked for. However both Ukraine and the US had malfide intentions. Hence, the war started. Putin said war is costly, but it would be even more costly for Russia if Ukraine joins NATO and the US gets bases. Then Article 5 would be brought and Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to evict the US. Hence, Putin said Russia had to take action now. Their plan was to decapitate the Kiev govt.. That did not work out, due to western support. So they adapted the strategy. They decided to take Donbass and the coastal lands and link them to Crimea. Odessa also needs to be added. War aims can change according to the course of the war. The current plan is to take the Russian areas up to Odessa, and make Ukraine effectively landlocked. They do not want to take the rest of Ukraine. Unless the left-over Ukraine goes back to neutrality, it can be bombarded to a wasteland. I don't think the Russians plan to take the non-Russian areas of Ukraine. 'As for not understanding of comment about OP's numbers, you again prove that you don't understand English.' You certainly are an amateur in geopolitics. If you knew English as you pretend, you would say what are 'OP's numbers'.
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  7239.  @JD-jl4yy  Russia is a superpower. That is why Finland and Sweden want to join NATO even before Russia cast an eye on them ! The whole of Europe is a collection weak and feeble states. None of them will survive one day without US support. Russia has food (it is the biggest wheat producer), it has water, land, energy, a skilled and educated populace, a military with strong defence and offence capability, and they have not outsourced their manufacturing like the west. How many countries in the world have all these ? Nobody in Europe. When Mastercard and Visa ended operations in India, Russia made its own credit cards. It works for transactions in Russia and so money does not go to America in transaction and conversion charges. Your estimation of Russia is based on western misrepresentations - the assumptions are false. You are a typical westerner incapable of independent thought and analysis. Look at the status of Europe and Russia. Europe is being de-industrialised. In Italy, fascists are ruling and they may break ranks with the EU to get Russian gas. In Germany, the world's biggest chemical company BASF has announced it cannot afford the gas prices and will shift production to China. That means job losses. The world's largest glass factory in France has to turn off production. It is the same with steel and aluminium plants in Europe. That means Airbus and car industry are affected. In Britain, BMW has announced it is going to close its electric car factory and shift to China. The British govt. is grappling with Brexit and energy crisis, and the only solution is savage cuts. Meanwhile with America, Russia has sped up the de-dollarisation of international trade. With that, the dollar's dominance will erode and with that America's power. Russia has single-handedly ended the western 'rules based international order'. Only Russia could do this - not even China. That is why Russia is a superpower. The rest of the non-western world is aligning with Russia. Saudis are not listening to the US - who would have thought this ? Turkey is also independent minded. Iran has not had relations with the US for 50 years. China is of course an emerging superpower and does not listen to the US. India also does not listen to the US. The only vassals the US has now are the Europeans. You are one.
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  7240.  @JD-jl4yy  You cannot refute what I gave written. Motivated unreasoning is one hell of a drug, from which you suffer.
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  7241.  @JD-jl4yy  You are unable to convince me or refute me through rational argument, so you hope in a year's time you will be able to. Remind me in a year. I bet you the west will get tired of Ukraine, they will not be able to afford it, and they will negotiate - on Russian terms. Ukraine will not join NATO and the US will not have bases in Ukraine. The de-industrialisation of Europe will continue.
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  7242.  @Neojhun  You speak like Hitler who said when he invaded the Soviet Union 'One kick on the door and the whole house will collapse'. The Nazi army went in thinking they will be fighting with bows and arrows. But the Red Army came and Hitler had to commit suicide. 'They are lucky they have CHINA as a technological supplier. ' Why you think only you should have suppliers ? Sounds like sour grapes. 'When in reality Russia has trouble just sourcing modern complex parts for their modern military equipment. The Nazis also thought that. Russia's Sarmat missile can destroy a small country in a singe strike. It has hypersonic missiles. The US is still trying, first two luanches were unsuccessful. 'FYI Hello from Australia, we compete against you with many similar resources and with way more efficiency, less people and less corruption.' The British say you are a nation of bloody convicts, spawned by them. You are a servile nobody in the world. No one has even heard of your PM. Everyone knows who is Sir Putin. He has ended the western world order single handedly. As for resources, do you supply gas to Europe ? Do you supply wheat to the world ? Russia supplies titanium to Boeing. Russia controls 40% of the nuclear supply chain. So what are you talking about ?
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  7243. The problem of payment can be solved over time by moving away from dollars and euros. That is happening. And that brings eventually the new world order that Russia and China want to bring.
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  7244. Can Cragg give an update on Ukraine's offensive to capture Crimea, to boost the spirits of the Slava Ukrainists ?
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  7245.  @eliotness4029  Russia showed good will, not only let Warsaw Pact go, but even some of republics that were part of the Soviet Union like Ukraine. It gave away even the Russian speaking parts of Ukraine like Crimea, and cities like Kiev and Odessa which were built by Russia. But the Ukrainians back stabbed Russia by ganging up with US, so Ukraine will not exist. The US that created the rift between Ukraine and Russia wants to drop Ukraine and move on, get it ?
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  7246.  @Pikkabuu  Russian missiles and drones are intercepted? But we see fires on the ground and Ukranians killed and the west says it is debris. In Kramatorsk, Russia fired a single missile into a pizzeria haunted by NATO trainers. Black Hawks appeared to take the dead bodies away. All hopes were pinned on Ukraine's counter offensive. It is a flop. Is Ukraine not in trouble ? It is not going to get the land back.
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  7247. Well done Ali, to point out the reality. Much of the British public has been misguided by stories of innocent Ukraine subjected to an unprovoked attack. They are also told Russia is weak, and the collective west is strong. The reality is the US and the Europeans sought NATO expansion to surround Russia, although they had said NATO would not move one inch to the east. The Russians threw the gauntlet and fought hard. Ukraine lost the war, and the chief instigator, the US, decided to abandon it. The European chicken like the UK are squawking in fright, and want to support their proxy, Ukraine, till it wins. They fear the bear will eat the chicken as well, so they want Ukraine to keep going somehow ! But the Ukrainians do not have much manpower and it must have entered their dim heads why they are dying for the Americans and Europeans who don't want to die for them. The saying about the British is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouths, tiny fists !
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  7248.  @MrCool-lp7ip  Watch your language - I would say 'Death to NATO'.
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  7249.  @solmak47  What is NATO going to do to Turkey ? There is no mechanism to expel anyone. Turkey controls the exit and inlet into the Black Sea. Turkey can go with Russia, allow Russian ships, but blockade Ukranian and NATO ships. What will you do ?
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  7250.  @solmak47  This economic-sanctions business is a typical western conceit. The US put sanctions on Iran, and Iran has not had diplomatic relations with the US for over 50 years, yet it is making everything including killer drones. You said Russia and the rouble would not last one day, but Putin floored the western economies. Russia is de-industrialising the west. BASF is downsizing in Germany and EU and shifting to China. The rouble performed well while the pound and euro lost 20% of their value. Turkey is also capable of surviving sanctions. The fact is countries like Russia, China, Iran, Turkey are truly sovereign and can tell the US to go to hell. European states, in contrast, are pathetic vassals of the US. The west has shot itself in the foot by sanctions on Russia. It has undermined its key asset, the banking system, which it controlled. Now the trade in non-dollar currencies has increased. Even the Saudis, Qataris and Emiratis now do not listen to the west. If you put sanctions on Turkey, it will team up with Russia and close all western and Ukranian shipping in the Black Sea. You need to realise the days of your colonial blackmail are over.
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  7251.  @solmak47  You need to grow out of your colonial mentality. That worked in the 18th century. It will not work against Russia, China, India anymore. And not even Iran, Turkey.... Those countries are sovereign and are ready to tighten their belts to be independent. They are not like vassal states of Europe. Turkey makes everything, and it is not going to submit to the US. They have many options including going with Russia and China. If they left NATO and put Russian bases next to you, you won't like it. You need Turkey. more than it needs you, and Turkey knows it. That is why Turkey does what it wants to. Whereas the vassal states of Europe do what the US commands. The world's former colonialists are today's vassals. They have no choice. But the vassals of the US talk to Turkey and Russia as if they still command the world.
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  7252.  @solmak47  Turkey has made leaps and strides, it makes Bakratar drones, it makes carbon fibres and composites, many German companies use it as a manufacturing base. There is no way NATO will kick out Turkey. They do not have a mechanism for expulsion. Further, the US needs Turkey more than the other way round. If NATO does what you demand, Turkey can join fully with Russia, and that would be a formidable combination. They control the Black Sea, and can shut off NATO access. Turkey is a medium size power, and can act on its own. There is no country in Europe that has that capability and sovereignty. Even France and Britain are vassal states of the US. Turkey acted as the intermediary between Russia and Ukraine. Only it has the trust of both. They have been brilliant in that. Switzerland offered to host talks, Russia rejected saying it was not neutral because it took part in sanctions. Flights from Turkey go to Russia and Ukraine. It is a truly sovereign country unlike the servile ineffectual nations of Europe Try to engage your brain instead of succumbing to emotive frustration. Sweden and Finland will join if Turkey allows. Anyhow, even if Sweden and Finland join NATO, they are irrelevant weaklings. With or without them, NATO will not dare send troops to Ukraine.
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  7253. ​ @solmak47  Your declaration that you are not going to read what I write is an admission of defeat : you do not have the intellect to refute me.
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  7254.  @solmak47  I knew you would come back. You are burning about Turkey. Your solution was to expel them from NATO and apply sanctions. I asked which country has the US sanctioned which obeys it : Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Iran, China ? These countries are truly sovereign, unlike the vassals in Europe.
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  7255.  @solmak47  China is also going to end western domination. Their petro yuan is picking up momentum. And they will also maul you like Russia if you mess with them militarily. You know that. You are cowards who will only resort to military with small countries; you will not be able to fight with equals. You will fight with Russia using Ukraine, but you will not dare fight Russia directly - because they will kill you. If the rest have no economy, why do you trouble them ? Leave them alone, they don't want you. Iran and others have shown it is possible to live without US economy. They will not allow you near.
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  7256.  @solmak47  'by 2050 the West will use 100% green energy.' Talk about 2023. You are dependents. You were talking too much about green energy, and when Russia squeezed you, the US ran to Saudi and Qatar and begged for more non-green energy. You even started speaking to the Venzuelan govt. which you have been trying to overthrow for years. Shameless people ! 'We are allowed to place sanctions to whoever we wish. Our economy, our money, our decision.' Nobody is stopping you with sanctions. Tell me one place where it worked. Iran has ignored you for 50 years. Others will do business without you. Cut your nose to spite the face. China has the best 5G technology. You sanctioned them, but others will get their technology. You can flounder in your world of sanctions. Once non-dollar currency trade expands, your sanctioning power decreases. India and Russia are reaching agreement on rupee-rouble based trade. No need for the dollar. 'And China’s population is decreasing. By 2050 will be 1/2. Good luck to them…' You are feebly seeking consolation in the future. The western population is also decreasing. It is maintained by importing labour. And that has led to white insecurity and Trumpism. There will be a racial civil war in the US before 2050. There are already signs of that. You have had a near coup already (you taught Ukraine how to do a coup in 2014, but you could not execute one yourself !). So don't put on airs and seek consolation in 2050.
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  7257. 1 year ago, the Israelis and the west were mocking Iranian drones. 1 week ago, the western media were saying the drone attacks confirmed their belief Russia was losing. They said it showed Russian desperation. Now they are saying drones are changing the Ukraine war. The western media are reluctant to admit till late if Russians are making advances, and they spin tales for the Ukrainians which the frustrated western public laps up.
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  7258. Expert Mike Martin would feel suicidal when Kupiansk falls. As usual, he has to say that it will be difficult to take Kupiansk - just like Bakhmut and Avdeevka. We shall see. These western experts are lying for their governments.
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  7259. What happened to that special relationship that Britain claims ? Instead of telling the Americans, the British should look at themselves - Britain goes slavishly with America to Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, and Americans mock the queen.
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  7260. It is a shock for the Jews and the west that Iran could hit them this hard.
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  7261. Do people in the west understand the need for negotiations ? I don't think so. The reason is because they are convinced Russia is losing. The western media keeps saying that.
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  7262. Sir Putin is not asking for negotiations, he also believes the west only understands ruthless force. You keep blabbering about negotiations, even Zelensky talks about it.
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  7263. There will be no security for Europe unless Russia's security is taken into account. Putin only asked in 2022 for a security guarantee.
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  7264. Try attacking Moscow, then Kiev will get a tactical nuclear weapon. Then Ukraine will surrender.
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  7265. The miraculous Patriots shot everything down, the debris from the Patriots damaged Ukraine.
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  7266. The Times reported that Ukraine is trying to develop of WMDs. In that case Russia will go ahead and de-energise and de-industrialise Ukraine. Russia will return Ukraine to a pastoral state, as it was before Ukraine joined the Soviet Union and got industrialised.
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  7267. The blame game has started ! British are having a field day blaming Germany.
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  7268.  @anthonyflores2700  Western Ukraine is the hot bed of the Ukro Nazis and Bandera fellows, Russia would be glad to partition Ukraine and give that part to Poland to manage !
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  7269.  @colmquinn7860  'Victory over Russia ' The Nazis remaining in Berlin after Hitler's suicide were also shouting Victory for Germany as the Red Army closed in.
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  7270.  @colmquinn7860  Poland has been bought by the US, and made to be its attack dog. Most of these small countries of Eastern Europe were purchased by the US. Just like Ukraine. Donald Rumsfeld said in the 1990s that the US did not need 'old Europe' (Germany and France) anymore, because it had New Europe (Poland and Baltics). Poland is a country with a massive inferiority complex. It has some memory it was a power once but it does not have ability. Putin reminded the Poland (with the borders of today) was a gift of Stalin. If Stalin had decreed, Poland could have been made part of the Soviet Union. No one could have stopped Stalin - not Churchill/Atlee or Truman. The Red Army was in Poland and could have enforced that. If Poland gets carried away and messes with Russia, it will get a beating like Ukraine, and then it will find the US will distance itself from Poland. The US is a cowardly fair weather friend.
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  7271.  @considerthis9007  The Red Army liberated Auschwitz and Poland finally from the Nazis. Were the Poles capable of it themselves ? The concentration guards were Ukranian Nazis that the Germans recruited. And as mentioned, the Poland of today is a gift of Stalin. Had Stalin decreed, Poland could have become part of the Soviet Union. The Red Army was stationed there and the UK and the US would not have been able to stop Stalin. Poland operates as a client state of the US and is living dangerously. It is doing the same as Ukraine. But when shove came to push, the Americans decided to ditch Ukraine (it vetoed Ukraine joining NATO after making it fight Russia over joining NATO). The same will apply to Poland if it provokes a fight with Russia. Americans will not be sending troops to save the Poles.
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  7272.  @alberciksosnowski7566  A Pole would not have the IQ to contest what I wrote.
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  7273. Sean Bell is another propagandist. He said in the early days that Russians do not have precision weapons, so they don't fight like us. Yesterday, I saw footage of a missile hit a TV broadcasting mast in Kharkov, which would have been 2-3 metres wide. The missile would have been fired from 300 km away. It is good job the Ukrainians instead of the British are fighting because the Russians would just mince the British with their low grade military intelligence and equipment. When people hear Bell and Clarke, it convinces them the British are a once-upon-a-time-country. They are in the same category now as the Portuguese.
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  7274. Europe is irrelevant. It needs Russia's energy, Russia does not need Europe.
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  7275.  @maryanchabursky9148  Kherson, Kharkhov and Odessa will come to Russia. These are Russian lands, and they will be taken back from the Ukro Nazis.
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  7276. Hindus should leave Canada and go back to India. Then the problems will end. For India and Canada.
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  7277. Russia can dig in and just keep all the coastal areas of the Black Sea like Mariopol and strangle Ukraine's maritime trade. There is nothing Ukraine or NATO can do to get these back. They can keep a low intensity war and partition and break up Ukraine.
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  7278.  @gregb5683  Glad you agree. So when do you plan to come out of servitude to the US ? Try to do it before the US throws you under the bus like Ukraine and leaves.
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  7279.  @allydea  Last year, Ruusia knocked out one of their own communications satellite in a test - as a prelude to knocking out American satellites in a war. At the time, all the west howled and deplored Russia, saying it was creating space debris. But they can hit a bulls eye alright, don't fool yourself.
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  7280. The Russians have said they will not accept European 'peacekeepers', they said they will target and kill them on a scale the Europeans have not seen (ask the Ukrainians).
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  7281.  @patrickkelly6691  NATO is a collection of 30 weak European states manipulated by the US. Two more weaklings joining makes no difference - even citing it proudly as an achievement shows how pathetic Europeans are. Russia took on the US and its surrogates, Ukraine and the EU single handedly and has achieved what it wanted. The fact is Russia has prevented Ukraine from joining NATO and spoilt American plans to put its missiles in Ukraine. They have taken 20% of Ukraine and that 20% is worth more than 20%. It is from the key industrial and coastal areas. With that, they strangle Ukraine's economy, so the part that remains is dependent on EU aid and is subjected to air strikes. Ukraine will be annexed and absorbed back into Russia. Meanwhile, the EU's economy is strangled with energy cuts. Can Sweden and Finland change the above losing scenario ?
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  7282.  @Hagar934  If NATO had no plans to expand into Ukraine, why did NATO not give the security guarantee Russia asked for in Jan 2022 ? You are an ignorant and immature liar. Now, after the beating Ukraine got, and NATO's inability to stop it, you think NATO can expand to Ukraine ? The US now knows that Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent NATO presence in Ukraine. Educate yourself on the US plan for Ukraine. Listen to the esteemed Prof. John Mearsheimer of Chicago University who recounts the history since 1997. Ukraine war | An unmitigated disaster | John Mearsheimer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRDt2NWmlV4
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  7283.  @Don_ECHOguy  And he was right ! NATO thought he was bluffing, but when the blows came, NATO declared it will not send troops to Ukraine or put a no-fly zone. NATO was dead a year ago, and is even more dead now. Getting two more weaklings only makes NATO even more unwieldy.
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  7284. The Ukranians are not innocent. They have an anti Russian Nazi element that took power in 2014, and they wanted to team up with the US to put NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. The US used Ukranians as a proxy. Mariopol was the HQ of the Azov Batallion, a Nazi group. Russia eliminated the Azov Nazis. Ukraine was built by the Soviet Union. Kharkov was built by the Soviet Union. It will return to Russia.
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  7285. Why should Ukraine be supported by the world governments? The war is a US creation. The Europeans are subordinates who are followers. Let the US and EU support. Are they not doing what they set out to do ? If not, why did they get Ukraine into this adventure ? Who pressurised Ukraine to abandon negotiations ?
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  7286.  @bearsagainstevil  Western tanks will have little impact, it will be like the Himars. The Russians will destroy them from the air. The Himars were supposed to be game changers and western media said Ukraine will capture Crimea. Instead, Russia took Soledar and has the Ukranians nailed in Bakhmut. The west is all mouth and no trousers.
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  7287. It is going through a crisis of false pride. It thought it could fight Russia with its western values.
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  7288. For the last two weeks, the western media said the Russian advance in Pokrovosk had slowed and it was a stalemate. And Ukraine was winning in Kursk.
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  7289. Well, Ukraine has lost 20% of land according to Zelensky. So who is advancing and who is retreating ?
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  7290. Ukraine is back to shock and awe....the attacks show that the west cannot save Ukraine. The lady said in 2023, Russians have nothing to show. Really ? They beat off the Ukro Nazi summer offensive, destroyed the western miracle weapons and killed off the Ukranian army. She remarks Putin's ambition is STILL there....did he ever show sign of relenting ?
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  7291. Sounds like sour grapes after Russia soundly defeated US and its lackeys and showed it is mightier than the combined west ! The fellow is burning like those Leopards and Challengers.
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  7292. The collective west stood together - and fell to defeat.
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  7293. senseless conflict incited by the US and supported by its vassals.
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  7294.  @kellylilypond  'you can't treat cancer and poverty quite as well when you are being bombed by Russia. There really isn't a lot of choice'. There was a lot of choice. Ukraine could have stuck to its neutrality as promised in its Declaration of Independence. Instead, it planned to have US missile and naval bases in Ukraine, so US could strangle Russia. Therefore Russia took the correct steps to end Ukraine. Get it ? Ukraine is not innocent.
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  7295. Mike Martin is a typical western analyst propgating wishful thinking about Ukraine. He says western artillery having a real effect. What is the evidence ? At the same time, they say Russia is starting new offensive. That sounds real. Russia has not announced it, they will not say it till it is over, till Sloviansk is under their belt. This Mike Martin quotes the million man army Zelensky is raising for the Kherson offensive - as if it is fact ! What kind of military analyst this ?
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  7296. He has toned it down - a bit. He does not talk about Ukrainian resilience anymore.
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  7297. Pronounced Mateush Morawizky I think.
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  7298. Ukraine will be turned into a waste land dependent on EU aid for years. All because of US's desire for NATO expansion to feed profit to its arms industry. But the Europeans are also culpable as it went along with the US, their media and politicians express Russophobia. And of course Ukraine is to blame for taking a strident anti-Russian line to ingratiate itself to the US. It has sold itself to the highest bidder for a pittance. Finally, at some stage the US will walk away, Europeans will be left clutching the refugees and paying Ukraine's bills, and Ukrainans will have no country. It could all have been avoided if Ukraine has remained neutral and not sought NATO.
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  7299. India cannot do anything against China. Because India depends on China for cheap goods. Even India's industry depends on China.
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  7300. Ukraine will be waiting for a long while for America. It ain't coming soon or in volumes. The US does not have them.
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  7301. This lady is vague and waffling. Sir Putin is going to de-industrialise Europe. In Germany company's producing toilet paper are shutting down. There is no quick near term nor long term solution. If the glass, aluminium, steel, paper industry shut, they will be gone for good. With that auto and Airbus will be affected. BASF said if they get < 50% of their gas allocation, their whole complex in Ludwigshafen will shutdown. If BASF gets more than 50%, they will have partial shut down. Europe can import metals etc. from China, and Russia (after the war is over !). But they have to make something else in exchange. But what ? They do not make software like Silicon Valley. Digitalisation on its own is not sufficient. You still need transport, aircraft and many other products. Basically, Europe's standard of living will go down.
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  7302. In his latest speech Putin said as Ukraine is instructed to fire ATACAMS, more Hazels are coming. Targets have been selected in Kiev. Zelensky knows the west does not have any air defence system to stop it.
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  7303. Yes, Ukrainians have pegged back those Russian soldiers with shovels, so they are being hit with air shovels. Does Times Radio know what is combined arms warfare ?
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  7304.  @steveb890  Is Russia struggling ? Russia set out to prevent the US getting military and naval bases in Ukraine (= NATO admission for Ukraine). The US conceded that to Russia in Vilnius - Ukraine will not join NATO and there is no road map. Why ? Because if Ukraine joins NATO, it will ask for Article 5, and the US will have to send troops to Ukraine, in which case the Russians will kill them. The US is scared of fighting Russia; it is not Iraq or Afghanistan, Russia is capable of incinerating all US cities. Why are Sweden and Finland seeking membership ? Because they are scared of superpower Russia. Poland is all mouth and no trousers. When the US is scared of fighting Russia, you think Poland can fight Russia ? The reason for existence of such an alliance is because you are scared of superpower Russia. Russia has checkmated US + 35 useless allies.
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  7305. Keep up the good relations with Russia, it is a great country that has helped India. Don't be stupid like Europeans.
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  7306. von Leyen has sold EU to the US and that is what has impoverished Europe. A few refugees are not the problem. Poles are hard core racists like this lady, the Poles should not have been let into the EU. The Poles have also stoked Russophobia and played the role of US's agent to control Europe. Western Europe is subsidising Poland and Poland wants to dictate policy and bite the hand that feeds them. Cut the money to Poland and make them face Russia on their own. That eventuality will come. Germany is halving its expenditure on Ukraine because it cannot afford to subsidise Ukraine. Nor does it have the capacity to fight Russia. Likewise cut half the funding to Poland and ask Poland to fight Russia on its own. Either Poland accepts common decisions or gets out of the EU. The way the EU and NATO are going, they are going to break apart. Farage and Boris Johnson stabbed the EU at the behest of the US. The eastern Europeans who are the net recipients of western European aid have been given free hand to dictate policy, only on the grounds of their anti-Russian rhetoric. The EU has been dumb to allocate the Estonian Kalljas as the foreign minister. She is rabidly anti-Russian and wants to fight Russia and break it up. Estonia has a population of 1.5 million and is a recipient of aid but will run foreign policy. If the Baltics provoke Russia, it will seize the Suwalki corridor and the US will not come to its aid. What has impoverished western Europe is US policy against Russia (and a not a few refugees). The western Europeans need to take back control of EU and NATO from eastern Europe and the US, or the impoverishment will bring Nazis to rule western Europe. In the 1990s, Rumsfeld had said, the US does not need old Europe (France and Germany), it has new Europe. New Europe like Poland was bribed with US money, and Poland acted as US'a attack dog in order to get more biscuits. And Ukraine was following the same model. All that is unsustainable now - because not only Germany, but US cannot afford to fight Russia. Trump and Vance have indicated what will be their stand. My advice to western Europe is to cut Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics, they are a much, much bigger drain than some poor refugees. Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltics etc. eat away the funds and cause demand for more military expenditure because of their Russian baiting. The Polish lady can have her freedom and operate 'no refugee' policy and keep Poles completely safe. And she can continue baiting the Russians till the Russians kick Poland's head in, and she can see how safe she will be.
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  7307. We do not need a lecture on the danger of global methane emissions, we know it. The question is who did it. There are only two with the capability - US and Russia. Russia has no motive. US has a motive. Speeches earlier by Biden and Victoria Nuland stated they will end Nordstream, they have ways and means. The highest probability is the US did it. Focus on why the US is so cynical as to create a global warming hazard to fight with Russia. It is the US that was encouraging the Ukranians to shell a nuclear plant to put the blame on Russia.
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  7308. It is your support for Ukraine that led to Avdiivka & Mariupol ending up in Russia. Get it ? Anyhow, the Russians have rebuilt Mariopol, so what is your problem ?
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  7309.  @RichardShearer  He has capacity to end Zelensky and Ukraine with a nuclear strike.
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  7310. @@peoplesrepublicofninj3418 How strong are you ? Which puny country in Europe can fight Russia ? None. And a collection of puny European countries and the US cannot fight Russia either, or change the reality in Ukraine. The reality is Ukraine has lost 20% of the land that produced 80% of its GDP, it is unable to get it back despite your arms and counter offensive, and Russia controls the sea. You have landed Ukraine in trouble. Your formula was 'we give the money and arms, Ukraine gives the blood'. In other words, you want to fight Russia using the last Ukranian - because you know you are not powerful enough to fight Russia directly. The US and NATO gave Ukraine an understanding that it could join NATO in exchange for US bases. Russia said it would not allow this and went after Ukraine. Why did you not stop it ? Because you are puny. If pushed, Russia can always settle Ukraine with a nuclear strike. You will not go and fight Russia then because they will settle you as well with nuclear strikes.
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  7311. Innocent Ukranians will be saved when Ukraine goes back to the neutrality it promised in its Independence Declaration.
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  7312. Ukraine's logistics stretches far way America. By the same token, when the Russians destroy Ukrainian arms depots, it is much more difficult to maintain Ukrainian logistical networks and get supplies. Ukraine is more disadvantaged than Russia. The US media report that the Himars are ineffective now because the Russians are jamming the GPS. At the end of the day, Russia has taken Soledar, Bakhmut. They have taken 70% of Maryinka. As for Ukraine's counter offensive, the Ukranians are reluctant because they fear the casualties, but they are being forced by the US.
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  7313.  @protorhinocerator142  Your concepts are largely wishful thinking. Bakhmut is already lost, so what are you talking about Russians having to battle for it from St. Petersburg ? Ukraine has no way to dislodge the Russians from Bakhmut. As for the idea that Himars push back the logistics of the Russians, you did not notice that Ukraine's logistics are stretched to the US. Don't you realise the side with that logistics cannot win ? Are you that dumb ? After the Russians hit the Patriot, it has to go to the US for repair. Same with much of the other kit; spare parts are difficult to get to the front, and the expendable shells and missiles have to come from the US. That is why the counter offensive is delayed, and when the Ukranians try, they will face supply interruptions. But the Russians hit Ukraine's supplies with missiles fired from Russia and the Black Sea. You can make vain claims on logistics to console yourself after defeat, but the reality is Russia is unstoppable. The war is lost for Ukraine and the west. Ukraine is being pushed to make one more try, when that fails, the US will ask Ukraine to negotiate and hand over Donbass.
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  7314.  @rogerhall6021  Russia has succeeded in making sure NATO will not set foot in Ukraine. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war and NATO now knows that. NATO cities will be burnt like Ukraine if they try setting up bases in Ukraine. Ukraine's army is being whittled down and when their counter offensive is declared a flop, the US will cut aid and ask Ukraine to negotiate. That is the way things are going.
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  7315.  @ChuckAmadi  Why does the US not send troops with its advanced gear to Ukraine and fight the Russians ? Cowardice perhaps ?
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  7316.  @livingtribunal4110  Well written. There are many delusional Slava Ukranian types here expecting miracles from paltry western weapons.
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  7317.  @jonnytwocombs198  What would be be plain stupidity for quite a few reasons ?
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  7318.  @tpog1  Ukraine's actions got Ukranians massacred in Bakhmut by Wagner fellows equipped with shovels according to British intelligence. I am looking forward to more Ukranian actions.
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  7319.  @mvjh2277  'War weary Afghanistan Iraq Iran Kosovo, US has military industrial complex to support with equipment. Another factor is being a member of NATO.' What are you trying to say ? Write meaningful English.
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  7320. The Azov Regiment is composed of Nazis and so should be eliminated. If they are so brave, why is the Azov Regiment asking for 'extraction' to a neutral country ? Their situation is the same as the Nazis in Hitler's bunkers in the last days as the Red Army closed in. There were families and children in the bunkers in Berlin - for instance Goebbels, his wife and children. Hitler's Nazis did put up a fierce resistance, but no one praises them because of that. In the end, the Red Army took heavy casualties but they did what had to be done. It is the same with the Azov Nazis. In 1945, the west needed the Red Army to crush the German Nazis. But in 2022, the west is so respectful and supportive of the Azov Nazis and their 'commander' ! Therefore the west has no credibility. In previous interviews, the Azov Nazis and Zelensky were still boasting that they will win. Now their 'commander' is only saying they will fight to the end - they have given up on victory.
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  7321. When the US leaves NATO, all the hyena in Europe will quiver when the bear comes. They will all be one for one !
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  7322. This King's College 'expert' tells us that the Ukrainian military will fight back harder. That is his wish. But the Ukranian military also is degraded like the cities and civilians. It is bound to be the case. The civilians are just collateral, the Russians have mainly struck at the Ukranian army. But this expert tells us the number of Russians killed is 100,000 (because they are careless with their soldiers) and the Ukrainains killed is only 50,000. That is totally incredible. The side with the higher fire power inflicts more casualties. But such is his loss of face, he cannot admit. DW needs to stop bringing such experts who only want to reassure the west that their Ukrainian project is a loser, despite all evidence. Why were Blair and Bush not prosecuted for war crimes ?
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  7323. Russia responds militarily, not emotionally. It has calculated and decided the way forward is (1) to check the Kursk advance, and build barricades so that the Ukrainians cannot advance to the Kursk nuclear plant which was their objective (2) don't slacken the pressure on Donbass, go after Pokrovsk whose fall will cause disintegration of the Ukrainians lines in the east and (3) start killing the Ukrainian intruders pinned in Kursk and destroy their scarce weapons. The Ukrainians and their western handlers thought Russia will panic and rush troops from Donbass to Kursk. And Russia would be forced to negotiate - they would give back Donbass and Crimea to get back Kursk ! Can anyone be so dumb ? Kursk can wait; the Ukrainians are pinned there, they cannot advance, they cannot retreat. The Russians have made mistakes but have always shown they think strategically. During Ukraine's Kherson's offensive, Gen. Surovikin advised to withdraw to the eastern bank, because Russian troops risked being cut off. He said it may not look good optics politically and for the media, but Putin did not over rule him. Then Survokin built the 3 layer fortification, and Ukraine impaled itself on this in their 2023 offensive. The Ukrainians could not even cross the first line, and they lost so much manpower that they are faced with the present shortage. Russia's response to Kursk is militarywise and strategically sound. Ukraine has not got any strategic advantage in Kursk, it has thinned itself and weakened Donbass. Hence, Russia should finish off the Donbass operation, and then go after Kursk. That is indeed how it is playing out. Ukraine has run out of options, Kursk has not got them anything, so it is begging the west to allow strikes into Russia - which could trigger a Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine.
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  7324. Ukrainian counteroffensive - she made a slip ! Or she was playing at strategic ambiguity.
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  7325. It is all wishful thinking. Ukraine is losing Bakhmut and is being hit hard in Advika, and its offensive has not even started, and it is asking for Crimea ! In other words, the Russians should surrender in fear of the fearsome upcoming offensive. Russia will not discuss Crimea. If Ukraine puts its foot in Ukraine, there will be a nuclear strike on Kiev. All this is being said to hide the writing on the wall : if Ukraine wants a ceasefire, it will have to give up not only Crimea, but also 4 oblasts !
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  7326. US democracy is threatened but is fighting for democracy in Ukraine !
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  7327. NATO is the US, and the Europeans are servile subordinates.
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  7328.  @DrStrangelove-w9w  But you have already lost, and that is why you are begging for ceasefire and negotiations. Further, Sir Putin has sowed divisions in the trans Atlantic alliance, that is why you are unable to speak in one voice. Victor Orban is one of the few Europeans who predicted the outcome correctly. He says now the war is lost because : the US has conceded Ukraine cannot be in NATO and Ukraine has lost land. Strategically, that is the worst possible outcome. Ukraine could have to all including Crimea if it had stayed with its original neutrality. Russia has ended western hegemony - that is the scale of its achievement. That is why you are mentally disoriented.
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  7329.  @DrStrangelove-w9w  Fellow, Trump does not want to waste money funding a war that is lost. The west does not have the arms, that is why it is asking for a ceasefire. Putin intends to keep talking, but he knows the Ukrainian problem can only be settled by military means through a comprehensive defeat of Europe.
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  7330. Why don't fools like Nielsen accept Ukraine and the collective west are defeated ? This was evident after the failed Ukrainian counter offensive. The Russians should keep quiet, drive out the Ukrainians from Kursk and advance on Donbass. Nielsen ends with the usual wishful thinking of the defeated. Withholding US weapons to Ukraine will not have effect on Ukraine ? The Europeans can step up ? Really ?
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  7331. Then Ukraine will get a tactical nuclear weapon dropped on it. NATO will stay outside and watch.
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  7332. It is also funny how the citizens of the former 'big powers' of Europe, that is Britain, France and Germany, look up to feeble countries like Poland, Lithuania and Denmark for leadership ! That shows the depth of European decline. Basically, the US directs NATO - nowadays for the benefit of its own military business. The whole of Europe - the useless ones like Poland, Denmark and Lithuania, and the once upon a time powers like Britain, France and Germany - has become irrelevant. But they imagine they can fight Russia - and China - at the same time.
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  7333. Standard western analysis : use of drones shows Russia is defeated in the east and this diversion will not help them. But somehow Ukraine is still crying for more help and we have to spend our money for this good cause. Iran selling drones means there are now two rogue states out to destroy the European garden. And more of the jungle is going to invade us and destroy our European values.
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  7334. Is that your hope now ? That Russia will run out of missiles and won't be able to counter Ukrainian offensives ?
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  7335. Lithuania is getting ready for a beating. The parallel with Ukraine is striking. They indulge in Russophobia to please the US. But when Russia seizes Lithuania, the Lithuanian expectation is America will fight a nuclear war for them. That is not going to happen.
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  7336. The US is engaged in multiple wars through its proxies, Israel and also Ukraine, and even Europe. And China is keeping quiet and building its economy further and it will overtake the US, while the US is busy swatting flies for its proxies.
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  7337.  @JaneSoole  You counted your Kiev chickens in 2022/2023. Now you are defeated. Russians are master chess players, they can play a long game. They are not running around like headless chicken like the Europeans.
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  7338. Zelensky listened to BoJo and Biden when they blocked negotiations. So now he has to listen to all their insults. However, Ben Wallace is also shameless. He is a hardliner and warmonger, and he always wanted to show off that he was a trail blazer in support for Ukraine. But he did not get the NATO Secretary General post he coveted. The US wanted the stodgy Stoltenberg to continue. This statement is partly due to personal frustration of Wallace, and partly the general frustration of defeat as Ukraine's counter offensive fails. The blame game for the failure of the offensive has started. Ukraine shouts 'you did not give us good weapons, you did not give enough, we need planes'. The west wants to project the cause for the loss of the war is Ukrainian incapability - after praising them limitlessly in 2022.
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  7339. Russia should maybe let out the civilians from the Azov steel plant. But no way can they let go of the Azov Nazis. They do not want to surrender, then they should be liquidated. There is no third alternative.
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  7340. Putin is desperate and unwell - we heard this from month 1 ! They said Putin had hand tremor, he has cancer, he is fearful of a coup ... But Putin gave a speech recently after the 4 oblasts were incorporated into Russia. It was vintage, masterly Putin. Putin met Erdogan in Central Asia and proposed to build a Turkstream gas pipeline. And still western analysts are repeating the same trash. That shows the level of western helplessness. Putin has the upper hand in the economic war and he is de-industrialising Europe. The only outlet for western frustration is to say Putin is desperate and unwell ! It goes to show how pathetic the west has become.
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  7341.  @anna-gal  'He is perfectly well balanced, and that's his strongest point. Such position is always convincing.' The last sentence is why western media avoided interviewing him. He would undermine their brainwashing of western audiences.
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  7342. Unfortunately, Ukraine will not exist, so their efforts to be in NATO are useless.
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  7343.  @kingsfield1270  Well, the Ukranians and their handlers were predicting Kherson offensive for months, and they hit some bridges, and Zelensky was saying his goal was recapturing Crimea, and Russians were already fleeing not only Kherson but even Crimea. After the offensive started, Ukrainians said they had broken through the first layer of defence in Kherson. Then what happened ? The Ukranians said they want to keep progress a military secret. Now the Ukranians are claiming they captured some villages in Kherson oblast, we are only asking the Ukranians to name the villages they captured. Why is that secret ? If the Russians lost them, would that be a secret to them ? If the Russians took Ukraine by 2100, that is fine. Ukraine will be reintegrated where it belongs. I suspect it is correct that the counter offensive was ill fated, and the Ukranians got massacred, that is why it is a secret after all that boasting by Ukraine and its handlers.
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  7344. I thought the cluster bombs were the game changers.
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  7345. It is amusing to see Indians ('Hindu nationalists') itching to fight Palestinians and support Israel. What is the reason ? 'Hindu nationalists' have this frustration with Pakistan and Kashmir. They are unable to win in Kashmir. They take out that frustration on other Indian Muslims. 'Hindu nationalists' have this belief that little Israel is beating up the Muslims, and Hindus can learn from Israel how to do the same. However, Israel has been doing that only because of limitless US support. India does not have that support - in fact, after the fallout of the Indian terrorist attack in Canada, the US ambassador went to Pakistan and visited Kashmir. Further Israel's invincibility and narrative of exceptionalism was finished by the strike on 7 Oct. Israelis are demoralised by the blow and its flawless execution. The Palestinians advanced to the kibbutzim only after neutralising Israel's security system and killing IDF soldiers in the way. Now Israel is far from winning position - they do not have the capacity to fight a prolonged urban war in Gaza while the Palestinians are willing for that, Israel faces multi front wars, the Israeli population is divided with people shouting to get their prisoners released, and its PM's only interest is to save himself from prison for corruption. The US and the west, who are the principal backers of Israel find there is public opposition at home, the US does not have the money to back war in Ukraine and Israel, and fight Iran, and maybe Turkey also. India has misread and is not on the right side of history. It has become an Israel supporter at the wrong time, just when there are moves from Israel's strongest supporters in the west to scale back that support. Even Blinken said Israel cannot go back to the status quo. Afterwards, India might find the Arabs will reduce Indian workers in their countries due to the blatant Hindu stance against Muslims. The Hindus and Jews are together in a sinking boat ! Why a nation of 1.3 billion wants to be in a sinking boat with 5 million shows a weakness of character.
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  7346.  @bonnie7898  These pathetic aid conferences for Ukraine are because it cannot cope with the battering Russia is giving. The west is losing and has to put on a show.
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  7347.  @NadNorgaard  The only bad idea was US led NATO expansion. Putin has checked the west's NATO expansion, but it cost Ukraine its nationhood. Get it ?
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  7348.  @timsmith1125  MAD is only if NATO fights Russia directly. However, if Russia settles Ukraine with a tactical nuclear weapon, NATO will not fight Russia as it does not want MAD.
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  7349. There is going to be no rebuilding of the country till Ukraine resigns the neutrality agreement it agreed to in its original independence declaration. Till then, the pulverisation will continue.
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  7350.  @slimjimhero  What is the excuse ? If Ukraine hides western equipment, they will be destroyed. Does not matter where it is kept. Russia has not agreed on any ceasefire with Ukraine. Hence, Russia does not have to explain anything. The Ukranians can stop grain shipment, but they are quietly sighing in relief they can export and get some money to survive. Russia has been been generous to Ukraine but these people have become ingrates. Technically, Russia did not have to allow Ukraine an economic lifeline. as it allows Ukraine to wage war against Russia.
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  7351.  @bremCZ Then you write to the outraged people who claim Russia struck a grain loading target for the proof.
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  7352.  @slimjimhero  Do you have any proof that Russia struck a grain loading silo or ship ? If not, there is no need for outrage of a missile strike in Odessa.
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  7353.  @slimjimhero  The west claimed that THERE IS TONS OF PROOF. PHOTOS, VIDEOS, WRITTEN STATEMENTS that Saddam had WMDs. The west claimed Russia had used chemical weapons in Azovstahl. If you want proof, ask the Ukranians to bring Russian reporters also to the site and show the attack, and disprove it was not an arms cache.
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  7354.  @JeffreyGoddin  The question was how has the counter offensive gone so far. The answer should start with what was the expectation and what is the result. She gives a rambling and evasive answer. Putin should win because we need to end the US order that has brought wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iraq. The most lasting outcome is de-dollarisation set off by Russia. Over the next 20 years, that will cut US power. 'Solid advances are being made and support is firm' Ukraine made that in 2022, not in 2023. In 2023, all the gains are Russian. The successes of 2022 cannot be repeated and that is the disappointment that you face, but that is the reality you have to accept now. Support will be less firm in NATO as it sinks in over time that Ukraine cannot dislodge the Russians. That process has started, that is why the question was posed to her - the fantasized results of recapture of Crimea are not there, so how do you assess Ukraine's performance. Now the claim is that F16s will be the game changer. Give it some more time for your expectation that Ukraine is going to turn things around with the 9 uncommitted brigades. When that fails, what next ? Russia will go from defence to attack.
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  7355. Himars were the previous game changer and Zelensky said he would capture Crimea by Dec 2022. Instead he lost Soledar and Bakhmut. The west makes a lot of noise but the war has shown it does not have substance. Russia has taken on 50 nations led by the US, and is checkmating them in the military and economic war ! Unbelievable but that is what the rest of the world admires Russia for.
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  7356. 'Now is the time for America to stand tall, to set an example and give Ukraine its FULL support and to encourage other nations to actually pull their weight.' In Vilnius, the US vetoed Ukraine entering NATO, thereby agreeing to the Russian demand. The Americans are basically cowards. They cannot fight like Russians or Ukranians. They aim for proxy war. America wants to fight Russia and China simultaneous - a disastrous policy.
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  7357. Zelensky and NATO keep telling us Ukraine is winning and Russia is retreating, then what is the issue ?
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  7358. Russia will show your Swedish Gripen is junk like the rest of western equipment. If you are Swedish, stick with porn, you are good for nothing.
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  7359.  @samhavoc1066  'Okay Russian troll' - is that the best you could write ?
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  7360. This man wanted to destroy Russia ! He did not get far with that.
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  7361. [Russians have ‘exhausted themselves’ in early days of Ukraine’s counteroffensive] Before your channel said the Russians exhausted themselves in Bakhmut ! The Ukranians said they had fixed the Russians in Bakhmut and attritioned them to reduce their chances of defending against the Ukrainian offensive - as if the Ukrainians were not attritioned in Bakhmut ! Your channel said the first 72 hours are critical for a breakthrough. If the Ukrainians are so fully charged up, and have superior weapons, why have they not even reached the first Russian line after 2 weeks ? Their first attempt led to a lot of them being slaughtered, and they lost Bradleys and Leopards. Now there are some reports Ukraine is taking a pause - it sounds the Bandera army is exhausted ! So what are you talking about ? Ukraine has no way of regaining land, and the west has run out of options. Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  7362. Heckling is not a prosecutable offence in democracies. It may be in India which has a dictatorial PM with a Hindu fascist mindset. Hence, the title is all wishful thinking from the HT. The world is not all with India as Modi's Hindus imagine. If India does an extra judicial killing in the UK (just because someone heckled a Hindu leader), as it did in Canada, India will find itself even more isolated. The UK will be forced to cancel any trade deal and support Canada. India does extra judicial murder all the time against Sikhs, Muslims and Christians in India, and this has become the highlight of the Modi years. Modi himself came to power by killing 2000 Muslims using a Hindu mob. Western countries banned him for several years. Only some months back Christians were killed and raped in Manipur. India needs to stop the persecution of Sikhs, Muslims and Christians by 'Hindu nationalists'. The 'Sikh problem' has come because the Hindus alienated the Sikhs by trying to erase their identity, claiming Sikhs are Hindus. Earlier, Hindus were not a threat to the UK and the west, they were seen as sobre, hard working, humble people. That was from the days of Gandhi and Nehru. But in recent years, due to the rise of a Hindu supremacist ideology inculcated in Hindus by Modi and his entourage, the Hindus of current day India pose a threat to western countries. The riots in Leicester by Hindus against Pakistani British who had lived together peacefully since the 1970s last year, were created by newly arrived Hindus from India. This year also some Hindu group took out a procession in Leicester for their elephant god, without police authorisation. When the police stopped it, the Hindus manhandled the police. The Hindus have become very brazen. Similar violent altercations have taken place by Hindus against Sikhs in Australia. The Hindus themselves defaced Hindu temples in Australia and demanded punishment of Sikhs. The newly migrated Hindus behave as they do in India. The west needs to realise the Hindus in India are not civilised as they were in the time of Nehru and Gandhi. They have become supremacist and they claim they are world teachers. Hindus are now exporting their extremists to the UK, Australia, Canada and the US. They even have a strategy for infiltrating the west with their cadre to capture power. They were celebrating Sunak becoming a PM as a Hindu achievement to capture the west; Sunak projects himself as 'proud Hindu' instead of a proud Briton. Hence, while not allowing Sikh violence in the west is fine, don't forget the real problem the west faces : the Hindu supremacist militancy that led to India believing it can shoot a Canadian national, and get away. The Hindus imagine India is now a superpower and it is entitled to do these things.
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  7363. Russia is awesome.
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  7364.  @wolfgangdopke5290  'You're among a growing number of Russians who are admitting that one of Russia's junk missiles missed not just the target, but an entire country.' Alright, why did your leader of the free world not say what you said ? Why don't you trigger Article 5, and send troops to invade Russia ? Start with Kaliningrad. You are a pathetic wretch. A frustrated weakling.
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  7365.  @wolfgangdopke5290  'Article 5? What for? Do you beat down every cripple you ever feel superior to? NATO doesn't.' Weak reply ! You are trying to save face. The saying about NATO is 'Gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. If for a moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Or launch an Operation Barbarossa and invade Russia. But then you fear those inaccurate missiles that might miss Ukraine and hit other countries.
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  7366.  @zallyzally2698  'every day we keep hearing how weak Russia military is ,but no one is willing to risk operation Barbarossa against Russian again'. They do not dare send troops to Ukraine' let alone think of Operation Barborossa for regime change. You saw how quickly the US bent over backwards to exonerate Russia over the missile on Poland. The time scale in which they made that announcement means there was no investigation. They did not want to give Poland a chance to agitate for implementing Article 5. The expectation from Poland and Ukraine is the US will lead a new operation Barbarossa. But the US cannot tolerate the death of a single US soldier. After the US made that announcement, Poland which had issued a demarche to the Russian ambassador started piping the US line. But Zelensky continued insisting that it was a Russian missile. The US, and the rest of the hyenas, including Poland, all of a sudden started expressing annoyance with Ukraine for deviating from the US script. Now the US is encouraging Ukraine to negotiate, Zelensky will resist, but his handlers will have to dispose him. The saying about NATO is gros bouches, petits mains - big mouth, tiny fists.
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  7367.  @jpmanning5480  Is that so ? Then why is Zelensky say he is moving very cautiously ? Because he fears walking into a trap. Russia has everything including the tactical nuclear missile to settle Ukraine for good.
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  7368.  @jpmanning5480  Whichever country you come will also be blown to hell. Kissinger said long ago that the US would not fight a nuclear war against the Soviet Union to save Germany or Europe. Why would the US want to have itself incinerated for Europe ? The same applies now : why would the US agree to be incinerated for Ukraine ? It is not going to happen. You are frustrated at your impotence, so you talk big. The saying about NATO is gros bouches, petits main. Big mouth, tiny fists.
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  7369.  @RizZRizZ-  do Russia’s nukes even work? Well if they don't, why did Biden not dare put a 'no fly zone' ? Or why is he limiting Ukraine not to fire over the border. The Sarmat missiles can incinerate all US cities in a blink. The US knows it.
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  7370.  Bush Wackers  Tell me of one NATO victory against a powerful country. Only two years ago, Afghanistan was a debacle where NATO forces competed with each other to get out before the Afghans seized them. Such a rag tag force will not be able to fight a powerful country like Russia, even if they are in the thousands.
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  7371.  @lottie6929  NATO members are all mouth and no trousers, without exception. Rhetoric is fine, it is not embarrassing for them when action does not match words, they can paint defeat as victory. You will hear any number of cock and bull stories - we have sent ship missiles and the blockade is being lifted; we are collecting evidence of war crimes; chemical weapons were used in Mariopol, rouble will be rubble, etc. It is not the least embarrassing for them as they move on to another fabrication. Russia catches a couple of mercenaries and they are all unnerved.
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  7372.  @emailofjamesw  Russia is fighting Ukraine + US + NATO. In Iraq, the US was only fighting Iraq. It does not matter how long Russia takes. They took time to get to Berlin and wipe out the Nazis. They are wiping out the Ukro Nazis. They have established there will be no NATO entry for Ukraine and there is nothing NATO can do about it.
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  7373.  @davidjames3080  Tell me which NATO country including the US has fought a war against a powerful country and won. We saw the abject cowardice from the US and NATO when they cut and run from the Taliban. If the US and NATO think for one moment they can fight in Russia, they would have sent troops to Ukraine and put a no fly zone, like they did in Iraq. Biden is doing everything to avoid a direct fight and he will continue to do so.
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  7374.  @emailofjamesw  We don't know if there were Nazis there, or even if it was a shopping centre, or an arms depot.
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  7375.  @parvizdeamer  Tell me one country NATO fought against and won. It ran away from Kabul showing the most abject cowardice. If NATO thought for one moment it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine and put a no-fly zone. But it did not have the guts. NATO could not take the casualties the Afghans inflicted, you think it can take what the Russians inflict ? A couple of mercenaries get caught and the whole west becomes weak at the knees. Even the western media is now reluctantly admitting Russia is winning.
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  7376.  @parvizdeamer  Iraq was not supported by Russia like Ukraine. There was no economic blockade or sanctions on the US. Russia has taken on NATO and Ukraine single handedly, fought militarily and waged economic war. And it has largely succeeded. You tell me 'the West is reluctant to go to war and abhor loss of life....' That is a lie. If the west thought for one moment it could win, it would have sent troops into Ukraine and put a no fly zone. But it knows it can't because the Russians will obliterate all their cities. Those hypersonic missiles cannot be stopped. You put on a brave face and say 'But at some point they will put their foot down and will fight tooth and nail to defend their territories from aggression. And like Nazi Germany, Russia will find itself fighting a well equipped and well industrialized West, with more manpower and resources. It will lose. It only recourse will be to draw on its nuclear arsenal. ' Read your own last sentence. Russia has recourse to nuclear weapons and therefore the west will not put their foot down and will fight tooth and nail as you think. The west is US, the Europeans do not have a spine. As for the US, Kissinger had said that the US will not fight a nuclear war against the USSR to save Germany and Europe. That will the same case now - even if Russia takes Lithuania. You boast 'But conventional war… well we saw what happened to Iraq twice, what the Israelis have done countless times to its Arab neighbors… western military doctrine and weapon systems tend to be far superior.' You clearly approve what happened in Iraq twice and what Israelis do. Israelis are fighting someone that has no army or air force. But even with conventional war and 'western military doctrine and weapon systems that tend to be far superior', the Red Army defeated Nazi Germany and dictated the post war terms. And as pointed out, there is no point even considering your claimed superiority in conventional weapons. Any advantage is neutralised by nuclear weapons. When Chairman Mao met Nixon, he told him, we know you can drop 100 nuclear weapons on us, but we shall drop only one on you - and we know you will not be able to take it. Putin, like Mao, knows the western psyche. You will fight against a weak opponent like Iraq, Palestine etc., but not against a strong one. The US and therefore NATO will not fight Russia even if it took Lithuania besides Ukraine.
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  7377.  @parvizdeamer  Russia was not planning to take France, or Germany or US - so what is your point ? It is taking back or destroying Ukraine - because Ukraine joining NATO threatens Russia. Likewise, it will at some stage attack Lithuania - because it has threatened Russian Kaliningrad. If NATO tries to fight Russia over Ukraine and Lithuania, then Russia will fight and is ready to use nuclear weapons and obliterate Europe and the US. Get it ? All your superior collection will amount to nothing. NATO and Europe played a dangerous game with NATO expansion, and is paying for their collective wickedness. I suggest the west swallows its false pride, acknowledges its error with NATO expansion, and avoids getting into a war with Russia that will make Russia obliterate all European cities.
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  7378.  @parvizdeamer  Russia is not interested in taking Germany, so don't make up scenarios that don't exist, and argue against it. You say Russia can barely take Ukraine. It has taken 20% and that 20% is more valuable than 20% - they have taken the industrial heartland, and the coastal areas, which puts them in a position to strangle Ukraine's economy. Ukraine has little revenue and the EU has to provide handouts. The rest of Ukraine is hit with missile strikes; so nu reconstruction is possible without Russian permission. NATO is not a defensive organisation just because NATO says so. It is a US tool and its sole purpose is to check Russia. NATO went to Afghanistan, so it invaded another country. Ukraine agreed to neutrality at the time of its independence, that was the condition Russia made it independent. It flouted that after the US instigated coup of 2014, and hence Russia has the right to terminate its sovereignty as Ukraine was planning to get the US to put missiles in its territory. The rise of Ukro Nazis and their nationalism discriminating against Russians naturally brought this reaction. It won’t be successful against NATO in a conventional war, and if it tries to go nuclear, well then MAD will take place in which Russia and the west will loose. If NATO is so powerful and believed for one moment it could beat Russia, it would have sent troops to Ukraine and put a no-fly zone. But since it did not do that, one has to believe either it did not have the capability you claim, or it was filled with cowardice. On Ukraine, Russia is prepared to fight a nuclear war, and the US understands. When NATO talked about no fly-zone, Putin said NATO will face consequences they have not faced in their lives. Biden quietly declared there will be no no fly-zone. Chairman Mao once told Nixon 'we know you can put 100 nuclear bombs on us; but we shall only put one on you, and we know you cannot take it'. He understood the western psyche. Putin also understands western cowardice. A couple of American mercenaries are captured and the west is unnerved. Under your vain bluster, there is no substance.
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  7379.  @parvizdeamer  What are you talking about ? Russia is taking Ukraine. Lysichank is about to go, Mykolaiv is under attack. And Russia also proved NATO with USA, UK, France, Germany and 26 other countries is all mouth and no trousers. None of them can fight, they don't want to get killed. The same NATO scrambled to exit from Kabul 2 years ago, in the most cowardly show, with the leader of the pack taking the first planes out. With that kind of record, do you really think you can fight Russians ? If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Russia uses the nuclear option to check NATO. If it were not for that, NATO would have gone into Ukraine. NATO talked about 'no fly zone'. Putin warned of consequences you have not ever faced. You know what that means. Next day, Biden announced there will be no 'no fly zone'. There is no point boasting that NATO would be superior in a conventional war with Russia. It has not been proved and it cannot be proved. For Russia is conventional + nuclear, and they are simply formidable. When you have a Sarmat hypersonic missile that can take out an area the size of Britain in a single strike, you will think twice about messing with Russia. Get it ? You are covering up western cowardice and sense of defeat and trying to put on a brave face. It is so obvious you are burning inside.
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  7380. Cragg does not sign off as before with an upbeat note on Ukranian resilience.
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  7381. Must be a fall out of Sir Putin !
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  7382.  @paddington1670  How can it be Ukraine's best chance when they are losing so many people and do not have munitions ? You are indulging in wishful thinking.
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  7383.  @timonsolus  The British are Americans without the power. 'And the US does have enough weapons to equip the entire Ukrainian army - by taking the weapons away from the US National Guard and sending them all to Ukraine. Unfortunately, the US government doesn’t seem to want to do that, even though the US National Guard could easily make do with civilian guns and vehicles if it had to.' 'Unfortunately' means you are indulging in wishful thinking. Britain does not have the power, and you are saying your US overlord has limitations. Would you then agree that Ukraine is heading for defeat and the west cannot change the outcome ? This comes out in the video.
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  7384.  @jorgeenchilada  'Also the next few months is supposed to see almost a million shells sent to Ukraine.' 'supposed' - there are a lot of suppositions you will make after you are defeated.
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  7385. What are globalists ? How are you going to push back ? Europe is becoming irrelevant and dying due to low birth rate.
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  7386. Russia I am told is weak, then why so much chest beating about deterring Russia ?
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  7387.  @enjayl.9681  They can avoid travel to Europe to avoid freezing. Better to travel to Russia, colder winter, but warm houses.
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  7388. The Ukranian lady is deluded if she thinks Germany can help with weapons to fight Russia, and Ukraine will be able to get the lost land back. The western media delude the Ukranians with such interviews.
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  7389. This enraged Jew in the video tells us Jews have been hated for millennia and that is something unique. He is full of self pity and Piers pities him as well ! If everyone is against Jews, and I was a Jew, I would think 'are we doing something wrong ?' instead of 'why is the rest of the world mad ?'. Often the madman sees the rest of the world as mad. The Jews do need to introspect instead of saying everyone is madly against them. As for Piers, let me remind you it was the genius of the most civilised country to create a Final Solution. It was British genius to re-settle the Jews - not in Britain, but in some one else's homeland, and then back them piously. The civilised Europeans, not the Arabs, who massacred the Jews. For 2000 years, the Jews carried the stigma of Christ's cruxifixion. And afterwards, the Europeans do not want the Jews in their countries. They settled them in Palestine and they give them endless support to stay there so that they do not come back and create trouble for them. Judaism is a religion of exclusion and apartheid. The Jews will always be a problem - for others and themselves. They should join the mainstream, Christianity or Muslims.
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  7390. Trump was dumb, did this Tucker fellow call that out ?
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  7391. Maybe the Jews will be reborn to live safely in Germany or Europe. Palestine is not the place for them.
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  7392. On the question of why western politicians are unable to give Ukraine permission to hit inside Russia, the reason is obvious - Russia said that it will attack whichever NATO state gives the weapons. Russia issued a warning that Britain and British assets will be struck if Storm Shadows are used inside Russia. Soon the Houthis hit a British tanker and the British could not do anything. The US did not want to come and fight for Britain. After the meeting with Starmer where Biden refused permission to use Storm Shadows in Ukraine, Biden deferred the decision on allowing Ukraine to use missiles inside Russia to the Ramstein meeting. Russia issued a statement if a decision was taken to give permission to Ukraine, the very next day Russia would start attacking the states that would give such weapons. Russia would not wait for Ukraine to strike it and then act. Result : Biden cancelled the Ramstein meeting. So don't fool yourself. Russia will thrash anyone who messes with Russia. Learn from Ukraine.
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  7393. There is nothing strange. He was a 'Ukraine is winning' man in 2022-2023 but now realises Ukraine has lost, US support will end, and the Europeans are incapable of turning things in Ukraine's favour.
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  7394. Good riddance of American junk culture from Russia !
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  7395. An American should not be discussing ICC and war crimes. The US is not part of ICC, it committed many war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, My Lai, and it endorses Israeli war crimes, so just shut up.
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  7396.  @mobies341  Thank you for correcting that he is Austrian. Why does he speak like an American ? Will Anders have the guts to discuss Israeli war crimes ? I don't think so. Hitler came from his country, so he cannot open his mouth against Israel.
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  7397. Being anti-Russian does not make one an expert on Russia. If he is an expert, he should have been working to bring peace, instead of inciting Ukraine to a war which it cannot win. He is peddling wishful thinking about Ukraine defeating Russia. Denmark is also another chichua dog that barks a lot.
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  7398. There are no Geneva Conventions for Nazis and mercenaries.
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  7399. The US and EU cannot ramp up production because they are not at war as they themselves say. Ukraine is at at war. It is difficult for the west to ramp up production for someone else's war. Ukraine cannot pay for weapons, so the money has to be cut from health and education budgets of western countries. Russia is at war and it can ramp up production. The west has goofed badly with NATO expansion. Russia cannot be stopped, NATO's credibility is gone, and the west cannot afford to save Ukraine. If you poke the bear too often, it will maul you, and you cannot blame the bear, you have to blame your stupidity.
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  7400.  @SpecialMuppetOperation  Which treaty did Russia violate ?
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  7401.  @SpecialMuppetOperation  Which treaty protected the sovereign borders of Ukraine ? In any case, if Ukraine misbehaves, then no treaty will be valid.
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  7402. @stada Your interpretation is highly immature - Russia has lower GDP than Italy etc. It matters what is in that GDP. Russia is self sufficient - it has land, water, food (biggest wheat producer), it makes metals, it has nuclear power, it has energy (a big asset), it launches satellites, it has its own GPS, its industry is not outsourced, and it has the military power to vapourise any enemy including the US. It is because Russia is self sufficient, it could not be brought down by sanctions. It is in many ways unique. Instead, Europe is being de-industrialised by the sanctions. You understand, dimwit ? Italy whom you cite and all the other weaklings of Europe are dependent, vassal states. It needs energy and security from others. So GDP alone is a very shallow measure.
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  7403.  @SpecialMuppetOperation  Tell me which treaty protected Ukraine's borders. Cite the contents.
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  7404. Russia has defeated the collective west, and Canada is irrelevant. You should shut up, if you provoke Russia, it will agree to US taking over Canada.
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  7405.  @IusedtohaveausernameIliked  Canada is an irrelevant country, you are in no position to fight Russia, just shut up. America is after you, deal with that before Russia.
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  7406. Lvov is the staging centre for bringing NATO equipment and mercenaries. In coming days, Lvov may get the shock and awe treatment. Looks like Russia is stepping up the tempo while the Ukranians flounder with their counter offensive. There is no chance of Ukraine entering NATO. Russia will use nuclear weapons if needed to stop US getting missile and naval bases in Ukraine. By now the Americans know. Ukraine is being turned into a wasteland and a nuclear strike will force unconditional surrender if needed.
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  7407.  @jimwheeler6094  'If that happens then all bets are off and I expect that not only will NATO eradicate all Russian military hardware in Ukraine but also everything outside Russia's border.' What would be the point after the event ? At that point, it will be too late, as Ukraine would be uninhabitable. Anyhow, NATO does not have the capacity or the will. They are not ready to die. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. We saw how NATO scrambled and competed with each other to get out of Kabul. The captain of the pack jumped ship first. Such cowards would not have the ability to fight Russia directly.
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  7408. See the analysis by others. Mohd. Hijab is greatly appreciated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR3TTHcVo6I
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  7409.  @vincentvanmeow  'that’s not at all true' Germans believed they were Ubermenschen and even other Europeans were inferior. That is still in their blood as you can see with the Afd. Alternatively, you define what is European.
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  7410.  @ReeN1995  Are you offended by German notions about Aryan ubermenschen or me pointing this out about AfD ?
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  7411. Madeline Albright was wicked. She was a Jew also, so no surprise.
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  7412.  @thomasprice7893  Russians are attacking the power infrastructure that allows Ukraine to wage war. The Americans call civilian casualties collateral damage. If the Russians wanted to attack civilians per se, they would have bombed all the refugee trains going to Poland at the beginning of the war, and they would not have given safe corridors for evacuation of civilians from Mariopol. So don't lie. The Russians have been very moderate, but the Ukranians have misbehaved and carry out a propaganda campaign with the aid of the west. As for fighting with prisoners, that is also unsubstantiated western propaganda. There is western frustration and they are looking for any way to say Russia is doing badly. Keep with facts : Russia has destroyed 50% of the power grid, and they will keep going with that; and they are on the way to nail Bakhmut. That takes more a than few prisoners, so get real.
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  7413. 'or else deal with Russia by yourself, let's see how that goes...' They were good at throwing stones at Russia hiding behind the US's skirt, but they wet their pants at the thought of dealing with Russia by themselves !
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  7414. 'I'm ashamed to be European right now.' Yes, the collective west is defeated, so you will feel ashamed. The Europeans surrendered to the US and agreed to be its vassal, did you feel shame in that ?
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  7415. No one is prosecuting Putin, it is wishful thinking of defeated western nations.
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  7416.  @hymns4ever197  Your plan is to freeze the war and get Ukraine into NATO and arm it. Putin is not going to be fooled with your offers. Russia has rejected the concept of frozen conflict. Ukraine does not have the capacity to fight on its own. And the west has no other ideas other than frozen conflict, which Russia sees as a ploy to arm Ukraine.
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  7417. You have been saying this since 2022. If Russia is a lot weaker, why have you not sent troops to Ukraine ? If you know they are weaker and you have not done it, then that shows extraordinary cowardice in the west.
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  7418. Why does it cause burning to Americans ? Americans are providing arms to Ukraine, so why should not others supply Russia ?
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  7419.  @CiucNoris-i4v  Unfortunately, the Ukranian politicians did not have intelligence. They believed they could win with America's aid. They did not think what would happen if they did not win. They did not figure out that America can wash their hands off them, and say the Ukranians are incapable and abandon them. But I feel sorry for the Ukranians soldiers sent to fight without enough shells when holding Bakhmut is untenable. When the Russians suspected holding the west bank of Kherson was untenable, they withdrew. Zelensky did not allow the Ukranian army to withdraw from Bakhmut when it became untenable.
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  7420. Britain is hit by Brexit and Ukraine war. A double whammy. It is investing in Challengers for Ukraine. Always has money for wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine.....
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  7421.  @skymaster4121  What is your proof I like my comment ? Never make accusations without proof. Discuss the subject at hand. Can you dispute with me that Sir Putin defeated the combined west ?
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  7422.  @KS-PNW  How did you see that I liked my own comment ? See if you can refute my comment.
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  7423.  @KS-PNW  'Putin hadn't defeated anyone.' Why is Trump seeking negotiations to freeze the conflict ? What happened to Ukraine taking back Crimea and you supporting them for as long as it takes ? You have given up on all that - that is the proof you are defeated.
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  7424.  @KS-PNW  You wrote 5 replies to one post of mine. It means you feel mentally disturbed by western defeat. See if you can explain why Trump is seeking negotiations to freeze the conflict ? What happened to Ukraine taking back Crimea and you supporting them for as long as it takes ? Moronic numskull.
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  7425. Great news ! China is showing leadership. It must cause burning to the US and west. Russia is going to sell Sukhois to Iran. Trade between Iran, Saudi, Russia, China, India, Turkey - without dollars and without western war mongers.
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  7426. The Americans extended Stoltenberg's term in 2023. They did not want the Brit Ben Wallace, as he wanted to show he is leader of the war against Russia. The Americans prefer the Scandinavians - they are obedient, and the US can pretend Europeans are running the show.
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  7427.  @slimjimnyc270  '800,000 Russian casualties' says who ? Western fabricators who want to console themselves after defeat. It is Russia that is advancing. Why were the Americans in the dying days of the Biden Adminstration asking the Ukrainians to lower the conscription age to 18 ? Because the army is short of manpower. Their best has been killed off. A French trained battalion, freshly recruited, deserted. Why ? Because morale is low; they know the war is lost, and they are being abandoned. Get it, numskull ? It is the US that is asking for ceasefire and not Russia.
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  7428.  @legatilegions8055  Europe is irrelevant because it was happy being a vassal of the US. Indeed, it felt it had status thereby, and felt proud. Europe was part of US runs shows like G7 and NATO. Europe never had aspirations like Russia, China, India to be an independent pole of power.
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  7429.  @dragonade85 Ukraine abandoned neutrality when after the coup in 2014, it changed its constitution and put NATO entry as a goal. Ukraine paid the price for its foolhardiness. The alliance Ukraine thought could protect it tried but got defeated. Hence, unconditional surrender is the only realistic option. The US is abandoning Ukraine, and the Europeans are useless. And the Russians are not stopping. Get it ?
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  7430.  @Acekorv  Pokrovsk won't fall ? Like Zelensky said Bakhmut will not fall.
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  7431.  @pro.crastination  Why are you replying to a bot then ? Did what I say sting you ? Selidovo has just fallen, you are defeated.
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  7432.  @pro.crastination  And the British were going to save Ukraine with Strom Shadows, French with Foreign Legion, and the Americans with F16s. Where are you jokers ? Cowards !
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  7433. Now, the retired US General wants to use a tactical weapon to stave off US defeat in Ukraine, which he can see is coming.
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  7434. She is straight enough to accept Ukraine is losing the war. But her conclusion did not make sense. There is no way Ukraine can join NATO, there is no way Russia will allow Victoria Nulands to come back and control Ukraine. Russia will ensure the rump Ukraine will be reduced to a failed state like Libya, so nobody can go and rebuild it.
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  7435.  @justinleon3509  I pointed out already that Turkey is not a vassal of the US or the west. Canada is a vassal of the US. If asked to jump, you will say 'how high' ? You complain about Turkey and use the term blackmail precisely because Turkey is independent minded. 'Ukrainian President said, once the conflict ends, Canada should play a role in negotations. Why? Because it isnt in Europe and is not a superpower like the US.' What Zelensky says is irrelevant. Russia will not agree to Canada. They will not agree to any vassal state of the US that has lined up against them. Switzerland offered to mediate, Russia declined saying Switzerland has not been neutral as it took part in sanctions. Turkey has played a neutral role that is acceptable to Russia and Ukraine. It has been cleverer than the west.
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  7436.  @AahFukIt  Canada is a willing vassal of the US. It is an irrelevant country.
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  7437.  @Lorenz1973  Anti-Russianism was deliberately incited by the US in these countries with monetary seduction - as in the coup Victoria Nuland arranged in Ukraine. These countries like Poland, Lithuania shout the loudest against Russia and are provocative, but are living dangerously. They have the US shield for the moment, but if the time comes when the US cannot afford to maintain them, they will get a deserved beating from Russia. If you poke the bear, don't complain when it mauls you.
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  7438. Why can't an Indian diplomat be heckled in the UK ? It is not India, where no one can question the genocidist Modi.
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  7439. Ukraine got into a fix by agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US against Russia. The Europeans are in a fix because they are vassals of the US, and endorsed the US's NATO expansionism.
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  7440. The commentator makes a dismissive comment that the Russian establishment gets deluded and thinks any call from a western leader as a sign that its policy in Ukraine is working. If so, why do Scholz or other western leaders call to say attacks must stop when western leaders are proclaiming victory for Ukraine ? Putin is not calling western leaders and asking for negotiations.
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  7441.  @anchorread68  But US murdered even more people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel which is supported by America has annexed neighbouring lands, in fact it was formed by annexation of Palestine. America recognises Jerusalem that was siezed in the 1967 war as Israel's capital. No talk there of 'international rules based order'. So cut out your hypocritical double speak. That is why the west has no credibility, and no one else is joining in sanctions; China, India, Arabs, Africans and Latin Americans are trading with Russia. And come to think of it, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, and all it is has - Antonov aircraft factory, nuclear power plants, ports, steel factories etc. were built by the Soviet Union, so a lot of Russian money was pumped in. Russians in the Red Army paid with their lives to free Ukraine from German occupation. Hence, thinking about it, Russia has the right to take Ukraine back, especially if it indulges in Russophobia and tries to bring foreign powers to threaten Russia.
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  7442.  @samhartford8677  A British diplomat is not trusted by other European NATO members at this point because of their penchant for one upmanship - not only do they want to show off they are superior to Russians, but superior to Europeans as well, because they think they are America's special ally. But now they are in competition with Poland, Lithuania, Norway etc. who also think they are special allies for America.
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  7443.  @harukrentz435  It is disgusting how he treated Ukraine especially after showing off that he was at the forefront of fighting the Russians. But his supporters laud him. And the Ukranians sold themselves to these people, so they have to accept and show gratitude.
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  7444. I am afraid Putin is winning. Sec. Blinken's said his job was to collect evidence of war crimes to help the ICC try Putin.
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  7445.  @jonsnow6274  It is the Soviet Union with big Russian contribution that made the nuclear reactors for Ukraine. Ukrainians turned out to be backstabbers. Russia should have taken the nuclear weapons away and shut down these nuclear power plants.
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  7446. Glorious Ukraine is on ventilator support and that is about to be switched off.
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  7447.  @andrewstam7590  Make your statement based on evidence, numskull.
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  7448.  @bikergirluk8059  When is the ICC trying Netanyahu ? The the US is not part of the ICC. And the Europeans don't count. Why hasn't the ICC not brought cases and against Bush and Blair, hypocrite ?
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  7449.  @1domcouk  You said that rouble will be rubble in 2022.
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  7450. NATO expansion is the deal you have broken. James Baker said NATO would not move one inch to the east after Russia allowed German reunification. So don't complain after Russia stopped NATO expansion and defeated you.
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  7451.  @JoeDplummer_  Ukraine is short of people, if Jake has integrity, let him go to the front.
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  7452.  @DeepFinger-SRT  But Putin has proved NATO is a collection of headless chicken.
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  7453.  @michaelmichaels-tw7wd  That is why America is a failing nation. inciting war everywhere and losing.
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  7454.  @stephenhill545  Do you have the same abhorrence and horror at what the US and UK did in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what it is now doing (aiding Israel in ethnic cleansing of Gaza) ? If not, keep your mouth shut and don't pose as holy.
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  7455.  @stephenhill545  If you have so much abhorrence and horror at what Russia is doing in Ukraine, why have you not sent troops to Ukraine ? After all, you incited Ukraine to war, and you stopped the peace formula Ukraine and Russia reached in Turkey, and urged Ukraine to continue fighting. Then the decent thing to do is to shoulder the burden and send troops to Ukraine. What is stopping you ? Cowardice or plain mendacity ?
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  7456.  @GeneralSamov  Avdivka became strategically unimportant after its fall. An Ukrainian general yesterday said Chasiv Yar is also strategically unimportant. It is getting ready to fall. Like that, Amercians will say one day that Ukraine is not strategically important, why are we wasting our money ?
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  7457.  @GeneralSamov  No problem, Avdivka and Bakhmut are of no strategic importance. When Ukraine is taken, Americans will move on and say it was of no strategic importance.
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  7458.  @abrahamdozer6273  Wishful thinking borne out of defeat.
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  7459.  @stuartx7865  Ukraine is not getting back Donbass or Crimea anymore than Germany is getting back Kaliningrad because it was Konigsberg once. Germany has come to terms with their folly and Ukraine will as well - if it exists.
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  7460.  Yanks R EVIL  The US now sees enemies on multiple fronts : Russia, China, Iran, Saudi, Turkey....how is it going to fight all of them ? The US sabotaged the Nordstream pipeline, wait till the European public, dim as they are, start wondering what kind of coercive ally this is.
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  7461.  @alvaro701  Empty threats ? Who has lost land ? 4 obasts have been reincorporated into Russia. Who is now bleating after a few drone strikes ? Whose economy is being strangled ? If NATO has so much teeth, why did not send troops to Ukraine to save it from a beating ? If the west thought for a moment it could win, then it would have sent troops. Poland talks like a superpower. The day Trump comes back and the US washes its hands of NATO, your bravado will end. There is nobody in Europe that is a match for Russia.
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  7462.  @4TwentyFour20  Scared are the people like the Swedes and the Finns who ran to NATO for protection - before Russia even cast any eye on them ! On the contrary, Russia is a superpower that single handedly takes action to check NATO. Get it ?
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  7463. NATO is an expensive bureaucracy worse than the EU, it spends money and is not accountable, and its decision making is slow and ponderous, it relies on the US and it is unfit for war.
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  7464. You people are burning with jealousy as Russia and China reshape the financial system, and have trade flows without the dollar ! Sir Putin has single handedly ended the west's so called 'rules based order'. This is more important than some land in Ukraine. There is a new world order emerging, and the west can join it or become irrelevant.
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  7465. Times Radio is desperate to save western face. the US failed in Ukraine and will fail in the ME. What is about the west and the US that they generate so many enemies, and they need constant wars ?
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  7466. Biden should not even think of proposing such terms for talks. Why should Russia withdraw from Ukraine unconditionally ? Let the US give the guarantee it will not seek missile and naval bases in Ukraine.
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  7467. Ukraine is like that egg Humpty Dumpty, who sat on the wall and fell down. Then all the King's horses and men could not put back Humpty Dumpty ! The British can refer to the wisdom of their famous story and stop being so foolish.
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  7468. NATO is the most powerful military alliance ? Really ? When did NATO win a war ? And if NATO is so powerful, why are the Europeans quivering in fear in this video ? The collective west has been defeated by Russia.
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  7469. The US implanted a govt. in Ukraine in 2014 through a coup, hence Ukraine was not a sovereign country since 2014. Any decision the US makes is acceptable to Ukraine. Between 2022 to until now, the US urged Ukraine to fight. That did not work, so the US is now asking to negotiate as the right decision for Ukraine. Get it ?
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  7470.  @thinkerly1  Who created Israel and supports genocide in Palestine ? Who invaded Iraq ? Its you. You are only using Ukraine as a proxy to threaten others. So don't preach morality and justice. What is your credibility ? The rest of the world sees your duplicity and is backing Russia. Get it ?
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  7471. No commitments are unconditional. You made that up. If Ukraine and the west misbehave against Russia, and try to smuggle arms, then Russia will stamp on them. Don't mess with Russia.
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  7472. Why did you give access to US and UK after Iraq ? Or Israel ? Hypocrite.
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  7473.  @TheBiggreenpig  Iraq was invaded and people killed on a large scale, using a false flag operation. The real reason is Saddam sold oil in Euros. Why did you not ask for US and UK to be banned from Olympics? It was because your criminals were involved. The world is sick of your hypocrisy and it is glad Russia has ended your western order for good.
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  7474. Zelensky promised to march to Crimea by December. It started there, it will end there, he said. Instead, he is on an errand to beg.
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  7475.  @vanessali1365  It will be like Zelensky's Victory Plan. Europe hosted a conference.
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  7476. The usual ending with the upbeat note about Ukrainian resilience. Ukranians are going back to the 15th century for the hope of being considered a NATO member.
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  7477.  @oksanazabudska9750  If it is not about becoming a NATO member, you could have said that in Dec. 2021 and reaffirmed neutrality, and Russia would not have gone to war. Instead, you were duplicitous. You tried to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds - you kept quiet on neutrality, as you thought you could ward off Russia and fight them using the US. But that has ended Ukraine as a state.
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  7478. Very difficult for Brits to swallow is the fact that Russia is a superpower and the British are nobody.
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  7479. Stalin is saying this because sanatan dharma is the caste system. The caste system is eternal for high caste Hindus.
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  7480. That is the view in all the non-west countries. Sir Putin has single handedly ended the western 'rules based international order', rigged by the west, to be enforced on others, with exceptions for themselves (like Iraq). Sir Putin is a judo black belt and when the west came with economic sanctions, he flipped western economies, and on the battlefield, he holds the nuclear sword on the west, and he has thwarted American plans for bases in Ukraine. No other leader or country, not even China could have done this. Other leaders see that this is way to deal with the west if they threaten other countries. The post-western order is beckoning and the dollar will not be used except for trade with America. Both Russia and China are pushing this, and others are lining up with them, except the servile Europeans.
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  7481. Ukrainian soldiers are enjoying their new toys before they become their coffins.
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  7482. Russia will not freeze lines if the accompanying condition is Ukraine will be in NATO in 20 years. Russia is not fighting for land per se, it is fighting to prevent US naval and missile bases in Ukraine. Ukraine has only one choice - accept neutrality or perish.
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  7483.  @HazeKasaki  The Trump people are better than Biden's lot, they are not seeking warmongering. But their understanding is not deep, and they are influenced by what they hear. They imagine the war is about territory, so give the land Russia covets, and Ukraine gets what it covets, NATO entry. However, Russia went to war for its security, and that means no NATO bases in Ukraine. The Trump people also do no understand this.
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  7484.  @angelg3986  EU and NATO's political decision is motivated by false pride.
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  7485. UK faces longest ever recession - warns Bank of England. Was it wise then to take on Sir Putin with NATO expansion ? What were they thinking ?
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  7486. Awesome debate - it was vague posturing, trying to pretend Ukraine is going to regain Donbass.
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  7487. Netanyahu has to go ahead with the war as his ego, false pride and political life are at stake. The girl will lose her life in the process. The Israelis will be mired in Gaza and their opponents cannot be eradicated. A settler colonial apartheid state is not sustainable and the west should not waste its time over it. Israel does not know any other way of living, the western settler colonial mentality is embedded in their minds.
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  7488.  @geoff9858  .....whereas Russian leader works for Russia.
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  7489. I see, you want to tell us all that damage was due to debris. But Klitschko the mayor of Kiev said there was big infrastructure damage.
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  7490. Blaming the weight seems to be making excuses for failure of NATO tanks. The same tanks had no problem in Iraq with weight and Iraqi bridges, and they were boasting about invincible Challengers and Abrams.
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  7491.  @hazalnut8647  Well the US and its 30 weak allies could not win in Afghanistan or Iraq, do you think they can fight Russia ? If for a moment they thought they could win in Russia, they would have gone into Ukraine. But they know Russia has weapons to annihilate all US and European cities.
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  7492. Putin is cornered ? At the same time, the analyst says Putin does not want negotiations. He is not seeking an off-ramp. Is he cornered then ? He has got Europe's economy by the scruff of the neck. And he is annexing Donbass. He has strangled Ukraine's economy and there is no chance of rebuilding Ukraine without Russian permission. About use of nuclear weapons, that becomes more likely due to the west's funding of the war. Like all western analysts, the tone is condescending. Putin is an disastrous position - as if Ukraine and the west are not in a worse state. Putin needs an off ramp ? The west needs an off ramp to accept the reality that Ukraine will not join NATO and the US will not have missile and naval bases in Ukraine.
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  7493.  @wokeaf1337  I asked why does not NATO send its armies to defend Ukraine ? NATO has been training Ukraine and encouraging Ukraine to join NATO. Russia said 'no, we shall not allow Ukraine in NATO, you have crossed is a red line, you are using Ukraine to put missiles and threaten Russia'. Russia asked for a security guarantee, which NATO refused. Then Russia took technical military measures it said it would take if a security guarantee was not given. It did what it said it would do, it gave Ukraine a thorough thrashing. The question is when it was NATO that pushed Ukraine into seeking NATO entry, and Ukraine is being smashed for it, and considering how everyone in the west is combusting in outrage, why does NATO not do the honourable thing and enter Ukraine and stop Russia ? You have given a weak and evasive answer to cover NATO cowardice. Your answer was 'Because they dont want to start a war, RuZZia needs to declare war on Nato for that to happen'. The reason NATO has not entered Ukraine is not because NATO does not want to start a war, it is because NATO fears if it starts a war, NATO also will get a beating from Russia. If for one moment, NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Putin has invited NATO to come to the battlefield and see if it can win.
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  7494.  @wokeaf1337  Putin can only invite you to come to the battlefield. He only said it so that you match your rhetoric, he cannot force the unwilling. He already knows you do not have the spine. The world saw NATO's cowardice in the hasty escape from Afghanistan
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  7495. Are you still hoping Ukraine will be a proxy and defeat Russia to save you ?
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  7496. 'I guess it's a talking point that every western journalist has to repeat. It is the talking lie every western journalist has to repeat to console his audience.
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  7497. The Ukranians could easily have avoided the war by cutting out its anti-Russian militancy, returning to neutrality and giving up on NATO. Why did they not do it ? Dumb people. Or it it that Ukraine's western handlers would not allow it ?
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  7498. That is because if Ukraine is allowed to retaliate with Storm Shadows for example, Putin has promised to attack British assets or Britain. Soon, a British tanker has been hit by the Houthis. That is why from Biden and his vassal states like UK and EU won't allow Ukraine to retaliate as you want. So don't back with Ukraine will win if its hands were not tied by the west. The problem for the west is Putin is prepared to destroy the west as well, and the west understands the message. Get it ?
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  7499. If Ukraine is allowed to retaliate, Putin has said retaliation will be on the arms suppliers. So everyone is afraid. You don't want to be at the end of a Kinzhal missile.
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  7500. NATO does not have hardy, courageous soldiers like Russian troops. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  7501. 'Denmark Wants Fewer Limits on Ukraine's Long-Range Weapons Use' Russia had made it clear to the US that using Storm Shadows would bring strikes on British assets, and when America realised it will have to fight and get killed, it banned the UK. The US is not ready to commit nuclear suicide to save Britain or Ukraine. The war is lost for NATO and Ukraine. The fact that you are looking up to useless countries like Denmark is the proof that the war is lost !
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  7502. Bolton is not a saint, he is as much an American supremacist as Trump, we saw his record against the UN, Iraq, Iran, Palestine. Trump is also an American supremacist, in a different way. He does not want to fight Russia as he knows Russia can destroy the US. He wants to fight Iran, Panama, Denmark, Canada...
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  7503. Ukraine better watch out : another front may open up while it tries to get Crimea.
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  7504.  @pparrker5420  America is falling apart along with its vassal states like EU and UK. Who told you the world is falling apart ?
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  7505.  @williamzk9083  So Ukraine is winning if it were not for Trump ? I understand the Ukro Nazis are losing towns in Donbass, and when Pokrovsk falls, there will be a domino effect.
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  7506.  @AlexKarasev  'The Germans and the Poles are pretty good in that regard also, to be fair, but that's about it' I don't think present day Germans can fight. The Red Army gave them such a thrashing that the German temperament has changed, and they have become a peaceful nation ! Mind you, neo Nazis are awakening in Germany, but fighting Russia does not appeal to them anymore. I don't know why you think the Poles can fight. In the WW 2, they were over run by the Germans, till the Red Army came and liberated Auschwitz. The Poles are barking chichuas. They are rabid xenophobes, with an inferiority complex. They badmouth the Russians, and Germans also (while demanding money from Germany). But I don't think they can fight. When Russia moved some of those Wagner musicians near to the Polish border, the Poles had a shaking fit. The British and Anglo Saxons are Russophobes. They do not have fighting ability, but they have great manipulative skills, and are masters at using proxies. The British ruled India by pitting one group against another, telling the Hindus and Muslims there they were different; they broke the Ottoman empire by inciting the Arabs against the Turks, when they had a lot in common as Muslims; now they and the Americans have pitted the Ukrainians against the Russians, telling the Ukrainians they are Europeans and they have nothing in common with Russians. The Anglo Saxons want to break up Russia like they broke the Ottoman empire, this time using the Ukrainians. Make no mistake of their intentions. The fighting ability of the British in the past has been based on using Indian soldiers (Sikhs, Muslims, Gurkhas etc.) to fight their wars. They cannot do that anymore, so now they try to use the Americans to fight for them. Starmer went to see Biden to incite him to give Ukrainians the licence to fire their missiles into Russia. But the Americans refused as they are like the Brits, they don't want to die. If you look at the American army, it is full of Hispanics who were given citizenship in exchange for being a fighting force for the US. The only one left in NATO who can fight that you missed out are the Turks ! They have the largest army in NATO, and they too are brave fighters. However, the Turks will never fight for the Anglos because they know how the British are. In summary, NATO is a paper tiger, an expensive and cumbersome bureaucracy, run and controlled by the Americans, but the minor vassal states like Norway, Baltics etc. are given the post of Secretary General etc. They praise themselves as the richest and most powerful alliance, but none apart from the Turks can fight, and the Turks won't fight for any NATO cause ! The Ukrainians can fight, NATO would love to have them, but Russia has stopped that.
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  7507.  @sammiller6631  In a man to man fight, the westerners are cowards. If they have few casualties, they back down. See how NATO ran away from Kabul, with Americans scrambling to get on flights without telling other NATO 'allies'. The rest of NATO also scooted after that. If you had the courage, you should have committed troops from the beginning to Ukraine to fight Russia. But you know the Russians will kill you in the same way as the Ukrainians, and you wanted to save your skin. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars. Get it ? Stalin said one has to be very brave to be a coward in the Red Army. He sent his sons to the join the Red Army after the Germans invaded and when one of them was captured by the Germans, he refused to negotiate.
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  7508.  @richardjohnson8009  The west was happily profiting from China for the last 40 years, those human rights concerns became concerns only after China became powerful. You have never investigated the west's own human rights abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan and Guantanamo.
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  7509. He can take off the pants of any western journalist or politician, that is what you don't like. Is it a lie that the Canadians honoured a Ukranian Nazi while claiming to support democratic values ?
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  7510. Well these jokers should realise that fighting a superpower will not be the same as fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. I wonder why these same people, the French and the Germans, did not feel outrage when the US invaded Iraq based on false flag story of WMDs and would have gone to fight against the US ? Was it not as profitable ? Or their morals were not pricked ? So if Russia treats them as mercenaries, that is natural.
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  7511. You are wrong. This is doubly dangerous for Ukraine. If Ukraine gets the upper hand in any way (which I doubt), Russia will be forced to use a nuclear weapon to settle Ukraine once and for all. There is nothing anyone can do afterwards. Because if the west intervenes to threaten Russia, Russia will be ready to use nuclear weapons against it also.
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  7512. Surrender for Ukraine is the best. Some Ukranian soldiers are surrendering.
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  7513. There were peace negotiations, not a summit, in Turkey about 2 months into the war. Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement according to both Ukrainian and Russian negotiators. Biden sent his errand boy Boris Johnson to scuttle that agreement. Zelensky was forced to along. The Anglo Saxons and Ukrainians did not want to end the war in 2022 - because they thought they could win. But the famed 2023 counter offensive with NATO direction failed. Organising a peace summit in 2024 to end the war is acknowledging defeat. Ukraine and NATO believe they cannot win, they want China and Saudi Arabia and others to persuade Russia to end the war ! Russia has said it is ready to end the war and its terms are given. If they are not acceptable to Ukraine and NATO, keep fighting instead of organising peace summits.
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  7514. Her concluding words were 'debacle with the drone'. It is a debacle for the US. They accuse Russia of bringing down the drone, they cannot recover it, nor can they fight a war over it. All they can do is console themselves and say the Russians were unprofessional and they will not be able to dredge up the drone.
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  7515. Next topic for discussion (1) Ukraine rebuilding strategy of west (2) will Ukraine rebuilding by west be after Putin and Russia collapse ?
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  7516. It is time for Europeans to disband NATO, and cooperate with Russia. There is much to be gained by working with Russia - it would be a win-win situation. NATO might have been useful in an earlier period but now NATO is just used cynically by the US for creating wars in Europe (as it had done elsewhere) to sell its weapons. Germany now needs to overcome its WW 2 guilt and tell the US to go to hell, and open Nord Stream 2.
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  7517. It is amusing all the rightists in US, UK, Australia don't blame Putin, they blame the climate change environmentalists instead - they seem to think if only we had not gone for net-zero, Putin would not have got us by the scruff of the neck ! Hence, their target of hate is not Putin but the environmentalists.
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  7518. Agree, Ukraine's options are unconditional surrender or be wiped out in entirety. The west is putting out feelers for a frozen conflict, and putting Ukraine that remains into NATO. Russia will not agree to that. Indeed there will be little left for Trump to say. Some people think if Russia does not come to the negotiating table, Trump will send more arms. The problem is he does not have the money and arms.
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  7519.  @user-gt5me3nf6b  How much of the nation's GDP comes because immigrants work and 'natives' live on the dole ?
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  7520. Come on man, no one can fight mighty Russia and win. Certainly, not UK.
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  7521.  @davidmccann9811  The people of Ukraine, "Hold my beer." Emotionalism is vain. The people of Ukraine were stupid to think they could fight Russia with US support and win. The country they got in 1991 is not going to come back. Maybe it will exist in a truncated form. But it is a failed state. It is always foolish to agree to fight for someone else's agenda (US agenda of NATO expansion). The US was asking Ukraine to spill its blood so it could join the US schemes (using NATO as a front), but the US was not willing to spill its own blood for Ukraine's sake. That is a dodgy deal and the Ukranians did not have the thinking capacity to realise. The Ukranians are unbelievably stupid and the entire western alliance is duplicitous and wicked.
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  7522.  @mgordon1713  Yes, it went well in Ukraine. Russia has ensured there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. Ukraine's army manpower is greatly reduced. Bradleys, Leopards, Challengers, Abrams, Himars, F16s and other western game changers knocked out and shown to be junk. True or not ? 90% power generation destroyed. 5 oblasts taken, Pokrovsk is next, and then more will crumble. The west does not dare send troops. Those who sent some military personnel like the Swedes and French were killed. Starmer went to see Biden to plead to send Storm Shadows, but Biden refused - he fears US cities will be incinerated. Get it ?
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  7523. She has those German Nazi genes.
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  7524. Himars did not change the situation on the ground, the Kherson offence has petered out. So the next game changer is this.
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  7525.  @usul573  Did it ? More of Ukraine voted to become part of Russia. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good.
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  7526.  @usul573  What is the tactical situation now according to you ? Ukraine will recapture Crimea ? The US sent switch blade drones and said it was a game changer; then various other pieces of kit; after Himars, they said Ukraine was marching to Crimea. What is the tactical situation for Ukraine's handlers ? Europeans are going to be cold, Europe is de-industrialising , the euro and pound will be less than a dollar, and you will get back Ukraine to reconstruct ?
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  7527.  @jim2376  Keep dreaming. I see Ukraine is becoming part of Russia.
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  7528.  @jim2376  Dimwit, Ukranians are also called Oleg, Sergey, Dmitri, Ivan, other.
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  7529. The saying about NATO is gros bouches, petits mains. Big mouth, tiny fists. Example : Germany said it will build a tank factory in Germany to help Ukraine fight Russia ! That will be after the spring offensive after Ukraine is decimated more. NATO has lost and is fooling around to save face. There is nothing more to it. Russia does not talk much, it just does.
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  7530. The world needs protection from British and American wickedness. The Lord sent Russia to protect the rest of the world.
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  7531. Russia always has an ace up its sleeve. The Ukranians need to think twice before attacking Crimea bridge. This is only a fraction of what Russia can unleash.
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  7532.  @zedeyejoe  'Well luckily Ukraine is winning.' Lucky Ukraine !
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  7533.  @zedeyejoe  The purpose of the Memorandum was to guarantee to Ukraine's security - but also that of the other members. The Budapest Memorandum did not anticipate Ukraine would gang up with US and UK and Russia. The US incited Russophobic nationalism in Ukraine and staged a coup in 2014. Russia did not break anything, you acted in bad faith. James Baker said after German re-unification that NATO would not move an inch to the east. Russia has ended your duplicity. There will be no NATO bases in Ukraine, and Ukraine will not exist, and that is final. Get it ? It is time for you to reflect on your own culpability.
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  7534.  @zedeyejoe  Russia did not break the Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine, US and UK ganged up against Russia which was against the spirit of the Memorandum. Russia sent a request to the US to guarantee Russia's security and avoid the war. Biden refused. Why ? Russia negotiated a settlement with Ukraine in Turkey. Boris Johnson blocked it. Why ? Because your intention was to use Ukraine as a proxy to fight Russia. And if you care so much for the Budapest Memorandum, why does not the US and UK send troops to Ukraine ? You do not need NATO consensus, as Budapest Memorandum was signed by US and UK only. 'Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons (it was the 3rd largest nuclear power at the time) as per the agreement.' That was a condition of independence. If Ukraine did not give it up, there would be no independence. Another condition of independence was it would not join in any military alliance against Russia.
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  7535. Some months back the same ambassador was cocky about defeating Russia. Now he knows the Ukrainians are losing a lot of blood, and he knows the west is thinking of partitioning Ukraine, and breaking off western Ukraine using Poland and making a Kosovo style enclave, and cede the rest to Russia, he is talking about living with Russia for centuries !
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  7536. Ukraine will concede territory as ordered by the US.
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  7537. Division in the Slava Ukraine ranks. Ukraine has lived dangerously, and continues to do so. It is dependent on the west. At some time, the west will not be able to afford it. These weapons will be like all the previous game changers. The Russians will always find a way to get round them. There is no way Ukraine can win.
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  7538.  @quantuman100 Kherson shows the difference between the Russians and the Ukrainians, and why the Russians will prevail. They saw the west bank of Kherson was vulnerable, so they withdrew without losing people. And they stayed in the east bank, let the Ukranians come in and then started shelling them, so Kherson is not very usable. By that strategic withdrawal, they took out the sting from the Kherson offensive and it petered out. Before the west was saying with Himars, with the Kherson offensive, Ukraine would trap the Russians and severe it from Crimea. And Zelensky said he would take Crimea by Dec 2022. He said no town will fall after Severodonetsk. But the Russians destroyed the power grid and Soledar fell. The Ukrainians in contrast are holding on to Bakhmut and getting massacred, so much so the US is asking them to withdraw, so they have troops left. The dilemma for the Ukrainians is if they withdraw, they are afraid it will open the storm gate for the Russians. If they stay in Bakhmut, they get massacred. Avedivka is in a similar plight. The spring offensive that the west is touting for Ukraine is the last throw of the die for the west. Russia has fortified its lines, they will sit it out, and they know after that Ukraine will run out of steam. Then the west will be forced to scale back the support of Ukraine. Overall, Ukraine is devastated. And Russia will continue to hammer Ukraine till it agrees to stay neutral. The west cannot change that.
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  7539. Some of us saw the outcome you mentioned one year ago. The west was deluded and thought they could beat Russia and misled Ukraine.
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  7540. Russia ran out of missiles in April 2022. Now the Ukranians say Russians are using a very intensive way of fighting, and keep coming after the Ukrainians no matter what the casualties. That does not square with what we were told that Russians are low on morale. Let us face the reality : Ukraine and its handlers have lost the war in the east, and a few paltry tanks will not reverse that.
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  7541. Biden should have sent BoJo again to request a ceasefire ! He is a man without a job.
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  7542. Times Radio is so desperate to win that fantasy variations are floated. What is causing this behaviour ? It is the defeat of the west.
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  7543. Why was your time in Ukraine short when you have such confidence in their ability with ANY technology ?
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  7544. It did not protect Israel from home made Palestinian missiles, some of them got through. Iron Dome will give some protection, but that is all. Swarms of drones will over power by sheer number. There is no stopping Russia.
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  7545. Article 5 has only been applied when America needed it. That is how it will always be.
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  7546. The EU eventually backed down on Kaliningrad without Russia unblocking the Black Sea - why ? It feared another beating in Lithuania.
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  7547.  @johnandchrisvannisselroy896  NATO can easily beat Russia - tell me the last time NATO fought a war and won. Two years ago, they showed the most abject cowardice and exited from Kabul. The Americans ran to take the first flights before Taliban seized them, they were so afraid they did not even tell their subordinates ! You think this rag tag can fight Russia ? A couple of your mercenaries get caught and you quiver. ' I think it fears the consequences of Russia going nuclear - which are very severe consequences'. What a dumb statement. It is like saying 'I can win if only the other side had spears.' 'Personally I think Putin is just sabre rattling and we should call his bluff. ' No he does not bluff, he says what he will do and does it. When he announced technical military measures, you thought it was bluff. When the US considered 'no fly zone', Putin said you will face consequences you have never faced in your life. Next day, Biden meekly announced there will be 'no fly zone'. He did not want to check if it was bluff.
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  7548. Nice compilation. Europeans probably do not realise the long term implication is de-industrialisation. They are still swearing loyalty to Ukraine and talking about helping Ukraine take Crimea. They imagine Ukraine is on a winning streak. Such is their false pride and ego. How can they admit Putin defeated them ? Yes, Europe could have avoided this mess - if they had not been door mats of the US. It would have been win-win for them if they had cooperated with Russia rather than antagonise them with NATO expansion.
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  7549.  @edwardvalivonis23  Then why don't you send troops to Ukraine ?
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  7550.  @joka3123  Zelensky and other Ukranians certainly do a lot of acting. They act as martyrs and tell us they are saving Europe, the free world, and humanity. In the west, the majority likes his acting. They love movies. In the non-west, they see it is as acting, and feel Zelensky brought calamity to Ukraine, and he will not be able to get Ukraine out of the hole if Ukranians. No country has progressed by serving America. Kissinger once said that to be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be America's friend is fatal.
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  7551.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  Zelensky is hostage to the Ukro Nazis and the Americans.
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  7552. Attempts to join NATO ended up in the self destruction of Ukraine. Ukraine should have a rethink. It should consider distancing itself from US and NATO, and join BRICS. US and NATO cannot save Ukraine from being turned into a wasteland.
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  7553. The west worships such a clown. On the one hand Poland and Bulgaria say they have alternatives, so I don't see why they and the EU are raging about the cut off. In any case, Russia only wanted payment for its gas in roubles as depositing euros in a western bank is worthless for them. Why is that blackmail ? It was the EU's choice to make the euro worthless for Russia.
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  7554. When various European countries (Germany, Britain etc. ) talk fearfully about having to fight Russia in the next 10 years, that is the surest admission that Russia has defeated them in Ukraine ! Russia does not want to invade Europe, Finland, Sweden etc. - unless the rest of Europe wants to mess with them. After seeing the fate of Ukraine, the rest of Europe knows what will happen if they threaten Russia. A single Sarmat missile can incinerate Britain in the blink of an eye. The Americans will look the other way, they don't want to be incinerated. There will be no war, the Europeans are venting all this talk to cover up their humiliating defeat in Ukraine. They want to say they will be better prepared next time ! Notice the Americans are not talking about having to fight Russia in 10 years.
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  7555. The west cannot crank up production of shells and air defence systems, but the Russians have shown they can make shells and missiles. NATO said Ukraine had 98% of what is needed for a counter offensive. Now the counter offensive has flopped, and the Ukranians imagine if only they had F16s. By the time the west decides on F16s, the Russians will go on the offensive. And if the F16s come, the Russians have a solution - they always have. Ukraine and the west are on a losing path.
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  7556. I have noticed a change in Frank Ledwidge - gone is his earlier bombast about western superiority and denigration of Russia. He has become objective. He admits that Putin may not negotiate as Russia is winning the war, and the US has run out of weapons to give. He also says the Europeans cannot step up and fill the gap. Russia has defeated the collective west - you are hearing this indirectly from a western hawk !
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  7557. The writing is on the wall. Just because an American is there does not mean Russia will not take Kharkhov. Russia will take Kharkhov, and Odessa as well. Kiev also is Russian.
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  7558. Looks like a propaganda video. We have been hearing for months about Ukraine counter offensive in Kherson. The Ukranians have tried three times and have been beaten back with heavy death tolls. The Russians are also preparing to decimate the Ukrainian attack on Kherson. For the Ukranians, this is the last throw of the die. Russia is also decimating the power infrastructure in the rest of Ukraine.
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  7559. America created a debacle in Ukraine, and another in Israel. Your time is over. There will be less space for you in the new world order.
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  7560.  @samsmith2635  I did not say Russia will use the nuke, I said they can use the nuke - and no one can stop them. No, the US will not fight a nuclear war with Russia and have its cities incinerated.
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  7561.  @SuperHero-dq4jc  The US went looking for a fight in Ukraine with NATO expansion. Russia did not go looking for a fight in Alaska, if Russian propagandists said that, it is not a threat. But in Ukraine, the US staged a coup in 2014 to overthrow an elected government. The coup was plotted by US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, a wicked Jewish neocon, whose husband Robert Kagan was another neocon plotter of the Iraq war. The agitators in the 2014 coup included Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. The US aim was install an anti Russian nationalist govt.. It changed the constitution and said NATO entry was a target. Once in NATO, the US would ask Ukraine to evict Russia from use of Sevastpol in the Crimea; it was the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet, and the port was leased from Ukraine. Then the US Seventh Fleet would sail from the Crimea. The US aim was to cut off Russia from the Black Sea. Putin being a person who can read the motives of the US and NATO immediately seized the Crimea, in 2014. Still the remainder of Ukraine's entry into NATO would be a threat to Russia as the US could get a base in Odessa. So get your facts straight : The US went looking for a fight, and the Russians punched hard. There will be no US bases possible in Ukraine. Russia will not allow the west to set foot in Ukraine and play similar games again.
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  7562.  @ShadowPhoenixMaximus  'What will happen however is that NATO will decimate Russian forces in Ukraine with air strikes. ' That will not undo the effect of a nuclear strike on Kiev. Millions of Ukranians will disappear. Ukraine will surrender. As for the 'NATO will decimate Russian forces in Ukraine with air strikes.', the Russians will also kill NATO forces.
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  7563.  @SuperHero-dq4jc  Don't put on airs about US innocence by missing out on US actions. The US staged the coup in 2014, in which an elected Ukranian govt. was deposed by a mob in the Maidan. Among the mob were Ukro Nazi nationalist groups like the Right Sector and Azov Batallion. The funder and organiser of the coup was the US unders secretary, the Jewish necon Victoria Nuland. Nuland and McCain were distributing sweets to the mob in the Maidan. What were they doing there, taking sides in a violent overthrow of govt.. The implanted govt. promptly took the step of changing the constitution and declaring Ukraine will seek to join NATO. The US plan was to get naval bases in Ukraine and shot off Russia's access to the Black Sea. Sevastopol in the Crimea was leased from the Ukranians by the Russian Black Sea fleet. Ukraine would have cancelled that, and the US Seventh Fleet would be sailing from Crimea. There was no way Russia could allow that. Putin read US intentions and seized Crimea to secure the Russian Black Sea Fleet's port. The US does not force NATO expansion, it engineers NATO expansion by money power. In Ukraine, the US went to the extent of arranging a coup to install governments that support it. It is the same pattern the US has used in Latin America, Middle East (either finance coups as in Ukraine, or engage in a war for regime change). Except this time it was threatening a superpower which can break the bones of everyone in NATO. The economic toll for the west was not imagined, as the west did not realise Russia could play at economic warfare.
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  7564.  @ShadowPhoenixMaximus  With the power grid shut, they may not negotiate, they feel they can continue. But a nuclear strike does not lead to negotiations, it forces unconditional surrender.
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  7565.  @summer031977  Let us say Russia uses a nuke on Kiev. You say the US will use nukes against Russia. Then Russia will also incinerate all US cities. You sure the Americans have the desire and courage for collective suicide ? I don't think so. If Russia used a nuke on Kiev, the Americans will ask for another round of sanctions.
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  7566.  @SuperHero-dq4jc  Don't get carried away with your pretence about US innocence. The US staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014, supporting Ukro Nazi groups like Azov Batallion and Right Sector. It was coordinated by the wicked Jewish neocon Victoria Nuland. She was caught on tape declaring who she wanted in the Ukranian government. In the crowd in the Maidan along with John McCain, distributing sweets. What were they doing overthrowing an elected government. Where is the evidence Russia screwed US elections ? Did Russian politicians come to the US and distribute sweets when Trump won ? Russia has hacked because US hackers were at it first. They US started it first and began complaining when the Russians and Chinese got good at it and gave the same medicine, that you understand. If you mess with Russia, they can and will maul you. It is not Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  7567.  @pulse3732  Your reply is false bravado and is laughable. 'If Putin uses a nuke, the United States would end Putin himself' But it will not revive Kiev after it is nuked ! Ultimately, you will not fight a nuclear war with Russia after Ukraine is nuked. You know that. 'Putin has already lost the war, and he knows it.' Then, why have you not started the reconstruction of Ukraine ? I can tell you Russia will not let you enter Ukraine again.
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  7568.  @SuperHero-dq4jc  'As far as the US staging Maidan, its a joke ' Can you tell me why the necon Jewess Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the Maidain distributing sweets and celebrating the violent overthrow of the Ukranian government ? (Were the US rioters who tried to storm the Capitol worth celebrating ?). 'for having an economy smaller than Italy. ' Is that so ? Can Italy take on 30 countries + US, and stand one day ? Can Italy launch hypersonic missiles, drones, nukes ? Only Russia, not even China, can take on 30 countries + US, and stand unflinchingly. Russia has changed the course of world history more than once. It has ended US and western hegemony, it has flipped the western economies and caused the de-industrialisation of Europe, and it is driving de-dollarisation, which will surely end US power. The rest of the world became aware for the first time that it is feasible to trade between countries without the US $. 'No wonder they will fight you to the end. No wonder why they want to join NATO.' You can keep your wondering to yourself. The Ukraine of 2014 is not coming back, let alone the Ukraine of 1991. Russia will take part of Ukraine, and the remainder will be made a landlocked wasteland. Ukraine is not joining NATO and Russia will not ever let NATO enter Ukraine again. You will have to fight a nuclear war to change that. The final borders of Ukraine, and what it will be allowed to do and not allowed to do will be decided by Russia.
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  7569.  @SuperHero-dq4jc  No need for your pretentious condecension. Russia is great, it shapes history. It has taken steps to end western domination and their 'international world order'. It is de-industrialising Europe, and it is driving de-dollarisation. The rest of the non-west sympathasizes with Russia. 'Russian propaganda is hilarious because it can turn ANYTHING—including the fact that Nuland is Jewish—or an Arizona senator into a conspiracy. I assure you that you would not be aware of names if there was a US conspiracy at Maidan.' Your writing is evasive. Your wicked necons (the Jewess Nuland and McCain) were distributing sweets in the Maidan. I asked you to explain what they were doing there. Is it normal to attend the violent overthrow of an elected govt. of another country if you don't have motives ? You did not answer. The fact that those prominent people were there and not hidden means the US felt emboldened and cocksure. They felt by this time no one could stand in their way. Merkel and Sarkozy opposed Ukraine in NATO in 2008, but Bush twisted their hands. No US conspiracy ? The outside world has seen your character, you also know everything, but you think 'so what?' Well the result is it led to the decapitation of Ukraine. You made a coup in Ukraine to put your govt. (as you have done in Latin America). The aim was to get NATO entry for Ukraine, and then cut off Russia from the Black Sea. But this is not a small Latin America country, you are against Russia. Russia stepped in to stop US bases in Ukraine, and you in the most shameless manner did not send troops to save the protege you encouraged. You got Ukranians massacred and the best you can do is send some weapons. You do not have the courage to go and fight. True or not ? Putin invited those who think can fight Russia and win and come to the battlefield and show it. As for the rest of your rant, it is frustration stemming from your cowardice. 'And the people in that one nation would perish rather than allow you to steal it. ' Let them perish. Or if you feel so strongly, overcome your cowardice and send your troops. 'Dnipro, your hypersonic missile destroyed an apartment building. Murder a few civilians. It make you feel better about your devastating losses as a result.' It was not a hypersonic missile. That is saved for you. The various news media said that most of the targets were the power grid. This was caollateral damage, and it could be collision with a Ukranian missile. No one has identified what caused it, so don't make up lies. ' I am the kind of person who thinks some things are worth dying for. One of them is preventing an authoritarian bully from seizing power in a sovereign state.' So why have you not gone to Ukraine ? Did you go to Iraq and fight against your own army ? ' I have had many dealings with Russia and count many of them as friends. ' Cut out the patronising. You want to say you are not anti-Russian. 'Leave that Ukraine immediately. There is no reason for you to be there.' Ukraine of 2014 is not returning, let alone 1991. True or not ? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and had a fall, and after that, all the King's men and horses could not put him back. That sums up the situation of Ukraine. Ukraine was given independence in good faith, but Ukraine sold itself for 5 billion dollars to Victoria Nuland. It conspired with the US to threaten Russia, so that is the end of Ukraine. Some of it may be allowed to exist only on condition of neutrality. That means, no US bases. Get it ? That is final, Russia will not allow it. If Ukraine does not agree to neutrality (or is prevented from agreeing to neutrality), it will be turned into a wasteland. You cannot stop that because you do not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. As for reconstruction, you will need Russian permission, and it will never allow US and NATO trainers to roam around again.
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  7570.  @SuperHero-dq4jc  Nazi Germany ended. Russia continues. It is a superpower.
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  7571. Who told you Russia is unwilling to use nuclear weapon in Ukraine ? If NATO keeps escalating, and Russia needs to use a nuclear weapon to end the war and force Ukraine's unconditional surrender, Russia will use it. Medvedev has said so. He said the nuclear weapon is there to be used if the conventional does not work.
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  7572.  @johnhume4346  The west has a superiority complex, hence it miscalculates on Russian resolve. The west is trapped as the option of negotiated settlement feels like defeat. Yet, there are no winners if it forces Russia to fight a nuclear war.
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  7573.  @commanderjaw  Ukraine has to revert to neutrality , or it does not exist. That is the only choice it has. The west cannot change that. There is no way Russia will allow NATO and US bases in Ukraine, which would shut off Russia from the Black Sea. Sovereignty does not include the right to invite a far off power to threaten a neighbouring superpower.
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  7574.  @commanderjaw  'There is no threat to Russia, there never was. COVID has made him loose his sanity and made him mad with power. The world wants peace, Putin chose war.' Very immature and childish understanding of geopolitics. Putin asked for a security guarantee from the US, and asked Ukraine to remain neutral. They did not respond. So they chose war. And now that Russia has delivered a beating they did not imagine, you come out with childish response like Covid made Putin insane. With the level of intellect seen in you and your politician, Russia will take you for a hiding.
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  7575.  @commanderjaw  it's simply what I believe - that Covid made Putin go insane. I said you are childish. I did not say you are not entitled to believe what you do. But it is childish. Russia will always win as its opponents are childish.
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  7576.  @commanderjaw  Russia has already won, a lot of mopping up is still there. The part of Ukraine that produced its GDP is gone, Russia controls Ukraine's shipping lanes, Russia will not allow NATO to enter Ukraine again and set up training camps, Ukraine's reconstruction requires Russian permission.
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  7577.  @stephenchalmers71  Turks can fight, being Muslims, they are not afraid to die like Europeans. Turkey was put in NATO by the US, and the US is NATO, the rest do not count. The cause for the Cuban missile crisis was because the US put missiles in Turkey against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union withdrew its missiles from Cuba on condition that the US withdrew its missiles from Turkey. Turkey controls access of the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and vice versa. In the current situation, pushing Turkey out will lead to an alliance with Russia that will be formidable. Sweden is an irrelevant and useless country that only produces porn.
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  7578. 'Russia faces a military pushback as US and NATO deliver aid while Ukraine resumes strikes.' All wishful thinking, a soothing balm for the defeated. Russia has defeated the collective west and ended the western order - for good. Ukraine is not going to recover and neither is the west.
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  7579. Marin is shallow, like most Europeans. Her argument is that 'we had good trade ties with Russia, it would be total madness to go for war and destroy those ties. But Putin did that, so the conclusion is the Russians don't think like us, they are irrational, to them business ties etc. are not important. She is either ignorant or deliberately disingenuous. The factor that is not mentioned is US machinations for NATO expansion and US goal of getting missile and naval bases in Ukraine. What must be asked is why the Europeans have aided and abetted the US in world hegemony including threatening Russia. Ukraine wanted to join the US-European bandwagon to threaten Russia. Russia is not irrational, it just saw through the US game, and it knows the Europeans are worthless doormats. Russia has a leader who puts his country's security above anything. What bothers the Europeans is that Russia is prepared to act to defend its security and is strong enough to block Europe + US. Russia finds that making Ukraine independent led Europe and the US to create security threats, and it is prepared to take action. If the Baltics, Poland, Finland allow the US to use them to create security threats to Russia, they too will get a beating.
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  7580. Well if General Patton fought the Red Army, his army would have been mauled. Towards the end of the war, British Gen. Montgomery suggested in typical British fashion why they did not make for Berlin. Gen. Eisenhower was not going to buy into that. He said the Red Army was charging on Berlin, they would start shooting at the Americans if they tried to stop them. I am sure Patton also knew. The Russians fight hard and are ready to take casualties, the Americans are not ready for that.
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  7581.  @cloudpoint0  Your reply is not credible. The reason the West was holding back on military aid to Ukraine is because the West saw the failed 2023 counter offensive as a bad return on investment. The reason the US relented was because a defeat before the elections would be bad optics. After the elections, the US will abandon Ukraine, and hand it to the useless Europeans.
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  7582.  @bonnie7898  So why is Zelensky saying unless I get Patriots, I shall have to retreat and give up more ? The Ukrainians are collapsing on the Avdeevka front and refusing orders or even surrendering. The reason the US decided to release some money is because they want to stave off a catastrophic collapse before the elections. Russia has worn down Ukraine and the west, that took 2 years, fair enough, but now they are moving and there is panic in the west about how to stem them.
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  7583.  @Dekay-Viper  Wait till the Hindus persecute Jains.
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  7584.  muraganmuttuswamy5883  What do you mean ? I am against Hindu persecution of minorities.
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  7585.  @XavierAngel-vx6yw  But he works for the agenda of the Brahmins. They find he is a useful idiot.
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  7586.  @Dekay-Viper  We shall see the Hindu-Jain unity when the Hindus say Jains are Hindus. After all, Hindus used to say Sikhs are Hindus. But today the Sikhs say they are not Hindus. The reason is your bullying. Now the Sikhs in Punjab came out in support of Muslims in Haryana after the Hindu mob terrrorism in Nuh, and they supported the Muslims in the CAA-NRC struggle. You are a divisive lot by mentality; that is in your caste system. You will break up India, Hindus just do not have the capability to unite and govern. That is why you breed uneducated lumpens like Modi and worship him. Kashmir, Manipur and many states are burning. China has taken land and your Modi said nothing happened - because he dares not fight.
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  7587.  @Gdkdoiehw  The Sikhs are alienated because Hindus kept saying Sikhs are Hindus and Punjabi is not their language, Hindi is their language.
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  7588.  @scottfw7169  She might be trying to say develop a IT economy like California. But that is not done over night. And as you say, energy, materials and tangible products are needed. Europe has been singularly suicidal to kill its economy for solidarity with the US.
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  7589. Russia is keeping all you fellows busy !
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  7590. Indeed, the IMF bent over backwards to break its own rules on lending, to give money to Ukraine. The IMF was reluctant to give money to Ukraine before the war (on account of corruption). How has the situation for lending money changed when there is no road map for Ukraine to rebuild its economy and return the money ? The IMF bent its rules because this is a European political project.
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  7591. Zelensky says he is fighting to save Europe and the US, that is, the free world. Many westerners believe that.
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  7592. Will Douglas Murray and Brits with similar pompous accents lead the holy war and die on behalf of the Jews ?
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  7593.  @Satyam1010-N  Why would US and west invest in India ? India does not have the factors for low cost production. It has poor infrastructure, uneducated population, unruly politics, cow vigilantes and Hindu mob violence. Besides, the west does not want a second competitor. They are aware of the 'Hindu nationalists' who have migrated to their countries and pose a threat to liberal democracy. The 'Hindu nationalists' are a threat to stability of western societies and that is starting to be recognised. They are more of a threat to the west than China. The success of Indian migrants to western countries has made them militant Hindu nationalists. If India itself became very successful, this mentality will become worse. China will replace the dollar. That is unstoppable.
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  7594.  @cajizheng  'Rupee should ask youself what can buy?' Exactly. The rupee can buy cow dung. And finance India's fake news IT cell.
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  7595. Putin is only considering a tactical nuclear weapon over Ukraine. The west has disclosed it will not intervene because (1) Ukraine is not in NATO, so Article 5 does not apply and (2) the US knows Russia's hypersonic missiles will incinerate all US cities, and the US does not want to die for Ukranians.
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  7596. The patsy puppet referred to the 'special relationship' imploring the US therefore to accede to the UK's directions on Ukraine, but Biden ignored it.
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  7597. Russia should complete the takeover of Novo Rossiya. Kiev should be made to pay for its terrorism. Russia can escalate and bring back air strikes on Kiev, and stop the grain exports.
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  7598. Why is the west now looking for a diplomatic solution ? Is it getting too hot for Ukraine ? Putin does not want to negotiate, he will not pull out of Ukraine.
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  7599. 'Ukraine needs all possibilities to beat the Russian army' The west has expended all possibilities to beat Russia - economic warfare, military warfare. The Russians are too powerful. The western side that is propagating this war is unwilling to die for Ukraine. Those who are not willing to die cannot win a war. The Russians are willing to die for their country. You incited Ukraine to fight Russia, but now that Ukraine is losing, the US will walk away. Get it, military man ?
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  7600.  @robbhill5612  They never said taking Ukrainian land is their aim. They said their aim is to prevent US bases in Ukraine and to demilitarise and deNazify Ukraine. The US knows that Russia will not allow bases in Ukraine, it is ready to fight a nuclear war. They have killed of much of Ukraine's professional army in 2023. A lot of the Nazi Azov Batallion was killed off in Maripol, many thousands were captured and serving hard labou r in Siberia. So overall, Russia has done a very good job countering 50 countries, and now it has the upper hand.
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  7601. Don't miscalculate. Years back, Putin warned in the Munich security conference that NATO expansion would lead to war. The US did not listen, it got away with six waves of NATO expansion - till it came to Ukraine. When Russia collected troops on the Ukrainian border in Dec. 2021, the west thought Putin was bluffing. But now they know - Russia rendered Ukraine into a failed state, Ukraine cannot join NATO and the Ukraine of 1991 will not exist, and there is nothing the west can do about it. The west escalated as each of its steps did not work - Javelins, HIMARS, Bradleys, tanks, cluster munitions, F16s..... If Ukraine is given missiles to hit Russia, then Russia will escalate. It maybe Ukraine's missiles can still only do pinpricks, and Russia can respond with a higher volume of conventional strikes. If that does not work, then a stage will come when Russia will have no choice but to reach out for the nuclear strike. I would imagine a strike on a Ukrainian city on Poland's border like Lvov would be exemplary and send a signal on what happens if you cross red lines. No NATO country can do anything after Ukraine is hit with a nuclear strike. They would not want their own cities incinerated. Hence, don't fool yourself. Russia did not use a nuclear strike after the Kursk incursion. That does not mean Russia is bluffing or will not retaliate. Russia believes it can get back Kursk without a nuclear strike. But if Russia thought that Kursk cannot be recovered by conventional means, it will use a nuclear strike. Russia can also select non-nuclear options for retaliating against the west. They could give similar missiles to Houthi and other groups who are fighting America and enable them to strike at western ships and bases in the ME. It could cut internet cables. Hence, don't fool yourself - Russia can and will damage the west.
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  7602. She blames Putin's appalling war. That cannot be accepted without comment. What about NATO's reckless expansion to threaten Russia ? Was that necessary ? Since she blamed Putin (as did Biden), that is candid admission that Sir Putin is winning the economic war. It looks like he has destroyed the UK and EU's economy, and UK, US and EU leaders are giving him the credit !!!
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  7603. Now the west is pleading with Russia for talks and a diplomatic solution . It means they now see Ukraine is unsustainable.
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  7604.  @talkingdrops  Why did you not take action immediately against Modi and the rioters and rapists who killed 2000 Indians in Gujarat ? Modi never went to prison and I read the rioters and rapists got released because they were the right community.
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  7605.  @talkingdrops  So the Hindu mob rioters in Gujarat, Delhi, Manipur were all Pakistanis ? Maybe the police officer who mowed down this girl was also Pakistani. Then you take up the matter with Pakistan.
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  7606. Nothing new for India, especially with the rise of Hindu fanaticism. Modi's Hindu nationalist followers have been garlanding rapists. Modi himself rode to power on the basis of unleashing Hindu mobs on Muslim minority in Gujarat. The Hindu mob also burnt and raped women, and speared a women with an unborn foetus. The police stood by. Some years back, in Kashmir a Hindu priest, his son and nephew took turns to rape a 8 year old girl in a temple. Afterwards, Modi supporters marched for the release of the arrested. Yet, for most Hindus, Modi represents some sort of Hindu pride, they think he has brought Hindus on the world stage and India has become a superpower due to him.
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  7607. Decoupling from the EU and UK is essential for survival. But most in EU and UK do not understand this; they are seduced by claims that they have common values with the US.
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  7608. You are the type who wants to believe NATO is not defeated in Ukraine just because Sweden and Finland joined NATO.
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  7609. Sir Putin has defeated the collective west. Get used to it.
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  7610. Russia has defeated the collective west both in military and economic warfare. Th west is talking about negotiations, and scratching its head and wondering what to offer the Russians to prevent them from taking the whole of Ukraine. Putin has said he is not going to negotiate just because the west has run out of arms and money. NATO vainly claimed it was the world's most powerful military alliance. But it does not dare send troops to Ukraine. Useless countries like Finland and Sweden joined and NATO was full of pride; but the principal manipulator of NATO does not have the money and wants to leave NATO. Russia had opposed NATO expansion, finally the war brought chaos in NATO's affairs, and it may break up. The dumb Europeans should wonder if their security is improved by threatening Russia.
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  7611. So what if there is an alliance between Russia, China, and Iran? Why does it bother you ? You have your alliance that troubles the world and is seen as an axis of evil by others.
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  7612. The US inspired Ukraine to join NATO. So why does the US not send troops to Ukraine ? What is the explanation for US cowardice ?
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  7613.  @alastairbowyer7936  Channel 4 is typical of western media, spinning optimistic narratives and delusions to save western face. It is difficult to admit that Russia is defeating 50 nations who ganged up against it, after boasting NATO is the richest and most powerful military alliance in the world. Just look at their concluding remarks : the pendulum will swing back to Ukraine in 2025, because western artillery production will have kicked in. Contrast with the military reality : Ukraine is set to lose Donbass and open the way for Russian advance to central Ukraine. Ukraine has a serious manpower shortage, and after the ongoing Donbass and Kursk operations, more will be dead. So more western artillery shells will not change the reality.
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  7614. The difference is Modi kills Indian citizens to win elections and hold power. Therefore India is internally a weak country and might break up. Look at Manipur, Kashmir, Punjab. Putin does not make Christians, Muslims, Jews etc. in Russia fight. He fights those from outside who threaten Russia. In contrast, when China took Indian land, Modi was quiet as a mouse. He did not have the courage to fight China. Whereas when the US went and threatened Russia with putting bases in Ukraine, Putin took pre-emptive action. Modi can learn from Putin to look after his citizens without discrimination and persecution, and unite India, and then take on external enemies. India was always non-aligned, it is not due to Modi. Modi in fact craves for western acceptance, as do most Indians. But the Hindu violence Modi has spawned against minorities and even Hindu opponents in India puts off the west. There is a question mark about India. It does not look after its citizens like a democracy in the west, and it is not really strong economywise and militarywise as China. All we see about India is a boastful and vain Hindu nationalism, which reeks of a Hindu ineferiority complex.
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  7615. As uninspiring as Lloyd Austin.
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  7616. Russia does not want more land, it does not want US missiles stationed in Ukraine to threaten Russia. To fulfill the latter objective, Russia launched a military operation. Ukraine fought, and it lost land in the process. This land cannot be returned to Ukraine after all the blood Russia lost. That is the war reparations that Ukraine must pay Russia for forsaking neutrality and seeking to use the Americans to threaten Russia.
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  7617. On escalation, Putin should have asked the smug and duplicitous British reporter when Ukraine and Russia agreed in Turkey to deal to end the war, why Boris Johnson came and told the Ukrainians to keep fighting. Was that not an escalation ?
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  7618. Weak reply. Did the Ukrainians and Russians not reach an agreement in Turkey, which Johnson sabotaged Alexei Ariistovich, Ukrainian negotiator for Zelensky said an agreement had been reached. What is the Russian propaganda ? You need to face up to your diabolical wickedness.
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  7619. Did not Boris Johnson go and sabotage the peace proposal both sides decided in Turkey ? That is not Russian propaganda, but proof of your diabolical wickedness. You initiated the war with the coup in 2014, and you do not want to stop. Till Russia defeats Ukraine and takes it over.
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  7620. The virtue of a western tank is that when hit with a missile, the crew survive. So I am told.
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  7621. Ukraine was always going to be handicapped as NATO fears at some stage Russia will take the fight to NATO and it will lead to a nuclear escalation. Ukraine should never have agreed to fight a proxy war for the US. When the going gets tough for the US, it will abandon Ukraine and ask the Europeans to shoulder Ukraine. Ukraine was never going to win the war. It was an elementary western miscalculation born out of conceit. Get it ?
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  7622. I hope the British chip in 75 billion euros to show their leadership over the EU. They were boasting about how their 12 Challengers led others to cough up.
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  7623.  @nigelgarrett7970  'Russia has not dictated anything. ' Who is now begging to freeze the conflict, negotiate, send peacekeepers ? It is the US. Not Russia. 'At the rate it is going it would take Russia 4 years to get to the Dneiper' Things do not advance in a linear fashion numskull. The German Army held on for sometime after the defeat in Stalingrad, but after that, it was in a defensive mode and never regained the initiative. Ukraine is in that state since it impaled itself in the 2023 counter offensive. 'The US has since 2022 given Ukraine 106bn USD. That's 0.13% of the GDP, or 4% of the military budget over that period.' So why is Trump so adamant he does not want to fund Ukraine ?
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  7624. Ukraine of 1991 is gone and cannot be restored. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and fell down and all the King's men and horses cannot put him back.
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  7625.  @stephenmuir5030  'The UK has jurisdiction over "maritime scientific research" and the protection of the maritime environment out to 200 nautical miles.' If so, why did you not impound the ship ?
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  7626. Yes shame on you, you financed the war in Ukraine, and you arm the Israelis to do the same thing, I did not see any shame then.
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  7627. Poland generates an ugly image with rabid nationalism, rabid Russophobia, rabid Islamophobia, anti-immigrant and racist. They are a long way from becoming European.
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  7628.  @nopeoppeln  I do now that Moraweicki has been deposed. However, the fact that an ultra nationalist, rabid Russophobe, rabid Islamophobe, anti-immigrant and racist was elected previously does suggest there are signficant number of Poles with low education and character.
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  7629. They can be destroyed in Ukrainian waters. Russia has the power. Anyhow, NATO ships cannot enter the Black Sea. Turkey seals off foreign naval ships entering the Black Sea if a conflict breaks out. This is an international convention. So don't write nonsense about NATO entering the Black Sea.
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  7630. Why have Europeans surrendered foreign policy to Estonians and other insignificant people ? This idiotic lady Kallas speaks as if America is part of Europe and has an obligation to defend Europe.
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  7631.  @adityahubli6517  Recently, one of their generals said giving Challengers is like giving dial phones in the era of iphones.
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  7632.  @tonupharry  Zelensky issued a stamp after he handed over Soledar and Bakhmut.
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  7633. Losers have no choice to dictate terms. US has ordered Ukraine to cede land, Ukraine has no choice. Get it ?
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  7634. Even Russia is advocate of freedom and democracy in Ukraine. But you should have stayed neutral, then Ukraine of 1991 would exist. You became unfree when you sold yourself to the US. The US and its Jews like Victoria Nuland used you to fight a proxy war, and after finding you cannot win, the US will negotiate with Russia and without Ukraine. You will be left with a diminished Ukraine with no NATO membership. So what did you fight for ? Anders was backing your fight, but when that is lost, Anders will disappear and you will be left with a broken Ukraine.
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  7635. 'The Ukrainian strategy has to be to destroy as much Russian equipment as possible with as low casualty rate as possible.' Earlier, your type said the first 72 hours are critical for the break through the Russian lines. Now it is 2 weeks and the Ukranians have not reached the first Russian defence line, and they are the ones who lost a lot of people, and Bradleys and Leopards. The Ukranians are now talking about a pause in the offensive ! They need to do more reconnaissance ! You are trying to put a smile on a dead rat's face. Ukraine is the dead rat. Face the reality : Ukraine is not up to it, and Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  7636.  @JonScott-jv8jg  Keep hoping ! Earlier Himars were the game changers. Then Challengers, Leopards and Bradleys. They have all flopped. NATO said Ukraine had 98% of what it needed for the offensive. Why do you need F 16s ? A few F16s will not make any difference as the Russians are capable of shooting them out of the sky. The Russians will allow the Ukranians to impale themselves for some time, and then they will go in pursuit after the Bandera army. The Ukro Nazis and their western supporters are defeated !
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  7637.  @sierra5360  The western media admit Ukraine has not reached the first Russian defensive line and the Bandera army has lost people, tanks and Bradley. If they are not losing more now, it is because they are not committing them. Some media reports say Ukraine is pausing the offensive ! Which means it is a flop. Earlier, they said the first 72 hours are critical for punching through. A long drawn out affair will be to Russia's advantage and Ukraine's western backers will get cold feet.
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  7638.  @sierra5360  Everyone agrees that Ukraine has not reached Russia's first line of defence along the entire front, and this is the 3rd month that has started. Ukraine has taken heavy casualties in men and NATO equipment. Before the start, western analysts were saying that the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine has to breach the Russian defence line and make a blitzkrieg to the Azov Sea. They said Ukraine must not get into a battle of attrition as Russia will win that. Ukraine is now reduced to a battle of attrition which according to what the western analysts said at the starts, means Russia is going to win. You are trying to save face and say Russians have more casualties and loss of equipment - without evidence.
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  7639. Who is the international community ? Just 30 western countries.
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  7640. The US used nuclear weapons in Japan. Americans defend it saying it was to speed up the end of WW 2. So Russia can speed up the end of the Ukraine war with a tactical nuclear strike. And I can guarantee there will be no WW 3, as NATO and US will condemn but cannot do anything as they do not want to be incinerated.
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  7641. Alright, when is NATO or Britain sending troops to Ukraine ?
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  7642.  @kingmusa8618  ' if Putin didn’t use nuclear threats out of fear we’d mince his army ,,,' You could not fight Taliban, you will not be able to fight Russia in a conventional war. What is the point of saying if Russia did not threaten to use nuclear weapons, we would be able to fight ? Russia is not Iraq or Afghanistan. It is a superpower, it has nuclear weapons, and the delivery systems. Learn to respect the facts and understand your weakness and limitations.
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  7643. All the damage is debris as usual.
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  7644. Europe is irrelevant. Germany cannot open its mouth due to its history. Britain created Israel, and when its opens its mouth, it is only to echo the US; it has no mind of its own. Why is Latvia, the most irrelevant of the EU countries, raising its voice ?
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  7645. The war is lost and the west knows it. The cretin Macron was asked by Blinken to phone up Moscow. Macron's defence minister spoke to Shoigu - ostensibly to offer condolences for the Moscow terror strike . After that, he put out a feeler if Russia could freeze the conflict and negotiate with 2022 borders ! As Putin said, why should Russia negotiate just because you ran out of weapons ? You encouraged Ukraine to fight and you lost. The ship has sailed, Russia is going to take more. No negotiations. They have started the battle of Chasov Yar. Cut out the sentimental crap about Kharkhov. You ain't seen nothing yet ! The US has abandoned Ukraine and the Europeans are headless chicken. These are the people responsible for Ukraine's plight, and these are the people encouraging Ukrainians to be killed to save western face.
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  7646. 'Putin is NATO's greatest salesman. Hi Sweden 👋 Hi Finland ' Two more joined, yet NATO lost the war. The war was to make Ukraine part of NATO. But now NATO accepts Ukraine cannot join. NATO does not have the arsenal to match Russia, and it does not have the courage to fight like Russians. The US is putting out feelers for negotiations. Even US accepts Russian view that NATO cannot be the peacemakers. If NATO cannot fight a war and win, nor can it act as a peacekeeper, what exactly is NATO's achievement ? It is a corrupt and indecisive bureaucracy, and like the EU, Britain should quit NATO.
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  7647. Poland is strong ? They were quivering and clucking like hens when 100 of those musicians were sent to their border ! To say Poland is making you safer means you are also really weak and frightened. Which puny European country do you come from ?
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  7648. The Baltics will sooner or later mess up like Ukraine, they will start discriminating and vilifying Russians in their countries, the west will encourage it, and eventually Russia will seize them again. These countries are full of burning resentments, they are incapable of a building an inclusive future.
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  7649. Zelensky cannot start the counter offensive till the Americans replace the destroyed Patriots and give him F 16s. He also wants Russia to be sporting and give him a chance to break through the lines.
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  7650. Yeah right. Napoleon and Hitler reached Moscow but were frozen out. Russia has decided the capture of Donbass can now be sped up, the Ukrainians are over extended, let them stay in Kursk during winter and fool around, they can be driven out later.
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  7651. They agreed they have two more enemies, China and Iran !
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  7652.  @patrickweaver1105  You must have some substance to survive. Neither Zelensky nor Ukraine have any substance. They are on a ventilator kept alive by US aid. If Trump comes, the ventilator will be turned off - abruptly. If Harris comes, she will hand over the ventilator to the useless Europeans. There is no point keeping Ukraine alive artificially.
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  7653. As defeat stares the west in the face and they cannot find even the artillery shells to sustain Ukraine, they have to do maximum show biz to keep their audience behind them. We saw the gloom and doom at the Munich conference where Borrell said the Ukraine war is over unless the west finds the armaments quickly. Since the last is impossible, he is acknowledging defeat. Biden might be in Kiev to make symbolic show, but he might be whispering to Zelensky sotto voce that the game is up, cut your losses and negotiate. He might be telling Zelenksy that Ukraine is not going to get all of its house back, go with what you have, lest you lose that also. The US cannot be promising what it cannot deliver : Abram tanks by tomorrow.
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  7654. The gainers are Afghans, China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran. The losers America, the western allies and India. It is obvious. India is the biggest loser, that is why it is the shrillest shouter.
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  7655.  @JC-rr1wu  Why are you replying to rusbots ? Should you not prepare to avoid freezing to death than sending Ukranians to their death to save your face ? Or are you waiting for Meloni Mussolini's jackboot ?
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  7656.  @Furriee  You want to sympathazize with Ukranians and send them to their deaths only because you want to maintain western pride. You have taken a vow 'Putin must not win', so even if all Ukranians negotiated, that would be an unbearable defeat for you. So keep them fighting and praise them as their country and people get decimated. That is your concept of having sympathy. Ukraine is just as responsible for its condition by breaking the pledge of neutrality it gave Russia on its independence, and for trying to use the US to threaten Russia. It is clear Ukraine has lost Donbass and Kherson, there is no way it can get it back. There is no way Ukraine can join NATO, there is no the US can have bases in Ukraine. The Kherson offensive is finished. Kherson is going to be part of Russia, just get over it. At the end of Nazi Germany, it had to cede land to the Soviet Union. It will be the same for the Ukro Nazis.
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  7657.  @HenryTudorVIII  Your post is well intentioned, but it betrays a certain naivete and loose thinking. Hence, let me address the points. 'But how does a lack of security guarantees for Putin become a land grab? ' Ukraine had the chance in Dec. 2021 to declare it would be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia (as it promised in its independence declaration and which backtracked on after the 2014 coup). That would have averted the Russian attack. Why they not do that ? During the first month of the war, there were negotiations, but Ukraine backed off. Why ? After driving back the Russians from Kiev, then it could have announced it will go for neutrality. Why did they not offer neutrality from a position of strength ? You won't be able to answer these whys. The reason Ukraine did not offer a return to neutrality in Dec. 2021 is because the govts. that have been in power since the 2014 coup are US backed implants, the current one being Zelensky. Whether or not to accept neutrality is not determined by Ukraine's leaders, it is determined by the US. Victoria Nuland and US Democrats had funded Ukrainian nationalists, some of them neo Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. (Read up on Ukro Nazis, Bandera, Right Sector and Azov Batallion). Naturally, if you are brought to power with US help, you have to do the US's bidding - whether it is Afghan govt. or Ukrainian. During the first month of the war, there were negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey, but Ukrainian leaders backed off. The reason is pressure from the US and UK not to compromise. For these people, negotiations with Russia = defeat for the west. They told the Ukrainians they could beat the Russians with advanced weapons. The US has its own agenda - which is regime change in Russia, and eliminate a powerful competitor. Ukraine is only a proxy for the US, like Afghanistan was. After driving back the Russians from Kiev, the Ukranians egged on by the west were celebrating a victory. The west announced Russia's military was shambolic. They did not think Russia would come back from the back door and concentrate its force. Hence, Ukraine ended up losing land in Donbass, Kherson, and coastal areas, and that is gone for good. The Russians had warned if the Ukranians continued to fight, it stood to lose. Once Russia got the upper hand in Donbas, they were not interested in negotiations. After spending money and blood, why should Russia give back the land ? It is like after the Arab war with Israel, Israel captured the West Bank and Jerusalem, and they will not give those back - and the west who armed Israel accepts that. So like that, Ukraine and the west should accept Donbas will be part of Russia. You threatened and waged war on Russia, so accept the consequences. Any future settlement will require Ukraine to assure neutrality AND cede Donbass. 'Will this land grab stop ukraine from seeking nato membership? On the contrary, I think this will make Ukraine move even closer to EU and Nato.' Again, this is a naive question. Putin has said he has no objection to Ukraine joining EU - he said this in the middle of the war. Putin said EU is an economic alliance and he does not have objection. Russia's objection is to NATO which is a military alliance whose mission has always been to surround and threaten Russia. You recognise that more of Ukraine of 1991 is gone. As for the Ukraine that remains, do you think Russia will allow that part to join NATO ? They need not occupy the less Russian regions of Ukraine like Kiev, but they can subject the remainder to continual air attack and prevent reconstruction. Russia has the strong cards. There is no option of ceding Donbas and getting the remainder of Ukraine into NATO. The cards on the table say the only option is Ukraine to assure neutrality + cede Donbass. If it does not accept that, more of Ukraine will be destroyed and more will be taken. Ukraine's handlers are also facing the economic pinch because Russia has the strong cards for economic warfare as well.
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  7658.  @UdumbaraMusic  If you have the capability, then refute me. But if you don't - and you don't - don't read what I say, you can ignore me. If you are a small country, and you invite a far off power to come and aid you to threaten your powerful neighbour, and continue to do so after he warned you, then you will get a beating, and the far-off country on who you relied may support you from a safe distance (for sometime) but he cannot prevent you from getting the beating. Whether it is right or wrong does not matter, the only question is whether you are wise. Ukraine has been foolish besides being wicked in trying to backstab Russia after it gave it independence. The second aspect is 'do you think the people who invaded Iraq using a false flag attack about WMDs, who used depleted uranium, made Iraqis into refugees, have any credibility when they shout about war crime trials, and go to UN etc. ? It is justified whataboutery. It is not arbitrary as you make out. That is why I have not seen anyone including you write a refutation. They indulge in personal attacks.
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  7659.  @UdumbaraMusic  Russia was the leading component of the Soviet Union and it gave Ukraine independence in an act of good will. There were conditions attached : return nukes, be neutral and no joining of military alliances. Until 2014, Ukraine followed, but after the coup sponsored in 2014 by the Americans (in which Ukro Nazis like Azov Batallion and Right Sector took part), Ukraine started to renege on its commitment to neutrality it promised Russia in its independence declaration, by trying to join NATO. Hence, Russia has decided to terminate Ukraine's independence partially. It has decided to take back the areas of Novo Rossiya which were acquired during Catherine the Great's time, and which were gifted to Ukraine when the Ukranians SSR was made by Lenin. Odessa region was also part of Novo Rossiya and this will be taken back in due course. Get it ?
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  7660.  @UdumbaraMusic  'Ukraine had an 84% voter turnout and 90% voted for independence.' There was a referendum process which Russia, the central power let happen. They had zero choice according to you, so you want to take advantage and use Ukraine to threaten them now. But they have rebuilt their economic strength (they had always the military strength), as they are showing by strangling Europe's economies. 'That agreement you speak of was null and void the moment Russia invaded in 2014 via merc groups. That agreement to neutrality became null and void when Ukro Nazis overthrew the elected govt. with US backing. Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowds in the Maidan distributing sweets. What were they doing there ? Suppose in the Scottish independence referendum, Russian politicians came and offered money and support, and then celebrated, would that be acceptable ? Due to the Ukro Nazis and US interference, Russia took Crimea. Crimea holds Sevastopol, the HQ of Russia's Black Sea fleet. Ukraine had agreed as part of the agreement with Russia on independence to lease Sevastaopol port to Russia. With Ukro Nazis and Russophobes taking power in 2014 due to US machinations, Ukraine could revoke the agreement unilaterally, and then the US Seventh Sea Fleet would sail from Sevastaopol. Russia put a stop to it. Ukrainians have acted in bad faith, and stabbed Russia in the back. The Crimea, Donbass, and the region along the coast past Odessa were built by Catherine the Great and was Russian. Lenin attached it to Ukraine when the Soviet Union was formed. Even on independence, Russia did not ask for these Russian lands to be given back. But after 2014 coup which was a stab in the back, Russia has decided to take back these Russian lands. They are on the way to do that. They need to get Nikolaev, Odessa etc. As for puppets, you can thank Zelensky, the US puppet who has got Ukraine smashed and a part of it taken away, and more to go. See where western help has landed Ukraine. So what is Zelensky's achievement. It was better under Yankovich. As for the groups involved in the EuroMaidan coup, read up about Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. The Azov was founded by Andrei Biletski, a white supremacist to save the 'white race'. White nationalists from US and Europe used to flock to his training camps. Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy910FG46C4 Zelensky 'not all he's portrayed as' by Western media: Bernardi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPWgMXut_8 On US motives for NATO expansion, see New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html They have been planning NATO expansion for the benefit of Lockheed. It is not driven by any love of democracy, it is driven by cynical greed. So cut out your pious humbug. As for authoritarianism and oligarchs, how is Zelensky different ? He closed Russian language TV channels in Ukraine, arrested Russian language media men. Is that democratic ? Ukraine is amongst the most corrupt countries and the IMF was unwilling to give a loan due to that (it changed after the war, when everything was waived). Basically, the US took advantage of Russian weakness at the end of the Soviet Union, and it got greedy with NATO expansion. When the first wave of NATO expansion started, Yeltsin had protested citing James Baker promising 'not an inch to the east'. He was told 'that was said to the Soviet Union, you are Russia'. Yeltsin was furious, he said 'you wait, Russia will be back'. Russia is indeed back. It has rebuilt its economy, stopped NATO expansion, it has turned the tables and is strangling Europe's economy, and is holding the nuclear sword. The most far reaching step Russia has taken, even more than the gas cut, is to accelerate non-dollar and non-euro trade. That will chip away at American strength and its capability for military adventures in other countries. The EU will fragment as each one looks out for its own, and fascists and neo-Nazis will come to power (as in Italy and Sweden) and they will end democracy. The west has shot itself in the foot. History has shown most who have fought Russia have lost.
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  7661.  @UdumbaraMusic  Russia does not give up, if they want escalation, they have the resources, all up to the tactical nuclear weapon.
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  7662.  @UdumbaraMusic  Why would the world be dropped into a nuclear armageddon ? Nuclear armageddon will be localised in Ukraine, it is their choice. If you want to avoid that, why don't you let Ukraine negotiate ? Ukraine has only two choices : accept reality it cannot win and bringing NATO bases to threaten Russia , or accept it will be razed completely. The choices are very clear, why can't you understand ?
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  7663.  @LasseEklof  Russia's objective was not territorial conquest. It was to prevent the US from having missile and naval bases threatening Russia. That objective has been achieved. Now the US knows there can be no bases in Ukraine, as Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop it. To achieve this objective, Russia was forced to take land. Now of course, Russia will not give up the lands that were historically Russian, even if Ukraine signs up on neutrality. Russia is not bothered with western sanctions, it has pivoted its economy to China and Asia, because those will be the new production centres.
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  7664. Cut down the doublespeak. Was it a collision or a targeted downing ? Can the US prove what it claims ? The US as usual instigates conflicts everywhere. It is like cyber attacks. The US started it against Russia and China. When Russia and China eventually retaliated with cyber attacks, the US started complaining about unprofessional behaviour, as if the US is saintly.
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  7665. You cannot expect leadership in Europe when they all agreed to be vassals of the US and have US bases in their countries. They have no sovereignty or self respect, just like the Middle East countries which have US bases. Look at Germany, it is committing economic suicide to be on America's side. Putin on the other hand bats for Russia.
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  7666.  @annadagmarapl  I agree with your comment '...they were told that from very beginning but it took 5 weeks and completely destroyed country so this clown zelensky finnally comprehend it !!!!' But why is it the majority of people in the west adulate this clown who has miscalculated and got his country reduced to rubble and opened up the prospect of losing more territory ? I would like your analysis on the idiotic western adulation. Thanks.
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  7667. It is time for Odessans to pack up and go to Poland. Then they will be in the EU.
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  7668. Do you expect the BBC anchor to be a supplicant to the Ukranians ? Never question them ?
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  7669.  @kristieshaw4806  A little bit too late cannot change the tide of events. Is Ukraine going to mount another counter offensive ? It does not have the manpower. Ukranian defeat cannot be reversed. Ukraine will lose more.
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  7670. Good reasoning, since they are shooting down 90% missiles, there is no need for more air defence systems.
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  7671.  @Alienanywhere  Ukrainians can migrate to Poland, Britain, Germany....
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  7672.  @MatthewGilling  I meant the far off neighbour that incited Ukraine to fight its neighbour and will be ditching it in 2 months. Nelson Mandela remarked 'if two neighbours are fighting, rest assure the US visited one of them'.
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  7673.  @TabithaReminiec3399  So Putin gave Ukraine warning that if it sought to give the US naval and missile bases to threaten Russia, Ukraine will be ended. Ukraine could have gone back to neutrality it promised in its Independence Declaration. Then it would still have Crimea. Get it ?
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  7674. In Sept. 2022, when he got the Himars, Zelensky said Crimea will be taken by Dec 2022 - he declared, that is where it started, that is where it will end. He is still talking about taking Crimea !
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  7675.  @primusstovis3704  Why are you seeking a diversion ? ANTIFA is not breaking the noses of policemen and burning cars and hotels in England. You have a problem in England with white fascists. Your PM is doing something about it before they destroy your country.
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  7676.  @drummingtildeath  He will blame it on a two tier policing affecting his educational uptake. He is in the uneducated tier.
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  7677. They are positional chess players. The Ukrainians and the NATO are gamblers.
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  7678. Where are the types who sing slava Ukraine now ?
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  7679.  @Easygoing1977  Is that so ? I see the Ukranians are howling and asking for more weapons at G7 . Why ?
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  7680.  @ГеннадийШуплецов-р8п  Russia wants to destroy the Ukranian army and the Ukro Nazis like Azov Batallion.
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  7681. Boris Johnson said Brexit was like Ukraine getting freedom !
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  7682.  @jensholm5759  I think she and you are attempting a cover up over the failure of western sanctions. The western pundits confidently predicted the rouble will be rubble. Now we find the rouble is stronger than before and euro and pound have gone down by 20%. Russia has also found ways to trade in non-dollars. The west has cut its nose to spite its face. So now you say the sanctions against Russia are long term. Russia on the other hand is throttling Europe's economy now, by cutting the energy. It is like saying the patient who is dying is in a good position because there is a long term cure recently discovered in the laboratory. Before your long term sanctions work, Russia will kill you. The lady knows it, that is why she is looking for secondary sanctions ! The west is pathetic.
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  7683.  @PhiloSurfer  They are deluded. They picked a fight with Russia - which they cannot win. And still they have not had enough, they want to pick a fight with China also. They want the world dominated by them, because they think they stand for western values.
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  7684. The conclusion is airy fairy. The pompous analyst says Ukraine has shown it can carry out strategic surprise attacks, it has changed Ukraine's narrative with Europe. He claims the pendulum will swing to Ukraine in 2025, because the west will produce more artillery. It is trying to put on a positive spin on a losing situation. Ukraine has manpower shortage which is not going to be fixed with more western artillery. After the ongoing Donbass operation, more Ukrainians are going to be killed; and Russia has started killing them in Kursk also. The Ukrainians are forcibly taking men off the streets to fight. Then how can you say Ukraine's position is going to improve in 2025 ? The west is just fooling around and trying to save its face.
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  7685. The US did that in Iraq, and you had no problem.
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  7686. All alarmist. The west is defeated by Russia in Ukraine, and the west wants to say now that they will be better prepared next time ! When the British and US were invading Iraq, they had no concern for the UN, so now why are they badmouthing the UN.
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  7687.  @shelleyhender8537  You are welcome to refute me - but you do not have the intellect.
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  7688. Well written. The Europeans were saved from the Nazis by the Red Army. Western Ukraine had Nazi elements since the 1930s (Stefan Bandera). After the war, the Americans were cultivating Banderists in the Ukrainian disapora in Germany, US, Canada and other western countries to use against the Soviet Union. The same Europeans today are backing Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion (Bandera followers), against Russia. In the period 2010-2020, BBC, Time etc. reported that neo Nazi groups from the west were going to Ukraine for arms training. The US banned the Azov Batallion. Now the neo Nazis who are part of the Ukrainian govt. have become the idols of the western governments. Only Russia can and tear down the Ukro Nazis. Mariopol was a HQ of the Azov Batallion. Russia eliminated them.
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  7689. This expert has a habit of spinning stories for the western public, trying to say Ukraine is doing wonders and Russians are fumbling. The only important take away is Bakhmut will fall. He cannot say that, he has to say Bakhmut is of no strategic value, Russians don't know what they are doing, they are expending so many lives etc. If so, why are Ukranians spending all for Bakhmut. The rest is subtle fabrication of what he hopes Ukrainians might do here and there, it is not about the actual situation. The expert is part of the western self deception team.
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  7690.  @kirkpatrick7475  The Moskova's sinking is not going to save Ukraine. It is being battered, 20% taken, the rest turned into a wasteland, and all the cowardly west can do is not to send troops.
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  7691. Russia cannot be allowed to win war in Ukraine, but Russia is winning and will win. Ukraine does not have the capacity to fight, and NATO does not have the courage to fight.
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  7692. Let the Swedes show they can say something against the Jews - and you will see how much freedom of expression there is. Question the Holocaust, or ask why Jews are prominent in the Ukraine conflict - Victoria Nuland, Zelensky, his patron Kolomoivsky, Shymal, Reznikov, Zaluzhny, Blinken are all Jews.....Or ask why the Jews are the leading oligarchs who stole Russian and Ukranian wealth and sent it to the west. See the contrast with Putin. Putin had given assurances that he will not tolerate such acts in Russia. Muslims in Russia and outside therefore support him. Turkey will continue blocking Sweden's entry into NATO. The west has this sly duplicity that others know about, and are facing its consequences.
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  7693.  @teebosaurusyou  Ukraine has also those industries you mentioned only due to Soviet Union. There was a central contribution from Russia. But Ukraine tried to back stab Russia by trying to join NATO; ungratefulness is in their character, and the west is finding that out. Now Russia has taken Ukraine's industrial districts, and it has cut export of its agricultural products. Ukraine's power supply has been reduced. Russia has returned Ukraine to the state it was before it joined the Soviet Union. No agriculture, no industry, no power. That will be the situation till Ukraine learns to be neutral and stops flirting with NATO, and waging war against Russia.
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  7694.  @rajivwarrier7623  Rudolf is a typical, conceited, unintelligent European, full of his sense of superiority. He claims Europeans have some higher sensibility unlike Mongols and Asiatics. The evidence points to the contrary. Industrialised killing was a European practice perfected in two world wars. Some authors who have looked at population demographics say one reason the superior European (read 'white') is heading for extinction is self-decimation due to their nationalist rivalries. You can see that in Ukraine. The Europeans and Americans are funding the decimation oddly of people they profess to identify with. They cannot support negotiations.
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  7695.  @tasiedell3753  The Russian military has taken 20% of Ukraine that produces 90% of its GDP, it has control of the Black Sea outlets, it has cut 20% of Ukraine's electricity supply. Putin has given Ukraine permission to export wheat but Ukraine is misusing it, so he may cancel that agreement; basically Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy and that has not changed one bit, and it has done $1 trillion damage to Ukraine's infrastructure, and will do more, so that Ukraine cannot be reconstructed. Is that losing ? Ukraine launched a Kherson offensive, there was some bombing of some bridges, then they tried a ground assault, but that was beaten back with heavy casualties for the Ukrainains. After that, they launched an offensive outside Kharkov where it was lightly defended with mostly militas, they captured a few thousand sq. km., that is about 1.8% of what Russia took. They are boasting about it, and the west is beating the propaganda drum for them. But now we hear no news, so that advance near Kharkov has stopped. There is no chance Ukraine can just push ahead, that is wishful thinking. It is like the sinking of the ship, or taking Snake Island. They are symbolic victories, but the ground reality has not changed for Ukraine. Further, Russia is strangling Europe's economy. Europe is losing. There is no cheap alternative to Russian gas. Europe will have to ration energy, some governments will try to tackle it by giving subsidies either by printing money or by borrowing, and both have negative consequences. The Russian plan is to de-industrialise Europe. Then Europe will never again be able to threaten Russia with NATO and US.
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  7696.  @jonesy3159  Restoring law and order quickly after mob violence, arresting and prosecuting quickly all those involved, showing Britain is a law-and-order country inside. That is an achievement, the only one. However, Starmer like all British PMs (Boris, Blair,...) wants to be the frontline partner of the US in warmongering.
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  7697. Two weeks ago Times Radio was putting out multiple alarmist videos of a Russian ship in the English Channel laden with explosives that was going to go off and destroy England ! All due to vicious Putin. I knew it was a fake story. Now the story has quietly disappeared. Times Radio has zero credibility. I only visit your site to marvel at how low the British have sunk with lies and make-believe. It sounds like Goebbels in his last days after the defeat in Stalingrad. He was talking about German wonder weapons as the Red Army approached Berlin.
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  7698. Amanpour, you need to understand sovereignty does not mean Ukraine has the right to bring Americans from across the Atlantic to put missiles in Ukraine to threaten a nuclear neighbour. That is an existential threat for Russia. Yes, in that case they will use nuclear weapons. What is it arrogant westerners like you do not understand ? If you live next to the Bear and you poke it, you want assurance it will not maul you ? This Bear actually gave several warnings over 20 years. Now Ukraine has been smashed enough that Zelensky himself says he is ready to give NATO membership, in exchange for protection. Ukraine will not join NATO, the Ukranian comedian now realises that after a painful mauling, and NATO also understands Ukraine cannot enter NATO. So what is it you don't understand ?
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  7699. I don't believe Russia hit any infra structure. They have no missiles. And in any case Ukraine shot down 44 out of 50.
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  7700. Why did you not say close the United Nations, when two senior members invaded Iraq ? They also committed crimes like in Fallujah and Abu Gharaib ?
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  7701. Putin is measured in what he says. The British in this programme are actually frothing ! What is the cause ? It is the realisation that Russia has defeated the west in Ukraine. Incidentally, the British are so frustrated that they are also frothing about Biden being afraid to upset Putin and Iran ! If the British are so brave and capable, and not afraid of Putin and Iran, why don't they go and fight them on their own and show the Americans how it is to be done.
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  7702. It will not be a joke as Russia has said it will use a tactical nuclear weapon and if French or other soldiers come to Ukraine, they will leave dead. Russia does not bluff. That is not their mentality. If they say they will do something, they will do it.
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  7703.  @realspoderman2359  When NATO ran away from Kabul 4 years ago, with the US not telling its allies, to secure the first flights out, did that strike a strong picture of NATO ? If NATO is so strong, why has it not sent troops to Ukraine ? Those are facts. Get it ?
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  7704. Today, Blinken said that Ukraine may not be able to get back Crimea. Earlier, the US had said that it would not rest till Crimea was restored. Zelensky had said he would regain Crimea by Dec 2022. He had said 'that is where it started and that is where it will end.' So why is Blinken repositioning himself now ? Russia has conveyed if Ukrainians cross into Crimea, Ukraine will receive a nuclear strike. But before that, all western cities will be put on target for nuclear strikes, to prevent any western intervention. Blinken knows Russia is not bluffing. The Ukrainian counter offensive is the last throw of the die for the west. For the moment, the west has to blow the trumpet about the offensive with new tanks, and drum up expectations in its public. But when that is beaten back, the US will need an off ramp. The US will divert the narrative to China. Ukraine and Europe will be left clutching the wreck. NATO expansion driven by the greed of US arms companies has been a disaster for the west. Putin retaliated and ended the western 'rules based order' no less.
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  7705. The US will organise a regime change in France.
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  7706. Putin ultimatum ‘not taken seriously’ - but Zelensky's ultimatum that Russia should withdraw from Crimea, Putin must stand down and face war trial is very credible. Losers want to set the terms.
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  7707. When the BBC becomes less smug and stops selling surreal picture for the Slava Ukraine brigade, you know things have changed. Maybe their coverage of Gaza will change when they realise Israel cannot win either. These two wars and the western responses to them have destroyed the credibility of the west and their media. Their colonial 'rules based order' (BoJo's term) has collapsed.
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  7708. As a hardcore Hindu and Modi supporter, you must accept all the baggage that comes from being a hardcore Hindus, and be obedient to your Hindu fuhrer. One nation, no election is even better.
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  7709.  @marieromain1076  Indeed, 500,000 Israelis with dual nationality left Israel - because their nationality was fabricated. Palestinians on the other hand stand up and fight - because they are the originals of the land.
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  7710. Europe should revise its enmity towards Russia. The US wanted NATO expansion in Ukraine, it staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014 to achieve that, and thereby created a war in Ukraine, and Europe pays the price. And after the war was lost, it wants to hand over the mess to Europe - and on top of that, the US wants Greenland !
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  7711. In 2008, Merkel and Sarkozy opposed NATO expansion fearing (correctly) that it will lead to war . But Bush twisted their arms. Why have the Europeans not had the courage to tell the US not to push NATO expansion to Ukraine and create war ? Why did they agree to put US interests above their own ? Why do they agree to be US vassals ? The west is defeated. Long ago de Gaulle had remarked if there is a war in Europe, it will be the Europeans will suffer the most; at the end, the Americans do not live in Europe and the British live on an island, so they do not suffer. You can see that play out in the Ukraine war. The Anglo Saxon powers have pushed Ukraine into war, they obstructed the peace negotiations in Turkey, they directed Ukraine to go for the failed counter offensive in the Zaphorizhia-Crimea axis. The US and UK took the least amount of refugees. Both of them put visa restrictions on the Ukrainians.
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  7712. The Europeans need help to get away from America. America has found the way to divide Europe and pit it against Russia. Rumsfeld had said in the 1990s that the future lay with New Europe (Poland Baltics etc.), and not old Europe (Germany and France) and the US would work with New Europe .
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  7713. This Yuval is not an intellectual as we thought. Bottom line he is an Israeli Jew who falls back on state narratives. While some of what he says is correct, he blithely says 'Israel is not a terrorist state, unlike Hamas'. To an Israeli Jew, Israel is not a terrorist state, but the Palestinian is routinely terrorised. As for expulsion of Arab Jews, that became inevitable after the creation of Israel. The loyalty of Jews is not to the state they live in, it is to Israel. The Jews want their cake and eat it. They want a Jewish ethnic state, which they established by ethnic cleansing, and want their people to stay in other countries and support from abroad. The Arabs did not allow it. The west allows it - at its own peril. The west gets dragged into wars that have brought it into decline. Who are the neocons who incited Iraq war ? American Jews. They also incited Ukraine war.
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  7714. This was underplayed or not reported in the western media.
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  7715. For the Biden and the west, negotiating after saying they wanted regime change in Russia, and calling Putin a war criminal, will feel like a defeat. Of course finally, it is affordability. Like Trump walked away from Afghanistan, Biden may walk away from Ukraine saying China is the really threat to the US.
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  7716. Shame about the Germans. Russia allowed German re-unification and Germany stabbed it in the back. Scott Ritter said 'Scratch a German and you will find a Nazi.'
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  7717.  @robertwilson3866  Russia can use a tactical nuclear strike on Kiev and end Ukranian resistance any time. Ukraine is not going to be let off the hook.
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  7718.  @patriot2071  Well, if Ukraine surrenders Severodonetsk like Mariopol, the industrial and coastal areas are gone, Ukraine becomes land locked and Russia can and will strangle Ukraine's economy. Not so bad ? Well, I think that is pretty good. Ukraine will come to its senses when it realises Russophobia does not pay and the EU does not have the money to support it indefinitely.
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  7719. Putin, yes. Modi, no. I read he meekly surrender Indian land to China. Putin would never have done that.
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  7720.  @sudhirlakshmanan  The western media says India lost land to China. Indian media and you say 'Not even a cm of land was surrendered. ' No one knows. You want to believe Indian media. Fine. Western media does twist and even lie when it comes to its challengers like Russia and China, but probably on an Indo-China affair, in which they have no interest, they would not lie. Even in the Indo-Pak war, the western media doubted Indian air strikes hit anything more than trees. If I remember correctly, India lost a plane and the pilot was captured, but returned; I don't think India disputes this, so how can you say India won ? Anyway, your thread is your claim that Putin and Modi are the most powerful leaders the world has seen in the 21st century. I say there is no comparison. Putin is a strong leader, he can take on the US + EU together, both militarily and in economic war and win. Putin does not create divisions in the Russian Federation. He does not organise riots against Ukrainians or other ethnicities. Modi's power base is Hindu, and he thrives on Hindu mobs attacking Muslims, Christians, Sikhs etc. You regard that as a powerful leader. In the western media, Modi's brand is called 'Hindu natonalism'. It is more akin to fascism and is disintegrative. I have been to India, before Modi and after Modi. I have been to China and many countries. India has been disappointing. You go to Shanghai, and you see it is more developed than Europe. You come to Bangalore, you will see chaotic traffic, and unbelievable noise. Once I was going from a hotel to Bombay airport. I was trapped by an oncoming Hindu procession with the elephant god on a chariots; they told me it was a religious festival. If you go to northern cities, you have cows on streets. To people in India, it might seem India has become a great power because Modi says so. But have you been outside India ? Go to not only China, go to Singapore, Malaysia, Turkey, Dubai and you will see India is no match. That is why Indians migrate. How many Indians have gone back to India because Modi is a strong leader ? And how many are leaving ? Indian society revolves around caste and religion. It always was like that, but under Modi, that is the ONLY thing. India has slipped in economic growth, education, democratic standards, protection of minorities and women. After the Leicester riots, BBC and The Guardian noted that Modi's Hindu nationalists are spreading their mob riot culture abroad. It is disgraceful. Kissinger had said long ago that India is the largest unimportant country. Objectively, that is the correct assessment even now, despite PM Singh's great efforts (I did appreciate him). Apart from large population, India has no major achievements commensurate with that population. Recently, the US and EU said that Russia is the main threat now, and China is the long term challenger. Nobody mentions India as it is not a real competitor to anyone. To me, Indians suffer from an inferiority complex arising from frustrated impotence. Your comment illustrates that. It is wishful thinking. Indians would like to be a superpower. But aspirations do not match ability. To be a superpower, India would need to eliminate the caste system and religious intolerance, get fully educated and thereby reduce population, and cultivate a scientific attitude. Can Modi do that ? Putin does not carry all this baggage that India and Modi do. So, no comparison.
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  7721.  @sudhirlakshmanan  The aim of your post seems to me to prove that Modi is the greatest leader India has had that is implicit in your belief that Modi is the greatest leader of this century), and India got stunted due to past leaders. I am not into determining if past leaders were less able than Modi. I know India under Modi has gone down compared to Singh's time. The demonetisation, the mishandling of Covid, the reduction in growth, lynchings of minorities and rape are what is highlighted about Modi. I cannot remember such negative things when Singh was there. You avoided mentioning this and you cite some roads and trains Modi has built. Recently India was ranked 107 out of 121 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI). The article says India’s neighbours performed better in GHI 2022 with Nepal ranked 81, Sri Lanka 64, Bangladesh 84 and Pakistan at 99. In 2021, India secured the 101st position among 116 countries assessed. https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/india-ranks-107-on-global-hunger-index-2022-government-calls-it-an-erroneous-measure-72054/ I have visited India. I would say India's unique handicap is the caste system. Add to that religious fanaticism. The whole society is built around it. India does not tackle these. That is the reason India reached a plateau and cannot go higher. That is the reason India does not figure much in the west's calculations.
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  7722.  @sudhirlakshmanan  ' no my aim is not to praise the Modi government.' But you are the one who wrote Modi is the most powerful leader in this century. That could be true only if you meant he has a grip on India, and any one opposing him will be neutered by any means. But it does not mean Modi has any world impact or is admired outside. On the hunger index, are you saying the methodology was inapplicable only to India ? What about countries in the list like China who are much higher up ? A visit to India shows Indians look scrawny and famished compared with people in other countries. A visit to China shows people look well fed. So the data correlates with what we see in a visit to India. India comes bottom on many indicators. I remember a few years, India was near bottom for women's safety and rape. India comes near the bottom in Olympics medals. That is not subjective or wrong methodolgy. On the Covid situation, I saw (on BBC) pyres burning on streets and bodies floating on the Ganges. I did not see such a pitiful scenes anywhere. I don't know if Modi was fooling around, but facts are facts. I have no hate for India. But I feel Indians can be more successful if they did not talk too much, but solved their problems like corruption, caste, religious fanaticism, and the chaos you mentioned. Instead, they blame the British, or someone else, and then pose as the greatest country. Indians don't solve their problems, but Indians boast there is no leader like Modi and the world is in awe of India. I do not see that kind of mentality in the Chinese. Their results speak for itself. Indians can learn to be doers like the Chinese rather than talkers.
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  7723.  @sudhirlakshmanan  You may not be seeing the poverty in India because you may be from some elite caste and you may be surrounded by them. When you come out of any airport in India, and see the crowds, you can see the difference. On the Ganges and dead bodies during Covid, I am only saying what I saw on the BBC. I don't think it was bias. BBC also showed there is a southern state called Kerala which had lower Covid mortality due to the Health Minster there. In fact, the BBC asked this Minister what she could teach Britain on controlling the spread of Covid. Earlier, there was a flood in Kerala, and the BBC coverage was sympathetic and it showed the people there worked together with the government. It is not all dismal in India, but Kerala appears to be an exception as it is unusually educated. It could be because it has a high number of Christians. I understand the cow lynchers and rapists are in the north. You are claiming that traditions will vanish and people will be using electric crematoria. But I read Modi is a great traditionalist and is promoting cow veneration. People are lynched for it. Where in the world do you see this ? On Olympics, yes, everyone wants to be a doctor in India, so people don't go for sports. But Jamaica and Kenya win medals. For 1.3 billion, India's performance is dismal. Same with Nobel prizes. There are none since India became independent. Which Indian University has made it to even the top 300 ? China has several, Singapore University is up there. Whichever metric you look at, India does not excel in any. Granted you have good cuisine, and colourful dresses, but overall India's performance is poor on most metrics. Yet, you are claiming Modi is the most powerful leader of this century. Countries like Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, UAE, Singapore etc. keep quiet and work, and come up. India talks too much and feels entitled to great power status, just because it has a large population.
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  7724. The west is in disarray. They cannot decide on tanks. The Ukro Nazis are getting slaughtered in Bakhmut. The US is asking them to give up Bakhmut and save themselves, otherwise the US does not have anyone to train for the new wonder weapons (tanks after Himars) and the next Ukro offensive ! The Ukranians want to hold Bakhmut because Zelensky had said after the fall of Severodonetsk, another city will not fall. But Soledar fell. The west is finding it difficult to sustain Ukraine and check the marauding bear. Ukraine is losing so many per day that they cannot recover no matter what weapon is given.
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  7725. As if puny Estonia makes a difference....
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  7726. Estonians, don't get carried away and misbehave with Russia, thinking you are a superpower because you imagine the US is with you. The Ukranians made that fatal mistake and misbehaved with Russia. They got a sound thrashing from Russia, and the Ukranians found the US was not courageous enough to send troops to Ukraine.
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  7727. NATO would need to organise a meeting in a month's time, with wining and dining of delegates, before it can decide what to do when a hypersonic shovel lands. The US will pull out at the last minute.
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  7728. Germans are Germans. Supporters of Ukro Nazis. Goebbels said after surrender in Stalingrad, the Soviet Union would not win.
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  7729. Your western mind is twisted. Have you forgotten that the war was caused in the first place by NATO's eastwards expansion ? The Russians are checking that. As for Russian oil and gas, I thought sanctions were put and Russia is on its knees.
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  7730.  @charliecan9603  Indeed, Russia did everything possible to avoid this military operation. But the western narrative repeated by their media and politicians over and over is that it was an 'entirely unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation and it is against the rules based international order'. This is therefore believed by the majority, and only a few have looked at the history, and NATO's deceptions and one sided expansions, and the US staging a coup to bring its proteges to power in Ukraine.
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  7731.  @robertschwarz3076  To end the war, ask Zelensky to negotiate, instead of pumping him up with weapons and giving him false hopes. The west has to swallow its false pride and accept there is no choice but to negotiate with Putin.
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  7732.  @crazyson6153  Germany should have been more powerful and not agreed to close Nordstream 2. In 2008, Germany and France opposed NATO entry for Ukraine fearing it would lead to war. The US arm twisted them to accept. European countries are subservient to the US.
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  7733. Trump realises the best way to end the war is for US to negotiate with Russia, and ignore the EU and Ukraine. The EU is irrelevant and Ukraine was only a proxy, they will give up when the arms supply is cut.
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  7734.  @werwer5339  The Ukranians are requesting your help to rescue their Nazi Azov batallion. Put your bravery to good use.
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  7735. As long as Israel runs an apartheid state, there will be resistance.
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  7736. 'They still want more weapons because they still think they can win ' So why is she talking about negotiations now ?
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  7737. Putin is the master of strategic ambiguity. At the beginning of the war when there was a clamour to put a no-fly zone, Putin said you will face consequences you have not faced in your life. The US understood what that meant and Biden said there will be no fly zone ! Putin did not say he will nuke the US. That is strategic ambiguity. When Lithuania tried a rail blockade of Kalinigrad, a Russian deputy said Lithuania's independence agreement needs to studied. Lithuania climbed down. Russia did not say it will invade Lithuania. That is strategic ambiguity ! Russia gets results with strategic ambiguity, the west is unable to do so. Therein lies the difference. Putin said recently that it is not a stalemate just because you ran out of arms. That is another way to tell you are defeated !
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  7738. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to support US terrorism, so no need to cry now about Iran which has also been terrorised by the US before. The end Ukro Nazi rule in Ukraine and US interference would be better for Ukranians.
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  7739. Did you not blame it on hybrid warfare ?
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  7740.  @thegreatdane3627  So is Denmark going to show how it will stop nuclear blackmail ? Why don't you ask why the US stages conflicts everywhere, why it staged a coup in Ukraine, to seek bases to threaten Russia on its border ? And why do Europeans slavishly follow the US ? You crossed a threshold and Russia went to war and gave the combined west a beating. If you cross another threshold and send troops, Russia will give you a nuclear beating. Get it ?
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  7741. Putin is extinguishing Ukro Nazi culture. It is a very correct step. See the video on Azov Battalion and Right Sector from Time 1 year ago. Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy910FG46C4
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  7742. The US abandons its desire for bases in Ukraine, otherwise Ukraine will be part of Russia. That is how it is going and Trump is not going to contest Russia because he can't. Get it ?
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  7743. Ben Wallace is a hawk, at the beginning of the war he smugly said Britain kicked the Tsar's bottom in the 1856 Crimean war, and would do so again. As if, Britain and Russia are of comparable strength today. The British have found it difficult to accept that Britain's world power status ended in 1945, and the Soviet Union became the superpower after the war. In 1956, Britain, France and Israel attempted one last colonial adventure over nationalisation of the Suez Canal. They used the same language as today : they asserted it was a breach of the rules based international order (which the west runs for its own benefit). The Soviets threatened to nuke Britain and France unless they pulled out. Eisenhower looked the other way. The British, French and Israelis had to pull out. Britain has resented Russia ever since. If Ben Wallace now realises that Russia is not about to collapse and will not back down on NATO expansion, that is a return to realsim. The state of the British and European economies forces realsim.
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  7744. Game changer ? It will be like the rest of the game changers - Himars, drones. Ukraine is being pulverised daily, and that is unstoppable. Ukraine had some momentum but that was lost after the Russians withdrew from Kherson and focussed on destroying the power grid, and attacking Soledar and Bakhmut. Challengers can be destroyed from the air. Russia should identify the transit point near the Polish border. Lvov is a staging post to bring NATO weapons and I imagine it will be a city that will be destroyed.
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  7745. They said it is the greatest and richest military alliance. The ability to fight is missing.
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  7746.  @SnakePliskin762  'NATO isn't involved in the fighting' The agreement was NATO supplies the arms and money, Ukraine supplies the blood. Unfortunately, Ukraine + NATO got defeated. As Boris Johnson said a defeat to Russia will mean the end of western hegemony. Get it ?
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  7747.  @SnakePliskin762  NATO would not be involved in the fighting directly because cowards are afraid to die. This war was for NATO expansion to Ukraine. Russia defeated that, get it numskull ? Both Biden and Trump have said that Ukraine cannot join NATO.
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  7748.  @chrisrobert5252 Putin said that today's Poland with its borders is a gift of Stalin. If it was left to the Germans, there would be no Poland. If you relied on the British, the Poles would be still waiting to be a country. So don't be an ingrate. The British supposedly went to war to save Poland, but Churchill agreed to give Poland to the Soviets.
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  7749.  @nigelgarrett7970  It is the same Red Army that liberated Auschwitz. Today's Poland is a gift of Stalin; if it was left to the Germans, there would be no Poland. If it was left to the British, the Poles would be waiting for a long time as the Brits were not capable. Get it ?
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  7750. It is wishful thinking. They said blocking the Russian advance in Kiev, sinking the ship, and capture of Snake Island, bombing the Antonovsky bridge were turning points. But the fact is Russia has 20% of the land that generated 90% of Ukraine's GDP, it controls the shipping lanes thereby strangling Ukraine's economy, and it has shut the Zaphorizhia nuclear plant thus cutting 20% of Ukraine's electricity. If Ukraine gets too uppity, Russia will block the wheat shipment, and a tactical nuclear weapon could be used to get unconditional surrender. The Ukrainians are living dangerously.
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  7751. He is British. He said Russia ran out of missiles in 2022. Maybe Russia will give Iran a Kinzhal to test Iran Dome.
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  7752. 'Ukraine ‘actively laying groundwork’ for counterattack in the south' We have been hearing this for weeks. Ukraine's defence minister said with a 1 million army and a handful of Himars, Ukraine was going to recapture Crimea, or was it Kherson, I forget which. The expectation was by August. Ukraine and its handlers have been announcing so actively the counterattack in the south that there is no element of surprise to catch the Russians off guard. Unbelievable fools. The Kherson offensive is the great western hope. Once that does not materialise, the west will themselves backstab Ukraine and ask them to give up the land.
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  7753. Ukraine would not have got independence in the first place without giving up their nuclear arsenal.
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  7754. Amanpour is patronising and conceited (as is usual with western reporters). She asks 'Whether Putin intents the world to be afraid, and would he use the nuclear option ?'. The answer is obvious : yes he does ! Unlike western leaders, Putin does what he says. The west mistook his resolve in Ukraine. If you threaten Russia's existence by putting missiles in Ukraine, Russia will go to war and if the west intervenes, it will use nuclear weapons. It is clear and obvious. NATO and Biden understood, that is why they meekly issued a notice that they will not create a 'no fly zone'. Amanpour wants Putin to agree Ukraine is a sovereign nation, so it can decide whether to join NATO and put American nuclear missiles targeting Russia, and he should guarantee Russia will not use the nuclear option. Incredible cheek ! America and the west want the world to be afraid and do their bidding. Does she dare to question a western leader under what conditions they will use a nuclear weapon ?
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  7755. Russia is 'Just A Gas Pump With Atomic Bomb' but it scares the hell out of the EU. Borrell is frustrated that the EU cannot dictate to Russia like they do to Iraq, Afghanistan, Niger.... The EU is just a collection of vassal states of America. Talk about weakness !
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  7756. At 0:48, this is priceless 'The NATO chief said that the West is willing to 'pay a price' to strengthen the Ukrainan military !!!! What is the price that the west is willing to pay ? Allow Putin to win ! And does the west think afterwards Russia will allow the west to train the Ukrainian military again ? After all their vain bluster, Western defeat and weak thinking are apparent.
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  7757. Ukraine will not negotiate, it will wait for there 'partners' Abrams tanks and the F16s. But the Abrams tanks are there already. Why are they hiding, why have they not breached the Russian lines ?
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  7758.  @_alienblood  If Russia claimed hardly any territory in 2 years, why are the Ukranians fighting ? Their negotiating position is very good.
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  7759.  @_alienblood  Ukraine is fighting because you were pumping them up with money and weapons. That is drying out, then Ukraine has no choice but to surrender.
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  7760.  @_alienblood  That 3 day story, show me the evidence where Putin said that. That was sad by a US general, and then social media attributed it to Putin. Russia generally does not give timelines. It does not advertise offensives, tactics and strategies. When it is finished, they inform you - like capture of Mariopol, Bakhmut. Ukraine and its handlers advertised the summer offensive with time lines. Russia quietly fortified and so came out on top and defeated you. More will go in 2024. Russians play the long game and they know you do not have the stamina. Unlike the west, they don't say 'till however long it takes' and then ditch, they stay the course. They are far cleverer than you. Get it?
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  7761. Once more !
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  7762. I am sure the Ukranians know it is unviable, but their arms will be twisted by the US to show results by hook or crook.
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  7763. Russia has redefined its nuclear strike policy, so that there is no strategic ambiguity. Those who launch missiles inside Russia and those who provide weapons to a proxy to do the same will be struck. Is that a provocation ? Hearing the new notice, Biden did not give permission to his vassal to use Storm Shadows. That was the only sensible course. If Starmer wanted to go ahead on his own, Britain would be left hanging on its own when Russia struck British assets as promised by Putin. NATO is not responding to Russia's 'provocations' only because it knows Russia means business that it will strike NATO assets ! There is no mystery Nielsen. NATO fears Russia's mailed fist.
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  7764.  @freeheeler09  If the west escalates by supplying weapons, instead of persuading Zelensky to negotiate, it is possible that Putin will settle it with a tactical nuclear weapon. After all the, US did it on Japan, and they defend it saying it brought an end to the war. A CIA man has said so, even Zelensky thinks so, he is almost resigned to it. But it will not lead to a world war. Neither the US and NATO want to fight a nuclear war, as they cannot win that, because Russia will do in kind. If they drop a tactical nuke on Kiev, the west will shout about a war crime, but will not do beyond that. If the west wants to save Ukraine, instead of its own false pride, it will make Zelensky negotiate now. The problem is the west feels that then Putin has won. Alternatively, Russia takes Mariopol, and Donbass and then agrees to negotiate (it is a good bargain), without having to use the nuke.
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  7765. All this while, Germany and Europe were denouncing Russia for 'weaponising gas'. But it turns out that it was their great ally that really weaponised gas - but the Germans cannot say it !
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  7766. You are only complaining about Trump's shock and awe because he is applying it to Europe. You have no issue if he applies it to Iranians or Palestinians. You will endorse it and join in. And you will like him to apply the shock and awe to Russia, but the US does not have the capacity. You were sailing in the US boat for so long, very happily, but it started leaking, and the Americans started throwing you aboard to save themselves, so you are complaining.
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  7767. When one see the likes of Stoltenberg, I feel it will be better if the whole of Europe is ruled by Putin. He can make decisions and he is unflinching !
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  7768. Now they can return home and wear those LGBQT bands. That was more important to them than the football (like Germany). The BBC spent its time maligning Qatar, complaining about lack of alcohol. Imagine what their drunken fans would have done afterwards.
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  7769. Russia defeated the collective west including the US. The US gave up. 'Ukrainians will have a very much greater capability, in 3 or 4 years time, to resist any new Russian invasion.” So what is gone at present is gone, you accept defeat, you are just feebly hoping next time around the Ukrainians will be able to resist better. If Ukrainians do not accept neutrality, Russia will turn what is left into a wasteland dependent on EU aid.
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  7770. The Ukrainian people must have realised by now they are merely proxies, and the US will discard them and move on after their elections.
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  7771. Russia must be scared of the almighty British Defence Secretary !
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  7772. Ukraine wanted to threaten and terrorise Russia by getting US to put missiles in its territory. That was its ambition, but Ukraine got thrashed for its misbehaviour. It cannot blame anyone apart from itself for its folly. It now knows it cannot join NATO, and it has lost land, and it cannot be rebuilt without Russian permission and help.
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  7773. Why is she sounding so downcast ?
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  7774. They are not walking free, it is a fabrication your type makes and repeats, to generate self pity for your 'cause'. Why would the majority community (police, law, rulers), support a minority to commit crimes ? It never happens anywhere. The usual is the majority community shows bias and picks on the minority community suspecting it of doing things it did not do - as in the case of the riots over the stabbings of the three girls. Robinson is an uneducated thug who thinks he is entitled because he is white to commit crimes in UK. You think the same way.
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  7775.  @wisnualimartono  Actually, the Jews led Ukraine to this catastrophe : the architect of the 2014 coup was the neocon Jew Victoria Nuland, Zelenksy is a Jew, who got going in his political career due to Igor Kolomovsky, who is another Ukrainian oligarch and Jew, then now there is Blinken the Jew encouraging the war.
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  7776. It was always a mistake of Putin to have a Wagner group, as a private army. It undermines the national army and also creates alternative power centres and a system of warlords. Now Putin needs to arrest Progozhin, and dismantle the Wagner, and let the Russian army continue in Ukraine. The situation is dangerous for if the US tries to meddle as it did in the the Russian civil war in 1917, this time Russia may be forced to use a nuclear weapon. Ukraine will be the obvious first victim as it will serve as a warning to the west, but if the west still tries to interfere, the nuclear war could spread to them as well.
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  7777. This analyst says Ukraine has all the cards - because Zelensky will not agree to Trump's settlement.
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  7778. 'Ukrainians could end it either by victory (unlikely) or negotiation.' Ukraine will end with negotiations - on Russian terms, as that is the only option available.
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  7779.  @Looter92  So what ? Poland is still an inconsequential country. If it misbehaves against Russia, one day it might also get a beating like Ukraine.
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  7780.  @janatlmb2770  What is there to prove that Poland is a country of any importance in world affairs ? That it increased its steel production ?
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  7781.  @citronski  I would not bother about Poland. It is a waste of space, it talks bigger than its capacity. Once US support goes and Poland tries to misbehave with Russia, it will also get Ukrained.
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  7782.  @kirejevas  There was also a second Russian condition for independence. It was that Ukraine would not join any anti-Russian military alliance. Ukraine reneged on that, so it is being administered a good beating, after which it will be a different country.
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  7783.  @rafal1944  Poland is playing a dangerous game, trying to be America's attack dog. There may be change of govt. in Washington, you may have some one who does not want to carry Europe's fight. Or the US may decide it cannot afford Poland and Europe. Poland will then be left to dry out. Then if Poland misbehaves with Russia, it will get Ukrained.
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  7784.  @rafal1944  'Every averagely organised army can deter them.' Then why has not NATO dared to send troops to Ukraine ? The saying about Poland is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. And a gigantic inferiority complex.
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  7785.  @sergeyb8  Russia has not diverted forces from Donbass, it is driving ahead in Donbass to Pokrovsk. The Ukrainians asked people to evacuate from Pokrovsk as they know what is coming. When Pokrovsk falls, more of Donbass will fall. Meanwhile, Ukraine has diverted its scarce troops to Kursk and they are now being liquidated. The Donbass cities had been fortified by Ukrainians over years. Ukraine cannot fortify the areas of Kursk they entered, the Russians will not let them settle in.
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  7786. Denmark eagerly played the role of US attack dog against Russia. It was boasting about NATO as if it was running it. Denmark was making a show of giving away F16s to Ukraine. Now it is better to keep the F16s and ask for Russian and Chinese protection !
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  7787. 'USA and Great Britain are "surely" on the list !!!!' That is why Biden refused Starmer's request to use Storm Shadows on Russia. Biden got the message, Starmer is a vassal, so he has to obey the US.
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  7788.  @stevencharnock9271  Once a Kazen submarine left Russia and the US could not track it for 6 months. Anyhow, when equipped with hypersonic missiles 12 miles of the coast, the missiles will arrive in US cities in less than 5 seconds, and no Patriot can stop them. Get it ? The US knows, that is why Biden has not permitted vassal states to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadows.
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  7789.  @bilbonob548  Yes, my name is Boris, I can see you that you do not have the intellect to frame a rebuttal.
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  7790.  @bilbonob548  Why are you replying to bot if you are so sure ? You do not have the IQ to contest my position.
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  7791. So this bloke thinks he can fight Russia. Do you believe you are capable of it ? The Russians will wipe you out with their hypersonic missiles in a blink of an eye.
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  7792. It is a sure sign things are not going well for Ukraine and there are disagreements behind the scene.
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  7793.  @daphnethurlow5388  'Our counteroffensive = Zelensky's counteroffensive. I am citing what Zelensky is saying.
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  7794. The EU is a mafia led by Nazi looking von Leyen.
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  7795. Ukraine and the west have lost the war. No point now writing if only Ukraine got thousands of Abrams, hundreds of F16s and hundreds of Himars. Even if you had them and gave them, Russia was destroying them. Jake Sullivan admitted the Abrams did not perform as hoped. Russia has hypersonics and Hazel missiles and you have nothing like it. How can Ukraine fight with your inferior technology ?
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  7796. 'Terrorism' is as defined by you. Israel was made by ethnic cleansing and occupation. The victims have every right to fight back. That is why there is a conflict ever since Israel was created by the west. Israel will not be living in peace with others' land and enjoying rave parties. Get it ?
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  7797.  @currawong60911368  What is incorrect, what is the actual agreement ? If you knew, you would spell it out.
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  7798.  @currawong60911368  I was not referring to Budapest Memorandum, so don't make assumptions. Ukraine's conditions for independence were not laid out there. Ukraine had to return the nukes to Russia and agree it will not be part of any military alliance against Russia. Otherwise Ukraine would not have got independence. Ukraine's declaration of independence said it would be neutral and that was prior to Budapest Memorandum. The Budapest Memorandum allows the use of force against Ukraine in self defence. After the 2014 coup instigated by the US, Ukraine wanted to join NATO, thereby threatening Russia with US bases. The US would have placed missiles with a few minutes striking distance of Moscow, and it would have shut out the Russian Black Sea fleet. Thus, in self defence, Russia acted against Ukraine. The Budapest Memorandum assumes US, UK, Russia and Ukraine would cooperate. But the US, UK and Ukraine sneakily plotted against Russia, to get Ukraine into NATO, a military alliance that threatens Russia. Hence, these three sabotaged the Budapest Memorandum, and so Ukraine will not exist. Russia gave Ukraine independence in good faith, even giving away Russian lands like Crimea, Odessa and even Kiev etc. But Ukraine tried to stab Russia in the back. And the US was behind this incitement - as usual. Now you have the result. Ukraine will be no more, it will be partitioned, the Russian part will return to Russia; what may be left will have to agree to be neutral or it will be turned into a wasteland. And the US and UK don't have the guts to go and fight for Ukraine. If they feel the Budapest Memorandum was violated by Russia rather than Ukraine, why don't they send their troops as signatories who guaranteed to defend Ukraine ? Since they have not, they agree to the exception clause that force can be used against Ukraine if Ukraine threatens the security of a signatory. Ukraine's declaration of independence which said it would be neutral was in 1991, Budapest Memorandum was in 1994. Get it ? Don't come here with your half knowledge.
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  7799.  @bneyens  Siemens is a German company, so it is correct to pronounce it the German way than the English/American way. You show the typical Anglo Saxon arrogance.
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  7800. This is the third Ukraine rebuilding conference - the last one was in Switzerland. Rebuilding Ukraine will need Russian permission. They will not allow enemy countries to put foot in Ukraine again.
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  7801. Mohd. Hijab was the proverbial British bulldog.
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  7802.  @ДаряДанилюк-ц6р  Stop pretending you are a shield of Europe. You are just schemers who tried to backstab Russia. Everything Ukraine has was built by USSR. Since you sought to ally with Russia's enemies and stab Russia, your independence is cancelled. The west now cannot afford to give you more resources. Kiev will end like Mariopol and you will submit.
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  7803.  @victorwinner9469  The tide of the war has turned against Ukraine. So your governments are wasting their time and money. How can Russia be crushed ? Ukraine will capture Moscow ? You indulge in emotional claptrap. The west beaten and you also know it. Russia is winning even the economic war.
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  7804. @Mohammad Yousuf The Europeans are happy as servants. They bask in reflected glory by going with the US.
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  7805. The entrance of Sweden is the only thing NATO could say was a win ! It means you will have to send troops to die for America's next military adventure, probably to fight China. But the Americans won't come and die for you - as they have shown Ukraine.
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  7806.  @PresidentMobsterBonespurs  It is a disaster because Sweden has to spend 2% of its GDP funding disasters like Ukraine when there was no threat to Sweden. It means when the US goes on to its next war, it will call Sweden through NATO and Swedes will have to go and die for America. Sweden becomes another vassal.
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  7807.  @kingpietro1279  'because they invaded a country in europe that hasn't happenned since world war 2. Withouth any good reason.' The second statement is a Boris Johnson style pretence of innocence. The US has sought missile and naval bases in Ukraine to shut Russia out from the Black Sea. This was the provocation by the US and its vassals. Ukraine is merely a pawn. It is not an independent democratic state. The US (under the neocon Jew Victoria Nuland) organised a coup in 2014 to overthrow the elected govt. of Victor Yankovich, and install a US friendly regime. So don't pretend innocence. There is good reason for Russia to react as it did. And now you know the cost for Ukraine and Europe. You will supply long range missiles to Ukraine, help them strike Russia, and when Russia hits UK assets as it has said it will do, you will claim it was ' Without any good reason, first time of WW 2. ' You can plead innocence, but Russia has the capacity to destroy Britain with a single hypersonic Sarmat missile, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. It has the capacity to do the same to all NATO nations, and if push comes to shove, Russia will do it. Come out of your delusions about your innocence, you have been warned about the consequences, so don't force Russia to do something it does not want to. Get it ?
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  7808. Trump did the correct thing, otherwise it will become Trump's war and the defeat will be pinned on him. Better get out now.
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  7809. Congratulations to Russia for defeating the collective west !
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  7810. Ukraine withdrew - it did not lose Avdeevka.
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  7811. This story of the 10 is just a fabrication. There is no way of identifying who did what. Even if true, the chance of Ukranains finding them is zero. The Ukranians and the west are wasting their time. Ukraine is going to lose its industrial territory and the coastal lands, and become landlocked. This is the minimum price Ukraine has to pay for persisting with Russophobia and acting as a proxy for America to fight Russia. The maximum price could be a tactical nuclear weapon dropped on Ukraine. I would advise Ukraine to negotiate fast as western arms and false bravado cannot help if the maximum price is extracted. Ukraine has already lost too much by following the west and NATO.
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  7812. You can keep hoping. Ukraine will be dismantled piece by piece, till it agrees to neutrality and learns to control Ukranian Nazis like Azov regiment. Ukraine has to drop NATO membership and its plans to use the US to threaten Russia.
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  7813.  @bonnie7898  'If Russia scuppers the grain deal it will lose any hope of support from China'. Weak reply. NATO announced in Vilnius that China is a threat and enemy. Every Chinese knows the US is targeting China next. China is benefiting from lower prices for energy from Russia, and from Russia accepting payment in yuan. Both China and Russia have an interest in de-dollarisation and ending US hegemony. Russia is the biggest supplier of wheat, it can supply China preferentially, and China can buy in yuan. Your writing shows wishful thinking which is a symptom of the defeated.
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  7814.  @solconcordia4315  'Russia can sink Russia's own ships in its own territorial waters to create artificial reefs, for example, to start an oyster-growing business to feed its people.' Russia is the biggest supplier of wheat in the world. Russia is self sufficient, that is why western sanctions did not affect it. You fellows are burning inside because the world can see Russia is more powerful than the collective west. That is why you make dumb statements.
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  7815. @@Anonymous70339 'The only thing that sinking is Russia' Is that the best you could write ? Whatever your stance, back it up with evidence. If you don't have the IQ, don't write.
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  7816.  @nsevv  Trigger Article 5 ? In Vilnius, the US and NATO did not allow Ukraine into NATO because they want to avoid Ukraine triggering Article 5 at all costs. They know Article 5 means the Russians kill the Americans, and they will not be able to cope with that.
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  7817.  @solconcordia4315  The US can stay on its side of the Atlantic and not come and trigger wars in Europe.
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  7818. There is nothing unfair, Israel is an apartheid state built on land grabbing, it is reaping what it sowed. Get it ?
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  7819. It is difficult for NATO to admit defeat. The collective west believes it is entitled to win.
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  7820. The change in view of the US came about after Russia defeated the collective west and the US realised spending more money could not reverse the defeat. Hence it did the obvious - bale out, and ask the Europeans to take over.
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  7821. “They [Hamas] are steadily losing influence, especially in the international community.” Typical western arrogance - as if it is the international community. They went with the same attitude to Russia and got beaten. Hamas is giving Israel a hard time. Israel cannot find its captives, and the Hamas has killed a lot of IDF. And Hezbollah has striking in the north.
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  7822. The fact is the Leopard tanks will be too little too late. There will be repair problems with them as well. Ukraine will be beaten to death. That is the fact. All that tall talk about pushing Russia out by spring is vain optimism. The west threw Ukraine under the bus and cannot stop the Ukranians being mauled.
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  7823. Italy (and Europe) are dying. It has got nothing to do with immigrants, it has do with their abysmal birth rate - below the 2.1 average needed to sustain the population. There are some villages with only 80 years olds. The population trend cannot be reversed even by fascists. This is the same all over Europe.
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  7824. So you have to be a racist and talk about gassing people to be a UK patriot ?
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  7825. You want something for nothing. Before Russia can withdraw, Ukraine has to sign up to restore neutrality. Otherwise, Ukraine ceases to exist.
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  7826.  @Dan-xx5jq  'But we must tear all of them down. India is a Hindu Nation!' So you want to tear down churches in India and come over to UK to build temples and take out Hindu pride marches and create riots in Leicester. I am all in favour of Suella.
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  7827. I agree with one comment. The negotiations will be between US and Russia. No need for Ukraine, EU and UK !
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  7828. 'please increase arms production and stockpiles across the board...' Last week Rheinmetall of Germany said it will build a tank factory in Ukraine. Easy peasy.
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  7829. 'Russia will never allow Ukraine to join the NATO alliance period.' That was already settled. Biden said at the 2023 Vilnius NATO summit that Ukraine cannot join NATO. Trump has re-affirmed this. Still Russia cannot stop as other objectives are not reached - de-militarisation and de-Nazification.
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  7830. Still these jokers are talking about sanctions ! They have lost the war.
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  7831.  @Henry-yh6vv  And I guess you want to ignore the part that the British settled the Jews of Europe in Palestine, and not in their own country. You want to ignore the fact that the British and Americans overthrew the govt. of PM Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 and that is why the Iran calls the Americans and British the big and small Satan brothers. The British, French and Israelis jointly attacked Egypt over the Suez Canal in 1956. That is Britain's sordid record and they have not changed one bit.
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  7832.  @joev2223  The confrontation is not limited to current war with Iran. The aggressor is the Jew who came from Europe to Palestine, drove out the native population and said we shall live here because our God said so. The Jews were a problem in Europe and they have become a problem for the Middle East. Get it, numskull ?
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  7833. Russia is very clear what the terms are, they don't shift goal posts. Look at the confused west : first they said 'Ukraine should win and we shall support as long as it takes'; then they said 'Putin should not win' as it will end our rules based order; now they say 'we have to support Ukraine so it has a strong negotiating position'.
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  7834. Germany should pluck up the courage to tell the Americans its interests lie with Russia and not with America's NATO expansion. They should remind the EU and Americans that Merkel and Sarkozy had opposed induction of Ukraine into NATO in 2008, saying it would lead to war, but America has bullied Germany and France into accepting. Victoria Nuland was caught on tape saying 'F..k the EU. Merkel has in fact proved to be right. Europe has no future if it continues being a door mat for America's machinations.
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  7835.  @mikedon5205  The normal method of execution of Nazis is by firing squad. It is a lot cheaper, why will Russia use an expensive rocket ? The UKranians bungling is entirely possible.
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  7836.  @norman4588  There is no Geneva Convention for Nazis and merecenaries. The Azov Batallion consists of certified Ukro Nazis.
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  7837.  @mugenmugen9632  Very correctly written. The Budapest memorandum holds for Belarus and Kazakhstan, but it was nullified for Ukraine due to its ganging up against Russia with two of the other guarantors (US and UK), to join a military alliance targeting Russia.
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  7838. Iran clearly does not give a damn about the US. Why should they, they cut relations with them 50 years ago ? Perhaps it is the only country to do so. And they make missiles and drones despite all sanctions. It is a country with self respect. It is not willing to be a door mat of the US, unlike the Europeans.
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  7839. NATO was the aggressor expanding eastwards after promising it will not move one inch to the east. Russia squashed NATO ambitions and the west is licking its wounds.
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  7840. There can be a Ukraine only if it signs to going back to neutrality. Otherwise there will be no Ukraine. It will be a wasteland.
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  7841.  @SilverSliver9999  You tried to back stab Russia and threaten it trying to get US and NATO missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Hence, Ukrianian independence had to be cancelled. Still Russia showed a humanitarian gesture and allowed you to export grain. Now with continued misbehaviour, Russia had to take back that export licence, and destroy your power structure. Now there is more coming.
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  7842.  @jerrynaga5917  NATO is the cause for Ukraine's misery. Ukraine ain't going to join NATO, and Russia will make Ukraine a waste land.
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  7843.  @The_Judge300  Russia may say Ukraine belongs to Russia.
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  7844.  @noricardas1  Sweden and Finland joins NATO - only if Turks agree. So far not.
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  7845.  @onyeachuikwuakolam5537  The demand was not for Donbass. The demand was for Ukraine to stick to its Independence Declaration which promised not joining any military alliance.
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  7846.  @cosmonaut9942  It does not violate Budapest Memorandum. You have never read it. The Memorandum has an exception clause saying force will not be used unless Ukraine threatens the security of one party. It also says in the event of a dispute, the signatories US, UK, Russia and Ukraine will sit together and consult. Russia wrote to the US in Dec. 2021 asking for a security guarantee. The US refused. The US has conspired with Ukraine to plot against the security of a key signatory, Russia. That is a violation of the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum. The spirit was all parties guarantee the independence of Ukraine, and not the two western powers gang up with Ukraine against Russia.
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  7847.  @waynekannegiesser5948  Ukraine belongs to Russia. Independence was granted, but Ukraine started misbehaving against Russia from 2014, so that is the end of Ukraine.
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  7848.  @redeyexxx1841  Ukraine's independence was based on 3 conditons - it gives up nukes, it does not join any military alliance, it allows Russia to lease Sevastopol in Crimea for the Black Sea port. From 2014, Ukraine tried to join NATO, a military alliance whose sole purpose is anti Russian. Hence, Russia is cancelling Ukraine's independence. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone and is not coming back. 20% is retaken back, the rest is effectively made landlocked and will be reduced to a wasteland. There is no way Russia will allow the US to have bases in Ukraine.
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  7849.  @redeyexxx1841  Sovereignty does not entitle you to invite a power from across the Atlantic to put missiles in your country to threaten a superpower. In that case, the superpower will destroy you. If the Russians stirred up anti US politicians and Canada and created a coup, and the new govt. asked Russia to give it arms and training against the US, do you think the US will keep quiet ? The US has a Monroe doctrine saying it will not allow a foreign power to come and settle in its continent. So don't put on airs.
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  7850.  @redeyexxx1841  Read what I wrote. The commitment to neutrality was in Ukraine's Independence Declaration, not Budapest Memorandum. Even recently Putin said he had no objection to Ukraine joining the EU (an economic alliance). NATO is a military alliance with the sold purpose of attacking Russia. Ukraine wanted to join it after 2014 US sponsored coup, it is paying the price for reneging on the commitment to neutrality. Article 2 of Budapest Memorandum The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. The parties can use weapons against Ukraine in self defence. Ukraine wanted to get into NATO, give US missile and naval bases, and use Article 5 to get the US to threaten Russia. Hence, in pre-emptive self defence, Russia took a military technical action against Ukraine according to the Budapest Memorandum. Article 6 of Budapest Memorandum The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will consult in the event a situation arises which raises a question concerning these commitments. Russia requested a consultation with the US for a security guarantee in Dec, 2021, the US declined which is a violation of Article 6. The US had acted in bad faith - they wanted to have bases in Ukraine by hook or crook. Also the Budapest Memorandum did not foresee western duplicity. One guarantor the US conspired with Ukraine to threaten the most important guarantor, Russia. That was sheer wickedness. Hence, Ukraine is a failed country. Hence the situation today. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good, part will be re-absorbed and the remainder either has to sign neutrality or face being turned into a wasteland. With US guidance, Ukraine that remains will be a wasteland.
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  7851. ​ @onyeachuikwuakolam5537  You are an ignorant. Putin annexed Crimea only after the US staged a coup using anti Russian Ukro Nazis in 2014, who changed the constitution and put NATO entry as an objective. The plan was to get into NATO, give the US naval bases, cancel the agreement to lease Sevastapol in Crimea to Russia, and seek Article 5 protection. Putin being a great chess master saw through the plan and took Crimea immediately. Putin said recently it is better to fight now, because later (if the US got bases in Ukraine), Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to dislodge Russia. Learn the order of events before coming here.
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  7852.  @redeyexxx1841  The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine, passed on July 1, 1990, declares that the country has the “intention of becoming a permanently neutral state that does not participate in military blocs and adheres to three nuclear free principles…” (Declaration of State Sovereignty 1990: Art. IX). Furthermore, the Ukrainian Constitution, which bases itself on the Declaration of Independence of August 24, 1991, contains these basic principles of non-coalition and future neutrality. 'Article 6 only works if Russia invaded Ukraine. ' What are you saying ? Article 6 was to prevent invasion. You are unintelligent, you neither read nor understand, but you will cite Budapest Memoandum.
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  7853.  @waynekannegiesser5948  Independence does not give you the right to bring the US to threaten Russia. Get it ? If Palestinians got independence, it does not mean Israel will allow it to threaten others.
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  7854. Ukraine is like a drugee that has got its last shot, and feels rejuvenated. The $ 60 million will not change the outcome. This is what a commentator on Sky Australia says. Ukraine cannot get back what it has lost. Ukraine's position is not sustainable. Going to war with a super power, based on money and arms from a far off country, whose political system may reverse the decision, is foolhardy. The Ukranian lady herself says more money will be needed and quotes Biden's statement about supporting for however long it takes, forgetting that Biden may not be in power and others may not accept the burden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5sa4mXJnCw
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  7855. 'We shall support Ukraine for as long as it takes' has become 'we shall support Ukraine for how long as we can'. Ukraine is abandoned. The collective west provoked Russia and has lost.
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  7856. Awesome !
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  7857. And the Europeans are fighting Russia to get Ukraine into the EU which is breaking apart ! Britain left. This Meloni does not have much commitment to the EU either.
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  7858. Sweden and Finland joined because they are weak and scared. They cannot alter the west's defeat in Ukraine.
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  7859. No one among you has the guts to fight Russia. Sir Vladimir had said you will face consequences you have not faced before. Biden got the message and backed of demands for a no fly zone. Do you understand what he meant, numskull ?
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  7860. You will not be able to take the casualties Russia will inflict on you. You do not have Russia's arsenal and you do not have courageous hardy soldiers like Russia has. You will be the last to sign up for a European ground force.
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  7861. The Russian counter offensive has started. They destroyed ammo dump in Pavlograd. And they have increased the air attacks.
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  7862. Maybe Taliban should have been recognised 20 years ago ! Why is Farrage bouncing up and down in rage ? The US claims it deactivated the equipment. The Taliban can get the Chinese and Russians to investigate the helicopters. On recognising Taliban, the question is whether Taliban wants to have ties with the US ! Iran has not accepted the US for 50 years. Taliban might feel the same way. They may opt to work with China and Russia.
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  7863. Cyber attacks were first started by the US against Russia and China. Eventually Russia and China learned how to do the same and retaliated. And the Russians became the best, and the west is complaining they are targeting everything ! The west should realise Russia can cut undersea cables, they can blow up telecom satellites. If you hit you once, they will hit you twice.
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  7864. And what is the NATO response ? Call in the ambassador. What the hell can Poland or even NATO do ? Nothing. Russia missiles come too fast, the dim Poles only realise after the event.
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  7865. Alarmist noise from a useless Ukranian as he stares defeat and realises the west cannot stop it. Russia will come after only Europeans who threaten them. For example, Lithuania if it tries to blockade Kaliningrad.
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  7866.  @humanieryt  Childish reply. You cannot refute anything I wrote.
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  7867.  @gamer228r  I am an American living in Afghanistan.
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  7868.  mksln  Your buddy Zelensky will be migrating to Israel to serve in the IDF with his benefactor Kolomovsky. He knows the war in Ukraine is lost.
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  7869.  @thomasdracup8403  Hitler was a defeatist also. He had to commit suicide as the Red Army approached. Zelensky will commit suicide or will be airlifted to Israel where he can engage in another war.
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  7870.  @Anekantavad  'Geopolitically, the Russians have already "lost this one".' How ? Just because you stated so. Russia's achievements go beyond Ukraine, it has neutralised NATO, it has created a new world order, started de-dollarisation and ended western hegemony. Get it ? 'Putin almost certainly regrets ever having ordered his army into Ukraine.' Ukraine regrets fighting a proxy war for the US as it now realises it will be ditched. That is why people are avoiding conscription. Get it ? Numskull.
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  7871.  @michu6777  That is an effort to claim diminished responsibility. Why was not NATO disbanded when Warsaw Pact was dissolved ? NATO expansion has brought war, caused the demolition of Ukraine, and wrecked European economies, and brought insecurity to Europe. Yet, you tell us we need more NATO to defend us. Numskull !
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  7872.  @borisgurevich5504  Oh right, you think Ukraine is winning because Zelensky announced a Victory Plan.
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  7873.  @trytwicelikemice3190  The problem is the Baltics and Poland have become belligerent, and they are living dangerously because they think they have US support. Ukraine also thought the same, and tried to misbehave with Russia, and it got beaten into a pulp. Look at Lithuania. In 2022, it tried to show off by organising a blockade of Russian trains to Kaliningrad, piously stating it was enforcing EU sanctions. Lithuania's independence was based on giving Russian trains to Kaliningrad a land corridor. Two weeks later a Russian politician said it was time to reconsider Lithuania's independence. The media reported Russia can seize the Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics. Within a few days, Lithuania climbed down and abandoned the blockade. If it had not, Russia would have seized the Baltics regardless of Article 5 - and the Lithuanians would have found the US would not come to fight for it, and the rest of the Europeans are useless. As for Poland, it acts like America's attack dog. Putin reminded that Poland was a gift of Stalin. If it had been left to Germany, there would be no Poland. The Poles were unable to free themselves from the Germans. If they had waited for the British, they would have been waiting a long time. It was the Red Army that got to Auschwitz and freed the Poles. Stalin could have incorporated Poland into the Soviet Union, but he did not. Stalin gave one of the Red Army's greatest generals, Konstantin Rokossovsky, a Polish officer who became a Marshall of the Soviet Union, to become Poland's defence minister. I would advise the Poles not to be ingrates. So don't put on self-righteous airs about the Baltics, Poland, EU and NATO. You want to bait the bear, then don't cry when the bear mauls you.
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  7874.  @HomeFromFarAway  What is the point I missed in the video. The claim Anders makes is that Russia is after geopolitical influence, and it is not so much after land. That may be correct, but that was obvious. He makes out that very few people in the west understand this and he talks like he is a singularly wise man. What he does not say is that the US was also after geopolitical control of Ukraine, so much that it funded a coup in 2014, led by Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, which overthrew the elected government. The neocon Jewess Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowd celebrating he overthrow. What are US government officials doing in a Ukrainian Nazi led movement ? Why is the US seeking geopolitical control so far from home ? If you watched the video and I missed something, you can correct me. You will not be able to answer the above.
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  7875.  @dankengine5304  Annexing land was not the primary aim. It happened as a corollary to Ukraine not accepting to go back to neutrality and choosing to fight. If you threaten Russia, and you fight and lose, the borders will be re-arranged. Just like Germany lost its eastern lands like Prussia, and Stalin rearranged Germany and Europe's map, Ukraine will lose its eastern lands and Russia will rearrange its geometry. If Ukraine had accepted to retain its neutrality, it would have all including Crimea. Instead, it chose to bring in the US which was seeking naval bases in Ukraine to cut off Russia. Ukraine fought, it lost, and the US is washing its hands off.
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  7876.  @dankengine5304  Ukraine of 1991 will not exist. That everyone understands including the Ukrainians. Ukraine will be partitioned, Russian areas will go back to Russia including Kiev and Odessa, and the remainder will be rendered into a wasteland; or Russia will take all of it, if Ukraine does not sign up for neutrality. There will be no NATO bases in Ukraine, a position the west now understands. Get it ?
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  7877. Obvious, problem is the Ukrainian govt. is a US implant. It cannot take a decision solely based on what is good for Ukraine. If Boris Johnson says that negotiations should stop, Ukrainian leaders had to obey.
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  7878. First of all, Ukraine could not have got independence without surrendering the nuclear weapons. So that cannot be an argument. Only US and UK should be held accountable. They were co-guarantors of Ukraine with Russia, but these two plotted to turn Ukraine against Russia, by trying to induct it into NATO. Russia realised that scheme and saw it is as betrayal.
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  7879. 'Ukraine would be to make them part of NATO.' Russia will make Ukraine a waste land and even use a nuke to prevent US bases in Ukraine. The US knows it. So forget NATO entry. The US will walk away from Ukraine after some time.
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  7880. Ukraine will be waiting indefinitely for their victory promised by Zelensky and the west.
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  7881.  @humbleindian6303  China is not pressurising Russia. That is your anti Sino interpretation to cover India's weakness. Russia has good relations with China and India. It would be happy to use rupees if India made goods it wants. Whereas with the yuan, it is gold backed and Russia can buy goods people want. I have said this and Palki concludes with that. Has India offered to pay in gold ? I don't think so. The video does not say so. Indians want something for nothing. India can resist payment in yuan, it has to go and buy oil from Arabs in dollars. India's gold is in the form of jewelry which women hoard, and in temples which the priests hoard.
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  7882.  @suryamitra7397  Past deals were done in rupees. But that leads to a problem as India does not produce anything Russia can buy. 'So if you don't want Rupees, just don't ship.' Yes, that is how it is going to be with future contracts with Russia. Yuan or gold. 'Don't worry about us in India, we can find other sources.' Why do Indians put on an aggrieved air ? Russia has been a friend overall. Yes, you can get oil from Arabs and pay in dollars. But it will not be discounted. And since India is going out of its way to support Israel, and Arabs are starting to understand Indians have developed a deep animosity to them, then oil from other sources may also be in jeopardy. You can ask Israel for oil. Indians should ask why they have not developed a gold back rupee and why they cannot manufacture like China.
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  7883.  @suryamitra7397  If there is not enough gold to back your rupee, at least make goods and services that other countries can purchase. The reason even your friend does not want your rupee is that Indian does not make anything that anyone wants. I have not seen any Made in India products. Some years back, one used to see some textiles from India, but even that comes from Bangladesh and Vietnam now. Whereas with the yuan, Russia can buy very good cars, mobiles etc. from China. Alright, you can get oil from the Arabs at full market price - but you have to pay in dollars. The US rigged the world trade in its favour by forcing the Arabs to sell oil - only in dollars. The US currency is backed not by gold, but by Arab oil. It uses military power to maintain that. India cannot do that.
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  7884.  @suryamitra7397  Jags made in India is creative way to settle what Russia can do with its rupees. But how much will they be able to spend on that ? The basic reality is India's manufacturing supplies 2% of the world, China supplies 25%. That cannot be changed, and I do not see any effort by your govt. They make short lived campaigns about 'Make in India', but largely their aim is short term, about how to keep Modi in power.
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  7885. Ukraine will not exist. Some if it will be back under Russia, and the rest will be made into a wasteland.
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  7886. Where are those brave Macabee football hooligans who rioted in Amsterdam and complained about a pogrom they faced ? Cowering some where ?
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  7887. Has Russia declared a summer offensive ? They are not like the Ukrainians, broadcasting their plans. This joker Nielsen had been telling us in 2023 that Ukraine will capture Crimea in their offensive. Now he is grudgingly admitting the Russians are advancing.
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  7888. Why are the Australians and British badmouthing American President ? They are dependents of America. There is no special relationship.
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  7889. It is more than 300 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza. That is why they are refusing to fight.
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  7890. This is city was built by Catherine the Great, it was gifted to Ukraine during the Soviet Union. Due to Ukranian misbehaviour, it is essential for Russia to take Odessa once Donbass is completed. Besides the port has to be taken so that it is not a future US naval base.
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  7891. 'Europe, even just its top few countries, has way more money, way more tech, way more people and resources than Russia' Yet the EU + the US were beaten by Russia. The US could not afford to continue and just gave up, and the Europeans can't even produce shells. Hence, Russia's achievement is super. Get it ?
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  7892. Ursula has said the Ukro Nazis are part of the European family.
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  7893. Norway has no credibility. It dares not say who exploded the Nordstream pipe.
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  7894. The west is not worried about Ukrainian casualties. They are worried about their own loss of face - how can they admit Russia beat an alliance of 40 despite their claims of superiority over Russia in technology and economy ? The western public has believed their media's mistruths.
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  7895. Ah yes, Israelis are used to torturing others, how can they face torture themselves ? We should be all be grieving for Israelis. But I am not.
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  7896. He said he does not know the cause for the crash - but he has opinions !
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  7897. Ukraine does acting on NATO stage.
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  7898.  @olenabi  I give objective analysis. The best choice for Ukraine had been to continue with the negotiations around March 2022 , but you chose to listen to your masters in NATO. Now, you are losing, hence the US did not let you into NATO. The best choice ahead is to surrender and give up on NATO. There is no point getting killed for those who boast they are weakening Russia without losing a single NATO life.
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  7899. This British genius says you have to put your effort into building up the Ukrainian army ! The Ukrainian army got slaughtered in Bakhmut and in the wretched counter offensive which was demanded by NATO. Now, the youth do not want to enlist, they are trying to escape, and the ones abroad refuse to come back. They have realised there is no point fighting as a proxy for America, against mighty Russia, and they have sensed the US will abandon them after the elections. The Europeans and British are useless, they are all mouth and no trousers, they have nothing to match mighty Russia. Why don't the British build up the Ukrainian army by direct enlistment of their people who are so outraged about Russia ? Ah, yes, they become faint hearted at the thought of fighting mighty Russia.
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  7900. Why do you entertain losers like Hodges ? He is the type who has been telling us that Ukrainian victory is just around the corner, the west needs to give just a little more arms and money. Ukrainian victory was never around the corner. It was a delusion. Trump recognises that. Russia's strategic victory is comprehensive. Russian speaking zones of Ukraine have returned to Russia. Odessa remains. Whatever is left of Ukraine will never be in NATO. Even further, the war has ended the US-Euro trans-Atlantic alliance for good. NATO is now meaningless and Trump may withdraw from NATO. Europe has to come to terms with the fact Russia is the sole superpower in the continent. And it is better to get on with Russia than behave like Poland, Baltics, UK etc.
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  7901. The Ukrainians are hiding from enforced conscription, and those who are at the frontlines are deserting. The Russians are moving forward. So what is your point ? Ukraine is beaten and has no future and it will be abandoned.
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  7902. Look at the standard of NATO trained Ukrainians, they were beaten in the 2023 counter offensive and they are losing more. There will be no Ukraine.
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  7903. The British Army is certainly not a fighting force against Russia - no one in NATO is, not even the US when it comes to fighting the Russian army. The Ukrainains can fight because they are Little Russians, hardy people from the same family. If NATO for one moment thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. While they scraped through in Afghanistan with a few thousand of NATO forces killed in 20 years, fighting Russia would involve tens of thousands of western soldiers killed . Afghan fighters only had RPGs mounted on Toyota pickups and IEDs. Russia on the other hand has unbelievable firepower. In WW 2, as the Red Army approached Berlin, Gen. Montogomery asked Gen. Eisenhower who was in charge of the western command, whether the western armies could race to Berlin before the Soviets. Eisenhower stopped the silly idea as he was sure the Red Army would not stop with fighting the Germans, but it would fight the western armies. He had seen the Red Army was willing to take any casualties which the US army cannot. The British Defence Minister Ben Wallace said in the first month that a alliance of Britain, France and Turkey kicked the backside of the Tsar in the Crimean War in the 1850s, and it could do it again ! It struck me as vain bravado and British delusions of being a great power (a colonial nostalgia). Now the US general says the British do not have an army. They cannot afford it. Ben Wallace demands money but Sunak in the present condition cannot afford it.
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  7904. The Ukranians will be working a long time to have electricity. Russia intends to return Ukraine to its agricultural days before the Soviet Union industrialised it. Ukraine is paying for its folly of trying to team up with the US and give it bases to threaten Russia. When Russia gave Ukraine a beating, the US played safe, it did not send troops to save its surrogate, it gave Ukraine some weapons. The Americans do not want to die. Why should they when there are foolhardy Ukranians to die for them ? Anyway, why is Zelensky warning of further Russian missile strikes ? In the first month, he declared Russia has ammunition for just 3 days.
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  7905. So you thought Ukranians had won the war a few months ago ? Do you now understand they have not and will not ever win if they follow the US ?
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  7906. These British jokers have lost against Russia, and after that debacle, their leaders do not take responsibility for their miscalculations, instead they try to rally their people by showing off that they have a serious plan to defeat Russia - in the next war ! They are accusing in effect that the British public, saying it has grown soft and lazy, and that is the cause for the defeat in Ukraine. Whereas they should answer why they did not agree to a security guarantee that Russia asked; why BoJo pressed Ukraine to abandon a peace deal struck in Turkey; why Britain is a vassal of the US and sacrifices its own interest for the US. If Britain fights Russia, with or without the US, it will be defeated. The Ukranians are braver fighters than the British ever will be, but even the Ukranians could not win.
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  7907. How can it be 30% of power stations ? That was 3 weeks ago. It must be 50% by now. Russia will make it 100% by winter. Western plan for reconstruction : it is pious talk, it ain't going to happen, it needs permission from Russia. Russia will not give permission till Ukraine signs up on neutrality, which means keeping NATO out. Immediate expenditure : $38 bn, people are hard up in the west. Giving extra money to make Donbass Russian people support Ukraine : laughable ploy to extract money from the west. Cragg is a western hack, always trying to put Ukraine's weakest ploys as something very intelligent.
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  7908. Starmer, or Rayner - not comparison to wartime leaders like Putin and Stalin.
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  7909. Notice CNN does not ask this commander why these civilians and children are embedded with the military. It is incredible. Russia should allow the civilians out, but get rid of these Nazi Azov fighters. There can be no third option for 'extraction'. How can he even ask Russia to consider it ? These fighters have shot at Russians, so there can be no other option than surrender or be killed.
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  7910.  @hardto994  You have been saying this since 2022. The rouble will be rubble. Yet, it is the west that is begging for negotiations, and asking Ukraine to cede land. Losers are now left with delusions that Russia will collapse somehow.
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  7911.  @MIchaelSybi  Learn to write English.
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  7912.  @admhc2013  In fighting Russia, Poland is squandering its future like Ukraine.
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  7913. Good, that is the end of the Ukraine war. But concern was that it will lead to giving Israel a totally free hand. But even if Trump does that, Israel is in a losing position, as it cannot fight a long war of attrition due to lack of manpower. There are divisions in Israel. Netanyahu has sacked Defence Minister Gallant and riots have broken out in Israel. Trump cannot save Israel from self destruction.
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  7914. Yes, a tactical nuclear weapon could be used, but it will not lead to WW 3. Why would it ?
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  7915. If you stand with Israel, you have no credibility, you are supporter of an apartheid and fascist state.
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  7916. When the west talks like this about terrorism, war crimes etc., you know they feel defeated and have no answer to Russian might. They always knew they cannot fight Russia militarily and now they know they cannot win the war on the economy, so they are left with vain moral rhetoric. Pathetic lot.
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  7917. The war will end when the US feels Ukraine cannot win and the US cannot afford to sustain them.
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  7918.  @OnigiriKaizoku  Ukraine wanted to give US missile and naval bases to threaten Russia. A condition for Ukraine's independence was it would be neutral and would not join any military alliance. The US tried to seduce Ukraine, and encouraged it to fight Russia. Russia took action and defeated NATO designs. Ukraine of 1992 will not exist.
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  7919. They may have the best weapons.... Even that is not sure. The Leopards were incinerated. The Challenger tank was hidden and when it came out, one was destroyed. The US does not want to send Abrams to the front ! Their production capacity is indeed limited. All this was known, why did the US and UK push Ukraine to fight Russia ? It was criminal.
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  7920.  @rezatravilla2893  'If there is money, production won't be an issue.' The US has been living off printing money. Why can't they print more ?
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  7921.  @ffffuchs  'Russia lost more equipment in a single week at Avdiivka than Ukraine during the entire summer'. Russia has been fighting with shovels since Bakhmut. But they are trouncing Ukraine and the west. Why is that ?
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  7922. Emile is the wittiest political analyst ! Maria Kallas, Truss, Baerbock, Blinkenstein and the other western baboons compared against Lavrov, Peskov, Zakharova, Chinese foreign minister, Jaishankar....How did the west end up like this ?
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  7923. At least there is a change in tone. Starmer only talks now of putting Ukraine into the strongest possible position - not anymore of Ukraine and the west defeating Russia. Earlier, Boris Johnson said 'we must not allow Putin to win'. Now, it is only about salvaging something from defeat - wounded pride. As for the 100 year agreement with Ukraine; that is laughable - Ukraine will not exist. And as for NATO being the strongest ever, what is he talking about ? Finland and Sweden joining did not change the outcome. And if Trump distances himself from NATO, that will be its end. The British are the most lost. They withdrew from the EU, the US does not see any special relationship, and Britain wants to fight Russia, China and support Israel.
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  7924. Americans will support war crimes investigation. Hmm... when will Americans investigate their won war crimes including Guantanimo Bay ?
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  7925. The same as western narrative in Ukraine - 110% intercepted by Patriots but power grid is gone.
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  7926.  @SecretAgentBartFargo  The Israelis and the west will not show any missile hitting a military target, right ? They will always hide that. And they will show the ones that did not hit, and you will conclude all missed. The western reports from Ukraine show a missile hit an apartment, but do not show Abrams tanks burnt after a hit.
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  7927. Looks like bear is on the prowl.
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  7928.  @jeremytine  Nuclear escalation will not be good for anyone. But if it needs to be done, it will be done. Russia does not bluff. And Ukraine will be the first recipient.
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  7929.  @danielvilliers612  Wishful thinking.
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  7930.  @danielvilliers612  'Ukrainians could just contour them as the German did with the Maginot line.' There is no where to contuour the Russian fortifications. There is no forest. The Ukranians have to go through fortifications and they just cannot do it. The Ukrainians knows their hopeless position, they did not want to do this counter offensive, they are pressed into it by their handlers and donors who want to tell their public the benefit of the money they are squandering.
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  7931. Russia has made EU and NATO to fall apart. Trump and Vance will complete that.
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  7932.  @Szminsky  Is that the best you could write ?
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  7933.  @Szminsky  The US is the only country that matters. If you are from Poland, Baltics and similar useless countries, your tax money will not make any difference. The war is lost and you have difficulty coming to terms with the reality.
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  7934. ​ @Szminsky  Nobody is going to stop your donations to Ukraine, they are irrelevant, Ukraine was defeated in 2023, and it is not in a position to reverse this. Tax money is sent to Ukraine by countries and not individuals, and countries are backing down as defeat filters through. The US will cut money. Germany has already announced that it will halve the Ukraine aid budget. There is no point pouring money into a lost cause. The rest don't matter. Let that be a lesson for you - Russia is mightier than a superpower plus 32 nations. If you are from Poland, Baltics, don't misbehave with Russia because you will also be Ukrained if needed. And don't think the US will come to your aid because of Article 5. These countries only misbehave because they imagine the US will come to fight for them.
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  7935. There are Russian civilians and not just military living on either side of the bridge. Blowing up the bridge also cuts off supply lines for civilians. Hence, it is terrorism. Don't put on airs and pretend Ukraine and the west are innocent. The west has been inciting NATO expansion to threaten Russia. The brain centre for Ukraine's war is in Kiev, so Russia will destroy that. Civilians will also lose. If Russia has to use a tactical nuclear weapon to force unconditional surrender, it cannot pinpoint it on the leadership of Kiev, all of Kiev will disappear. It has been done before by the west, so you should not be putting on airs.
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  7936. Lithuania thinks it became a superpower after leaving the Soviet Union !
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  7937. Ukranians are lying in the gutter or the grave. Where is the victory you are dreaming of ? You will be used by the west and cast aside like Afghamistan and Iraq.
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  7938. Their 'strategic' idea was to seize Kursk and demand Russia to give back 4 oblasts and Crimea ! I think this harebrained scheme was not their own, it was US and UK.
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  7939.  @Crashed131963 It is a civil war. The Russians will not allow US to put missile and naval uses in Ukraine to threaten Russia. In that Ukraine will have to cease to exist. The second aspect is that it is a civil war. 20% are Russian speakers and the Ukro Nazis like the Azov Batallion promote Ukranian ethno nationalism against the Russians.
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  7940.  @Crashed131963  There are Russian speakers in Ukraine, some 20% and the Ukranian ethno nationalists are targeting them because they want to keep Russian language and have ties with Russia. That leads to civil war and outside interventions. The US has been stoking this Ukro ethno nationalism to get a foothold for bases in Ukraine. It financed the coup in 2014. Russia will not allow US bases in Ukraine.
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  7941. ​ @Crashed131963  Your comparison with Indians/Chinese in Canada is vacuous. Crimea, Donbass and Odessa were Russian from the time of Catherine the Great. They were attached to the Ukraine by Lenin. Even after 1991, Russia gifted these Russian parts to Ukraine due to brotherly good will. Since the last 15 years, the Ukranians started misbehaving with Russians. Hence, Russia is taking back these Russian lands. And if the Ukranians continue to misbehave, even the less Russian parts of Ukraine will be turned into a waste land. These are the facts of life. Adjust to reality.
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  7942.  @Crashed131963  Ukraine was given independence in 1991 in all good faith. Two of the conditions and understandings were return of nuclear weapons and Ukraine would be neutral and not join any military alliance. Sovereignty does not give one the right to team up with a foreign power and threaten a neighbouring superpower. The US also had to answer why it is a predatory power encroaching and threatening other countries. The US has something called the Monroe doctrine which declares the US will wage war against any foreign power that tries to set up military bases in the American continent. If Russia came to Mexico or Canada, and set up bases, the US would go to war. So it is not as simple as 'under modern 2022 law Ukraine is a independent country.' You are a typical duplicitous westerner who wants to have his cake and eat it, and sermonise to others. Why was NATO not disbanded when Warsaw pact disbanded ? US led NATO expansion brought the UKraine war. Russia is not going to allow US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. If it means Ukraine has to be taken back, or be destroyed so be it.
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  7943.  @sharonevans4369  The Ukranians tried to bring in the US and NATO, and give them bases to threaten Russia. That is the issue, that is why they are getting a beating. They are not so innocent as you pretend.
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  7944.  @dennismatthews1208  No more dancing videos of Ukranians, now we have their boxer Klitscko pleading tearfully that Russia wants to have Ukraine without Ukrainains. As a boxer he should know, if you punch, you will get a counter punch.
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  7945.  @jonsnow6274  Ukraine's handler, the US, is now advising Ukraine to consider negotiating. Why ?
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  7946.  @kateryna5284  'So it’s Putin and all those who closed their eyes on truth you should be grateful for wasting your money, not to those who are ready to give their lives for values you are proud of in the West.' No, Putin very clearly warned against NATO expansion. The west closed its eyes on Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion that took part in the US financed coup of 2014. If they had values, they would not have backed these Ukro Nazis and their ethno nationalism.
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  7947.  @Crashed131963  There can be no European security without security for Russia. You understand ? Russia has been invaded and suffered grievously due to Europeans - Swedes, Poles, French, Germans. It is in Russia's collective memory. The US does not share a continent with Europe, but it comes to disturb European security on behest of its arms mafia. After blowing up Nordstream pipe, it is clear that the US is a predator that will stab even its allies for gain. In Ukraine, the US is seeking not only missile bases, it is seeking naval bases. Sevastopol in the Crimea is the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet. If Ukraine joined NATO, it could ask Russia to leave Sevastopol and the US Seventh Fleet will sail from there. Russia therefore took Crimea. Russia is not going to allow US missile and naval bases in the Ukraine. That is a red line it will not allow the US to cross. If Russia needs to take back Ukraine, or destroy it, or nuke it, so be it. . Putin had said he has no objection to Ukraine joining EU - that is an economic alliance. But he will not allow NATO spreading its tentacles in Russia's underbelly. The US has a Monroe doctrine that says the US will not allow any non-American power to come to the Americas and set up military bases. So don't moralise and put on airs. Sweden and Finland are irrelevant countries. Even if the Turks permitted them to join, they will not make NATO any stronger. NATO is an alliance for weaklings. This war has proved Russia is stronger than US and Europe put together. Russia was not planning to attack Sweden or Finland. But if these countries misbehave like Ukraine and threaten Russia, then Russia will hit them, whether NATO or no NATO. Lithuania which is in NATO tried to blockade Kaliningrad using EU sanctions as an excuse. One Russian politician said Lithuanian independence should be cancelled. Then the EU panicked and asked Lithuania to climb down. Russia does carry the big stick and will use it against those who threaten it, whether it is US or Ukraine. You need to sobre up to the reality. Sir Putin says 'if you hit me once, I shall hit you twice'. That is how he deals with the west.
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  7948.  @kateryna5284  Digital passport for a country whose borders are unsettled ! Maybe to speed up the refugee process.
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  7949. Britain should stop grovelling to the Americans and fantasizing about a special relationship. Build relations with Europe, China, Middle East, India, Brics and that includes Russia. Americans will then need you. Stop supporting American wars.
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  7950. Putin has to hit Ukraine very hard - and that means Oreshnik or nuclear - to maintain deterrence against the west. Putin took a decisive step to take the Crimea in 2014. The SMO was a correct step and has been successful to stop NATO expansion to Ukraine. In fact, Russia has won the land war, and there is no way Ukraine can retake the lost land. The only fault was the timing - it should have been done years back, at the time the US was engrossed in Biden's election and Trump's attack on Capitol Hill. Putin has been a little indecisive in taking actions after NATO repeatedly crossed Russian red lines with strikes inside Russia. Now, NATO has crossed lines by using Ukraine to destroy nuclear strike aircraft. Now, there is no choice : Russia must act, and that means either multitude of Oreshnik strikes or a nuclear strike. It is unfortunate for Ukrainian civilians as a large number will be collateral, but that is the best deterrence for the west. When the west see the devastation in Ukraine and know they will be next for Oreshnik strikes or nuclear strike if they play inside Russia, they will think twice. And if the west continues, Russia can take the attack into NATO and call the bluff of their Article 5. The US will be the first to phone Putin to ask for a de-escalation.
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  7951. The Gazans have faced Israeli assaults long before this, so they will also be thinking the Israelis deserved what they got. Today's Israeli child will be the next gun toting settler or IDF thug. Israeli women will be breeding more of them to attack Palestinians. Israel can bomb Gaza, but it will not bring an end to attacks on them. They cannot steal and kill and sleep safely The Israelis agreed to the Two State Solution and have done everything to undermine it, using time to steal land and create settlements.
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  7952. Ukraine is the one losing at the moment. It is the one that is trying to reclaim land - without success and without a hope in hell. Jake Sullivan said that the US has to give banned cluster weapons - because the US does not have artillery shells ! Then Russia will use them as well. And it is one more step closer for Russia to detonate a nuclear weapon on Ukraine. You are without common sense. Ukraine's position is miserable. It cannot win, and the US does not want to fight directly for Ukraine. The US is getting ready to abandon Ukraine. Some of the softer neocons have started a dialogue with Russia for a an off-ramp for the US !
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  7953. 'India's true strength is its rising GDP.' You mean India's rising strength is its excessive population - which is actually a rising burden. You have an army of uneducated louts who will be fit for cow lynchings and rape. The per capita GDP has sunk below Bangladesh. India's clout is much less than you imagine.
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  7954.  @RRDARGAD  ' India's strength is its rising GDP' Even that is grossly misleading. GDP is linked to population, and India's population is rising, it has overtaken China. More relevant is the GDP per capita or per capita income. On that India, is now lower than Bangladesh, at around $ 2500. China is $ 8000, Europe $ 60,000 and US around $ 80,000. There is no point saying India has overtaken GB's GDP. GB is achieving the equivalent GDP with 60 million people, India with 1.3 billion people. In all other matters of welling being, India comes in the bottom 30 - in standard of living, infra structure, literacy, health care, housing, transport, security of women, security of minorities, corruption. These have all worsened under Modi. Modi is riding on the wealth created by Singh and Chidambaram. Some things clicked for him this year which he could appropriate even though these are from existing programmes of previous governments - the moon landing, G 20. His own programmes like demonetisation knocked off 2.5% of GDP; Covid handling was poor and people were cremated on pavements; China took Indian land and he could not do anything. As for image, no doubt in the eyes of his Hindu devotees, he is a Hindu god. But the image abroad is riots in Manipur and vandalisation of churches, bulldozing of Muslim homes etc. What one sees in the Indian media is excessive self projection and boasting. It comes across as a gross Hindu inferiority complex. China and many other nations have progressed without making self-proclamations about being a world power. Hindus in the Modi era have developed a vain boastfulness which was not there in earlier days. Modi is an uneducated Hindu with a sordid past of genocide, it sounds like he is trying to cover up for that. The Hindus have pinned their hopes on him, so they also look they are covering up for hollow content.
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  7955. Laughable analysis. She says Ukraine is winning the air war (37 out of 40 missiles shot out) and therefore Ukraine is worried that Russia will launch a new ground offensive ! Earlier, the Ukranians said Russia had lost the ground war and so had launched the aerial war.
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  7956. So you want to decide what Russian people should think - to avert the defeat Putin has inflicted on you.
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  7957. Russia is taking back Ukraine as it tried to use the US to threaten Russia. Ukraine as an independent state cannot be allowed to exist.
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  7958. The US will need to escalate with China for sometime - to get out of Ukraine !
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  7959. According to Times Radio, Putin failed to convert to modern warfare, sealing his struggles in Ukraine. Then why are you seeking God's help to grant victory over Putin's greediness ?
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  7960. 'As an American, it's heartbreaking to see The US turn its back on Ukraine and NATO.' The US is turning its back on Ukraine because it is losing. You should instead question why the US wanted in the first place NATO expansion to surround Russia. Is Russia coming to the Americas and threatening to surround the US from Canada and Mexico ? The US instigated a coup in Ukraine for NATO expansion. Why ?
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  7961. Ukraine lost the war despite Hamish's urgings. Get real.
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  7962. Obviously, the summit is causing burning to the US and collective west. Why does DW rely on a Ukranian Goncharenko to be Russia news analyst ? He tells us in typical Ukranians fashion it is only a very symbolic visit. The disappearance of the Ukraine of 1991 is also symbolic - of the fact that Ukraine is a failed state that should never have been given independence.
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  7963. 'You can’t continue blame everyone else for your shortfalls while pointing it out and doing NOTHING to help YOURSELF. They really should continue to accept the training.' Cut out the moralising . You are wicked and trying to shift blame onto Ukraine and wash your hands off. While Ukraine is to blame for trying to stab Russia in the back at US instigation, you are the instigator. Why don't you stay on the other side of the Atlantic, who asked you to come to Russia's border, incite Ukrainians to Russophobia, and why did you arrange for the coup in 2014 ? You are the principal source of this disaster for Ukraine and Europe. If Ukraine's right to join NATO means so much to for you, send your troops in. If you don't have the courage, don't encourage Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  7964. The west is always trembling with unnatural fear about Russia. British military intelligence told us the Russians are fighting in Bakhmut with shovels and they are in a helpless condition as a result. The boats must be carrying those shovels to cut underwater cables. So nothing to worry about, sleep safely. Russians do not have technology for anything.
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  7965. Nobody is invading your borders. A few unarmed migrants are not the Russian army. Stupid fellow.
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  7966.  @FishandHunt  Is that the best you could write ?
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  7967.  @paulgibbon5991  Why do you accept defeat, why don't you commit the other 95% of NATO's budget and send soldiers ?
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  7968.  @FishandHunt  'Ukraine will be in NATO in the longer term. ' Why did Biden say in the Vilnius NATO summit that Ukraine could not join NATO ? Ukraine will not exist to join NATO in the long term.
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  7969.  @tanjiro2507  'West NO in war, ZERO losses, how it can "lost"?' Then why are western leaders running around like headless chicken saying Putin must not be allowed to win ? You have not lost any people because you did not have the guts to send send your people. But it has been a strategic defeat for the west - Russia took part of Ukraine, you could not stop it, Russia destroyed all your wonder weapons, and most important, Russia inflicted an economic defeat. It withstood your sanctions, it has made steps in de-industrialising Europe and it has triggered de-dollarisation. That has long term implications - it seals western decline and the end of the western world order. That is the loss. You are too immature to understand it.
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  7970.  @stephanmbenti2855  Russia has single handedly ended the western world order.
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  7971.  @zollen123  'Putin must have achieved at least one of his goals for this military operation, he is such a master strategist?' He has achieved more than one strategic objective. He set out to ensure Ukraine will not join NATO and there will be no US bases in Ukraine. Last June in the NATO summit in Vilnius, Biden said Ukraine cannot join NATO - despite Zelensky's begging. Biden knows if Ukraine joins, US will have to go and fight Russia, and Russians are ready but Americans are not ready to die. Further, Putin has triggered de-industrialisation of Germany, and de-dollarisation. That is more than what he set out to achieve. He has ended the western world order. Yesterday EU's foreign minister Bourell declared that Europe should avoid getting into a 'west versus rest' confrontation to maintain its 'world order' as it will lose. Russia has single handedly ended the western world order. No one else could have done it, the world thanks Russia.
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  7972.  @FishandHunt  In the Vilnius NATO summit, Biden said Ukraine cannot join NATO. So what is your hope of 'Ukraine will be in NATO in the longer term'. Ukraine is not going to exist in the first place.
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  7973.  @andrewadams6905 Two chicken joining NATO is not an achievement. See if anyone in NATO has the guts to enter Ukraine and roll back Russia. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  7974.  @andrewadams6905  Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, the industrial zone that produced 90% of Ukraine's GDP. Ukraine and the west cannot roll back Russia. More is set to go. And the west is running around like headless chicken, hot on rhetoric and zero on action. That is the bottom line.
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  7975.  @jordancobb7553  ' russia was suppose to take Kiev in 10 days...' Russia did not say that. Western generals said that. Russia not state the time by which the war will end, or disclose what it is going to attack next. It goes by objectives and not by time. It announced Bakhmut or Maripol have been taken only when done - whether it takes 6 months or 12 months is irrelevant. The west is left guessing what is Russia's next step.
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  7976.  @FishandHunt  'Disintegration as a state, that's what's next for Russia.' That is what you wish - because you are beaten and the whole world knows it.
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  7977. The significance is you have lost the strategic war, and you are begging for negotiations.
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  7978.  @IMSiegfried  'Only Trump wants to negotiate.' He wants to negotiate because he knows it is not winnable and Ukraine is a bottomless pit. However, he does not know how to negotiate - because the US does not hold any cards. Russia has laid down the terms : Ukraine has to surrender the remainder of the Donbass oblasts, and Ukraine has to be neutral. Trump is willing to accept the first but he thinks Ukraine can join NATO after 10 years. The Russians say 'no'. The problem for Trump is if he rejects Russia's terms for a ceasefire, then Russia will not cease fire, it will take Donbass and march to the Dnieper and thereafter prepare for Odessa. And where is Ukraine's economy ? And Germany's economy after BASF closes some plants as does Vollswagen ? The west knows the military war is lost. Now your prayer is Russia's economy will crumble - but you predicted that in 2021. No my boy, Russia is a serious country, when it fights, it fights hard to win and is ready to make any sacrifice - not like the west.
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  7979. Evil and shameless. Look at the cynicism - after the war is lost, and the US is going to abandon Ukraine, just before the change in policy, pressure Ukraine to send 18 year olds.
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  7980. The lady is objective. She has said it is a defeat of the west. However, it is clear the winning momentum is not with Ukraine, it is with Russia.
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  7981. I forgot Rifkind is a Jew - like Blinken, Nuland, Zelensky. Mendacious lot.
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  7982. Defending America's civilisation inheritance ? The lady wants to defend slavery and slave trade, and Tucker with his smug snigger goes along.
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  7983. Ursula von Leyen is shameless : she crawls to Biden and says she is grateful for the LNG - which costs 4x as much as piped gas.
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  7984. You want to fight Russia with the last Ukranian. The problem is Ukraine is losing land, it is not coming back, and the west is also losing as Ukraine is not going to enter NATO, and the west will be feeding 6 million refugees, and subsidising left over parts of Ukraine. It was the west's folly to push NATO expansion and threaten Russia, and Ukraine's folly to think Russophobia will pay because of American support. The fact is Ukraine has been administered a sound beating and the west cannot do much about it.
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  7985. Can you show us the Russian missiles that hit Ukrainian troops, ammo dumps, tanks etc. ? That is the vast majority. That is what has killed Ukrainians counter offensive. I don't believe even Ukranians are dumb enough to send children to party in a hotel near the frontline. It is a propaganda story to create outrage.
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  7986. The Europeans are willing to be subordinates of the US.
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  7987. Wrong. Putin has achieved the most important goal. Putin has ensured there will be no US/NATO naval bases ever in Ukraine. By now, the US knows Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war if the US puts foot in Ukraine. Russia will not allow the US to set foot in Ukraine again. There will be no more NATO training bases, bio labs etc. , no more Victoria Nulands. Russia will have a decisive say in Ukraine. That is the achievement.
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  7988.  @Gobstaaaar  'Russian action have directly lead the more countries wanting to join NATO' NATO has been exposed as a weakling. It dares not send troops to Ukraine. Addition of 2 more weaklings will not make it stronger. NATO is the US. The rest are useless whether it is 30 or 32.
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  7989. Europeans need to jump out of the US boat and save themselves, otherwise they will become irrelevant.
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  7990. He will starve the soldiers and civilians out in the steel factory. He could gas them out, but then you would shout.
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  7991. The west will abandon Ukraine because it doesn't have the money and the arms, and the Russians are too powerful, and the westerners are not willing to be killed for Ukrainians. Simple.
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  7992.  @SamPashmi  US the initiator of this war. Ukraine is not strategic for the US; the US lives across the Atlantic but goes around the world provoking conflict. Ukraine is strategic for Russia. If the US gets naval bases in Ukraine, it will shut off Russia from the Black Sea. Russia will not allow that to happen. If NATO sets foot in Ukraine, Russia will nuke Ukraine.
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  7993.  @leisakovacek8965  Russia does not dream of taking over the world, it is US neocons who published after the end of the Cold War that the US would take steps to remain the sole superpower forever. Russia has ended that US dream rudely. It has ended the-neo colonial world order for good. 'But their "Kiev in 3 days" operation failed...' Russia never said it was a 3 day operation. Show me a video. A US general said it. It is typical of western propagandists to make up lines, attribute it to Russians, and the low IQ like you cite it. '...now they have been taking over several streets of a small city for 6 months. ' Why does it bother you so much that it is a small city ? The Ukranians don't feel so. Why does the time bother you ? The Red Army took time to demolish the German Nazis, and the Russians need time to demolish the Ukro Nazis and their foreign supporters. 'Ukraine can win, the only question is when they have enough weapons to do so' With the Himars, Zelensky said he would take Crimea by Dec 2022. His Kherson offensive could not get past the river in Kherson city. It has petered out. As for supply of weapons, Stoltenberg has said the west cannot supply shells and ammo at the rate Ukraine is using. Lately after the EU said it would crank up production, and announced a figure, Zelensky said it is only 1/4 of what Ukraine needs. Therefore from your own statement (that Ukraine can win if it has enough weapons), it follows Ukraine will lose as its handlers cannot supply the weapons in quantity. It is a lost cause. Russia is stronger than the west combined, they have defeated the west in economic warfare and military warfare. You need to apply your intellect and analyse the causes for your failure.
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  7994. 'West must respond to Trump and Musk's 'bullying' and threats to Greenland' I thought the US was the core western country and the Europeans were willing vassals who believed they had shared values. Are we talking now about the rest of the west ?
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  7995. The US should not be training Ukranians, it should be pushing for negotiations. Ukranians will not be able to defeat Russia in the east, and get back the coastal areas. And there is the possibility Russia will settle it with a nuclear strike on Kiev. The US is playing a dangerous game at the expense of Ukranians.
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  7996. All very well. Did the foreign legion achieve anything ? That is not discussed. Therefore it is a pointless propaganda clip. Russia is prevailing. 20% of Ukraine is taken, more may be taken, the remainder will be turned into a failed state which will be dependent on EU aid. That is the bottom line. Not the ardent support of foreign mercenaries.
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  7997. This should have been done long ago.
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  7998.  @samhull8382  The Democrats are facing a Republican tide in mid Nov. elections. The Republicans typically attack Biden as the weakest President ever. If Ukraine is retreating, that will be used by the Republicans (opportunistically) to bolster the story of the weakest President ever. In reality, the US knows that Ukraine is fighting hopelessly, and they cannot roll back the Russians in any big way.
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  7999. Hindus are generally a cowardly and effeminate people. They are trying to act brave and say they will fight for Israel. They are unable to fight in Kashmir, and when China took land, they could not fight and get it back. All their brave talk stems from that sense of cowardice because they cannot fight like Muslims and Sikhs.
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  8000. Wow, im sure it'll be as disappointing as everyone expects.., Western people are expecting a miracle. They believe in miracles.
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  8001.  @shawnduddridge  'You guys are like chronic gambling addicts at this point. Keep thinking you'll win it all back, just gotta keep spending more money and lives.. ' They are in a self righteous rage, and they are convinced US arms technology is superior, and Russians are fighting with shovels, so they think by pumping in more arms, they can win. Ukraine + NATO has been defeated in Bakhmut, they cannot digest that. Now they are counting on the counter offensive. Ukraine is reluctant but the US is demanding it.
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  8002. India has an illiterate PM who is a member of an organisation called RSS (that praised Hitler and advocated Hitlerism). Modi is therefore a Hindu Hitlerist. And his Hindu supporters behave in the same as the Nazi SS stormtroopers. She asked a very valid question and judging from the angry reaction, it is proof there are lot of Hindu Nazis in India. The unnatural rage of the Hindus is proof that they are into wickedness in India and they don't want anyone to notice. They imagine they are a superpower and they can do what they want. The US needs to realise cultivating this kind of India as a bulwark against China is shortsighted, and it will not work. The Hindus are creating pogroms against Muslims, and against Christians in Manipur and these things will create refugees and a problem for the world. Further India does not have anything to offer the US. It does not have a strong production economy, and it is not a military power like China, Russia and India. And its democracy is run by fascists. China took Indian land and Modi had to keep quiet and say no land was taken. The Hindus show strength by fighting hapless minorities in India using Hindu mobs, but against China, they don't have the courage to fight.
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  8003. What is the great job she is doing ? Just yapping like a tiny dog breed. If Estonia misbehaves with the bear, she will find the bear will claw Estonia, and all of NATO won't come to the rescue - because they would be afraid to be clawed themselves.
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  8004. Very good analysis.
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  8005. They are called far right because they get elected but would be happy to undermine and ditch democracy in the national interest when the time comes. Like Hitler did. They use doublespeak to seize power for the people and then have to resort to extremism and persecution of minorities to keep power. That is the record of fascists everywhere. Hitler to Trump.
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  8006. According to your type, Putin had trembling hands in April 2022, and he had a mysterious illness in 2022. Zelensky in fact said Putin had died and a duplicate was acting in his place. The fact is Russia took Bakhmut and Soledar, and Ukraine and the west are still to admit this.
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  8007. The typical British liar at 2:26 says that the great finding is the Russian forces on land, air and sea are not as strong as we thought ! Alright then, why are you begging for ceasefire and negotiations ? Why haven't you sent troops to Ukraine ? You will find out what Russian soldiers are like when body bags return by the mid night flight. When you scrutinise the liar's face, you can see he does not believe what he says, he is saying what he is expected to say to put on a brave face.
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  8008.  @garyyoung3179  'The US or Nato was never going to put any missiles in Ukraine as 1) Ukraine was denied entry to Nato before Russia invaded' If so, Ukraine needed to only have informed Russia in Dec 2021 that it had no intention to seek to join NATO, and the US could also have said it is not seeking missile and naval bases in Ukraine - and the war would have been averted. But both kept quiet. Why ? Ukraine's independence declaration of 1991 said it would be a neutral state and not join any military alliance. In 2014, after the US sponsored coup, Ukraine changed its constitution and put NATO entry as an Article. Russia sent Biden a letter in Dec. 2021 asking to negotiate a security guarantee for Russia. The US did not respond. Why ? In light of the above, you are an ignorant or a liar.
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  8009.  @ironknee6879  'You’re not accurate on any one point.' Don't write one liners without an explanation or a refutation. It is sign of an inferior intellect.
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  8010.  @dragon723.  Cut out your pious humbug. You froze Russia's euro assets, so your currency became worthless to Russia. You made your currency worthless, why should they accept payment in euros which they can't use ? It will be equivalent to supplying gas free. You can't have something for nothing. Russia attacked Ukraine because the US was attempting get Ukraine into NATO, so the US could get missile and naval bases to threaten Russia. Don't pretend you do not know. When Warsaw Pact was dissolved, why was not NATO dissolved ? Russia was given to understand at the very least NATO would not be expanded eastwards. But the west was duplicitous. It thought it could have its cake and eat it. Russia objected many times to NATO expansion to its borders. It asked for a security guarantee from the US and a peace treaty in Dec. 2021. The US refused. Then Russia said it will take military-technical action. This video of BASF is entirely correct. It is the world's biggest chemical plant, ingeniously interconnected so all waste products are converted to something useful. If BASF will shut down, Germany and Europe will be de-industrialised. Aluminium, glass and steel plants have been shut in France and Germany, and as the losses pile up, they will not be re-opened. One day, you will buy aluminium, glass and steel from China and India and Russia ! That is, if you still make something in exchange. With your European arrogance and indifference to Russian security, you deserve what is coming - after de-industrialisation of Europe, you will not be able to threaten Russia again using Ukraine and other proxies. Get it ?
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  8011. They should stay to see their Patriots in action.
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  8012. 'His smug expression before he even spoke said everything' You mean Hijab destroyed Piers just with his expression ? Then he is awesome.
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  8013. Janet Ellen uses the word 'resilience' a lot. I heard that word about Ukranians. Will the US continue doling out money to continue its warmongering in Ukraine and other places?
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  8014. Actually, the US has screwed Europe and is responsible for Europe's predicament. In 2008, Germany and France (Merkel and Sarkozy) did oppose Ukraine's induction into NATO. Merkel had warned it will lead to war. However, Bush twisted their arms, and the US pursued Ukraine's induction into NATO. The infamous US ambassador to Ukraine, Victora Nuland (neo con Zionist and wife of Robert Kagan, an archietct of the Iraq invasion) had said 'f..k the EU'. Europe's natural partner for business would have been Russia. It was a win-win situation and Germany did nothing wrong. However, an Euroasian economy (EU, Russia, China and India) would have been formidable and would have left out the US. The US was determined to prevent that and keep Europe dependent on it. The strategy was to use the Eastern Europeans to push for NATO expansion. Rumsfeld had said in the 1990s that the US does not need the old Europe (France and Germany), it will work with the New and Real Europe (Poland, Lithuania etc.). Now that the US has used NATO to create a war in Europe, the Europeans ironically line up behind America for protection, although the EU is the loser. NATO expansion and the resulting war with Russia interrupts the emergence of an Euroasian economy. But it does not prevent Russia, China and India working together and that undermines the EU and the US. Europe is the biggest loser : dependent on America for military support, but economically damaged by aligning with America. With the risk of stagflation, neo Nazi groups will stalk Germany and France. The neo Nazis were already an under current in Europe. Unless Germany stands up for EU independence from the US, Europe is gone.
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  8015. New energy cannot save Ukraine. No electrical power.
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  8016. Excuse me, WW 2 was won by the Red Army, and the Ukranians were part of them.
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  8017. No, he is an inflated gas bag speaking the usual western rhetoric to cover NATO's cowardice and incapacity.
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  8018. Very weak analysis. It is the same face saving, vain hope : oil price cap and technology sanctions will be game changers when 8 rounds of sanctions did not bring Russia round. Instead, Germany and Europe are getting de-industrialised. Russia took on 40 nations and the US, and got the upper hand. That is why it is admired.
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  8019. Once the war is over, Ukraine will not need security assurance because it will not exist, and the US will have lost interest. They will go elsewhere to fight.
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  8020. Russia is preparing, they have seen off two or three Ukranian attempts in Kherson and inflicted heavy casualties. They will dig in, see off the last throw of the Ukranian die and attack them in winter after taking out all their power.
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  8021. Why do the Germans need to sent anti missile systems when Russia has run out of missiles ?
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  8022. Yes, it will be the a big defeat for NATO. Ukraine will have to give up more than Donbass and Crimea if it does not agree to neutrality and get rid of NATO ! Boris Johnson was so trenchant about defeating Putin because he knew defeat in Ukraine will mean end of the western world order for good.
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  8023. so-called coalition of willing seems to be a parallel structure within NATO ! Two orchestras with the same musicians.
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  8024. Modi himself was a Trump worshipper and rooted for his re-election (Biden won). And Hindus are Modi worshippers.
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  8025. You mean to say people in France and Italy think they are superpowers equal to Russia ? They are delusional.
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  8026.  @NichtNameee  Is it my description of NATO or US cowardice that bothered you ?
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  8027.  @ddguitars1969  There will be no trial in the Hague. Put your people Blair and Bush on trial first.
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  8028.  @pougetguillaume4632  French soldiers posted in NATO Romania complained about poor living conditions. Not enough bordeaux.
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  8029. Why is Ukraine asking for a peace summit now when it chose to walk away in 2022 from the agreement reached in Turkey between Ukraine and Russia ? And why are the people who forced Ukraine to abandon that agreement hosting such road shows ? They advised Ukraine to avoid a negotiated settlement in 2022 and continue the war, they armed and trained Ukraine to launch a counter offensive in 2023, so why are they participating in such a road show now and saying Russia is isolated ? Western foreign policy is an unbelievable disaster.
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  8030. What is the brilliant analysis ? He is just saving his ugly face, trying to say defeat is not the end of the war. Ukraine is finished, the west has lost, the US is mired defending Israel, no one has money for Ukraine. The US will walk away, the Brits talk but have so substance, and the EU is hopeless. Sir Putin has single handedly ended the western world order.
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  8031.  @cadicamo8720  False western pride indeed. There is a recent interview of Boris Johnson with a Canadian channel where he is says he cannot bear the western humiliation of Russia wins. Ukrainian lives are secondary. His false pride drives him. He scuppered the negotiated settlement Ukraine reached with Russia. Result - Russia has pressed ahead and defeat of Ukraine and the west is certain. For Russia, it is not a matter of pride, it is a matter of national security. US bases in Ukraine would threaten Russia and shut it off from the Black Sea.
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  8032.  @Metoo3232-pu2wc  'That is only because they don't have 5% of the weaponry Russia has. 2.5 years into the war they still don't have F16s, atacms, proper air defenses, ammo, enough armor etc etc' When Ukraine went for its famous counter offensive, Stoltenberg said that Ukraine had 98% of what it needed. Did Ukraine achieve 98% of its objectives ? You will find their record is minus despite having what they needed. If they went to war and 'they still don't have F16s, atacms, proper air defenses, ammo, enough armor etc etc.', whose fault is it - the people who had these and incited Ukraine to war, or the Ukrainians for being dumb enough to believe they could defeat Russia ? Could it be that the people who have 'F16s, atacms, proper air defenses, ammo, enough armor etc' do not have enough at the rate Ukraine consumes them ? If so, why did they push Ukraine to fight when they cannot supply them ? Why are you making excused for the defeated ?
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  8033. 'I am thoroughly sick of the pathetic, self-limiting approach of the west' The self limitation is because unlike Iraq, the west knows the bear has real WMDs that will incinerate all US and European cities. It is dangerous and naive to think otherwise. Get it ? The west is pathetic because of its false pride which led it to spurn negotiations. Did you feel sick about that ? Or you are only feeling sick because you Russia made you impotent ?
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  8034.  @Epaminondas371  Just cut out the selective concern for Ukraine, hypocrite. Both Ukraine and Gaza wars were created by western back door operations.
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  8035. So the new western narrative is that Ukranians will roll back Russia with their new artillery. We shall see.
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  8036. According to Modi, India is world's teacher. I assumed you have quality education.
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  8037. Don't make excuses. The US staged a coup in 2014 using Ukranian Nazis and the like, so that it will have a govt. supporting Ukrainian entry in NATO. The US wanted bases in Ukraine. Human rights, corruption etc. were not issues for the US now. In 2023, the US does not want Ukraine in NATO because it can see Ukraine is being defeated, the counter offensive is a flop, Ukraine cannot get back what it lost, the US does not have artillery and equipment to supply, and after some time the Russians will advance. If Ukraine is let into NATO, it will ask for Article 5, and the US will have to send troops. Then the Russians will kill Americans on a scale bigger than what they faced in Vietnam. The Americans can't take that. They have explained it away saying Ukraine is not ready for NATO due to corruption and democracy deficit. Uncritical mugs like you will believe that.
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  8038. People are blaming Russia without evidence. They have a guilty conscience, they know they have been provoking Russia and so they themselves are expecting this. Be that as it may, and Russia was indeed responsible, Britain cannot make such a public accusation - otherwise, Russia may get angry and really do a sabotage attack.
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  8039. @Agnezz11 Don't you have anything better than write anti-Russian comments all the time ?
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  8040. If Indians were so happy as Jaishankar makes out, why are Indians queuing outside every western embassy for visas, studentships and job visas ? In UK, the Home Secretary mentioned that Indians are the largest group of visa over stayers. If the question was put 'which country has the happiest cows?', India would come top. It is a country where the cow is deified and pampered and in which Indians kill people over a cow.
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  8041. Awesome country.
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  8042.  @not.likely Putin said that in a certain context. Did you hear his full speech ? It was about why Russia decided to cancel the grain deal. He explained that Russia cancelled it not to create a food shortage or raise prices, and make poor countries starve (as western media make out) but because the west did not do its share of the deal. He said that the grain deal was not a unilateral concession to Ukraine. Behind the grain deal was the understanding that Russian grain and fertiliser exports specifically would not be hampered by shipping obstacles and payment obstacles for SWIFT. Russia supplies 20% of the world's grain and fertilisers, Ukraine only 5%. Thus he explained cutting off Ukranian grain does not cause food shortage so much as cutting off Russian grain. If the west was so concerned about food for African nations, it would not block Russia's grain by shipping obstacles and payment obstacles for SWIFT. He said the west profited from Ukrainian grain (90% went to the west), while mouthing holy propaganda for Africans. Seeing this, and the west continuing the attempt to block Russian grain and fertiliser export, Russia withdrew from the grain deal. As Ukraine and the west did not fulfill its side of the bargain, Russia blocked Ukraine's grain exports, and thereby Ukraine has lost $ 500 million of income. The west will have to spend that money to subsidise Ukraine. Russia is doing economic harm to Ukraine and the west in the same measure as the west does to Russia. You continue with economic warfare, and Russia will also do the same in kind. That was the context. It is the same as when the west blocked Russia from Swift and took its euro and dollar savings, and so Russia asked for payment for gas in roubles. The west refused. Then Russia said it will not give gas for currency that is worthless for Russia (euros and dollars). Russia did not choose an economic war. Russia did not weaponise energy as the west says. The west weaponised its currency, and the result is Russia said no gas, and it triggered the global de-dollarisation move. It is the same as the grain deal. Russia allowed Ukraine to ship grain on the understanding that the economic restrictions on Russian shipment of grain will also be lifted; that is, a tradeoff. The west did not reciprocate, so that is the end of Ukranian grain. All part of economic war - and make no mistake, Russia is up to it. Listen to Putin's speech in full and in context. Quoting selectively is propaganda.
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  8043.  @scottkrater2131  There are 32 nations in NATO plus all the externals like Korea, Japan, Australia, NZ.... 'if NATO did send troops into Ukraine the Russians would be back on Russian territory.'.... If so, why haven't you done it ? You would end the war quickly. But you need to reflect on your cowardice. You ran away from Taliban with your pants down, so how can you fight Russia ?
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  8044.  @scipioafricanus5871  I did not say the retreats from Kiev and Kherson were goodwill gestures. The Russians did not have enough forces to take Kiev. So they withdrew - but to switch the attack to the east. In Kherson, they were over extended, so they withdrew without losing anyone, and then they consolidated what they got - and that is paying off. On the other hand, Ukraine tried to hold on to Bakhmut and lost too many soldiers, and now they are weakened.
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  8045.  @scottkrater2131  Shameless coward, the US ran away without even informing its allies. It scrambled for the first flights to avoid capture by the Taliban. It left behind millions of dollars of equipment. Normally, the captain evacuates the others and goes last. Cowards like the Americans evacuate first. Cowards won[t be able to fight Russia. That is why Biden vetoed Ukraine from NATO. Americans don't want to be killed by Russians.
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  8046.  @scottkrater2131  25 versus 40. You cannot win. Your leader the US is a coward, it dares not send troops to Ukraine. Then why does it incite Ukraine ?
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  8047.  @phillipdavidhaskett7513  'Also, Russia doesn't seem to be up to real warfare, much less economic warfare.' Then why is it Ukraine cannot get the four oblasts back, why is the US unwilling to let Ukraine into NATO, why is it that no one can stop the Black Sea blockade ? What you say does not square with reality. It reflects the frustration of the defeated.
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  8048.  @fern1009  Biden said rouble will be rubble in 2023. He is amazed nothing happened. Instead Russia kicked of de-dollarisation. You will be amazed in 2024 when the US sells out Ukraine.
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  8049.  @neilba1  Impossible for Russia ? Russia destroyed the Ukranian Air Force. Why do you think Zelensky is begging for planes ? Russia destroyed the power grid from the air. NATO will not enter Ukraine. The don't want to get killed by the Russians.
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  8050. Ukraine is asking for anti-debris missiles.
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  8051. It must cause burning to westerners.
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  8052. The US will not ignore what Russia says. It will not be led by its vassals like Ukraine and the UK. It knows these vassals cannot fight and are seeking the US to bear the costs. The US knows its cities can be incinerated by Russia. Why would it risk that for its stupid vassals ?
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  8053.  @peanut0brain  They will get Ukrained if they threaten China to please the US.
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  8054.  @TheLastCrusader22  Finland joined the German Nazis in siege of Leningrad. The Soviets made you pay, Karelia was confiscated. You joined NATO unnecessarily when it it falling apart. If Trump leaves NATO, then you will be stuck on a limb. No European country, singly or collectively can fight mighty Russia. Get it ? I understand in Finland they are preparing nuclear shelters, I guess you know you will be the first in line.
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  8055. Oh man, Ukraine is telling Russia what to do on demilitarisation ? First get rid of NATO from Ukraine. That is what started the war.
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  8056. 'It is especially important to bring the better known and loved supporters of Ukraine to the forefront right now.' So after defeat, you want to bring the better known war mongers to lecture you ? This is what Hodges said 8 months ago : 'Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of August IF...' | DW News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBhm5-y9h38&t=2s I would hold this liar accountable for brainwashing you.
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  8057. The west has been saying Bakhmut is unimportant, then why is Ukraine sending its men to get massacred in Bakhmut ?
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  8058. Clarke waffles on why the commander was sacked - 'he was dismissed for other reasons.....'
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  8059. 'This expert is one of the “realist “ experts that obviously doesn’t believe in foreign policy based on international law. ' And your type of believer in international law has no problem supporting Israel, and US invasion of Iraq. Just shut up your moralising ! The expert is going by how west behaves with others.
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  8060. It is typical of losers to say that Ukraine was handicapped by the west and made to fight with one hand behind its backs. If Ukraine hit inside Russia too much, Russia will use a nuke. And the west will not be able to counter that. Ukraine was fighting in fact with BOTH hands tied behind its backs : it cannot make much of the arms, it is completely dependent, and its logistic line stretches to the US. It was stupid to think it could fight and defeat Russia, it should have remained neutral. In any war, they tell your chances depend on the logistics, and if that is over extended, you fail. Hence, Ukraine's chances were zero if it depended on the US sending limitless arms in spurts compared with an adversary who makes everything including what the US cannot supply or even make.
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  8061. 'Anything but permanent neutrality for Ukraine ia a show stopper. Even I can fully understand that, why can't highlight paid politicians in the US and Europe?' They can't understand it because the west initiated the war claiming it was Ukraine's sovereign decision to join NATO or not, and the pretended west is a disinterested party only committed to international 'rules based order', now to advise Ukraine to be permanently neutral is like admitting defeat !
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  8062. These news reporters have not studied Article 5. Yes, it does say that an attack on one is an attack on all, but it does not say that all members have to go to war as the only action. It is worded cleverly (by the US) to say that members can take any action they see fit, including and up to armed war. Article 5 has no prescription for united action. Kissinger said long ago that the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. That is why the Article 5 prescription for action is deliberately left vague - the US is not going to kill itself in a nuclear war to save Europe ! Now, it can tell Poland, Lithuania and all the other useless Europeans to go to war with Russia, and the US will supply arms ! And we know none of the Europeans on their own will be able to fight Russia.
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  8063. Good you recognise Russia is formidable and is more than a gas station.
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  8064.  @X-7-Ripper  'But in reality, Russia is only a gas station. ' So why is the collective west unable to defeat Russia ? You are forcing Ukraine to accept loss of land, you are telling Ukraine cannot be in NATO and there can be no peacekeeping forces. You are comprehensively defeated by the gas station. The gas station has a formidable arsenal that can smoke out the collective west. That is why you do not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. Get it, numskull ?
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  8065.  @souphow-to-soup  It is not true small villages are easier to warm. When you go outside the city to the country, it is always much colder. In big cities, the wind is slowed down.
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  8066. Just like the F16s changed the war for Ukraine.....
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  8067.  @MrBudgiejoe  Putin's forces brought down one F16 and Ukraine's ace pilot and that was the end of another red line. Now no more talk of F16s changing the course.
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  8068. Ukraine's strategic aim is to serve the US in order to get more money. But for that, they need to show some impressive result from the counter offensive. So far, it seems Russia has started a counter-counter offensive battering the Patriot missiles.
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  8069. The best way to support Ukraine is to send US army. Why is this not done ?
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  8070. 'To say this was a surprise to NATO is simply ridiculous.' They lie. Kursk was devised by the US and UK and now it is seen as resulting in the loss of Donbass, they will pretend they had nothing to do with it.
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  8071. Germany announces fresh weapons package for Ukraine - all for a lost cause. Germany commits economic suicide for America.
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  8072. What do you want people to do ? Fight WW 3 for Ukraine ? You should be asking why the US promoted a coup in 2014 to promote Russophobes and Nazis like Azov batallion. This created the war. Why does not the west not accept responsibility and agree the correct action is to direct Ukranians to negotiate rather than pump them with arms ? Otherwise, Ukranians are going to be further decimated and the west can shout about war crimes vainly.
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  8073. '"As long as it takes" is conditional on Ukraine existing.
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  8074. America should worry about its surrogate Israel is pulling it down.
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  8075. Europe is of the past. Now BRICS and emerging countries will shape the new world order. Join them instead of dreaming backwards about General Wellington and Alexander the Greats.
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  8076. The Ukranian offensive is a flop as widely expected. They have not even got to the first Russian defence line. And they have lost men, tanks, Bradleys. The Russians will take out the sting from Ukraine's efforts, and then go in hot pursuit.
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  8077. I heard one Israeli say that the Iron Dome was inactivated and this could only be done with the intervention of a foreign power. He said Iran did not have the capability to jam the GPS. Only Russia could do it. Admittedly, it was a Whats App forward and the speaker is not named. The mainstream western media only say Iran. But it is possible Russia helped and the western media cannot say it because of the embarrassment to the west. Russia has successfully jammed guidance systems of US missiles in Ukraine, and if Russia deactivated the Iron Dome, that shows their technical prowess over the west.
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  8078. Britain is the news for such clashes is the conclusion with a swipe of England's former football violence. England has controlled it. But Modi's Indian culture has come to Britain. Modi is known for mob riots in India.
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  8079. Yes, and Britain has to be content with Chuckles the Czar taking a good part of Ukraine and making the rest a wasteland.
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  8080.  @nozhki-busha  AAA arrives every week, but the west is not able to supply the rockets at the rate they are consumed. Just get real. Russia has the upper hand and will prevail. Ukrainians are getting massacred because of your incitement to achieve goals that are not achievable.
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  8081. A small country acting like it is a superpower because it thinks it has US support. The moment US support changes, it will be in hot water.
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  8082. That is if Turkey allows.
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  8083.  @duhni4551  How do you know Turkey does not have choice ?
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  8084. Nuland's husband is another neocon Jew, Robert Kagan. He was one of the planners for the Iraq invasion which was another great investment for Israel.
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  8085. 1000 are held as prisoners, Russia should never release Nazis.
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  8086.  @nenasiek  Lithuania gave up on the blockade they attempted after about 2 weeks. You don't know that ? Russia threatened to give it a beating. Lithuania does not have the right to block the rail corridor. The rail corridor was the condition that went with Lithuania's independence. If it imposes a blockade, then Russia will cancel its independence.
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  8087. Never mind the unity in Russia. Zelensky should know that there is no unity in NATO. NATO has no spine. The US showed him the door when he demanded NATO membership. Poland and Romania block Ukranian grain entering the EU. Hungary does not want to send money or weapons. Turkey has not cut off relations with Russia.
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  8088. Actually, Putin is not in the corner in the first place, so it is condescending clap trap of the west about not humiliating him. Actually, the west needs a face saving way out. Its surrogate is losing militarily, and the west is losing in the economic warfare. Both cut a sorry figure. That is why they keep saying to each other 'we cannot allow Putin to win'. They see Putin is winning on the horizon.
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  8089.  @jonnym4670  Oh, so now realise sanctions take years to work. Earlier your type said rouble will be rubble soon. Ukraine has last already lost. Here is the evidence : Ukraine will not be able to join NATO. The US now understands that Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war if needed. The US does not want its US cities destroyed, so it is not going to go and fight Russia. Ukraine has lost 20% of critical land. It has lost the industrial land and the coastal areas that control the shipping lanes. The part that remains will be dependent on EU aid and Russia will not allow it to be reconstructed by repeated aerial attacks. The west thought that it could get Russia to back off by economic warfare. The west was not prepared for Russia's counter economic warfare. Now the west has found that sanctions do not work, Russia's currency did not go down, the rest of the world did not boycott Russia, and the west in fact is now facing an economic crisis and an energy crisis. So the west does not have economic endurance to continue supporting Ukraine indefinitely. The US created this problem with NATO expansion. You need to swallow your false pride and accept reality.
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  8090. Hindu policemen, Hindu mobs, Hindu politicians kill untouchables, and non-Hindus regularly in India, on a big scale because they have limited value. Would you raise your voice against Modi ? If you support Modi, keep quiet now.
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  8091. ''He's got hangovers from SA having abolished legal racism'. Yes, he is burning from the end of white supremacy in South Africa.
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  8092. Not only that, Trump negotiated with Taliban, without the Afghan govt. it had propped up, and without the other NATO countries fighting for America. And when Biden took over, he carried on with what Trump negotiated. When the withdrawal came, the US did not announce the withdrawal date to the Europeans, so its soldiers could get the first flights out before the Taliban captured them. That is what they are doing again. They are negotiating without Ukraine and Europe !
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  8093. It is not the Saudis and Kuwaitis who can end this situation in the long term. It is Israel and the Zionist policy and land grabbing claiming it is God given. Unless the US cracks down on Jewish fundamentalism, the US is sunk.
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  8094. It was stupidity to encourage Ukraine to fight a nuclear power. Now you have failed, you indirectly admit stupidity. But you imagine it is because you did not supply Ukraine in a timely manner. Whereas actually you have run out of weapons and your production cannot keep up. Your arms companies are not going to make anything that is not profitable.
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  8095.  @pixelpusher1393  Don't make excuses for your failure. Trump is not in power. And Orban is one, there are another 32 hyenas in Europe waging war against Russia. Russia is too strong for you.
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  8096. EU shot itself in the lungs with sanctions is an understatement ! It will be against the European's false pride and ego to admit what is obvious to others - Russia has the upper hand in both the military and the economic war.
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  8097. Retire to Ukraine ? To be buried when Russia's flying washing machine hits you ? Your foolish sentimentality is not going to change the outcome !
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  8098.  @briantitchener4829  No 1 suspect ? Why ? Because you know your are No 1 provacateur against Russia ?
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  8099. After all the claims that NATO is the most powerful and richest military alliance in the world, it is absolute cowardice not to take up Sir Putin's gentlemanly invitation for a duel. He has said no civilians will be targeted, he will give one hour's notice before Miss Hazel arrives, and the test will be on the neutral ground of Ukraine. The west has no chance of stopping Miss Hazel, but even so, the challenge must be accepted. In Pushkin's time, people regarded it as a matter of honour not to refuse a duel. But nowadays in the west, there is no concept of honour, and cowardice and duplicity reign. The US incited Ukraine to war against Russia and the EU fell in line, and when their plans went awry, they decided to distance themselves from Ukraine and seek negotiations ! This is a very shameful episode of opportunism and cowardice in western history.
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  8100. He will be ready in 2 years by which time the coalition will have defeated Russia.
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  8101. So it is not so rosy in the US either. Was all this worth NATO expansion ?
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  8102.  @nadiasmith226  In a large company, there can be one business losing money day after day. Initially, the company pours in more money to save the bleeding business. They may do it for years. But after a while, they reach a decision that the business cannot be saved, and finally take the decision to close it. Ukraine will be similar. At some stage, the west will be forced to decide Ukraine is a losing business for them, that drains their financial resources.
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  8103. I agree NATO membership for Ukraine is irrelevant. No one in NATO is willing to get killed for Ukraine. In 2022, Putin had invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No NATO country sent troops. Poland and Baltics shouted a lot but they don't have the ability or the courage. The talk about frozen conflict and negotiations to put the remainder of Ukraine into NATO is not going to happen - because Russia will not agree. The EU and NATO are stuck and these are pretences they have to go through to make their public feel the west has not lost. It is like all the other absurd shows like Ukraine reconstruction conferences, and statement by Germany that it will set up a tank factory in Ukraine to make it self sufficient !
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  8104.  @teddypicker8799  '300,000+ artillery shells, stormshadow and 30,000+ trained soldiers will have a made a difference. Sending challenger 2s shamed everyone else into sending them too' Did they make Ukraine win in its counter offensive ? That is the only metric. What do you have that can reverse Ukraine's ongoing defeat? Nothing.
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  8105.  @teddypicker8799  Russia will win any war of attrition. It is ready to make sacrifices, you are not. The UK's ambassador was called and warned, if Ukraine uses your missiles in Russia, your assets will be hit in Britain or anywhere, and Russia is ready for a nuclear war. You are not capable of fighting Russia and the Americans will not come to your aid. That is why Cameron pulled down his tweet about Ukraine being able to use UK missiles in Russia. He knows Russia does not bluff. Get it ?
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  8106. Europe will exist, Ukraine will not exist.
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  8107.  @parthbhatt2648  Tell me what is a Brahmin, why you call yourself that and how you obtained that status. The very fact you say you are a Brahmin means you differentiate between yourself and non-Brahmins. No one from other communities and nationalities would do that. You are commenting on the etymology of the word 'caste' to pretend it is a foreign description. We are talking about the Hindu social hierarchy. Did the British make that ? The British have left, why are Hindus clinging to it ? Why do they kill and rape low castes even now ?
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  8108.  @parthbhatt2648  ' Verna not as some privilege but more like job titles in which anybody can become anybody, But bound by birth.' You are contradictory, your Brahmamic deviousness catches up. People can be anybody, but bound by birth ! The Indian intellectual Ambedkar denounced the Ramayana because of the abominable story of Rama beheading the untouchable Shambuka because he recited the Vedas. It was above the untouchable's station. So your statement 'Ramayana and Mahabharata don't promote caste discrimination but rather teach the opposite in flawed societies' is a lie. All Hindu texts glorify the Brahmin. 'Who has more wisdom gets more dignity. But it's universal, for example, an educated person is always taken more seriously than an illiterate one. ' The Manu code prescribes pouring molten lead into the ears of the low caste if he hears the Vedas ! Thus, the low caste can never be taken seriously because he will never be allowed education. Hindu society is the only one which promotes learning for a minority, and actively prevents learning of the majority. This Hindu code is the reason India cannot ever become developed like the west, or Russia, or China. 'Inversely if a Brahmin gets the training and becomes a soldier, he'd be a Kshatriya then, nothing wrong with that.' Yes, Brahmin can become anything and do anything. But the outcaste does not have the same privilege. So no point citing what a Brahmin can do, or citing his privilege. 'And lastly, if you're taking the nazi route, then the actual nazis were Christian then'. Hindu leaders like Golwalkar wrote praise of Hitler for showing race pride, and said India should mete out the same treatment to Muslims and Christians in India. His followers like Modi are carrying it out. The Hinduism you have today is an imitation of a failed and condemned German model. You are indulging in Brahmin doublespeak - just like Vivek Ramasamy. But his Brahmanic mentality will get exposed.
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  8109. Glorious Ukraine will be part of Russia. Ukraine proved it was not capable of self governance.
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  8110. Victory for the Ukraine is not possible, and the leaders know it. Biden's strategy for Ukraine is to try to prevent it collapsing before elections. If Biden wins, he will delegate Ukraine management to the Europeans, who are useless. He will focus on his next war against China. If Trump wins, that is curtains for Ukraine, he will not even pretend otherwise, and he may also withdraw from NATO. Hence, don't indulge in wishful thinking, the Ukraine war was lost in 2023. Ukraine cannot retrieve Crimea and the four oblasts, and if it persists, it will lose more.
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  8111. That is the plan - Finish Maripol, then Odessa. Then negotiate. Partition Ukraine.
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  8112.  @thegreatdane3627  Russia's wunderwaffe has been tested in Dniepro. Zelensky howled and NATO called an emergency meeting. Why don't you take up the challenge for the duel ? Sir Putin said the duel could be conducted in Ukraine, why not ask for it to be done in Denmark ? Recall your F16s and Patriots and see if you can stop them. You need courage though which you do not have.
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  8113.  @thegreatdane3627  If the ICBMs are non-nuclear with no harm to civilians, you can have a duel. But do you have such technology like Russia ? I think not.
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  8114. All kinds of initiatives by losers are being mulled. Poles, Germans and French had a tete a tete.
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  8115. Compromise is necessary - but why should Russia compromise when it has all the cards ?
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  8116. The Europeans claim to be prepared to support Ukraine indefinitely. False pride dictates that. Not supporting Ukraine to wage war is defeat by Russia - which is unbearable. The westerners have false pride, not intelligence. The Europeans would rather cut their noses to spite their faces.
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  8117.  @tanjiro2507  Show the report where a Russian official says they could take Kiev in 3 days. A US official said it, and you are thereafter attributing it to Russians.
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  8118. Trump's assessment is correct. Ukraine has lost the war, and no amount of western aid can reverse the defeat. By stopping all aid, Trump is speeding up the end of the war. It is only the British and Europe who want the war to continue - out of false pride.
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  8119. 'Let's hope the USA votes wisely and Europe does the same!' The west has abandoned Ukraine and you know it.
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  8120. So when will you be sending troops to Ukraine ? Macron suggested, and all the Europeans reacted with cowardice.
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  8121. Why don't these wives call for negotiations to end the war ? They want to fight and cry.
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  8122.  @dpelpal  You are a joker on two counts. Ukraine has no weapon - so what were the Abrams that were destroyed ? 'My Russia' - why do you continue pretending you are Russian when it is obvious no Russian would write like you ? Why do you double down when caught lying ? Only a weak, defeated person with an inferiority complex would do that.
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  8123.  @dpelpal  According to western news sources, districts of Kiev do not have power and water. If the western media admits it, you can imagine the reality.
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  8124.  @daddad8707  You are a numskull. These things are not linear. Bakhmut took a long time because it was fortified, and Ukraine still had its best infantry and ammo. But that is not the situation now. It is short of ammo and manpower. Russia waged a war of attrition which only it can win. Ukrainian forces are crumbling around Pokrovsk, the Russians have reached there faster than anyone anticipated. Once that happens, there will be more dominos that will fall like Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. The resistance crumbles. Same with the airstrikes. The air defence has collapsed across Ukraine, as they have run out of Patriots and Iris, and the Russians have destroyed some of the Patriots and Iris launchers. The Ukrainians cannot stop the Russian airstrikes now. Get it, fool ? The Russians are tough, hardy soldiers. When they fight, they fight hard.
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  8125.  @MrCobalt  You are welcome to refute my misinformation if you have the intellect. But you don't, so you write personal remarks. This channel is the height of misinformation for deluded numskulls. The reality is (1) Ukraine is pinned in Kursk, it cannot go forward or backwards, and the Russians are getting them and decimating your equipment and (2) the Russian advance in the Donbass has sped up thanks to Kursk. This is slowly dawning even in the western press. Get it ?
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  8126. The world saw NATO's 2023 Ukrainian counter offensive which was a flop. NATO has no plan for 2024 apart from tall talk. And if Trump comes, there may be no NATO. Neither the puny countries of Europe nor the US can fight Russia.
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  8127.  @ultimaratio7373  Read the title of video. 'NATO mulls plan to halt Putin in 2024' That means in 2023 NATO and its surrogate Ukraine could not halt Russia. 'Mulls plan' means NATO is scratching its heads about Russia.
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  8128.  @dominicMeaney  Also the US military will advise more arms, the next game changer is needed.
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  8129. Ukraine is going to be broken up, it has squandered its nationhood with its Russophobia and Nazi style nationalism. Russia will take the east and the coastal areas, and leave a land locked rump state for the time being. The rump state will be dependent on EU aid. Russia can prevent any reconstruction by sporadic bombing. And if the Ukranians continue with the belief they can continue to fight with western aid, it could receive a tactical nuclear strike - and I can tell you, NATO will not go out and stop that.
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  8130. They told us that Russia has no accurate missiles. Then they said Russia has no missiles left ! Then what is going on ? It is good that Putin has left military decisions to the commander Surovkin. He assessed the situation and decided it is better to abandon Kherson and then destroy Ukraine's infra structure - power, fuel etc. That reduces Ukraine's capacity to wage war. This should have been done in the first week.
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  8131.  @RazorMouth  You have the only clue of the Ukranian front line, are you holed up in that Azot chemical plant imagining Ukranian victory ? The main weapons delivery is never going to arrive as Russia destroys quite a bit before it gets there.
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  8132.  @nicke0b  We shall see EU's resolve this winter, when Russia turns on the freezer. It is only summer and there are demos in European cities on prize rises.
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  8133. Ukraine will be dependent on EU aid. Anyway, these bankrupt Europeans have been holding conferences on Marhsall aid to Ukraine even before the war is ended. Without Russia, Ukraine cannot be reconstructed. Russia is the KEY stakeholder in Ukraine.
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  8134. Is Israel a terrorist state Piers ? Piers, it is my show, you cannot ask that question ! How pathetic !
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  8135. The Europeans are vassals of the US. When the US was plotting the coup in Ukraine for NATO expansion, and Merkel and Sarkozy objected fearing a war, their hands were twisted by Bush. The neocon Jewess Victoria Nuland was caught saying 'f... the EU and its objections'. Trump negotiated with Taliban and rest of NATO was not involved. And when Biden executed the withdrawal from Kabul, the US did not let its other NATO 'partners' (who had been dying in Afghanistan for the US know) ! The Americans commandeered the first flights out !! For fighting American wars against Muslims, and now against the Russians (and soon the Chinese), all the Europeans including UK got in return was terrorism and refugees, and massive expenses for both. Europe is shouldering 9 million refugees from Ukraine, how much did the US take for its war against Russia ?
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  8136. 'I agree that the UK is the most likely country to take the lead.' The UK doesn't have the capacity. There last two Trident missile tests were failures. They started a hypersonic missile programme after they heard the Russians were using them. Two days ago, the company to make the hypersonic went bust. The UK does not have the money nor the technology to match Russia. No one does. Even the US's three hypersonic missiles tests failed. Besides the French and German will not accept leadership from the UK.
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  8137.  @richardcole9558 'If you want to be at the big boys table you need to pay your way .' Europe cannot be big boys, get out of that delusion. Better still, don't go and pick a fight with a superpower who shares a continent with you, on behalf of a superpower across the sea. Then you can keep spending on defence to a minimum. Get it ?
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  8138.  @mysterioanonymous3206  I would like to think Europe has a different strategy than the US due to onflict due to the world wars and the colonial legacy. However, the evidence shows they don't have a different strategy. They seek protection from America and they are happy to join America to execute colonial projects (Ukraine, Israel). If the EU had a different or even neutral stance like China, India etc., you can talk.
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  8139. When the negotiations come, it will not be in Switzerland. Russia has already said Switzerland does not qualify as a neutral having sided with the west on sanctions. Same with all the 'peaceful' Scandinavians like Sweden, Finland and Norway. All of them were vying to be war mongers. The talks will have to be in Turkey. The participants in the talks from the west will be US, France and Germany. Russia will ask UK to be excluded due to its strident anti-Russian stance. Earlier, at the end of the USSR, the UK was selected with the US as signatories with Russia in the Budapest Memorandum on Ukraine. The UK was seen as being more important than France and Germany in international affairs. Not any more. The UK has shot itself in the foot. If there is US, no need to have UK.
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  8140. The Germans are gaslighting. Their plan to help Ukraine make missiles etc. will take years, and Ukraine will be safely dead by then.
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  8141.  @calicocat8213  His grandfather could go to Palestine in 1920 from Balarus, but a Palestinian whose ancestry goes beyond 1920 cannot have citizenship.
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  8142. It is normal for the side that is losing to shout a lot before the defeat. Biden has to prevent Ukraine's defeat before the elections, afterwards the US can walk away. They next President will walk away.
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  8143. 'Ukraine fights on battlefield Russia fights civillians...' Very neat, how long did you think to come out with that brilliant cliche ?
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  8144. What has Putin to be scared about ? Ukraine has run out of men, and you have run out of arms.
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  8145. Wagner and Belarus are backed by Russia. That is why the Poles are quivering.
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  8146.  @torehaaland6921  The school was a military academy and Swedish trainers were also there, so cannot complain if they were erased.
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  8147. Everyone knows the US did, both Victoria Nuland and Biden said the pipeline will be taken out. Now the European public know the US did it, but European leaders cannot say it publicly because of their vassal status under the US. Ukraine does not have the technology. The US sees that anti-US and anti-NATO sentiment might grow in Europe, so it is shifting the blame on Ukraine.
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  8148.  @yasminesteinbauer8565  The blame game against Germany is done by Poland, Baltics, US and UK. Germany is accused of not being sufficiently militarised. Once Germany was once the bane of Europe and restrictions were put on German militarisation. Hence, it is unfair and opportunistic for those who put curbs on German militarisation to blame Germany for not having military production. Germany learned from its history, and it does not want to have a war with Russia or a war in Europe. Germany did nothing wrong in developing economic relations with Russia. It was beneficial for all - Russia, Germany, and all of Europe. That is not in the US interest. The US is facing challenges from China, India, Russia, the ME and others against its hegemony. Only Europe is under its belt culturally. But even Europe was economically drifting away from the US and becoming part of a giant Eurasian economy which connected Europe, Russia, China and India, leaving out the US. As some of the European public now suspects US motives on Nordstream and Ukraine, and there is some public opposition growing in Europe to NATO, the US felt the need to deflect suspicion of NATO and US. Put the blame on Ukraine, they have a plausible motive. The problem is everyone doubts they have the technical capacity to blow up Nordstream.
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  8149.  @thegreatdane3627  You are immature to the point of absurdity. Why would Russia blow up its own pipeline ? General consensus in Europe is it is the US. American Tucker Carlson on Fox News said it the very next day, and showed clips of Nuland and Biden stating they will make sure the pipeline will not be operational again. And as more and more people believe that the US did it, resentment against the US grows, so the US is shifting the blame on Ukraine. Ukraine would be proud to say it did it, but it fears German and European support for Ukraine will fall. The west is in a hopeless mess. The US is a predatory ally. The Europeans are servile vassal states. Ukraine agreed to be a proxy for the US to fight Russia, and will end losing its country. Russia is de-industrialising Europe and promoting de-dollarisation which will end US dominance.
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  8150.  @Simon-sw4ov  No, I am being objective. You can change to other oil. But it will be more expensive. For gas, LNG for sure will be 4-5x the price of Russian piped gas. Which means you have to cut your standard of living, and your exports become uncompetitive. You tried to be spiteful to Russia and they rubbed your nose into the ground. You cut your nose to spite your face.
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  8151. 'An enemy that uses its soldiers as cannon fodder' - the German Nazis said the same when they started losing to the Red Army. At the same time, for months they were saying the Russians have low morale. Thus, when this reporter complains of an enemy who uses its soldiers as cannon fodder, it is a sure sign the Russians are unstoppable and will prevail.
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  8152. On the issue of N. Koreans fighting for Russia, there is moral outrage in the west - how dare Asians fight against Europeans.
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  8153.  @neighbourhoodwatch4886  On the issue of racism, Dmitry Kuleba ex-minister of Ukraine said the Russians fight brutally because they are Asiatics. He thinks Ukrainians are superior to Russians because they are Europeans, and he thinks that goes down well with Europeans, and makes Ukrainians acceptable. Western Ukraine had Nazi ideology. Ursula von Leyen of the EU welcomed the Ukrainians to join the EU, because 'you are part of the European family'. She did not say 'human family'.
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  8154.  @markcummings6856  There will be no Ukraine left or worth glorifying. Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good, thanks to America's predatory machinations.
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  8155. Russia is winning and making sure Ukraine will not win ! Russia destroyed all the NATO 'standard weapons', so what is Reznikov talking about ? It is chacateristic of losers to talk big. Russia does not talk, they just do. Reznikov says he will win the war next year. Based on what ? It is like Zelensky said after he got the Himars that Ukraine will take Crimea by Dec 2022. The US knows Ukraine cannot win, that is why it vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO.
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  8156. The EU has to pay the price for being a US vassal.
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  8157. 'What’s really good about this report is that thank to this it is becoming widely known, which again hopefully will force the politicians to react'. What reaction do you hope from your politicians and your brain dead Jens Stoltenberg ? Surely they cannot fight Russia. The Ukranians made a mistake relying on the US, and EU and NATO, and they got a very bad thrashing. You know very well the US blew up Nordstream. Russia is preparing the counter. You cannot stop the inevitable.
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  8158. This man with British accent is white washing Trump. Trump said he wants to be a dictator, he said you won't have to vote again, and he did not accept the election result and incited a mob shouting 'kill Mike Pence' to attack the Capitol. Who could be more innocent and likable than Trump according to this presenter ?
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  8159. The US will be the first to resist Article 5 - because it does not want Americans to get killed. They would put the Europeans in front to fight Russia.
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  8160. If I was Polish, I would keep my mouth shut. If Poland acts as America's attack dog, and goes and baits Russia, it too will get Ukrained ! And no, the US will not come to Poland's aid, especially if NATO is disbanded.
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  8161. Russia is treated with kid gloves...How ? You have sanctioned and armed Ukraine.
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  8162.  Anthony  Even Zelensky was denouncing the US for scaremongering when there was no war - he was concerned about the effect on the economy.
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  8163.  @Alex-dh2cx  Ukraine's independence declaration said it would be neutral country. That was one of the conditions for getting independence. Ukraine unilaterally tried to renege on it. So it is Ukraine's fault.
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  8164.  @Alex-dh2cx  Ukraine's independence was conditional. It had to give up nukes, be a neutral nation and allow Russia to use Sevastopol port for its Black Sea fleet. Ukraine tried to renege on neutrality by seeking to enter NATO and that would have led to loss of Sevastopol. Hence, Russia had to take corrective action in a timely manner.
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  8165.  @noahcharles2571  Russia has set out to achieve what it set out to achieve. Ukraine will not be in NATO and there will be no US bases threatening Russia or controlling the Black Sea. Get it ?
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  8166. Give me a break ! Finland is another weak, lousy European country. If NATO goes from 30 to 32, it does not make NATO stronger. NATO with or without Finland would not have been able to stop Russia in Ukraine, or put a no-fly zone, or stop Russia from using a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine. Europe cannot live in peace and stability while allowing the US to use Ukraine or Finland to threaten Russia. The Russian nuclear sword should hang over Finland.
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  8167.  @SamiNami  Impossible to join NATO. Russia has settled that for good. Ukranians know that will bring the tactical nuclear weapon strike on them. By now, they would also know the west will be forced to sit on the wall, they ain't going to fight a nuclear war for Ukraine.
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  8168.  @SamiNami  The war was caused because NATO was trying to induct Ukraine. Russia put an end to it. Russia will not allow Ukraine to join NATO after the war. They day Ukraine or NATO mentions again induction of Ukraine, Ukraine will receive a tactical nuke. Russia will not run out of those and NATO would not have the guts to intervene as they will receive even bigger nukes. It has been a costly miscalculation for Ukraine and NATO. Get real. Even Zelenksy mentioned he will drop NATO induction for negotiations - the problem is Russia is not ready to negotiate till it breaks up Ukraine a bit more to neutralise its threat.
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  8169. This is the time for Zelensky to ask for the French Legion. Where are the Storm Shadows and attack on Kerch bridge ? And the euphoric US aid and F16s ?
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  8170. Peace only after unconditional surrender. The Russian terns are : No NATO bases, no 'peacekeepers' from war mongering nations, demilitarsation and de-Nazification. Either accept these terms through negotiation or Russia will force it by military means, and you cannot stop them. Get it ?
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  8171. NATO is a collection of weak European countries. Ukraine's goose is cooked. Finland joining is not going yo save Ukraine - or make NATO stronger.
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  8172. The western media are hyperactive with the spin as defeat for Ukraine stares at them. They say Ukrainians are attritioning the Russians. That Russia is capturing places using human waves. What about Ukrainains ? Russia is firing 10 shells for every Ukrainian. Ukrainains killed are greater in relative and absolute terms. After the Stalingrad defeat, Goebbels also complained Russia did not fight by the rule book !
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  8173. The west actually has no plan. Otherwise, why would they invite useless people like Poland to talk about a western plan ? It is a weak country, that speaks too much against Russia. Poland is living dangerously and is next in line for a beating. Without the US, Poland will not survive one day.
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  8174. At the start of the war, Putin invited all those who they think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show. None in NATO had the courage to send troops. NATO countries are afraid to get killed, and cowards cannot win wars. Get it ?
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  8175. Read the news. The western media says the west is unable to supply shells at the rate the Ukranians are expending. You can imagine even bigger problem with tanks.
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  8176. This pompous Amercian should be reminded that the arsonist who came to Palestine and set the house on fire is the European Judas. The fireman needs to out out the fire and send Judas back from the garden of Gethsemane in Palestine to Europe.
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  8177. It is a laughable. It is like the British Army sending 12 soldiers to fight for Ukraine against the mighty Russians and expecting that will turn the tide.
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  8178. Western promises are like 'we shall not extend NATO one inch to the east', and then expand, till Russia punches you in the face, and you howl 'Russians are unreliable and cannot be trusted'.
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  8179. The correct interpretation is Russia is winning, and Ukraine's western backers are unable to continue limitless support, and Ukraine is desperate as defeat closes in, and the Americans get ready to abandon the Ukranians. Non-westerners always saw this would be the outcome, as Russia is a superpower.
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  8180. Ursula rages against Russia but endorses Israel's ethnic cleansing in Gaza. An Irish MEP bambooed her for this duplicity and she sat smiling guiltily. She knows her wickedness. She is German alright.
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  8181. Still more sanctions after Iran withstanding 50 years..
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  8182. @user-wp9hr3wl8d No one in the Russian government has said it will be a three day operation. They are professional. Some Russia media people may or may not have said it. Whether it is 3 days, 3 years or 30 years, there will be no US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop it. Get it ?
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  8183.  @jacobschnberg5382  Russia has won many wars - Germany was beaten into a pulp and so were the French.
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  8184. Proud to be Danish ? What do you produce apart from porn ? You think a tinpot country like Denmark can stop mighty Russia ?
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  8185. For some reason, Poland is itching to get a beating from Russia.
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  8186.  @jamsiek  Poland is all mouth and no trousers. Like Ukraine, it misbehaves thinking it has US backing.
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  8187. Borrell tries to smile weakly - as he knows he is lying about Ukraine joining the EU. If the US leaves, that will be the end of Ukraine. And if EU tries to support Ukraine on its own, Russia will come after the EU as well.
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  8188. The answer is simple. Indians are mired in Hindu nationalism, boasting about the past, killing people over cows and having mass dips in a river. I have been to Bangalore, the 'Silicon Valley' of India. Squalor, disorder, even cows on streets, exist side by side with IT. India is not a serious country. It will be forever a country with a bright future that never arrives.
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  8189.  @4thDeutschesReich  The Indians have an inferiority complex with respect to the Chinese.
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  8190. Ugly, dirty country. Cow worshippers, lynchings, incredible people.
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  8191. Need better relationship with Russia, China and BRICS.
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  8192.  @amancalledjim5382  Can you explain what makes you think I am insane ?
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  8193.  @Ass_of_Amalek  If you are not American, then you must be from one of those puny once-upon-a-time European countries.
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  8194. What international aid ? 80% of France'e electricity comes from Niger's uranium but only 10% of Niger's houses have electricity. They prefer to do business with Russia and China - because they will build them power plants, that is the difference. With your stealing mentality, Africa has decided to pivot to Russia and China. That is inrreversible. It is the end of the western world order. Get it ?
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  8195. According to you, Putin had a hand tremor and cancer and he was dying in 2022. But Biden has gone to mental care, and Boris Johnson got kicked out and has gone to see Trump to learn about racism. Sir Putin is the only survivor.
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  8196. All those who shelter behind the US like EU and UK better have a rethink.
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  8197.  @davidb6576  Russia can use it against Ukraine without consequences. The US is not going to commit nuclear suicide for Ukraine after the event. Long ago Kissinger said that the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. That has not changed. Or, will they work at all? Russian missiles have just destroyed your Patriot, they work alright. Only one nuke missile has to get through. Russia's quiet Yasen class submarines now patrol US coasts. They can eliminate all US cities. So the US will do nothing, it will just tell Russia not to do it again. 'And I know we will not be deterred by their threat.' That is false bravado. You have been deterred by that only. If for one moment you thought you could win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. Putin said you will face consequences you have not faced. The next day, Biden turned down request for a no-fly zone.
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  8198.  @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg  I said Russia has the nukes and the delivery system and will use it - if needed. The reason you are not sending troops to Ukaine is the fear they will use a nuke. That is not the first thing they will use, it is the last thing. If Ukraine steps into Crimea, a nuke will come on Kiev. This has been communicated to Blinken. The next day, Blinken said Ukraine will have to look for a solution without Crimea. So don't fool yourself. The US thought NATO expansion could go on regardless of Russian protests, but they found out that Russia will fight as they warned. It was not a bluff. Like that, using nuke is not a bluff, it will be used if needed.
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  8199. Westerners are dizzy with expectation. After the loss of Bakhmut, they want something. But the lady is objective. She does not say what the media want her to say. Ukraine cannot launch a major offensive that will overwhelm the Russians. They will be able to do pricks here and there. That won't get Ukraine far. The Russians will see them off and then go in hot pursuit after the Ukranians. On the other hand, if the Ukranians try to concentrate all their forces in Zaporizhia, the Russians will spot them and bombard them from the air.
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  8200. Your international legion will be like the Waffen SS and Charlemagne Brigade that fought for Hitler, but got crushed by the Red Army.
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  8201. Boris Johnson was the wicked emissary of Biden. Alexei Aristovich who was in the Ukrainian delegation that initialled the proposal in Istanbul has confirmed what Lavrov said : both parties were ready to make a treaty but Boris Johnson scuppered it, and told Ukraine to fight on because victory was in sight. There is no western diplomat of Lavrov's calibre. Western politicians get into an emotional rage when discussing Russia.
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  8202. If Putin is under such pressure, why is the US pressurising Ukraine to accept the land that it has lost is not coming back, and why is Ukraine pleading for NATO protection ?
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  8203.  @LeviathanSpeaks1469  That is a very clever acronym. You must be a super intelligent and brave Viking.
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  8204.  @jeckjeck3119  When they blow up the Baltic pipeline, I shall see your reaction.
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  8205.  @donfluso9042  Are you sick because you feel defeated by the Russians ?
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  8206. 'I am so upset and angry about the wests neglect of you people I don't know what to do except pray for you all' - why don't you go to Ukraine ?
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  8207. US won' be the first to go into Ukraine, they will be the first to move on and ditch Ukraine. Like in Kabul. I hope the EU understand this.
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  8208. Zelensky is a beggar, so how can he raise his voice ?
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  8209. The neocons swore in the 1990s after the end of the Cold War, that the US will remain the only power in the world, and it will never again allow another power to rise. Fukuyama even wrote a book 'End of History'. America would reign for ever, and there will be no more history.
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  8210. They wanted adventure with the Chinese.
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  8211. 'This war would be done with if more countries had the courage of Poland.' Poland's courage stems from hiding under the US umbrella. If the US withdraws from Europe, Poland will get Ukrained. It is acting unnaturally and shrieking out of fear.
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  8212. Putin has said British assets will be struck if Storm Shadows are used in Russia. I don't think Russia will use a tactical nuclear weapon straight away. They will keep it in reserve. My guess is the Russians or the Houthis will sink a British ship. And the US will look the other way. The rest of NATO is useless. Britain will be out on a limb. If Britain still wants to escalate on its own, then there can be other Russian retaliations including the tactical nuclear weapon.
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  8213. It is not just Netanyahu, he is surrounded by Jewish Nazis like Ben Gvir, Smodric. Smodric recently said with a glint in the eye that Lebanon is a part of historic Israel, and this war is an opportunity for Israel. Jewish fundamentalists and Jewish Nazis rule the roost.
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  8214. Conclusion something many except the deluded knew: Russia is winning, and it was folly for Ukraine to fight with money hand-outs from outside and imported arms.
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  8215. That is why Europe does not have any credibility. The rest of the world has not forgotten that Europe's attainment was not due to any high moral standards. That is why the rest of the world backs Russia to end the western global order.
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  8216.  @AK-us2di  Your questions are irrelevant. The US Secretary James Baker made the statement 'NATO will not expand one inch to the east' after the Soviet Union agreed to reunification of Germany. These Eastern Bloc countries should not have been absorbed into. The US reneged on that understanding. After stabbing Russia in the back, how dare you ask such a question ? Ukraine is directly on the border of Russia and if it joined NATO, it would be a threat to Russia and its access to the Black Sea. Hence, Ukraine will not exist, it is being bombed into non-existence, and even a nuclear strike is possible. Get it ? Sweden and Finland are irrelevant countries. I don't know why they joined NATO, as Russia never threatened, but now they are under the cross hairs of Russia. If the US one day decided it cannot afford NATO, these countries will be on a limb.
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  8217.  @SkaldCG  Even if a treaty was not signed about NATO not expanding, it was against the spirit of detente to cash in and expand NATO. Russia made concessions and it expected the west to show mutual consideration. NATO is just a tool of US. Europe is under its hegemony. NATO expansion was US driven solely for its arms industry. It was based on the lobbying of Lockheed and other arms companies with US politicians in 1998 (see New York Times Articles which are still available and online). Merkel and Sarkozy opposed NATO expansion to Ukraine fearing war, but their arms were twisted by Bush. It shows how much independence Europe has. They are all vassal states of the US. You want something for nothing - you want to threaten Russia and claim you are just a defensive alliance. You want to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds. NATO was waging war in Afghanistan. So don't put on moral airs, you are just nauseating. Russia has decided that NATO cannot have bases in Ukraine, it has taken part of Ukraine, it will bomb the rest and make it a wasteland, and use a nuclear strike (if needed). You cannot stop it. Get it ?
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  8218.  @philipmain5701  Don't put on airs of innocence. James Baker is now irrelevant to you - now. You can lie and cheat, and that is permissible, that is why your 'rules based international order' is not credible. Russia has ended your order and the rest of the world appreciates them. If Sweden and Finland have military capability, they would not need to join NATO. If they are so capable, why don't they send troops to Ukraine ? 'If you had taken note of article 5 of NATO's constitution you will observe that NATO has never been an invasive threat to Russia ' What is there in Article 5 for Russia to know NATO is not a threat ? It is Russia's perception that decides if it is a threat or not. If the US gets missile and naval bases in Ukraine, it shuts out Russia from the Black Sea. Russia is not going to allow that, and it is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop it. There can be no security in Europe without Russian security. Get it ? Ukraine is the biggest loser, it is not going to exist. The cost for the west is (1) 9 million refugees that you have to feed and house (2) de-industrialisation of even Germany due to high energy price (3) high defence hike and expenditure on NATO's bureaucracy, which is worse than the EU bureaucracy (4) western economies are squeezed with low living standards leading to riots in France, UK etc. and (5) onset of dedollarisation . Ukraine is not in NATO, why are you arming it ? When Russia asked for a security guarantee, you could have given it and averted the war. Instead, you allowed the war to happen. And when Ukraine negotiated a settlement in Turkey, Boris Johnson went and blocked it. Why ? So don't pretend innocence, it is nauseating. And if NATO is such a defensive alliance, what was it doing in Afghanistan ? Bloody liar.
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  8219.  @Lasse65  Idiot, if what you say is true, 'not one inch to the east' meant only to east Germany, then Poland is east of Germany. You are duplicitous, you want to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds, so Russia has ended the western global order. That is the price of your NATO expansion folly. The war could have been averted if the US agreed to a security guarantee. It could have been ended with the negotiations in Turkey but BoJo was sent to torpedo it. Because you people wanted to fight Russia.
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  8220.  @AK-us2di  Ukraine's conditions for independence were (1) give up nukes and (2) neutrality. In 2014, Ukraine reneged unilaterally on the condition and understanding it gave Russia, therefore its independence is cancelled. Russia will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine and it is ready to fight a nuclear war. If it not for that, NATO would have sent troops. Russia has taken the eastern part of Ukraine which were Russian and which were attached to Ukraine when the Soviet Union was formed, the rest will be turned into a wasteland, and maybe Ukraine will receive a nuclear strike to force unconditional surrender. Get it ?
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  8221.  @AK-us2di  Sovereignty does not mean you can invite a far off power to threaten a neighbour. Ukraine's sovereignty was conditional from the beginning. It had to give up the nukes and agree to not join in any military alliance. It tried to renege on the second unilaterally, so it is being dismembered and it might get a nuclear strike. Get it ? The situation is very serious.
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  8222.  @AK-us2di  Ukraine made its choice At the end of WW 2, the condition for Austria not to be incorporated into the Warsaw Pact was that it would be neutral. Austria has honoured that, it kept out of NATO, although it is in the EU. So there are countries that are prudent and countries with no idea of statecraft. Ukraine is in the second category; it became a plaything of the US. Putin had said he had no objection for Ukraine joining the EU. But Russia will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war. Part of Ukraine has been taken back into Russia, the rest will be made a wasteland dependent on EU aid. Ukraine might even receive a nuclear strike. What will you do about it ? Nothing.
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  8223.  @janestones323  Indeed, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, Ukranians ruled from Moscow - Krushchev and Chernenko. When they became independent, they squandered their nation, took up Russophobia to buy western favours, and indulged in Nazism. Now they are on the way to becoming a failed state. Sevastopol, Odessa were built by Russians. Unfortunately, Ukranians have turned out to be waste.
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  8224. Tim Sebastian knows that Ukraine and the west are losing. There is no mystery on why the west cannot give enough weapons to Ukraine - it cannot produce them, it cannot afford it. Stoltenberg admitted Russia produces 3x the shells that NATO produces; and NATO's cost per shell is 4x. It is not a matter of weapons, Ukraine has lost the war because Russia has killed off its professional military; and the EU is unwilling to go and fight and be killed by the Russians. Why has the EU not considered why they are vassals of the US ? It is the US that wanted to expand NATO to Russia's borders and have a war. Why is the EU going along with it ? The US blew up Nordstream, why the EU does not have the guts to challenge the US ?
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  8225. What does the Kremlin have to do with it ? Americans have screwed their country with their racism, gun culture, war mongering and living in debt.
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  8226.  @Soulessdeeds  No one needs global security from America. You create wars - as in Ukraine, Middle East. The EU should wake up and align with Russia, China and BRICS. Then you will find how US fares on its own.
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  8227. The talk about Russia's use of tactical nuclear weapons came after the French said they will send troops, and the British said Ukrainians will hit Russia with their missiles. The British and French ambassadors were called and told in no uncertain terms that British and French targets inside and outside their countries will be hit and Russia was ready for a nuclear strike if necessary. If red lines are crossed that require Russia to use its nuclear doctrine, it will use it. Russia does not bluff. Soon enough, Cameron pulled down his tweet about hitting Russia with British missile and the British media stopped talking about hitting the Kerch bridge (now they say it is not used for military supplies !). And the French made amends and sent an envoy to attend Putin's inauguration, along with 7 EU countries ! Russia is winning in Ukraine without nuclear weapons, but it dangles it judiciously when needed on western heads. Russia is always one step ahead, and always resolute. The west is completely at sea. It is burning with rage, but is completely impotent. Russia is mightier than the collective west and the rest of the world can see it. The west needs an off-ramp but there is none.
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  8228. 'Putin is under pressure ? Has he asked to negotiate, and offered to trade Donbass for Kursk ? Instead, I see the US is begging for negotiations to freeze the conflict, and the desperate Ukrainians and useless Europeans are clowning around proposing peacekeepers. Sir Putin has laid his terms for negotiations : Ukraine has to surrender remaining areas of Donbass, get out of Kursk, and also accept no NATO entry. Otherwise, Russia will continue the war, forcibly evict the Ukrainians from the remainder of Donbass and Kursk, and advance to the Dnieper.
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  8229.  @thatgoofyvrguy  The turning point of the war was when Russia took time out in the first half of 2023 to build the Surovikin defence line to stem the Ukrainian counter offensive. The Russians even withdrew from the west bank of Kherson as they might have been trapped; it was a politically difficult decision for Putin, but he went with his general and it was the correct decision militarily. The west had been trumpeting the Ukrainian counter offensive for 9 months. So the Russians built a barricade and waited. The counter offensive started later, and the Ukrainians impaled themselves on the Surovikin defence line. They lost a lot of troops and armour. Once the Ukrainians were beaten back, Russia gained the initiative and Ukraine has been on the defensive, notwithstanding Kursk. The Russians have killed off the best men in the Ukrainian army, and the west has run out of weapons, and the west does not have the industrial capacity to ramp up. The Russians are master chess players. Sometimes if there is an attack, you need to stem it, defend and beat it off; then, you can go on the attack. The decision to withdraw from Kherson, and defend against the counter offensive was brilliant. The Russians were caught by surprise in Kursk but their reaction shows military astuteness. They did not panic, they decided not to draw troops out of Donbass to immediately force the Ukrainians out of Kursk. The west said it was a big humiliation for Putin. He did not show any. The Russians took steps to block Ukraine's advance to capture the Kursk power plant, and the best Ukrainian troops got pinned in Kursk - unable to advance or retreat. It allowed Russia to advance more quickly in the Donbass. Thus, Russia now sets the negotiation terms. Ukraine has to surrender the rest of Donbass, and agree to neutrality, otherwise Russia will take it by force - and it will take more than Donbass. There is nothing Ukraine or the west can do.
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  8230.  @Bartholomew_Bellamy  ' But Russia cannot stand in with the US and all of EU and fund this war. You said that in 2021. Rouble will be rubble. 'Russia simply does not have the GDP to spend with America and the EU'. Why is Trump asking for a negotiated settlement then ? Do you have the money and weapons ?
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  8231.  @thatgoofyvrguy  'if Ukraine somehow joined NATO, they would have much more troops and support.' Let us cut out the 'ifs'. The reality is the US is unwilling to fight a war directly with Russia because it knows Russia will strike the US with nukes. So there was no question of the US allowing Ukraine to join NATO once the war started. Russia has thwarted any possibility for US to have bases in Ukraine.
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  8232.  @thatgoofyvrguy  'it’s not just about the US government, article 5 would already make every NATO country support Ukraine if they joined,' You do not understand NATO or Article 5. The NATO is the US. The US decides if NATO will act or not act. The rest are supporting cast. In the NATO summit in Vilnius in June 2023, Biden stated that Ukraine will not be admitted to NATO, despite Zelensky's pleading. The unsaid reason : he did not want Ukraine invoking Article 5 and forcing US to fight a nuclear war with Russia. Anyhow, you have not read Article 5. Otherwise, you would not have written 'article 5 would already make every NATO country support Ukraine if they joined.' Article 5 only says an attack on one will be deemed as an attack on all. But there is no requirement for collective armed action. The action is left optional to the individual countries. The action could be all the way to war, but countries can opt out or just agree to send medical supplies. Article 5 is weak and the Americans have written it in such a way that there is no obligation for them to fight. Ukraine and Europe have been taken for a ride by the US with NATO. Long ago, Kissinger said the US would not fight a nuclear war with the Soviets to save Germany and Europe. It is the same situation today.
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  8233.  @thatgoofyvrguy  Article 5 only operates if US is willing to send troops. The US unwilling, so Ukraine is not going to be helped outside or inside NATO. It was taken for ride by the US and the west.
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  8234. colossal crisis when a member nation invades another one ? What are you talking about ? No NATO nation has invaded another. Neither Ukraine and Russia are not in NATO. The US and NATO are rogue nations - they invaded Iraq and Afghanistan and UN was ignored. Again, what are you talking about ?
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  8235. Russia has 20% of Ukraine. That 20% is worth more than 20%. Russia has taken the industrial and coastal areas and with these, Russia is able to strangle Ukraine's economy and make it a failed state. Russia is even able to strangle Europe economically, so the people who feed Ukraine cannot afford it ! Time is not on Ukraine's side. The Ukranian goose is cooked.
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  8236. Tucker needs to cut out his Trump adulation. America is declining and neither Trump nor Biden can stop it. Biden is projected as incompetent by Tucker - but he is only carrying out policies sown by previous US governments. NATO expansion which led to war in Ukraine was initiated in 1997 and was followed by Bushes and Obama and Trump. Trump laid the seeds for potential conflict with China - which Biden is continuing. Trump put out that the Covid virus was due to China, he complained bitterly that US decline was due to the Chinese snatching US jobs (past US govts. encouraged its capitalists to go to China). Now Trump wants to sow divisions with France. Europe is the last place where American writ rules. If Trump comes, even Europe will have to shake off America. Trump's solution to France was to issue threats. That is what the US has been doing to the rest of the world and much of the world got alienated, so it wants to stay away from the dollar because it is used as a weapon. De-dollarisation was given impetus by Russia and cannot be stopped now. Eventually that will cut US power. Trump knows it, Carlson knows it, Biden knows it. Trump sowed bitter divisions in US society - racism, white supremacy, Islamophobia, anti Mexican immigrants, anti-liberals and media etc. He was a demagogue. So how can Trump be a solution ?
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  8237.  @jcoker423  It does not matter if it took more than 4 weeks, admire the resolve of the Russian soldier clearing out the Ukro Nazis wielding western weapons from Bakhmut with just shovels.
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  8238. So the west is now talking about killing Zelensky ! The west wants the war to end somehow as it is killing their economies.
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  8239.  @attila2946  Ukraine will not be a country, let alone be in NATO. It will be partitioned and then assimilated slowly.
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  8240.  @truthfinder7064  Indeed, they are wily chess players.
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  8241. Russia's action was not unprovoked. The US sought to put missile and naval bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Russia beat back the collective west. Ukraine was not in a position in 2022 or ever to crush Russia. Russia has the upper hand due to the nuclear weapon. It dangled the nuclear weapon on the west's head to prevent it from sending troops. So don't fool yourself with 'If only we had....' If for one moment the west thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. But it is the certainty the Russians would have killed NATO the same way as Ukrainians that checked the west. Russia has won, get over it....
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  8242.  @AN-vt3kl  No one in NATO has the guts to fight the Russian army.
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  8243.  @kyttraus  And now the big surprise is Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  8244. What do you see in an uneducated racist ?
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  8245. But Russians will have (1) heating for the houses (2) their industries have energy to run. Europeans are going to have rationing of energy and de-industrialisation. Aluminium, steel, glass and chemical industries have shut in Europe. Some of these will close for ever. No aluminium and steel means automotive industries and Airbus go down. Get it ?
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  8246.  @jacobfrench19475  'American aid would be dramatically increased. ' Have you heard that Trump was elected President ? The US does not have money or interceptor missiles to give away on the scale Ukraine needs.
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  8247. Why don't you wish your country to send its troops to save them ?
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  8248.  @girthbrookz4303  The USA has indeed the best logistics in the world. They needed those logistics to shield their cowards, so they could board the planes in Kabul and run away from the Taliban, leaving millions of dollars of equipment.
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  8249. If Russia were to be seen to win the war in Ukraine, they might want to do a demonstration nuclear strike in Ukraine.” They have already won the war, they do not need a nuclear strike to show who is boss. The US is not going to send more money and arms, and the Europeans and Brits are useless. Well done Russia !
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  8250. 'It's not Trumps decision to make, Ukraine will decide if it wishes to negotiate.' The only choice for Ukraine is unconditional surrender. The time for Minsk 1 and 2, and negotiations in Turkey, are over. The west used them to stall a settlement with Russia on security.
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  8251.  @ramadankadriu5336  UK GDP is higher than Russian - depends what is in that UK GDP. Can UK launch satellites, knock out satellites, can it make a Sarmat missile that can wipe out Britain in a single strike ? UK can only do banking and insurance. At the end of the day, the UK is another puny European country, that is the perennial shoe shine boy of the US.
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  8252.  @Gopferteckel  'NATO just doesn’t want the war to expand but contain it. Courage doesn’t equal wisdom.' NATO wanted something for nothing. It expanded NATO when it could, when Russia only reacted by word. But when Russia reacted militarily, and NATO got defeated, you say NATO just doesn’t want the war to expand.
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  8253. leopard tank or a challenger - they may need to hide some of them, because the Russians may have destroyed some.
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  8254. Half of the rockets were shot down - how does this Cragg fellow know ?
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  8255. Russia has taken a decision to de-dollarise and promote use of other currencies. VISA and Mastercard left Russia. Russia swiftly introduced its domestic debit/credit card. It is not international for now, but for Russians, it is fine. Previously, VISA and Mastercard were earn 2.5% on each transaction within Russia. Now, that is gone, it is loss of business to the US. Putin has taught that others too can create financial services systems. Likewise, Russia created its own alternative to SWIFT. It is not global, but it is a start. Putin is a nationalist, he wants to be steer away from western control, so he will not encourage now US banks. He realises that financial independence is needed to break western domination.
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  8256.  @sampohonkala4195  The Finns joined the Nazis in the siege of Leningrad, they had to pay a price afterwards. They had to cede Karelia to the Soviet Union.
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  8257.  @vikingspud  Out of the 23, 22 do not make any difference and do not need to be consulted. Finland is a waster, no point consulting them on Ukraine. The US never bothers to consult. It left Kabul without telling its NATO 'partners'.
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  8258. Democracy run by Al Capone !
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  8259. Did Clarke predict that the Ukranian counter offensive would be a flop ? Or before that NATO expansion to Ukraine will bring war ? Independent commentators like Scott Ritter, Macgregor etc predicted it and explained it before. Clarke took the optimistic establishment line. He is just a paid hack, with low IQ.
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  8260.  @darkcloud5830  'He needs to drain all the weaponry from the UK to Ukraine.' Maybe that is why they are thinking of posting Reznikov in London, to drain out all UK's weapons.
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  8261.  @handler007  Why has America thrown Zelensky and the Ukranians under the bus after inciting them to fight Russians ? Shameless people.
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  8262.  @anoriolkoyt  Kissinger revealed what Americans think, it is not a stupid comment at all. Japan, S. Korea, Western Europe, Canada, all are vassals of the US. They have to go and die for the US in Afghanistan, and when the US leaves, it does not bother to tell the vassals. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to die for the Americans. Now, the Americans don't want to send troops to Ukraine and die for them. The Americans incited Ukraine to fight Russia, but when the Russians gave Ukraine a good thrashing, the Americans said 'we don't want you in NATO now, because that would mean we would be killed like you by the Russians'. It is the European vassals who are stupid to follow America and commit economic and military suicide for America.
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  8263. Somalis should be blamed. They have a record of downing Black Hawks. Hollywood then made movies about it.
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  8264. Former British Tank Commander, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon - why is he not in a Challenger in Pokrovsk ?
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  8265. Russia has single handedly ended the western 'rules based international order' for good. That is the order that allows them to invade Iraq, blockade Cuba and Venezuela, and support Israel.
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  8266. Russia is not asking for negotiations. Zelensky and the west are putting feelers about negotiations - because they realise otherwise Russia will fight on and force Ukraine into unconditional surrender.
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  8267. European nations are subordinates of the US. Willingly. The US therefore exploits it, using the Eastern Europeans against the Western Europeans.
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  8268. Poland, Finland were the most Russophobic, and pro Ukrainian. They thrilled at being America's attack dog. What happened ?
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  8269. The answer would have been 'the occupied has every right to fight the occupier'. Hijab would have asked Piers 'why Britain fought Nazi Germany, why the Jews in Warsaw Ghetto made an uprising against the Nazis.
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  8270. The US escalated when it expanded NATO after promising Russia NATO would not expand one inch to the east. Get it ? Finally, Russia punched you in the face and you pretend you are innocent. Get it ?
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  8271.  @dpelpal  On the one hand Russia cannot beat Ukraine. But on the other hand, Russia has plan to take the whole of Europe. Your type has contradictory narratives. The first argument is a cover up as you cannot accept you are defeated. The second is to use fear to mobilise. At no stage will you ask what you are doing to make enemies all around the world. Russia has ended the US controlled world order. Get it ?
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  8272. Yes, Ukranians keep dying for the west, while they watch football and baseball.
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  8273. Negotiations should be between Russia and the US. No need for Ukraine and Europeans and British.
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  8274. Can you pious geniuses explain the false flag Iraq operations over WMDs ? Why should we believe you ?
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  8275. How will you do that ? Anyone who touches Russia faces a Sarmat missile. By now you should know, no one messes with Putin.
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  8276.  @carlosbaez7884  You don't know that the US fought Taliban for 20 years, dragging NATO along. After 20 years, the US under Trump negotiated with Taliban in 2021 in Doha (without NATO !) , and as soon Biden came, he withdrew from Kabul. The American troops dashed to the airport as the Taliban have a deadline. The Americans cornered the first flights out of Kabul, and forgot to tell NATO allies that it was leaving !!! Shameless people. You don't know about this ? Where have you been ? Did you start reading the news on 24 Feb 2022 ? It says two things about the US and NATO. They will not fight if they face casualties, because they do not want to die. The second is the US uses allies and ditches them when it does not need them - and that includes NATO. That is what we see with Ukraine also, just like Afghanistan. The US financed the Maidan coup in 2014, trained the Ukranian army to fight Russians, provided weapons etc., made them feel they were special and about to be inducted into NATO, but when the Russians put their foot down, the US and NATO watched from the sidelines, said they would not put soldiers or a 'no fly zone', as they don't want to get killed. They gave the Ukranians some arms. The US will fight Russia to the last Ukranian. If the Russians settle it with a tactical nuclear weapon, believe me the US and NATO will shout about war crime, but they will not do anything. I would never trust the US as an ally. Every country that has allied or served the US has been a door mat -whether they are Afghans, Latin Americans, Pakistanis, Arabs, Europeans, Ukranians..... Of course Europeans and Ukranians may think Americans have a special bond for them, but evidence shows despite that, the US is opportunist.
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  8277. Cost of living crisis - he needs help from Sir Putin ! If he was independent, he would speak to Biden to wind down the war and give Russia a security guarantee and end the damned war. But Sunak is surrounded by Anglo Saxons who are virulently anti-Russian, so he will have to be like the rest of them, and obey America and continue with war mongering. Meanwhile, he said he does not want to saddle the country with debt, he does not want to raise taxes for the rich like himself, so the only option is to cut services for the majority.
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  8278. Most of the migrants came from war-torn and failed states....in which the European countries led by the US was the cause.
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  8279. Earlier, the mantra was 'we shall support Ukraine for however long it takes'. Now all the Ukranian supporters are telling Ukranians not to be backstabbers against Poland ! Ukraine stabbed Russian in the back. It got sovereignty on the condition it will be a neutral state. Ukraine is an advanced industrial country with steel mills, nuclear power plants, aircraft factory etc. All that Ukraine has was from the Soviet Union. But Ukraine stabbed Russia in the back by seeking to give US military bases to threaten Russia. And now Ukraine is stabbing Poland ! If they can back stab Russia, they can do it to Poland as well. That is their character. But Poland deserves it because it too was going out of its way to be America's attack dog against Russia. It was the Red Army that freed Poland from the Nazi concentration camps, but Poland wants to fight Russia. Poles are also lacking in character. Russia is winning. It took all of Ukraine's industrial assets, ended its grain trade when Ukraine fired drones from Odessa to Crimea, and blocked Ukraine from the sea. The Ukranian counter offensive is a flop and the western allies are unable to supply weapons in quantity, so they are quietly looking for ways to ditch Ukraine without looking like the west lost.
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  8280. I would be content with Donbass, Crimea and Mariopol. And Ukraine stopped from entering NATO.
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  8281. All those refugees you fear are only coming because you waged war on their countries. Remember what you did in Iraq. So don't complain, you have to take them.
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  8282.  @ragingmonk6080  US ground forces fought ill equipped Iraqis and Afghans. You try any of your tactics against the Russians, they will massacre you - you will not be able to take it. If for one moment you thought you could win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine.
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  8283.  @razorburn7745  Then why don't you send your puny NATO army to Ukraine ? The Russians will kill all of you. And you cannot take that.
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  8284. Absolutely correct. Europe is paying for its arrogance.
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  8285. The deal with Ukraine was 'we supply weapons, you supply the blood'.
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  8286. You have been predicting Russian collapse since month 1. Rouble will be rubble, Russia has run out of missiles etc. Then all of a sudden Russia launches missile strikes on 10 cities, and your type starts howling. Russia has collapsed Ukraine's economy, Ukraine is on western ventilator support, but Russia is also collapsing the European economy and de-industrialising Europe ! Get real, and avoid wishful thinking. Russia is a super power, you are not. Russia's has single handedly ended the western 'world order'.
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  8287. The invasion was initiated due to the US greed for NATO expansion. Who asked the US to go Ukraine and plan to set up missile and naval bases to threaten Russia. Russia asked the US to give a security guarantee in Dec. 2022. The US declined. Ukraine went along with the idea that it could defeat Russia with US aid. The western media told lies about Ukrainian victory. It has backfired. As defeat stares, the blame game will start - the west will say Ukraine did not obey NATO, Ukraine will say the west let it down.
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  8288. People know which is the paper tiger and the real bear.
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  8289. She mentions Russia's coercion of Europe by cutting gas. It was triggered by Europe's coercion of Russia with sanctions. It is lying by omission.
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  8290.  @jerrymcgeorge4117  Those who share borders and those who don't share borders with the US - like Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran - have suffered. Ukraine is a victim of the US financed coup of 2014. Russia is not going to allow the US to gain bases in Ukraine. After a time, the US will disengage from the US and leave them to flounder. 'Russia is in its death throes.' They seem to be de-industrialising Europe and driving de-dollarisation.
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  8291. Ukraine defence minister says he doesn't believe Putin will use nuclear weapons. Did Putin assure him that ?
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  8292. And what is the plan for their hostages ?
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  8293. Unfortunately, Hinduism has invented a caste system which is against the equality of people. That is why it is restricted to India. So what are you talking about not having a "closed mindset" ? And Hindu nationalists in India are lynching Christians and Muslims.
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  8294.  @rickdalton4890  They cannot tolerate that. Hindus are incredible racists. The caste system is just racism. That is the basis of their religion.
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  8295.  @philipmain5701  The last Article of the Budapest memorandum says in the event of a disagreement, all 4 parties (Ukraine, Russia, US and UK) would sit together and resolve it. When Putin sent a letter in Dec. 2021 asking Biden for a security guarantee and a promise not to put missile and naval bases in Ukraine targeting Russia, Biden did not agree to negotiate. After Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement in Turkey, BoJo sabotaged it. It is clear that US, UK and Ukraine did not want to abide by the last Article of the Budapest memorandum. Russia showed goodwill in allowing German reunification and dissolving Warsaw Pact. If Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved. Instead, the US has sought NATO expansion as it benefits the US military. Russia did not expect this. Russia allowed the US and UK to be a guarantor for Ukraine. Instead, the US and UK conspired with Ukraine to get Ukraine into NATO, which is an anti-Russian military alliance. This was against the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum from Russia's perspective. Hence the war. Russia has ensured there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine does not exist, that is the price it has to pay for conspiring against Russia despite Russia giving it independence under favourable terms, even giving away historic Russian lands like Crimea, Kiev and Odessa. If the US wants to reverse the situation, Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war. What more needs explanation ?
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  8296. The US organised a meeting for African Union leaders to get to know Zelensky, who is a star speaker in western parliaments. Just 3 African leaders turned up for the meeting ! When the African Union's President wanted to get wheat from Ukraine, he went directly to see Putin. African Union's President broke the rules based international order by not consulting the west. Putin agreed to create a corridor to ship grain from Odessa. Africans have not forgotten the Soviet Union's support for their struggles. Many countries that came out of the shadow of colonialism like India also appreciate and remember the support the Soviet Union gave. Hence, they have a bond with Russia.
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  8297. Then if they are going to use shipping insurance to blackmail others, the world needs to break the west's insurance cartel by creating other insurance centres.
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  8298.  @mikepagani6996  The Russians can come back for Kiev later. It is correct to concentrate the fire power. You see the Ukranians are squealing as they see more land being lost. Their claim they are winning is gone. This time, they know, this Donbas land ain't coming back, it will join Crimea. The coastal belt is siezed, maybe they need to take Odessa also. Russia can economically squeeze the rump Ukraine that remains; they can prevent its reconstruction by raining missiles from time to time. That is how it is going to be till Ukraine signs a treaty confirming neutrality.
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  8299.  @eddapultstab2078  The west is now saying after the failed Ukranian counter offensive that Russia is not as weak as they thought.
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  8300.  @eddapultstab2078  The western media said some days back that Ukraine launched a capture of Crimea with some paratroopers, for its independence day. Nothing came of it and it has disappeared from the news ! They might have landed, but they would have all been killed. At the start of the offensive around June 2023, one British paper said a Ukrainian group crossed the Dnieper and captured some islands. It made out that the Ukranian offensive was rolling onto the Sea of Azov. That disappeared from the news as well. The west is trying to make much of Robotyne but it is like the rest. Ukraine does not have the steam as they are getting massacred in the process. It is one last ditch effort before the winter mud closes in be end of this month. Meanwhile in the north, Russia is advancing on Kupiansk.
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  8301. extra $713m in aid - this will be billed through NATO to the EU and its taxpayers, and US companies will be the only beneficiaries.
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  8302.  @TDurden527  I see you do not have the IQ of even a bot to discuss the subject.
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  8303.  @frozenllama23  Yes, Ukraine cannot be part of NATO. They need to declare it publicly that they will be neutral, then the war will end.
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  8304.  @frozenllama23  US and NATO were training Ukranians troops near Lvov. Why were they doing that ? The US asked Ukraine to send 5000 troops to Afghanistan. Ukraine was not in NATO but Ukraine hoped to be inducted into NATO for services rendered to the Americans. Ukraine changed its constitution and put NATO entry as an aim. Ukraine is NOW never going to be accepted to Nato - because Russia gave it a memorable thrashing, and put US on notice that it is ready to fight a nuclear war if needed to prevent the US put missiles in Ukraine. You need to engage your brain and understand the above is the key take away point of the war. Its is not about another two weaklings like Sweden and Finland applying to join NATO. Russia was not interested in them. These two are not going to change the situation in Ukraine, but if they allow the US to threaten Russia using their territory, then these countries will be the targets for Russian nuclear missiles. You should know by now that anyone who threatens Russia gets a beating. That was also the case in the past.
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  8305.  @frozenllama23  So why did the US not state to Russia that Ukraine was not going to be accepted into NATO when Russia sent a letter asking for a security guarantee on 17 Dec. 2021 ? You are lying. NATO induction was the plan, the US and Ukraine did not realise that Russia was not bluffing, and would give Ukraine a thrashing that would settle the issue for good.
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  8306.  @frozenllama23  Russia will nuke US only if it threatens its security and conventional means are exhausted. That is normal. However, Russia is resolute and you need to understand it is not bluffing. The US threatened Russia's security through Ukraine, and so it took conventional action. The US does not dare send troops to Ukraine because the next step will indeed be nuclear and the US understands that without being told.
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  8307.  @rencet3747 Perhaps it is better to skip my posts. You will not be able to digest it, and you don't have the intellect to refute it.
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  8308.  @markpieratt  Ukraine's independence was always conditional - it had to give up nukes, be a neutral country, allow Russian navy to use Sevasatopol in the Crimea. Otherwise, Russia would not have got independence. Ukraine started flouting the agreements and understanding, so it is to blame. It will lose all its independence. It was much better to have substantial independence or stay with Russia. This business of bringing in the US to oppose Russia was fraught with danger.
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  8309.  @silverforest4682  Ukraine unilaterally started to renege on its commitment given to Russia at the time of independence that it will be neutral and not join any military alliance. So effectively Ukraine fired the first shot.
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  8310.  @terjeoseberg990  If you are confident Russian nukes will all be shot down, why does not NATO send its troops to Ukraine ? Plain cowardice ? Russia has hypersonic missiles that cannot be stopped. The US's second test to fly a hypersonic failed last week.
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  8311.  @frozenllama23  Those nuke threats came after the US plotted to put Ukraine in NATO to place US missiles there. Russia has put a definite stop to that. Your complaint is like the west indulging first in blackmail by weaponisation of the dollar and then complaining about Russian blackmail by weaponisation of energy. You start mischief first, if the opponent is weak you get away, and pose as innocent. But when you start mischief against Russia and pose as innocent, you get a punch on the nose, and afterwards you bleat the international rules-based order was flouted. You are incredibly duplicitous and you imagine no one else can understand your wickedness masquerading as 'rule of law'.
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  8312.  @nintendokings  Have you read the Budapest agreement whose signatories were Russia, US and the UK ? Did you understand it ? Read before you come with disinformation. Article 2 says weapons can be used against Ukraine in self defence, that is if it threatens the security of the other signatories. Ukraine is not going to threaten US and UK, but it has played the game of allying with US and UK to threaten the security of Russia. Hence, Russia is entitled to take action against Ukraine in self defence, including and up to cancelling Ukraine's independence. 2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. Article 6.The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will consult in the event a situation arises which raises a question concerning these commitments. As per article 6, Russia wrote to the US for a security guarantee to the US on 17 Dec. 2021 that US weapons will not be placed in Ukraine threatening Russia. The US refused to agree. We have an unexpected problem that Ukraine lined up with two of its guarantors to threaten Russia. So end of the Budapest Memorandum.
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  8313.  @jasonasdecker  Ukraine's declaration of independence said it would be a neutral state which would not join any military alliance. Without that commitment, Russia would not have given Ukraine independence. You are phrasing the Budapest Memorandum to suit your perspective 'Ukraine also promised to give up their nuclear weapons if Russia would respect their territory and UK and the USA promised to defend them if they gave up their nuclear weapons (this treaty was called The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances)'. This is what article 2 says 2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. It says weapons can be used against Ukraine in self defence - which is what Russia has done. Now you may say Ukraine has not invaded Russia. However, an unexpected and perhaps unforseen situation was created when Ukraine sought to use the two other signatories to threaten Russia through the NATO military alliance. This act of conspiring with NATO powers when considered in light of Russia agreeing to Ukraine's independence according to the neutrality as pledged in Ukraine's declaration of independence, represents an insidious breach of trust and Russia has every right to take action. As far as Russia is concerned, Ukraine's independence is now null and void. Ukraine will be broken up and taken back into Russia. If the other two signatories want to defend Ukraine, Putin asked them to come to the battlefield in Ukraine. Why don't they go ? Since Ukraine did not respect in spirit the conditions for its independence and embarked instead on the course of Russophobia and Nazism, and conspired with Russia's enemies, Russia is going to demolish them.
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  8314.  @jasonasdecker  So you want to say NATO is very powerful because it has decision makers like Lithuania and Poland ? When was the last time NATO with or the US win a war ? Why has not NATO dared send troops to Ukraine ? Putin recently asked NATO to come to the battlefield and fight. Why is NATO too cowardly to accept the challenge ?
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  8315.  @jasonasdecker  You are a deceitful person who wants to bat both sides of the bat. The west says it wants to defeat Russia. True or not ? So Putin invites you to come to the battlefield and fight. And obviously he will use all his weapons against you, just as you would do, so what is wrong in that ? But your courage fails you. He has the courage, you don't. 'Putin is a war monger and always has been'. As if you are not a war monger. You have a collective of 30 warmongers who invaded Afghanistan, Iraq and overthrew countless governments. So what is your pose ? You have been beating up smaller countries for years. With Putin, you have someone who, if you hit him once, will hit you twice.
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  8316. Another nation does not want its planes and pilots killed in action, so it is not Ukraine's decision. Are you so dumb that you don't know that is what is holding the west back ?
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  8317. The colonel meant it is game over if a large batch of Ukranian soldiers gets trapped in a Russian pincer (if the Russians pull it off). After that Ukraine has lost Donbass.
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  8318. @blondpanda6211 Ukraine will not join NATO as it will not exist. Your assurances don't count for anything. The Americans will ditch and move on, EU and UK are irrelevant.
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  8319.  @jasonmcclatchie6877  Russia will not allow Ukraine to join NATO - that was point of the war. Russia will take part of Ukraine, and the remainder will be made a wasteland unless it agrees to be neutral.
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  8320. In the Budapest Memorandum, there was no case for the US overthrowing an elected Ukranian govt., and replacing it with a govt. with Ukranian Nazis who would would ask for NATO membership. But that is what the US did. US, Britain and Ukraine backstabbed Russia. Hence, Russia went to war and it has defeated the west. Ukraine had to give up the nuclear weapons as that was a condition for Ukraine to get independence. The second condition was Ukraine will be neutral. Ukraine reneged on the second condition, therefore Ukraine as a country is cancelled. You cheated and got beaten. Hence, shut up.
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  8321. Ukranians will not exist to remember. You forgot the goodness and all Ukraine has was built by Russia when Ukraine was in the Soviet Union - the steel mills, nuclear plants, aircraft factories, tank factory. You and your Ukro Nazis back stabbed Russia, by joining with the US to threaten Russia. Hence, Russia will take Ukraine back and root out all the Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. As for the west, once the US realises you are losing, they will distance themselves. They will rebuild Ukraine like they did Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  8322. Who the hell are you to pronounce it was clearly a detonation of massive amounts of explosives planted inside the structure ? Did you do an investigation ? Did you do a similar pronouncement on who blew up Nordstream ?
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  8323. Russia is at a dead end. Ukraine is at the living end. Ukraine has a bright future with no electricity, no GDP, and plenty of western aid.
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  8324.  @STeALtHsVidz  It is former Ukraine, get used to the reality. Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, now parts of it are returning to Russia.
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  8325. NATO keeps stepping up, and promising they have delivered a game changer, the last one being the Himars, but Ukraine gets more and more battered and begs for more aid. Meanwhile, Russia is destroying Europe's economies - successfully. The latest one being UK, where its Chancellor and PM are in a fix; no matter who replaces them, they will be in an economic logjam as they have chosen economic warfare with Russia by sanctions and by stealing its money. In France and Germany, glass and aluminium factories have closed. People are coming in the streets. Fascists and Nazis are now ruling Italy and Sweden. Europe has committed economic suicide in exchange for being close to America. The European governments are either borrowing money which will haunt them later, or printing money which will haunt the currency. Truss said the reason for UK's economic predicament was Putin. That is an admission that Putin is winning the economic war !
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  8326. It is fake news.
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  8327.  @mile_high_topher  Ukraine has lost over 100,000 soldiers killed, lit has lost land, it lost the industrial factories that produced Ukraine's GDP, it has no access to the sea except with Russian permission, its power grid is destroyed.... You have to agree Ukraine got beaten into a pulp and there is more coming. There is no way Russia will allow NATO to set foot in Ukraine again.
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  8328.  @mile_high_topher  You have been saying Russia has no tanks and aircraft, it ran out of missiles last April, they are unmotivated etc. But they have taken a sizable chunk of Ukraine, taken its factories, shut off access to the Black Sea, destroyed the power grid and is massacring the Ukrainians in Bakhmut, with more to follow. Ukraine is pleading for tanks. Why ? 'we haven't decided to put boots on the ground. If we did, the Kremlin would be flying NATO colors inside of two weeks.' If for one moment your politicians and military experts thought they could win, they would have sent troops. Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. Silence from the west. Reason : your abject cowardice.
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  8329.  @mile_high_topher  You are a first class joker to write such a comic statement : 'If NATO didn't have to fear the use of nukes Russia would be a weeping puddle on the floor at our feet. That's just a fact. The US alone could roll into the Kremlin, and there isn't a thing Russia could do to even slow us down. Imagine 3000 Abrams crossing the border into Russia with full air support, ground support, and sea support. What does Russia do to stop them? Begging for mercy is their only option.' Your argument is 'we can beat the Russians if only they did not have weapons that would exterminate us in the twinkling of an eye' ! But your ability to fight even a conventional war against Russia is in doubt. NATO ran away from Afghanistan with its tails between its legs. The captain ran to corner the first flights out of Kabul ! The Afghans were fighting with just RPGs mounted on Toyota pickups. So what is the chance of the US rolling into Russia and winning even a conventional war ? The Russians will kill you in much bigger numbers than Afghanistan - and you will not be able to take it. They also have tanks, ground and sea support. The Russians massacred the Germans in WW 2 and they will massacre you also. Anyway, Russia has nukes and hypersonic missiles which you have not mastered yet. If for a moment you believed you could win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. But you know the Russians will slaughter you like the Ukrainians. So you figured it is better the Ukrainians got slaughtered instead of you.
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  8330. Are you outraged when Hindu mobs and Hindu police and Hindu politicians callously kills untouchables, and non-Hindus ? In your country, racism is institutional.
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  8331.  @SkaldCG  They are lacking trained personnel. Their best soldiers from the original set are in the cemetery.
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  8332.  @SkaldCG  'They need modern weapons.' They need - but how will they get them ? The Ukranians do not have weapons. They had an arms industry making tanks and planes, which was due to the Soviet Union. Now, Russia destroyed all of it. The west does not have modern arms. Your Leopards and Bradleys were junk ! The Himars have been neutralised, the Patriots have been damaged, and the Russians took down a Storm Shadow intact. I read the Brits told the UKranians not to put the Challengers on the frontline lest the Russians made videos of them burning. That is why the counter offensive has failed.
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  8333.  @ceponsbob6654  Ukranians unfortunately are incapable of self rule. It is better Russia takes it back.
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  8334.  @speedzero7478  That heavy industry was built by the Soviet Union,and Russia contributed. The Ukranians indulged in Russophobia and back stabbing, and threatening Russia with NATO, so they are paying the price.
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  8335.  @harrydamien6346  Nothing wrong with whataboutery. The US has no credibility since it invaded many countries, that is why China, Arabs, India etc. refuse to cut relations with Russia.
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  8336.  @DommTom  Trying to be part of NATO led Ukraine to become a failed state. Is that clever ? Hating Russia gets money from America, but it brought a beating and the end of Ukranian sovereignty. True or not ? Ukraine will be torn to bits, parts of it will be retaken by Russia, and the rump that remains will be dependent on EU aid. In retrospect, it was a mistake to make Ukraine independent. The evidence shows they are not capable of self rule.
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  8337.  @joni8090  Ukraine is not becoming part of the EU. The EU would be dumb to accept them - precisely because it cannot take 60 million Ukranians. So what are you talking about ? Besides if all the Ukranians moved to the EU, Russia will occupy all of Ukraine with no opposition ! The Russian strategy which can be derived from your thinking is - bomb all the remaining cities, Kiev, Odessa, Lvov, etc. and ask the EU to take ALL the Ukranians.
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  8338.  @paulzx5034  Good reply, I see and agree with the Russian point. The west has a habit of sowing divisions between ethnic groups, backing one over the other, to get control of countries and resources. They have played the same game in Iraq, Afghanistan etc. They disguise it with pious claims that they are doing it for bringing democracy and 'rule of ;aw'. They themselves flout the law and sieze assets of others.
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  8339.  @paulsidaway4014  Western govts.. are not honest, that is why they have low credibility outside the western bubble - China, India, Arabs, Latin America are not listening to their claims of defending 'the rules based international order' which they have flouted when invading Iraq or seizing the money of others.
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  8340.  @eddiemarten3381  Russia lost the naval war ? They are strangling Ukraine's economy further by blockading Ukraine's ports, and now Ukraine cannot sell its agricultural produce. Russian ships fire all those awesome missiles daily. So what are you taking about ?
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  8341. Only a 1/3 of power destroyed ? It is more than that by now. As for reconstruction, it is not possible without Russian permission. $ 750 billion, it will be over $ 1 trillion by end of the year. Ukraine has to come to terms with the reality : if you don't sign up for neutrality, there will be no reconstruction. Russia will continue and turn Ukraine into a wasteland. In fact, Ukraine would be better off joining Russia, as the Russians feel Ukranians are part of the Russian family, so they have an obligation to rebuild it. The west will calculate what they will make out of it.
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  8342. European troops in Ukraine may be a matter of time ? You need to get Russian permission first ! You need to come out of your delusions. Russia does not agree to NATO peacekeepers. It will not agree to European peacekeepers as these are the same lot that waged war against Russia. The west has lost but it is talking as if it has all the cards and can dictate to the Russians. Russia will not accept NATO or European 'peacekeepers'. If that is western thinking, Russia prefers to continue the war, finish off the Donbass and advance to the Dnieper and then go after Odessa.
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  8343.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  The US does not have any equipment that needs to be ground down. Russia has used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and it has tested Oreshnik. The US has missile technology of the 1990s. It has a lot of catching up to do. Russia has disunited NATO and the EU, and it has kicked off de-dollarisation. The US and the west are the losers.
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  8344. Yes, if you hit once, Russians will hit you twice.
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  8345. Don't distort the sequence and lie. Russia has not punched Lithuania. It complained and gave a warning that Lithuania is violating the agreement that gave it independence. Only if that is ignored, then the punch will certainly come. That was the sequence for Ukraine as well. Russia complained about NATO expansion to its borders, it reminded Ukraine about its pledge about neutrality in its declaration of independence. It asked for a security guarantee, but that was denied by NATO and the US, and only after that, Russia delivered the punch And when Russia punches someone in the face, that person won't be standing. That is what happened to Ukraine, and NATO is afraid of fighting with Russia. In Lithuania, NATO will end up fighting with Russia and Lithuanians are going to be killed.
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  8346.  Graham Murphy  'Kaliningrad needs to be completely cut off from all supplies in or out and starved out of existence.' You try that and you will receive a Sarmat hypersonic.
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  8347.  @aardvaark11  So you have enough intelligence to understand that 'The punch was clearly given to Ukraine and in turn to Europe and in turn to Europe who decided to impose sanctions to which Lithuania was obliged to adhere to'. Did you figure out what the punch was given for ? Was it for no reason ? It was to prevent the US using NATO to put missiles in Ukraine threatening Russia. And if you try to escalate using Lithuania, then the war will spread to Europe. At sometime, Lithuania will also get a punch. Article 5 will not help. The US will not fight a nuclear war to save a non-entity like Lithuania. And the rest of NATO is useless and will not be able to fight Russia. Your original immature statement was : Russia punches someone in the face and then complains when they get punched back. Unbelievable. If you provoke the bear, it will maul you. Why is that unbelievable ? This bear at least gives you warning before pouncing. You mistake it for a complaint, but that is because you use your intelligence selectively when interpreting war signals.
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  8348. The typical style of western propagandists is to make tall claims about minor Ukranian efforts, and downgrade Russia. When the Ukranian effort fails, move on to something else and claim the Ukranians are about to achieve a new major result, and talk about it as if it is inevitable !
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  8349. There is no need for any Palestinians to condemn any attack on Israel. Why should the invaded apologise for attacks on the occupier who runs an apartheid state ? If Piers country was occupied, what would be do ? He would do the same. Watch the Piers interview with Mohd. Hijab. Hijab bamboos Piers even more thoroughly.
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  8350. Westerners are greatly disappointed, so now they are clutching at straws. The ground reality is Russia took back Russian lands, Ukraine is unable to get them back despite NATO giving them 98% of what they needed for an offensive. Besides Russia can force unconditional surrender any time by a nuclear strike on Kiev. If that happens, no one in the west can aid Ukraine - because the west itself will decide it does not want to be incinerated !
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  8351. Russia will never be under the US thumb.
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  8352. He said he had no desire to invade Ukraine - providing it agreed to neutrality and did not join an anti-Russian military alliance. Putin was very straight and decent, but the Ukrainians were foolish. They thought they could take US help and beat Russia.
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  8353.  @thegreatdane3627  Then US would have inducted Ukraine into NATO and put missile and naval bases. Russia have Ukraine the option to return to neutrality it promised at independence, Ukraine refused, and is now paying the price. It is also taking down Europe's economies.
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  8354.  @bonnie7898  Russia agreed to respect Ukraine’s borders if it gave up its nuclear weapons. But there was also an additional condition - that Ukraine would be neutral and not join a military alliance that threatens Russia. Till 2014, Ukraine followed that. After 2014, Ukraine tried to unilaterally renege on the commitment to neutrality it gave in its declaration of independence. Hence, it must pay the price and its statehood must be revoked. Sovereignty does not entitle you to invite a far off superpower and give it missile and naval bases to threaten an adjacent nuclear superpower. If you do that, you will get a beating. The US has a Monroe Doctrine that says the US will not allow a foreign power to set up military bases in the American continent. The same applies here.
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  8355.  Veles  Can you please send the title of the Washington Post report on the state of the Ukrainian army and the date, so we can read it ?
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  8356. They became delusional out of frustration with the head of a nuclear armed state who takes action to defend his people.
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  8357. Ukranians deserve this because they indulged in Russophobia and allowed Nazis like Azov battalion to lead them. They thought they can use America to host missiles to threaten Russia. Ukraine has proved it is a failed country and it should never have been made independent. Russia has to dismember Ukraine and take it back.
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  8358. But their is a justifiable motive for that. If it was a black perpetrator, there is danger of indiscriminate mob violence by white groups against helpless non-white minorities. In a society where many in the white majority is intellectually challenged and is prone to rioting over fake news on social media, by admitting the person was white, it averts burning shops and riots and pogroms against minorities. Get it ?
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  8359. The police had to take the precaution to say it was a "a 53 year old white British man, otherwise low IQ whites would have sent misinformation saying it was an immigrant or Muslim, and a white mob would have rioted and injured the police. It was a perfectly sensible precaution considering some whites have become prone to misinformation and mob violence. On the other hand, the police would not go out of their way to point out a black man because he is from a minority, and the same white mob would attack innocent non-whites, and then police have to come and face injury trying to quell the white lynch mob. In both cases, whether black or white does the crime, white lynch mobs are looking to attack minorities. All perfectly sensible to prevent mob violence. There is only one community prone to mob violence and that is drawn from the whites. There is no conspiracy. Get it ?
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  8360.  @tonupharry  'uk never fails to stand up for European freedom .' So why did UK not send troops to rescue Ukraine ?
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  8361.  @timthetiny7538  The Poles owe it to the Soviet Union and Stalin that they have a country. Had it been for Germany to decide, there would be no Poland.
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  8362.  @timthetiny7538  The relevancy of my comment is you read it and replied.
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  8363.  @ralphemerson497  'The US is ill, but we are tired and broke of supporting NATO and Europe when they have no real interest in involving themselves in Ukraine.' Get your facts straight. The US created a coup in 2014 and implanted a govt. in Kiev to seek NATO expansion. Merkel and Sarkozy warned against expansion, but Bush twisted their arms. The US was he driver of the war in Ukraine. The Europeans were foolish to go along.
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  8364. Zelensky is showing that he is fighting corruption, to please the Americans. The US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO, knowing it is losing. However, the US gave other reasons for blocking Ukraine's entry like corruption ! Zelensky knows his time is up, so he is desperately trying to keep western support going.
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  8365.  @MartinLundström-l4v 'Nobody negotiate with Putin...'. Why don't you have a reality check ? Why is Trump asking for negotiations with Putin ? Once Ukraine is finished, Sweden will have to negotiate with Putin if you misbehave. And Denmark has to negotiate with Trump even if it does not misbehave.
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  8366. Wishful thinking of a frustrated westerner. The war is lost for the west. Ukraine will not join NATO, any negotiations will be on Russian terms, the west will not be allowed to rebuild it, if the west prolongs the war, Ukraine will lose more. Russia will decide Ukraine's future.
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  8367.  @nusaibahibraheem8183  Everyone except the Europeans knows that the war was instigated by the US.
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  8368. The professor is a pompous ass. Who says it has been made illegal since the 1970s ? Which law, which organisation made it illegal ? Who signed it ? Don't make things up. The US used napalm and Agent Orange in Vietnam, then depleted uranium in Iraq, used drones to fire at a wedding party in Afghanistan, and did water boarding torture in Guamtanmo. Hence, cut out the pious humbug. This is an unprovable accusation. What if Ukraine did it ? Will you say it is a war crime ? It is clear the Ukranian counter offensive is a flop and side issues are raked up to cover it.
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  8369. Westerners are proposing far fetched schemes as a consolation for defeat. They hold Ukraine reconstruction conferences. There will be no reconstruction possible without Russian permission. They say they will use Russia's frozen money to reconstruct - it is $ 300 million, the damage up to now is over $ 1 trillion and is mounting. Now they propose building a tank factory in Ukraine. How will it be constructed when Russians hit everything with missiles ? There is no power grid. At the end of the war, Russia will not allow Ukraine to have an arms industry. This has to be eliminated for good.
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  8370. Lindsay Graham supported Biden in warmongering thinking Ukraine could win and thereby it will hand over its mineral wealth to US corporations. Now Graham supports Trump, somehow hoping there will be a way for the US to still profit and have control of the Ukrainian resources. He must be imagining that after a peace deal, it will be business as usual for the US in the truncated Ukraine and the US will have all the contracts for rebuilding Ukraine. But Putin will not allow the US to control the truncated Ukraine because that will be used to fight Russia again.
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  8371. Ukraine will be strangled from more than one direction. Get them at the back while they do their probing operations.
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  8372. I have to agree with Bhutto that today India is a religiofascist state.
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  8373.  @pellestorck3776  Putin will be content with no US bases in Ukraine. He may go after others only if they provoke. For example, Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave. By the terms of Lithuania's independence agreement, Russia was to be allowed a rail corridor to Kaliningrad through Lithuania. Lithuania tried to violate that unilaterally till a Russian MP said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidererd. Lithuania climbed down. Had it not, Russia would have seized the Baltics, and that would be right. I am on the side of Trump. Europe needs to learn responsible behaviour towards Russia. Aid should not continue for Ukraine because it is a lost war. You can prolong Ukraine's time to die, but you cannot bring it back to life. It was Ukraine's folly to fight a proxy war. The US will move on, Ukraine will be no more, or if some part is left over, it will be forever dependent on EU aid.
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  8374.  @niburu1508  Clarke is like Propaganda Minister Goebbels, who said after the defeat in Stalingrad, Germany will wage total war against the Soviet Union.
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  8375. This is what your brilliant mind Clarke said two weeks ago in Times Radio : NATO will begin to immediately fragment after Trump's reelection | Michael Clarke. Check the video. Now he asserts 'How Putin's 'reckless' military strategy will be thwarted by US-Ukraine aid package | Michael Clarke'.
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  8376. France out, the people demand. They want Wagner in, to drive out the French and US. The whole western world order has collapsed.
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  8377. The talkers say it not realistic for Russia to replace EU with India and China overnight. The same applies to the EU - it cannot replace Russian oil and gas overnight, despite all the tall talk by Europeans. India and China are really sovereign countries unlike European countries. Like Russia, they will do what benefits them, and not what the US orders. That is clear. The west has shot itself in the foot by robbing others money. De-dollarisation is the official policy of Russia and China, and others will join the bandwagon. This will cut the US capability to use the dollar as a weapon. Once the dollar's value decreases, the US will not be able to afford its military machine.
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  8378. Evacuations to where ? To Crimea ? Or Poland ? Weren't those westerners sending diesel generators ?
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  8379.  @pneuma2260  The country that provokes Russia and receives the Sarmat is doomed.
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  8380.  Angiebaby99  NATO would not go in all together, none of them wants to die - even in a conventional war. Besides the nuclear sword hangs on them.
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  8381.  @pneuma2260  Well, you are burning. You have been predicting Russia's defeat for a long time. The fact is Russia has kicked you into the gutter, and you are lying on your backside saying you are winning. The world outside can see that.
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  8382.  @MrBakedDaily  Alright go and provoke Russia, send troops to Ukraine, and see them test the Sarmat on you. Then report back.
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  8383. @Contentibus A personal attack, is that the best you could write ?
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  8384.  @spacegerrit9499  You have our own button but you cannot dictate terms to Russia because they also have their button.
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  8385.  @FishandHunt  Why don't you give up nuclear weapons if you are so above using them ? As for winning conventional wars, what is evidence NATO can win one ? They got defeated in Iraq and ran away from Afghanistan in the most cowardly manner recently. There is no way NATO can fight Russia. You cannot face casualties.
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  8386.  @Omega0850  You certainly are pathetic - because there is nothing you can do to change Russia in Ukraine. Russia is strangling European economies. He has unsettled many European governments and there is a governance crisis in Europe. Sir Putin has shown how pathetic you are. Hence your rage.
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  8387.  @geraldboykin6159  The US is also watched 24/7 by Russia. If the US could fight Russia, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. The fact is Biden announced 'no ground forces' right at the start.
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  8388. @strangerhythm '"they".....you mean "we"...right Ivan?' Whichever you prefer. You know what is Russian power. Small and irrelevant European countries should not waste their time thinking they can fight Russia and win,
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  8389.  @johnmead8437  Learn to write coherent English. What is your message ? Tell me which puny countries of Europe can fight Russia in a conventional let alone nuclear war and win ? If anyone can do so, why have they not gone to Ukraine ? Putin invited anyone who thinks they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in the west including the US dares to send troops to Ukraine.
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  8390. Russia's killed 120,000, Ukraine's 70,000. Not believable. Ukraine is the attacking side, and these western military experts say the attrition is 3x for the attacking side.
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  8391.  @phoebeklein5901  Europeans are forced to ration energy. There may be power cuts. Russia is forcing Europe's de-industrialisation. Certain factories in Europe are reducing output or have shut. Like the largest glass factory in France, aluminium and steel smelters in Germany. That has a knock-on effect on auto industry. If Airbus has no aluminium, it will have to shift to China. The European governments have to subsidise the energy bills to avoid riots - by printing money or by borrowing. Printing means inflation and devaluation of the currency. The euro has lost 20% of its value. Borrowing means future generations will have to pay. All in all, it is a decrease in standard of living. Europe has to house 7 million refugees, women and children. Neo-Nazi groups are taking power (Sweden, Italy), and they will break the EU. The nuclear sword hangs over Europe. You mess with Russia, you will get it. Are these not obvious to you ?
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  8392. You are a German off loading your guilt and endorsing Jewish Nazism. Scum bag.
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  8393.  @paim689  No, Russia did not say its army will take Kiev in 2 days. Show me the evidence. The western press said that. Russia does not declare how long it will take to get Mariopol or Lyschyshank, it only declares things after they are over. The west makes predictions and says the Russians are slow. The Russians are now after Sloviansk and Krematorsk, they have not declared that, nor have they said how long it will take. The western press is sloppy, the Russians are professional.
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  8394. The comedian beggar has gone begging for more weapons from another useless country, Poland. Meanwhile Polish farmers are starting a big agitation against the import of Ukrainian wheat, as it is killing them. They demand the imports be stopped. It is proof that Ukraine-solidarity will end the moment the economic pinch gets too much ! The European politicians put on a heroic pose of fighting Russia, but the European public will shout when they lose jobs and livelihoods. You get a different picture from the western media in the non-western media. The Hindustan Times reports that the real reason for Zelenksy's visit to Poland is to start setting up a western coalition for negotiations. He realises with the fall of Bakhmut, the game is up for Ukraine. The spring offensive is not going to succeed, the Russians have fortified the entire line, they will see it off, and after that, Ukraine and the west have nothing. Ukraine's troops have been massacred, and the west cannot supply enough shells. Zelensky himself said unless the west can supply weapons in quantity, he cannot undertake an offensive. The western media still spins false hopes for its public but the non-west can see what is happening, The western media have to continue putting on a pose as the west seeks an 'honourable exit' from Ukraine.
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  8395. The IDF is incompetent and it has not rescued a single hostage ! The only captives released were due to Qatar's mediation effort. Now we hear the IDF shot its captives. Israelis must come to terms with the fact that Israeli captives will only be freed if all Palestinian captives are freed.
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  8396. Sweden and Finland are training their population to hide in bunkers. But this missile will reach them before they can set the siren.
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  8397.  @KevinKonkol-vq7yw  So you lived in an apartheid state as a privileged Jew, and you think you have a moral compass ? The Jews have no moral compass, that is why they behave as they do.
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  8398.  @ShahidSaid  I am sure Piers himself makes a lot of money by being controversial.
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  8399.  @babblo1389  Macron is being realistic - Russia is a nuclear power and adjacent to Europe. They are prevailing in Ukraine, and neither EU or Europe can stop that. If Ukraine does not negotiate now, all that will happen is it will lose more land. Ukraine has to accept the crucial conditions : no entry into NATO, maybe even the EU, and the Nazis of the Azov regiment have to go. Otherwise, Russia will raze all of Ukraine.
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  8400. Bassem praises Piers but Piers is not intelligent enough to understand he is being mocked ! Piers has no substance - all he wants is to get a Palestinian to plead guilty. After that, he does not want a solution.
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  8401. The only thing that is clear is the west is disappointed by Prigozhin's backing down.
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  8402. Turkey stands for itself unlike the remainder in NATO who are door mats of the US.
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  8403. It is time your type recognised your own wickedness and greed in expanding NATO to threaten Russia. Ukraine is your victim.
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  8404.  @algirdas6012  Russia can cancel Lithuania's independence, they can not recognise it, and take it back at an opportune moment. The Lithuanians misbehave and have a death wish. They have to abide by the agreement they signed with Russia on Kaliningrad. What is the problem in dealing with the EU ? It is a collection of weak states. On eExtra sanctions - none of them worked and some of them have hurt Europe.
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  8405.  @carlabroderick5508  Lithuania's independence was conditional on keeping a free corridor to Kaliningrad. Otherwise, Russia can take the decision to revoke its independence. If Russia attacks, the 30 EU countries are weak and do not have the spine. It depends on the US. What happens if the US decides it was not its cities nuked for Lithuania ? The EU recognised it would be a folly worse than Ukraine to provoke Russia, and has quietly come up with a way to save its skin - goods can be transported to Kaliningrad as it is internal Russian trade, but it cannot be exported out !
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  8406. Their per capita GDP is below Bangladesh now, but their Hindu nationalists believe India is a world teacher.
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  8407.  @Jambudwipvasi  You can be the fastest growing economy because your starting base is abysmal. What you grow is offset by growing population. You have a lower per capita income than Bangladesh. Shame on you. You come low in most ranking metrics for standard of living. During Covid, your people were being cremated on pavements. You are too busy rioting and burning churches. You have an uneducated PM who is complicit in genocide (did you not see the BBC video).
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  8408. Why are the British outraged by Trump' hate for freeloading Europe ? The British hate Europe, that was what led to Brexit. Boris Johnson said that Brexit was Britain's escape from the EU, and likened it to Ukraine's escape from Russia !
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  8409. 'Civilization is a gentlemen’s agreement, if large groups decide to ignore the law there aren’t enough cops...' You sound like a conceited, smug white. Large groups decide to ignore the law precisely because they have not been included in you gentlemen’s agreement of civilization. For you, the gentlemen’s agreement of civilization means a segregated club for whites. That is implicit in the way you put it.
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  8410.  @Dragonshaddow  He was asked to come to court some months back before the riots in Britain. He ran away to Cyprus with his family so he could not be arrested. But maybe he ran out of money and had to come back. Now he has to face the law. Contempt of court is a serious offence in Britain.
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  8411.  @tryingmybest9819  Yaxley's fans want to make the govt. to align with them by raising violent mobs. So stop trying to claim thugs are martyrs.
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  8412.  @gucciadjective7745  Yaxley's fans use mob violence against anyone who they don't like - that is fascism.
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  8413.  @veronicagallo2624  Don't waste your time, the Ukraine war was lost in 2023, and it cannot be reversed. Trump is realistic. Nobody has the money to foot the bills, nobody has an arsenal like Russia's and nobody can fight like the hardy Russian soldier. Get it ?
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  8414.  @robertlee8805  I am not on anybody's side. I was being objective. The US wanted to expand NATO to get bases in Ukraine to shut Russia off from the Black Sea. Russia stopped that and defeated the collective west. That is the reality.
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  8415.  @gxfprtorius4815  NATO without the US is a collection of weaklings. Its command structure is American. Get it ?
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  8416.  @bonnie7898  NATO's command structure is American. True or not ? Nothing can happen without American permission. True or not ? The only time Article 5 was invoked was when Americans wanted troops to fight in Afghanistan. True or not ? When the US decided to leave Afghanistan, it negotiated with Taliban without the other NATO countries. True or not ? When the withdrawal from Kabul came, the US did not announce the date to its allies, so as to corner the first flights. True or not ? The US was after NATO expansion to Ukraine. After Ukraine got defeated in the 2023 counter offensive, the US decided that Ukraine cannot join NATO. That was announced by Biden in the Vilnius summit. The rest of the Europeans do not have a say. True or not ? NATO has not won any wars, although it claims to be the richest and most powerful alliance. True or not ? NATO soldiers are cowardly types with no fighting experience and will buckle when massive casualties occur True or not ? What is it that you do not understand about NATO ?
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  8417.  @kinngrimm  Where does Article 5 stand if a NATO nation is attacked by another NATO nation ?
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  8418.  @alanwyatt  'NATO is larger, Russia is weaker' Is that so ? Why did not NATO send troops to Ukraine and win ? At the start, Sir Putin had invited those who think they could defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in NATO had the guts to send troops. NATO is larger, but it is packed with cowards, and cowards cannot win wars. Get it ?
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  8419. The west can escape the blame for their Ukraine debacle as they have a new war in Israel.
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  8420. The Ukrainian counter-offensive is advancing on all fronts says the BBC. But they have not reached the frontline and the Russians smoked some of the western equipment. Earlier they said the first 72 hours are critical, Ukraine has to punch its way through in 72 h and conduct a blitzkrieg towards Melitipol. That has not happened. Instead, Ukraine is fooling around.
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  8421. Let us face it, NATO cannot match mighty Russia. Russia is a unitary country, so it is strong and decisive. No NATO country has a a strong leader like Putin. European countries have loudmouths and windbags. For NATO to take a decision will take months. By that time Russia has done what it needs to do.
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  8422.  @joman563  Why does NATO not send troops to Ukraine ? Lacking in guts.
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  8423. Even better, go to Ukraine.
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  8424. You have exploited Europe and Ukraine. Close down NATO, and get out of Europe.
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  8425. What will happen to Zelensky and the Europeans who were hanging to Biden ?
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  8426. Russia thinks the same. Gorbachov's concessions was a weakness, the US took advantage and expanded NATO aggressively. Thus, Russia stopped it with counter aggression. Get it ?
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  8427.  @petermelville5524  Numskull, Russia destroyed an advanced arms factory in Ukraine (built during the Soviet era), with a single Hazel. It came in at 11 Mach according to Ukraine and no Patriot, Thad etc. can stop it. Putin even gave a 1 hour notice to the US because he knew nothing could stop it.
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  8428. Will not change the outcome of the war. Ukraine is lost.
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  8429. I don't believe you. Indians have an inferiority complex, and are struggling for recognition. It is a 'me too country' whose inhabitants have little achievements apart from a caste system, infighting over mythologies, cow protection over humans... They mistake having a large population as indicating superpower status. The fact they look up to Israel shows a weak mind. I cannot imagine real powers like the US, Russia or China wishing to emulate a tiny country. Will India's Iron Dome works better than Israel's ? The Palestinians de-activated it and carried out a surgical operation of extraordinary precision, delivering Israel such a blow that it is demoralised. China takes India's land and India is forced to keep quiet. The Israelis take Palestinian land, and the Palestinians fight back against a force that has American support, with hardly any weapons.
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  8430. Irrelevant conclusions. Russian civilians do not have to take up the cudgels because the Russian air force and army is pummeling the Ukrainians in Kursk, and Russia is advancing rapidly in Donbass. The Russians are on the outskirts of strategic Pokrovsk now.
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  8431. Ukraine will surrender land, become a landlocked country, and sign up for neutrality from NATO. The west will push it to accept. There is no other option.
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  8432.  @TOFKAS01  'Russia retreats to pre-2014 borders and pays reparations. ' You have the power to make them do it ? If for a moment the west thought it could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. But they don't want to be massacred by the Russians. The defeated cannot dictate terms. Neither Ukraine nor its handlers can dictate terms. The longer you leave it, the more Ukraine will have to cede.
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  8433.  @TOFKAS01  30 weaklings + 1 superpower cannot dictate terms to Russia. After the mid term US elections, the US will tell Ukraine to surrender the land.
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  8434.  @GlennRA3  And what if Ukraine loses ? The analyst is admitting the west is unable to supply enough weapons, and then the conclusion is Ukraine and NATO will lose.
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  8435. Putin is a judo black belt. The Europeans went in to attack Russia with their sanctions using euro and dollar as a weapon, he flipped them on the floor with an energy stranglehold ! Putin has single handedly ended the rigged western 'rules based international order'. If the Europeans continue this way, they will be de-industrialised.
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  8436. The Ukranians even sell the US arms to the Russians !
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  8437. No amount of funding for Ukraine after defeat can reverse defeat. So what are you talking about ? There is no country in Europe including the leading ones (UK, France and Germany) that can fight Russia. You do not have the arsenal, and the manpower with patriotism and courage like the Russians, to fight a war. And you cannot rely on the US. Living with good relations with Russia is the best for Europe.
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  8438.  @vanCaldenborgh  You are a duplicitous liar. There was no agreement but this is what James Baker said (NATO would not expand one inch to the east). With deliberate NATO expansion, the Americans did not keep their word, they lost goodwill with Russia. If Warsaw Pact was dissolved, then NATO should have been dissolved. 'Now we see how wise it was of the Baltics and other sovereign countries to join NATO.' America promised Ukraine for support as long as it takes to win. America is getting read to abandon Ukraine; Trump openly advocates cutting aid to Ukraine, Harris will get a new team who will tell her to off load responsibility for Ukraine to Europe. The Americans will stab Ukraine in the back, as it stabbed Russia. As for the Baltics, if Trump abandons NATO, they will find themselves abandoned and in trouble for their provocative stance against Russia. Small and insignificant nations are better off being quiet and diplomatic, instead of being proxies for big boys. In fact, all the European nations and UK are insignificant. Get it ?
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  8439.  @JABN97  Get real man. Ukraine's sovereignty was conditional on return of nukes and neutrality. Without those two understandings, they would never had got independence. Russia would not have given independence if Ukraine said it was planning to gang up with the US against Russia. Sovereignty does not give you the right to invite a far off superpower, to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Get it ? Ukraine backstabbed Russia by ganging up with US, and therefore it will not exist. Ukraine cannot get back what it lost, the US will walk away from Ukraine as it has done in past conflicts it created, and the Europeans are useless and cannot restore Ukraine. That is real life. Suck it up !
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  8440.  @birgitlucci9419  NATO is the US and it is driven solely by the US’s military interests. There are New York Times articles from 1997 and 1998, which says Lockheed and US arms companies lobbied with US politicians to expand NATO for increasing their export orders. These articles are still available. Look at the situation as a result. Are the European countries more secure after NATO expansion than before ? Europe has 9 million refugees and all major cities are now targets of Russia’s nuclear sword. No European country singly or collectively can fight mighty Russia. And the US will abandon Europe if it faced nuclear extinction. Long ago Kissinger said the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany and Europe. That position has not changed, you are dumb if you do not understand this. ‘Also Ukraine gave back their nuclear weapons against security guaranties offered by Russia, the US and the UK. Russia broke that in 2014 and again in 2022.’ Ukraine did not give back nuclear weapons against security guaranties offered by Russia. It had to give the nuclear weapons back and agree to neutrality – as CONDITIONS for independence. Get it ? So don’t pretend Ukraine was charitable. The understanding was Ukraine will be neutral and not join any anti-Russian military alliance. If that understanding was not there, why would Russia give independence ? After independence, in 2014, the US instigated a coup that brought Ukro Nazis to power, who wanted to gang up with the US against Russia. Ukraine reneged on its commitments to Russia on neutrality which allowed its independence. The US wanted missile and naval bases to shut out Russia from the Black Sea. Russia has ended any possibility of missile and naval bases for the US. The US now knows there is no possibility. And Ukraine’s sovereignty is terminated, and there is nothing you can do about it.
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  8441.  @angusmatheson8906  'Baker had no authority, it was off the record...' You mean you want something for nothing. Listen son, with Russia either you play straight, or you don't play at all. If you agree to pay 10 roubles, they will not ask for more, or settle for less. If you indulge in your customary mischief and try to cheat afterwards, they will punch you in the face. Get it ? 'russias actions prove that NATO membership is pretty crucial to prevent Pooty from playing soldier' So has Ukraine got NATO membership after Russia's action ? Biden said in the Vilnius NATO summit in 2023 Ukraine cannot join NATO and there is no road map. Lately, Blinken made statements that Ukraine will join NATO after the war - it is face saving statement to hide defeat. After the war, there will be no more Ukraine to join NATO. If Ukraine had not announced after the US sponsored coup of 2014 it wanted to join NATO, Ukraine would have had the borders of 1991, including Crimea. The day it announced it wanted to join NATO, Putin took back Crimea. And Ukraine lost 4 more oblasts, and is in the process of losing more. Then what evidence is your statement of NATO membership being advantageous, based on ? You are a numskull.
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  8442. The west cannot make arms in the amount and quality that Russia makes. The west should not have incited Ukraine to fight Russia. Ukraine and the west pay the natural price of threatening Russia - defeat. Get it ?
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  8443. Zelensky is going from strength to strength ? He has paused the counter offensive. He has not issued any postage stamps in 2023. So what are you talking about ?
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  8444.  @melvynparke6548  Putin did not say it would be a 3 day special operation, I challenge you to send me a link to prove it. It was said by a US general, whose expectation it was. This US general was quoted ad nauseum by the western press and then attributed to Putin. For the west, Ukraine cannot evict the Russians, and that is a defeat. The only solace the west has is to say Russia claimed it will take Ukraine in 3 days. Russia has only stated that it will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine, it will keep going till Ukraine is demilitarised and deNazified, or destroyed altogether, whichever comes first. This includes using everything in their arsenal and even up to nuclear weapons. But they have not set a target date. There is no prospect of Ukraine joining NATO after the war like Zelensky demands - because Ukraine will not exist. The Russians generally don't advertise much, like say they are going to make an offensive and give a target date. This is unlike the west and Ukraine - which have to do show biz and make believe. The Russians are doers. They took Bakhmut and Mariopol, they did not declare a date, they just kept going. The Ukro Nazis put up stiff resistance in these two places, but the Russians bludgeoned them into submission just like they hammered the German Nazis in Berlin to surrender. Now, the Russians have not announced their next steps after Bakhmut, but my guess is that will go in defensive mode for some time, and beat off Ukraine's counter offensive, kill them and their western equipment, and then come in hot pursuit. The west and Ukraine admit the Russians have dug themselves in Donbass. After Bakhmut, the Russians have to take Kramotorsk in the Donbass still, and Odessa will be on the list. Kramatorsk is being softened up with air strikes. The Russians have not announced this or set a date, it is my reading.
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  8445. Zelensky seems to be going from strength to strength ? Why is the counter offensive such a flop then ? Zelensky says it is because of substandard western equipment. He is throwing a tantrum and saying if Ukraine is not given NATO entry, he will not attend.
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  8446. Have you just realised that Ukraine has failed ? Indeed NATO and the US have failed, and Russia has won. Many said this long ago. But your channel was telling us Ukraine was winning. You were lying.
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  8447.  @Nauda999  '"As long as it takes" from USA was 'as long as Biden's stay'. Ukraine should know in a democracy, the next person may not be as committed and he can simply say 'I did not make that commitment'. EU, NATO have no independent voice.
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  8448. The US will put someone from Estonia as Sec. General to give the impression that NATO is a collection of equals and meanwhile it will continue controlling NATO and take it to all its wars.
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  8449. Yes, they have been forced to accept they have shared values with the US.
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  8450.  @nattha_ww3088  The Germans were promised some miracle weapons that would stem the impending advance of the Red Army, which never arrived. Zelensky has been promised miracle weapons which failed in 2023. Except doubt has set in the Ukrainian public - that America will wash their hands after the election and leave. So morale is low. Get it ?
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  8451.  @jeremyj5932 The Ukro Nazis threatened Russia by seeking to give US missile and naval bases to shut Russia off from the Black Sea. In the case of the Germans, they invaded the Soviet Union. Now, Russia is not willing to wait for the US to have bases in the Black Sea. Sir Putin said that it is better to fight now to prevent the US from setting foot in Ukraine and shutting Russia from the Black Sea, if we wait, the cost will be higher as we have to fight a nuclear war. Russia nipped it the in the bud before the Ukro Nazis and their allies could strangle Russia. Get it ?
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  8452.  @RZakelis  'so Zelensky has been pleading and complaining about insufficient support from the West since the beginning, so nothing new here' So why has the west not given him all he asks after pushing to abandon negotiations and forcing him to fight on ?
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  8453.  @RZakelis  Thank you for admitting the reality. The high expectations for Ukraine in 2023 were based on wishful thinking.
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  8454. ​ @RZakelis  Forcing him to fight is based on Russia's perception of security threat - backing Russophobic Ukro Nazis to stage a coup in 2014 and then seeking bases in Ukraine. If the US had been honest,it would have agreed to negotiate a security deal for Europe and Russia, but it did not want that.
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  8455.  @Intel-i7-9700k  From the US side, Biden and Blinken are just anxious that Zelensky holds out till the elections. After that they want to delegate the war to the Europeans. The Europeans have no playbook. Macron tried briefly to be Napoleonic. The British try to show off they are relevant and directing the war in the absence of America. The Germans do not have their heart in a war with Russia; having been beaten into a pulp by the Red Army, they know how the Russians fight, but they are forced by the US to support. The Poles and Baltics shout a lot.
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  8456.  @jeremyj5932  I have not seen a good reply yet from you. You do not have enough IQ.
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  8457. Ukraine needs you - now ! You boast you have one good fight left in you, why don't you show your bravery in Ukraine instead of promising to show your bravery in Poland ? An American soldier does not have any fight in him - he is basically a coward. We saw how the Americans ran away from Kabul, not even telling their allies. The US is captain of NATO. A captain leaves the sinking ship last, not first ! You do not have the technology either to fight a high tech war. The Russians have shown their prowess in drone and missile warfare. They are number 1. The Russians have destroyed all the US junk like Bradleys and Himars. The Russians will massacre you if you entered Ukraine. That is why in Vilnius Biden meekly surrendered to the Russian demand that Ukraine will not join NATO. In WW 2 as the Red Army set its sight on Berlin after it stormed the German lines in Operation Bagration, Gen. Montogomery with typical British cunning asked Gen. Eisenhower for the western forces to go for Berlin. Gen. Eisenhower declined as he knew the Red Army was a raging bull and would fight with the Americans if they interfered. He did not want the Americans killed by the Red Army. You may be able to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, but not against someone stronger than you like Russia and China. Even in Iraq and Afghanistan, you had to leave without success. Those countries are not in your control. Iraq trades with Iran, so you sanction them, and Afghanistan moves with China and Russia.
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  8458.  @bit4969  Good to hear there are some independent minded Poles. Poles will do exceedingly well economically by being a bridge between Europe and Russia. You can have the best of both worlds. Instead, the Polish leadership has chosen to be America's attack dog - just like Ukraine. Behind this is corruption. The US has used its money power and US-settled Poles to manage Poland's foreign policy. The US ambassador is the son of America's cold war hardliner, Zbigniew Brezhinski. The US is using the same formula as it used with Ukraine. The US does not want Poland to become independent minded like Hungary which is in NATO but puts its national interest above all. It needs to keep the supply line open to Ukraine and it also hopes to induct Polish manpower into Ukraine. It follows that Russia will obviously counter and de-stabilise Poland. You will get a lot of applause from the Americans and British (as you can see her), they will tell you are the most powerful army in Europe, you are the saviour of the west etc. And this will go to many Polish heads till they start believing Poland is a superpower. Just like the Ukrainians thought. You will find if you go under, the people praising you today are only fair weather friends. They will ditch you like they are ditching Ukraine.
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  8459. 'Our armed forces may be fewer in numbers these days but they are far better equipped and trained than most. That’s a fact.' Like those Challengers.
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  8460.  @buildmotosykletist1987  'Europe can put Russia on the canvas if it chooses.' How ? Why have they not done it ? Why did they not put a 'no fly zone' ? If for one moment they thought they had the power, they would have done it. Europe is all mouth and no trousers. It hides behind America's petticoat.
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  8461.  @josephlong8549  You are trying to put on a brave face out of false pride. Putin called NATO's bluff, punched its surrogate Ukraine, and thereby the Europeans and the US. 30 countries are unable to stop Russia in Ukraine. None of you have the guts to go and fight. As for economic sanctions, you are dependent on Russia more than Russia needs you. Russia is self sufficient. They can feed and heat themselves. They grow the wheat and have the energy. Europe needs these from outside.
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  8462.  @truthplease4868  A marathon indeed, in which Russia has the stamina, and the west does not. Wait till winter, and there will be voices of dissent in the EU.
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  8463.  @carlabroderick5508  The Germans also thought the Soviet Union could not survive their invasion. Hitler said one kick and the rotten door will fall. You over estimate Europe. It is a collection of 30 weak states, that are dependent on the US. Russia can fight 30+ and come out on top eventually. That is what we are seeing.
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  8464.  @SK-lt1so  Your type has been predicting all sorts of things : Russian rouble will collapse, they are running out of shells in 3 days (Zelensky), their troops have low morale, Putin will be overthrown. But they have 20% of Ukraine and that 20% is worth more as it is the industrial heartland, and they control the shipping lanes. The remainder of Ukraine cannot get its wheat out and has to be subsidised by the west. The sanctions are not one sided : the west has energy crisis.
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  8465.  @SK-lt1so  What is wrong if rouble is controlled and regulated ? The US prints dollars and lives beyond its means because it forced the Arabs to sell oil in dollars ONLY. Saddam sold in Euros, so he was invaded and Iraq was destroyed. One of Russia actions - in fact more important than the military - is the decision to work with China and others to create a non-dollar system for transactions. That will slowly erode the dollar - and with it the US's capacity to deficit spend and wage war. With it, its lackeys in the EU and NATO will decline. 'the majority of the world will never do business with any "industry" it has stolen. ' Who is the majority ? EU and US ? If you look around, the majority is China, India, Arabs, Africans, Latin Americans and Africans. They have no issue of trading with Russia. They have not gone with western sanctions. It is a western conceit to imagine the west is the majority. Russia has proved how hollow the west is.
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  8466.  @SK-lt1so  Russia has gas, oil, metals, wheat - all of which the world needs. Boeing gets titanium from Russia. Most of the European countries are quietly buying oil in roubles now. Russia is selling oil to India in a rouble-rupee deal. The US dollar trade system is being by passed. That is increasing with China's yuan. The US will not be able to print dollars and live beyond its means forever. That is something Putin has given impetus to.
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  8467.  @SK-lt1so  Russia itself doesn't have the wherewithal to generate "value" from it. When Europe does not have energy, what value will it generate ? It will freeze in winter, and its goods would be costly and uncompetitive. The west depends on Russia more than the other way around. That is the why the west is quietly paying up for gas in roubles. So don't bluff. Europe is not all of Russia's customers. There are other buyers for Russian oil and products. As Lavrov said, he is not looking forward to relations with Europe, Russia does not need it. Russia is a strong country, it can say 'go to hell to EU, NATO and the US' and take actions to defend its interest. It does not flinch or back down. It can give all 30 NATO countries a beating. It can tell the US it will face consequences it has never faced if it puts a 'no fly zone', and the US meekly backs out. The whole west is weak and decadent. A couple of its nationals get caught in the war, and the west goes into a tail spin. I commiserate with the poor war victims of US led NATO expansion.
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  8468.  @SK-lt1so  Your trumpeting of free societies is opportunistic, western countries have inflicted colonialism, slavery, Nazism Ukraine, invaded countries in modern times (like Iraq). Not so long ago, western media was highlighting the growth of Nazi groups in Ukraine like the Right Sector and Azov batallion, and how white supremacists were teaming up with them, and how it represented a danger to the west (there are BBC, Time videos). Now the same Ukro Nazis in Azovstahl are heroic Ukrainians for you. Most of Europe collaborated with Nazis. Only the Soviet Union had the resolve to crush them. Only Russia has the resolve to crush the Ukro Nazis today. Europe has plenty of sources of energy ? Like what ? European companies are quietly paying in roubles after Russia made an example of Poland and Bulgaria. Germany launched invasion of Soviet Union for lebensraum and taking oil fields of Baku. The situation has not changed. Europe does not have many resources. In the era of colonialism, it stole others' resources. That is not possible now. Times have changed, but the Europeans live with their feeling of past domination. Your belief that Europeans are the best and only customer comes from your vain belief that Europe is the world. Get real, Europe today is a 'once upon a time people'. Russia has shown NATO is a paper tiger. Indeed, the Afghans exposed that 2 years ago. Why does NATO not put a no fly zone, or send troops to Ukraine ? That is the proof. If for one moment the west believed it had the power, it would have sent troops to Ukraine.
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  8469.  @jjuanmarin  Yes, and the Ukranians also made a mistake relying on the US and NATO. The Ukranian politicians are US implants brought by the 2014 coup which was financed by the US, so they also have no choice but to ask for arms and fight on till the country is irreparably destroyed. Both the west and Ukraine are confused. They want to continue due to false pride. Who likes to admit they miscalculated and messed up ?
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  8470.  @gerhardvanderpoll7378  Cowards cannot fight. We saw how NATO fought with each other to scramble on flights to escape from the Afghans. How can you fight Russians ? If you could fight, you would have sent troops by now to Ukraine. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists. It is run by gangster Al Capone, he looks after his life first. The rest are nobody.
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  8471.  @Torqu3d  Putin has declared the Russian nuclear doctrine - they will be used if Russia faces a strategic defeat. Anyhow, Russia does not need to use them in the present case. It is clear Ukraine's offensive flopped, they cannot get back the lost land, they face defeat as the west cannot afford to keep them afloat, and you know that also. If Russia used a tactical warhead on Kiev, what would the west do ? After seeing Kiev incinerated, they would not want to get incinerated afterwards by fighting Russia.
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  8472.  @yarkeeee  It is obvious to others as well, but false pride gets in the way of reason. They have been brainwashed to think western technology and power is invincible, and the reality is unreal for them.
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  8473.  @bill5982  Russia does not need help. Blinken and the western press hope about making it a frozen conflict by giving away the 5 oblasts. But Russia is not buying it. Russia does not want negotiations. It has got its strategy worked out. Sit behind the barricade, let the Ukranians come and impale themselves, its manpower got massacred, along with the garbage western equipment. Hold the nuclear sword over the west so it dares not send troops, and prepare for the counter-counter attack.
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  8474.  @rickeyharris268  By now, you should know perfectly well what happens if you mess with Russia. You or your surrogate will get a beating, and yes, that can extend all the way to nuclear.
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  8475.  @GormHornbori  They are being repaired in hospital to sent back to the front to kill Russians. Hence, Russia is eliminating them.
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  8476.  @bereal6590  Boris Johnson and Biden asked Ukraine to abandon negotiated settlement.
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  8477. If NATO had agreed to give Russia a security guarantee, the war would not have started. But having started the war, Russia has the strong cards, despite some setbacks. The west does not know what to do other than propagandise.
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  8478. Sean did explain in the last few weeks, the Ukranians are probing, and making the Russians nervous not knowing what Ukraine will do.
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  8479.  @lorrainetaylor5894  You must be feeling emboldened by weaklings Finland and Sweden ! But it will not help Ukraine. There, Russia has defeated the west. Are you burning ?
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  8480.  @darksector1389  Without the Red Army, Europe would be ruled by German Nazis. All of them would collaborate. The combination of Stalin, Red Army and the Soviet Union finished Hitler. 'Russians just have zero sense of strategy, they usually just have many numbers (cannon fodder) to exhaust the enemy. ' But the Russians win. The strategy of taking the industrial area, and the coastal area, and putting the blockade allows them to strangle Ukraine's economy. It is brilliant. The Ukraine that they have left for the moment is dependent on EU aid, and it cannot be reconstructed because missile strikes can happen unexpectedly. They have sapped the EU financially with energy cuts. Russia has started channels for non-dollar trade with non-western countries, with the aim of weakening the dollar. That is the most far-reaching strategy. When the dollar's value decreases because its demand for international trade settlements decreases, US power diminishes, and with that the EU, which is a US dependent, also fades away. Russian strategy is all encompassing : army, navy, air force, nuclear missiles to neutralise the US, hypersonic missiles (which the US has not got), satellites and satellite knock-out technology, cyber warfare and economic warfare. That is why Russia is formidable. I see a desperation in the talk and bluster of western leaders. I see that in your infantile response. The west just doesn't know what to do. They cannot admit the US folly of trying to induct Ukraine into NATO. The EU is so weak it cannot challenge the US. They cannot explain why they encouraged Ukraine along the path of confronting Russia and then, their cowardice in leaving Ukraine to fight alone . The west does not even have the intellect to learn from mistakes, as they mire themselves in further wars by encouraging Lithuania to act like Ukraine. They imagine the world is the west, but when they peer outside, the find no one is supporting them, and others support Russia.
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  8481.  @lorrainetaylor5894  As if another two weaklings joining NATO will change the west's fortune in Ukraine ! Finland and Sweden prove how scared Europeans are. Russia is the predominant power on the continent and 30 or 32 countries are no match.
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  8482.  @lorrainetaylor5894  Ukraine is losing and the west cannot reverse it. The best the west can do is hold G7 meetings and cheer themselves up with lame jokes.
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  8483.  @Angry.General1461  Well, you are certainly realistic. I agree with you. But the problem is that it is an unbearable loss of face for the west. They have taken the stand 'we cannot let Putin win'. They believe their 'rules based international order' (which they flout when convenient) will collapse. So they will add fuel to the fire instead of water to douse it.
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  8484.  @Angry.General1461  NATO is really the US. The rest do not count. The US has its own agenda. NATO expansion was pushed by Lockheed etc. in the 1990s to replace Soviet arsenal of the Warsaw Pact countries. Now the US's agenda is to weaken Russia so it does not wage war again (Austin). The weak countries of Europe are happy being the doormats of the US as they think it is their Lord Protector.
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  8485.  @lorrainetaylor5894  300,000 troops on the borders - why don't they send them to Ukraine to see if they can make a difference ? NATO's exit from Kabul was the most cowardly display I have seen from an ensemble that claims to be the strongest fighting force in the world. The 300,000 troops will scatter if Russia went after them. NATO has not been tested yet. Russia has shown it can take on Ukraine + NATO militarily and it can wage economic war.
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  8486.  @lorrainetaylor5894  Wait for who ? Ukranians ? Ukro Nazis surrendered in Azovstahl. Their Nazis tattoos were inspected and they were sent to Russia for a trial. Or should we wait and see NATO ? Those cowards don't have the courage to go into Ukraine. Instead, they are trying to induct two more weaklings and are making a show of it. 32 frightened chicken instead of 30 against the bear.
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  8487. @@MerrieMann Russia is landing in 3rd place ? You imagine you are still in first place, but you dare not send your army to fight for Ukraine after you incited it to fight Russia. And your writ does not run in the Red Sea. Cowards like you cannot win wars.
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  8488.  @gintasvilkelis2544  Trump's reading is Ukraine is not of importance to American people and it is a waste of money. Whatever his other faults, he is correct on this.
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  8489.  @iris1224wwad  Don't expect Russia to allow the US to put bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Ukraine got independence based on a commitment given to Russia that it would be neutral.
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  8490.  @martyn4501  Putin said Poland can have western Ukraine, that is the abode of the Bandera Ukro Nazis.
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  8491. And the worst is British and French elites are now demanding Germany to re-arm to save them from Russia ! If Germany re-armed and became nationalistic, then German military might cannot be used against Russia and US, but it can be used against Poland !
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  8492. 'Two tier' is now the plea of self pity propagated by fascists who have disgraced themselves and brought shame to Britain.
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  8493.  @RamblingOverHillsAndDowns  ' if the current front collapse worse, millions more will leave.' Correct. But why did you incite Ukraine to fight superpower Russia ? Why did you not send NATO troops if you care so much for Ukraine like you sent to Iraq and Afghanistan ?
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  8494. Western media now says that Bakhmut is not strategically important. That is sure sign it will fall.
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  8495. Israel is an apartheid racial state. Perhaps Hindus in India are like minded because of your caste mentality. Judaism is built on racial exclusivity, not humanity. Just like Hinduism is based on case discrimination, and not one humanity.
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  8496.  @upadhyaymritunjay324  Brutality of Israel running an apartheid state at gun point with support of the west is not a matter for you. It is like Britain running India at gun point and asking the natives to travel by second class train only, and running white only clubs. Ring a bell? Or maybe you are a Brahmin and do not see apartheid is brutality.
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  8497. After Sir Putin started testing nuclear weapons, the Lord Cameron pulled down his tweet and France sent someone to attend Putin's inauguration !
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  8498.  @stephenhill545  It is Zelensky who said he would hold another peace conference and invite Russia. It is Ukraine that is dependent on US aid and all that is in the process of drying up.
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  8499. I don't know why lackeys like the Australians are getting so riled. The fact is America cannot afford to continue the war with its shrinking economy. Do the Australians or anyone else in the western hemisphere (where Australia apparently belongs) have the money to continue policing Afghanistan ? If not, shut up. Don't bad mouth others. Otherwise China should just take Australia after Taiwan ! America would not come to the rescue and Australians would not have the guts to fight.
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  8500. Putin should surrender easily ? He has defeated the collective west, what are you talking about ?
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  8501.  @colmquinn7860  NATO should go home from Russia's borders.
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  8502.  @kellytourigny4228  Yes, I know they are in Russian hands, I was being sarcastic about Ukraine's claims that it is 'mission over'.
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  8503. Bakmut became strategically unimportant after the west realised Ukraine will lose it.
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  8504. Yes, a very sane Nazi, I liked her.
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  8505.  @nanban1896  Seeking to put American missiles and naval bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia is not a provocation ? '...history from judging when the dust settles.' When the dust settles, Ukraine will not exist, and NATO's defeat will be ascribed to US greed for NATO expansion.
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  8506.  @luciferjohnson8495  He is putting forward views in line with the British govt. view and policy on Russia. That is not independent journalism. The BBC has played as an arm of the British govt.'s foreign policy. During the Iraq war, it was sending news from journalists embedded with the US army - and hence censored information. It was not reporting like Al Jazeera, what the Iraqi people on the ground were experiencing. It was telling a narrative to justify British and US invasion. On Palestine, it reports what the Israelis are experiencing. On Russia, the BBC gives Ukranian, that is, western govt. viewpoint. This journalist will not go and question a British govt. official why Britain is supporting a US gameplan for NATO expansion that has brought misery to Ukraine and Russians.
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  8507.  @hate-chan4369  'NATO will turn Russia into a glass parking lot where not even a single cockroach will exist for the next thousand years' NATO will not do that - because Russia can do the same to NATO countries. Nobody in NATO is ready to be killed for Ukraine. They are coward types. You saw how they ran away from Kabul ?
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  8508. Why have Israelis been ethinically cleansing and killing Palestinians since 1948 ? She is not innocent in Palestinian eyes.
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  8509. “Force is the Only Language Putin Understands”. Putin also thinks the west only understands the language of force. And he has more force than all the combined west ! That is why the west is now seeking cease fire and negotiations !!
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  8510. Once US support for Europe goes, countries like Estonia and Poland will stop over estimating their power, and they will tone down their anti-Russian rhetoric. They know they will get a beating and no one will come to rescue them.
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  8511.  @georgekaradov1274  If people had a scientific outlook, or even just common sense, it is obvious there are three possibilities : (1) pilot error (2) friendly fire from a Patriot or (3) Russian missile shot it down. The way western media approaches it, option (3) is not even considered. Because the western media are partisan, so they are in the business of propaganda. They select what they want people to consider. Free media does not mean no propaganda, they can self censor, and select information and angle news to influence thinking into the direction they want.
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  8512. Russia is not under pressure from anyone. It is all wishful thinking, caused by the western sense of defeat at the hands of Russia.
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  8513. Motivation diminished when it got too hot.
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  8514. That American at the end said Hazel was nothing special, it is just Putin trying to scare the Ukrainians and the west. Then let us get ready to see what multiple Hazels will do in Kiev.
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  8515. Putin is winning, there is no middle ground. Russia reached an agreement with Ukraine in Turkey, but Boris Johnson scuttled it. Putin said at that time, matters will be settled on Russian terms in future. Get it ?
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  8516. Trump understands sanctions leads to de-dollarisation, and that will kill US power. But his solution to stop de-dollarisation is tariffs. But this will only further de-dollarisation. Other countries can continue trade without the US. What does the US have to sell other arms and software ?
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  8517. Ukraine cannot join NATO. Not only Trump, but even Biden told Zelensky in the Vilnius NATO summit that Ukraine cannot join NATO. The reason is Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent US bases in Ukraine. As for complaining about Russia subverting govts. in Georgia and Moldova, the US has done the same in Ukraine with the coup in 2014, which implanted an anti-Russian govt. favourable to the US. The Ukrainian govt. negotiated peace with Russia in Turkey, only to be subverted by the US and UK. Hence, cut out the pious cant. The US is involved in all the wars on the planet. Biden says the US is an indispensable nation. So Ukraine cannot have a peace agreement with Russia in Turkey. Ukraine cannot be in NATO. Russia will not allow it, the US is not ready to send troops to Ukraine, or fight a nuclear war for Ukraine. That is it, accept Ukraine will be Russian and there is nothing you can do about it.
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  8518.  @YorkyYT  If you mess with a nuclear power, what do you expect ? Anyhow, good the angry man instils fear in you. The west has been waging war on the rest of the world from time to time, so this is the anti-dote.
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  8519. 'He has rattled the nuclear sabre from the beginning ............ if you do that too often nobody takes you seriously anymore!' Russia is bluffing till it ain't bluffing. You thought he was bluffing when he said he will stop NATO expansion to Ukraine.
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  8520. The Palestinians should ask Russia for the weapons. Then the US will be scouring their warehouse how to supply their Jewish proteges in Ukraine and Israel.
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  8521.  @JohnnieBravo1  Whether Ukraine and Russia are using cluster bombs is neither here nor there. The facts on the ground are : Russia has taken 4 oblasts The Ukranian counter offensive to take them back is a flop. Ukraine does not have the manpower and the airpower; the west cannot supply enough munitions, and what was supplied was shoddy and the Russians burnt them. The US has decided Ukraine will not join NATO as the Americans do not want to get killed in Ukraine. The rest of NATO is a collection of puny states who cannot fight Russia without the us. From the above, one can say the collective west and Ukraine have lost the war. NATO itself has been proved useless.
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  8522. Of course Russia has the tactical nuclear weapon option, Ukraine knows it. It is trying to scare off the Russians saying the rest of the world will retaliate with nuclear weapons. Kissinger said long ago the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany and Europe.
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  8523. Typical American, explaining the US/NATO defeat in Ukraine, as shown in Vilnius. And typical westerner feeding soft questions that do not disturb the US-NATO narrative that they are defeating Russia. As for her claim that Russia is not as powerful as we thought etc., why has the US then not sent troops to Ukraine, to win decisively and end the war ? The reason is the Russians will kill Americans on a scale exceeding what they faced in Vietnam. The history of American defeats and hasty exits in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia etc. shows the Americans will not be able to face the casualties. The reason the US blocked Ukraine's demand for entry into NATO and refused to provide a timeline is because it is afraid that Ukraine will demand Article 5, which would require US to send troops to Ukraine. The US knows the Russians will kill them. By blocking Ukraine from NATO, the US now recognises Russia's objective - there will be no US bases in Ukraine. Therefore it is a Russian win, a US defeat. The US now knows that Russia is powerful and is ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent US bases in Ukraine, and it has the capacity to incinerate not only Leopard tanks and Bradleys, but all US cities. So don't believe this ugly lady, she is trying to put on a brave face. The US is afraid to fight Russia. In Vilnius, one Ukrainian activist asked Jake Sullivan why US is blocking Ukraine's entry into NATO, was it because it was afraid of Russia ? She was told to show gratitude to America for the money spent !
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  8524.  @Klemheist-vf1hx  NATO is unwilling to fight when certain death appears. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  8525. Losing is very painful. The blood comes to the face, and it burns.
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  8526. Why is Sharma burning about what US students say ? The students led the movement to end apartheid in South Africa, and they are doing the same for Israel. China and Russia have a clear stand. Indians are not relevant in world affairs, they sort of support apartheid but realise that could land them in trouble.
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  8527. The Ukrainians do not want to enlist anymore because they have got the sinking feeling that the US is going to abandon them after the election, and they are pointlessly being killed till then to buy time for Biden not to lose face before the election. It must have sunk into them that the US and the west do not have the capacity to reverse Ukraine's losses. The US is unable to supply Patriots and shells because it simply does not have enough of them. The Europeans are hopeless as well. When all this is over Ukrainians should reflect on what they gained by agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US. The people Zelensky calls 'Our partners' are not ready to die for Ukrainians, then what is the point Ukrainians dying for westerners.
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  8528. Rutte says Russia and China are racing ahead .... at last an admission that the west is not superior.
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  8529.  @Jmp5nb  Be Ukranian and become a failed country ?
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  8530. Kiev will receive a nuclear strike if Ukraine puts foot in Crimea. The Russians have communicated this to the Americans. They said they will use all weapons in their arsenal. All western cities would be put on target first for nuclear strikes, to ward off western intervention if Russia has to hit Kiev with a nuclear weapon.
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  8531.  @pneuma2260  Strike Sevastopol fleet and Kiev will be taken out with a nuclear strike. Russia has informed America that already.
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  8532.  @pneuma2260  ' Oh, is that like putin saying "i don't bluff"? Actions not words are crucial.' Putin does not bluff. He sent a letter in Dec 2022 to Biden asking for a security guarantee and not to use Ukraine for bases targeting Russia. After the US declined, Putin said he will take technical-military action. The west and Ukraine thought he was bluffing. But he did what he said he would do. Ukraine has lost 4 oblasts, had its power grid is destroyed, it has $ 1 trillion of damages, it is being turned into a wasteland, and NATO dares not send troops to Ukraine. Putin brandished the nuclear sword to ward off the west from putting a 'no fly zone' by saying they would face consequences they have never faced in their life. He does not have to drop a nuclear bomb on the US immediately to prove he is not bluffing. The US got the message and next day Biden told the Ukranians that there will be no 'no fly zone' . Likewise, Russia has communicated to the US that if Ukraine crosses into Crimea, ALL weapons in Russia's arsenal will be used against Kiev. Putin does not have to drop a nuclear weapon on Kiev in advance to show he is not bluffing. A warning has been given; let Ukraine trespass on Crimea and you can judge whether he was bluffing. US general Milley said afterwards that Ukraine may have to give up Crimea for negotiations. Why did he say that ?
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  8533.  @pneuma2260  It does not matter if China recognised Crimea is Russian territory. The fact is it is with Russia. And Ukraine and its handlers cannot do anything about it. Ukraine cannot hold Bakhmut, the Bandera army has been massacred, and they don't have enough shells. How will they take Crimea ? Zelensky said with the Himars, Ukraine will take Crimea by Dec 2022. Empty vessels make noise - like Zelensky and you. Russia does not talk much, it does.
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  8534.  @jimfromburbankca5253  All wishful thinking. It is not a six day war. Israel + US was against Arabs who did not have military equipment to match. This is Ukraine + US against a superpower that has hypersonic missiles with nuclear tips that can raze not only Ukraine, but which can incinerate all US cities. Russia has ended the US run world order. I understand you are burning inside.
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  8535.  @foilhat1138  'The previous 2 Urkrainian offensives folded up the Russians like laundry.' No they did not. The Kherson offensive was blunted. Zelensky said he would capture Crimea by Dec 2022. Since then Ukraine has lost Soledar and Bakhmut, the Bandera army got massacred and it has shortage of shells. Unlike 6 months ago, the Russians have taken time out to build fortifications all along the front. It is not thinly defended anymore.
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  8536.  @cyberfunk3793  Zelensky said with the Himars he would take Crimea by Dec. 2022. But since then, he has lost Soledar and Bakhmut. He had promised earlier that Severodonetsk would be the last city to fall. The evidence does not suggest that Ukraine is getting better or has any momentum. Ukraine's performance in the first year cannot be extended to the second because it has had its army destroyed and it does not have the shells.
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  8537.  @cyberfunk3793  Russia withdrew from the western side of Kherson to avoid being encircled. They did not lose soldiers nor were the Ukranians able to engage in hot pursuit across the river. The Ukranians moved into western side of Kherson and Russians shelled them and killed them from across the river. Contrast with the Ukranians. They are being threatened with encirclement in Bakhmut but they decided to stay. The dilemma for them is if they stay, they will be massacred (which is what is happening) and if they withdraw, they fear the Russians will be in hot pursuit and come after Kramaotorsk and Sloviansk. Now they Russians have taken time out to fortify the entire line so the chances of Ukraine penetrating again are not there. What the Ukranians managed in the first year they cannot repeat because their best soldiers have been killed, and they are short of shells and the west cannot supply them. The longer it lasts, the advantage tilts to Russia Russia's economy does not work the same as western economy. They sell energy, wheat, metals steel uranium, gold ... that people need, not financial services. It is the biggest resource economy. Unlike Germany and Europe they have the energy to run their industries. Further, they have not outsourced their manufacturing. So they can make shells and everything else. Look around, it is people in UK, France, Germany who are on strike and not people in Russia. The euro and pound lost 20% and europe is importing LNG at 5x the price, and they have to pay in dollars. You are repeating western cliches and wishful thinking.
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  8538.  @cyberfunk3793  Russians got only a spanking, but Ukranians were sent back to living like in the middle ages. Soon afterwards the Ukranian power grid was destroyed . They have lost more : Soledar and Bakhmut. The chance of any further Ukranian advances are low, it is wishful thinking of the defeated. The Ukranians have lost its best soldiers and it is short on shells. Ukraine has lost 4 oblasts besides Crimea and has to live with that. The Russians have built fortifications and will see off the offensive and after that, Ukraine has nothing more left. The US is sending Ukraine on a last ditch suicide effort, and when that fails, the US will cut the money supply.
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  8539.  @tommygun5038  Your type of joker said Russia had run out of semiconductor chips in April 2022, and it was forced to use washing machine chips. In June 2022, people like you were saying Russia cannot possibly keep striking with missiles because they would run out soon. But the missiles kept coming and are still coming everyday. British intelligence said that the Russians had run out of artillery shells and were bayoneting the Ukranians in Bakhmut with shovels. Biden said the US has run out of artillery shells, so it was donating cluster bombs. Indeed, NATO is not Ukraine. NATO is a bunch of cowards who cannot fight. The Ukranians, I shall grant you are brave fighters, even if foolhardy. 'So yes NATO would achieve air superiority over Ukraine.' Then why did Biden deny Ukraine a 'no fly zone' ? At least make your arguments have some semblance to reality.
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  8540. How long did you take to come out with that unoriginal witticism ?
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  8541. He is telling a fantastic story as city by city falls. Boris Johnson asked Ukraine to fight and they are losing, and the journalist is going and expressing condolence before it becomes part of Russia ! This is the British contribution to Ukraine.
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  8542. When the Red Army reached the outskirts of Berlin, Hitler's surviving commanders made an overture to the Red Army for a ceasefire. The supporters of the Ukro Nazis in the west are also putting out feelers to the Russians for a ceasefire !
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  8543. Ukraine got 98% of what it asked, now get on with, walk the talk and show how you are going to get the Russians out. If the offensive goes nowhere, the west will tell Ukraine there is no more money till next year. The Russians won't wait till next year till Ukraine's handlers find the money, they will go into hot pursuit for the kill.
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  8544.  @thims1961  Don't twist things. Why did the US push NATO expansion to Ukraine when the Russians said it threatens Russian security ? Russia's naval fleet which is based in Sevastopol would have been shut off from the Black Sea - that was the US aim. The Budapest Memorandum's last Article says if there is a difference, meetings and negotiations would be conducted between the four to resolve it. When Putin asked for negotiations for a security guarantee, the US and NATO scoffed. Ukraine which since 2014 is a US proxy also kept silent. So Putin went for war to make sure there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. In 2022, three months after the war started, there were negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey to end the war, a deal was initialled, but the US sent Boris Johnson to Kiev to urge it to continue fighting. Why ? Continue fighting they did, but from the end of 2023 the west and Ukraine are in a losing position. Israel's annexation of Jerusalem, West Bank and Golan Heights has been designated illegal by the UN, but the US now accepts it is part of Israel. Hence, cut out your stinking duplicity and pious humbug. The west incited Ukraine to fight Russia, and the west created Israel. Both are unsustainable and are losing, and western credibility is zero.
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  8545. Amusing, Lithuania now says it will not pursue the ban because 'any further discussion would be a real victory for the Kremlin' ! So the Kremlin was victorious, but avoiding discussion prevents the Kremlin from realising it was victorious !! The Lithuanians and the whole EU needs to have their heads examined. A bunch of squirrels want to provoke a polar bear. Russia's statement that it will annul Lithuania's independence was logically correct. And if push come to shove and Russia took action to retake Lithuania, no one in NATO would want to go and fight Russia to save Lithuania, Article 5 not withstanding.
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  8546.  @boink800  Well, the proof is there : there were no WMDs in Iraq, the UN inspector Kelly said so as well, they assassinated him. What more proof do you want ? You are in denial mode. ICC and you have no credibility because it is set up to try opponents of the west, and not western perpetrators of war. That is evident from your defensive reaction. You don't want your people tried with the same yardstick, you only want Putin tried. Hence, the world supports Putin for ending your western world order.
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  8547. Russia is too mighty, you are day dreaming ! They defeated 33 nations that ganged up against it.
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  8548. Of course the US will cut LNG to Europe to avoid domestic shortfall.
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  8549.  @aliwalil4160  If you had a heart, you would not have created a coup in Ukraine, and put Ukro Nazi groups like Azov Batallion to stir up anti-Russian sentiment. Now, that all is lost for Ukraine, come out with sob stories. Did you have heart when you bombed Nazi Germany's cities ? You felt it had to be done to end Nazism. Russia feels it is time to end Ukro Nazism.
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  8550.  @matthewsill748  The Afghans were supported by the US during the Soviet Union. When the US went to take over Afghanistan, Russia and China did not support the Afghans. If they had pumped them with arms, the US would not have been able to take Afghanistan in 6 months. But in the end the US negotiated with the Taliban and gave back the govt. to them. Ukraine would not lost 6 months without US support. You will see when the US cuts and runs - that will certainly happen when Trump comes. If you are so confident of the US army's ability, why don't you send your army to Ukraine and wrap up the war in 6 months ? You will find Americans cannot fight. and the Russians will kill them on a scale they have not faced in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  8551.  @matthewsill748  Russia's army is the first army in the world, that is why the US does not dare send its army. The Russians have shown determination in Mariopol and Bakhmut, and the kind of weapons they have surpasses anything NATO has and they are constantly innovating - drones, helicopters, hypersonic missiles, thermobaric weapons. The Red Army took 4 years to take Berlin and decapitate the German Nazis. They had the perseverance. Ukraine is coming to the end of its life. You cannot supply enough shells, and your tanks and Bradleys were shown to be useless. On Ukraine, two US Presidential candidates have the said they would ditch Ukraine.
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  8552.  @matthewsill748  America's help is from a safe distance, just a few lorries. It was the Red Army's courage and heroism that destroyed 90% of the German Nazi army. The Red Army would have reached Berlin without the US, it would have taken longer.
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  8553.  @matthewsill748  'LOL what a load of rubbish' Ran out of arguments at last ? Like you have run out of supplies for Ukraine.
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  8554. Turning up the heat on Russia ? Price cap, how will be this achieved ? Will OPEC agree ? How will these be enforced ? It is another hare brained scheme. Russia is winning and the west is desperate.
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  8555.  AUDIT THE POLITICIANS  The Jewish buddies also seem to be involved in the Ukraine war - Victoria Nuland, the instigator of the 2014 coup; Pres. Zelensky, PM Shymal, Defence Minister Reznikov; Blinken, are all from the Chosen Family. And they are happy bedfellows with the Ukro Nazis of Right Sector and Azov Batallion.
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  8556. The reporter says now Ukrainians fear that their fate will be decided by foreign politicians in distant lands. They did not fear that when their people took money from America and installed a regime approved by the US to serve American interest in NATO expansion. The Ukrainians continue to say that they are saviours of America and the west. But they will soon find America will abandon them and their implanted govt. as in S. Vietnam, Afghanistan.....
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  8557. Europe's ally should be Russia, which is a neighbour connected by land mass.
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  8558. And BAE announced it is going to start production in Ukraine ! And Germany had announced it is going to build a tank factory in Ukraine ! It is late in the day to build a plant in the midst of a war. It shows how pathetic the west has become. It has to put on a brave shows of resoluteness for its own public. The Russians will be at a loss about what to do. And all the western countries are feeling the economic pinch. They can't maintain services in their own countries, and they want to build armaments factories in Ukraine. Ukraine cannot pay for it. Who will pay for it ?
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  8559.  @mgmv8074  Europeans are dying. They do not reproduce. Men do not want to have family, women are encouraged to think they are men. The Muslims are family oriented. The Europeans even today go and create wars - in Iraq, Afghanistan. It is not sins of the fathers. Therefore you will have refugees.
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  8560.  @mgmv8074  To others, Europeans may be symbols of existing 'unimaginable horror and cruelty' . The Mongols etc. are not there. You are waging wars currently, in Ukraine, in Palestine, and in the recent past in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Europeans have the knack of self certification, pretending to be civilised people running the 'international rules based order' based on NATO expansion, but that has been ended by Putin.
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  8561.  @skwarubwa7083 Palestinians want to come home and rebuild their homes as well. They had been living there, the Jews were away for 2000 years.
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  8562. 'When has Russia ever been attacked by NATO? What are you afraid of?' You are not as innocent as you pretend. Russia has been attacked by European powers like Germany and France with heavy casualties. Russia could not afford the US to set up missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Naval bases would have shut Russia out of the Black Sea. Russia had to take pre-emptive action to stop this. Get it ? Russia took action in time and defeated the collective west. The US gave up when it realised it could not plant bases in Ukraine. Then it dumped Ukraine and decided to negotiate with Russia. The dumb Ukrainians and Europeans feel short changed. Get it, numskull ?
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  8563.  @OhisGeorge-e8j  The British have all the military experts predicting Ukraine's capture if Crimea and Putin's death due to hand tremor.
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  8564. The French are there, no ?
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  8565. How do these Ukrainian beggars pay for these equipment ? Are they gifts ?
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  8566. Ah, she admits military boys and girls from the frontlines congregated there. She says they were not wearing military uniform - as if that entitle them to immunity. It was a military meeting centre and Ukraine recklessly mixed its army people, NATO advisers and civilians.
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  8567.  @lang6626  Poland wants to be America's attack dog. It takes great pride in it.
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  8568. ​ @harrydehnhardt5092  Lost ? Putin asked the US and NATO to come on the battlefield and show their abilities. The cowards will not be able to take up the challenge.
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  8569.  @1784werewolf  He 'apologized if that one word was missplaced ' It was not misplaced, he did it deliberately. He would not misplace any words with Ben Shapiro. Piers is wicked. He apologised because only Hijab pounced on his throat. He reduced him to stuttering ! That was the most thorough demolition of Piers.
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  8570.  @frob-rp4xo  Hijab did such a demolition job of Piers that you need to see a psychiatrist .
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  8571.  @frob-rp4xo  [Hajib quipped several times, " where's your source!?" over and over, when Morgan mentioned babies killed in their cribs. Yet, by the date of this interview, there was clear proof, from Many credible sources from all around the world'] Indeed. So what is your evidence ? ''there was clear proof, from Many credible sources '' Can you name the credible sources ? Piers could not name them. He weakly added Daily Telegraph. It is the newspaper that said Iraq had WMDS. So what is its credibility ? I invite you to say (1) whether you have seen the 'evidence' yourself and (2) what are the credible sources ? Like Piers, you slyly omitted your credible evidence. You have no evidence but want to believe your prejudices. Western media has shown it lies when it wants to, it follows a collective script if it feels a western line has to be defended. Not only the Iraq war, in the Ukraine war it was claiming Russia used chemical weapons in Mariopol. [Mr Hajib, with his aggressive, condescending, arrogance, and demanding answers before the interviewer could answer any of Hajib's questions. This was what people call a "hatchet job"...'] Piers is normally aggressive, condescending, arrogant .... he tried to smear Hijab as controversial right at the opening. It was a sly attempt at character assasination. Why ? Hijab went for his throat thereafter and shook Piers. Aggression should be met with aggression. When Piers was cornered, Hijab stopped the flow and 'asked why are you stuttering' ? And Piers pleaded meekly 'I am not stuttering'. ' START this latest round of fighting, which is atrocities committed by Hamas.' You have the same attitude as Piers. You pretend the conflict started on 7 Oct. It started in 1917 with the Balfour Declaration. You should be asking 'what did the Israelis do to Palestinians that made them attack them ? The Jews had a problem with everywhere they lived. There must be a reason. Nobody wanted them in Europe. So they aided them to 'return'. And in Palestine they grab land and want to run an apartheid state. ['I'm curious, what subjective and objective observations brought you to this conclusion? And your medical or psychiatric experience and education were attained at what accredited medical school and what medical facility?'] My observation is based on your fabrications : citing 'evidence' that you don't have, but that you want to believe, and want to impose on others. That is a psychological disorder. Delusional.
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  8572. No need to deep dive into Ukraine's pilot. He campaigned for F16s, he got them, he could not fly them. The rest of the pilots and aircraft will be the same. The Russians will get them, like the Abrams, Challengers....
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  8573. Why are you praying for invaders ?
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  8574.  @FyodorUshakovSuka  Russia is baddie for you only because it can give the west a killer punch if you mess with them.
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  8575. The west is so agitated and frustrated. The reason is they cannot stop the referenda. It goes against the western narrative that Ukraine is winning.
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  8576. I guess it all Ukranians claiming they shot down 90% and any damage was due to debris.
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  8577. Iran says the US creates rifts and wars in the ME. That is what the US has done everywhere. That is why it has a lot of enemies, and they will get together to check the US. Russia-China-Iran is entirely likely.
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  8578. Lithuania has provoked Russia to seize the Suwalki gap.
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  8579. So will the Europeans tell us whether NATO expansion, and being a blind follower of the US has helped them ? When will the Germans and Europeans tell the US to get out ?
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  8580. Turkey is following an international law. NATO should be disbanded.
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  8581. Put entire free world at risk ? Most of the world is not losing sleep over it. Because the free world has waged colonial wars on all other for their resources for hundreds of years. They would be happy if Russia taught this self assigned free world a lesson.
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  8582. Europe is a collection of vassal states of the US, who have collaborated and threatened and badmouthed Russia. It all works on the assumption that the US will be able to finance this forever. But the US has a 38 trillion dollar debt, it has been printing dollars using its military machine to enforce Gulf States to sell oil only in dollars, but that era is coming to an end with the de-dollarisation set off by Putin, and which China and others have also embraced. Much of the US's industrial manufacturing base has gone to China. The US may eventually tone down commitments to NATO because it is unaffordable. Then what will all the loudmouths in Europe like France, Poland, UK, Estonia do ? If they mess with Russia, Russia will give a punch in their face. None of these countries can fight with Russia. Nor can they do anything collectively as they have mutual contempt also.
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  8583. Suella Bravermann wants demonstrations for Palestinans cancelled, and now she is protesting cancellation of her right wing bedfellows ! Fascists with no conviction in democracy protest against cancellation of democracy.
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  8584. It is surprising they have not destroyed all the civilian Ukrainian airports.
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  8585.  @billrand4138  You live in a make believe world. When the Ukranians retreat or lose a city, it does not matter anymore. So Ukranians only win and never lose; and Russians only lose. Russia has strangled Ukraine's economy; and the economies of EU and the UK. They have given a kick up your backside. True or not ? All failing European and American politicians attribute their misfortunes about inflation to 'Putin's war'. Putin controls western political fortunes. But Zelensky said after the loss of Lysyschank that no more Ukranian cities will fall. What will he say to his handlers after Bakhmut falls ? Ukraine is now subdued after the air and drone strikes on power stations in 40 cities. The bravado about advancing to Crimea is reduced. They know they will get a bigger beating.
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  8586.  @billrand4138  Ukraine is pointless tactically for the US and the west - why does it not get out and abandon Ukraine ?
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  8587.  @ccahill2322  Yes, I understand 'sticking with the script', and not the news, is the order even in the free world, for the free press. Noam Chomksy said the western media 'manufactures consent'. In a recent Palestinian-Israeli fighting episode, the BBC was called out for saying Israelis were 'killed'; but Palestinians 'died'. The first implies a destructive action; the second implies no destruction, it was a natural event. Subtle but wilful distortions shape people's minds : Palestinians are fanatics, Israelis are innocents minding their business. Israel is a creation of the British and French, and afterwards the US is its sustainer. So the western media has to project Israel favourably since it is its chosen one. Criticising Israel will point the finger of guilt on its creators. The Ukraine war has come due to western backing of NATO expansion. But the western media is not going to question the recklessness of their own governments in seeking NATO expansion. Instead, they turn it into a holy defence of sovereignty. They did not defend Iraq's or Afghanistan's right to sovereignty. That is why the west has lost credibility, and outside the west, people back Russia. Every statement on the war now starts with 'Russia is losing'. Afterwards, they tell you Bakhmut might fall. And they will conclude still with 'Russia is losing'. Russia has achieved many goals : (1) Ukraine will not join NATO (2) US is not going to have missile and naval bases (3) the GDP creating part of Ukraine is taken (4) Russia controls the coastal areas and the shipping lanes (5) reconstruction of Ukraine is not possible without Russian consent and (6) Russia has strangled Ukraine's - and Europe's - economies. The reality is frustrating and the sense of being defeated is humiliating, so people console themselves with the media telling us 'Russia is losing'.
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  8588.  @_alienblood  Your claim that Nato are not in the war is like the US saying after losing, 'this is not our war, we have nothing to do with it, it is Europe's war'. You are a typical loser trying to pretend you did not lose.
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  8589. And you are scared of the Russian bots.
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  8590. The US and Ukraine flouted the agreement by ganging up against Russia. Ukraine was supposed to maintain good relations with both and not invite military bases of the US to set shop in Ukraine to threaten Russia. That might not have been explicitly stated but it was against the spirit of the agreement. Hence, Ukraine will be terminated and part reincorporated into Russia and the rest destroyed unless it accepts neutrality.
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  8591. Western people pose as having superior values. But the panel shows how they are no different, they are ridden with the cheap emotion of jealousy and they do not have self control to hide it. It is like urinating in public. Can't hold it back. Their colonial world is slipping away from them and they wish ill on others.
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  8592. This report is not informative. Can we have a report on what the situation in Bakhmut is ? Is it going to fall or not or will Ukraine stall the Russians with their DIY ?
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  8593.  @Jahshehs  Most western reports when things are not going so well for Ukraine resort to human interest stories trying to drum up sympathy for Ukraine. That is not what is needed. It has to be based on assessment on whether Ukraine will be a liability to itself and others. It is heading to be a failed state that will become a wasteland.
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  8594.  @flamingsmore5904  But the Russians are determined to get Bakhmut, they will do it whatever the cost.
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  8595. But Russia does not want to negotiate now. The western plan is to freeze conflict and put Ukraine that remains into NATO. Russia is not going to accept that. NATO entry was the cause for the war.
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  8596. If Ukraine strikes Russian territory, Russia will use a nuke, and believe me no one in the west will come to its aid after that event.
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  8597. @@internet_guidance 'Ruzzia also have no working nukes.' Then why has the US not sent troops to Ukraine like they did for Iraq ?
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  8598.  @NinjaBehindTheScene  No, the west shields Israel. It has been duplicitous all along. The BBC says 'Palestinians died; Israelis were killed'. That is why people in those parts support Russia.
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  8599.  @ricardomadleno564  ;if you use Nukes Urkaine won’t hold back anymore and they will destroy Russia cities as well. ' How will Ukraine destroy Russian cities after the event ? They will be forced into unconditional surrender. NATO will not directly enter after the event to fight nuclear war with Russia. What is the point afterwards ? The US does not want its cities incinerated in a nuclear exchange. Long ago Kissinger said the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany or Europe. The same is the case now - why would they commit suicide for Ukraine ? So don't fool yourself. Accept the fact that Ukraine + NATO are not strong enough to defeat Russia.
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  8600. @@internet_guidance When has the strongest alliance in history won a war ? They ran away from Kabul. They did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. Putin challenged you - he said those who think they can defeat Russia should come to the battlefield and show it. Why did NATO not take up his challenge ? Cowards ! You have not read Article 5. It only says if an attack takes place on a NATO country, it will be an attack on all. But it says the response will be left to each member - they can take any measure including and up to war. Any measure means some may opt to send arms or medical supply. There is no call for a unified military response. The US is the key member. It does not want to fight a nuclear war with Russia because it will be incinerated. The rest of NATO cannot fight. Long back Kissinger said the US would not fight a nuclear war to save Germany and Europe. Why should they ? So get real - the US is not going to fight Russia because of Article 5, and the Europeans cannot fight. The best way fro Europeans to avoiding a beating from Russia is to avoid misbehaving with them.
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  8601. What was wrong in the experimental missile ? You can do your own experiments in Ukraine.
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  8602. This is not the price of freedom, this is the price of electing a comedian on American's payroll, to carry out America's agenda of putting missiles to target Russia, to be a momentary hero for the west, at the cost of your country.
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  8603. 'why are European armies sitting on their hands and not fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukrainian heroes?' The European armies are afraid the Russians will kill them. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  8604. The US will be the last country to fight for Europe. All the loudmouths, the Baltics, UK etc. will be left on their own.
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  8605.  @Prognosis__  Ukranians have not realised they are being led down a very very dark dead end road, because US, NATO and the EU tell them they will show the light, that they will give them a lot of money to rebuild, they will take Russian money and give it to them.
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  8606. So there is no more pretence, you admit you are defeated and Russia has won ?
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  8607. The Russians were not planning to attack other states, but hearing this French inciter, Russia should go after the Baltics.
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  8608. It has become fashionable to seek the opinion of irrelevant countries like Denmark, Finland, Estonia.... None of these countries have the capability to change the outcome of the war, which is lost for Ukraine. When the principal instigator of Ukraine, the US, cannot change the outcome, and is planning to walk away, what is the point of interviewing minnows who are vassals and dependents of the US ? The small dogs will keep barking due to fear of the bear. They know when the US leaves, those who were stridently anti-Russian will be exposed ! The west seems to be clutching at straws like Finland and Baltics, which only confirms the defeat.
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  8609. Why does Piers demand Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims to denounce 7 October ? As if the conflict started on 7 October 2023. The conflict started in 1917 due to the British policy of giving someone'e else's land to the European Jews. Oh, you will say that was long ago. After sometime, 7 Oct. 2023 will also be forgotten. So get over it. Till Israel implements the Two State Solution and abandons its Nazi style apartheid regime, the occupied will fight. That is the bottom line. Till Piers plucks up courage to tell the Israelis that is the solution to avoid 7 Oct. 2023, this will continue. There are Israelis who realise this, and many will migrate back to Europe.
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  8610.  @6789uiop  NATO troops will not fight, they are cowards.
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  8611.  @dsdgdsfegfeg  But somehow Russia has defeated 50 countries in economic and military warfare. No NATO country dares send troops to Ukraine.
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  8612. The west wants somethin' for nothin' - they block Russia's use of the euro and the dollar, and expect Russia to sell more gas in euros and dollars ! On top of that, these thieves who talk about international rules stole Russia's money deposits in their banks. I expect Russia to go all out to destroy the west's economy.
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  8613.  @MrGianeta  Germany has not done anything wrong. In 2008, Merkel warned against NATO expansion to Ukraine, explicitly saying it will lead to war. Bush and the US twisted her arm. But she has been proved right. The Americans are an eminence grise for the Europeans, using Europe to advance US interests at the expense of Europe. The only fault of Germany and the EU is that they were not and are not strong enough to refuse America. The Europeans have consented to be America's door mats for too long, and are paying the price for being willing subordinates.
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  8614.  @phalgunibhuyan3881  Germany is colonised by the US but how many Germans resent that, and how many would have the courage to do something about it ? Due to Germany's history, it is not in a position to open its mouth and say its and Europe's best interest lies in getting on with Russia, and that it would be a win-win situation. The US will not allow that and it would start sanctioning Germany. If all of Europe said Europe's best interest lies in getting on with Russia, and that it would be a win-win situation, then the US will be forced to back off. But the US knows how to split the Europeans - it pushes the Eastern Europeans to push their anti-Russian agenda. Long ago, Rumsfeld had said the US does not have time for 'old Europe', it will work with 'New Europe'. 'old Europe' is France and Germany and 'New Europe' (or the real Europe) is Poland and Lithuania.
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  8615. NATO is really the US and about 35 helpless European countries. The US runs the show, but the US always puts someone from a useless country like Norway or Denmark as the Sec. Gen., so that the US can hide its mischief behind a curtain of 'partners'. The US instigated Ukraine to fight Russia, now it will walk saying Europe is not spending enough. And the Europeans will run like headless chicken.
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  8616.  @aburakadabura2  Why are you citing information found on social media without acknowledging it in your post ? You know anyone can make up anything. You are a waste of space.
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  8617. "Condescending West or Ungrateful Ukraine?" Either way, they're both LOSERS.'' When both are losers, the blame game will start. The blame game for the failure of the offensive has started. Ukraine shouts 'you did not give us good weapons, you did not give enough, we need planes'. That is ungrateful. The west wants to project the cause for the loss of the war is Ukrainian incapability - after praising them limitlessly in 2022. That is condescending and evading responsibility.
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  8618.  @HK-ce2lj  In the end Russia will be the biggest loser ? You are already a loser. Russia said it will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine and they carried out an operation to stop it. You do not have the guts to put Ukraine in NATO.
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  8619.  @Hoxton66  Do you not have the intellect to write an intelligent response ?
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  8620.  @ooloongjohnson4015  The Soviets liberated Poland. They were the ones who liberated Auschwitz. The Poles were not capable.
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  8621.  @Awkd  'you literally can't compare them 🤦 I wish idiots would just stay silent' You mean to say your war crimes (firebombing and nuking Japan) should not be discussed. That dual standard is the reason the rest of the world is moving away from the dollar and the west.
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  8622.  @woodsnake2  You say I am writing nonsense - but it bothers you because what I write cannot be refuted.
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  8623.  @longjidalu3845  'I will have to search in a mental asylum to find anything resembling your reasoning.' But what I write bothers you too much, and you cannot refute with reason so you try personal attack.
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  8624.  @damianeadie510  You burnt civilians in Hamburg and Dresden and Hiroshima on an unprecedented scale and you always make an exception for your self. Same with your Iraq war. That is why the rest of the world is not with you.
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  8625.  @angrydoggy9170  It was the Red Army that liberated Europe from Nazism. No one else was capable. Some of the Ukranians, like that Bandera fellow collaborated with the Nazis. Today's Ukro Nazis are Right Sector and Azov Batallion and you are their bedfellows. You should have shame.
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  8626.  @longjidalu3845  No one has given responses with reasoning to me. They write personal abuse, which is the sign of an empty head. Those who have done worse (fire bombing of civilians, using nukes,using napalm, using depleted uranium, busting dams in Germany) have no right to moralise. If you fight with Russia, you will get injured.
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  8627.  @Awkd  Liar, Germany did not attack England, or America, you declared war on Germany. You attacked Germany pre-emptively. Ukraine did not attack Russia but was planning to host American missiles to threaten Russia. Hence, Russia attacked Ukraine to pre-empt that. Hence, liars should not moralise. It is like the Devil quoting Scripture.
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  8628.  @kevinhughes720  Yes, there are many Ukro Nazis, and Russia is needed to eradicate them. The founder of the Azov Batallion, Andrei Biletski said he created the Azov to save the white race from the Jews and untermenschen. Western Ukraine always had a Nazi element, worse than Germany. Many of the guards in German concentration camps like Auschwitz were Ukranians. The Soviet Union kept the Ukro Nazis in check, but they have crawled out now. Even the Ukranian refugees who have come to Britain have the imprint of Nazi thinking. It will become a long term problem for Britain.
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  8629.  @kevinhughes720  Nazi mindset - belief in ethnic and racial superiority, and the willingness to use violence against those not fitting the requirements of the pure race.
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  8630.  @TechStuff365  Ukraine is not an innocent victim, you are just ignorant or devious. Russia gifted Novo Rossiya (Crimea, Odessa etc.), to Ukraine during the USSR. All the industries Ukraine had - Antonov plane factory, steel mills, tank factory, basalt fibre factory, educational institutions etc. - were built by the USSR. Before the 1920s, Ukraine was just agricultural. Considering what Russia has given Ukraine, it is galling to see Ukrainians jumping on the US bandwagon to backstab Russia, by seeking to give missile and naval bases to the US. Hence, Russia has decided as a first step to take back NovoRossiya. Russia had been generous to give Ukraine independence, but Ukraine has squandered it, and is clearly unfit for independent statehood. Ukraine has lost what was given in good faith by Russia in 1992, by acting in bad faith and teaming up with the US to threaten Russia. We should not be mourning Ukraine's demise.
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  8631.  @zoran5076  Who are you to say it is Mykolaiv and not "Nikolaev" ? It is Lvov, not Lviv; Kharkov, not Kharkiv.
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  8632.  @boozolini4465  Ukranians and their handlers have been talking about Kherson offensive for 2 months and Zelensky is now dreaming of Crimea before he has got Kherson.
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  8633.  @zoran5076  The most valuable part of Ukraine that was given independence due to Russian goodwill is now gone back to Russia - due to Ukranian mischief and incompetence. Delusion or reality ? More will go if you misbehave.
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  8634. Putin said Russia will use a nuclear strike if faced with strategic defeat - on Ukraine, after taking precautions to target western cities if they intervene. That stage is not there. The Russian are advancing in Donbass and they will push out Ukrainians by conventional means as the Ukrainians are over extended.
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  8635. Don't be meodramatic. NATO can prepare and train, but they cannot fight like Russians. We saw how they ran away from Kabul. Shameless people.
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  8636. @Ian-n9b9m Boris Johnson likened Britain's escape from the EU to Ukraine's heroic escape from Russia. So everyone knows what is in the British heart. 'British are no less European than Germans or French'. The British do not think that, they think they are superior to Europe as they have a special Anglo relationship with the US.
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  8637.  @Brian-om2hh  It is a democratic relationship for the US to elect Trump and abandon Europe and Ukraine....do you have trouble accepting democracy?
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  8638.  @valpis  'Britain is a European country. ' It does not act like one. It acted for US interests. de Gaulle was opposed to let Britain into the EEC. He said Britain would bring the US through the backdoor. Get it ?
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  8639.  @funicon3689  Of course, they have no response to their duplicity - apart from saying Britain is geographically in Europe. The British had the same contempt as the Americans for Europeans. The British had a sense of superiority thinking they had a higher status in US eyes. They don't like to be reminded of their duplicity.
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  8640.  @valpis  'you do know Europe is a continent?' So what ? A continent of inconsequential countries.
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  8641.  @stephenrossiter2679  Just what I think. Zelensky is a waste of space. Apart from Russophobia, he has no qualifications. He thought that Russophobia would bring him infinite western support and he will become qualified as a European.
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  8642. The west had talked about Ukraine's counter offensive as if it was going to be like the Red Army's Operation Bagration against the massed German armies in WW 2. The first critical 72 hours have passed and the Ukranians could not punch through. Hence one has to conclude Ukraine's offensive is a flop. Now what is the west's next strategy after this defeat ? They could look at the war manual and study the Red Army's Operation Bagration to learn how to do a counter offensive.
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  8643. I feel sorry for Umerov. Why did he accept this impossible job when Ukraine is losing and the US is planning to ditch it ? The Jew Reznikov stole money and the Jew Zelensky gave him a safe post in London, so that the Jew does not have to bear responsibility for the defeat.
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  8644.  @WHS_reviews  'Russia is being demilitarised' - Have you heard of those unstoppable hypersonic Sarmat missiles ? The US calls it Satan 2. You don't want to be at the receiving end of those to realise the wishful thinking in your statement. Russia is firing more artillery (9:1) shells than Ukraine. So it follows more Ukrainains will be killed. Try to be logical. Ursula von Leyen said Ukraine lost 100,000 soldiers. Ukraine'e economy is on the ventilator. It is begging for aid for daily sustenance. Europe is being de-industrialised because it has an energy shortage. Russia has no energy shortage and it has not outsourced its industry, unlike the US. That is what is happening before our eyes. Russia has kicked you into the gutter, you are lying there and saying you are winning. You are mouthing a reply out of false pride.
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  8645.  @andreybogunov4421  'today we shot down 60 of their 73 missiles.' You mean, Ukraine said it shot down 60 of their 73 missiles. Can you prove it ? At the end of the day, you do not have electricity and water, or heating. So who is winning ? More of Ukraine is reduced to rubble. Basically, Ukraine is a failed country. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone. You made a serious mistake thinking you can team up with the US and fight Russia. Russia will reduce you to rubble, and the US will get tired and walk away, and leave you like Afghanistan.
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  8646.  @jeraldkozey6095  Russia is not putting out any feelers for negotiations. The west is putting out feelers. The Russian position has hardened. 'I guess it's just putin's desire to slow down Ukrainian offensive and take a breather ...' I don't know where you got that from. It is a wishful interpretation. The reality is Russia is beating the hell out of Ukraine - they have destroyed the power grid, they have made Kherson unlivable and they are closing in on Bakhmut. It is Ukraine that needs a breather, that is why the west is putting out feelers for negotiations ! But Russia is not going to negotiate, nor is it going to withdraw. They have made that last point clear. If Ukraine wants negotiations, it will be on Russian terms - give up the 4 oblasts and sign up for neutrality. The Ukrainians are begging for Patriots and they themselves say Russia may attack Kiev again. 'Not that it would work though, but he can try.' Look at Ukraine's position now. Power gone, water supplies struck, shortage of ammunition, 100,000 soldiers dead, no sign Russia will give any respite. Russia can and will bomb them to a wasteland. There is no need for negotiations. Russia should return Ukraine to an agricultural state, as it was before it was industrialised by the Soviet Union. That is the price Ukraine must now pay for scheming with the US to put NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia.
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  8647.  @kolle128  The Russians don't give a damn about your sanctions.
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  8648. Indians tell me this Ramsamy is a privileged Brahmin (high caste), and Brahmins are notorious racists as they are proponents of the caste system. Brahmins and high castes who are at the apex deny there is caste discrimination in India, and say it should be all meritocracy. Now they have reached the levels of the US elite, they would like to pretend there is no racism and slavery history in America.
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  8649.  @varun2250  I had your question clarified. A Tamil friend told me in Tamil state, they have what he called 'black Brahmins'. He says they are worse. Vivek is one of them. 'Caste system was like a Class system during Colonial rule, also Brahmins are not at the Apex in India.' No, you are lying. Caste is ordained by religion and low castes even now get killed for drawing water from a high caste well. In Britain's class system, no one did that. 'The Indian PM comes from a humble and non-privileged background'. That in itself told is not a virtue. Modi organised a genocide and mob violence in which several thousands were killed before he became PM. He was member of Hindu Nazi organisation that killed Mahatma Gandhi. He was banned from EU and US, but the ban got lifted after he became PM. High castes have started to use low castes at the apex posts as a front to continue with their hegemony. I am told if you look at all key institutions, there is a 95% occupancy by Brahmins and high castes. The Indian economist Amartya Sen has said the caste system is the reason India cannot develop like China or the west. The Hindu psyche has always been non-inclusive. Your attempt to deny casteism in India and link it with colonial rule is the same as Vivek Ramasamy saying there is no racism in America, it is all manufactured and everything works on merit. Brahmin doublespeak.
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  8650.  @varun2250  I have empathy for victims of colonialism. Except don't tell me that Brahmins are victims of colonialism and Dalits and minorities are not beaten. Also don't tell me caste was due to colonialism and before it was hunky dory in India. Caste and punishment for low castes are mentioned in Hindu holy texts. Alberuni's History of India written in 1025 AD, long before the British, mentions caste and Hindu belief in inequality. Indians settled in the US have complained about Brahmins discriminating against low castes (see CISCO case). Hindus are unable to give up caste, Hindus living in the west know it is internationally condemned, so they try a cover up and say it is not due to Hinduism, but due to colonialism !
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  8651. Ukrainian military should send their injured to Poland for treatment in the free world.
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  8652. What are you trying to say ? The fact is Ukraine is getting a severe beating for its Russophobia, and the west that encouraged Ukraine to do this cannot save them.
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  8653. Russia will not allow the US to come to its borders and put missiles bases to threaten it. That is dangerous for Russia. Why does the US want bases in Ukraine ? Ukraine played a dirty game and tried to back stab Russia. It thought it could get money from the US and EU for threatening Russia. Hence, Ukraine will cease to exist. That is how it is going to be.
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  8654.  @rogerwoodhouse7945  What is the rapidly changing political landscape in North America and Europe ? Can you spell out the change and what is the problem ? Is it more than global warming ?
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  8655. This joker says in 3 weeks the Ukranian situation will change with new supplies ! He is trying to put on a brave face.
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  8656. This man speaks in coded language. We cannot be by standers, he says 'I hope that the powers that be, the international community is looking at this very carefully ...' Is GB not a power that be ? And who is the international community ? At the end of the day, it depends on America. And if America gives up, what will Tobias do ? He says Ukraine does not need manpower. They are going on a conquest mission with 60,000 against 300000.
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  8657. The west is so hollow it worships Zelensky. Russia has given a beating to Ukraine, and Zelensky's sponsor, the US did not dare to send troops to Ukraine as the Americans don't want to die. They ran away from Afghanistan from warriors fighting with RPGs, how can they send troops to fight against Russia. So they want to show off and swear their loyalty to Zelensky. It is like they are making up for their cowardice ! Russia has humiliated the west because it has shown the west is a paper tiger to the non-western world. The US and its subordinates can send troops to fight against small countries like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan - but not against Russia.
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  8658. When 18 Americans were killed and 3 Black Hawks downed in Somalia, the Americans ran away. The Americans had gone to Somalia to help US oil company Conco seize Somalia off shore oil. There was a massive bombing of an American base in Lebanon. The Americans withdrew. It withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years, replacing Taliban with Taliban. The prospect of fighting Iran is daunting. America's state Israel will get peppered. Blinken the Jew knows that. America is a rotten nation whose military industrial complex runs wars for profit. Britain and EU are vassal states, so they get sucked into the conflicts and reap the consequences. These vassals do not have independent thinking capacity.
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  8659. The opening line is Russia has been trying to take Bakhmut for 6 months. Instead of admiring Russia's sheer grit in seeing off 30 countries including the US, it is used to belittle Russia. But now Orla Guerin regretfully admits the Russians are gaining ground. I don't understand her point 'what Russia cannot take, it destroys'. What did the allies do to German cities ? Berlin was destroyed because the Nazis resisted the Red Army. She says the Ukranian soldier Ihor is resolute but in a tough corner...Ihor adds 'Of course we have losses (means we are being massacred).'. One can sense defeat is round the corner, but the script requires these poor Ukrainian fellows to be kept there to be killed. Captain Mikhailo says Ukraine will win absolutely - but adds 'we are trying our best'. That means, it is hopeless. The western public has been fed propaganda about Ukranian capabilities and the west's game changing weapons. But the reality is the war in the east and south is lost for Ukraine already. Russia is resolute. When Russia fights, it fights hard (the Ukranians also fight hard, they are the same people). The Red Army was resolute once it made up its mind to destroy Nazi Germany. The Russians are resolute that the Ukro Nazis should be removed, Ukraine should be demilitarised and the US should not be allowed to have bases in Ukraine. The Ukrainians have lost their country claiming that they are fighting to save the west. The west is not ready to be killed to save Ukranians. The Ukranians decided to get killed to save the west. How idiotic can one be ?
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  8660. It is more than Victoria Nuland. It is Jewish mischief and she is a Jewess.
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  8661.  @F.C.77  Is that German Nazi type Ursula von Leyen who declared the Ukranians are part of the European family ?
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  8662. 'NATO NEEDS TO COME IN TO HELP UKRAINE.' NATO is a force of cowards who are not used to fighting as it may get them killed. You saw how they scrambled to escape from Taliban.
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  8663. 'Germany has never learned....scratch a German, and you will see a Nazi. Barebock for example.
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  8664.  @corvanna4438  At that time, the western generals and politicians acknowledged the heroism of the Soviet Union and the Red Army. No one else could have done what they achieved. Marshall Zhukov of the Red Army who defended Moscow, broke the siege of Stalingrad and led the assault on Berlin is the greatest general in the history of warfare. ' US and UK both managed a better attrition rate' Idiot, you attritioned and firebombed Hamburg, Dresden and all cities with over 100,000 civilians. The US followed the same method with two atomic bombs on Japan. You are war criminals, that was your only capability. You would not be able to fight an army of 100,000 Germans. Vain bravado is a characteristic of Britons with an exaggerated notion of their relevance in the modern world. Today, you are a shameless vassal of the US indulging in exhibitionism to show off the influence and power you crave for but do not have. Look at Starmer going to see Biden, raising the 'special relationship' , in an effort to get the master's permission to strike Russia. You want to strike Russia to show off you have power, but you want the US to save your skin when Russia thrashes you afterwards ! Biden said 'no' because he knows Russia can incinerate Americans.
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  8665.  @corvanna4438  'UK fought through North Africa, the Mediterranean and Italy ' It fought with Indian soldiers. The criminal Churchill caused famine in Bengal by taking their food to feed Europe. What is your situation today ? Your media says UK cannot raise 70,000 soldiers. Your submarines and aircraft carrier are non-functional and in the docks. Two Trident tests failed. And you want to fight mighty Russia ? They are firing Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. A single Sarmat hypersonic missile if tipped with a nuclear warhead is reported to be capable of destroying the whole of Britain. All you can do is be a vassal of the US. You produce idiotic leaders like BoJo and Starmer who want to show prowess to Russia, but they have a death wish.
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  8666.  @randym7961  'What did Russia teach Germany in WWII ?' They taught them a lesson that Nazism and racial supremacy will not be allowed. If Germany is a peaceful nation today, it is because the Soviets beat them into a pulp. 'that it took 20 million Russian casualties to inflict 2 million German casualties.' The achievement is that the Soviets led by the Russians did not surrender like all the surrender monkeys and Nazi collaborators in Europe; the French, the Italians, Hungarians, Finns, Norwegians, Romanians, Poles. The British get some credit, but they could not beat back the Germans without the great Soviet effort. 'Russia suffered more casualties in WWII than all combatants from Both Sides Combined !! So what was it you were saying' What is it you are saying with your shallow comparison of numbers ? The Soviets defeated Nazi Germany DESPITE colossal losses. The other Europeans were cowards and preferred to collaborate and save their skin. That is the correct conclusion. You are an unintelligent numskull to make such a shallow comparison. It is due to Soviet effort that Europe was freed from Nazism. The rest of the Europeans saved their skin but not their honour. How dare you belittle Soviet sacrifices ?
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  8667. Israel has not been tested with hypersonic missiles yet. Israel has been fighting Palestinians with home made rockets. That is changing.
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  8668. ' A Deal with Putin at the Expense of Ukraine?' That was bound to happen. Trump made a deal with Taliban to return them back to power, behind the back of the puppet regime it had installed 20 years back in Kabul. A similar deal will be struck between US and Russia on Ukraine. Even Zelensky knows it is coming.
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  8669. What are your countries' values ? No family, no children, then your economy dies. So you have to import people. Get it ?
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  8670. Who is Ukraine ? It is a failed state due to American chicanery. It was made independent by Russia, but it squandered its independence by back stabbing Russia by seeking to join an anti Russian military alliance.
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  8671.  @pmboston  What is the religious bigotry ? Is sale of drugs allowed in western stadia ? Why not ? This obsession with alcohol shows western lives are empty.
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  8672.  @pmboston  It is not just beer, but you want to bring your homosexuality and single parent marriages, and you demand others accept your beliefs. That is intolerance. Putin said in a speech a month ago not to preach 'western values' to Russia. Qatar is saying the same. Preaching bigots like Gary Lineker should stay at home. You don't have a religion or indeed any belief - it is anything goes. If people are fleeing to your country, it is because you went and bombed them and made them refugees. And once you people fled your countries and appropriated the 'new world', and put the natives in reservations, so if migrants come into your countries, it is your karma. Yet you have the arrogance and cheek to complain.
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  8673. Get over it, Sir Putin has defeated the collective west, he is an even greater leader than Stalin, the great Marshall of the Soviet Union. The west went to threaten Russia through Ukraine and got taught a lesson.
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  8674.  @jelena5608  It is interesting you say that. The Anglo Saxons did the same with Arabs, dividing them into small nations and pitting one sect against another, Palestine, Iraq, Iran etc. With that, they could take over their oil wealth. They want to break up Russia in the same way, as it is too powerful for them. It is evident that the US and UK are driving this, more than the EU. They have succeeded with younger generation of Ukranians. But that is not sufficient to break Russia, as they are finding out now. Russians are capable of breaking the Anglo Saxons.
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  8675. The west talks about sanctions, sanctions, sanctions. It wants more sanctions. But it says 'we want sanctions that do not hurt us'.
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  8676.  @Joshpox  You never fought Russia directly except in the 19th century - because today Russia is incomparably powerful compared with you and can obliterate you. In the Crimean War of 1856, Britain, France and Turkey defeated Russia. But today 50 nations with the US cannot defeat Russia. The last time you had a confrontation with the Soviet Union was in the Suez crisis 1956. Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt in another fling of colonialism. At that time the Soviet Union stepped in and asked Britain to withdraw and said it would nuke Britain. Britain turned to the US for help, but Eisenhower turned you down. So Anthony Eden's govt. had to climb down and it is a humiliation you have not overcome. You avoided a fight with the Soviet Union because you knew the outcome. You are still looking to fight Russia - but you dare not fight directly, you try with Ukraine as a proxy. You know what will be the outcome of a direct fight. You cannot fight a land war, your navy cannot fight the Houthis, and you are incapable of producing the kind of hypersonic missiles Russia has. A single Sarmat missile can devastate an area the size of Britain. Then why do you go looking for a fight ?
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  8677. Zelensky says Ukraine is in a 'nonsense situation' ! All created by Ukrainians following US and BoJo.
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  8678. Ukraine was given conditional sovereignty. Ukraine's independence declaration said it would be a neutral country - that was one condition for getting independence. After the US instigated 2014 coup, Ukraine reneged on that agreement and put entry into NATO in their constitution. Hence, Russia had to take action. Ukraine has to pay for its attempt to use NATO to threaten Russia. It should be broken up.
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  8679.  @tonysherwood9619  Maybe your Ukrainian actor has done a sneaky fumble.
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  8680. Blame the Germans and US for dithering and being frightened ! But Clarke says Britain is not frightened of Russia. Almighty Britain !
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  8681. Europe is in shock. Why ? Because it just realised Estonia, UK, Germany, Poland, Ukraine are irrelevant. Europe could posture against Russia - only with US support. Without energy, Europe's economy is in tatters
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  8682. Russia has already ended the western world order. Russia and other countries will indeed have more control of world affairs. China, Turkey, India, South Africa, Iran, Saudi etc. are aligned with Russia on this. It is time you get used to that.
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  8683. Ukraine's goose is cooked. No point fantasizing. The US knows it, that is why it denied Ukraine entry into NATO. If Ukraine was allowed into NATO, then it would demand Article 5, which means the Amercians will have to send troops to Ukraine, which in turns means the Russians will send them back in body bags. People need to get real. Ukraine does not have the manpower, the west does not have the munitions, and NATO is unwieldy and cannot make decisions quickly. The Russians have both manpower and ammunition and they have a determined leader. In 2022, Ukraine had some relative successes but from autumn 2022, the Russians started getting the upper hand, and now they cannot be rolled back and Ukraine is weakening. It cannot be reversed by cluster bombs and a few F16s. Ukraine is a dead rat. The west is trying to put a smile on the dead rat's face for western public consumption, while US politicians plan their exit strategy. Europe has no spine of its own, it will follow the US and ditch Ukraine as well, but it will be burdened with refugees.
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  8684. Now a hint of realism has come into western reporting. Is Ukraine’s Kursk incursion grinding to a halt, Channel 4 asks? Of course it has. That was bound to be the case. Ukraine cannot advance and hold onto Kursk with 10,000 troops. The Russians had to take time out to fortify the Kursk nuclear power plant, and are now unleashing their fire power and killing the Ukrainian troops and attacking their supply lines in Kursk. And Sky News which was celebrating says today there were massive air strikes on Sumy region in adjacent Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Russian advance on Donbass has increased and they are getting ready to capture the key city of Porvorsk. At the end, Ukraine will have sacrificed scarce soldiers and equipment, for an ephemeral show which got applause from the west.
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  8685. With his argument that CEOs and capitalists who employ illegals should be arrested, Biden should be arrested for allowing 13 million immigrants (according to Bannon). As for his use of the term 'invasion', it is not correct. Invasion is done by a country using an army. Unarmed civilians cannot invade a super armed country. If Biden allows 13 million to come in, it is not an invasion. Bannon is gaslighting. The problem is capitalism and the drive to maximise profit. The US worships capitalism. I bet Trump has used low wage workers for his business. Bet his wife Melania also did some visa scam to get in. The other problem which Bannon represents is the desire to retain white supremacy. That is what is driving Trump and Bannon. The demography is changing not because of an invasion, but because white people do not want children, they are too much into their other entertainments.
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  8686. The opening line - shared values !
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  8687. People are scared to intervene because the assaulter could have a gun. The US is a country that revels in domestic and international violence. The US allows business interests, in this case, the gun lobby to rule in domestic politics. Its armament companies like Lockheed pushed for reckless NATO expansion in the 1990s, and as a result, we have a war, and these companies are raking in money. The US's domestic and international predilection for violence and money is known.
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  8688. Ukranian reconstruction by the west is another delusion. Russia is not going to allow western companies to set up shop in Ukraine, to make arms. Only Russia can reconstruct Ukraine. They have rebuilt Mariopol.
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  8689.  @extemporaneous4545  'Be prepared that there will come a time soon when those who are not Hindus, will not get the right to vote.' You are very proud of that ? What happens if Hindus are stripped of voting rights in other countries and also sent back home ? As for Hindu unity, you cannot be united because you look down on each other due to the caste system. One leader recently said the caste system is like malaria and Covid and needs to be eradicated.
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  8690.  @nehakulkarni5009  ;Even the lowest caste in Hinduism attains heaven if they worship god and do good deeds' There is no concept of heaven in Hinduism. You don't even know what is Hinduism. You are a typical ignorant high caste. And the good deeds that the low caste must do to attain heaven is to serve the high castes !
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  8691.  @nehakulkarni5009  'Show me a single verse in the Bhaga vad Gita which teaches us Hin dus to demonize or treat others with disgust? So why do Hindus kill people over cows, so why did Modi organise a pogrom in Gujarat, why are Hindus rapists ? Here are passages in the Gita that teach Hindus to demonise others : “The actions of a vaisya born of his own nature are agriculture, cow protection and trade; also the actions of a sudra born of his own nature consists in service to brahmana, ksatriyas and vaisyas.“ (Bhagavad Gita 18:44) “It is better to engage in one’s own svadharma (occupation), even though one may perform it imperfectly than to accept another’s occupation and perform it perfectly. Duties prescribed according to one’s nature are never affected by sinful reactions.“ (Bhagavad Gita 18:47) The low caste is not on an equal footing, he is born to serve higher castes. That is why Hinduism is rotten and cannot be a world religion.
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  8692.  @nehakulkarni5009  But no one other than Hindus has invented concept of untouchability. Here are passages in the Gita that teach caste system : “The actions of a vaisya born of his own nature are agriculture, cow protection and trade; also the actions of a sudra born of his own nature consists in service to brahmana, ksatriyas and vaisyas.“ (Bhagavad Gita 18:44) “It is better to engage in one’s own svadharma (occupation), even though one may perform it imperfectly than to accept another’s occupation and perform it perfectly. Duties prescribed according to one’s nature are never affected by sinful reactions.“ (Bhagavad Gita 18:47) Hinduism does not teach God is equal to all. The scripture itself says pre-allotment of roles and one should continue in them. So don't try to say what people do is different from the scripture. Hindus are doing exactly what their scriptures they hold as holy prescribe. The low caste is not on an equal footing, he is born to serve higher castes. That is why Hinduism is rotten and cannot be a world religion. You are a typical Brahmin pretending others have corrupted your scripture. India cannot become a developed nation ever because of Hinduism.
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  8693. You would not be proud to be born Hindu if you are a Dalit. For a Brahmin, it will be comfortable.
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  8694.  @nehakulkarni5009  You are trying to pull a fast one. You want us to believe caste is only a categorisation of "tradesmen" and it is nothing more than what other societies have. The sudra tills the land and produces the food, but he cannot sell it himself like everywhere else. Why ? The intermediate caste expropriates his produce and only he can sell it. Crazy ! Where in the world can you see this ? Manusmriti or the Hindu legal system says molten lead should be poured into the ears of the sudra if he hears the Vedas. Rama beheads a sudra who was reciting the Vedas. Which other scripture advocates this ? Ambedkar wrote that Hinduism cannot be reformed out of caste. The caste Hindus will always advance sly defences for the caste system. They will either defend it staunchly or they will say vociferously that it is like everywhere else, like you do. You must be a Brahmin, right ? The Dalit intellectual Ambedkar wrote that Hinduism cannot be reformed out of caste. He advocated conversion. That is the reason so many converted. What are your thoughts on religious conversion for the development of India ?
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  8695.  @extemporaneous4545  So why has Modi's power declined, why did the proud Hindus not win Ayodhya ?
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  8696.  @nehakulkarni5009  'Even the lowest caste in Hinduism attains heaven if they worship god...' There is no concept of heaven in Hinduism. You don't even know your so-called religion.
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  8697.  @nehakulkarni5009  You lot need salvation from the caste system ! Are you a despicable Brahmin by any chance ?
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  8698.  @extemporaneous4545  'Those who attain immense good karma get there...' But the untouchable has to do what is assigned to him, to serve the other castes, then he can hope for moksha or whatever you call it. Hindus have no understanding, if India is to develop, you need to get out of the wretched caste system. That can only be through conversion.
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  8699. Yeah, NATO has a missile just like all those previous game changers Challengers, Leopards, Abrams, Bradleys, Himars, Storm Shadowa, cluster weapons - which turned out to be junk ! The Russians are now on the attack, and they will not let Ukraine settle down and install any of these. The information has been given to the Russians and they will prepare. If Ukraine attacks Russian territory, then Russia may end it with a tactical nuclear strike.
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  8700. Get realistic. The UK cannot afford military adventures. The Iraqi misadventure was a major and fruitless task and discredited the UK. The UK seems to want to be at the forefront of fighting Russia. But it does not have the power. It is just vain bluster.
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  8701. On the price cap, Sir Putin gave the best retort. He cited Milton Friedmann (US Nobel economist, fondly admired by Thatcher and Reagan). Friedman said if the price of tomatoes is $ 2/kg. and the govt. announced a cap of $ 1.80 because people cannot afford it, then next day there will be a shortage of tomatoes. The farmers will reduce the supply to the market, what remains will sky rocket in price, and only those who can afford will buy it. What applies to the tomatoes applies to oil. Imagine Putin citing Friedmann back to the people who glorified Friedmannian economics ! There is not a single leader in the west who has common sense let alone the sharpness of Putin. At the moment, the west is thinking it can use London's monopoly of marine insurance to force the price cap. All it will do is create new marine insurance banking elsewhere. Insurance is not high technology. It is a good business opportunity for others to get into end western monopolies. Insurance blackmail will be like using the west's currency blackmail - others look for settling trade without dollars and euros. Overall, Putin has single-handedly ended the western run 'rules based international world order' which was rigged in the west's favour. The west created some unwritten rules, they flout it when they want (like Iraq invasion) but demand others obey, otherwise they become enemies for sanctioning. They can threaten others security, no can object on that. Putin asked in a recent speech about this 'rules based international world order' - was anyone consulted or seen the rules ?
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  8702. All of a sudden corruption has become the talking point, the cause for Ukraine's debacle. But the US and the Biden family benefited from Ukranian corruption. Indeed, it is due to corruption that the US could overthrow the Ukrainian govt. 2014 and put a surrogate govt. in place. Corruption is a diversion to pin the blame on Ukraine, for the western debacle.
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  8703. Israeli strikes hit Tehran oil depot - you did not mention Haifa's oil refinery is burning.
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  8704. Why should not the world stop using the dollar ? The US cannot stop others from trading in other currencies. Biden is indeed useless. But Trump is also useless (Fox people are peeved with Biden not for the reasons given about economy, national security etc., but because they endorse Trump's white supremacy). Trump undermined democracy and one more term of Trump would lead to a controlled democracy. The fact is the US has declined and others have risen, not due to failings of Biden or Trump, but because the US got used to printing dollars, robbing the rest of the world and living beyond its means. That has become unsustainable. The rest of the world has got stronger and will put an end to that. America may react with rage and do the only thing it knows - war. Biden and Trump are proof of US decline, they are not the cause.
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  8705. The US must be burning. The Anglo Saxons have a genius of pitting related people against each other and profiting. They have done that in the Middle East for years, and they have done it to Russians and Ukranians. It is first time a major power has helped bring conflict resolution. That is so much against the western style. The west is losing its grip, the rest of the world has experienced their machinations, and would rather work with others.
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  8706. Ukraine is going in with 60,000 against 300,000. That is a major offensive ? Bradleys will be like your Himars. Russians will eventually destroy them.
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  8707. Ukrainians have been provided everything except brains.
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  8708.  @Eder-bk5mm  There is no UN resolution on Olympics. That is decided by the IOC and the west does not have a veto. Russia cannot lose a UN resolution as it has a veto. You are ignorant and you do not know what you are talking about.
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  8709.  @benzminibusdoc  and later when the Soviet players played the professional American and Canadian ice hockey players, they beat them too !
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  8710.  @Eder-bk5mm  Many African and developing countries said they were threatened by Russia. If you go by business, travel, flights and trade relations, only the US and its vassals are observing boycotts and sanctions of Russia.
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  8711.  @patrikfloding7985  Why are you replying to a bot then ? Your IQ must be low.
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  8712. They are going to die. You want to win with the last Ukranian.
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  8713. Salute to your Azerbaijani great-grandfather who fought for the Red Army and liberated Europe from Nazism. Great Britain deserves some credit but not as much as the Soviets.
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  8714.  @Spearca  Zelensky, PM Shymal, Defence Minister Reznikov, and Armed forces commander Zaluzhny are all Jews. The US necons are mostly Jews; so are Nuland (the organiser of the 2014 coup) and Blinken. They are helping their Jewish brethren make money.
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  8715. There was a time when Canada and Germany offered visa free travel to Indians. Indians abused it and imported their domestic sectarianism. Migration of Indians must be curbed to the west, only exceptions should be for persecuted minorities.
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  8716. I read a similar soul searching article in today's New York Times. What is the reason for this soul searching on Iraq war 20 years on ? The only reason is the Ukraine war. The west finds in the non-west, there is support for Russia in the war in Ukraine. The west ruefully realises the Iraq war undermined the western claim that is it is a champion of a 'rules based international order'. When Boris Johnson says this, people spit. An Iraqi said he he is glad that Russia is giving Ukraine the beating of its life - because Ukraine sent 5000 troops to support the US invasion of Iraq.
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  8717.  @johndavidson3600  Ukraine sent 5000-6000 troops to Iraq. Not at the beginning but eventually. 'Approximately 5000 Ukrainian soldiers, in total, served in Iraq in the wake of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011). Ukraine provided the seventh-largest number of forces in Iraq with about 1,700 soldiers from 2003-2005 – 18 of them were killed.' Wiki The Ukranians are unprincipled wretches. They stabbed Iraq and they backstabbed Russia. Hence, Ukraine cannot complain about the 'shock and awe' they are receiving now. It seems karma to me.
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  8718. 'The reason for the US to be a NATO member is that we together can uphold global law and order ...' Yeah right, like you upheld it by invading Iraq and Afghanistan and Israel. You have lost all credibility. Russia has ended your global order, it is for you to join the new one. You cannot dictate to others as in the colonial era.
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  8719.  @Maddog29  Do you realise, the US did not pay most of the bill out of charity. The US in fact wanted to pay most of the bill because it got complete leverage and made Europe totally dependent ? Thereby US got American interests executed. Now the US is run down, you have a 35 trillion debt, it is unsustainable and you feel the economic pinch, so you feel disgruntled about paying most of the bill now.
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  8720.  @yorkshire_tea6875  Crimea is not talked about now. Blinken recently said Ukraine may have to forgo Crimea. 'may' means 'will have to forget Crimea'. For Russia has informed the US, any entry into Crimea will lead to use of all weapons in Russia's arsenal on Kiev. Read : nuclear strike. When Putin says he will do something, he will do it.
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  8721. Germany's population is dying because its birth rate is too low. German women and men do not want children. Unless they have immigration, the factories and services will close.
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  8722.  @incurableromantic4006  Does the rest of the world have to thank you for slavery, colonialism, Nazism and barbarity, and for plotting civil strife and warfare ?
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  8723. They think Zelensky is Churchill.
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  8724. The Ukro fellow is putting on a brave face but he says means Ukranians have lost. They could have evicted the Russians if these super weapons from the west came to Ukraine in March in huge numbers. Neither happened, so Ukraine's goose is cooked. Ukraine has to sign neutrality and separation from NATO if it does not want to be bombed to the dark ages.
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  8725. I agree, Ukraine did not much better under the Soviet Union. Ukranians even ruled from Moscow - Krushchev, Brezhnev. Left on its own, Ukraine became a failed state due to the predatory actions of Victoria Nuland and the US.
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  8726. I thought Indians were becoming a superpower under Hindu strongman Modi. The migration proves India is a failure. The problem for countries taking Indians is they will bring their Hindu nationalism and Hindu Nazism and caste system with them. This will create problems for the rest of the world.
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  8727. The west is vainly trying to put on a brave face out of false pride. The west has to say it has found solutions to defeat Russia. Europeans are generally immature people. Pride and emotion cloud their thinking.
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  8728. Push back against China's malign behaviour ? The world feels it is time to push back against America's economic sanctions and military corecion.
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  8729. Imagine if Europe had oil and energy. How would it behave ? It steals others money deposited in its banks. These people are preaching international law.
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  8730. Ukranians don't stand a chance if Russia escalates and drops a tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev. The US and NATO won't dare do anything.
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  8731.  @goldpilgrim  You and Ukraine sound desperate to commit suicide. Ukraine is committing slow suicide, you want to speed up the process. Why do you write like this ? Because of false pride. Ukraine and with it US and its weak allies have been beaten. Even without nukes, you now know the outcome. At best Ukraine will have to cede 25% land and will have to sign a neutrality agreement if it wants to keep the rest. Otherwise, it will be blockaded and no reconstruction will be allowed. Also, no more Victoria Nulands and Ukro Nazis will be allowed to play in Ukraine in again. Russia will make sure of that. Maybe Russia will ask even nuclear power plants in Ukraine to be closed.
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  8732. Did the bloody Polish minister apologise to the Russian ambassador ? If Ukraine killed two Poles, why does not Poland ask for Article 5 against Ukraine ? One is assuming that the Ukranians would not do it deliberately. The Ukranians have launched missiles at the Zaphorizia nuclear power plant and a POW camp holding Azov Nazis, so why would they not attack Poland. The scoundrel Zelensky was sending messages denouncing Russia for attacking his Polish brothers and sisters !
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  8733. Give it up or else you will be Ukrained.
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  8734. Ukraine is heading to be a failed state There will be a Russian controlled area and Ukrainian controlled area. The latter will be kept on its toes with possibility of further attack, unless it signs a neutrality agreement and gives up on NATO
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  8735. Why should Crimea belong to Ukraine ? It was attached to Ukraine by Russia, by Lenin when the Soviet Union was formed. In 1991, when Russia made Ukraine independent, they gifted away Russian lands like Crimea, Donbass, Odessa etc., not imagining the Ukranians will stab them in the back and ally with the US. Hence, Crimea, Donbass, Odessa etc. are being reclaimed.
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  8736.  @dandansen571  You do not have the intelligence to disapprove my comment.
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  8737.  @dandansen571  Roubles was the best performing currency of 2022, euro and pound devalued.
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  8738.  @dandansen571  Russia is self sufficient : it has energy to heat its homes and run its industries, it has food, water, land and the defence capabilities to annihilate its enemies. Unlike Europe.
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  8739. Today's news is Ukraine has asked civilians to evacuate from Kherson city. Hope returns indeed - what is the BBC talking about ? It is always spreading false news.
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  8740. The religion of the land grabber is Jew. Insatiable greed is their creed.
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  8741.  @navamsinna8492  Correct. Now the question is whether the US can continue financing Ukraine after ts bank failures. Surely someone will shout against money for Ukraine.
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  8742.  @larryc1616  Let the Ukranians fight for their country - on their own.
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  8743. @DolphinsWIthIgloos Ukraine didn't want to become another Belarus ? In fact Ukraine decided to cease to exist. Belraus exists as created in 1991. The Ukraine of 1991 ain't coming back. And after Ukraine has been pummeled to rubble, it will be better to be Belarus rather than Ukraine. US basically offered a somewhat better future to Ukraine ? The better future is rubble, no power, 200,000 dead, economy shrunk by 50%, and $ 1 trillion of damage. Engage your brain before you speak about fixing anyone, yankee.
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  8744.  @bonnie7898  Evidence for what ?
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  8745. Ukranians will not be allowed to get on with their lives as long as they seek NATO bases and act as a western proxy to attack Russia. Till they renounce NATO, Russia must continue. Turn any leftover Ukaine into an agricultural state with no electricity, industry, armaments, airports and ports
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  8746. Ukraine is a hot bed of Nazis, it is exactly why we count on Russia to crush them as they did in 1945.
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  8747. Negotiating is seen as defeat by the west. Defeat can be covered up with spin. The Ukrainians will say its 'partners' let it down, the US will say the EU let down the Ukrainians, the Democrats will say Trump let down the Ukrainians, otherwise they would have won.
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  8748. Why should the ICC expects Russia to cooperate when it is not a member ? Nor is the US or Ukraine. Is the ICC's job to pronounce judgement on who the west wants to condemn ? The ICC has no credibility as it is a front for minor EU countries. When have prominent western war mongers like Bush and Blair been asked by the ICC to cooperate ?
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  8749. Macron said we should not humiliate Putin. Now where is Macron. He wanted to send troops to Ukraine, but chickened out.
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  8750.  @lbthingsstuffmore9513  'Ukraine seems to have Russia on the back foot' Where did you that delusion ? Ukraine is set to lose Prokorvsk and whole of Donbass. It is pinned in Kursk and Russia is attritioning the Ukrainians. Zelensky was begging for F16s, on arrival Russia took it down with Ukraine's ace pilot. Now Ukraine is begging for permission to use missiles to strike into Russia. Starmer went to see Biden to get permission, but Al Capone did not grant permission. At the same time, Zelensky says he will organise a peace conference and invite Putin ! It takes a numskull to claim Russia is on the backfoot. Russia will not only keep taking more of Ukraine, Putin said Russia will strike British assets if its missiles are used to target Russia. The US will look the other way as it does not want to fight Russia. Get it ?
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  8751.  @jasonmcclatchie6877  'Since then he has done nothing but double down because that always worked for him in the past, but he is getting called out because people can see how the one-trick pony does its trick.' So why was the Ukrainian 2023 counter offensive a flop, why is Russia advancing on Pokrovsk ? Why is Ukraine begging for missiles to strike into Russia ? And why did Biden refuse permission yesterday ? The reason is the US does not want to fight Russia and face a nuclear war.
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  8752. Well, you do not want to hasten the nuclear ending of Ukraine. That is very possible and no one in the west can stop it - because Russia has the capability of ending all western cities as well.
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  8753. Congratulations to China for leadership. US leadership is to incite conflict and wage war.
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  8754.  @hpersian1980  You are burning. The US overthrew and assasinated Iran's elected Mossadegh in the 1950s, encouraged the Shah who agreed to be a vassal of the US and who ruled with his Savak secret police, till Khomeini overthrew him - and got rid of the Americans from Iran. That was more than 50 years ago and Iran is one country that has not allowed the US back. They have to be appreciated as they are not vassals. The US had pitted Iran against Arabs and has played that game using Israel. All that is coming to an end. The US era is coming to an end.
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  8755. So what were all those western statements about Bakhmut being unimportant ? Why are the Ukro Nazis trying to hold on to Bakhmut with high casualties ? Russia needs to press ahead like in Mariopol where the Ukro Nazi Azov Batallion was holed up, and took time to be smoked out.
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  8756.  @Kofferr  'Youtube needs to work harder at getting rid of these vatnik bots, it's insane.' You mean you cannot cope with western defeat.
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  8757.  @monumentaltravel3745  Putin does not need 100 billion dollar in his bunker, that is your wishful projection. He is committed to defend his country like no other leader, he is not running away from is country. Zelensky will have to do that because he is fighting a war with borrowed money for someone else. 'makes his poor fight under horrible conditions'. That is a rehash of western media claims Russian soldiers have low morale and motivation. That is not what we saw in Mariopol and Bakhmut. We saw the same grit of the former Red Army. The Russians even took Bakhmut with shovels according to British intelligence. You don't understand Russians : they are patriotic and courageous in a way you are not. Ukrainians are done, they are being dragged off the streets and put in the army, and their morale is low as they do not have the shells and the US is abandoning them. Even the Ukrainians have realised they were just a proxy for the US to fight Russia, and the US will abandon them and move on. That is why Ukraine is talking about negotiations. Alexei Aristovich, a Ukrainian negotiator who took part in the peace negotiations in Turkey said the Ukrainian soldier now is fighting for someone else, where is the Russian soldier is fighting for Great Russia. The greatest cowardice has been western in inciting Ukraine to fight Russia, and not sending NATO troops. Why ? Because you are afraid to die. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars. Get it ? Shameless fellow.
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  8758.  @cyberfunk3793  Russia is fighting Ukraine + NATO headed by a superpower. It has stopped US ambitions for naval bases in Ukraine. It has defeated the collective west, both in economic and military warfare. And the US is getting ready to walk away as it realises it cannot win, and it cannot afford to waste money on Ukraine. Get it, numskull ?
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  8759.  @monumentaltravel3745  Ukraine is not joining NATO. In fact, Trump and Putin will end NATO. A paper tiger cannot fight a real bear.
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  8760. This Sunak must be a Brahmin, a very cunning type I am told.
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  8761.  shaan  I see. Is there a way to identify Brahmins ?
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  8762. The US has no credibility. Mild criticism of Israel will fool no one, when it is trying to send $ 12 billion. The US will only change the situation if it puts sanctions on Israel. Why is it sending money to maintain an apartheid state ? That is why Putin is received a welcome in UAE and Saudi. In fact, the Arabs should involve Russia. Russia has the military technology to defeat the US and Israel. They can arm the Palestinians and force Israel to the negotiating table.
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  8763. Russia's nuclear doctrine says that a nuclear strike will be used if Russia is threatened with a strategic defeat. Hence, Putin is correct to warn Europe that nuclear weapons will be dropped on them if they try to gang up and attack Russia. By now, they should know he does not bluff.
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  8764.  SmilingMastiff-df5vn  The west knows Putin is not bluffing. Europeans, even the Poles and British know, don't want to send troops to Ukraine on Macron's orders. They know they 'will face consequences they have not faced'.
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  8765. Tell me more about the Ukranian march to Crimea. That is what western public wants to hear.
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  8766. Are Victoria Nuland and her neocon cohorts over as well ?
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  8767.  @ALEXANDROSALEXIOU-p3l  Correct, Russia feels the same way. The Russians cannot trust the people who said NATO would not move one inch to the east, and then expanded to Russia's border.
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  8768.  @boink800  I do not recall Putin saying it was not about NATO. What did he say it was according to you ?
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  8769.  @boink800  Try to reply like a mature person instead of flailing at me with your tiny fists. I have watched some of the Carlson interview. If it is not NATO intervention, what according to you has Putin said that indicates otherwise ? He has always said there can be no US bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop US bases in Ukraine. The US understands that.
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  8770.  @boink800  I said I have watched parts of the Carlson interview, if you are so sure Putin said explicitly NATO expansion had nothing to do with the special military intervention, then give me the time point in the interview and I shall check it. You are lying. Putin is far cleverer than any western politicians, he has always said it is due to NATO expansionism, and having said that, he is not going to say 'actually the operation was for other reasons'. He had only asked the US for a security guarantee and Ukraine to continue being neutral, to avert war. The US was unwilling to give it - why ? When Ukraine and Russia negotiated in Turkey, and reached an agreement to end the war, the US and UK blocked Zelensky. Why ? These two had a vested interest in the war, to keep Ukraine and Russia embittered against each other. Wickedness is in your blood.
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  8771.  @catparka7698  Russia has the same awesome arsenal as the USSR to keep all western hyenas at bay, and it has rebuilt the economy, and understands capitalist economics, so it knows how to screw the west's economics as well. The USSR ran an alternative system of economics, outside the capitalist system.
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  8772. The Russians win Stalingrad battles.
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  8773. That is like German Nazis demanding the Soviet repair the damage to Germany. Germany had to accept unconditional surrender and Ukraine is in the same position. Losers cannot demand. Get it ?
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  8774.  @JG-xi4tu  You have nothing more intelligent to say ?
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  8775.  @thegreatdane3627  Russia never said Kiev in 3 days, US General Milley said it and you attribute it to Russia. The west has been announcing Ukraine's counter offensive for months, but it has failed. Russia did not predict how long it will take to capture Mariopol or Bakhmut. It was a tough and long battle, and they won both. Russia does not advertise what it is going to do. It just does. There is not much puny Denmark can do. Stay with your porn, that is the only thing you are known for.
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  8776.  @bunyip7343  On the global scale, many admire Russia for ending the western order, single handedly. Only Russia could do it, not even China. That is the truth.
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  8777.  @airheart1  'gotta love the Russian trolls efforts in the face of crippling defeat 😂' It is the Ukranian counter offensive that is a flop. Even the west admits it. Even Ukraine feels stuck. The Russians killed the counter offensive before it started. You are smarting from it !
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  8778.  @thornelderfin  You had some success in 2022. But in 2023, all the successes have been Russian. Russia took out your power grid, you have lost Soledar and Bakhmut, your counter offensive is a flop, and the US is getting ready to give up on you. That is why in 2023, you have not issued a postage stamp. You are a foolhardy people, unfit for nationhood.
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  8779.  @Анна_ЮА  'western men win, they will marry beautiful Ukrainian women' And the Ukranian men will be happy dead>
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  8780.  @paulgibbon5991  Which puny country can frighten Russia ? The whole of NATO is a collection formed out of fear of mighty Russia. True or not ?
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  8781. You can see the western predicament. Blinken will assert that Russia is losing, but it is doubling down and tripling down on its aggression. The US instigated the coup in 2014 so it could have bases in Ukraine. It did not work out.
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  8782. I do not think the US is going to change its mind on missiles attacks into Russia in this pre-election period. Russia should nevertheless sharpen its claws and test the tactical nuclear weapon and be ready if it is needed. Let Starmer and Zelensky understand it is not bluff, and if they want to proceed, they have been warned of the consequences.
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  8783. Once Macron said he did not want the west to humiliate Russia ! That is when he like most westerners thought Ukraine was coasting to victory. Now Macron is acting as if he himself is humiliated - because Russia helped throw the French out of Africa. So Macron is seeking revenge. But when he could not fight Niger and withdrew, what is the chance of him fighting against Russia ? The two Anglo devils will not go with Macron in any project he leads - they would prefer to support Russia ! That is their mentality. The two Anglo devils are keeping uncharacteristically quiet ! Holding a summit with Germany who got a beating from the Red Army and Poland who was liberated from Germany by the Red Army seems futile. No one in Europe, singly or collectively, can fight Russia and reverse Ukraine.
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  8784. Zelensky did get elected on a platform of making peace with Russia. But he managed to embroil himself in a war, and listened to western powers and broke off negotiations. So for him 'war is peace'. He says if he fights Russia now, there will be peace for Europe thereafter. He is sacrificing Ukraine for European peace. Applaud him.
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  8785. Russians are patriotic, they fight to defend their country. No westerner is willing to fight to defend his country. Get it ?
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  8786. 'the rest of the G7, except the USA, stands with the EU and Britain.' Unfortunately, only the USA matters. The rest are vassals. Russia also knows this, that is why it will negotiate only with US, and not with Europe.
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  8787. When you have to make video titled 'Russians are not invincible', it means they are invincible and you have been beaten but you want to keep up your face.
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  8788. Earlier western media reported also on the Ukro Nazis of Azov Batallion and Right Sector and the threat they posed Ukraine and the west also as white nationalists started flocking to get training. Now that Russia is liquidating the Ukro Nazis, they have become heroes of Azovstahl.
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  8789. The puny Europeans are no match if they want to fight mighty Russia !
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  8790. Can you imagine such a fair debate on BBC, France 23, DW ?
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  8791.  @robbie4084  'Every weapon that's send to Ukraine will be replaced with new weapons.' Indeed. The US tax payer is being gouged by Lockheed etc. to build the replacements. Some one is paying price. And the Ukrainians are paying with blood and will still lose with these weapons.
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  8792.  @stanleyhood7354  Zelensky started this by demanding NATO admission so he could put US missiles to threaten Russia. Neutrality was the best option. He has used militant Russophobia to get American support, and has neo Nazis like the Azov batallion embedded in the army and government.
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  8793.  @baramuth71  What was wrong with Zelensky and Ukraine was his promotion of Russophobia to gain western support. The issue is not EU, he wanted to be in NATO, with the aim of putting American missiles threatening Russia. Russia had given warning that it would take it as a mortal security threat, but NATO and EU egged their comedian on, till Russia decided to give a beating. When Ukraine got a beating, he begged NATO for a 'no fly zone', but NATO became afraid of getting a nuclear beating, so it did not dare. Now Zelensky says NATO showed cowardice - which is of course correct. NATO showed cowardice and Zelensky showed foolishness.
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  8794. Clever Putin, he managed the US election !
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  8795. Europeans have not realised the price of vassaldom to the US. They are incapable of independent thought.
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  8796. 'European brothers and sisters'. A superior race presumably ? The reality is Ukraine is a failed state and will be retaken by Russia.
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  8797. Ben Wallace, Britain's uncouth Defence Secretary had boasted on TV 'We kicked the Tsar's bottom in the Crimean war of 1856, and we shall kick Putin's backside the same way'. BoJo, another British low life, had emphatically said Britain will not allow Putin to win. Where are they now ? Putin has kicked the backside of the entire collective west. The war hysteria emanating from Britain and the west is the frustrated reaction to the defeat. The collective west is punching their puny fists in rage. Whether Britain grows its measly army or relies on the US, it is no match to Russia. Anyhow, the numbers in the army no longer matter because Russia's hypersonic Sarmat missile can take out an area the size of Britain in a single strike. Britain is a once-upon-a-time country. Its army relied on Gurkhas and Indians. Britain should cut out all the warmongering and 'standing up to Russia' rhetoric which makes it a laughing stock. It should have good relations and business with Russia, like other countries do.
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  8798.  @Garoslol  Well, the 'free world' is not really free. Noam Chomsky says the west has a media system for manufacturing consent. All the European countries are vassals of the US. One can say they are contented to be vassals. Germany in particular due to its unfortunate history is condemned not to speak its mind.
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  8799. Biden's latest escalation is just to spite Trump.
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  8800. You are delusional. Ukraine and the west are defeated.
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  8801.  @mlikely72  Times Radio puts out a lot of delusional videos on Ukraine. One day it is criticising Trump, but on Ukraine, it is hopeful that Trump will get tough with Russia. There is no evidence for that hope, it is just a wish as they find defeat by Russia is unbearable. I have noticed that the British even more than the Americans are unable to accept that the west cannot prevail over Russia. Yet, the British have no more capacity than Estonia to change the outcome. Times Radio thinks the British are still an imperial power that defeated Russia in the Crimean War of 1856, and the same is case now.
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  8802. The US will negotiate with Russia without Ukraine. Ukraine has to obey orders from the US. It obeyed US to wage a proxy war against Russia. When the US says 'negotiate, give up land', it will agree.
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  8803. @CyberBeep_kenshi Is it a fantasy that Ukraine is a dependent of the US and has to obey orders ? Let America shut off the spigot and see how long Ukraine lasts.
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  8804. @Super Nova All very well trying to put on a brave face when defeated. More Ukranians have been killed in your kill zone than the Russians. The Russians are firing 10 shells for every Ukranian one, hence it is logical more Ukranians will be killed. The Americans have been asking Ukraine to pull out from Bakhmut so they have someone to train but the Ukro Nazis are pig headed as they were in Mariopol. They will be massacred. The Russians on the other hand showed tactical capability. They embarked with too few forces to take Kiev, so they withdrew, and came back through the east. Their position in Kherson was such that it could be encircled. So they made an orderly withdrawal from the west back without losing manpower, and fortified themselves on the east bank. This had several effects. It took out the sting from Ukraine's Kherson offensive, so it could not advance into Crimea . The Russians dug in on the east bank and made life impossible for the Ukranians who moved into the west bank of the Kherson. The troops pulled out of Kherson were redirected to Soledar and Bakhmut to complete the liberation of Donbass.
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  8805. @Super Nova The German Nazis put minefields to prevent the Red Army storming them in Operation Bagration on a N-S front. The Red Army stormed through the minefields, they had tanks with devices that could clear them. Operation Bagration destroyed the Nazi armies and cleared the path to Berlin. The Russian army will massacre or capture the Ukro Nazis remaining in Bakhmut and chase them across the minefields.
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  8806. As if it will make a difference. We have heard of many game changing US weapons. Like Himars. But all we see is Ukranians being battered more. The Patriots could not shoot down the Houthis' home made missiles fired at Saudi refineries. They will not stop Russian missiles.
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  8807.  @Joaquin546  And what difference did the Himars make ? Ukraine is without power and water. Bakhmut is getting ready for the final battering.
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  8808. @@petaplex Can you prove Zelensky visited Bakhmut ?
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  8809.  @Joaquin546  The frontline is moving slowly in Bakhmut and the western media recognises it. Ukraine is licking its wounds in Bakhmut, Kherson etc and its beggar has gone to the US for help. Destroying the power network reduces the capacity of Ukraine to wage war, move troops and equipment. It should have been done at the beginning but Russia was too nice.
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  8810.  @Joaquin546  Can Ukraine get Russia out and stop getting annihilated ? If it can't, it is losing. Ukraine has lost 20% land, it is not recoverabe, Russia is battering the rest of the cities, and no one can stop them. Who will win then ?
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  8811. Perhaps you do not know that Russians are patriotic unlike you. They have always fought and shredded all invaders.
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  8812.  @dingoeatswolf3663  The west is kneeling before Sir Putin in Ukraine.
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  8813. Stalin was the victor of WW 2. He reset the map of Europe. Churchill/Atlee, Roosevelt/Truman had no choice but to agree. Stalin's industrialisation of Russia made it a superpower.
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  8814. The deal will have to be on Russia's terms. Those are : (1) Ukraine cannot be in NATO and (2) Ukraine has to give up the 4 oblasts. The problem is the security guarantee. There can be no security for Ukraine without security for Russia. Russia will not allow NATO or Europeans peacekeepers. Trump cannot dictate terms to Russia. He does not have any cards.
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  8815. 'US has enabled Ukraine to destroy roughly half of Russia's military capability' That is make believe told to you by some one in your media, to console you about the impending defeat. Send US troops to Ukraine and the Russians will kill all of them with that 50%. You will not be able to take it.
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  8816. NATO's expansion was the act of aggression. Finally, Russia put its foot down and battered NATO.
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  8817. The US sent the Ukranians on a suicide mission. Why ? Why don't they send US solders into the battle ?
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  8818.  @abrahamdozer6273  Americans are even more cowardly than Europeans. The Afghans got you, you ran away from them. Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. The Amercians kept quiet, and hid behind Ukraine. A coward can sit at home and talk as if he is courageous.
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  8819. NATO has lost, so they are making big noise about being better prepared - for the next war ! The British, Germans and other puny nations are all talking about mobilising and training as they are fearful Russia may attack NATO in 1-10 years ! Why would they say that if they had won in Ukraine ? All said, Russia is an awesome country to take on 32 countries unflinchingly, and win. The range of weapons they have is astounding and they have an army to fight a real war. Unlike the Americans who make equipment for profit which do not work on the battlefield, and who cannot take casualties but use others to fight.
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  8820. If Ukraine misbehaves again such as striking the Crimean bridge, you will find Russia reappearing and striking with even more ferocity, and you will be posting again that Russia will not strike again due to lack of supplies. The western media and public live in a delusional make believe world because the reality that Russia has the upper hand and is the only superpower in Europe is difficult to stomach. False pride comes in the way of facing the reality.
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  8821.  @cooldued5308  Putin never claimed Ukraine will fall in 3 days. He is far too shrewd to say that. Western media made out that Putin thought it could be taken in 3 days. Russia never announces what it is going to do in advance. It keeps you guessing. It does it, and then you know. Europeans are announcing sanctions in advance. Russia has never said it is using gas as a weapon, or it is sanctioning Europe. Putin just says, 'pay in roubles, we shall supply you'. Putin never said he will use nuclear weapons. He told the west it will faces consequences you have never faced before, if the west put a new fly zone. The west interpreted that he would nuke them ! Now the western media says that Russia is amassing troops in Byelorussia. Will it go for Kiev again ? No one knows. The west announces all kinds of dumb things in advance - Ukraine reconstruction conference when how much of Ukraine will be independent is not known; it declares Ukraine will be in EU. Likewise, Ukraine announces summer offensive but there is not much to show. Ukraine announces it is applying to join NATO. Putin is far cleverer and astute than any western politician. You study his speeches and you hear a man who has knowledge. The Americans were saying they will put a price cap on Russian oil. He responded by citing US economist Milton Friedman - if you say the price of tomatoes is high, and the govt. will put a cap on its price, next day there will be a shortage of tomatoes and the price will rocket. Western politicians do not have the same mental alacrity. They are intellectually lazy and lethargic, vain and conceited, just like their public. When BoJo joked at a G7 summit that they should strip to their shirts to show they are macho like Putin, Putin joked back and told BoJo to be macho like him, first BoJo has to do some exercise, do work and party less !
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  8822. The French and the Europeans make a fool of themselves. First one poses that it will send troops, and the rest back down !
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  8823.  @eneagiordano7183  Even if so, Britain will not blame Russia publicly lest it invite more retaliation. Prudence is better than false pride.
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  8824.  @danielc196  'They've brought it upon themselves.' If Russia indeed did do it, you can say that. But I suspect the British will keep quiet, they cannot make public accusations, lest Russia escalates. They will be fearful of that, and indeed some will say they brought it upon themselves. The British are eager to cause more mischief in Ukraine, but there will be payback.
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  8825. @NickSmith-y2h That was an escalation. But Russia is capable of counter escalation to a point where Britain will be helpless and on its own.
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  8826. Italians were vassals of the US.
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  8827.  @1ambrose100  Like Nazi Germany had to destroyed to rebuild it.
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  8828. Now that defeat of the Ukranians and the west looms, the BBC is telling the truth about the failed counter offensive. Not so long ago, the western press was regaling the public with stories of Ukranian resilience and how the Russians were cannon fodder in Bakhmut, and would fold up and run away when the Ukranian counter offensive rolls. Now it is admitting Ukraine has suffered heavy casualties. Who is responsible for sending Ukranians on this suicidal counter offensive ? It was the west. Ukraine should have distanced itself from NATO and negotiated a peace settlement before the war started in Dec. 2022. Failing that, after the war started, it should have ignored BoJo and gone ahead with the peace settlement in Turkey. Now the Ukranians will find the US is getting ready to ditch them as the US realises the Ukranians cannot win. The US does not like losers. Then what was all this sacrifice for ? Two of the US Presidential candidates already say they will drop Ukraine (Trump and Ramasamy).
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  8829. The west is stuck on Ukraine : it cannot make Ukraine win, and it does not want to negotiate as that would be defeat. So why should others with a better track record have a go to stop the war ? The west is a key party to the war, so it cannot be a mediator. China can be a mediator.
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  8830. If he turned Russia into a joke, why is Zelensky begging to be saved, he is pleading for Patriots ? Why is he organising a ludicrous 'peace conference' in Switzerland ? Biden has said he will not attend. Zelensky then made a commercial begging Biden to attend as he was important figure to save the western world !
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  8831.  @giftedtheos  What is your point ? The only point now that is relevant is 'will Ukraine lose more ?' Even the suppliers of the 61 billion say it is for Ukraine to hold out. Not whether it can take back any of the land it lost, rebuild what is destroyed, or raise another counter offensive. That even the givers of the aid know is not possible. They are only talking now of Ukraine holding out against complete capitulation.
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  8832.  @michaeljohnston980  Is that the best you could write ?
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  8833.  @michaeljohnston980  Can you contest any of my points ? Indulging in personal attacks indicates you do not have enough IQ to contest what I stated.
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  8834. She says Russia has many missiles. How did she figure that out ? She wants to fight back. Wants to sanction Russia more.
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  8835. I understand Israel has decided to invade and sacrifice the captives. Part of the war equation. Netanyahu needs the war so that people do not hold him accountable.
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  8836. He cannot match Sir Putin.
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  8837. Russia is destroying the Ukro Nazis like they did in Mariopol and Bakhmut.
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  8838. Biden did not cause America's decline, Taliban did. And Russia and China will team up to complete the process.
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  8839. Balanced and sobre analysis, unlike the hysterical, emotional western media. One can say Ukraine is sort of trapped in Kursk. It will lose its men and arms, and find the Russians taking over Donbass.
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  8840. The west needs to be ashamed to use Ukraine as a proxy to threaten contain Russia. The Ukrainians have been killed and the west will abandon them. This is what they have done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya.....
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  8841. US, NATO and EU will not be able to take on Russia and China together. They have both military and economic strength. The west is getting a beating from Russia, it is suicidal to take on China as well. Unbelievable false pride.
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  8842. Rebecca Ritters was full of herself in the earlier days when she believed Ukraine was winning. Still she says Ukrainians are doing a remarkable job. Ukraine is drowning but EU entry is a morale booster ? What is there beyond the symbolism ? There will be a rump left-over Ukraine which Russia will not allow to rebuild unless Ukraine signs a neutrality agreement. It will be blockaded and subjected to periodic attacks. It will be dependent on EU aid permanently. And the EU does not have money.
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  8843.  @kukulroukul4698  Ukraine will win. Why not say Ukraine is winning ? It won the Eurovision.
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  8844.  @chrissmith7669  'They’re just trying to keep Ukraine from moving troops south. ' Well I said that is one reason the Ukrainians cannot concentrate all their divisions in the south as the US wants. And in the South, the Ukranians have tried marching through the minefields with disastrous effect. They said without air power, they get obliterated. The Americans say the Ukrainians should remain focussed on their directions : cut off Crimea. The Ukranians tried - but failed. They and the Americans said they cannot do it without air support. Why is the US asking them to repeat what failed ? Do you have the IQ to answer this ?
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  8845. Countries like Lithuania and Poland who struggle for energy are the most anti-Russian hawks. They do not have common sense.
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  8846.  @looker999997  I forgot to add. I was paid in roubles. Cents and dollars are worthless for Russia. They don't use them. Keep printing dollars and minting cents for now. Till people shift to trade settlements in other currencies. Russia's greatest service to the world is to accelerate de-dollarisation.
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  8847. Yes, Indians garland Americans, and then they don't mind killing 2000 Indians in a riot and voting and making PM the politician who organised the massacre. You need to solve the contradiction in your character.
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  8848. Why are the British unable to defend their tanker but want to fight for Israel, and fight against Russia with Storm Shadows. Imagine what the Russians can do to the British if the Houthis can do this.
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  8849. As a Dane, what planes do you have to send ? Do you produce anything more than porn ?
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  8850.  @Zelenskytears  Well written, that is what Russia will do to these European thick heads. The use of nuclear weapons will not be necessary as the west is already defeated - they are unable to supply shells let alone tanks to Ukraine. In the coming months, Ukraine will not have much to fight with. But the nuclear sword will be kept on the Europeans and the US.
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  8851. Ukraine needs to surrender.
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  8852. He handled it correctly. Who the hell is the west to ask about escalation when the US created a coup in Ukraine in 2014, publicly said it has spent 5 billion for it ? Merkel said Minsk agreements were to buy time to arm Ukraine. There is no western leader who has comparable composure, they shout personal abuse.
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  8853.  @seamusmc6272  That country will surrender for sure. Two Japanese cities were nuked, then Japan surrendered, and gave up its militant nationalism and has recovered. The same can be the model for Ukraine. Its militant nationalism, Nazism and Russophobia will be curbed in one strike, and afterwards they will come to the straight path. And the west will not seek to put missiles in Ukraine to threaten Russia.
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  8854. So why did western countries expand NATO ? And why did they underestimate a superpower ? Now you know Russia is more powerful than the collective west.
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  8855. Article 5 was only used once - to help US in Afghanistan. It is never going to be used to save Europe.
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  8856. '"That's not what we're supposed to say these days - Putin says it, but leaders are not supposed to want to extend their territories." The same people invaded Iraq and Afghanistan and defended it, and that was not so long ago. BoJo said the rules based international order is desirable to maintain western hegemony.
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  8857. ' I saw him as a great leader in fact, the leader of the free world. ' Really ? You deluded yourself and you still cannot accept reality that the collective west is defeated.
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  8858. The western creators of Israel did not realise the problem it will become. The Jews are a problem to the countries they live in and even when they have a state of their own, they are a problem for others.
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  8859. Learn to write English. What are you trying to say ?
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  8860. Ukraine is infected with Bandera Nazis who have poisoned relations between Ukrainians and Russians using western help. Russia needs to root out the Ukro Nazis as it did in Mariopol.
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  8861.  @D_isco_D_ancer  Clever Putin if he paid Swedish politicians to show naiveté ! As if Swedish chicken had the courage to go to Ukraine to fight Russia.
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  8862.  @iamvigant  Is that the best you could write ? The russiabot causes you burning, right ?
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  8863.  @RandySnarsh  So Swedes are not the peaceniks they have posed as. Presumably some Swedes have been killed in Ukraine ?
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  8864.  @iamvigant  You will remember the russianbot because you cannot write a refutation.
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  8865.  @user-mv6he6gl8m  Who dares stop Russia's ships ?
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  8866.  @bradsmith9189  'Always fighting with one arm behind his back in not being allowed to strike into Russia.' That is because of the fear Russia might strike the suppliers of the weapons, and escalate to nuclear weapons. Russia has the capacity to destroy all the European capitals. And no, the US will not fight a nuclear war to save Europe.
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  8867. The western countries encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia, and now are telling Ukranians to be merry at Christmas in the gloom with light,water and heat. Westerners are unbelievable opportunists and hypocrites.
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  8868. I read western Ukraine is a hot bed of Bandera Nazis. Is Lvov not a centre for Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion ?
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  8869. If they don't have migrants, Italy will die to low birth rate. There are some cities and villages with only eighty year olds. They cannot stem the flow.
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  8870. All the drones and missiles were intercepted, yet Ukranian cities are burning. It seems a Russian offensive has started before the Ukrainian counter offensive. May 9 is a warning to the Ukro Nazis that Russia will crush them like they crushed the German Nazis.
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  8871. Touch Crimea and Kiev will receive a tactical nuclear weapon. Blinken has been informed that Russia will use all weapons in its arsenal, that is why he said Ukraine may have to forgo Crimea. And don't come back and say US will fight a nuclear war with Russia after the event, and have all US cities incinerated by hypersonic missiles. Anyhow, it will not come to that. Earlier, the west gave game changing Himars and Zelensky said he would capture Crimea by Dec 2021. Instead, Russia took out the power grid when the Ukranians bombed the Kerch bridge, and thereafter it took Soledar and demolished Bakhmut. Ukraine is forced to make an offensive to please its US master. But the Russians have built fortifications and with a few paltry tanks and depleted soldiers with a few weeks training and shortage of ammunition, Ukraine will not be able to make a serious impact. The Russians will see it off, and then come after the Ukrainians. For the Ukranians, this is the last throw of the die. At best, they can make a dent here or there, but that is not victory, it is a defeat. For after that, the US will cut the money supply.
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  8872.  @macmcleod1188  Touch Crimea, and Kiev will face a nuclear strike. [This has been conveyed to Blinken, that is why he recently said Ukraine may have to give up on Crimea]. And don't come back and tell me the US will then strike Russia with nuclear weapons because Russia will incinerate all US cities with its hypersonic missiles.
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  8873. All wishful thinking. Russia has conveyed to Blinken any attempt to take Crimea will lead Russia to use all weapons in its arsenal. You know what that means ? Next day, Blinken said Ukraine may have to drop Crimea. He meant Ukraine will have to drop Crimea, but he could not say that. Hence, don't fool yourself. Russia does not bluff.
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  8874.  @dpelpal  The paper tiger is NATO, and it can't fight a real bear ! That is why you are burning.
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  8875.  @Withnail1969  The war is lost, but it is difficult for western politicians and media that got the west into this war, to admit it is lost.
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  8876. The day will come when European countries understand where US dependency leads, and they will want to join BRICS.
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  8877. 'Russian MP, get used to it, all your former friends have ended in NATO and EU. Ukraine is a free country and can seek alliances with anyone it wants. ' You are out of touch with the latest reality. Russia has defeated the collective west. The US wants to withdraw from Ukraine. 'Ukraine is a free country and can seek alliances with anyone it wants.' Ukraine's independence was given on condition it would be neutral. It reneged, so it will not and should not exist as a country because it tried to use the US to threaten Russia. Ukraine of 1991 will not exist, the US said Ukraine cannot be in NATO (both Biden and Trump said it categorically), and the US is not going to give it a security guarantee and both Russia and US do not want Europeans either. Further, it looks like NATO itself will be unravelling. Get it, numskull ? Russia has isolated itself - ha, ha.... It was always trading with BRICS, now US wants to deal with Russia and not Europe. Europe has become irrelevant.
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  8878. Doing a NATO drill is not the same as fighting Russian army. See how NATO ran away from Taliban 4 years ago. Cowards cannot fight.
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  8879. Stop these pious but fraudulent claims of 'a rules based order' which the west has been following. The US and UK flouted all rules invading Iraq based on false claims of WMDS. The US has been carrying out coups and regime change operations - including Ukraine in 2014. These same western countries ardently support and back Israel, which has been seizing land and running an apartheid state. The west does not have credibility with the rest of the world. The others know that the west was dominating not due to any moral rules but by sheer misuse of power.
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  8880. ‘Why are you stuttering'. That was priceless ! No one has reduced Piers to stuttering. No one had exposed Piers bias in shielding Jewish Nazism and pretending they are the innocent victims. Hijab demolished western hypocrisy. He has the English accent, the vocabulary and a very sharp response time, and Piers got exposed. That is why he was stuttering. Piers should bring his Israeli clients like Ben Shapiro and put them against Hijab, he will tear them down as well.
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  8881. Europeans should not push their luck too much. Russia's nuclear sword hangs over you. The US will ditch you if it meant they have to face a nuclear war.
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  8882.  @samuelkulisek1276  Perhaps you should live in Ukraine to find out if Russia's corrupt non-nuclear missiles create any afflictions before you invite their nuclear missiles.
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  8883.  @samuelkulisek1276  You are being sly and duplicitous. You wrote that Russian nukes missiles will not be effective due to half life and prevalent corruption. Now you say their missiles likely don't carry working warheads. Well, the same should apply to their non-nuclear missiles : they should be equally ineffective due to prevalent corruption. But somehow their recipient, Ukraine, has reduced electricity and water, and is throwing hysterical protests about it. I would deduce from them that it is better not to invite the nuclear version of their missiles. You know what the result will be for you. If for one moment you thought you could win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. But it is because of those nuclear weapons that you do not dare send troops to Ukraine. Why do you pretend otherwise ?
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  8884.  @wolfgangdopke5290  Russia made Germany into a peaceful nation after delivering a good beating, they will do the same to Ukraine.
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  8885.  @DeezNyutz  So no need to fear Russian nuclear missiles. Why did you not send troops to Ukraine then ? You obviously know you will get a beating, and you are trying to console yourself about your impotence.
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  8886.  @wolfgangdopke5290  You discount the Soviet Union and Russia for only one reason - jealousy ! It is so obvious. Russia has equal power to obliterate you, unlike Afghan/Iraq ventures. Russia has even shown it can knock you down in economic warfare. The USSR dictated terms in the Potsdam conference. Chruchill/Atlee, FDR/Truman were awed in the presence of Stalin, the great Marshall of the Soviet Union. Study the videos of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conference and see who was the boss. Marshall Zhukov is considered the greatest general in the history of warfare. It is a country with a rich history, a sense of patriotism, great contributions to art. literature, music sports - a country that will be remembered even after the US fizzles away. The US generates junk culture.
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  8887.  @wolfgangdopke5290  The rest of the world (barring the European lackeys) thinks the US is leading the world into a catastrophe today. Th US stages coups and incites wars to sell its arms. However, with Russia and China, you have found you cannot win.
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  8888.  @wolfgangdopke5290  'Russia collapses in the attack on Ukraine.' You live in a fantasy world. It is Ukraine that has no power and water. It has $ 1 trillion in damage, its shipping is blocked, it cannot be even reconstructed without Russian permission. And for that matter, Russia has won the economic war against the west. The western media say Europe is being de-industrialised by Russia.
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  8889.  @wolfgangdopke5290  That is a feeble reply, it is just a personal attack, because you cannot defend yourself. People like you will never be able to fight Russia.
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  8890.  @small3687  If NATO for one moment thought it could take out all of Russia's nuclear capabilities before they can use them, then they would have sent troops to Ukraine. They would have gone and fought over the missile that fell over Poland. The fact that they are bending over backwards to exonerate Russia shows cowardice !
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  8891. The only thing Ukraine achieved by trying to get into NATO (i.e. use the US to threaten Russia), is that it lost its independence. Ukraine has become a failed state. It is not going to have the borders of 1991, some of the land has to be given back to Russia, and the remainder will be turned into a wasteland. At some stage, the US will lose interest in Ukraine - they will not be able to afford to maintain the Ukraine, and besides they think China is the real enemy. Ukraine will be abandoned like Iraq and Afghanistan. The Ukranians are too dumb to understand that.
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  8892. Why are the British so obsessed with fighting and defeating Russia ? Whether it is Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer, they are all eager warmongers who over estimate Britain's power. What happens if Ukraine strikes inside Russia with Storm Shadow, and Russia retaliates and sinks a British ship, or lands a Sarmat missile on Britain, and the Americans look the other way ? It seems that the UK thinks it drives US policy. The UK is merely a useful door mat of the US. Why was France not invited when its missile is the same as Storm Shadow ? Biden is a lame duck President, he is not in a position to take such a momentous decision which would commit the US to a direct war with Russia. After the election, if it is Trump, he will end this nonsense, he will not allow US to be run by Ukraine and UK. Even if it is Kamala, she will also slowly distance herself and put Germany and the Europeans to shoulder the responsibility for Ukraine.
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  8893. Where is the money going ? The ruling elite have limitless money for invading Afghanistan and Iraq, for funding war in Ukraine and Palestine, and housing the refugees that come with the war. The elite's standard of living does not come down because they have such a surplus, but for the majority, it becomes hand to mouth to pay the bills.
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  8894. The west is back to howling about 'war crimes'. That is a sure admission of their helplessness. I did not remember them howling against the US when it bombed Iraq.
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  8895. Europe is so pathetic, it looks to minnows like Lithuania and Estonia to take on Russia.
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  8896. Better to apply the shock and awe strikes on Kiev, so Zelensky can feel it.
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  8897.  @RIMMA202O  I was told Ukrainians they don't feel anything as they are very resilient.
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  8898. The US cut and run from Afghanistan. Why will it not cut and run from Ukraine ?
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  8899.  @James-9999  I am not sure they can afford funding Ukraine for 18 years.
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  8900.  Guang Ouyang  Well, that is the price that Ukraine has to pay for teaming up with Russia's enemy, NATO, to threaten Russia. Ukraine has to return to Russia. All of it.
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  8901. If the British did not threaten others, no one will threaten you. You want to join American to threaten Russia. You created Israel. Why are you so wicked ? It is your bad breeding and culture ?
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  8902. Why doesn't the west curb Israel and force it to accept a Palestinian state ?
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  8903.  @SRINATHKADIAM-o6f  The blazing and dazzling things on the ground were Israelis enjoying Diwali with Hindus on the land ?
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  8904. I doubt they will get any back. They will be booby trapped and get shot promptly if the IDF gets near.
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  8905. The US should send 1 million men of its forces.
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  8906. These western correspondents try to project Ukranian bravery and create unrealistic hopes. The fact is Ukraine indulged in Russophobia, which was encouraged by the west, and when this brought a beating, the west did not have the guts to fight Russia directly. Ukraine has squandered its independence by taking a militantly anti Russian stance to get western sympathy. It is the dumbest foreign policy one can imagine, due to which Russia will take back parts of Ukraine and make the rest unviable.
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  8907. Well written !
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  8908. The Europeans have been willing vassals and went along and helped in all US wars - Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Ukraine. In Ukraine, Russia defeated the collective west, and so the US does not want to continue to fight Russia. That leaves Europe now to face the music with Russia. The Europeans need to realise that confrontation with Russia is unwise, and cooperation with Russia is the correct alternative.
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  8909.  @thinkerly1  The war is long because NATO is arming and financing Ukraine. But if NATO is so strong why can't it make the Ukranians win, or send their troops into Ukraine to end the war. NATO knows that the war is lost, and that is why the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO - which is accepting exactly what Russia demanded. The world admires Russia. It has held off 40 countries including a superpower, ended the western world order, and started the de-dollarisation process. No other country, not even China, could have achieved this.
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  8910.  @EasyTiger.01343  I agree, the enemy for Russia is the US. Russia has made the US to impale itself on Ukraine. The US wish for NATO expansion to Ukraine has crashed, and it has been expensive. It led to the end of the western world order, it triggered de-dollarisation which leads to end of US hegemony and the scope of using the dollar as a weapon, Russia and China work together, Saudi, Iran, Turkey, India etc. follow independent policies. US and its useless European allies sink as their western order cannot be revived.
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  8911.  @Sasha-zh6tp  The view expressed by grahamthomson6969 'that Nato has destroyed the Russians Army without losing a man' reflects the unconscious cynicism and wickedness of many Ukrainian supporters in the west. The deal with Ukraine is 'we give you the weapons, you give the blood and be grateful to us'. The US thinking at the higher levels was to grab Ukranian wealth and weaken Russia, have regime change in Russia and have an implant like Zelensky in Russia, and thereby have access to Russian resources. Now that Russia has blown that up and it is not achievable, the thinking is 'at least we can use the Ukranians to the last man to weaken Russia to the maximum' before we ditch Ukraine. That is the thinking of those in power in the US. Indeed in the US political circles, Ukrainian lives aren't human, they don't count in any way at all - any more than Afghans and Iraqis. The US opposed peace negotiations two months into the war because for the Amercians, Ukrainian lives aren't human, they don't count in any way at all, weakening Russia is the objective. Of course, Ukranian leaders have also taken this line, thinking being important to the US will bring benefits. The South Vietnamese leaders also thought the same.
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  8912.  banpotandblm  Who told you that ? Just wishful thinking. Ukraine is unable to reach the Russian defence lines because their own manpower is dead. In Kiev, people are agitating for creation of more cemeteries.
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  8913.  @andrewvoorhees4062  The claim of western air superiority is an untested myth against Russia. Yes, there was air superiority against Iraq and Afghanistan. But you bring the F16s, the Russians will destroy them as the Leopards, Himars, Bradleys and the other superior western systems. Even in a conventional war, NATO cannot fight. We saw how you ran away from Taliban. Cowards cannot fight. Don't say it is because fear of nuclear escalation. Why do you fear nuclear escalation if you have superior weapons ?
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  8914.  @andrewvoorhees4062  And could Ukraine make severe blunders that will make the US leave ? Germany has stated that Ukraine's counter offensive did not go well as they ignored NATO training. Ukraine has been told to be grateful. The blame game has started, so as to pave for a western exit from Ukraine.
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  8915.  @jantzfitzgerald6115  It is obvious no US govt. will be able to indefinitely support any war programme on behalf of another country. In a system where the rulers change after every 4 years, another govt. can come and cut the programme of the predecessor. Hence, 'we shall support Ukraine for however long it takes' is said as a show of strength to give the impression they are not failing. It is a show of false pride largely and should be taken as a pinch of salt.
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  8916. Thank Russia for ending the international order, that is the western order.
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  8917. After defeat, Stoltenberg wants to invite Zelensky to a NATO summit in Vilnius in July !
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  8918. Modi himself is an uneducated and repulsive lout. He got elected by organising Hindu mob violence and a pogrom. Apart form Jaishankar, who else is educated in the cabinet ?
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  8919. Navalny was a fascist who attended Russia Nazi rallies and white supremacist rallies, who threatened Central Asian migrants calling them cockroaches. He is just like the founder of the Ukro Nazi Azov Batallion. Navalny even advocated the break up of the Russian Federation. Therefore he was supported by the US and made into a human rights martyr. Russia has laid this Nazi to test, and we should not be mourning Nazis. Russia has a zero tolerance policy for Nazis.
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  8920.  @gtfinancialservice  Article 5 says attack on one is an attack on all, but you need to read the fine print. It says each country may deem what is the best response to thwart the attack and act accordingly. That may include the use of armed force - but it does not exclude not using armed force. "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.' Some countries may opt to send army to Lithuania to fight Russia, others may decide to send a few machine guns or just winter boots. The US may decide to send some Stinger missiles, that is all. The Lithuanians needs to get a good translation. As often happens in English language agreements, they are written by lawyers and crafted with words that make the meaning obscure, and which allows a non-commitment. All of NATO depends on the US. The US may decide it does not want a nuclear war with Russia to save Lithuania.
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  8921. Your statement that Putin's control of the war narrative 'can only last for a certain period of time' means Putin has control of the war narrative now ! You hope it can be reversed but you do not know how. Putin has control of the narrative because he has defeated NATO and showed it is a collection of weak pansies. The Ukraine of 1992 is not coming back, the US will slink off after the elections and ditch Ukraine, the EU is useless and the British are frothing at the mouth but they have as much fighting ability as Estonia. None of them can fight Russia.
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  8922.  @RichardTaylor1630  By then Ukraine, will have more cities reduced to rubble. A tactical nuclear weapons awaits them if they become too cocky. The west does not have the guts to go into Ukraine.
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  8923. Funeral ceremony for Bakhmut and the Bandera army is ongoing. The west has to calibrate the news and let its public know gradually. Anyway what is the big deal ? The western media has been saying Ukraine will lose an unimportant town and make up with a counter offensive.
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  8924. The Israelis are only protesting because of their captives - if they are released, they don't mind if Israel continues with its ethnic cleansing programme. Their whole society is sick.
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  8925. Fired all recruitment chiefs ? All were corrupt ? The US and the west are the source of the corruption. The US reportedly spent $ 5 billion to stage the coup in 2014 (which they call colour revolution). That is corruption. Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part in the coup. US politicians Victoria Nuland and John McCain were distributing sweets after the violent coup. This approach to have pliable governments is nothing new - the US has been doing the same in Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The other colonial countries like France and Britain have the same culture. The implanted Ukrainian govt. sold 35% of Ukraine's agricultural land to 3 US companies. The Biden family itself profited from the corruption. And of course the US arms merchants were waiting for their turn to make a killing. Ukraine's Jewish oligarchs like Igor Kolomovsky (patron of the Jew Zelensky) filched out Ukranian money using their Jewish connections in the US - and ran Ponzi schemes. And when caught, Kolomovsky ran away to Israel. The only reason for the crackdown show on corruption is because the US cited corruption as a reason for Ukraine being barred from NATO. Zelensky knows the US is getting ready to ditch Ukraine and so he is making a desperate effort to show he can meet low corruption standards to enter NATO. He will find the door to NATO is closed, as the US sees Ukraine cannot win, and the US does not want Ukraine in NATO, as it will demand Article 5, which means the US will have to send troops, and then see the Russians kill them.
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  8926. The key statement is Kiev 'must avoid war of attrition'. This is a western admission that Kiev is heading for a war of attrition. That by implication would mean 'advantage Russia'. The west was projecting Ukrainian advance was going to roll over the Russians, and Ukraine will get Crimea next week. But the statement means the west realises the Ukrainian counter offensive was a flash in the pan. Ukrainian attempts in Kherson were repulsed with severe fatalties to the Ukranians. The Ukranians staged a surprise attack in the Kharkov region and got some land back, but once the surprise is gone, they cannot go further. How many more surprise attacks can Ukraine launch ? The Muddy season and winter are coming, and then it is war of attrition. Russia will keep going.
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  8927. Did NATO condemn the US when it invaded Afghanistan and Iraq ? NATO joined in. Even Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. Therefore it should not complain. Stoltenberg wants to fight China, besides Russia. It is not even hidden. The reason is Russia and China are working together to undermine the dollar and western economies. Good luck. Russia and China together can knock out the west. Unlike Iraq and Afghanistan, Russia and China can check any western military designs by dangling the nuclear sword, while they work to wreck western economies. That is the reality. That is the frustration, that is why NATO is calling a meeting. The west's narcissism and arrogance have brought the world to the brink, but instead of recognising their mistakes, they are full of self righteousness. Chairman Mao summed up the American psyche. He told Nixon. We know you can drop 100 nuclear bombs on us. But we shall only drop one on you. And we know you will not be able to take the thought. The west is used to fighting weaker nations like Iraq and Afghanistan. But not Russia and China who will not bow to western diktat. Hence, the bitterness towards them.
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  8928.  @thomasjhenniganw  Unfortunately, due to Germany's history, it cannot assert itself. Undoubtedly, the US helped, so it cannot speak against the US. But the US should also understand if it twists Germany's arm all the time, then the day may come when there is anti-US reaction.
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  8929. The Jews feel entitled to American money.
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  8930. Cameron clearly says he does not want to send troops - all western countries talk big about fighting Russia, but in the final analysis, the westerners don't want to get killed. He clearly says if Britain or France troops send troops, then that will be an 'excuse for Putin to kill them' ! The pranksters have exposed western thinking. The western politicians use their positions to do what they want in foreign wars and the media will rally around them and the public will acquiesce and even support, but if they are asked to die, they will object and end the politicians' career and party. Cameron and every western politician knows that. But they have to continue supporting Ukraine as it will be a grave loss of face to admit they made a mistake with NATO expansion. That is why western efforts in Ukraine are doomed. Those who are not ready to die cannot win wars. They may not be even able to support Ukraine with arms and money because of the economic stagnation in the west. The economic stagnation has led to the rise of far right and fascist parties that can end the democratic system. You have people and leaders ready to storm parliaments.
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  8931.  @yabutmaybenot.6433  'it's almost like you forgot about the NATO army on your border' NATO army is very forgettable. We saw NATO's cowardly exit from Kabul only 2 years ago. You would like to forget that. We saw tall talk from NATO about putting a no fly zone in Ukraine. You know the saying about NATO : gros bouche, petits mains. Big mouth, tiny fists.
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  8932. As Mandela said, if there are two neighbouring and related communities fighting, be sure America visited one of them.
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  8933.  @suemowat222  After the war, Russia is not going to withdraw and allow NATO in Ukraine. You are dumb if you think that in a post war settlement, Russia will agree for Ukraine to be in NATO. They fought a war to prevent that. Russia will not return Crimea and the 4 oblasts, and it may take other Russian areas like Odessa and Kharkhov. It wants also demilitarisation of Ukraine (no NATO) and de-Nazification (no followers of Bandera ideology). If Ukraine does not agree, Russia will turn the remainder of Ukraine (that it does not take) into a wasteland. Ukraine does not have the power to get back the lost areas, and the collective west does not have the power as well. Russia is more powerful than the combined west and that is proved now. You are reduced to listening to the fantasies of pompous western generals. None of them has fought Russia.
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  8934.  @patrickfitzgerald2861  The Russians will shoot down NATO warplanes like they destroyed Leopards and Bradleys. The US is afraid of escalating to a nuclear war. They would rather surrender Ukraine to its fate and move on. The rest of the puny nations in NATO will not be able to fight Russia in the air.
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  8935. So the inevitable is happening, Ukraine's goose is cooked. The 20% is more important than 20% - it is worth more as it is strategic. Russia will control the industrial area and the coastal area, and with that, they can strangle Ukraine economically.
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  8936. They said similar things after Russian withdrawal from Kiev, after sinking of the battle ship and after claiming capture of Snake Island. But it appears making mountains of molehills. Ukraine has to make noise for its handlers, and the handlers also need to raise money from their governments.
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  8937. They do not have the time, money and resources to mine the border.
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  8938.  @derekbaker3279  Western countries cannot supply what they do not have. They cannot produce like Russia.
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  8939. Rationality disappears even in the rational west when defeat stares and false pride takes over.
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  8940. 'Ukraine has the Crown Jewels' - what is that, the Challengers ? Your own general said they are like dial phones in the age of iphones. 'Once that happens the Russians will have nowhere to go except home because Ukraine will not stop, whatever the cost, they will not stop.' They said that 5 weeks ago. Ukraine was going to launch a blitzkrieg and break through Russian lines. They tried but the Russians killed them, and knocked out Bradleys and Leopards. The Bandera army did not even reach Russia's first line. So what is your optimism based on ? Just wishful thinking ? Even if they break through at one point, how will they sustain - the troops can get trapped by flank attacks.
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  8941. It is time the west realised that Israel is a toxic asset for the west.
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  8942. You could shorten the war by sending NATO troops to Ukraine. Why has this not been done ?
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  8943. To live long, the Ukranians need to use their intelligence and realise they cannot poke the bear with NATO support.
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  8944. So the Patriots cannot intercept them, huh ? Russia has tested it on Ukraine.
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  8945. It is better to watch Indian and non-western channels for a more objective analysis of the Russia v NATO war. See Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Firepower Overwhelms Ukrainian Defences | WION Fineprint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2h5FGbkRg8 Points to note : Ukrainian army's manpower problem is compounded with large scale desertions. Why should Ukrainians waste their lives for a lost war in which the US will abandon them ? The interviewer comments : Ukrainian morale is low but Biden's morale in the White House is very high ! Times Radio interprets it as 'Putin's missile threats fail to deter Nato'. The military expert in the Wion interview correctly says Biden's Atacam move is only trying to get at Trump, he does not care about Ukrainians. Times Radio is repeatedly peddling delusions stemming from the pain of western defeat.
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  8946. Seems you are wailing in self pity. You don't have any fighting spirit, except to fight within India. The Chinese took land but it doesn't matter to you......because you cannot fight.
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  8947. It is the Ukranians shelling the nuclear plant to attract western attention. Their much touted Kherson offensive with 1 million army and Himars is not going anywhere.
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  8948.  @olafsigursons  Ukraine is more integrated into NATO now than it was before the war ? Really ? Ukraine is not in the form it was in 1992, it has become a lesser Ukraine, having lost the 20% land that generated 90% of its GDP, its ports are seized, and the remaining part is forced into a landlocked state. Even the part that is left at the moment requires 1 trillion to reconstruct, and anyway it cannot be reconstructed without Russian permission. Russia will only allow Ukraine to reconstruct if it accepts neutrality and keeps NATO out; otherwise, Russia will keep striking with missiles here, there and everywhere, and no one will come for reconstruction. When there is a settlement, Ukraine will have to accept neutrality, and Russia is not going to allow the US and UK to be mediator or guarantor of Ukraine again, as it did in the Budapest Memorandum. The US and UK were sneaky and conspired with Ukraine to get bases there, to threaten Russia. So how has Ukraine's integration with NATO helped when Ukraine of 1992 has partly disappeared and the bit that exists will not be allowed any normality ? All this has happened due to NATO. Y Finland joining NATO is of little relevance. First of all, Turkey's parliament has to approve. Secondly, Finland is a weakling. Thirdly, Russia can destroy Finland with a single Sarmat missile. Ukraine getting into NATO is more serious for Russia as the US can have naval bases there. Russia will nuke Ukraine rather than let that happen. Russia is a mighty country, and if you fight it, you will get mauled. I suggest you learn from Ukraine's stupidity and not mess with Russia. Lithuania also thought it could blockade Kaliningrad with NATO backing, but quietly dropped out when Russia threatened a beating.
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  8949. The only choice Russia offers Ukraine is unconditional surrender. No more deals in Minsk and Turkey.
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  8950.  @syav4467  Then why is Zelensky asking for a free exit for his Azov Nazis ?
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  8951.  @syav4467  They have taken critical regions : Maripol, a land corridor to Crimea and they can control Ukraine's maritime trade. The amount of area is not what is important, it is what it controls.
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  8952.  @syav4467  Ukraine has not been able to get back Crimea from 2014. It has lost more, and it will not get these back either.
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  8953.  @syav4467  How is it a stalemate where only one side dies slowly ?
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  8954.  @syav4467  The Azov Regiment has a Nazi ideology and was founded by the white supremacst Andrei Biletski. Russia is dismantling Nazism as they did in WW 2.
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  8955.  @syav4467  On russians were pushed back out of Ukraine - it is wishful thinking. Ukraine could not get back Donetsk and Luhansk, or Crimea in the last 8 years. So what is your optimism based on ? They are not going to get back Mariopol and more they are going to lose. For Russia, Ukraine is strategic, they cannot allow NATO and US to put their missiles. They will do whatever it takes to stop that.
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  8956.  @syav4467  They took Crimea, and Ukraine could not get it back. They have now taken land along the Black Sea coast, it can be supplied, and Ukraine will not be able to dislodge them. Kiev can be for later. Unless Ukraine signs a peace treaty reaffirming neutrality which was in their original constitution, Russia can keep Ukraine disturbed continually so that reconstruction is not possible. In any case, NATO membership is out, Ukraine knows that and US knows that. So I would not waste time with such losers who do not know the ABC of statecraft and who think being a proxy for the US against Russia will bring them benefits. I did not realise Ukranians were this stupid. During Soviet days, they used to rule the Soviet Union.
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  8957. Russia's nuclear doctrine is not a threat to global security, NATO expansion is THE threat to global security.
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  8958. The vicious lady starts with 'Russia would like nothing more than another Minsk agreement ....' Wrong, Russia does not want any Minsk Agreement (Frau Merkel said it was just to buy time to arm Ukraine), it does not want any more negotiations or peace conferences with Ukraine or the west. It is keeping quiet and prosecuting the war.
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  8959.  @Rome6601  You can go to Ukraine to help your brothers, your life expectancy will be 1 hour. After that, you can be thrown in a ditch with dead Ukranian brothers.
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  8960.  @love-vy1ry  Bots have more intellect than you.
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  8961.  @Nesstor01  The Patriots could not intercept Houthi home made missiles fired from Yemen into Saudi, there is no chance they can stop Russia's hypersonic arrows.
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  8962.  @RichardSmith-ms6hh  Yes, they have strength in depth, they have not outsourced their production like the US. The western expectation was sanctions would bring crowds on the streets and overthrow Putin, and they would be able to implant a Zelensky type leader in Moscow who would abide by western wishes, and hand over Russian resources to them. Westerners made deluded interpretations like Russia's GDP is the same size as Italy's. It also matters what is in the GDP - Russia is the biggest wheat producer, they have energy, they are the leader in the nuclear supply field, they produce fertilisers, they produce metals and alloys including titanium and gold, they can launch satellites, they have their own GPS, and they make incredible weapons. They are self sufficient. Italy's GDP is cars, shoes, fashion, tourism.
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  8963.  @RichardSmith-ms6hh  No, I was not copying your post, I am not aware of which. ' The western expectation was sanctions would bring crowds on the streets and overthrow Putin, and they would be able to implant a Zelensky type leader in Moscow who would abide by western wishes, and hand over Russian resources to them.' This is what Mercouris has said in previous videos, I am agreeing and quoting him from memory. On the GDP comparison between Russia and Italy, that is my own analysis. Many westerners make this comment to dismiss Russia. I explain it is not just size of GDP, but also what is in that GDP. On Russia having strength in depth, you have summed it up nicely, I agree with you - and shall quote in future.
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  8964.  @JimCOsd55  That is fine if Russia took longer than Alex expected in Bakhmut, but Alex was right in predicting the final result. British intelligence said the Russians were out of weapons in Bakhmut and were fighting with shovels. The Ukranians have still not conceded Bakhmut is gone. He had also read correctly ahead of the western media that the Ukrainian counter offensive is a failure. Western experts say Ukrainians are unable to advance because the weeds are hampering the Ukranians ! Alex in contrast tell us the correct reasons : the three layer defence lines; the Russian capability of combined warfare with attacks by drones and helicopter, artillery and shells, and the sheer lack of manpower in the Ukrainian side.
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  8965.  @andrew30m  What you say is irrelevant, accept the present reality. Russia took Bakhmut, it is now Artymovsk. That is history. Ukraine is not getting it back. And the Russians are mowing down the Ukrainians in the flopped counter offensive. Why is the west pressurising Ukraine to get killed in a lost cause ?
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  8966.  @armageddon1403  Germany at least teaches its history to its children and admits the error of Nazism. The British avoid their wicked record, and slyly pretend their colonialism and theft was for the benefit of the natives.
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  8967. Unmitigated disaster for Russia ? Russia has the upper hand. It has achieved the key objective. Ukraine will not join NATO, and Russia will not allow US bases in Ukraine. Ukraine is left with only two choices : sign up for neutrality, or be turned into a wasteland, which no one would spend the money to reconstruct. Russia has strangled Ukraine's economy and made it landlocked. Ukraine requires handouts from the EU and the US for daily living. But then Russia also strangled the economies of Ukraine's donors, so the time is coming when they cannot afford to pay to maintain Ukraine. The western interpretations of 'Russian failure' are expressions of sheer frustration. Russia has struck at the western 'international order' and destroyed it. No one else could.
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  8968. The principal sponsor of the Ukraine war, the US, does not have money to continue. It threw Ukraine under the bus, and left. It has another war to fight with China. The Ukranians did not figure out the US character. Now Borrell from the EU said the EU will step up and fill in the shortfall of money and arms. Therefore Ukraine has nothing to fear.
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  8969. Russia is not leaving Ukraine, Ukraine cannot make them leave, NATO does not have the courage to send troops to Ukraine. Hence, Ukraine's choices are either negotiate or perish.
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  8970. As Bakhmut is about to fall, the west keeps affirming it is if no military significance. In that case, Ukraine should give it up and concentrate on places of military significance.
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  8971. The west has been doing this to China and Russia - and eventually the retaliated and got better than the west. You pretend you are innocent. China has no reason to do it unless provoked.
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  8972.  @devanand4857  All these small countries like Poland and Baltics are barking because they have been given the status of 'attack dog of the US'. They feel they have some status in the world as a result of carrying out US orders. They bark against Russia and wag the tail in front of the US, and they get praise. They will not survive one day if Trump comes and abandons NATO.
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  8973.  @lothar3610  'Not only Latvia - Poland 🇵🇱 Lithuania 🇱🇹 Estonia 🇪🇪 Finland 🇫🇮 Sweden 🇸🇪 Norway 🇳🇴 Denmark Romania 🇷🇴 Moldova 🇲🇩 Slovakia 🇸🇰 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Germany 🇩🇪 Austria 🇦🇹 and many others, half of Europe basically. So Russia and Belarus have a serious problem' Not really. They are barking because they are frightened. But the 14 barking dogs you mentioned cannot fight the Bear. The Bear has no problem, it will tear all of them ! The barking dogs of Europe think their master in the US will come and fight for them. But that might not happen because the master does not want to be killed by the Bear to save his dogs. Poland was quivering when 100 of those musicians appeared on their border.
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  8974. A real leader cannot be a servant of the US.
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  8975. This gentleman boasts NATO is most formidable military alliance. NATO is weak as shown in the exit from Afghanistan. No NATO member wants to die.
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  8976.  @grodesby3422  What Islamic bigotry ? Did they invade western countries by force ? Western bigotry against them led to invading their countries. The country that threatens to kick your head in now is not Islamic, it is Russia. So what are you talking about ?
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  8977.  @TheThingIs415  Christian states are a thing of the past, there are no believers. Churches are being sold to Muslims for mosques. How can you reverse that ? The churches do not have money and flocks.
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  8978.  @davidevans916  Wish there was evidence for Christianity democracy, being civilised. What the world has seen is slavery, slave trade, colonialism, waging war, concentration camps, holocaust and genocide, destruction of the planet by greed. A stark and unparalleled record. You live in denial.
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  8979.  @coall5002  'if you could magically to this i would take the deal. But this is not how the world works lo' What do you want me to magically do ? What are you talking about ?
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  8980.  @BasedasFUCKK  Since African, Asian, and American are geographical places, and lands and continents are changing continually due to geological forces, no one has any particular claim to any land. If people from Europe can migrate to Australia and US, so can people from geographical areas to Europe. Get it ?
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  8981.  @TheThingIs415  Nietzsche announced Christianity is dead. 'we need Christian God States.' How many Christians want this ? We need scientific and rational people.
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  8982. Indeed, it is waste for Biden's ego.
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  8983. @NAMuayThai The polar bearing is devouring its attackers !
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  8984. The Himars were the last Great Hope of the west. All 16 of them They thought Ukraine will take Crimea by Dec 2022. Now the tanks are the Great Hope. It is too little to late. The west is unable to supply artillery shells, they won't be able to supply tanks either when Russia destroys the paltry set. The west is in a bind as Ukraine's goose is cooked.
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  8985. The amount of land is irrelevant in turning a nation into a dysfunctional state. Russia has taken the industrial land that produced 90% of Ukraine's GDP and it has blocked Ukraine from the Black Sea. Russia will not allow NATO to put foot in Ukraine again for training bases. The Russians have Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, and they will not let it go.
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  8986.  @amezcuaist  The mighty Russia to which Trump is supplicating for a ceasefire, and which Europeans fear might come and gobble them. Numskull.
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  8987. Russia and Putin have started an important process : de-dollarisation. The world will remember Saddam sold oil in euros, and so US and UK created a war for regime change. Same with Gaddafi who wanted to launch a gold dinar to sell oil. Now de-dollarisation cannot be stopped, US and UK cannot have regime change in Russia, in fact they have been defeated in Ukraine. The sale of oil exclusively in dollars was agreed by Saudis and the Gulf states in the 1970s, and all they got from the US was abuse, and support for Israel. The US meanwhile printed dollars and lived beyond its means, and sustained it with its military machine to induce regime change. Now, the world is moving to a state where oil and other commodities will be traded in other currencies as well. The change BRICS is bringing is profound and it is good that at this year, the leadership is with Russia. The colonial countries may pooh-pooh now; BRICS impact will not be over night, but it will pick up steam. The day will come when European countries request to join BRICS +.
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  8988. Russia will be the loser ? You are saying that because you feel humiliated. Russia has both Ukraine and the EU by the scruff of the neck.
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  8989. Ukraine will be returned to a pastoral economy, as it was before it joined the Soviet Union. No military, no industry, no electricity. So it does not dream again of bringing the US to threaten Russia.
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  8990. So now you acknowledge that Russians have air dominance. Earlier, the same fellow, Clarke used to say mockingly that Russian operation was not succeeding because they did not have air dominance. Now that Ukrainian operation is failing, it is because of Russian air dominance. Russia has dominance in artillery, drones, missiles, helicopters and aircraft...and that will continue. The war is lost and the US knows it. In Vilnius, they agreed to the Russian demand that Ukraine will not enter NATO !
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  8991. 'What’s the point of talking peacekeeping when Putin will never accept those terms?' The US wants to talk about peace because it is defeated and unable to continue funding Ukraine.
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  8992. So TVP has become a bit more realistic. Crimea is Russia. When did you realise this ? Ukraine will become part of Russia if it continues to misbehave. Poland needs to be careful as it acted as America's attack dog in recent times. If it misbehaves towards Russia, as Ukraine did believing the US will save it, Poland will find the Russians will teach Poland a lesson also. Americans have not departed from international law for the first time. Trump 1 recognised occupied Jerusalem (taken in 1947) as part of Israel. US recognised Jewish takeover of Palestine.
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  8993. Don't lie, other western media say that the school was a military academy with Swedish instructors for drone training. Hence, they cannot complain. There might be some collateral.
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  8994. Good that Russia has zero tolerance for Nazis. Wipe out the Ukro Nazis as you did in Germany. Do whatever it takes.
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  8995.  @amjadsk.2469  India should become competitive with China. If it cannot compete in toys, it means India is incapable. They should boast less and rebuild.
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  8996.  @singularity3021  What kind of toys does India make ? No one has heard of them.
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  8997.  @JelloShots-wg6tz  ' India made toys - Cow dung cakes. ' Very disgusting. And they think they are on the same footing as China. Even the proud Hindu PM of UK Sunak strokes cows for blessings. No matter how educated, one side of their brain is defective. They are not normal people.
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  8998.  @amjadsk.2469  The trade between China and India has increased year by year. In China's favour. India needs China more than the other way.
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  8999.  @mdrafiq-o6q  I don't see any toys from India abroad. I do not see any household goods from India abroad. We used to see textiles for a period with Made in India, but even that is replaced by Bangladesh and Vietnam. You may get various pickles and condiments in Hindu shops and that too, I have read are laced with cow's urine. I have been to India. They make steel utensils, but those have no market abroad. No chance any Indian car will sell abroad. China makes everything. Instead of spending your time as cow vigilantes, learn to work hard like the Chinese.
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  9000. Concern is only for those who told us that we have to see Ukraine wins the war, who then changed to Putin must not be allowed to win, and then Ukraine must be put in a strong negotiating position. For those who came up with the above targets, it is difficult to admit the above cannot be reached and they have lost. Loss causes burning and such people cannot accept the reality. Trump knows Ukraine cannot win the war, he knows Putin has won, and Ukraine will lose more if it does not end it now. Trump has no baggage about loss of face in the Ukraine war.
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  9001. There is no chance Ukraine will be allowed to join in NATO. Russia will decide that. Russia controls when the war will end. The war will end only when Ukraine signs an agreement with Russia that it will remain neutral.
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  9002. Will not French soldiers replenish Ukrainian ranks ?
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  9003. He has got 61 billion, the donors will demand Return on Investment, before giving more. This is the dilemma. Russia is fighting for its security. The US only sees Return on Investment and whether it is good value for money, for their industry etc.
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  9004. Correct !
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  9005.  @Matthew-rp3jf  Wishful thinking, consolation for the defeated !
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  9006. Ah, now a dose of realism has come to western media after the euphoria of Ukraine conquering Kursk ! It accelerates the fall of Donbass and eventually Russia will drive the Ukrainians out of Kursk.
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  9007. It is not sustainable, Ukraine is being foolish. With 1000 or so troops and not much more to field, the Ukrainians will run out of fuel and supplies. The border was manned by security guards, as Russia brings in regular troops and fields air strikes with impunity, Ukraine will be decimated. Meanwhile the real battle in Donbass is lost. And Ukraine will have lost more soldiers in an ephemeral adventure.
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  9008. This foolish western reporter say Ukranians have a secret weapon. What is that I wondered with bated breath ? Ukrainians are stitching uniforms and body armour ! Pathetic. Give me a break !
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  9009. 'Finally our media, our leaders and part of our society are beginning to wake up to the dangers of the times we are living in. I have been calling that we are living in the 1930 for the past 2 years and most people have been laughing at me ...' So what is your action plan ? What will be almighty Britain's role to face the dangers of the times we are living in ?
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  9010. Ukrainians believe they are useful because they are saving western values.
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  9011. It will not happen. Russia will nuke Ukraine if there are steps in this direction. Putin has said Russia will use nuclear weapons to avert a strategic defeat. Allowing US naval and missile bases in Ukraine would be a strategic defeat. Russia's position is unambiguous. The US does not want to fight nuclear and have its cities incinerated to save Ukraine.
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  9012. Ukraine has shot itself in the foot by demanding NATO entry. Half its cities are rubble with more to follow; not to mention the deaths. EU and the US have shot itself in the foot with reckless NATO expansion. The cost of energy means a cut in living standards; EU has to pay for refugees; extra cost for defence means EU has to pay America. Freezing assets is game that can only be used once; others take steps to stop using dollars and euros for settlements outside Eurozone and America. That devalues the dollar and the euro. The process had already started when the US started using the dollar as a weapon, and now it will accelerate as Russia and China make de-dollarisation an official policy.
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  9013.  @davetarrant6888  But NATO had intentions to target Russia with nuclear missiles in Ukraine. Putin put a stop to that. Ukraine ain't entering NATO, Zelensky admits that, and NATO also knows.
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  9014. The people who have shot themselves in the foot are the Ukrainians by going after NATO entry with the aim of hosting American missiles. The results : many cities already pulverised (and many more to be pulversied), 4 million refugees, economic losses nearing 700 billion and heading for 1 trillion. After all this, there will be no nato entry, and more land ceded to Russia. The EU is another big loser that has shot itself in the foot by being serving America than itself. Gas and oil have shot up. Even if it divests from Russian gas, and uses US LNG, that costs 10 times more. So standard of living goes down, and EU goods become uncompetitive. And it has to spend more on defence, which means cut in education and health budgets, The US has also shot itself in the foot by freezing assets (it is theft of others money) . Russia and China are hastening de-dollarisation. Others like India follow gradually. In case you don't know its effect, it reduces demand for the dollar and its value. Due to the world accepting the dollar as reserve currency and because the Arabs agreed to sell oil ONLY in dollars, hitherto it allowed the US to print money, live in debt and run a war machine. They will not be able to afford that in coming years. The west's advantage was the financial institutions which others accepted. Those are now eroded and will continue to erode as others seek to build alternative methods to trade. Was all this NATO expansion worth it for the west except for the benefit of a few arms companies ? When you add the above, it is the west that has shot itself in the foot. It hastens its decline. And the west's false pride and emotional response makes you unable to understand that you have shot yourself in the foot, as you imagine your feeble and misguided actions are thwarting the enemy.
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  9015. ​ @BattleshipOrion  How does the knowledge of geology feature in this ? Geology is the study of rock formations, volcanos etc. Russia is not on the decline, it has come back strongly. As for the west playing the long game, you are up against two formidable countries, Russia and China. Before it was only USSR. The west cannot win against two at the same time with all its manipulative tactics and bullying. You need to cut out the false pride and ego.
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  9016.  @davetarrant6888 You plead 'NATO did not have plans to put nuclear missiles in Ukraine'. But it had the option and could put nuclear weapons and missiles targeting Russia from Ukraine - if it could induct Ukraine into NATO. It was training Ukranians and conducting joint excercises even before Ukraine joined. It had to be stopped. Russia just did that. Ukraine ain't joining NATO and America's dunce Zelensky accepts that now. The west also knows it is not possible as Russia is read to fight a nuclear war. You do not mess with the Bear when it has a decisive leader.
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  9017.  @BattleshipOrion  'Tell that to the declining birthrate' - what are you talking about ? 'and the study of maps is part of geology'. I think you mean geography.
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  9018.  @davetarrant6888  Russia's has enough resources and land. It has land, water, food security, energy security, it makes metals and everything from trains, planes, space ships.... 'He is afraid of NATO doing exactly what it is supposed to do which is protect themselves from being invaded by a monster.'' How has NATO proved what you say ? Well what has NATO shown apart from cowardice ? It egged on Ukraine, but it did not dare fight Russia. Anyhow, NATO is really the US. If the US loses interest in future (it occurred when Trump was around), I can guarantee you all the little hens of Europe will be clucking in fear of the Bear. At some stage the US will lose interest in NATO and Europe. Due to the de-dollarisation movement, the US will not be able to afford wars on behalf of NATO. The Europeans need to realise the reality - you live next to Russia, so you need to get on.
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  9019.  @BattleshipOrion  Learn to write English. Swearing and using f words is a sign of low IQ.
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  9020.  @davetarrant6888  Wrong question. You are talking Russia invaded for the hell of it, or just for expansionism. It invaded because there had been 5 waves of NATO expansion even though James Baker had said (after the Soviet Union agreed to German unification) 'not one inch to the east'. But the west cheated. Ukraine was the last straw. Entry of Ukraine into NATO would lead to US missiles placed against Russia in Ukraine. Article 5 would mean Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to remove them. Hence, it decided it is better to fight now to make sure those US missiles cannot be placed in Ukraine. Now Ukraine understands it cannot join NATO and threaten Russia under American power. NATO also knows now that admission to Ukraine will lead to war, and Russia is prepared to go nuclear. If Russia had not stopped Ukraine entering NATO now, in 15 years time it will have to fight a nuclear war with the west to get rid of those missiles. So don't pose dumb questions - as if the war has no background and Ukraine, US and NATO are innocent. They had no business to threaten Russia. They took a chance but the bear mauled Ukraine and NATO is all mouth and no trousers.
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  9021.  @davetarrant6888  NATO invaded Afghanistan, there was no UN mandate. Russia has to fear US putting missiles targeting Russia. How did the US react when the USSR out missiles targeting it in Cuba ? The Soviet Union lost 20 million people due to the Nazi invasion, so there is a security concern that is entirely understandable. What business does the US that lives across the Atlantic have to come and put missiles next to Russia ? NATO expansion was driven by US arms companies. And if you cannot understand that, then Ukraine and NATO deserve what they get - Ukraine will be pounded till it understands, and NATO cannot change that. Russia is strong, its leader will take steps to ensure its security. The Bear was sleeping in his den, you go and provoke it, and then you ask 'why not' ? Well, because you will get mauled, and afterwards, blaming the Bear does not help.
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  9022.  @davetarrant6888  The US has intention to put missiles in Ukraine targeting Russia. At that level of warfare, you don't need to take land. You can issue a threat from a distance.
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  9023.  @Whitebarberian  They provoked the Bear, using Ukraine, and the Bear woke up and mauled Ukraine, and all the European hens in the neighbourhood are clucking out of fear the Bear may come after them also, so they calling for Atlantic uncle's help !
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  9024.  @Ulysses.S.Grant.For.The.Union.  Well once you decide to go for military measures, you have to crank it up to maximum from the start - in order to finish it quickly. Although Russia did not state capturing Kiev in 3 days was an objective, it is fair to presume that was the case. The result was not successful - the Ukranians defended well, and the Russian army did not perform like the Red Army of legend, and the attack was diffused on too many fronts. So you go to plan B. Concentrate all forces on region where you have strength, where they have captured regions along the coast, and expand and destroy the infrastructure so that Ukraine will realise Russophobia does not pay. Meanwhile the stated objectives are met : (1) Zelensky agrees to drop the demand to join NATO (2) NATO also now knows Russia will fight a nuclear war with the west if necessary if it steps into Ukraine. De-Nazification is underway. Mariopol is the HQ if the Nazi Azov Regiment. They are trapped in the steel plant in Mariopol, they will be smoked out. And as a last resort, if the west supports Ukraine too much, a tactical nuke on Kiev is possible. Meanwhile any negotiated settlement will be on Russian terms. NATO cannot dictate terms.
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  9025.  @JohnD-m4j  In an assymetric war, the weaker side fights a guerrilla war of attrition. He is ready to take casualties. The idea is to prolong the fight till Israel bleeds. Israel does not have the population to sustain a war of attirition. That is what happened to the Americans in Vietnam. Already there is disquiet in Israel.
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  9026. Ukranians might get a tactical nuclear weapon to shut them up.
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  9027.  @ИльяКовригин-й9ы  What about next month ? They are softening up Sloviansk.
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  9028. Western media always add a line "after repeated defeats elsewhere", before obliquely explaining Ukraine's actual predicament. They do this because the west pushed Ukraine into this predicament and then the west finds it cannot reverse Ukraine's situation. They try more of the same. Send arms and send Ukranians to their deaths.
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  9029. Ukraine : if only you give us Leopard tanks, our Ukro Nazi Azov Batallion will capture Crimea and we shall launch an Operation Barbarossa and reach Moscow and catch Putin in April 2023. Germany : we tried the same in 1941, and by 1945, the Red Army came (it had your Ukrainians as well) to Berlin and our Fuhrer had to commit suicide, we think the same will happen to you.
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  9030.  @johnharrison6745  But the Soviet Union crushed Germany and made it into a peaceful nation ever afterwards. The Soviet Union reset Germany's borders and took away Prussia and its far flung outposts. And the Soviet Union kindly allowed Germany to unite. The Germans need to keep their mouth shut. The Ukro Nazis went with NATO and see what happened to Ukraine. Russia punished them and forced the Azov Batallion to surrender in Mariopol.
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  9031.  @johnharrison6745  The Red Army forced unconditional surrender in Berlin. 80% of the German army was destroyed by the Red Army. The Soviet Union could have prevented German re-unification. Thatcher and Miterrand were against re-unification. Thus Germany has an obligation to Russia, not to enter into any wars. They are quite aware of it. 'May the Germans AVENGE Russia's abuse of them by supplying Ukraine with Germany's legendarily high-grade weapons.' Germany has declined to supply tanks as it is aware that Ukraine is on a losing path. Germany does not want to commit economic suicide for Ukraine. 'There are darned-near NO "naught seas" in Ukraine. ' What does that mean ? Learn to write English. 'Ukraine is practically bursting-at-the-seams with a WIDE variety of VERY-valuable natural-resources. ' Is that so ? Russia knew that even before, but gave independence. All Ukraine has is due to the Soviet Union. Till then, they were agriculturalists. Due to Ukrainian misbehaviour, Russia is returning them to a pastoral state. No industry, no power, no weapons. ' Vlad's minions bombed-out Mariupol, and that the Ukrainian forces trapped there fought until they could fight no more'. These were Ukro Nazis with swastika tattoos. Russia has zero tolerance for Nazis. They will do what they did to Nazi Germany.
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  9032. It is all a pretence. Don't trust the US. If it wanted to settle the issue, it will have declared it wants a Two State Solution by a given date. The Palestinian struggle must continue as this is an effort to buy time for Israel.
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  9033. We saw how the Patriot performed in Saudi Arabia. They could not stop the Houthis firing some home made missiles which hit a refinery. The Saudis were mad at the US. The Patriots cannot stop Russia's devastating missiles. From all accounts, the Patriot is an expensive non-performer. The Ukranians and the west are clutching at straws. Russia has ratcheted up the war, destroyed the power grid, and it is piling the pressure on Bakhmut. The US and Europe are driving Ukrainians to be massacred to save their own faces. The US and Europe should take responsibility and send troops to Ukraine as they encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia. Any other action is cowardice. Or it should tell Ukraine to negotiate and accept the reality.
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  9034.  StormmShadoww  'hiding how would you know what they’re doing from the safety of you arm chair so many conscripts dodgers, the tv you watch with 5 channels tell you that 🤫' How come you cannot write English ?
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  9035.  @Rolf-farmedfacts-supervisor  The Ukranian joker Klistscko claimed Patriot shot down a hypersonic, he did not provide any convincing evidence. The US kept quiet. It is trying to make a hypersonic missiles, it has failed in 4 attempts. If Ukranian is doing so well due to western weapons, why it is trying to join NATO and get the US to send troops ? It is because it knows it is not going to survive.
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  9036.  @LincolnJohnson-dq5su  An attack on Crimea makes no difference to the outcome. If Ukraine tried a breaching operation and it did not work, and they turned to probing operations, and are still at the starting line after 4 months, it means they do not have the capacity to advance, take land and hold it. That is defeat. And if you love the Ukro Nazis so much, why don't you send your troops to Ukraine ? Ukranians are not cowards, they are from the Russian stock - but you are cowards, and cowards cannot win a war.
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  9037.  @eliotness4029  Ukraine also sent 5000 troops to Iraq to gain US favour.
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  9038. Western presenters come out as very unintelligent as they have a narrative and selection of language divorced from reality. The presenter says 'price cap' is the final blow. None of the other blows worked, how can this be the final blow ? What is a price cap ? How will it be enforced ? OPEC will agree to the price cap ? The west is in trouble. Their leaders are absolute jokers out of touch with reality, and full of false pride and ego. The German speaks about Marshall plan for Ukraine - who has the money ? First of all, no reconstruction is possible without Russia's permission. Russia will only give permission if Ukraine signs neutrality and NATO is kept out. Till then, destruction of Ukraine will continue. Russia can keep launching missiles even at the cities of Ukraine they have not taken.
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  9039.  @VilkatisJanis  The condition under which Russia made Ukraine independent and attached even Russian lands like Crimea, Odessa etc. to Ukraine, was that Ukraine will be a neutral country and not join any military alliance. Ukraine reneged unilaterally, and tried to join NATO, an anti-Russian military alliance. So Ukraine's independence is terminated. Get it ? And if Lithuanians and others misbehave with Russia, the same fate awaits them.
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  9040.  @baggablisssimmo7559  The Brit's were bullies, you raided other countries and robbed their wealth and built your home. And afterwards you pose as gentlemen who hate bullies. Your recent record in Iraq is known, so shut up. And walk the talk and send troops to Ukraine. See if you have the guts to fight Russia.
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  9041.  @baggablisssimmo7559  'Russia still cannot take the regions she claimed is hers, explain that ?' So who lost land, and who is trying to reclaim lands ?
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  9042. It would be beyond an Ukranian's comprehension that Rishi Sunak is PM of UK. An uneducated Ukranian refugee may feel entitled to be PM of UK because of his skin. With this background, Europe is inviting the return of Nazism by taking on so many Ukrainain refugees from western Ukraine.
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  9043. Ukraine learned all the US and western rhetoric and messaging - till the missile that hit Poland ! Then they did not get the script right, and the west is mad at them. The correct script was to say it was a Ukranian missile, to prevent Poland demanding Article 5 and forcing the US to fight and get killed.
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  9044. Some sullen minds are complaining that the west has raised the white flag to Russia. Yes, it has. And you cannot raise the white flag after a defeat and go back and fight. The consequences of trying to fight again will be Russia will come after others after Ukraine is finished ! It is best for the west to cut its losses and bail out. America is doing that. They do not want to spend money on losers. There is no point the Europeans fighting Russia. The Ukranians can fight - they are from the same DNA as the Russians. The Europeans cannot fight in the same way.
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  9045. There is no chance for Ukraine to join NATO. You should know by now Russia will not allow it. They are ready to fight a nuclear war with NATO and no one in NATO has the guts for that. There is no chance for Ukraine to get back the 20% land it has lost. Even for reconstruction of what remains of Ukraine, that Russia has not taken, that is not possible without Russian permission. The war can only be stopped if Ukraine gets back to neutrality and keeps NATO out; and even then, they have to cede more land as a price for their misbehaviour to Russia. If they don't agree, and want to fight with NATO weapons, Russia will destroy the rest of Ukraine. Russia has all the strong cards.
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  9046. And when Ukraine and Russia negotiated in Turkey, the same people (BoJo and Biden) demanded Ukraine to continue fighting. Now that the war is lost (stupid Svetlana does not understand Americans cannot afford to send arms), they are asking Russia for negotiations and blaming Putin for not agreeing.
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  9047. Bell is one of the British jokers who said in Bakhmut, Russians were paying a huge price and were reduced to fighting with shovels. His type said Russia's losses were heavy in Mariopol; they were heavy in Bakhmut. The Russians had run out missiles due to shortage of electronic parts in month 3 and were scrounging chips from washing machine. Whenever they are losing, the Ukrainians and their handlers say 'oh, Russia paid a very big price' ! But Ukraine keeps losing little by little. It is irreversible now. Bell's written articles in Sky seem to be more balanced, but in videos, he comes out like the classic, pompous, obnoxious British idiot with the colonial mindset. I don't know what it is but the British in particular find being defeated by Russia is more unbearable than the Ukrainians find it. The Ukrainians were ready to settle for a peace deal in Turkey, but the British blocked it. The Ukrainians are being killed to save the British ego. The west's disorientation can be seen by the way they are running around like beheaded chicken. Zelensky is organising a peace conference in Switzerland. Only his handlers will be attending. Russia is not invited. Zelensky's peace plan involves Russia returning Crimea, Putin's removal, reparations, war trial etc...! He is demanding Russian surrender and he is hoping to rope in the world for it. He and the west are delusional - that is the sure sign of defeat. By fighting, Ukraine has lost 20% of Ukraine, and Zelensky thinks it can be retaken with his peace conference. Switzerland said it would organise another peace conference afterwards and invite Russia ! The rest of the world is watching western idiocy. Meanwhile, the Americans want to go to war with China. And they are trying to rope in Zelensky and get him to organise the Asian countries against China ! Russia does not have time for these western jokers; Putin has said Russia is not going to negotiate because the west ran out of weapons.
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  9048. 'a free, independent and democratic people' The one who negotiated in Turkey to end the war in 2021, but could not follow through because Boris Johnson said not to, is not a free country. Ukraine's handlers decide what it has to do. The US will negotiate with Russia without Ukraine.
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  9049. Did it sicken you that Israel is running an apartheid state for all these years ?
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  9050. They thought sanctions will bring Russia down, crowds would come on the street and overthrow Putin. They did not realise what kind of arsenal Russia had.
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  9051. The claim that US is now reluctant to support Ukraine because it has found corruption is fanciful. The US carried out a coup and installed a US friendly govt. to get NATO membership, only because of Ukranian corruption.
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  9052. There can be no extraction for Azov Regiment. It is well known they are Nazis. Russia does not negotiate with Nazis. It is like the German Nazis offering peace as the Red Army approached Berlin and the outcome was certain. For the Ukranian Nazis of the Azov, there can only be two options : surrender or die.
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  9053. So you are a war mongering channel raising money for drones.
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  9054. In 1994 Ukraine gave its nuclear weapons to Russia in exchange for promises to respect its sovereignty...' That was only one part of it. There was also the understanding that Ukraine will be neutral and not join any military alliances, Russian or western. Without this understanding, Ukraine would not have got independence. Ukraine had to give up its nukes AND agree to be neutral. Get it ? After the US initiated coup in 2014 which implanted a US favouring govt., the Ukrainian govt. voted to join NATO, unilaterally breaking a key condition for its independence. That day, Russia took back Crimea. Crimea has Sevastapol port which Russia was leasing from Ukraine, and using as the base for its Black Sea fleet. The moment Ukraine announced it would seek to join NATO, Russia realised the US Seventh fleet will be sailing from Sevastopol, and it would shut Russia off from the Black Sea. Hence, Russia took back Crimea. Had Ukraine not announced it will seek to join NATO, it would be intact, and even have had Crimea. Ukraine stabbed Russia in the back and decided to gang up with the US against Russia, so Ukraine's independence is terminated. For 3 years, Ukraine had US backing, but US now knows Ukraine cannot win in a fight with Russia, the US wants to leave and hand over its failed Ukraine project to Europe. Part of Ukraine will be incorporated back into Russia, the western part will be left but turned into a wasteland dependent on EU aid for however long it takes, and the US goes off to its next war project.
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  9055. Will Ukraine be at the table ?
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  9056. Russia's brutal proficiency in defending occupied territory ... Western media said they were stupid and incompetent. Anyhow, why is their defence brutal ? Because they destroyed all the Bradleys, Leopards, and other western junk ?
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  9057. Europeans cannot step up, they do not have the money, they cannot even make 150 mm shells and they do not have the courage to send troops to Ukraine. They know Russia will administer a similar beating to them.
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  9058. @TacticalFumo-sg2dt Do you remember US crimes ?
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  9059. 'You don't defeat an ideology with proportionate response. You overwhelm them with the wrath of God. Agreed. That is what the Palestinians are doing against Zionist ideology of land grabbing.
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  9060.  @chouleanghak5085 The west is not going to end the war by supplying Ukraine weaponry. It will only prolong its death. The east and south are lost and Russia may advance into central Ukraine. 'I think if the western leaders of this generation cannot or will not end this war successfully then a similar future war (will fall) on the shoulders of next generation...' You have to ask these western leaders why they wanted to expand NATO when Russia said it is a threat to its security ? Western leaders have invaded small countries periodically, but they should learn if you do that to Russia or China, the west will get mauled. So cut out your pious humbug about defending freedom and democracy.
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  9061.  @wolfswinkel8906  It will become difficult when those western volunteers start getting killed in larger numbers and it cannot be hidden.
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  9062.  @deanbarnett8538  You have a distorted view based on unquestioned assumptions. It is the US that leads NATO, and it works for its interests, not for Europe's best interest. The US wanted NATO expansion to Ukraine despite warnings in 2008 from Merkel and Sarkozy that it will lead to war. Bush at that time arm twisted them. The war came - and Europe is paying a disproportionate price for it. Refugees, high energy prices and economic dislocation. Germany faces de-industrialisation. Why should any German Chancellor put up with it to please the US ? Germany did not create the conditions for the war, it is the US. But the US and its surrogate the UK are twisting Germany's arm. Germany is in a difficult position. It faces economic suicide to follow Anglo Saxon diktats. Besides it has a moral obligation not to threaten Russia, considering what it did in WW 2 against the Soviet Union. Further, the Soviet Union allowed German reunification, so waging war on Russia is backstabbing. It is time for Germany and Europe to tell the US to go to hell and get out of Europe.
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  9063.  @deanbarnett8538  The US wanted to induct Ukraine into NATO regardless of whether it is corrupt, so it could have naval bases and close Russian access to the Black Sea. Russia knows the US can make any corrupt nation elgible if it wants and has something to gain. The Europeans are doormats who would agree to the US. Russia was not going to wait till the US got naval bases in Ukraine.
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  9064.  @deanbarnett8538  NATO is the US. The US can decide if it wants to bend all the rules for Ukraine to enter NATO. Victoria Nuland, the sponsor of the 2014 coup in Ukraine, once said 'f..k the EU' when the EU opposed some of her actions. The US bent all World Bank and IMF rules to give loans to Ukraine even though it was flagged for corruption. Russia was not going to wait to find Ukraine in NATO and then US naval bases shutting of Russian access to the Black Sea. It saw the US game plan and snuffed it out. For Europe, the US has become an exploitative and predatory ally. It is time the Europeans come out of vassaldom to the US. They are shameless doormats of the US.
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  9065. He said Russia is winning in the short term, but not in the long term !
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  9066. The problem is Russia cannot be defeated. Ukrainians are willing to die but do not have the arms and they are beggars. The US and NATO dare not send troops into Ukraine, as they do not want to to die. Russia on the other hand has the firepower, the money and is willing to die to prevent US bases in NATO. Then how can Ukraine win ? The Ukranians will only be battered to death.
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  9067. What does it mean 'two tier'? 700 people were arrested - 698 white and 2 of Asian stock. Is that two tier ? Should the police have arrested 350 of each ? The problem is the majority of violent rioters and arsonists were white thugs.
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  9068. The usual garbled western narrative. It says the Russian missiles were nearly all shot down (60 and 76), but power and water are gone. Ukranians are resilient, they say. The King's College expert says the attacks are not very successful and the Ukranians are in a better position than before. Well, that calls for Russia to continue and put the Ukranians in an even better position. Bomb Ukraine to a wasteland unless it signs up for neutrality. Increase the tempo.
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  9069.  @andersbjrnsen7203  We have been hearing a lot about morale of Russian troops and claims that Ukraine is winning from your type. The west said the rouble will collapse, and Russia would default. None of that happened Russia now has twice the land it had in 2014. Ukraine ain't getting any of it back. Ukraine is winning the media war, but is losing the land war. Russia has all the strong cards, it will make Ukraine landlocked, Russia will decide when Ukraine can be rebuilt - that is only when Ukraine signs a neutrality agreement.
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  9070. Tell me a Hindu who declined a visa because of gun violence, racism and hate violence against non-abrahamic faiths in USA. Every Hindu is waiting to get a visa to the US.
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  9071.  @deborahdean8867  I can assure you all Hindus would migrate to Christian and Muslim countries if given a chance. They beat up minorities in India, and live abroad and feel Hindus have arrived on the world stage. The Hindus have brought their conflict abroad. In Leicester in the UK, they brought their hooligans from India, put on face masks, chanted Hindu supremacist slogans and created a riot. In the US, they have brought caste discrimination (CISCO case).
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  9072.  @tinareeves9899  You exaggerate the importance of Lend Lease. The Red Army destroyed the Germans. FDR/Eisenhower and Churchill knew. Stalin redrew the maps of Germany and Europe, and the Americans and British could not challenge him. Hitler had gone in saying one kick and the Soviet Union would collapse. The Soviet Union's might was only understood after it delivered Germany's Nazis a beating. Likewise, you will only understand Russia's power after it has delivered the Ukro Nazis and their collaborators a beating. Russia has abundance, but because of that it has had predators throughout history - the French in 1812, The Germans in 1940s. Russia/Soviet Union sorted them out. They won't dare attack Russia again, they know what will happen. Now it is the US that is at its throat. Hence, Russia has to spend a lot to defend itself. But now it is breaking the bones of its latest predators. You tell me that UK but they still have a larger economy than Russia - again based on a single parameter. As I explained, it depends what that GDP is based on. France and UK cannot fight Russia, they will get mauled. They are in NATO precisely because they are weak. Russia has everything - food, land and living space, water, energy, metals, strong defence. It can survive even with a totally closed economy. Tell me how many countries have all these ? I did not say Russia can overtake the US in two years. I said Russia has set off a unstoppable sequence of events that will bring down the dollar in 20 years - and with that the US capacity to print dollars and live beyond its means and run a military complex to enforce its will, be over. Russia sells oil in yuan and roubles, it has rupee trade with India. Russia replaced Mastercard and Visa with its own. Previously, every card transaction in Russia would net 2.5% for the US. That is over. The Chinese also have a concerted plan to replace the dollar. They have launched the gold backed yuan. Russia needs to back the rouble with gold; it can do so as it is a leading gold producer. The Saudis who carried the dollar on their shoulders for 50 years now show signs they are unwilling to do so. Russia has catalysed the realisation in other countries that for a transaction between two countries, there is no need for the currency of a third country which profiteers and steals from them. Russia has always catalysed great changes in the world country, that is why it is admired.
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  9073.  @tinareeves9899  I don't believe you for one moment on the significance you attach to lend lease. It is typical US fabrication, it is historical revisionism. You cannot bear the thought that the Red Army defeated Nazi Germany. Neither the British nor the US armies could have conquered Berlin. [“Most famously, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin raised a toast to the Lend-Lease program at the November 1943 Tehran conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war."] Firstly, Stalin would never have said 'from the Russian point of view'. He was after all the great Marshal of the great Soviet Union. Secondly, how could Stalin say 'the president and the United States have done for victory in this war', when it was not known in 1943 whether the Soviet Union would be victorious ? In the Tehran and Yalta conferences, the three only agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender. 'Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war.' You can say that after 1945, after the war is won. Stalin could not have said that in 1943. If you look at videos of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences, you can see Stalin is the boss, the alpha male, while Churchill and FDR/Truman were deferential mice. You are a first class liar. You have no credibility. The US breeds contempt. After the war, the US co-opted Nazi generals like Manstein to write about Nazi victories. Shameless people.
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  9074.  @tinareeves9899  I called you a liar based on the inconsistencies in what you wrote. Citing US sources does not automatically make it credible. The US said Iraq had WMDs and invaded and destroyed that country. It is a country that has practised invasions and assasinations. At the time, Stalin did not know what is Nazi Germany, and he might have made a deal to avoid war. You cannot claim that therefore he was a Nazi. Stalin did not have hyper nationalism, race pride, racial superiority etc. as his ideology. Stalin's ideology was the public ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange. It is an intellectually feeble argument to claim Stalin and Hitler were the same because of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. If your stupid reasoning is correct, Churchill and FDR were also Nazis, because they were allies with Stalin. You are unbelievably dumb. The Soviet Union had its back against the wall due to opposition of the world's owners of capital, to their revolutionary ideology. There were many, not only in Nazi Germany, that wanted to destroy the Soviet Union. Stalin saved Europe from the Nazis. Afterwards, he did not arrange a programme of murdering Germans or anyone else to show racial pride.
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  9075.  @tinareeves9899  The British do not count either when it comes to objectivity, so citing them to support the American view does not wash. The British are vassals of the US, and Russia treats it that way. The British said Iraq had WMDs that would strike London in 40 minutes. You made a false equivalence claiming Stalin was a Nazi because of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. You have no idea what is Nazi ideology and communist ideology. That is why I say you are dumb. Or you know the difference between the two ideologies, but you chose to blur them. Then you are wicked. The US and the British chose to ally with Stalin, so by your reasoning, Churchill and FDR were also Nazis. You are dumb and wicked. In the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, Stalin decided the borders of countries in post war Europe. Churchill and FDR/Truman had to go along. That is why Stalin, the great marshall of the Soviet Union, was the tallest leader. Like that, Putin is taller than all the non-descript western leaders. He will decide the borders of Ukraine and you will have to accept if you want peace.
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  9076.  @tinareeves9899  Russia's economy is shrinking , so is yours. Europe is being deindustrialsed. Russia is self sufficient : it has food, water, land, timber, metals, and most important, it has energy and military power. Europe does not have energy. The US does not have much manufacturing left; it is in China. All of Russia's manufacturing is in Russia. There are very countries with all that. 'Nobody wants Russia's assets' - well, if you thought you could get them, you would have invaded it, like Iraq. But Russia will erase you from the world. Putin is going to redraw Ukraine's map, just like Stalin redrew Germany's and Europe's map. There are no world standards, so what are you talking about ? 'Putin is losing the war' is wishful thinking. Russia has taken the eastern part that used to earn Ukraine's GDP; they blockaded Ukraine's ports; they have destroyed Ukraine's power grid; they are making the remainder of Ukraine a wasteland; no NATO bases will be possible in Ukraine; Europe is flooded with refugees and its being deindustrialised. So how is Russia losing ? Russia is winning against NATO because no NATO country wants to go to Ukraine and fight and die. No one has the courage. When a Russian missile hit Poland, the US bent over backwards to say it is a Ukranian missile to avoid having to send troops and fight Russia !
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  9077.  @tinareeves9899  Russia is in effect fighting Ukraine + 32 + US. And it is doing well. Ukraine is not going to win and the longer the US supplies aid, the more of Ukraine gets reduced to rubble and more Ukrainians get killed. Russia is not going to let Ukraine off the hook for their misbehaviour, and you don't have the power or the guts to stop Russia. Russia has ended for good all prospects of the US having bases in Ukraine. Ukraine will be returned to an agricultural country as it was before Soviet industrialisation. No electricity, no industry; Russia will confiscate or close all the nuclear plants, aircraft factory, steel mills. Demilitarisation and ddeNazification are essential. Limited reconstruction of Ukraine will be allowed only with Russian permission. As for destabilisation, can you explain why Victoria Nuland backed Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion and staged a coup in 2014 ? Why were in the crowd in Maidan distributing sweets ? Ukraine is paying the price for US interference.
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  9078.  @tinareeves9899  Illegal invasion ---- did you prosecute Bush and Blair for Iraq ? If not, don't moralise.
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  9079. You should be ashamed to have incited Ukraine to fight Russia in the first place. And for sabotaging the negotiations in Turkey. You wanted them to continue fighting, you thought Russia would collapse, but you find it is you who has run out of ammo and money. As usual, your type picks up the story from the middle and says' if we had only not delayed weapons' Ukraine would have won. It was never going to win even if there was no delay. Get it ?
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  9080. You are racist for using such an argument to cover your cowardice. Even if all the whites joined the forces, as you wish, you cannot fight Russia and win. You need to accept the world has changed, and Britain is an irrelevant doormat of the US.
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  9081.  @Jg32234  What is the point of writing non-answers ? That is a sign of weakness.
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  9082.  @vivaleonjodido  Do you have anything smart in reply to Sir Putin ? Like 'we agree to the challenge of a duel'.
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  9083. Russia is not isolated, they sell the gas to China. Only Europe is screwed.
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  9084. Zelensky is a vassal and dependent, he has to praise and thank his 'partners'. Russia is independent, Putin does not need to thank anyone. Get it ?
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  9085. Perhaps they are attempting to go around Rabotniye !
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  9086. If the Baltic pipeline is blown, the bloc will react strongly. The jokers will announce Sanctions 9. Call for war crime trial. Go to UN and denounce Russia. Zelensky will address parliaments. Russia keeps its cards to itself. Doesn't speak.
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  9087. Lithuanians should keep their mouth shut and cut out Russophobia. If they mess with Russia, Lithuania will get a beating and NATO will not help. Ukranians got carried with militant Russophobia and see what happened to them. It has become a failed state.
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  9088. Hindus are a failed people, nowadays into self pity. Is this sadhguru character a Brahmin ? What about the holocaust of the low castes that has been going on for 5000 years. That is why they left for other religions.
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  9089. What are you talking about ? There was no cease fire agreed between Ukraine and Russia. There was only an agreement for a shipping corridor, specifically for grain. Russia has not attacked any ships carrying grain. Ukraine very proudly stated there was no agreement with Russia, the agreement was between Ukraine and UN and Turkey. Hence, there is no general ceasefire, and nothing has been violated. Odessa is a 'must have' target to complete this phase of the military-technical operation. It is essential to take so that NATO will never have a naval base in Ukraine. Except for the small shipping corridor, all parts of Ukraine can be subjected to strikes.
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  9090. Now the west is gradually expressing doubts about Ukraine's capability to dislodge the Russians. The BBC reporter says that the fields showing destroyed Leopards and Bradleys have given a chance for 'Russian propaganda'. Are these pictures not real, is it not a fact that Russia torched these western game changers ? And what about western propaganda telling us Ukraine is winning ?
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  9091. Nobody in the west wants to get killed standing up to the bully. You want Ukrainians to die, but you want to save your skin.
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  9092.  @fr2ncm9  Russia will rebuild Ukraine - after it takes Ukraine.
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  9093.  @ХорошийЧеловек-л9ш  Winning is impossible. Russia is too powerful. You should not have got into a fight with Russia. Ukranians overthrew an elected govt. with US support in 2014, and even Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov batallion were involved. From then on, with the US implanted Ukranian govt., Ukranians indulged in militant Russophobia and thought it had US protection. Ukraine hoped to get US missiles stationed in Russia. It was irresponsible foreign policy. It is the first time I have seen a country risk self destruct to get into someone else's good books. The answer to whether America will take 20-30 million new refugees, is 'no'. You can deduce that from a recent American and NATO misadventure. Americans had installed a puppet govt. in Afghanistan. When the cost became prohibitive, the Americans negotiated with the Taliban, and walked away. NATO (including Ukraine) followed. The Americans took a few refugees and some of their puppet officials. However, the majority of ex-Afghan govt. officials that collaborated with Americans are in trouble with the new govt. You will have a similar outcome in Ukraine. At some stage, the Americans will find Ukraine unaffordable and walk away, as from Afghanistan. The EU nations are all weak, and they will follow suit - as in Afghanistan. Then the Ukranians who collaborated with the US and NATO will be punished by the Russians. As for the US giving new land for Ukranians, that is not possible in today's world. In 1917, Britain gave Palestine to settle European Jews. They did not give their own land. They will not give their own land, and they have no colonial lands to give to Ukranians. Hence, the sobre conclusion is that NATO and the US has led Ukraine into great trouble, from which it cannot extricate itself, and so at some stage, NATO and US will walk away. However, Ukranian politicians and Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov battalion are also to blame, for being foolish to mortgage Ukraine's self preservation by serving US interests above Ukraine's own. The way out for Ukraine before 24 Feb. 2022 was to reaffirm and sign a treat of neutrality with Russia. That is all Russia asked. Ukraine's independence declaration had assured Russia that it would be neutral and not join any military alliance. Putin has said he does not object to Ukraine joining EU as it is not a military alliance. The objection is to Ukraine joining NATO allowing Americans the chance to threaten Russia. Since Ukraine forfeited the chance to avert the war by signing a treaty to reaffirm its neutrality, and miscalculated and risked war with Russia, thinking the US would protect it, the only choice remaining now is to negotiate with Russia and agree to neutrality. However, after 24 Feb. 2022, the price has been hiked up. Ukraine will have to agree to neutrality + ceding more land; or keep fighting till Russia takes more land and destroys more, and the west feels Ukraine is unaffordable, and it gets tired and walks away. Russia has had casualties, so they are not going to agree to 2014 borders. Ukrainians make demands from the rest of world and claiming you are fighting to save freedom for the world. But let us examine Ukraine's record. Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan, to invade a sovereign country. Ukraine was not even part of NATO. Why did Ukraine do it ? It wanted to please America so that it could get into NATO. Zelensky supported Israel when it bombarded a weaker unarmed people whose land it seized, and which imprisons the rest. Then what is the case for Ukraine to talk about sovereignty so piously ? I suggest you look at some of the bad deeds of Ukraine. The best for Ukraine would have been to seek good relations with Russia and EU. That was possible by seeking EU membership without joining NATO. Ukraine would have enjoyed the best of both worlds. However, US machinations and the tendency of Ukranians to rely on foreign help without realising it comes at a cost which may not be in their interest, has made Ukraine squander its independence, and take it on a path to be a failed country. The west will get Ukraine wrecked like Libya and then walk away when they cannot fix it. You inform 'Most of us nice educated, have 1 or 2 diplomas cuz education here is cheap.' Then why did you not have the knowledge to realise that taking America's help to provoke Russia would bring an end to Ukranian independence and statehood ? Even without education, it is common sense. Hence, despite education, something is defective in Ukranians that you cannot understand geopolitics.
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  9094.  @bennyboy5374  Why are you so desperate to deny reality ? Look at the record. Ukraine has not been able to get back Crimea since 2014. Now it has 20% of its land gone and there is no chance of getting that back. The industrial production centres are gone. The blockade of the ports means agriculture produce cannot get out. Ukraine's economy has been strangled. Ukraine's revenue base has shrunk and the EU will have to pay for its daily maintenance. The EU cannot afford it. Ukrain'e cities are reduced to rubble. Ukraine has 7 million refugees. And you imagine Ukraine's self proclaimed August fightback will reverse all these ?
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  9095. The newscaster and the Rebecca lady reporting from Ukraine acknowledge the ground is slipping, and they sound disappointed with the realty. They were full of themselves some 2 months back, showing off their partisan views about Ukranians defeating Russia. Now their wishful thinking is dashed and they are forced to recalibrate.
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  9096. 'The UK should create a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine to stop Putin from “fighting another day”, says former defence minister Tobias Elwood.' When the US could not do it, the UK should do it ? How many aircraft does it have ? People wonder why the British are the most Russophobic, more than the US, or Poland and Baltics. The answer lies in their colonial past when they were a global power. In the 1856 Crimean war, Britain, France and Turkey defeated Russia. Thus, ex Defence Minister Ben Wallace said confidently at the start of the Ukraine war that Britain would kick Russia's bottom as they had kicked the Tsar's bottom in 1856. It has not worked out. The British found it a shock that after 1945, they had to decolonise India and other places. They were broke and could not suppress India any longer. The British had to fight WW 2 as allies with the Soviet Union and they had the consolation they were on the winning side, but they found it unbearable that the Soviet Union replaced them as a superpower at the end of the war ! The British tried to revert to their past colonial mischief in 1956 (so soon after the war) when they embarked on a regime change operation to remove Gamal Abdel Nasser who nationalised the Suez Canal. Their partners were the French and the Israelis - who were equal in colonial wickedness to the British. The British shouted the same as they do today that Nasser had violated their sacred international rules-based order. According to this, Britain and a few others makes the rules, and others have to obey; but the British can flout their rules as per convenience. Plus ca change. Anyhow, the Soviet Union intervened in 1956 over the Suez. The Soviets asked Britain to withdraw. The Soviets even sent a letter to the British that they would use nukes on Britain if it did not withdraw. Britain turned to the US for help, but Eisenhower was unwilling to send US troops to support another war, so soon after WW 2. He too asked Britain to withdraw. Anthony Eden's govt. had to withdraw from Suez in humiliation. The British have that Suez humiliation by the Soviets in mind. They would like to get back at Russia ! Tobias Elwood, Boris Johnson, Truss and the British establishment have the colonial era nostalgia imbued in him. The British also have Churchill nostaligia, they say 'don't underestimate us, we showed the Germans what we are'. They have built this narrative about themselves - small but plucky, always winning against the odds. The British won the Crimean war in 1856, but the Russia of today is a superpower with a formidable arsenal. The Russians can kick Britain's head in, and Britain is not going to win against the odds. The Ukraine war has shown the foolhardiness of NATO to think it can fight Russia and win. Boris Johnson expressed the worry in British (and western minds) when he said in a Daily Telegraph interview that Putin must be defeated, otherwise it would be the end of western hegemony (these are the exact words he used). He cannot say British hegemony any more, but he believes Britain has an important place as part of western hegemony. End of western hegemony means Britain will become even more irrelevant. It is this angst that motivates jokers like Elwood to think that the UK should create a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine to stop Putin from “fighting another day”. The war in Ukraine is lost, the US realises that, even Ukraine knows that, only the British have not come to terms with it. Even Britain's position in the western order is all mixed up. It is a vassal of the US, but takes pride that it is the most favoured vassal of the US ! Britain left the EU and feels superior to the Europeans - but now wants to lead them against Russia in case the US ditches Europe !
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  9097.  user-st4ts2mg9d  I remember those cases now that you reminded. 'It is impossible for the Israelis to win this war' They were thinking they can have pace deals with Qatar, UAE, Saudi while keeping the Palestinians in chains. Netanyahu was congratulating himself 2 weeks ago,
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  9098. The world is admiring Russia at the way it plays chess. The Ukrainians and their handlers are merely gamblers, they move the piece and then then think afterwards.
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  9099. The world is getting fed up of Zelensky. Zelensky is a US puppet and he has taken Ukraine down the path of self destruction and break up. The Americans themselves will get rid of this useful fool when he becomes a burden.
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  9100. Putin is right - if Ukraine rejects negotiations now, there will be nothing left for Ukraine to negotiate about in the future, because there will be no Ukraine. The idea that the US can guide Ukraine to victory is indeed delusional.
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  9101. Anyone with BJP-RSS ties should be denied visas to Canada. Some years back, Canada was seeking people to give citizenship and many Indians pounced on it. Now that is ended. Indian migration will become a big problem for the west as the Hindu Nazis ruling India seek to infiltrate the west with their thugs. Already there was a riot in Leicester last year due to Hindu mobs and the British media said it was Modi's Hindu mob politics entering Britain. This year, the police had to stop an unauthorised Hindu procession in Leicester for the Hindu elephant god.
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  9102. The solution is obvious. Europe should strike up good relations with Russia, and increase trade with BRICS. That will weaken the US.
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  9103.  @Omega0850  You citing wishful thinking. 'Ukraine will get plenty of economic aid from the west, after the war, plus a lot of investment'. Just like Iraq and Afghanistan ? The west is being deindustrialised, you don't have money for yourself, what will you give the Ukranian beggar ? You talk as if the end of the war and the post war settlement will be decided by the west. It will be decided by Russia. Unless Ukraine signs an agreement reaffirming neutrality and no NATO bases, there will be no end of the war. Russia can keep striking Ukraine and no western people will go there for reconstruction as they will be killed. So no point fantasising about rebuilding. Basically, the west got Ukraine battered by encouraging NATO expansion, you cannot save Ukraine and you want to assuage your conscience by claiming you plan wondrous reconstruction, Ukraine will be in NATO etc. Nothing is possible without Russian permission. Russia has stolen nothing, instead you stole $ 300 billion from Russia deposits in western banks. That is why the rest of the world is slowly gravitating towards non-dollar trade. They realise western banks and govt's are untrustworthy thieves. 'nobody will want to invest in Russia'. Again 'nobody' for you means the west; but China, India and others have no issues. Europe is becoming irrelevant, so it does not matter. Europe was dependent on Russian gas, and it was not the other way round. So what are you talking about ? 'And since Russia won´t make much money from its oil and gas reserves anymore, the Russian economy is basically doomed. ' Wishful thinking. Russia is pivoting its energy to China and India and Asia. That is where the economic growth is. Europe is shrinking. European companies like BASF are relocating to China. Europe, not Russia, is being de-industrialised. Get real !
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  9104. It looks like the west is advising Russia to go for diplomacy. Why are they doing this considering Ukraine is winning ? They told us Himars will be the game changer. Now they say Patriot batteries will save Ukraine.
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  9105. US President Joe Biden has given a speech in Poland in which he vowed Ukraine would "never be a victory for Russia”. He did not vow that Ukraine will have a victory over Russia. Even he knows that is not possible.
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  9106. A Danish F 16 trainer was killed in Ukraine.
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  9107. These useless countries like Poland blame Germany for creating dependence on Russia. But if Germany's economy tanks, then the whole of Europe's economy goes under. Countries like Poland who shout the most against Germany are in fact the EU's scroungers who depend on Germany to subsidise them.
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  9108.  @jakel8627  The Russian position is that the US and NATO are responsible for threatening Russia's security by NATO expansionism without regard to Russian objections. Now they are giving you a beating you will remember. Get it ?
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  9109. The war is not over yet, Russia has not used the nuclear strike yet. That is on the cards to force unconditional surrender. Ukraine is living dangerously, it is taunting Russia to use it.
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  9110. Was Poland involved in attacking Iraq? It is a dirty country, it deserves a beating from Russia.
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  9111. Ukraine was always a lost cause, and the US will walk away. The EU and the UK are useless. Russia has won.
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  9112. Why would you need Starmer to lead Europe ? Zelensky is leading Europe, the British think he is modern day Churchill.
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  9113. Poland's, Bulgaria's and the EU's reactions show that despite the pretence that they are unaffected and they have alternatives, that is not the case. They are going to feel the pinch but they do not know how to climb out of the hole they have dug for themselves with NATO expansion and Zelensky worship. Their false pride makes it unable for them to accept the reality that Russia wields both economic and military power. The west is accustomed to think only they have economic and military power. So the west will cut its nose to spite their face.
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  9114.  @nic7048  Ukraine as such is not a threat, it is the US that is a threat to Russia. The US planned to induct Ukraine into NATO to put its missiles there targeting Russia. You will recall Russia asked for a security guarantee, but the US refused. You tell me why the US refused. Then Russia took technical-military measures to make sure Ukraine will not join NATO and host US missiles. So don't be disingenuous and pretend you don't know western mendacity. When the Warsaw Pact was dissolved, why was NATO kept, and why did it expand to Russia's borders five times when Russia had protested ? US Sec. James Baker had promised that NATO would not move an inch to the east. The Russians were taken for a ride. Ukraine was the last straw. Russia had to take action before Ukraine was inducted, because afterwards, Article 5 would be invoked, and it would require Russia to fight a nuclear war to dislodge the US from Ukraine. Hence, the western narrative that it was an unprovoked attack on an innocent is deceptive humbug. It is better Russia fights a conventional war now and partitions or takes Ukraine, so a nuclear war is averted. Now it is clear to Ukranians and America that NATO entry will not be tolerated. Russia was pushed to fight, but once they fight, they don't back down, they will take any casualties needed to defeat their enemy.
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  9115.  @rmdomainer9042  Putin will fall or Zelensky will fall ? The dependent of the US will fall when the wind changes.
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  9116.  @TDMoore  'We (embarassingly) haven't even come close to our full potential. But if we do we can sustain armaments production at a high level indefinately. Russia cannot. Their economy is too small.' The reason you are not capable of winning is you are unwilling to die. Those unwilling to die cannot win a war. The Russians are ready to die for their country. They have always been patriotic.
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  9117.  @ChristyBermingham  Yes, bears are cute, till you mess with one.
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  9118.  @stream2watch  I thought in 2023, they took Bakhmut, now Avdeevka. Now they are after Chasov Yar.
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  9119. This joker Nielsen was telling us months ago that Ukraine was nailing the Russians in Kiev. Putin was humiliated, he said. He says Ukraine was not hoping to hold Kursk and they went in to just reduce Russia's resources. Did Ukraine suffer any casualties and loss of resources ? It was bound to the case that Russia will will evict Ukrainians from Kursk when the time was right. When defeated in Kursk, say it was not strategically important.
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  9120. It helps bring the war to a close quickly. One side needs to prevail instead of having a stalemate.
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  9121.  @Kokoda144  And as a result of the war, the Russians kicked off de-dollarisation, which will under cut US power and capacity to rob others of their resources, so it is not all win for the US as you pretend.
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  9122. Tensions Russia created ? US wanted to expand NATO to Ukraine and that was an aggressive gesture. The European vassals went along. Let us get the facts right.
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  9123. This fellow Clarke omits that the Russians strike from the air with drones and missiles. Only the collateral damage on apartments is reported in western media. The Russians have destroyed the power grid, they have already destroyed an ammo dump in Pavlograd which would have western weapons. This is the Russian preparation for the counter offensive. They are not just sitting back passively and waiting for the Ukranians to come. They have degraded the Ukranian air defences progressively, taking them out little by little, which then allows their planes freedom when the time comes. The tanks will be spotted and attacked from the air. Ukraine is not in a position to mount a counter offensive after losing Soledar and Bakhmut and taking heavy casualties, but their US handlers are pressing them to show a Return on Investment quickly.
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  9124. Estonians need to be careful and not be provocative, otherwise they are inviting a beating. They will be Ukrained. Discretion is the better part of valour. Ukranians believed America and now are stranded. Their independence is gone.
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  9125. See the western media's distortions : 'Russia tells Kherson citizens to flee'. Actually, Russia asked to evacuate citizens so the Russian army can concentrate its fire power and take on the Ukranian army if it attempts to take Kherson, without fearing collateral damage to citizens. They need a free hand to destroy the attackers. Russia is fighting a multi dimensional war successfully. In the economic warfare front, they have not only the Ukranians, but the Europeans by the scruff of the neck.
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  9126. They are analysing with crystal-clear mind only now because they cannot believe the likes of Hizb and Houthis can hit them,and they are scratching their heads on how to stop them. They have lost in Ukraine, and they are going to lose defending Israel.
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  9127. Ukrainians should learn from this : negotiate a peace deal with Russia, without US and UK. Like in Turkey. Close the US embassy and ask the Americans not to return - like Iran did.
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  9128. It will be fun to see German soldiers in Ukraine. They were the ones saying the Ukranians were failing in the counter offensive because they are not following the NATO rule book. So let the Germans go to the front line and show how the breaching operation should be done. The Germans will be killed and captured as in Stalingrad ! The Russians will open a gulag for them in Siberia and they would not return for more than10 years after the war (as was the case of German prisoners in the Soviet Union) !
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  9129. 'Zelenskyy offensive proved to be an epic unmitigated disaster.' It was not Zelensky's offensive, it was NATO's offensive. Zelensky is not a free man, he had to do as told by the money suppliers. They told him to attack the Zaphorhzhia front towards Crimea, that is Russia's weak link, do a blitzkrieg to Crimea. That was was the fantasy of NATO generals. They put time pressure on Zelensky's unprepared army. The Russians read the situation early and fortified themselves and waited - for Ukrainians to impale themselves. After destroying the Ukrainian army, they came forward slowly - not on the Zaphorizhia front but on the Bakhmut, Avdivka sector.
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  9130.  @willygunnerlewis5468  The US and NATO pushed Ukraine to try a blitzkrieg to Crimea - without airpower. That was not decided based on military calculations. The Ukrainians had to do it because the people supplying the money ordered it. The donors had to show positive results before the end of 2023, to justify the money expenditure to their public, and ask for more. It was a military failure, the Russians killed of the Ukrainian army, and it put Ukraine on the road to defeat.
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  9131.  @lauriepaterson9096  Tell us why (1) they did not make the ukranian airspace a no fly zone and (2) why you need a no fly zone when western media says Russians do not have any air dominance, and they are incompetent and have failed.
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  9132. Don't be dumb, Russia is not going to agree to a ceasefire for Ukraine to enter NATO. Russia went to war to stop NATO bases in Ukraine. What Zelensky is saying is 'put me into NATO, and I shall give up the lost land - but only temporarily'. It is a case of a loser dictating terms to the winner. He wants to have all the cake and eat it. He is not serious and Russia is never going to agree. There will be no ceasefire just because Trump does not want to give money. Russia will press ahead. The Russian terms now are stiffer than in Turkey : Ukraine has to cede the 5 oblasts AND has to be neutral and de-militarised. That is reasonable and to be expected. If Ukraine does not agree to neutrality, it will lose Odessa and Kiev as well, and the rump Ukraine will be bombed into a wasteland till the EU and NATO abandons it. The west is not in any position to reverse this outcome.
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  9133.  @oconnem1  Ukraine's sovereignty was based on neutrality and not joining any military alliance. Ukraine unilaterally reneged on the commitment to neutrality, it wanted to join an anti-Russian alliance and use the US to threaten Russia, hence its existence is terminated. Ukraine is not a victim, it should be held accountable for its treachery. Its Nazi style nationalism has cost nationhood.
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  9134. Ukraine will not exist in its current form to be in NATO. Russia will not allow what is left over to join NATO.
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  9135. All the European countries put together cannot match Russia. Ukraine has shown how useless NATO is. It is all mouth (Stoltenberg) and no trousers. None in NATO is willing to fight Russia as they don't want to get killed. The bulk of NATO is drawn from useless countries like Norway and Croatia. The two major European countries, France and Germany, know from their history the outcome of fighting Russia. So they don't want to fight. Britain talks like it is the leader of Europe (despite Brexit !), but it too is largely mouth and has no trousers; it acts big based on US support. The feeble Baltic countries on the other hand are living dangerously because they go out of their way to provoke Russia. They think they are useful to America. So they talk to Russia like they are superpowers ! Take an example of Baltic folly and their immature political acumen. Lithuania last year tried a rail blockade on Kaliningrad citing EU sanctions. Then a Russian politician said that Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. Lithuania's independence was given on the condition that it will give Russia rail access to Kaliningrad. If Lithuania flouted that unilaterally, Russia has the right to cancel Lithuania's independence. Russia would have seized the Baltics regardless of Article 370, by seizing the Suwalki corridor. Within 3 weeks, the EU and NATO prevailed on Lithuania to drop the blockade ! Russia would have attacked the Baltics, and the US was not willing to come and die for Europeans. Thanks to DW for letting the Russians know what the German and NATO plans for the Baltics ! The best defence for the Baltics is to cut down anti-Russian rhetoric, and not stage attempts to blockade Kaliningrad. If you misbehave Russia, you will be Ukrained and don't imagine the Americans will be willing to die for you. The rest of the Europeans put together will not be able to save you.
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  9136.  @George-2115  Ukraine has been a part of Russian history. Poland has some territorial designs on Poland. After Russia has taken its part, it won't be long before Poland asks for its share of Ukraine.
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  9137.  @George-2115  Russia is not going to dissolve itself to please the west. Why should it ? To defend oneself is not copying someone's mistakes. Russia is not going to allow the US to put bases in Ukraine to threaten it.
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  9138. Ukraine is pressurised by the US to make this suicidal counter attack, come what may. For the Americans, they want to know if there is return on their investment. If not, they would like to cut and run. Ukraine blundered when it allowed Biden's emissary BoJo to pressurise them to abandon the negotiations. But that is what happens when you take someone else's money and become their dependent, they will demand their pound of flesh. Putin had said very clearly that the Ukranians will find when they come back, the terms Russia sets will be stiffer than in 2022. Naturally.
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  9139. Poland was itching for a fight with Russia. But when 500 of those musicians arrived on the border and the Belarus President made a joke of them going on a tour to Warsaw, Poland is spooked. That is proof that Poland is all mouth and no trousers. Chicken are no match for the Bear !
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  9140. He is right, but he has been dumb. Why did he imagine NATO will come and fight a nuclear power ? He got carried away with his Russophobia, thinking it will get support of the Europeans and Americans. He did get their support in words and sympathy. He is foolish, and the Ukranians who followed him are as well.
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  9141. Yeah right, none of the 37 countries have the power, so what is the breakthrough ? Each one would be nuked if they try. Then there is no point making statements of what you cannot achieve. It is only a show of western helplessness.
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  9142. The western media and govts. are unable to face the reality about Ukraine's position because of false pride. They are self righteous and have to maintain face. The western public either supports and believes what their media say, or they are not bothered. They are suffering economic consequences but so far they have put up with it because they don't link their economic situation to their politicians' foreign policies. They will only do so if NATO sends troops to Ukraine and they get back body bags. Then people in the west will shout.
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  9143.  @fabriziopasquale7125  If they get caught, which govt. will take responsibility ?
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  9144.  @airis3333  China has supported Russia. It has more power than all the weight of Europe put together.
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  9145.  @airis3333  You asked which country said it is supporting Russia. I said 'China'. You retort, yes they are using Russia not supporting.That is your wishful interpretation, born out of loss of face. Russia and China are building a road for trade, that is going at high speed. It is win-win for both. Whereas the west backed a loser like Ukraine, and it is loss-loss in every way - militarily and economically. It has opened non-dollar trade which will undermine the dollar. With the end of American power, Europe will also fade. When the sun dies, the small satellites also die.
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  9146.  @fabriziopasquale7125 Whether Russia or LPR catch them, either way if they are not Ukranian army, they have no protection. No one can say anything if they are put in front of a firing squad. That will discourage further mercenaries. These volunteers pose a great risk as when they come back, they may bring a gun culture. All the arms given will flood into European societies and we shall have a situation like America.
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  9147. Your channel cannot accept the reality : that Russia defeated Ukraine and the west. You are raking up ideas from 3 years ago. Biden did not have the guts to put a no fly zone at the start. He is not going to do it with 4 weeks to go. Trump will be even more annoyed if Biden does this in the last weeks and cancel Ukraine. Anyhow, nowadays Russian planes do not have to fly over Ukrainian air space. They launch those killer Kinzhal and Fab missiles from Russian air space. Will the US go and shoot down Russian planes in Russian airspace. Then Russia will shoot down US planes and satellites as well. It is ready to fight a nuclear war. So don't make suggestions that are not implementable. Just get over it that NATO lost the war. Russia cannot be rolled out of Ukraine, and there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. The US has given up, so accept defeat and move on.
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  9148. The lady says 'And with Russia advancing on the battlefield (1:16)..... ' So western media now admits Russia is advancing.... earlier they were saying they are stalled. Zelensky did not visit Bakhmut, he visited a warehouse possibly near Bakhmut. Even Connolly says Bakhmut will have to be abandoned.....so even this propagandist knows the writing on the wall for Ukraine. Bakhmut is not militarily and strategically important. So why is Ukraine killing itself for it ?
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  9149. The supporters of NATO now claim that Sweden is going to make a big difference ! Apparently, it has game changers.
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  9150. What is stopping the west from supplying missiles for strikes into Russia ? The fear is that it will eventually force the Russians to use a nuclear strike on Ukraine. After the Storm Shadow missile strike on the Crimean beach which killed civilians, Russia gave the UK and US a warning, if such strikes continue, Russia would escalate to a nuclear strike on Ukraine, and if the the west wants to escalate further, then to a nuclear war with the west. Maybe a nuclear strike on Lvov next to the Polish border would be a demonstrator. It will surely freak out the Europeans. They may not go for a nuclear strike on Ukraine straight away. A non-nuclear escalation is also possible : they can equip the Houthis and others in the Gulf to take out US bases in the Middle East, and strike western shipping. The west knows that the rest of Donbass will go in the next 6 months, Ukraine cannot regain Donbass, and the Russians will eventually regain Kursk. What choices does the west then have ? The are looking for a way out with negotiations - they plan a second peace conference and they want to invite Russia ! But the question is also what choice does Russia have ? They are not going to give back Donbass. Putin had said after Ukraine walked out of the agreement reached in Turkey due to Boris Johnson's instigation, next time the Russian terms will be stiffer. Indeed, in any future negotiation, he said Ukraine has to accept the new reality - the borders of 2014, let alone 1991, will not return. Nor can Russia accept the western plan expressed by some to negotiate a frozen conflict and put the remainder of Ukraine into NATO. Russia cannot accept that - the war was fought to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine. Thus, the only option I see for Russia is to continue and take all of Ukraine. Western support will wane after the US elections - even if Harris wins. The US will divest and hand the problem to Europe. But there is opposition in Germany to fund Ukraine.
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  9151.  @cruise_missile8387  Odessa is for 2025. Sloviansk and Kramatorsk as well as Kharkov will be very good in 2024.
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  9152.  @cruise_missile8387  'But in a street by street gunbattle, we can handle your boys any day.' So why has the US not sent GIs to Ukraine ? I remember Putin saying that those who think they can defeat Russia should come to the battlefield and show it. Why did you not take up the challenge ? Cowardice perhaps ? Or Biden will lose the election if American body bags come back ?
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  9153.  @tonylarimer1326  But Ukraine lacks multiple air-defense systems, so your answer is hypothetical. The FABS are crushing the Ukro Nazis, and they can be fired in such numbers, some will get through. Get it ?
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  9154. It is Ukraine's choice. Bombardment could have been avoided if Ukraine accepted neutrality. It can still be ended on this condition. Otherwise, Russia will grind all of Ukraine into rubble.
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  9155. Among the Indians, Hindus have a deep inferiority complex. That comes out with Sunak as well. Churchill called Indians a beastly people with a beastly religion. If you have a religion like that, you are bound to have an inferiority complex.
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  9156. Zelensky has to put on a show to fight corruption as that was given by the US as the reason Ukraine cannot be let let into NATO. The real reason the US does not want Ukraine to enter is it will invoke Article 5, which would require US to send troops to Ukraine in which case the Russians will kill them. The US staging a coup in 2014 was corruption. Corruption enabled the US to get a foothold in Ukraine and control its politics. The sacked can now work for Russia.
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  9157. Even if it was friendly fire (unproved), the commander did not order to fire on that plane.
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  9158. Well done Colombia. Julius Malema of South Africa also said Israel is an apartheid state and should cut ties.
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  9159. Ukraine and NATO are defeated, what are you talking about ? This one is lost, the US has to bail out Israel and then it is off to war with China.
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  9160. NATO whose cowards ran away from Kabul 4 years ago ? You know that Russia has the missiles to take out all western cities in a blink of an eye with its hypersonics. And it has also tested missiles to take out western satellites.
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  9161.  @williamzk9083  The rejection of western hegemony disguised as the 'rules based international order' by the rest of the world burns deeply in your western soul. Russia, China, India, Brazil, Iran and Muslim countries reject it and that is causing burning. Here is the proof. In 2022, Boris Johnson said 'we must not let Putin win, as it would end the rules based international order' according to which the west sets the rules, and flouts them when convenient (as in Iraq). In 2024, Boris Johnson said that victory for Putin means end of western hegemony (that is the term he used). He was pleading with Trump not to allow a Russian victory. Clearly, from Boris Johnson 's words, 'rules based international order' means western hegemony. He knows what is at stake. You need to get real : Russia has created a new world order with BRICS, it has triggered de-dollarisation, and weakened NATO with a superior arsenal which the west cannot match. The west's main asset was its control of the financial system, and that is undergoing change too, and Russia and China are going to drive it. Ex Soviet states are irrelevant in the global importance of what Russia has done.
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  9162. According to western media, all were intercepted, and the damage is due to debris.
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  9163. We were led to believe Ukraine was winning, then why has the tone changed suddenly to pleading and bleating ? Even Ukraine's western handlers have lost confidence and are back to reciting vain utterances about war crimes. All it took was a dozen air strikes from Russia to remind Ukraine that misbehaviour against Russia does not pay.
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  9164. It will not be a problem for you till Russia puts its nuclear weapons against Finland. We know Finns joined the German Nazis laid siege to Leningrad. Just be careful, if you mess with the polar bear thinking you have American support, you will also be mauled like the Ukranians.
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  9165. Hey lady, don't be frantic and speak respectfully to your opponent, otherwise you ain't getting anyone back. I like the approach of the gentleman who said both sides should negotiate and get out of the cycle of violence.
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  9166. It speaks volumes for what Israel has done to Palestinians for years. Israel has been running an apartheid state, Jewish settlers kill and steal Palestinian land. So don't be selective. Israel cannot have a free lunch for ever.
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  9167. We want the uplifting news. Ukranian target is to get back Crimea first. The west is planning Marshall aid and reconstruction. Ukraine is entering the EU soon. Ukraine is on the way to lift the sea blockade. Game changing arms are arriving. A lot of things are going on.
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  9168. They are drowning in false pride. How can they admit defeat by Russia when they have been telling the world that NATO is the strongest, richest and technically advanced military alliance ?
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  9169.  @Pommy1957  Even after the next election, the next fellow, Starmer will depend on an alliance with the US. The Brits don't believe in being truly independent like China or India, or even Turkey. The Brits got alienated from the EU, and they only have the US. The Brits don't believe their national interest is independent foreign policy, they believe their national interest lies in an alliance - with the US instead of the EU. So you will get more of the same.
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  9170. 'Putin will bluff and bluff for ever.' What was Putin's bluff ? He said if Ukraine seeks NATO entrance and US tries to put bases there, Ukraine's independence will be cancelled. You thought he was bluffing. Putin did as he said he will do. Moreover, he has defeated the west and shown they were bluffing when the west said they will support Ukraine for however long it takes to defeat Russia.
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  9171. Congratulations to Russia for defeating the collective west ! Only Russia could do it.
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  9172. The title says Putin's comment is a vague threat. It is not vague, it is clear, and the west understands its meaning. The west wants to pretend it is vague, because it is blunt and the west cannot possibly counter. The west was foolish with reckless NATO expansion and it is reaping the fallout. However, its false pride and arrogance does not allow it to introspect and learn from its mistake, instead it is goaded into actions that make matters worse. If the west arms Ukraine, to try to make it win, Russia may settle it with a tactical nuclear weapon. Then will NATO dare to attack Russia ? I don't think so - because Putin has demonstrated the Sarmat missile and hypersonic delivery capability - which no one can boast of. The western press says the Sarmat can obliterate an area the size of Britain in a single strike. Hence, he will obliterate the US if it attacks Russia for dropping a tactical nuclear on Ukraine. No one in the west wants to die. Putin said it is not a boast, Sarmat will be used if the west attacks Russia,. When Putin says he will do something, he does it generally. So when he says the response will be lightning, he is referring to the hypersonic glide system that will deliver Sarmat. Objectively, the danger of a nuclear weapon use exists for the Ukraine, and not for the west. The west will only receive Sarmat if it attacks Russia when a tactical nuclear weapon is dropped on Ukraine. But then the west will not dare attack Russia precisely because Sarmat will be used.
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  9173.  @vigilante8374  In those circumstances, Russia will ensure Finland's provider, the US is taken out. All east coast and west cities will be obliterated by Russia's unstoppable hypersonic missiles. It goes pass any defence shield. The US is still working on hypersonic missiles. Two days ago, they had their second launch failure. Russia knows Finland is small fry, it has to take out the US. And they have the technology to do it. Contemplating this, the US will not give those things to Finland. Biden did not want to give long range howitzers to Ukraine as he does not dare drawing Russia into a direct fight. Americans are intrinsically cowards, when they know they will be beaten, they back off.
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  9174.  @victorwinner9469  If Finland messes with Russia, it will be finished. Why does Finland want to provoke Russia when Russia was not threatening it ? It looks like it has death wish like Ukraine and Lithuania.
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  9175.  @GBPDAYTRADER  If the Sarmat is launched at Finland or Sweden, you think the US will sacrifice its cities to fight a nuclear war with Russia ? Long back Kissinger said the US would not fight a nuclear war with USSR to save Germany and Europe. That is obvious. Ukraine was pushed to take a Russophobic stand by the US. The Ukranians foolishly thought the US will come into Ukraine and fight Russia. The US is doing everything to avoid a fight with Russia - as it will faces consequences it has never faced before. If I was Finn or Swedish, I would not trust NATO or the US. The rest of NATO does not have the fighting ability, and the US will back out for fear of a nuclear war.
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  9176.  @vigilante8374  So if American soldiers are so good, why did they rush to Kabul airport and catch the first flights ? They did not bother to tell their NATO allies so as to be able to get out on the first flights ! If that is not cowardice, what is ? If American soldiers are so good, they should have been sent to Ukraine. After all, America pushed Ukraine to fight Russia, to join NATO. But Biden did not have the guts. America's gun shooters would be good only at shooting school children in Texas.
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  9177.  @GBPDAYTRADER  'In a conventional war Nato has superiority over Russia.' What is your evidence ? Is this the NATO that ran away shambolically from Kabul 2 years ago avoid capture ? 'However if Russia launches a Sarmat or any nuclear attack against a Nato country there would be a nuclear response.' Not if you are counting in America. If Russia launches a Sarmat at Finland, America would think why should I have my cities destroyed in the same way ? Russia did not launch an unprovoked attack. Russia gave Ukraine freedom on the condition that it will give up nukes, it will not join a military alliance against Russia, and it would allow Russia to continue to use Sevastopol in the Crimea as a naval base for its Black Sea fleet. From 2008, America was pushing for Ukraine to enter Ukraine. Their motives (1) sell US arms and replace Soviet arms (2) place missiles in Ukraine threatening Russia and (3) get Ukraine to cancel the agreement on Sevastapol and bake it the base for the US Seventh Fleet. In a 2014, there was coup which was aided by the US (Victoria Nuland) and in which Russophobic Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion took part. Putin saw Sevastapol agreeent will be cancelled and Russia took action to take back Crimea immediately - that was an altert move. Ukraine's independence declaration had said it would be a neutral state. After 2014, the Ukro Nazis changed the constitution and said NATO entry is a target. Thereby they had unilaterally reneged the commitment Ukraine had given to Russia not to join any military action. Hence, Ukraine loses its right to be independent. Russia should take it back. During the Obama period, Biden, Victoria Nuland and such anti-Russian hawks were handling Ukraine. US and NATO troops were training Ukranians in bases near Lvov. Hence, with Biden in place, Russia decided to act on the remainder of Ukraine to quell any attempt to join NATO. Now that target is achieved. There is no way Ukraine will join NATO and the US also knows Russia will fight a nuclear war with USA if Ukraine is inducted in NATO. Russia had given all these countries freedom, it had shown goodwill. But NATO driven by the US took advantage and did not consider it reciprocal to give Russia security. Western attempts at NATO expansion in Georgia and Ukraine have soured the relations with Russia. Russia has said this is the reddest of red lines and they will fight, whatever the cost, be it nuclear. The west is now stuck in Ukraine. Russia has taken the industrial heartland, and the coastal areas and it is strangling the Ukranian economy, making it dependent on EU aid. The bit of UKraine not taken yet is hit from time, so reconstruction is not possible. There is no way the west or Ukraine can dislodge what Russia has annexed. That is gone for good. Ukraine does not have the firepower to roll back the Russians and the NATO that you claim is superior in conventional war does not have the courage to go into Ukraine and get massacred. Both Ukraine and the west have lost it.
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  9178. Global South is with Russia as it favours de-dollarisation and is tired of western duplicity. Why is G7 urging Russia to end war in Ukraine when it urged Ukraine to join NATO ? You cannot have it both ways. If the G7 believes in Ukraine should be in NATO, why does it not send troops to save them ?
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  9179.  @ОлегКлімович-д9п  Wrong. The Budapest Memorandum became null and void after the 2014 coup which brought Ukro Nazis to power who ganged up with the US against Russia by demanding NATO entry. It is only then that Russia took Crimea. Had it not done that, the US Seventh fleet would be sailing from Crimea, and it would have denied Russia access to the Black Sea. Ukraine played a dirty game and so its days as an independent country are over.
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  9180. People who say they are proud Hindus like Sunak and you have an inferiority complex. You were mocked and you will be mocked. No past PM of the UK feels compelled to say they are Christian.
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  9181.  @shaiaheyes2c41  It is despicable to launch personal attacks. Refute what I have written. You do not have the ability.
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  9182. The commentator slips in that Ukraine is regaining land. Where ? They have not even reached Russia's first defence line. Such a lie is slipped in deliberately. If the Ukranians ever gain an upper hand, they will receive a nuclear strike to force unconditional surrender. They do not need Wagner for that. Russia is not going to let Ukraine host NATO, that is the bottom line.
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  9183. Yes, India wanted to learn from Israel how to apply Nazi methods to run India. Indians imagined the Israelis were invincible super fighters, but the reality is opposite. Israel is not a model for anyone. Its policies lead it to live in a state of perpetual war.
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  9184. All Hindus should go back from Canada and the west to their Hindu nation where they can enjoy their supremacy and beat up Sikhs and non-Hindus.
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  9185. Zelensky is the comedian beggar who sold his country for US interests.
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  9186. The Ukranians seem to think joining the EU in 20 years or winning Eurovision will change the situation in Donbass. Losers look for some way of saying they are not losing.
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  9187.  @beebers99  The problem with Europe is that it is 35 nations, it will never be a super state, there are hidden animosities between members. Europeans fear Russia, some more than others. But all of them are willing subordinates of America, so America manipulates them. The Europeans are not truly sovereign. But they have a belief they are a cut above the rest of the world, and they have a sense of entitlement.
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  9188. And the US does not want to fight Russia because it knows what will happen to it.
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  9189. Russia is not going to negotiate as it is winning. Ukraine does not want to negotiate out of false pride. Only the west wants negotiations - as it is losing !
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  9190. 'Disappointed that Bell has failed to tell us that Ukraine is 'shaping the battlefield ' or 'fixing' the Russians... He said that weeks ago. Here he said it in a disguised way : Ukraine is trying to reclaim Bakhmut, Russians are reinforcing it, so they are withdrawing people from elsewhere ! It is his same spiel about 'fixing' the Russians... Earlier he had said that Bakhmut is of no military value.
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  9191. In the NATO summit in June 2023 in Vilnius, Zelensky went there and pleaded for immediate admission to NATO, and failing that, a road map for NATO entry. Biden refused both, point blank. Now, Blinken is saying Ukraine will join NATO. He can say that because he will not be in office and Ukraine will not exist. Why do the Europeans not cut out their sham of US led defence and make peace with Russia ?
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  9192. Then, why are the Ukranians and their handlers howling ?
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  9193. And the 'non-immigrants' of Britain will disappear to Australia to avoid facing a Sarmat missile.
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  9194.  @angelaomeara1866  Ursula looks and talks like a typical German Nazi. The Germans used a different kind of gas as a weapon !
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  9195.  @angrydoggy9170  The US plan is not just nuclear weapons and biolabs in Ukraine. Most of all it wants ports for the US Seventh Fleet in Ukraine, to shut out Russia from Sevastopol and the Black Sea. Russia cannot allow that.
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  9196.  @matthiasklopke161  Russia practised a lot of peace policy towards Germany - like allowing you to re-unite. That was a mistake. It is best Russia cut off the gas and de-industrialised Germany. Then your neo Nazis like AfD will come and create havoc in Ukraine.
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  9197.  @angrydoggy9170  What is your point ? US sponsored the 2014 coup, Victoria Nuland and John McCain was with the crowd and violent mobs and Ukro Nazis. Why were US govt. officials doing in the overthrow of the elected Ukranian govt. ? I said they were after more than missile bases and biolabs. They were after getting naval bases. That ain't going to happen. Russia has taken care that Ukraine will be reduced to rubble, and the US will have to fight a nuclear war if it wants to have a naval base in Ukraine.
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  9198.  @angrydoggy9170  On the biolab, I saw Victoria Nuland hesitate and fumble when asked about them in a Congerssional questioning. Guilt, perhaps ? If the US can do all the things you say and does not need even naval bases, why is the US pushing for Ukraine in NATO ? You live across the Atlantic, why do you go poking your nose into corners of the world and making enemies ? Your last sentence is contradictory. Naval bases would be of value, but then again you have such superiority why would you bother. Sly one ! Well, if you are so innocent and do not have ulterior motives, why did you not agree to give Russia a security guarantee with a peace treaty when they asked in Dec. 2021 ? It is proof of your innate wickedness. And why were Victoria Nuland and John McCain doing in Kiev distributing sweets to the crowds for staging a coup in 2014 ? Is it normal for politicians of a foreign country to influence elections in another country and have the people the foreigners favour installed ? Would it be alright for Russian politicians to come to DC and support the crowd assaulting the Capitol so Trump got elected ? So don't put on airs, you are a smug, duplicitous American liar. The best side effect of this war is that Russia and China are working to end the dollar's monopoly as the currency for international trade settlement. Once that goes, you will not be able to print dollars, live in debt and run your military machine, and talk in the conceited way you do. It will take time, but the direction is set, thanks to Russia.
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  9199.  @angrydoggy9170  Russia needs those naval bases and they are ready to fight a nuclear war. You also know that. So why don't you buzz off if the US has no interest ? You claim the US isn’t “pushing” for the Ukraine to join NATO . Why haven't you explained what Victoria Nuland and John McCain were doing in the crowds in the Maidan square in Kiev. Victoria Nuland was caught on tape discussing with a US official the candidate the US wanted as President in Ukraine. So don't put on this air of disinterest. If you don't want to make deals with Russia, then as Putin said Russia will go ahead with technical military action. Face the consequences - harm to your economy, eventual end of dollar hegemony. Russia took Crimea only after an anti-Russian govt. sponsored by the US took over in a coup. What is the US doing sponsoring coups ? It did the same in Iran in 1956, and in Chile, and in both cases, it assasinated the Presidents. The US record is diabolical.
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  9200.  @angrydoggy9170  You try sending troops to Ukraine and see what happens. The Ukranians were demanding a no-fly zone and troops. Next day, Putin said to NATO, 'you will face consequences you have not faced in your life'. Next day Biden said meekly that there will be no no-fly zone or US combat troops sent to Ukraine. Why ? If for a moment the US thought it could win, it would have put a no-fly zone or US combat troops to Ukraine. You ran away from Kabul in the most cowardly fashion, what makes you think you can fight Russia and win ? You need to check your uncouth and vulgar Americanisms like 'buddy'.
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  9201.  @andrewrourke9519  But you don't Nazis ruling Germany again, otherwise whole of Europe is in for disaster.
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  9202.  @angrydoggy9170  'First and foremost, I didn’t run from any fight ever. I had the pleasure of dealing with Russians from Kosovo, the Horn of Africa to Syria. Never had to run away, running away is the basic tactic for Russians. ' No point making such vain boasts that are not verifiable. Let us stick with facts. (1) the US negotiated with Taliban, ran to the airport without telling its allies so it could board the first flights before the Afghans shot them, and left all the equipment behind and (2) the US did not have the guts to put a no-fly zone or send troops to Ukraine after Putin said you will face consequences you have not faced before. These are verifiable facts, let us stick with them. If you would like to explain American cowardice over those two points, write. Your name is appropriate : an angry barking dog, with low intelligence but too much ego.
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  9203.  @andrewrourke9519  Thank you for your insight. I have misgivings about AfD as I have seen videos of them from earlier days where they had attitudes that smacked of Nazism. I don't know the latest, whether they have toned it down. Russia-Germany trade was a peaceful win-win situation for all including Europe. Obviously, the US does not want that. What would be the US's use if Europe bonds and trades with Russia ? Germany and the EU will at some stage have to say to the US 'Thank you for your earlier support, but enough is enough, we prefer to go our way without enmity to you'.
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  9204. Russia will not allow peacekeepers from NATO, certainly not the British. Because they can see the mentality of Boris.
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  9205. The Russians would not be there if Ukraine had remained with the neutrality it pledged in its declaration of independence. Now it has become a failed country.
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  9206. That would not work. Sir Putin invited those who think they can beat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in the west had the courage to go. Those who are afraid to die cannot win wars.
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  9207.  @inotoni6148  The boss is America and the Jews.
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  9208. Poor morale’ and ‘questionable training’ of Russian soldiers may help Ukraine win. Glad the propagandist said MAY (and not WILL) help Ukraine win ! Funny how the Russians with ‘poor morale’ and ‘questionable training’ drove out the Ukro Nazis from Bakhmut ! And the side with the poor morale has destroyed the power grid and other infra structure, and beaten back the Ukranian offensive and destroyed some Leopards. The west is desperate for saving its face as the counter offensive flounders. Some quarters in the US are saying it should send ATCAMS. If the Ukranians were doing well with the equipment sent, there will be no calls for other weapons.
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  9209. Why does DW say the interview was a joke ? The clip shown at the opening was discussing Nordstream. Carlson had stated the very next day after the explosion that it was done by the US with two clips of Biden and Victoria Nuland forecasting it. Putin and Carlson joked about it initially because they both agreed on who did it. But Putin had answered seriously afterwards. In these circumstances, he said the two questions are (1) who has a motive and (2) who has the capability to do it ? Putin left it down to the listener's intelligence. Only the US fits that bill. The US has made Europe dependent on its expensive LNG. DW has tried to discredit the interview by claiming that they were fooling around and joking. Has the DW interviewed US and German leaders and asked tough questions like who blew up Nordstream ? If not, don't criticise and say Tucker was soft.
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  9210. The western media cheers when Ukraine hits Crimea. Ukrainain civilians, military and politicians also cheer. Then the retribution comes, and they wail 'how could Russia do this to Ukranians ?' When the US went to Iraq, they destroyed all the power stations right at the start. Russia has been reluctant to do so, but Ukraine has been egged on to misbehave, so this coming. On one hand, they tell us Russia has run out of missiles. They tell us Ukraine shot down 44 of 50 missiles. At the same time, Ukraine has lost 40% of its power generation capacity. The conclusion according to this is that Russia is losing and is desperate. Western media is confused by their desperation to put a positive spin !
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  9211.  @edwardvalivonis23  The condition Lithuania would have got independence would have included free access for Russia to Kaliningrad. If Lithuania blocks access, Russia has the right to attack Lithuania.
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  9212. Zelensky said that Palestinians are the aggressors and Israel is the innocent defendant. The Ukranians will back any US and western position on Palestine, they have no morals. Ukranians deserve what they are getting.
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  9213. Will Ukraine surrender before Russia? Zelensky wants Russia to surrender. He says he will only talk to the next President of Russia. The western media have been proclaiming Ukraine is winning and Russia is having military setbacks, so how is Zelensky to know that Ukraine is not in a winning position ? The western public also believes what their media tells them, and they want Zelensky to fight on.
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  9214. What is the lack of clarity ? One needs to read between the lines. Biden is a lame duck President, who cannot authorise any action that will lead to US cities being incinerated. It is clear that Starmer is a vassal whose position is no better than Zelensky's. The US only wants Ukraine not to collapse before the elections. The British are nobody, so they resort to vain bravado against Russia.
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  9215.  @MasterCheeks-2552  American hegemony ensures global stability ? Like in Afghanistan, Iraq; now Ukraine and Europe. When de-dollarisation takes place, you will not be able to print dollars, live beyond your means and engage in wars.
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  9216.  @AaronC123-q9t  The US overthrows governments and implants governments that follow its diktats - Chile, Nicaragua, Iraq, Afghanistan, now Ukraine. It got away with all except Ukraine - where it did not reckon on Russian reaction. When the Russian reaction came, the US did not want to send troops, it gave some stones to the Ukranians and told them to get killed to save western civilisation.
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  9217.  @AaronC123-q9t  'well it had good reason to go into Afghanistan, they were hosting Al-Qaeda and bin Laden' And who created them ? It was the US. They were good guys to fight the Soviets, but bad guys when they decided to fight the US because it is the lynch pin of Israel, a racial state. 'And Iraq was about defending Kuwait and Israel from Saddam. ...' You skilfully skipped the second Iraq war which was built on lies about WMDs. 'I don't see what the United States does as a problem, we are much better off having them as top dog, they stand up for democracy and human rights as well as keeping dictators in check ' They are happy to work with every dictator in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Chile, Ukraine or wherever as long as they tow the US line. Ukraine is run with Nazi groups like Right Sector, Azov Batallion, Zelensky does not convene his own Parliament, he has shut down opposition parties and TV channels. 'They enjoy being the most powerful nation of course who wouldn't, but all their allies around the world are happy with the situation and enjoy US protection.' You obviously come from one of the vassal states of Europe that imagines it is a partner and ally of the US, and you enjoy its protection. But you must realise other countries like Russia, China, Iran, India etc. have self respect, and don't under any circumstance agree to be vassals of the US. You obviously don't have self respect, that is why you wrote what you did. But don't imagine Russia and China will agree to live under US protection. They have the capability to destroy every US city if push comes to shove. The US knows that. It is a cowardly nation, it will fight in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Nicaragua - but would not dare fight Russia or China. It will try to fight them with a proxy like Ukraine. If you are a vassal state of the US in Europe, and you think you can fight Russia, the danger for you is one day the US may withdraw because it cannot afford it, and then you will be left high and dry against Russia. Then you will get the beating of your life for your misbehaviour.
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  9218.  @AaronC123-q9t  The US created Al Qaeda and eventually the latter hit the US. It undermined the US over a long term. The US went and fought for 20 years against Taliban, and then handed over power back to them, and scrambled on planes to get out alive. The US dragged along NATO but when it came to flee, they did not tell the Europeans as they wanted to be on the first flight out. Shameless US. And even more shameless Europeans who are just vassals going out to die for someone else. The US was selling arms to Saddam at one stage to fight Iran. There are pictures of Rumsfeld with Saddam. They turned against Saddam when he started selling oil in Euros - which would undermine the dollar. There were no WMDs, the reason for the war was to stop selling oil in euros. Saudi Arabia has been subsidising the US since the 1970s by agreeing to sell oil ONLY in dollars. That allowed the US to print dollars, rack up debts, and run a miitary machine. However, that era is ending. Russia has triggered de-dollarisation. China has launched a gold backed yuan. Non-dollar trade settlements are going on between Iran, Russia, China, India. The Saudis are contemplating selling oil to China in yuan. The US cannot invade Russia, China, Iran or India to stop non-dollar trade. Even Saudis realise now the US is exhausted after 2 wars and is not in a position to invade Saudi to stop them selling oil in other currencies. And look at the vassal states of Europe. A vassal ally cannot be a partner. The vassals states now have to buy LNG from the US at 4x the price - and pay in dollars, instead of euros for Russian gas. The result is the euro lost 20% of its value. The Europeans have to obey and go and die for the US's war in Afghanistan. But the reverse is not true - the Americans are not going to come to Ukraine and die for Europeans. You are just dumb and you have no self respect. Whatever the governments of China ,Russia or Iran, they have self-respect as they are nobody's vassal. The US cannot use them for assisting its wicked projects, and they do not go and die on behalf of the US. If the US and its 'allies' messes with them, certainly Russia and China can incinerate all your cities, and there is nothing you can do to stop them. That is why the US does not dare send troops to Ukraine. They are shameless cowards, and Europeans are even worse.
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  9219.  @GassySmell  Your type has also written I am a Russian bot. Did the Russian propaganda machine outrage your dim intellect ? Judging from your inability to write a refutation, it is obviously better than the western propaganda machine.
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  9220. The learning point for Ukranians is 'don't think you can hide behind US support and indulge in Russophobia, and Nazism, and issue threats to Russia'. Russia will give you such a beating, Ukraine will cease to be a country. The US and its subordinates will watch safely from the side.
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  9221.  @TheTravellingAngler  Boring - but you invariably read what I write.
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  9222. Oh please cut out your crap about anti-semitism - it has become the cover for Jewish Nazism.
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  9223.  @shortrandomusername  Russia had to go to war to prevent being encircled. Why did the US seek NATO expansion when the Warsaw Pact was dissolved and James Baker told Gorbachov that NATO would not expand one inch to the east ?
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  9224. I agree they should select Lvov and carpet bomb it. One or two stray missiles will fall on Poland and the US will declare it is Ukrainian. Then if the Ukranians persist, select another city and bomb it the same way.
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  9225.  @dilipkumar1268  Russia keeps the west guessing.
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  9226. Everything Ukraine has was built by Soviet Union, which means a big contribution from Russia. Some Ukranians became Nazis, and most became Russophobes and backstabbers. Ukraine has become a failed country. They have to pay the price for this. Russia will take back parts of Ukraine and the remainder can be turned into an unviable rump state that needs EU money to survive.
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  9227.  @petraravn5421  Ukraine was given independence under the condition it will be neutral and will not join any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine reneged unilaterally on the written declaration of neutrality by seeking to join NATO, then it is perfectly legitimate for Russia to take back that country either partially or wholly, so as to extinguish the possibility of NATO using Ukraine to threaten Russia.
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  9228.  @petraravn5421  Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and before that part of Russia. It was given conditional independence. Ukraine violated international agreements by seeking to join an anti Russian military alliance. Therefore Ukraine's sovereignty should be terminated.
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  9229.  @petraravn5421  In the disbanding of the Soviet Union, Russia was THE key stakeholder. Ukraine's independence was conditional : give up nukes, join no military alliances against Russia, allow Russian Navy to use Sevastopol in the Crimea. These are written agreements. Ukraine returned the nukes, but reneged on the second condition, which would have led to reneging on the third condition also. Hence, it was bound to be the case that Russia will seek to terminate any Ukranian plan to allow America to threaten Russia through NATO. Further, Ukranians allowed the growth of Nazis. Thus, Ukraine has shown it is not capable of self rule. It has blown the chance for sovereignty that was given, and considering the gravity of what it has done in trying to get America to threaten Russia, Russia is going to take the stiffest action. Russia has all the cards, it will take the eastern industrial part, take the coastal ports, and make Ukraine landlocked. The rump Ukraine will need EU aid to live. The Ukranians imagine reconstruction can be done with Russian money frozen by the Americans and EU. But Russia will not give in so easily. Russia can keep the rump Ukraine disturbed with sporadic missile strikes so no one can come to invest. Ukraine also lives under the possibility of a tactical nuclear strike. Even the most stupid of them will know by now that the Americans will not go and fight a nuclear war with Russia to save Ukraine. The Ukranians also imagine someone will give them a security guarantee. Again, nothing is possible on this without Russian consent. The dilemma is the Ukranians want Americans to be part of the security guarantee, but Russia will not allow that as America created the mischief in Ukraine. Ukraine and its backers have weak cards, that is the reality.
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  9230.  @MKSense1  The US approach to Ukraine is also based on Return on Investment. They pushed Ukraine to make an ill prepared counter offensive in 2023, it was driven by timeline rather than assessment of possibility of success. Ukraine had to do it by mid year, or the US would have cut aid. The Russians waited and Ukraine's army got decimated, after that the Russians came out. Now to save Ukraine, $ 60 billion is being sent of which 50 billion is for US companies. At the end of the year, Ukraine will be stuck and will need more. Then the Return on Investment will be seen as poor, and money supply will be cut. This is what Ukraine does not understand. Or perhaps Ukrainians are starting to understand, as they are refusing to join the army. 'Many times they buy the competitions ideas or patents as they have more capital. ' They often buy out patents to block the competition rather than develop new products. 'Of course this can't go for ever as the resources are becoming scarce and you did the mistake to teach others to do the same as it happen with China .' US has 2% of the resources, but consume 20%. That can only be done by taking others resources by war. Hence, the US is engaged in plots to destabilise countries, regime change etc. It was not a mistake to 'teach China'. That was the natural outcome of US capitalism. The capitalist forever looks to maximise his profits, and cutting labour cost is essential. Thus the US capitalists went for off shoring. The US policy makers also saw it as a way to wean China off the Soviet Union and they encouraged it.
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  9231.  JoseAugusto-es8bu  Taliban are good fighters, but they do not have the technology. Russians have the technology and are good fighters.
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  9232. The same intelligence said Russia has no soldiers left, no officers, even no generals, no missiles, they are forced to use electronics from washing machines. And they never say how many Ukraine has lost - pilots, soldiers etc. That might upset the narrative. There is a concerted effort by western media to back their governments' follies - they project the justness of their support for Ukraine, and they need to say Ukraine is winning and Russia does not have the capacity, to keep their flock with them.
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  9233. 'After all, most governments now consider Russia a terror state.' Most govts. of the west, not the world. Don't lie.
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  9234. The title 'Ukraine admits shooting down first Russian ballistic missile...' itself sounds dodgy. It is like Ukraine did not do it, but its handlers forced it to say that it did it, so more Patriots can be sold. The record of Patriots is not good. The Saudis deployed them to protect Aramco's refineries, but the Houthis fired Iranian missiles that were not intercepted by the Patriots, and they set a refinery on fire. The Saudis were mad at the Patriots and the American swindlers.
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  9235. This joker Bell says Ukraine shot down hypersonic missiles - as if it is true. Where is the evidence ? The US media now say that the Himars are not as effective as they were at the start. It is not by Russia shooting them down, the US admitted it is due Russian electronic jamming. The Storm Shadow missiles will have some temporary effect but eventually the Russians will nullify them. Besides, there are not enough Storm Shadow missiles to change the course of the war. At the end of the day, Ukranian cities are burning. Western weapons are providing Ukraine with an edge ? Well the Russians took Soledar and Bakhmut with shovels according to British intelligence. Phase 0 - shape the enemy. They have been saying that for some time. But Russia is doing the same - shaping the Ukrainians, pressurising them on multiple fronts, so they cannot even start the offensive. The west is talking like Ukraine is going to launch something like the celebrated Red Army's Operation Bagration in which the German army groups were trying to block the Red Army's feared thrust for Berlin, along a 1000 km front. The Red Army could puncture the German lines and keep up the momentum because the Soviet Union produced the tanks, shells and rockets and had the manpower and the will power. The chance of the Bandera army breaking through the Russian lines over a 1000 km front and keeping the momentum with equipment and manpower to drive to Crimea, is zero. That is why they are saying the counter offensive may be a series of small attacks instead of an Operation Bagration.
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  9236.  @SvenErik_Lindstrom3  Do they teach in your school about Finnish collaboration with Nazis ?
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  9237.  @SvenErik_Lindstrom3  Did your school system teach you the relative importance of countries ? That Finland would rank near the bottom ?
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  9238. The way the Ukrainians misbehave, they are inviting Miss Hazel's visit to Kiev. The Ukrainians were foolish to agree to fight a proxy war for America. The situation now is the west does not have the money and the weapons to support Ukraine. The west does not have anything that can shoot down Hazel. The US is getting ready to abandon Ukraine. The Europeans and UK express outrage, and punch their fists in anger, but do not have the capacity to counter Russia. Therefore Ukraine has choice between going back to neutrality for peace, or losing more territory and nationhood. Neutrality is the only condition Russia will accept, which means no more NATO in Ukraine. Earlier Putin had said he had no objection to Ukraine joining the EU, but now that might have changed as well, as EU acts in line with NATO. It is clear the west wants to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. The Ukrainians need to think why they are committing suicide for the west.
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  9239.  @YellowGun114  The Soviet Union kicked Germany's head in, now the Germans do not know how to fight. If Russia is struggling in Ukraine, why is Zelensky begging for weapons to strike inside Russia, and why is Biden not allowing it ? It is because Biden knows Russia will incinerate US cities. Get it ?
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  9240. Talking about incompetence, it was incompetence to promise support 'for as long as it takes' from a system of government which changes every 4 years. Equally, the Ukrainians were silly to believe western support will be 'for as long as it takes' . It is not credible that Ukraine is going to be producing major arms in the midst of a war. Russia bombs power stations and factories. Tulsi Gabbard gave the only correct solution : neutrality for Ukraine. The war would have been averted if Ukraine had not cancelled in 2014 its commitment to neutrality in its independence pledge. Russia will never allow Ukraine in NATO and the US is not ready to fight Russia to get Ukraine into NATO. The Europeans cannot change that. Then what other solution is there ?
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  9241. It is happening in Germany again - the AfD.
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  9242. The western media is oscillating in its propaganda. Earlier, they were saying Bakhmut is fortified and impenenetrable. Then when it appeared possible that Russians will take it, they started saying Bakhmut is irrelevant and we can't understand why Russia is expending so much for it. Now the reality of Bakhmut falling cannot be put off, France TV decided to prepare its audience. The same with their propaganda about Russia running out of missiles. Their explanation now is Ukraine is shooting down 56 out of 60 missiles, but the remaining 4 do damage.
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  9243.  @hb1338 Only Ukranians can shorten the conflict - by staying out of NATO's machinations.
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  9244. The Putin bots are out because you are defeated.
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  9245. When you are defeated, you will see Putin bots as they will set the terms.
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  9246. Western industrial base mobilizes. What is the evidence ?
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  9247. I think Arab countries need to be careful of recruiting Indians, especially Hindus. In recent years, the Hindus have shown inclination to hate Arabs and support Israel. The current war has highlighted that. It is an extension of the Hindu supremacist ideology that the new generation of Hindus are inflicting on Muslim Indians. Indians should be vetted for visas. I don't think Sikhs, Muslims and Christians from India will create problems, but Hindus have changed. Incidents created by Hindus in Canada, Leicester, Australia show that Hindu nationalism will become a world problem.
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  9248. In the 2007 Munch Security Conference, Putin said NATO expansion will bring war. In Dec. 2021 as Russian troops amassed on the Ukrainian border, the west thought it was a bluff. But Putin has rendered Ukraine into a failed state, and the US knows it cannot get naval and missile bases in Ukraine. The west thought it could bring Russia to its knees with sanctions. But it did not work, and in fact the west shot itself in the foot - Germany got de-industrialised. At some stage Ukraine, will get warned of a nuclear strike. The west will believe it is a bluff - till it happens. After that, the west will realise it was not a bluff and it will not risk getting its own cities incinerated.
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  9249. He must be hating to admit Russia has the advantage and will be unstoppable.
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  9250. I thought your line was 'Ukraine should not be humiliated because it is now European'.
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  9251. Ukrainians were hoping to seize the Kursk nuclear power plant but they did not get anywhere near.
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  9252. No more rave parties, I bet.
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  9253. The false pride of the Anglo Saxons is driving the west to suicide.
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  9254. It will foster US arms business, Trump will be satisfied, but Europe will be impoverished, will it have the money to buy US arms ?
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  9255. You ungrateful Poles should remember it was the Red Army that liberated Auschwitz. You stir up Russophobia, you will pay like Ukraine is paying for its Russophobia.
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  9256. Russia junior partner of China ? Says a doormat of the US.
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  9257. What is the mood amongst Ukranians ? Last year, Cragg used to tell us about the Ukrainian resilience. Now he tells us the Ukranians feel the situation is grim.
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  9258.  @LouisBackover  No bearing ? Israel is paying the price for its intransigence in sabotaging Oslo accord in favour of blocking the creation of a Palestinian state by more land grabbing.
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  9259. The Ukrainian manpower crunch is because Russia killed them off in Bakhmut and in the ill fated counter offensive. Ukraine was not ready for counter offensive, they were pressed into it by the donors, to show results. Even with the new 61 billion, the donor will be breathing down the Ukrainian necks and asking them to find the recruits, drag them off the streets and show impossible results. Finally, it must have dawned on the Ukranians that they are fighting a proxy war for the US, they are being slaughtered to save western pride, and the US will just walk away after the elections when they see their return on investment is poor, and Ukraine is a drain on their finances.
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  9260. Ursula and the EU's political establishment are war mongers. So are the British - BoJo, Truss, Wallace. How has Brexit had any effect ? On this issue, EU's political leaders and Britain's are no different.
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  9261. The neocons are mostly Jews. Victoria Nuland, Blinken....
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  9262. And the same intelligence fellows were telling us for months that Russians have run out of missiles, and what they have has to use electronics from washing machines. The same geniuses tell us that more missiles are coming.
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  9263. Gas pump, atomic bomb and hypersonic missiles that can finish all European countries in the blink of an eye ! Being vassals in exchange for US protection does not help. Because the protector himself is afraid of Russia's atomic bomb and hypersonic missiles.
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  9264. The US has no type of weapons & missiles left to arm Ukraine. Your weapons have been burnt by the Russians. Ukraine is going to be defeated. That is why the US blocked Ukraine from entering NATO.
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  9265.  @JonTull-k3s  You have been saying economy is collapsing and rouble will be rubble since 2022. That is to comfort yourself. Russia stated the reason for the special military action : it was to prevent US bases in Ukraine threatening Russia. The US would react the same way if Canada or Mexico said they wish to host Russian bases. Russia's purpose was not conquer Ukraine. It was to stop Ukraine entering NATO. That has been achieved. Nobody will allow Ukraine to join NATO, least of all the US. So Russia's main objective is achieved. Conquest of Ukrainian land is collateral. Russia has taken the industrial and resource rich regions of Ukraine. That is punishment for Ukraine waging war against Russia with western assistance. Till Ukraine agrees to neutrality, there will be no let up. Get it ? Those are Russia's terms, and you cannot do anything about it.
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  9266. After such a debacle, IFF appears incompetent. It does not matter who leads it, Israel cannot win a prolonged two or three front war of attrition. It is casualty averse. The days of a 6 day war are over.
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  9267.  @panzerlite8108  Israel is a settler colony just like South Africa, that is why the west backs it. But eventually, it will go South Africa's way.
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  9268.  @sounakmallik4725  Genocide did not start on 7 Oct., it started in 1948 when Israel was created by terrorist groups like Hagannah, Stern Gang etc. who bombed the King David Hotel, killing British and others.
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  9269. They should cut a deal with Russia and leave out America.
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  9270. Unbelievable that the Europeans would commit economic suicide to please America. What is the reason ? Shared values with America ? Or miscalculation and false pride ?
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  9271. The host is realistic. Ukraine fought a proxy war for the US and the west and lost. It was its choice to fight a proxy war to save western civilisation. The US wants to bale out. The Europeans do not have the power. That is western civilisation. The Ukrainians have become the Afghanistan of Europe. The terms will be set by the winner.
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  9272.  @harryukraine  The US + NATO could not win in Afghanistan and Trump negotiated and abandoned to Taliban. So what makes you think NATO can make Ukraine win ? In the case of Russia, it is evident they are moving forwards in Donbass and Ukraine's last defences are on the line.
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  9273.  @Skippylani The war is not over yet, but because of that, matters will get worse for Ukraine. Russia will continue advancing in Donbass and then onto he Dneiper. Ukraine is not in a position to roll Russia back. Ukraine has severe manpower and morale crunch. A newly trained brigade trained in France deserted. The US was the main backer, Trump is going to cut support. The US position is Ukraine has to surrender land, accept it will not be in NATO, and at best have European 'peacekeepers'. The Russians won't even allow the latter. Are you unable to make conclusions ?
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  9274.  @harryukraine  ' It would be an easy win If Nato entered the war.' NATO will not enter the war because Russia will nuke them straight away. Get it, numskull ?
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  9275.  @harryukraine  ' The US attacked Afghanistan, not NATO' NATO went into Afghanistan, what are you talking about ? The US invoked Article 5 and dragged NATO along into Afghanistan. In fact, the only time Article 5 was invoked was for US interest. But when Trump negotiated an exit in Doha, the US had only met Taliban, and the rest of US's vassals in NATO were not invited. And when in Biden's term the US withdrew, the US troops got the first flights out and did not bother to tell all their vassals about the leaving date from Afghanistan ! Where have you been, ignorant numskull ?
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  9276. Even the rest of the western media are saying Ukraine has lost ground due to dwindling ammunition. The US is scrambling to supply some, but it is too little too late. But according to Times Radio, it is the reverse ! Why is it the British feel so desperate to peddle and believe in unreality ? Obviously it is the sense of defeat. Puncturing of self assumed superiority is intolerable.
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  9277. The American elites (shareholders of Lockheed, Monsanto, and politicians) have done well for themselves by doing for others like the Ukranians. They have actually messed up Ukranians, and Iraqis as well as ordinary Americans, but they have done well for themselves. That is what counts for them. They are voted into power, and afterwards you are supposed to mind your business, and give the politicians freedom to expand NATO because it benefits Lockheed, in which they have a personal interest.
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  9278. The non-west is cheering for Russia.
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  9279. 'Russia never said it was having any offensive! It's only the media!' Indeed, the western media say this, just to add that the Russian winter offensive failed. This is to avoid the feeling the west has failed ! The west finds Russia is unstoppable and that is humiliating for them, considering their claims that rouble will be rubble, and Russians have run out of missiles, and their troops are fighting with shovels, and deserting.
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  9280. Yes, and the nuclear fuel as to come from Niger, and Russia is part of the nuclear supply chain.
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  9281. Rutte is another idiot from an irrelevant country, just like Stoltenberg. So what if NK sent troops to Ukraine ? Who are you to complain about escalation when you have escalated with arms ? Rest assured, NATO won't sent troops to Ukraine. They don't have the courage to die.
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  9282.  @fritzraake22  The roubles work very well. The western media constantly speak of game changers - I learnt the term from them only. Ukraine is in a glorious position in 2024, and will be in an even better position in 2 months.
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  9283. Why does the west not send troops to Ukraine ? After all, they pushed Ukraine to fight Russia ?
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  9284.  @virajar9631  I am reporting what I read in Indian press some time back. China killed 20 Indians, picked them and threw them into the river in the Galwan valley. Your Hindu fascist coward Modi says nothing happened. How do you reconcile ? I see Indians and Indian media are running a hate campaign against China. That would not happen if China had not given India a bloody nose. The Indian in the video would not be talking about India giving China a bloody nose if India had not lost ground. You do not see the Chinese speaking the street language of thugs. Generally, the side that got a beating and knows it cannot fight behaves and speaks like this Indian on the video. He is saying, if they take any more land, we shall give them a bloody nose. He does not say we shall give them a bloody nose and take back Indian land. I would avoid putting that to the test, if you are weak. If Hindu fascists get carried away, China can give Indians more than a bloody nose. You just talk too much.
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  9285.  @maggiechan33  Modi is a mouse externally, but at home, Hindus believe he had made them a great power, only because he has beaten up non-Hindus. For Hindus, beating up minorities demonstrates their power, and that is why they staunchly defend Modi.
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  9286.  @radio9730  All of NATO is at a loss how to send the rampaging bear back to its land. NATO does not dare enter Ukraine, it says a safe distance and sends Ukraine some stones to throw at the bear. As a result, the bear munches more of Ukraine.
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  9287. Colourfully explained ! NATO is a like a big boy that gives a small boy (Ukraine) some stones to throw at the bear, and when the bear mauls the small boy, NATO cannot understand , it stays a safe distance and howls and sends some more stones.
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  9288. Looks like the Russian counter offensive has to started.
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  9289. The talk of an expeditionary forces to be sent to Ukraine has been around. British MP Tobias Elwood had talked about creating a 'coalition of the willing' acting outside NATO. Earlier, they thought US would be part of it. Now that even US's commitment to NATO is in doubt, it is left to British, French and Germany. But they don't have the resources, manpower or technology. In UK, a company called Reaction Engines that was supposedly spearheading a campaign to make hypersonic missiles by 2030 collapsed financially. Whereas Russia has used hypersonic missiles and they are virtually unstoppable. Patriots may knock 2% down if all 32 missiles are fired in a salvo, but it is on a hit and miss working mode.
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  9290. Odessa was built by the Russians. Catherine the Great. If Ukranians don't curb their Russophobia, it will be destroyed.
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  9291.  @cyclewisconsin105  Ukraine was attacked because it reneged on the understanding it gave Russia in 1992 about being a neutral state, as a condition for its independence. It stabbed Russia in the back, so the Ukraine of 1992 is not returning.
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  9292.  @susansmith9263  You do not have the intellect to even understand what you posed. 'In 1997 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership was an agreement between Ukraine and Russia recognizing the inviolability of existing borders and respect for territorial integrity and mutual commitment, not to use its territory to harm the security of each other.' Ukraine tried to use US and NATO to harm the security of Russia. All Russia asked was a security guarantee that the US will not put missile and naval bases to shut out Russia from the Black Sea. So in what you sent. Ukraine's culpability is stated - but you were not intelligent to understand. US and Ukraine conspired against Russia's security by seeking NATO entrance. That is against the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum. Russia accepted the US and the UK as partners to guarantee Ukraine's security. But it did not expect that US, UK and Ukraine will conspire against Russian security by seeking to put NATO bases in Ukraine. Merkel said Minsk was to prepare Ukraine to fight Russia. You are duplicitous and Russia cannot trust you. Get it ? Therefore Russia has no choice but to demolish Ukraine. A nuclear strike might be needed to force unconditional surrender. Russia will not allow US bases in Ukraine and it is ready to fight a nuclear war.
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  9293. The Ukranians should not mind losing Solidar, as the west has been telling us Soledar is useless and the Ukranians have attritioned the Russians. Russia withdrew from Kherson, and started hammering Solidar and Bakhmut. After that, the Ukranians' Kherson offensive ran out of steam, and they got massacred elsewhere. Next is Bakhmut. Just waiting to see the change in tone of Cragg and similar slimy reporters. After that Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
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  9294. DW asks 'Is Kramatorsk of any military value to Russia?' Let us say Kramatorsk is like Bakhmut, it is of no military value. DW should tell the Ukrainians to give it up and concentrate on their offensive. After all, the Americans had recommended Ukraine to give up Bakhmut and concentrate on the counter offensive.
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  9295. Good try by the Austrian Chancellor but really no use. When Russia demanded a security guarantee, that the US would not place missiles in Ukraine targeting it, then this Chancellor and other EU leaders should have stepped forward and given the assurance, and the war would not have started. Instead, all the EU leaders put on airs and said it was Ukraine's sole decision whether to join NATO, and NATO could not reject it. The pretended they were defending a lofty principle. Then the Russians took action to ensure Ukraine will not join NATO. Zelensky has now accepted that Ukraine will not join, and NATO also now knows putting US missiles in Ukraine is not possible. It would have been better if NATO had reached this conclusion before Ukraine got a beating. Now that the Russian operation has started, it cannot be called off, till Russia gets a clear upper hand. If Zelensky cannot be toppled, Russia can occupy the east, take the coastal ports and make Ukraine landlocked, and then agree to negotiate. As for western sanctions, the Austrian chancellor says there is no point beyond a certain point if it hurts us. And he said he is not isolated on this, Hungary and other countries feel the same way.
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  9296. When the Europeans learn to use their intellect, and not react against Russia in their knee jerk way, then they will realise that only America has the capability and desire for it. It severes any future link between Germany and Russia. If Russia wanted to squeeze Europe and Germany, they can just shut it down, they don't have to blow it up.
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  9297. Canada has been a willing vassal of the US just like the EU and UK. It might have thought it even had a special relationship with the US. But kinship knows no kinship when money is at stake. The reality has changed. The US is a declining power. The white majority is raging against the world at its loss of status and wealth. It feels others took advantage of the US, and it does not see the US arm twisted and invaded others to take their wealth. In this rage, foes and allies (vassals) are the same. Canada never had an independent or neutral stance. Take the Afghanistan or Ukraine war. Canada was more loyal than its master in fighting Russia, Muslim countries and serving Israel. Canada should not talk too much against the master, as it might get Ukrained. You will need Russia and China's assistance to survive. You will need to make discreet connections with the EU, Russia, China and BRICS.
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  9298. 'Europe has 470 million people and provides one third the defense funding of the US that has only 330 million people!' But you cannot take a decision that is united.
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  9299. He has promised $ 200 million to Farage's party.
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  9300. Ukraine : it will be a catastrophe for free world if you don't support us, we are fighting for you. We are meeting the milestones you set for us, we are preparing offensive to capture Kherson and even Crimea. EU diplomacy : Long term, we shall support Ukraine; short term, Russia please open Nordstream 2 just for this winter, till we find an alternative. US : print dollars, pump in weapons, otherwise NATO and US credibility will be gone for ever. Russia : keep quiet and do what it has to do.
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  9301. Polish and Romanians talk big, but none wants to go to Ukraine and die. Ukraine is losing the war, that is implicit in US statements that the arms are meant to strengthen Ukraine's negotiating hand. Basically, the Ukrainians messed up their country with their Russophobic nationalism and Nazism, and their belief that this would please NATO and EU enough to get membership.
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  9302.  @kingsleykester8167  Russians can come back for Kiev another time. They can take 20% now, blockade Ukraine's economy, and make them negotiate, and if the Ukranians continue to misbehave, they can raze Kiev over a period of time and come back. Zelensky has a big problem - he will be killed by the Ukro Nazis when he has to surrender land. US was in Afghanistan for 20 years, it dragged NATO countries (and non-NATO countries like Ukraine) into it, and put them in front so Americans did not die. After failing, the US negotiated with Taliban in Doha (without NATO), and ditched and ran without telling NATO. They left millions of dollars worth of new equipment which Taliban sold to China and Russia. That was only 2 years ago. Normally, when a ship sinks, the captain evacuates everyone and comes out last. In Kabul, the Americans evacuated first, and did not tell the rest, because they were so anxious not to get captured by Taliban. Shameless cowards ! That is why people have contempt for Americans. And chicken like you can fight Russia ? Vain bravado. You have to learn to make a hypersonic missile first.
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  9303.  @kingsleykester8167  You are still repeating your propaganda as the reality is hard to swallow. You are obviously burning. Zelensky himself has said Ukraine has lost 20% land. That 20% land is worth more than 20% as it is the industrial heartland and the coastal belt. Thereby Russia has a stranglehold on Ukraine's economy. There was tall western talk about escorting ships from Odessa. Where is that ? Now Kiev is under strike and more will come. Ukraine's goose is cooked. The weapons are being destroyed en-route. Don't waste your money on Nazis.
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  9304.  @kingsleykester8167  Looks like you are burning when faced with the reality. Russia has come back and cooked Ukraine's goose. And America cannot do much, it is too cowardly to send troops.
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  9305.  @kingsleykester8167  So why is the west not providing ukraine with heavy weapons ? Biden says only 50 km range, don't attack Russia. What is the cause for the fear ? Cowardice ? I guess he fears the US will be visited by Sarmat in a blink of an eye. Ukraine lost land in 2014, it has lost more, Russia has a stranglehold on Ukraine's economy. It is a failed state. So what are you talking about ? Ukranian Nazis surrendered in Azov stahl. Russia has the upper hand. Slow but sure. It can come back for Kiev. The polar bear has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, and it will not let it go. Gone out is the dream of joining NATO. Russia has delivered such a beating not only to Ukraine but to the west that you will remember for a long time not to mess with the bear. The west is helplessly running around to India, China, Arabs and Africans, but they all support Russia. Why are the doing that if they are winning ?
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  9306.  @kingsleykester8167  You are repeating yourself repeatedly ! It is clear you are burning because the inevitable is happening, and Russia has the upper hand. You argument is like saying the German Nazis scored some notable wins in the early days of the war against the Soviet Union. They reached Moscow and laid siege to Leningrad. The Red Army made mistakes earlier on, but recouped and slowly pushed back and delivered the killer punch in Berlin. What was the final outcome of the war ?
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  9307.  @kingsleykester8167  The West doesn't want to escalate the conflict because it does not have the guts or the ability. If for one moment the west thought it was stronger than Russia, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Russia has exposed the west as a paper tiger that can shout from the sidelines and make propaganda. Russia now has Ukraine by the scruff of the neck and it will not let go. Ukraine's industrial belt will go, and the control of the coastal areas allows blockade and strangling of Ukraine's economy. Russia does not have to move for Kiev now, they can wait. They just have to let this go on for sometime, and the west will have to supply endless money to keep Ukraine alive. The last income earner that Ukraine has is its wheat. The EU is desperately pleading to allow the grain out (they are pleading it is for the Africans, not for the Ukranians !). Russia has said 'yes, but only after you lift sanctions'. When you take the cost of refugees and the energy crisis, the west is in a weak position. It is paying for its arrogance in reckless NATO expansion.
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  9308.  @kingsleykester8167  You are repeating over and over things from 3 months ago. You need to understand the difference between a war and a battle. There are ups and downs in war, hence sinking a ship notwithstanding, Ukraine is in a losing position now. Russia has lost a ship, Ukraine has many cities pulverised, its GDP loss is 50%, and there is nothing the west (which encouraged Ukraine) can do to stop it. It is immature to think Ukraine is wiining. Kissinger recommended Ukraine to cede some land and save what they have left. Zelensky says 20% of Ukraine is lost, and he knows it is gone for good. He also says the Russians will come back for Kiev later. If needed, they will level Kiev and Lvov. Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy and the west has to pay to maintain Ukraine's daily expenses. Sooner or later, the west will find Ukraine unaffordable and will pressurise them to negotiate. Negotiate means it will be on Russian terms.
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  9309.  @kingsleykester8167  Pathetic wretch, according to your logic, the Soviet Union, US and UK should have been ashamed to hammer small Nazi Germany. Why were you not ashamed to hammer Afghanistan and Iraq ? In any case, Russia is hammering Ukraine and NATO - and they can do it.
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  9310.  @MrAntonBaton  'Ukraine will become a puppet state without a foreign army on its soil' Ukraine was already puppet state of the US after the 2014 coup, even without the US getting bases. Ukraine could not even go ahead with the peace process it agreed in Istanbul, because the US and UK over ruled. Ukraine is clearly unfit for self rule. If you had been neutral, you would have been free and still had Crimea. But you blew it, thinking you could threaten Russia using the US.
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  9311. @SnorriTheLlama The rest of the world has seen western duplicity in Afghanistan, Iraq invasion, support of Israel etc. That is why the rest support Russia as it breaks western hegemony for good. They can see the US was expanding NATO and threatening Russia.
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  9312.  @MrAntonBaton  Ukraine could have remained neutral and could have retained all including Crimea. Instead the US came and interfered in Ukraine with a coup, and tried to get bases, Russia put a stop to that, and now the US wants to withdraw and forget about Ukraine. Net result : Ukraine will not exist. Get it ?
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  9313.  @MasterBot98  Crimea would also have been Ukrainian if the Ukrainians had not gone along with the coup the US foisted on it. Foresight is better than hindsight. Ukrainians were short on foresight.
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  9314. This lady has no idea what NATO or the west can do. There can be no security in Europe without Russia's security. Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. Either it will be all taken by Russia, or there will be a land locked rump living off western aid. The Russians will not allow NATO and the US to set foot in Ukraine again. Europe has to change and engage its brain and realise the US is a predatory and undependable ally which has thrown Ukraine under the bus for the interests of Lockeed, and also locked Europe into buying LNG at 4x the price of Russian gas. Ukraine and Europe became willing proxies for the US to attack Russia, and so they have to pay the price. When will the US understand it cannot run an empire and use proxy states for war on others ?
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  9315. Trump is realistic. The allies are weaklings and he knows he can bend them. He knows he cannot fight Russia and China and they cannot be bent. Those two countries have the capacity to incinerate US cities.
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  9316. 'In this moment the best action we can take is to ensure that Russia suffers a decisive defeat in Ukraine.' The war is already for the west. So wise up. Russia is stronger than the US + its collection of 40 weakling states. That is the fact.
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  9317. Trump was on video expressing annoyance of Biden encouraging Ukraine to fire missiles into Russia. He said he was not consulted and it was done to undermine him. So he is not going to support more weapons to Ukraine.
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  9318. Generally, the people who bring on wars like Biden and Johnson are not going to admit responsibility even after failing. They will move on - to their next war. Look at Blair and Bush - they still say they liberated Iraqis.
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  9319. Another game changer like all the rest for restoring a failed state. It is time for Russia to fire the hypersonic Tsirkon missiles at Kiev and Lvov.
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  9320.  @samuelweir5985  Nothing will happen to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Ukraine does not have any missiles like Tsirkon. The US is not going to fire anything as it does not want to be exterminated in a missile war with Russia.
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  9321.  @samuelweir5985  'You really aren't prepared for what the Ukrainians might do if Russia crosses the moral line of using nukes, are you?' If a nuclear bomb is dropped on Kiev, I expect Ukraine will have to accept unconditional surrender. 'If Russia crosses that moral line, you and other Russians won't like what happens. That's all I have to say.' That is a feeble statement written in rage. It means 'I don't know what Ukranians and their handlers can do'.
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  9322.  @samuelweir5985  There is no point writing another feeble statement to defend a previous feeble statement. If Russia hit Kiev with a nuclear strike, there is nothing Ukraine can do. The NATO countries would not react as they don't want a nuclear war in which they too will be incinerated. However, it is unlikely Russia would need to use a nuke against Kiev. It can continue aerial attacks, destroy power and infrastructure and prevent reconstruction, and it has blockaded Ukraine's sea access. Kiev, Lvov etc. can also be destroyed over a period of time, and Ukraine can be turned into a wasteland.
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  9323. The useless Europeans and UK who sacrificed their interests for Americans whims will soon find the crutch they used to inflict their mischief on Russia is no longer with them. It is curtains for Ukrainians, who agreed to be pawns for a distant superpower. As for Ukraine's supporters in Europe, it is time to develop some independent thinking on America.
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  9324. Ukraine would then risk receiving a tactical nuclear weapon. No one will come to their aid.
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  9325. Obviously Bell feels miffed that a western tank was destroyed ! It can be seen on his face. He is forced to say all this crap because the outside world is laughing. Bell is still boasting about the tank crew surviving and he claims that the Challenger is not destroyed and the tank can be repaired. He says Russia has lost 2000 tanks, and Ukraine says it has only lost 6. Yeah right ! Why is the offensive crawling ?
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  9326. Jens is a useless Norwegian. The US puts such people as front men in NATO.
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  9327. Russia is stronger than 25 weaklings + 1 superpower. To bolster the latter, they are seeking support of another 2 weaklings.
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  9328.  @a3muller52  If what I say is complete nonsense, you would not have replied.
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  9329. @tayletubby5138 Look who is talking. UK and Europe are vassals of the US. Can you go against US ? Ukraine could have avoided all this if he had continued with neutrality. Putin said even during the war Russia is not opposed to Ukraine joining the EU as that is an economic union, but Russia will not allow NATO bases in Ukraine. Ukraine and the west have found out that Russia is strong and does not bluff.
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  9330.  @ГригорийСиницын-з3й  But today Poland is a gift of Stalin. Its borders were set by Stalin.
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  9331.  @idarpolden5913  US was provoking Russia by seeking missile and naval bases in Ukraine, to cut off Russia from the Black Sea. Ukraine is paying the price. If Sweden minds its business, Russia will not bother it. But Sweden. like Finland, is seized by a death wish.
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  9332.  @Bakes-z4c  Who is winning now ? Who has 38 trillion debt, pays a quarter of govt. taxes on interest payments, and is now facing de-dollarisation ? Who has a nation whose President says he is going to Make America Great Again. That means America is no longer great. Things move on, fortunes reverse.
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  9333.  @john_smith_john  The one begging for freezing the conflict and negotiations is the west, not Russia. So who is losing ?
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  9334.  @paolopetrozzi2213  So why is Trump asking for negotiations to end the war if 'One group is more powerful than 95% of the countries on this planet.' ?
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  9335. Russia would not waste a precision missile on a low value civilian target when it is vital to destroy western arms caches and Ukrainian and NATO fighters. The arrest of a person on allegation of tipping the Russians off also does not suggest this was more than a civilian target. If Russia wanted to hit any civilian target, there are plenty around, and it does not require to engage a spy to identify it. Sure, some civilians were killed, that is collateral damage. The western and Ukranian media are never going to say that NATO personnel were killed. The US had tried to take advantage or perhaps even instigated the failed mutiny. Russia had warned from now on command centres would be attacked even if it killed NATO personnel.
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  9336. So why has not strong NATO sent troops to Ukraine ? After Macron suggested the possibility of sending troops, all the major players in NATO denounced Macron. Why ?
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  9337.  @rhino015  In other words, entry of Sweden and Finland makes no difference to Ukraine. Nobody wants to fight Russia directly.
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  9338.  @icu17siberia  Russia is dependent on China ? It is sour grapes born out of frustration. You are dependent on China, and there is nothing you can do to stop them. It is you goes round saying China is a threat to the west.
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  9339. Iran and Arabs need to work on military and trade cooperation with Russia and China. Iran understands this. The Arabs do not. But it is a matter of time. The west is committed to Israel as it is their colonial project.
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  9340. Germany's economy is screwed by following US diktats on sanctions on Russia. Germany is is in position to fight Russia alone or with NATO. Russia has skewered NATO and its proxy.
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  9341. It was the Red Army that reached Berlin, not the Brits and Americans. That of course causes you burning. Putin invited all those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. The west kept quiet and did not take up the challenge. Why ? Cowardice.' If for one moment you thought you could win, you would not be compiling such a list, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. There is a difference between a paper tiger and a real bear. Get it ?
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  9342. Harper recently said that Canada and the whole western civilisation has been undermined by the left wing - as if the people in the US who want to absorb Canada is the left wing ! The left wing that Harper was railing against would include Prof. Wolf, Sachs, Chomsky etc. According to him, such people are rife in US academia and they have undermined American self belief. Harper is not furious with the gross inequality, and the wars for profit, he is angry with the left because it alone explains these things. What Harper, Trump, Musk want is that no should point out where gross inequality leads, or explain the power structure that these demagogues and oligarchs want people to accept as good for the nation.
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  9343. They are hoping to send lower value humans like the Poles to Ukraine.
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  9344. Last year, the Europeans held conferences to rebuild Ukraine - as if the Russians would let Europeans set foot inside Ukraine. This 54 billion euros is over 4 years, about 13.5 billion euros per year - which is not much. Russia has successfully made Ukraine into a wasteland requiring endless EU handouts.
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  9345. Zelensky will have a long fruitful life if he takes asylum in the US. The alternative is to stay and get killed.
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  9346.  @jimbanda  80% Ukraine is untouched, is that true ? It is not captured, but it is not entirely safe either. Ukranian people may never abandon Zelensky even if he is a dictator. The German people did not abandon Hitler to the bitter end - they had nowhere else to go. Once a leader chooses a suicidal path, and his people get killed, they cling to him, because they see their killer as the enemy, and not their own leader who sent them on the suicidal path. The way things are going, the countries financing his war to get hold of Ukrainian natural resources will end up with nothing, because Russia will not allow them. The same countries tried getting oil from Iraq, but they did not succeed too much. The same countries got nothing from Afghanistan although it is rich in lithium deposits.
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  9347. As far as I know, Biden denied Starmer the permission to launch Storm Shadows into Russia. Biden cannot take such a decision in his lame duck period.
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  9348. I did not know that Trump browsed Mein Kampf. No wonder phrases from Hitlerism creep in.
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  9349.  @herbb8547  Ukraine wanted to use NATO to put American missiles to threaten Russia. Russia pulled the trigger and stopped that. Now Ukraine has given up on NATO entrance, and so has NATO. Now Ukraine is going to face more destruction. It was pleading for negotiations and security guarantees but Russia is not in the mood to stop till it takes the eastern part and the Black Sea coast.
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  9350. Touch Crimea and Ukranians will get a nuclear strike.
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  9351. Ukraine is the Afghanistan of Europe. The dumb Ukrainians thought they had shared values with Europe and the US, and they were a partner.
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  9352. Zelensky says the situation is 'difficult but under control'. The reporter says Ukrainians say this when they are losing land. The Ukrainian lady has another euphemism : the situation in Sumy and Kharkhov is very heavy ! Putin is the most clear minded, he is calm and resolute. He expressed Ukraine and the west's conditions for peace (give back Crimea) are based on wishes, and not conditions of the battlefield !
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  9353.  @danielgreen1124  You a Jew ? Don't put on airs about IDF. They are no better than Nazis SS. Hijab nailed Piers right from the start. Hijab asked Piers why he said Hijab was controversial. 'Because you are controversial' Piers said. 'So are you' shot back Hijab. 'So is the Israeli ambassador'. In fact, Hijab was questioning Piers most of the time and Piers was on the defensive ! Hijab gave the killer blow 'Why are you stuttering ?' Piers said meekly 'I am not stuttering'. Piers looked pathetic.
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  9354.  @TrrrashBoat  'Piers never backed down. He admitted that him and both of his previous guests were also controversial. Hijab childishly told him how he’d like to be introduced which Piers complied with to move the interview along.' Why are you trying to defend Piers wickedness ? The point Hijab made was why Piers introduced him as controversial. There was a definite reason - to prejudice the listener right at the beginning that Hijab was some kind of Islamic extremist. 'He admitted that him and both of his previous guests were also controversial.' He admitted only when Hijab seized him by the throat. That was backing down. So you are contradicting yourself. Hijab mentioned that he should be introduced as an Oxford scholar only in jest - to put Piers down, to tell Piers he is an uneducated scumbag. Normally, Hijab would not do that. The question now for you is why Piers introduced Hijab as controversial ? Would be introduce Dan Shapiro as controversial ? He is downright wicked. 'Hamas already started the war crimes by putting military targets in specific areas that could/would harm civilians and the water wouldn’t even be an issue if Hamas didn’t take the foreign aid they received in the form of new pipes for proper water and sewage and cut them up to make rockets to shoot at Israel' Hamas was supported by Netanyahu in a bid to create an alternative to PLA in the West Bank. Ex PM Ehud Olmert says this in an interview with Tim Sebastian. Educate yourself before you debate with Hijab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uar3I_LUSyM 'The IRA comparison came AFTER Piers asked Hijab about how he would expect Israel to defend itself when Hamas places its civilians in direct harm with their HQ in hospitals and weapon caches in mosques and schools to which Hijab completely disregarded and never answered. ' How Hamas fights is irrelevant. The most relevant question that Piers avoids even with Israelis is why is Israel an apartheid state, why it has turned Gaza into a concentration camp, why it used collective punishment. Those are the war crimes of Israel. He does not have the guts or moral integrity to ask that. As long as Israel is an occupier, the occupier has the right to fight back. There is no point asking afterwards how Israel should fight back when hit. A rapist is attacking a victim; the victim fights back and injures the rapist; and you want to know how the rapist should fight back. This is the level of Piers and your mentality.
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  9355.  @danielgreen1124  Israel is an apartheid state with a Nazi concept of religio/racist supremacy. The whole basis of a religion based on racial exclusivity combined with racial supremacy should be debated. Judaism is unfit for the modern world. Wherever the Jews have lived, they are at odds with the host. They are problem for everyone including themselves. Earlier, I used to think a two state solution was the way. But I see that is not possible. The Jews' greed is insatiable, he wants Gaza and the West Bank and ethnically cleanse the Palestinians. Eradication of Israel has to be the long term solution. Make its life so impossible that the Jews themselves go back to Europe.
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  9356. The ambassador is a typical western liar trying to cover up for defeat of the west by Russia, and the interviewer is a typical western journalist feeding soft questions that don't rock the western narrative. If NATO does not have the ammo as the ambassador admits, how can Ukraine win as he claims ? The interviewer asks if US and Germany are on the cautious side. They are on the cautious side because they know Ukraine is defeated. They don't want to send their troops as they know the Russians will kill them But they have to say there is a roadmap for Ukraine after it wins the war ! It is easier for Ukraine to enter Russia than NATO.
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  9357. It is dumb but they west ties to put a positive spin on its losing position - like Ukraine has isolated Russia by cutting off Russia's money supply, and Russia is going to lose any time soon !
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  9358.  @stephenhill545  Why is Times Radio fantasizing about defeating Russia then ? They issue 3 videos a day against Russia with 'British experts'. Russia is a world power, you are a once upon a time power, a doormat of the US, that is the cause of your burning resentment.
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  9359.  @YUDNSAY  'I think you would find that their is a lot of resentment in the UK toward the US,' I do not see that after watching Times Radio, BBC, and hearing British politicians (except candid ones like Galloway). Britain has been very happy with the role as the favoured doormat of the US, in which role it has a perverse pride and it feels it is one up on Europe !
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  9360.  @varun2250  Tamils tell me there are black Brahmins and they are even more poisonous. Why don't you ask a Tamil ?
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  9361.  @santosh911  Vivek and you want to say there is no racism in the US like there is no caste system in India. Except black people get shot by a white and they say he had mental health, and untouchables get burnt and raped in India, and they say they are not the only ones who are violated.
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  9362.  @dobsr1184  The discussion is about Ramasamy's duplicitous comment that racism is a manufactured problem in the US. In that context, his dubious and deceitful business practices show he is not a paragon of ethics he projects himself to be. Hence, that is valid to raise, it is within the topic. When a white nationalist shoots 3 black people saying he hates blacks, Ramasamy says we should solve America's mental health problem. Brahmins of his ilk also say caste is not a problem in India, people protesting about caste are the problem.
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  9363. Ukrainians are keeping up their spirits ! Thanks to Russia.
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  9364. Netherlands, Estonia, Denmark etc. should send their chocolate soldiers to Ukraine and see how long they last.
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  9365.  @Haggerty3030  You forgot Trump, the self acclaimed genius.
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  9366. 'we would never have got into this position!' I presume the position you are in is 'defeated'. You wish that was not the case, and you think if Churchill was alive, you would win. But Churchill went to Moscow to seek Stalin's help. But you have Boris Johnson and he thinks Zelensky is Churchill.
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  9367.  @peaceb4  If you don't feel defeated, why would you write 'If the brave men and women who survived WW2 still held positions of power and influence we would never have got into this position' ? You know your present position is unsustainable and untenable.When caught out, deny out of false pride.
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  9368. Russia is not going to accept proposals like freezing the conflict so that Ukraine can rearm and join NATO in 10 years. Russia went to war to stop US bases in Ukraine. And Merkel said Minsk 2 was to buy time to arm the Ukraine; so there will be no ceasefire and Minsk type agreement. Putin had said in the Tucker interview that 'Russia is not going to negotiate just because you ran out of weapons'. The US and UK had told Ukraine to stop the peace settlement negotiated in Istanbul in 2021. Now why does the US want negotiations ? At that time, Putin had remarked that next time, the negotiations will be on Russian terms, and they will be stiffer. Which is the situation now. Russia is not going to listen to Trump or anyone else. Trump can escalate if he wants. What does he have to escalate with ? He does not have enough Patriots and in any case they could not stop the hypersonics which destroyed Ukraine's power grid. Ukraine does not have the manpower, its army has been killed off. Trump was elected to solve domestic problems and not to get bogged down in Ukraine. If he gives more arms to Ukraine, Russia can and will escalate - Ukraine will eventually get struck with Oreshniks. With the Oreshniks, Russia has escalatory dominance. Negotiations are non-starters. Russia must carry on. Ukraine is set to lose more in 2025. Once the last defensive structures in Donbass are overcome, there is nothing to stop Russia advancing to the Dnieper. Then the Russians can eye Odessa. And the process to clear out the Ukrainians from Kursk is underway. The war is lost for the west. Losers cannot dictate the terms. Any negotiations will be on Russian terms.
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  9369. Now people should realise why Ukraine and its handlers are going to fail.
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  9370. The Palestinains are not responsible for 'all people attacking Jews throughout history'. The Europeans massacred the Jews. So if they feel guilt, give the Jews a portion of Germany or England. If all people attacked the Jews, then I would conclude the Jews are troublesome for all people, and so they should do some introspection.
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  9371. You are burning with jealousy because BRICS and the rest ignored your sanctions and traded with Russia. Your sanctions were ignored, and Europe committed economic suicide. Europe is buying Russian oil through India at a higher price ! The rest of the world ignored your ICC order and went to Kazan and met Putin. And they plan to start trading between themselves without the dollar. They have set up a bank for financing infrastructure projects. They understand the need for reforming the financial institutions, they are working on creating an alternative to SWIFT etc. Necessity is the mother of change. All of them understand the necessity of an alternative to western control. They know using the dollar or euro means western thieves can blackmail and seize their assets.
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  9372. Earlier, there was a phase where Ukraine retrieved land near Kharkov and it managed to shell the Kerch bridge. Russia pulled out of Kherson. The west was feeling upbeat. Then Russia retaliated in a big way and kept Ukraine mending its power grid. Ukraine has been on the backfoot ever since facing missile and drone attacks. The reporter says the front lines have not budged. But the western narrative is changing. The western media is saying Bakhmut is unimportant. The US is advising the Ukranian army to get out of Bakhmut. These are sure signs Russia will take Bakhmut. And then the front will definitely move. The war in the east and south is lost for Ukraine. Now tanks and Himars will not make any difference to the outcome once Bakhmut falls.
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  9373.  @skylark8828  Infiltrated by who ? Russians are a patriotic people which someone from the west cannot understand.
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  9374. Earlier, the Americans said Putin is Hitler and they want a Nuremberg trial. Now, the war with Russia is lost, so they pretend 'we always knew the Russians are like us and we can get on with them', but Xi Ji Ping is different, he is Mussolini ! Sayers should not invite people who say about another sovereign nation's leader 'kill the bastard'. Do you hear the Chinese say that about Biden or anyone else ? How many countries has China invaded compared with the US ? When you listen to such Americans, you realise how unhinged they are by China's rise. China is outcompeting the US in manufacturing and technology, in military strength, in diplomatic relations with ME, Africa, Russia, Latin America. Their currency is a challenger to the dollar. China is unstoppable. This interviewer's American desperation and frustration shows in his concluding rant about Xi ''kill the bastard'. He even complains about the Chinese people for not doing America's dirty work and assassinating Xi ! Your channel should be sued for allowing such hate speech.
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  9375.  @Suspectlid  'Except accept full rail inspections and no stopping until reaching Kaliningrad.' There are no rail inspections. Lithuania tried a rail blockade of Kaliningrad but was forced to climb down when a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence needs to be reviewed. Russia would have seized the narrow Suwalki corridor and cut off the Baltics and NATO would have looked the other way. The Baltic Sea is a NATO lake ? You mean to say Russian ships will not be allowed to use it ? You will get your heads kicked in.
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  9376. Germany was not invited to the negotiating table in Potsdam. It had to surrender unconditionally. The future national borders in Europe were decided by Stalin, Churchill/Atlee and Truman. Due to the Red Army's legendary role in the defeat of Nazi Germany, Stalin had to be given the major say, and the rest had to acquiesce. East Prussia was the home of the Junkers and the hot bed of German militarism. Stalin hated the Junker class, and wanted that area under Soviet control. It is entirely understandable.
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  9377. To understand Ramasamy, you need to know he belongs to the devious Brahmin caste of India. The Brahmins invented the caste system that enslaved the majority of Indians. In India, the Brahmins argue the caste system should not be politicised, and there should be no affirmative action to support the victims of the caste system. The Brahmins in India also argue that by talking about the caste system, it keeps the caste system alive. In India, recently a high caste Hindu police guard shot two Muslims in a train dead just because they appeared obviously Muslim. The guard declared his hatred of Muslims will committing the act. But the upper caste Hindus in India said it was a mental health issue, and not due to the Hindu supremacist teaching drummed into Hindus in Modi's India. One should not link the Hindu to his Hindu supremacist ideology as this would inflame sectarian Hindu-Muslim divide. The Muslims are supposed to keep quiet to avoid Hindu racism increasing. Ramasamy is using the same argument here. On one hand, he swears he is against race crimes, he claims he is race blind, but because of that, he thinks race motivation of others should not be examined even when the killer declared his motivation for the crime was race. Americans need to learn what Brahmins are and the damage they have done to India, and beware falling for Ramasamy.
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  9378. Not really - does she have the guts to say UK needs to negotiate with Russia. Take it from me, the UK is falling into a pit of economic decline, and it does not have a solution with Tory or Labour, unless they accept they have to negotiate with Russia.
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  9379.  @GF_MF  It is not Russia, but it is not the single market and customs union either that has landed the EU and UK in this mess. It is the US, which through NATO controls EU and the UK. Both EU and UK have mentally accepted to be subordinates of the US. NATO expansion is driven by the US for the benefit of Lockheed et alia. and as suboridnates, EU and UK have to go along. The US's help to Europe after WW 2 has made Europeans timid and they bow to the US. It is like the US has a blank cheque to control Europe permanently due to the help they gave 70 years ago. In the case of the UK, it believes that the US will make it a special beneficiary, over and above the Europeans. Hence, the UK regards the Europeans as a hindrance - although 40% of the UK's trade was with the EU, and loss in that trade has not been plugged by an alternative. By analogy, the UK and EU look down on Russia, although 60-70% of their energy comes from Russia. Putting sanctions has not allowed them to find an alternative to plug the gap. Till the EU - and the UK also - develops independent thinking, and says they will decide who their friends are and who they will trade with (regardless of what Americans think), the Europeans and British have to jump over the cliff like lemmings because the US thinks that is needed. This crisis has shown countries like India, China, Iran etc. do not follow anyone's order except their own. That is true sovereignty. The Europeans and British are only partially sovereign.
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  9380. It has gone from 'let us not humiliate Russia' to what can we do to stop Russia from humiliating us.
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  9381. Ukranians are a rude and ungrateful bunch. Ukraine was given 98% of what it needs by NATO and it still wants more. The west is unable to give it. They just don't have enough artillery and consumables, and in any battle of attrition, Russia will win. The whole idea of the Ukranian counter offensive was to breach the Russian line and do a swift blitzkrieg. After 3 months it is clear, it is impossible. And the high Ukranian casualties and lack of ammunition means defeat is inevitable. Ukraine should ditch NATO and negotiate with Russia - before NATO ditches Ukraine and negotiates with Russia.
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  9382.  @steveprocter6241  The US was deluded into thinking it could put bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia, and the Russians would not stop it. You thought your weapons would enable Ukraine to win and you thought that financial sanctions will make Russia fold. Those were delusions. Now your proxy is trying to stave off defeat, and the US has surrendered to Russia's wish and declared Ukraine cannot be in NATO. The US now understands it cannot get bases. Russia is also ending the US imperial game by promoting de-dollarisation. The US used its military power to force Arab nations to sell oil in dollars ONLY. It could print dollars and live in debt. As Putin said, the US was extracting a tribute from the rest of the world, like all imperial powers. But Russia has started the end of dollar hegemony. In fact, that is more significant than the Ukraine war and Ukraine's borders. The US has been living an imperialist life bringing regime change to put governments subservient to it by invading them (Iraq, Afghanistan), threatening them (Pakistan), assassinating leaders (Iran, Chile...) or though financing coups (Ukraine, etc.). But in Ukraine, it got a blow back it did not anticipate. As for fascists, Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Battalion took part in Ukraine's coup. They wear Nazi tattoos. US politicians like tThe Jewess Victoria Nuland and John McCain were handing out biscuits to the crowd in which these Nazi groups took part. So what are you talking about ? Shameless person. Russia has said one of the targets of its special military operation is de-Nazification of Ukraine. The Red Army de-Nazified Germany and the Russian army will de-Nazify Ukraine. The Russians beat the hell out of the Azov Batallion in Mariopol. You remember ? That is the Russians for you.
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  9383.  @steveprocter6241  My post had nothing to do with Russian ambitions. My post was an assessment of Ukraine's chances in the counter offensive. I say it has failed. Ukraine knows it. The US knows it, that is why in the Vilnius summit, the US vetoed Ukraine joining NATO. You are delusional if you still believe Ukraine is winning. Ukraine has lost 4 oblasts, it cannot get them back, and more will go.
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  9384.  @steveprocter6241  Now you are putting on a brave front. 'Ukraine is neither winning nor losing at this very moment.' Ukraine was supposed to put up a spring offensive and reach Crimea. That was what was touted by Ukraine and its handlers. Now 3 months have passed and Ukraine cannot reach the first line of defence. In fact, in Sept. 2022, Zelensky said Ukraine will take Crimea by Dec 2022 because 'that is where it started, that is where it will end'. If Ukraine is not winning, it is losing because time is running out for Ukraine - time is not running out for Russia. Ukraine's manpower is severely attritioned in this offensive, it is difficult to build another army and train them in the west. The west is not able to supply enough ammunitions in time. This will get worse next year. Further, two US contestants, Trump and Ramasamy have publicly said they will ditch Ukraine. Ukraine will not last without US support. The rest of NATO does not count. We do not know what will be Ukraine's borders, but it is certain the Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. Also, in the Vilnius NATO summit, the US surrendered and agreed to Russia's demand that Ukraine will not join NATO. So what battle of ideas has Ukraine won ?
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  9385.  @steveprocter6241  Where is the emotion ? Has Ukraine succeeding in the spring counter offensive ? It is now 3 months. If they were going to have a chance, it would have had to be a blitzkrieg. They have racked up huge manpower and equipment loss in attempting to attack. Ukraine cannot raise another army and get it trained in the west, and the west does not have the artillery and money to finance another offensive in 2024. Besides, the US will be in elections, and Ukraine is a drag for the Americans. That is the sobre evidence pointing to defeat for Ukraine and the west. What is your evidence to say otherwise ? Let me see your reply.
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  9386. Ukraine can still win ? You are delusional. Trump is doing the right thing walking away from the British and European idiots who think they are in a winning position. Trump told Zelensky - you do not have any cards. He needs to tell the British and Europeans the same.
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  9387.  @SelfProclaimedEmperor  You talk like a simpleton. The NATO military budget is irrelevant. The key is whether you are willing to take the level of casualties the Russians will inflict on you. Russia with a smaller budget will kill so many of you in conventional war and nuclear war that no one in NATO will be able to take it. The Russians are willing to take casualties to defend their country. Those who cannot take casualties cannot win wars. The Ukrainians are like Russians and take casualties and are hard fighters. But they are reliant on western supplies. So they cannot win. The west is unwilling to send troops as it cannot take casualties. Hence the outcome will be Russia will win - as you can see. If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. When was the last time NATO won a war ? You ran away from Afghanistan dropping your weapons. The saying about NATO is 'gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists.
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  9388. Victoria Nuland was the Jewess who got America embroiled in Ukraine. The US got into a losing position on that one. Trump wants to get out of Ukraine war (correct thing) but the Jews want to embroil the US in another war because that is the priority of the Jews now. And Trump is servile to the Jews. America does not look like an independent country, it is a vassal of Israel and its lobby.
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  9389. First of all, the US itself has proved it does not have the fighting capability. It can fight against weaker people like Iraq and Afghanistan, but there too from the air with no opposition; and even there, the US had to withdraw without success. In Afghanistan, after 20 years the US returned Taliban to power just to get out. And now Iraq trades and moves with Iran, which hates the US for overthrowing the govt. of Mossadegh in 1956 and foisting the Shah on it. The US cannot fight a superior power like Russia or China. That is why the US refused to send troops to Ukraine. It knows the Russians would massacre the Americans, and all hell would break lose in the US when the bodybags come. The US can fight only through a proxy. Even that strategy is failing in Ukraine, Africa, etc. Further, the US does not have the military technology to fight Russia and China. In the last 30 years, you developed technology to fight Afghan wedding parties. You are still at the stage of testing hypersonic missiles - four tests have failed. Russia has them, and soon they will put them in their super quiet Yasen submarines that will patrol both east and west coast 24 h a day. China and Korea have hypersonics. The US's defence industry is corrupt and their aim is to make profit, their aim is not to support a national need. There in lies the difference between Russia (or China) and the US. The Russians can produce and innovate while a national war is ongoing. They are number one now in drone and missile technology, with battle tested performance. You mock the 'pompus, woke, little tin pot, soyboy European militaries' - as if you are different ! That description fits you too. You are afraid to fight Russia and China. So don't put on airs and pretend the US is something exceptional. That was 70 years ago.
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  9390.  @Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL.  You are happy that you got a pat on the back from a Yankee for your servile vassal status ! That makes the Poles happy and the British too.
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  9391. Ukraine is not the US. It hoped to use the US to threaten Russia - that was silly. So it lost its sovereignty. Ukraine of 1992 is not coming back, just get used to it. US military experts agree that Ukraine does not have the power to take back the lost land, no matter what the US gives. So why waste time on a loser ?
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  9392.  @boink800  Bell said during the fight in Bakhmut, Russia had run into shortage of weapons, and its soldiers were issued with shovels to use as bayonets.
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  9393. Certainly, the US directs what Ukrainians do. I saw an interview with the Ukranian finance minister. He was asked how much aid Ukraine needs per month. The finance minister said $ 5 billion per month. Next he was asked how much money will be needed for reconstruction. The Ukranian finance minister inadvertently said 'we are waiting for the US to tell us' and then he realised his folly and said $ 600 billion !
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  9394. They ran out of missiles after first month according to Zelensky. They are using electronics from washing machines.
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  9395. The money send to Ukraine is not a loan, it is a gift. No need to audit.
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  9396.  @prettitalented  In the case of the first Iraq/Kuwait war, the US got money from Kuwait and Gulf Arabs. In the case of the second Iraq war, the US helped itself with oil and re-construction contracts. With Ukraine, they cannot pay, and what will the US extract ? Wheat ? Or perhaps the US thinks US companies will get reconstruction contracts as in Iraq. However, in the current case, Russia will not allow any reconstruction by US companies, there is no end of the war without a peace deal with Russia. And Russia will dictate terms in any peace deal.
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  9397.  @prettitalented  If Russia was a weak country, you would have sent troops to Ukraine, like you did to Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The US is a cowardly country as it only fights with small countries like Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. You ain't going to fight a country that has hypersonic missiles and can vapourise your cities. Russia is in fact an extraordinarily strong country, as it could take on 40 countries including the US, and fight unflinchingly on both military and economic front. Russia has battered your surrogate Ukraine, Russia holds the nuclear sword over US and NATO, and it has floored the western economy. Peace in Ukraine will be on Russian terms. They can keep the war going for years. The greatest contribution Russia has made for the world is to catalyse the destruction of the dollar. It has accelerated the de-dollarisation drive. Once the dollar's use and value decrease, the US military machine and its ability to wage war decreases. 'This war however as opened the door for the USA to be Europes LNG supplier. So any money we give will be returned'. The first sentence shows you are a shameless war profiteer.
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  9398.  @prettitalented  Your reply is very weak. If you were strong, you would have written a refutation. You want to declare Russia is weak, and you want everyone to accept what you say. If so, why did the US not put a no fly zone or send troops ? Cowards fear the strong. 'The only reason it hasn’t been eliminated is because it has nukes.' You are so dumb that you don't realise it is the nukes and its hypersonic missiles that make Russia strong ! They have the capacity to vapourise all US cities, that is why you don't dare send troops. If you say you can do the same, that only means you are only as strong as them. Even before the days of nukes, during WW 2, British General Montogomery asked Eisenhower whether it would be possible to make a dash for Berlin before the Red Army reached. Eisenhower refused, he thought that the Red Army would fight the Americans, and he did not want the Americans killed. The US Army will never be able to fight Russia or China even without nuclear weapons.
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  9399.  @prettitalented  Ukraine is on the way to being Russia. Putin invited those who think they can fight Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. You did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine, after telling Ukranians they can be part of NATO. As for India and China, they did not bow to US requests not to buy Russian oil or cut links with Russia. Even the Saudis and the UAE showed you the finger; it was unthinkable years ago, but now people see the US is weak. People saw how you ran away from Taliban, and your lack of will to send troops to Ukraine.
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  9400.  @prettitalented  'It seems to be a cold miserable place with an attitude.' Russia has plenty of energy to heat its houses and run its industry - unlike Ukraine and the rest of Europe. 'Again if Russia didn’t have Nukes, this would not be a conversation so be thankful you all are in that position.' Again, this is an unintelligent statement like saying 'If you were not rich, you would be poor'. Russia is a power because it has nuclear weapons and a delivery system, which can incinerate all your cities. Even without nuclear weapons, the US will not be able to fight Russia simply because you cannot digest casualties. 'At this point considering how terrible there military is the nukes probably don’t work either. Russia militarily sucks and should never be mentioned when it comes to any other major world power'. I have asked you a simple question : if you are so sure the Russian military is weak and their nukes will not work, and you are confident the US military is strong, why have you not sent ground troops to Ukraine ? You have evaded an answer. Putin invited you to come to the battlefield and show it. I have told you the answer : US cowardice. You are putting on supremacist airs precisely because Russia has punctured and ended your 'world order' and you want to save face. You are burning inside.
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  9401.  @prettitalented  Cowards who scrambled to get on planes before Taliban seized them are telling they can fight Russia. Give me a break ! I asked you why NATO and US did not send troops to Ukraine. You repeatedly evaded an answer. So I shall tell you the answer. If for a moment you thought you could fight Russia and win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. Putin invited you to come to the battlefield and show you can fight. But you avoided it. You are cowards, you can invade fight Iraq, but Russia will kill you if you tried and you know that. You do not want to die. Russia is not bowing to China, they will work with China to break the US by de-dollarisation. You know it.
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  9402.  @northof49  Those two joined NATO only because they are weaklings. NATO whether it has 30 or 32 is a paper tiger, it cannot fight a real bear.
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  9403.  @concernedrabbit9075  First of all, it is typical Times Radio fake news. Secondly, if it was true, there is nothing you or NATO will do.
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  9404.  @dhalikias  Have you ever read Article 5 ? It says attack on one is an attack on all, and the response can be up to war, but each member state can decide what is the appropriate response for them. That is an escape clause for the US. If the US decides it was an accident and does not merit war, the 'victim' and the rest in NATO cannot do anything. Long ago Kissinger said the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. The same stands today. If you are European, don't rely on Article 5, it does not offer you protection if the US decides it will not fight. Get it ?
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  9405.  @terryroxburgh3276  'NATO fights for the US, the US fights when it benefits them.' Aptly out. It can be proved with two instances. The US wanted to fight in Afghanistan, and most of the rest of NATO were dragged along (except Turkey). After 20 years, the US under Trump negotiated with the Taliban in Doha without other NATO members, then under Biden it exited Kabul without informing the NATO 'partners' ! The Americans did it secretly so they could catch the first flights out before Taliban deadline. Long ago, Kissinger said the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. That stand has not changed. Project 'Ukraine in NATO' was created by the US. The US under Victoria Nuland organised the coup in 2014 which brought Russophobic nationalists to power, who wanted to join NATO. Merkel and Sarkozy were against NATO expansion to Ukraine as they feared it would lead to war. Nuland was caught saying 'F... the Europeans'. Now as the US realises its 'project Ukraine' is lost, and Ukraine cannot be in NATO without fighting a nuclear war, the US will abandon Ukraine. The Trump camp says that openly - it is a European war, it has nothing to do with us. Even Harris will get rid of Blinken, get a new team who will tell her to ask the Europeans to take over responsibility for Ukraine.
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  9406.  @northof49  Neither of those 2 new NATO members can fight. Sweden sent some cyber warfare experts to a Ukrainian military academy; a Kinzhal missile killed them in Poltava. Afterwards, the Swedes are keeping quiet. If the Finns try sending troops to Ukraine, they too will be killed. Macron sent some Foreign Legion and they too were killed; now he is keeping quiet. The more members in NATO, the more unwieldy and indecisive it becomes. Get it ?
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  9407. The 'free world' has been giving psycho analysis about Putin, saying he is isolated, a loner, does not have the right information of the world etc. But look at the 'leader of the free world' ! Is it really Putin who is out of sorts ?
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  9408. It depends what is Ukraine's culture that Russia wants to destroy. If Ukraine's culture is Nazi ethno nationalism of the Right Sector and Andrei Biletski and his Azov Batallion, then it is better Russia takes it out, like the Soviet Union finished German Nazism.
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  9409. The west is defeated and Cragg is trying to seek scraps of positive spin. Russia's attack was 'unprovoked' and Putin's claims of western threat have been debunked according to Cragg. Debunked by who ? The non-western world believes NATO expansion was a threat to Russia and a provocation. If the west wanted to avert the war, it could have agreed to negotiations in 2021 to meet the demand for Russia's security. But it missed the opportunity. And the US and UK torpedoed the settlement Ukraine and Russia reached in Turkey. The reason the west does not give Taurus and Storm Shadows is because Putin said the donor countries will receive missile strikes, regardless of NATO membership and Article 5. Germany and UK will not be able to fight Russia, they will beg US to come and fight. The US does not want to fight on the behalf of NATO as its cities will be incinerated. Now the west does want negotiations but it proposes terms Russia will reject. Like freeze the conflict and allow Ukraine into NATO after 20 years - the Russians have said they do not want a Minsk 3. Russia's terms are Ukraine has to cede what it lost AND be neutral. If not, Russia will keep going.
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  9410. I know Algerians and other Arabs hate the French because of their brutality.
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  9411. So what if they are Iranian drones ? The west has supplied Ukraine with drones and boasted about them. The west sees enemies everywhere - Iran, Turkey, Saudi, China, India..... We now what they are going to say. The Russians are using Iranian drones , it means they are desperate and defeated.
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  9412. It is not Slovakia, Hungary etc. that would veto NATO going into Ukraine. The US itself will do it.
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  9413. It won't be long before he falls out with Trump.
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  9414.  @Longtack55  'Russia needs EU and NATO allies more than EU needs Russia.' And where does EU get gas for heating its homes ? One can do without cars. Chips are made in Taiwan, not the EU. It will be against your conceited western pride, but Russia is strangling Europe. Glass factories in France have shut down. Aluminium and steel factories in Germany are shut down. These industries will be gone for good. You will import alumnium, glass and steel from China - that is if you still make other products in exchange. Russia will de-industrialise Europe.
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  9415.  Jimmy  So how is Germany helping America destroy Russia ? Germany seems to be destroying itself for America. What is your logic ?
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  9416.  @t-r-ex2087  You cannot work with Russia without working with Putin. He has the support of the majority.
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  9417.  @delberthagan4901  'Less money in Putins ledger. ' Germany will also have less money its ledger and it is worse for you. What is the point of your vain bravado ?
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  9418. UK claimed it was going to make hypersonic missiles, but Reaction Engines, the company asked to make them went bust recently. They will not be able to make hypersonic missiles when the Americans have failed 4 times.
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  9419.  @siddharthreddiar3353  Do you have something hypersonic like the Oreshnik, and Sarmat missiles ? If you got into a fight with Russia, you won't last unless the Americans come in to save your skin. Ukrainians can at last fight, they have the same DNA as the Russians. Britain's army in past wars used Indian troops, hardy Gurkhas, Pathans and Sikhs. They don't have that anymore. In 1956, Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt after Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal. The Soviet Union asked them to get out. 10 Downing Street was sent a letter saying Britain would be nuked unless it pulled out of Suez. The British looked at the Americans for help, but Eisenhower told the Brits to climb down, or else they were on their own against the Soviets. The British climbed down and the Suez debacle was a burning embarrasment for Anthony Eden's government. Since then, the British realised they did not have the power to go on colonial adventures on their own, so they always went as partners in American invasions. But inside their minds, the debacle of1956 inflicted by the Soviets burns in them, that is why they are so stridently anti-Russian; to such an extent, they went and signed a 100 year agreement with Ukraine to check Russia !
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  9420. 'Zelensky didn't try to prevent the conflict through diplomacy because he lacks honor and integrity.' He is not a free man. The Ukrainians sold themselves to the US in 2014.
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  9421. All such claims about Finland and Sweden Transforming NATO comes from the western sense of defeat. Russia has exposed NATO as a paper tiger which does not have the courage to fight. Adding another two weaklings to NATO is not going to make any difference. NATO is the US. The day someone like Trump comes and says we cannot afford NATO, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania and other useless countries will be quaking. Russia has stopped Ukraine's NATO entry, stopped US plans for putting missiles in Ukraine, Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine and is strangling the economy of what remains. Russia has beaten off western sanctions and shown it is even more adept at economic warfare. Naturally the west feels defeated and looks for some comfort - having failed in Ukraine, it clutches at straws such as Finland and Sweden.
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  9422. Be very careful however of putting all eggs in the American basket. Trump is unstable. Further, the next US President may go back to Israel.
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  9423. @lif6737 Z crowd just clings to every small victory ? Then why is Orla Guerin sound so mournful ? She knows what is coming.
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  9424.  @williamthebonquerer9181  Russians can come back for Kherson and Kiev. They are in a position to do so. For Ukraine, this is the last call.
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  9425.  @lambertlum1087  Azov regiment is not simply a regiment. Why do they have swastika tattoos ? Azov's founder Andrei Biletski said he wanted to save the white race from Jews and untermenschen. Why are you supporting Ukro Nazis ?
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  9426.  @lambertlum1087  Western Ukraine has always had a Nazi problem. They glorify Bandera. Denazification of Ukraine is a worthy goal. '3000 is too small to be of any significance.' The Azov has infiltrated into govt. and they stoke an anti-Russian nationalism, which is bound to create problems when there are many ethnic Russians in Ukraine. Demilitarisation and preventing the US setting up naval bases is absolutely needed for Russia's security. There can be no compromise on that. Either Ukraine reaffirms neutrality or it is neutered. Ukraine chose the latter path, egged on by the US. The Ukraine of 2014 let alone of 1991, is gone for good. We shall see what is left. In whatever is left, Russia will not allow NATO to set foot in it again.
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  9427.  @lambertlum1087  It is because of the US financing Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Battalion, brothers are killing brothers.
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  9428. But Sweden and Finland are weak and useless, even more than Ukranians.
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  9429. Mines are an old technology. Don't the Ukranians have mine clearing vehicles ? Or have the Russians improved mines.
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  9430. Such a betrayal ? You fellows were holding rave parties next to an open air concentration camp you created for Palestinians. What do you expect them to do ? It is time you realise the Israeli apartheid state has to end. Even people in London have started to realise that Israel is Nazism, Jewish style. You better modify your state - or perish. Israel, as it is today, is unsustainable. The concept of Jews from the west settling in the Middle East, displacing the natives, and sustaining itself with military force and aid from the west, is unsustainable. Get it ?
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  9431.  @Leo-eb1wl  The vast majority of people in the west are indifferent. The elite that rules in the west has a colonial mindset, they created Israel, and they backed it - but they cannot reverse Israel's future situation. It was a country born out of theft of land, a minority from abroad trying to overwhelm a majority that was backward in military terms. Now the military gap has narrowed and the west cannot save Israel anymore than it can save Ukraine. Get it ?
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  9432.  @metalrules1135  But you realise America is the one who started the conflict in Ukraine - not Trump - but previous Administrations by creating a coup in Ukraine in 2014 and implanting a Ukro Nazi govt. in Kiev in 2014. While Trump-Vance are not responsible for Project Ukraine that failed, but America is responsible. In the case of Ukraine, Trump-Vance will not be war mongering. But in Israel-Palestine, Trump will back Israeli aggression because he is under the thumb of the Jewish lobby. He may cut one war, but he will continue and flare the Mid East war.
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  9433. When Russia retaliates against British assets, we shall see how much enthusiasm there will be.... In 2023, they said ATACAMS and Storm Shadows would allow Ukraine to take Crimea, for weeks they made noise about how the Kerch bridge was being brought down and Russian troops would be cut off and Ukraine would capture them. But the Ukrainians could not cross the first defence barricade of the Surovikin line, and now the Russians are moving forward in 2024. Cluster bombs and F16s were said to be a game changer, but that fizzled out. Now, they are throwing their last arrows into Russia before Trump takes over, and Russians complete the rout of Ukraine.
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  9434. The French were thrown out of Mali, Burkina Fasso and Niger with Russian help. The French could not fight and win. How can Macron fight Russia in Ukraine and win ? The Russians will send the French in body bags and Le Pen will come out. There is no point going to Ukraine after it is defeated, and then trying to reverse the defeat.
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  9435.  @Northman-from-the-North  Both are weaklings, they ran to NATO because they were scared even though Russia had not even cast a glance at them, If yhey have been prepared for war with Russia since the end of ww2, why don't you test these nations by sending their troops to Ukraine ? We know the existing NATO of US and 30 allies does not have the courage to fight the Russian army, why don't you test these two out before letting them into NATO ? For all you know, they may be free loaders who will not spend 2% of GDP but want American protection.
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  9436.  @jamesross8410  'Cowardice has nothing to do with NATO non-intervention in Ukraine.' I saw NATO showing abject cowardice during its exit from Kabul before the Taliban caught them. They competed with each other to board flights. The US left behind millions of dollars of equipment. The Germans were satisfied they could take a plane of beer crates out ! 5000 Ukranians were there - what were they doing invading a country that did not invade them. If NATO non-intervention in Ukraine is not cowardice, can you explain their reason for non-intervention ?
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  9437.  @nikkimarland87  Your guess is correct of course. If NATO cannot fight Russia as it will become WW 3, why was NATO trying to induct Ukraine when Russia had warned since the 1990s not to expand NATO, and had specifically warned against induction of Georgia and Ukraine into NATO ? NATO encouraged the Ukranains to join NATO, it held training camps fro Ukranian soldiers near Lvov, and then ditched the Ukranians when they got the expected beating from Russia. Hence, NATO is not an entity that breeds confidence. It is a tool used by the US to manipulate Europe.
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  9438.  @jamesross8410  'What you supposedly saw in Kabul has no bearing on the situation in Ukraine' Supposedly ? So the other nations who saw the NATO nations scramble between each other to exit was actually an orderly exit and not a rout ? And Kabul rout has no bearing on the situation in Ukraine ? So you are telling me NATO which ran away from Kabul in the most cowardly manner, can change the bearing on the situation in Ukraine ? So if not cowardliness, why have they not gone into Ukraine and changed the bearing on the situation in Ukraine.?
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  9439.  @terryboland3816  You have a convenient excuse for covering up your cowardice and inability to fight Russia in Ukraine. The US was trying to induct Ukraine into NATO. The war is to stop Ukraine's entry into NATO. Russia has put an end to it. Ukranians know it is not possible; the US also now knows Russia will fight a nuclear war if necessary to stop NATO putting foot in Ukraine.
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  9440.  @grahamdrew5512  The US plan was to induct Ukraine into NATO and put its missiles there against Russia. Ukraine had promised Russia on independence it would not join any military alliance. However, the US sponsored a coup which allowed anti Russian Ukro Nazis to take over, and they wanted to bring US and NATO into Russia. As Ukraine had reneged unilaterally on the commitment to neutrality in its independence pledge, Russia rightly took action to cancel Ukraine's independence. Ukraine now understands it cannot join, the Ukro Nazis of the Azov Batallion surrendered, and the US also knows Ukraine cannot enter NATO.
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  9441.  @snapdragon6601  Putin is a prudent planner. NATO is intrinsically a weak organisation. It is a collection of weak European states, led by the US. The US manipulates Europe and creates confrontation with Russia; Russia hits back, and all the Europeans feel scared and seek US shelter. NATO is not the military army of a unitary state, unlike the Russian army. Its decision making is cumbersome. America ditched NATO allies in the exit from Kabul. So Russia will prevail over NATO.
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  9442.  @merlingeikie  A 300 K NATO force would not matter, they are headless chicken, they will scatter if Russia attacked them.
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  9443.  @shooter7a  So now you admit the west is fighting Russia - to the last Ukrainian, to save Baltics and Poland ! So defeat in Ukraine is actually a victory for the west in the long term. I see. You people are very clever !
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  9444.  @TheBrudol  The commitment of the Bucharest Memorandum applies to Ukraine and the signatories. It does not mean Ukraine can do any mischief against one of the signatories. Ukraine's security is guaranteed but it has to respect the security of others. If Ukraine sides with two of the signatories, to a create a condition of threat to one of the signatories, then that is a breach. Russia had warned that Ukraine siding with NATO (which involves two of the signatories of the Memorandum) was a threat to its security and was objectionable. Ukraine did not take heed, and two of the signatories egged on Ukraine against Russia. Hence, Russia is perfectly right and within the scope of the Memorandum to take corrective action. Cancellation of Ukraine's sovereignty and independence is a logical step. The Ukranians can only blame themselves for squandering their independence. Russia did not give Ukraine independence so they could invite Russia's enemies to threaten Russia. Russia gave Ukraine independence in good faith, but Ukranians showed they have poor character and they became back stabbers.
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  9445.  @shooter7a Your reply is the vainglorious posture of the defeated. 'West is assisting Ukraine, just enough to bleed Russia dry. ' But the west is being bled dry - factories are closing in Germany, if Germany goes down, EU goes down. Their protests on fuel prices in European cities. 'If NATO and Russia got into it, and it did not go nuclear, the conventional war would be over in 3-4 days. ' That is a pointless point made often by Americans seething over how Russia showed the west up as paper tigers : any war with Russia will go nuclear, so you cannot win. Stop dreaming. Russia will wipe out all European and American cities. As for NATO in conventional war, your assertion is not proved. When did NATO win a conventional war ? It ran away from Kabul in the most cowardly manner.
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  9446.  @shooter7a  The economic productivity notwithstanding Russia has got you by the scruff of the neck with its own oil and gas sanctions. Come this winter, we shall see what is your productivity and the western public's reaction. 'As for the war scenario, I clearly said if it does not go nuclear, so you apparently can not read.' You cannot read because I told you not to raise a non-applicable scenario. There is no way of testing your claim about NATO's superiority in conventional warfare, and the recent debacle and fleeing from Kabul does not suggest what you claim. The reason you behave as you do is because you feel defeated.
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  9447.  @MrDude826  We saw NATO cowardice in its Kabul exit, what was nuclear about that ?
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  9448.  @jamesstreet228  What about all the NATO lunatics wanting to expand NATO to Russia's borders when they were warned against it ? Your surrogate got a beating and the principal does not have the courage to enter Ukraine. 'extinction level event it will be for Russia ?' You would not have the courage. Let me quote you Chairman Mao. He told Nixon, ' we know you can drop 100 nuclear bombs on us; we shall drop only one on you, but you will not be able to take it.' Kissinger endorsed Chairman Mao's assessment of the US when he said the US would not fight a nuclear war against the USSR to save Germany and Europe. Even in a conventional war, look at how the leader of NATO ran away with its tails behind its legs in Kabul only two years ago. See how the leader of NATO is studiously avoiding getting into the ring in Ukraine. Does it give you confidence in NATO and its leader ?
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  9449.  @Dropthesoapto  I can assure you if you misbehave with Russia, Russia will kick you, Article 5 or no Article 5. For example, if Lithuania had persisted with blockade of Kalingrad, Russia would have seized the Baltics, and the rest of you would not have the guts to fight. That is why the EU asked Lithuania to drop its antics. Putin does what he says.
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  9450. 'One is left wondering what Ukrainians could have achieved if they wouldn't have to fight with one hand tied from the first days of the war.' No point wondering, because the west knows Russia will use nukes on Ukraine and if needed on the west. The Russians are not going to allow US bases in Ukraine, and they are ready for nuclear war if needed. Get it ? Now the US understands it also even if you are too dimwitted to understand.
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  9451. On Kaliningrad, Lithuania is playing a dangerous game and sooner rather than later, it too will get a beating like Ukraine. Lithuania will become a testing ground for Russian missiles.
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  9452. Ukraine is being hit so hard, there is no chance to evolve, so what are you talking about ? It does not have enough manpower, their best soldiers are already slaughtered and they have shortage of shells. So what is the evolution Ukraine can do ? Your writing is based on wishful thinking and the inbuilt belief that Ukraine is superior because it has western aid.
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  9453.  @Conorp77  Fred Trump says other people are doing what Donald wants. Trump has created many clones. Fascists pay short shrift to constitution, legality etc.. They will change the status quo and US democracy will not return to what it was.
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  9454. You are trying to draw crumbs of comfort from Ukraine's probing attacks. The delay reflects the Ukranian inability to launch your much touted counter offensive. The Russians are striking the Ukranians so they cannot launch anything major. The Ukranians do not have the manpower or the firepower for any major counter offensive, the Russians will beat it off, and then come in hot pursuit.
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  9455.  @Hayman1969  You are indulging in wishful thinking. ukraine has no advantage. If Ukraine could have done what you suggest the offensive would not have been delayed. Russia has beaten Ukraine and 50 countries in Bakhmut.
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  9456.  @Xian109  The Russians have beaten Ukraine and 50 nations in Bakhmut, now Artymovsk. They did that with just with convicts and shovels. No dream. True or not ? They drove the Ukrainians out from Artymovsk They will block the Ukranian offensive and then engage in hot pursuit.
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  9457.  @anoncspan4129  Your argument is patience is the key - wait till really ready for the counter attack. Even if you have patience, Ukraine cannot replace for decades their numbers who were killed. The manpower shortage cannot be solved for Ukraine. The US is pushing for the counter offensive as soon as possible because they want to see a return on investment. You don't send all that equipment and money and say 'take your time'. The reasoning given for sending that equipment was that Ukraine will be able to drive the Russians out in a decisive stroke with latest western weapons. So this anticipation has been built up in the west that Ukraine is about to drive out the Russians. People are itching to see the results. Ukraine is not a sovereign country that can decide what is best for it. If the Ukranians cannot make a decisive battle, and it ends up attritional, that is to Russia's advantage. They will grind down the Ukrainians as in Bakhmut, and then go in hot pursuit. This is the last throw of the die for Ukraine and the west. Failure means defeat of the west. America will look for a way out.
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  9458.  @Por0 Capture of Bakhmut demonstrates the complete dissaray, uneffectiveness and incompetence of the Ivans ? That sounds like sour grapes from a defeated person ! You are burning because Russia defeated 50 nations.
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  9459. When the US support and weapons and money dries up - as it will after the elections - then you will see how long Ukraine lasts. The US has walked away from all wars it created when it cannot afford it. Get it ?
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  9460. Fired all recruitment chiefs ? All were corrupt ? I don't believe it. It is a pathetic effort to curry US favour. In Vilnius, the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO and refused to give a road map. The reason is the US knows Ukraine is losing, and putting them in NATO would mean they will demand Article 5, and the US will have to send troops, and the Russians will kill the Americans. But the reason given for denial of entry to NATO was Ukraine is not ready due to corruption ! In short, making a show of rooting out corruption will not change the fortune, as the war is lost.
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  9461. Zelensky is a Jew and wherever they are involved, there are wars. 90% of necons are Jews. Victoria Nuland, Blinken, Anyhow, Russia is winning and Ukraine is now forgotten, no one has time for Zelensky now.
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  9462.  @freemanreed5228  Where did you check last ? In the Daily Telegraph ? They routinely put out optimistic stories that Ukraine is about to surround Bakhmut. They said that two weeks ago, but that story is quietly dropped now. It is just sour grapes; you defeat causes burning. The western media will move on to another optimistic story for your type of wishful thinker. Some 4 weeks back, the Daily Telegraph said that the Ukrainians have started their offensive, they have crossed the Dnieper, and seized some islands and this was start of the big showdown to take Crimea. That story sank without a trace in a week. It is replaced by claims that Ukraine is doing testing attacks here and there, and that is preying on the nerves of the Russians. Just think of this. The US and its 50 cronies were defeated in Bakhmut by convicts with shovels. If I was you, I would salute the Russians for defeating 50 countries and their arms and money. You should also realise by now that you are not fighting Afghanistan or Iraq, you are fighting someone with the capacity to destroy all western cities, hence you and your surrogate cannot win. You need to swallow your false pride and come to terms with reality.
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  9463.  @redscope897  The reality is Russia's convicts equipped with shovels beat 50 countries and their arms and money and Ukranian Nazi surrogates in Bakhmut. Get over it. They have taken Soledat, Bakhmut, and more will go if Ukraine persists. Bakhmut opens up the gates to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Russia will come back for Kiev, Odessa and other places.
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  9464.  cynthiademario7331  Somehow the demoralised Russian convicts with shovels drove out the Ukranians from Bakhmut. The Ukrainians were equipped with the best NATO arms and money. The Ukranians are being forced into a counter offensive to please its armchair supporters like you. The Russians will massacre them.
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  9465. But India's PM is an uneducated windbag. I am told he has a forged degree. But he cannot speak a line of English. He comes across as an illiterate.
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  9466.  @nigelgarrett7970  Russia is winning because it will dictate the terms of the peace. Ukraine has no say, and the west has come to accept that. Get it ?
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  9467.  @hagechada9664  Germany sent 1000 troops to defend Lithuania, so Lithuanians can go to Kharkhov ?
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  9468.  @savagex466-qt1io  Why does the US go around creating coups as in Ukraine 2014, to install regimes that favour it, in this case to stir up Russophobia in Ukraine ? It is important that western hegemony is defeated and only Russia can do it.
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  9469.  @stephenhill545  If the west was capable of critical objective reporting, it would not have indulged in inciting a war with Russia, and fuelled false pictures of western victory.
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  9470. It is better Germany asserts itself and restores relations with Russia and China. Being the US's doormat will Germany and Europe.
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  9471. The NATO chief is a joker from Denmark. If the west needs Stoltenberg to reassure the west, that is a sure sign Russia has given Ukraine such a beating (I would say still very restrained) that the nerves are rattled.
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  9472. The starting point for Piers is 7 October. It is not a war, it is a battle. The starting point for Palestinians and the war is 1917. There were many battles and it will continue till the end of the apartheid state. If I was in that position, I would not accept a forced apology. The occupied has every right to fight the occupier. The Jews who came from Europe to Palestine have no right to be there and should go back. Only original Palestinian Jews should be allowed to stay.
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  9473. When it is pointed out that the Russians are not going to blow up a pipeline they built and it is easier for them to turn off the tap, the westerners who want to deflect the blame on to Russia give the ingenious explanation of Russia doing it to avoid law suits and huge penalties in European courts against Gazprom for breach of supply contract ! But then cannot the Russians sue European banks for seizing their money and demand large penalties ? It is like the west claiming Russia is shelling its own nuclear plant ! Or that the Russians used a missile against a POW camp holding Azov Nazis and killing 50 of them. If it wanted to do that, Russia could have shot 50 of them with a bullet, it would be a lot of expensive and would not have destroyed a building. This is the western alliance, the upholder of the rule of international law. The US did blew up the pipeline, and the Europeans are so weak they dare not say so, although they very well know who did it. The west's credibility takes a further hit in the eyes of the non-west. The non-west see a cynical US and cowardly Europeans. The non-west - Iran, South America, Africa, Arabs, Afghans - have all suffered and know how Americans are. It is the first time Europeans are suffering due to America, but it has not seeped into their understanding.
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  9474. 'Ukraine is winning this war, the only question is how fast and at what price'. Is that why Blinken said yesterday that Ukraine will have to think about ceding Crimea and seek a negotiated settlement ? Russia has informed Blinken if Ukraine crosses into Crimea, Ukraine will be hit with a nuclear strike. The Ukranian spokesman says they have degraded Russian manpower in Bakhmut - as if Ukrainian manpower was not mowed down. The war is lost for Ukraine and the west. That is why Blinken is talking now about negotiated settlement. The spring offensive with the game changing tanks is the last throw of the die for Ukraine. The west is pushing Ukraine into it to prove its capability. Otherwise, no more money. The Russians have fortified themselves, when the Ukranians offensive runs out of steam, there will be nothing left other than Russia's terms and conditions.
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  9475. China put Modi and India's Hindu ambitions in its place in 2020 by taking land. Canada and the west should also put Modi in his place. Modi and his Hindu supremacists are getting carried away thinking they can do assassinations in other countries because India is now a Hindu superpower. Stop Hindu migration to Canada to the west and see what the Indians will do. Two years ago, Modi's Hindu nationalists sitting in Dubai were sending hate tweets abusing Dubai and Arabs. The UAE's princess promptly had a handful deported and Modi then sent Jaishankar to speak to the rulers. Modi knew Hindus faced losing their businesses in Dubai. India will not dare do what it did in Canada in Dubai. Deport a few Hindu nationalist Hindus seeking Canadian nationality from Canada and you will see Modi will come begging.
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  9476. You are as immature as Zelenksy. I remember when Zelensky got some Himars and fired them in Sept. 2022, on the bridge, he said Ukraine will take Crimea by Dec. 2023. He said 'that is where it started, that is where it will end'. A few months, he was in Vilnius begging for NATO entry. He was denied and told to be grateful and that NATO is not Amazon. Ukraine is in a desperate position, and you imagine a few F16s will change the outcome. Now, that has failed, you have pushed it to 2024, after Ukraine gets F 16s. The record shows none of the game changers have worked . Russia has destroyed the Javelins, drones, Himars, Bradleys, Leopards, Patriots, Storm Shadows. They have the capability of destroying the F 16s. The Russians have plenty of time to prepare. If Ukraine puts one foot in Crimea, it will receive a nuclear strike. Blinken has been told.
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  9477. Have you noticed Poroshenko has become more realistic and downbeat ? He says Ukraine is only doing reconnaisance by fire. He says Russia is very, very strong. It means no matter what Ukraine tries or what west gives, Russia will nail Ukrane. 6 months ago, he was bellicose and talking as if Ukraine will conquer Russia.
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  9478.  @kateryna5284  'wrong conclusions' Don't make mere pronouncements. That is feeble. Explain what is wrong, then explain what is right.
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  9479.  @Kaymen1980  'I was told the special military operation would take 3 days. Putin himself said that' That statement was given by US Gen. Milley. Later western media said Putin said it. Show me a video where Putin says it. If not shut up. Russia generally does not give timelines, announce when it is going to make an offensive etc. It announces its objectives : no NATO bases in Ukraine. It has achieved that. Ukraine has to agree to neutrality or it will not exist. If the west's objective was to have Ukraine in NATO, that is not possible, so it has made retrieval of former Ukrainian territory as an objective, but that too is not achievable. The west is defeated as it cannot achieve its two objectives, so it is casting about vaguely for negotiations now ! But the problem is it will be on Russian terms. Putin does not give his cards away, he measures his words, he conveys resolute steadfastness which no western leader does. You look at the current escalation : Biden when in office did not allow strikes into Russia; now he does it to put Trump in a bad position. Western politicians have descended into back stabbing and they put their egos in front instead of their country's welfare. Sir Putin is focussed in defending Russia, that is the difference.
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  9480.  @TheNerdReich  Zelensky and British intelligence and media were saying in 2022 that Russia is running out of missiles, they cannot get chips, they are using washing machine chips. The British intelligence even said the Russians were reduced to fighting in Bakhmut with shovels. Here we are in 2024, Russia has an unimaginable and awesome arsenal. They fired a missile at Dnipro that went at 10x speed of sound, and no Patriot can stop that. From thousands of kms, it reached in 15 minutes. If placed in a Russian submarine patrolling the two US coasts, all US cities will be reached in less than a second. That is why Zelensky is howling and NATO is going to hold an emergency meeting. The missile that struck Dniepro had a conventional tip, but it can hold a nuclear tip. Ukraine is not releasing info on the damage it caused. The implication is that if western targets are selected, the west cannot stop any of the new Russian missiles. Russia has tested its hypersonic delivery system on Ukraine, so if the west escalates, it is ready, start with conventional and go to nuclear if necessary. The US is trying to downplay it and say Russia is short of these missiles.
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  9481. ' the US is heading towards bankruptcy and Russia is fairly chaotic'. And Europe and Ukraine have a rosy future ?
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  9482. No one wants to be Ukrained by Russia !
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  9483. Amusing to read west is looking to China to pressurise Russia ! In Vilnius, they declared plans to fight China. Unbelievable cheek.
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  9484. 'Ukraine will decide how this war ends, not the US or Europe.' That is the vain, delusional rhetoric of the west. The reality is the US will negotiate without Ukraine or EU or UK. The war is lost for the west, Russia is in the driving seat - Russia has the option to continue the war, it will take the Donbass and then is free to move to the Dnieper and eye Odessa. Losers like Ukraine and the west cannot dictate terms. Get it ?
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  9485. Accept the reality, Mariopol is gone for good, and the Ukranian Azov Nazis will be eliminated soon. Why is the west sympathetic to the Azov Nazis ? And if the Ukranians persist elsewhere and don't negotiate, the rest of the country will go slowly.
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  9486. @Jim Koolman Entirely correct. Zelensky is an implant of the Americans, just as the previous Afghan govt.. Having taken 700 million USD of weapons from the US and aid from the EU and NATO, it has become a trap, the donors will not allow him to negotiate a peace for his people, because the west would feel it is a victory for Russia. So to keep the west from losing face, Zelensky has to sacrifice his people.
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  9487. Zelensky the Jew is pleading to act like Israel. The bulk of them have a wicked streak.
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  9488. The US will select an Eastern European for Sec. Gen. only if western Europe goes against US decision.
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  9489. The farmer says We need to be consistent - banning use of products to combat sugar beet virus and importing sugar from countries that do not have the restriction. That reminds of Europe banning Russian oil, but buying it through India at higher price !
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  9490. @alastairwallace6153 'ukraine has our ongoing support for the foreseeable future.' The US has pulled out. No more money. The EU does not have money. The UK is the most useless. Wake up and smell the coffee - Russia has defeated the collective west.
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  9491. Now we look for Iran's reaction.
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  9492. Oh dear, finger pointing and blame game has started, that is a sure sign the west needs someone to blame for their defeat. How about blaming ungrateful Zelensky ? Some months ago they were giving him ovations. Now that Zelensky's Bandera army lost all those Bradleys and Leopards, Patriot and Storm Shadow missiles, in the public glare, the west feels humiliated and points fingers at him. Show results before demanding more, they say.
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  9493.  @Paulusmus  Who would dare strike Putin back ? Ukraine does not have any nuclear weapon. And when the west sees a Ukrainian city incinerated, why would they strike at Russia and have their cities incinerated ? Good try, but delusional. The west will save its skin.
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  9494. That is the price Ukraine has to pay for backstabbing Russia by trying to get into NATO and use Americans to threaten Russia. Russia gave Ukraine independence in all good faith, even giving away Russian lands, but Ukraine misbehaved and so should no longer exist. Ukranians should all vacate and go and live with their 'partners' in America and Europe.
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  9495. 'Putin has never kept his word about anything....' Putin sees the US and NATO the same way. The US had said NATO will not move one inch to the east. 'making a deal with him, giving him what he wants, and expecting him to keep to that agreement is INSANITY.' You don't have to make a deal, Putin will do what he said, Ukraine has to agree there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine, or Ukraine will not exist. The west tried to fight, but lost. Get over it !
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  9496. If you see independent analysts like Mercouris, Scott Ritter etc., they said some days back the Russians had reached the centre of Bakhmut. The western corporate media are reluctant to declare this news because it goes against their narrative that Ukraine is winning due to superior western arms. They have doped the western public into this belief and it is difficult to issue corrective statements on the reality.
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  9497. 'The people who value intelligence are going to have to go on the offensive' - so will you be going on the offensive against Trump ?
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  9498. The Ukranians would have done it to deny water to Crimea.
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  9499. Key finding the German says is 'we under estimated Russia' ! Russian morale is down in Avdeevika, they say. They said the same in Bakhmut. But still Russia is winning. As long as western countries are unwilling to send troops and face being killed, the west will be defeated. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  9500. Ukraine chose to gang up with US to threaten Russia, now that it has lost, it has to give up territory. That is war settlement.
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  9501. As if countries joining NATO will make it less cowardly. After Sweden and Finland join, will NATO develop the courage to put a no fly zone in Ukraine; or stop Russia from dropping a tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev ? I don't think so. NATO was useless in Afghanstan. It is an organisation where Europeans are asked to die for America's interest and the Europeans do not have the stomach.
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  9502. This seems to be a golden opportunity for the British to revel in their racism. They talk as if the missile failed because the British army is not all white.
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  9503. Superpower Lithuania lives dangerously !
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  9504.  @Galerak1  She went into shock when that black shroud appeared in the footage like a giant wave. It disturbed her and she did not recover after that.
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  9505. So the Russians are just provoking to get western media attention and shape the media narrative ? ! Well, the Russians have succeeded because this fool Neilsen is agitated enough to make a video to claim western success lies in being unprovoked !
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  9506. When Zelensky walked away from the deal agreed in Turkey, at the behest of BoJo, Putin had remarked that next time negotiations come, the terms will be dictated by Russia.
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  9507. Tragic, but Ukranians need to understand they are paying the price of opting for Russophobia and trying to use NATO and America to threaten Russia. All that Ukraine has is due to the Soviet Union, which means a large Russian contribution. Since Ukraine tried to back stab Russia, all that the Soviet Union and Russia built for Ukraine will be reduced to rubble, and the country will be reabsorbed into Russia. That can be the only way. The country had the opportunity to make it as an independent country but blew it. Now it will not return.
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  9508. All the intra European divisions are exposed. UK will never be enthusiastic about working under French leadership. For them, they line working as a subordinate of the US.
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  9509. Why did you incite Ukraine to fight a superpower ?
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  9510. Israel is in suicidal mode !
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  9511. Ukranians have such high IQ they chose to self destruct to please Amercia. Russia should should go ahead and demolish Ukraine.
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  9512.  @nadinenadine9739  Turkey ain't going to allow Sweden into NATO, what is your point ?
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  9513. All those upbeat projections about Ukrainian summer offensive and victory are over I think. The Ukrainian clown who said it started in Crimea and will end in Crimea by December must now know the reality. Russia cannot be dislodged by Ukraine teaming up with US. If Ukraine wants to survive, it has to hand over Donbass and Odessa and keep NATO out. Otherwise, the remainder of Ukraine will be made a wasteland. The BBC reporter still talks about Russia being 'not able to afford another defeat'. Wars are not settled by advances and retreats here and there, but by the trends. The trend is Russia has overwhelming power, it is not only destroying the Ukrainian military, but also Ukraine's power infrastructure, it has already destroyed Ukraine's economy, and has even checked the economies of Ukraine's handlers. That is why the BBC's mood is now sombre. Russia will get Bakhmut eventually. When the BBC reporter says attritional advance, that is an admission the inevitable cannot be averted. When the Russians fight, they hunker down and fight hard on multiple levels : military fight with all sorts of weapons, including dangling the nuclear sword when needed, energy, food, financial, cyber. They have planned it.
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  9514.  @stephenhill545  The US has been bullying Iraq, Iran and smaller countries, they are very proud of it and believe in their exceptionalism. The US has been thieving, seizing the assets of others. That is why the US does not have credibility.
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  9515.  @thankstrek5759  'well they better step up' How can cowards step up ? Nobody in the west is prepared to die in Ukraine. Those are not ready to die cannot win wars. That is the difference between the Russian and the west.
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  9516. 'Can we finally start supporting Ukraine to get there?!' It is too late for Ukraine, and you have nothing in your arsenal to support Ukraine. The war is lost. In 2023, Zelensky was talking about capturing Crimea because 'that is where it started, that is where it will end'. In 2024, he was talking about a victory plan, but lately he is talking about negotiations - but Russia does not want to negotiate with jokers ! Putin had said to the west 'why should we negotiate with you just because you have run out of arms'. The hare-brained Kursk incursion was explained as intending to humiliate Putin; lately they say it is strengthen Ukraine's bargaining position in negotiations. Except, Russia has taken back 50% of what Ukraine took, and it will surely kill off the rest of the Ukrainians, and Russia is not going to negotiate. The collective west cannot fight a long war against Russia and win. Russia will always prevail. Get it ?
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  9517.  @yurigansmith  'but then came Mossadegh attempting to nationalize them. Not a good idea. Values need to be shared.' So CIA and MI5 assassinated Mossadegh. Those are your values. No wonder Iran cut relations with the US and does not want to have ties. No need for your values.
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  9518.  @kishwerchaudary-n4g  The west wants obedient shahs, who loot their country and deposits its wealth in the west. Iranians turned against that. They are no body's vassals today, unlike the Gulf States. Or Europe.
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  9519. As defeat for Ukraine nears, all these fake videos will surface.
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  9520. The newsman asks why Syrsky is being so honest about Ukraine's retreat. That means all along he had been dishonest, and it is not expected of him to tell the truth ! This Martin is another pompous British joker. He says Syrsky is being honest because he is playing the long game to get everlasting support from Ukraine's partners ! Ukraine may not exist to play a long game. Martin says in 2024, Ukraine cannot launch a counter offensive - but in 2025, they will be able to, after training the new recruits ! Yeah right ! All those who incited Ukraine to fight Russia should be sent to Ukraine to fight.
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  9521.  @drafa.  'if Israel is to be condemned, should Hamas be condemned too? The Ambassador was unable to answer that simple question.' The Ambassador did answer that. He said that it is an asymmetric situation. One side is fighting with a superpower's support and the other side is fighting with its bare hands. Why should the invaded be condemned for attacking the invader ? Should the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto be accused because they armed themselves and attacked the Germans who were exterminating them ? Should a victim of a rape assault be condemned for attacking the rapist ? Would she have to apologise for it before the rapist can be condemned ? Effectively, that is what Piers is asking for - knowingly. He is a swine. Are you dumb that you cannot figure it out ? Or you a duplicitous swine like Piers ?
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  9522.  @Conquistador_e  So are you not in the IDF death squad yet ?
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  9523.  @versavices3776  If it is circumstantial evidence, how has Piers dismissed it was an Israeli attack ?
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  9524.  @Peekaboo-Kitty  Piers does not have evidence either. He says it is circumstantial and the BBC video he played did not show anything understandable. But he demands the Palestinians should accept Israel did not do it - because that will sabotage the innocent image he has built for Israelis.
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  9525.  @Peekaboo-Kitty  Piers has no evidence either, he says what he has is circumstantial, he cites the BBC, but we know its shameless record on the Iraq war. Then why is he hell bent on asking the Ambassador to accept that it was not the Israelis who did it ? Why is he so intent on proving the Israelis are innocent because the Israelis and BBC say so ? The Ambassador asked to suspend the offensive and ask the ICC and Red Cross to investigate. But Israel will not allow it.
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  9526. The BBC's Jew Rosenberg says slyly the war has not gone according to plan for Russia, but it is determined to win. Has the war gone according to plan for the west ? The 2023 counter offensive to take Crimea was a flop. All the western game changers got destroyed. Ukraine cannot be in NATO. It cannot get its 1991 borders. All the sanctions failed. Trump is getting ready to abandon Ukraine. The west does not have the determination to win.
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  9527. Who are the lots of people ?
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  9528. As if another useless and irrelevant country would change the outcome of the war in Ukraine which is lost for the west. NATO is a cumbersome and indecisive organisation. It is a military alliance that fears death. The US is its backbone, and the rest are there to make up the numbers. NATO is used by the US for its wars : Afghanistan, Ukraine.... When was the last time NATO won a war ? It ran away from Taliban 2 years back, in the most cowardly manner. It dares not send troops to Ukraine. Don't expect Finland joining NATO changes NATO's ability.
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  9529. And Britain wants to be at the frontline to fight Russia....
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  9530.  @VonRix  'If promise was made, it was to USSR, not Russia,...' That is indeed the duplicitous and arrogant statement the US made to Boris Yeltsin when he protested NATO expansion. Yeltsin was furious; he said 'you wait, Russia will be back'. Indeed Russia is back, and it has defeated the NATO expansion plan. NATO's credibility is gone, and if Trump comes, he will wind it down.
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  9531. 'Russia has broken every agreement they have ever signed including with neutral Ukraine.' Ukraine is not neutral or sovereign, it is managed by the US after the coup of 2014. What are you talking about ?
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  9532. 'Why would Russian conscripts report for duty in an army they know is going to throw their lives away like its the 18th century? I just dont understand this'. So it is a mystery to you why the Russians defeated you when you were entitled to win. The Russians are patriotic, they fight for their country - unlike westerners.
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  9533. Note how eager Boris is to say he was not to blame for breaking up the peace accord reached in Turkey. Alexei Aristovich, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation in Turkey, said that everything was turned upside down after Boris's visit. Boris was Biden's errand boy, and they reached the conclusion if Ukraine and Russia agree peace between themselves, the Anglo Saxons would be cut out. They British and Americans wanted the war to continue because they imagined they could defeat Russia. Now with the expected Ukrainian victory not materialising, they are resigned to negotiations but want to strengthen Ukraine's position at the table. Even that they cannot achieve. It will be a comprehensive defeat and what Boris feared the most - the end of western hegemony.
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  9534.  @A4Natty  Russia knows you are puny - see those Challengers.
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  9535.  @A4Natty  Russia thinks you are the door mat of the US and you do not have any substance.
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  9536.  @J-Hajj  What is the propaganda ? Just because you cannot refute him, say it is propaganda.
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  9537. Russia has to only face NATO, as the rest of the world is not supporting NATO. Russia knows how to beat the hell out of NATO, that is why NATO does not dare send troops to Ukraine.
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  9538.  @dpelpal  Putin did not announce Kiev in 3 days, US Gen. Milley said that. Find me a link where he says that. The Russians only give objectives : no US bases in Ukraine, de-Nazification, and demilitarisation.
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  9539. I presume you would prefer to celebrate German Nazi takeover.
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  9540.  @terminalimpact2771  Those are western figures. What are Ukranian figures ? Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, importantly the industrial heartland, and the coastal areas, and reduced Ukraine to rubble, and strangled its economy. Ukraine will not join NATO as there will be no more Ukraine. The Ukro Nazis were smoked out of Mariopol and are in custody. So Russia is winning. Lot more to do of course. Odessa and Kiev remain.
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  9541.  @terminalimpact2771  Your type has been saying the same for the last 5 months. Russians have lost all officers and generals, they have no ammunition left, Putin has cancer and he will be overthrown, rouble will be rubble etc. But Russia has taken Kherson, the Ukro Nazi HQ Mariopol is captured and the hard core Nazis are in captivity, the Russians have taken Severodonetsk, Lyscychank, Siversk, they are bearing down on Bakhmut, they have substantial control of Zaphrozia, they are assaulting Kharkov, they have made Ukraine landlocked, so what are you talking about ? Ukraine as it existed in 1992 (when it became independent) does not exist anymore and will not exist again. US hopes of Ukraine being in NATO are definitely ended. The Russian economy took a hit? How about the Ukranian ? And what about the Europeans who will be freezing soon ? You are defeated and so you are delusional. From your bleating, it is apparent that the westerner's false pride is punctured. The difference between the west and Russia is you are all mouth and no trousers; Russia does not talk, it just does. The world respects doers.
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  9542. Denmark should stick with what it is known for - porn.
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  9543.  @jimmiekarlsson4458  'And Russia will lose against the west in any other duel' Which other duel ? Russia destroyed all your junk weapons like Leopards, Abrams, Challengers, Atacams, Himars, Bradleys, Storm Shadows. Overcome your cowardice and take up this duel. Russia has said that Miss Hazel don't cause no radioactivity, and the duel will be held in the neutral testing ground of Ukraine. So pluck up courage. The world is observing western defeat, you need to change your image.
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  9544. Finland was a loudmouth against Russia. Now it has realised : Russia has won and NATO has no credibility. The US does not have the resources, now it is worse as it has to go to America's other proxy, Israel. The west will be hit by Israel fatigue as well. It cannot fight a long war as it is also a dependent.
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  9545. End apartheid, before expecting a return. Can't have something for nothing.
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  9546. I commend the Ambassador to remind people that Palestine is the cradle of Christianity, and Palestinian Christians are the original Christians. Unfortunately, Christianity is dead in rootless Europe. The Europeans are so soulless and shameless today that they are pampering Judas. Their ultimate wokism is to stifle any criticism of Jews. Piers Morgan is a symptom of that wokism and the death of Christian Europe. The Americans are no better. They are so confused that they propagate Christian Zionism, putting the Jews on a pedestal and worshipping them. The Jews take full advantage of these American 'Christian' fools while massacring Palestinian Christians. The Americans are so ignorant that they do not defend Palestinians even from a Christian perspective.
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  9547. The Ukranian comedian said Crimea would be retaken by December. Now he is telling the world he is going to arrange a UN peace conference in Feb 23 where Russia would not be invited ! And he demands Russia to surrender and accept war crimes trial !! He is a lunatic but the west admires him.
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  9548. Without giving up their nukes, Russia would not have given then independence. Russia gave them independence in good faith, and even gave away Russian lands like Crime and Odessa. Then Ukraine started backstabbing Russia, and plotting against Russia with the US. Hence, Russia is taking back Russian lands and will destroy the rest of Ukraine unless it returns to neutrality.
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  9549. Russia should return Ukraine to its agricultural status before it was inducted into the Soviet Union and industrialised. Destroy Ukraine's power grid, entomb the nuclear reactors in concrete, close all munitions factories, confiscate all steel mills, and ports. Leave Ukraine with some agriculture and some EU aid. They should never again think of using the US to fight Russia.
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  9550. They are now saying Ukraine is going to have a pause in the offensive. That is a clear sign they are not up to it.
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  9551. ' Still, Ukraine joining is a political question, not militarilly' Ukraine not joining NATO is a political decision based on military reality. The US blocked Ukraine's NATO entry because of military calculations. They now know Russia is too powerful - don't listen to the stupid American lady in the video. Ukraine cannot expel the Russians, if Ukraine joins NATO, it will ask for US troops. Then the Russians will kill the Americans on a scale bigger than what they faced in Vietnam. The Americans are cowards, they won't fight if they face casualties. See their hasty exits from Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Somalia.... The Russians have the capability to incinerate all US cities. Defeated people generally don't admit they are defeated.
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  9552. When Orla Guerin is sent to make a funeral presentation on the demise of Bahkmut, then it is sure that Ukraine's offensive has petered out in Kharkov region, and Kherson had failed with costly losses for the Ukrainians. The BBC is now preparing the western audience to the reality that Ukraine hit a brick wall and Russia is prevailing. The Europeans must know that Russia is strangling their economies and de-industrialising Europe, the euro and sterling are sliding, and the US does not care.
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  9553.  @dinaf1409  You agree with me that you should overcome your cowardice and send NATO armies to Ukraine. So off you go. I shall stand a safe distance and count your life expectancy.
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  9554.  @dinaf1409  'Bandits understand only strength.' That is how Russia sees NATO. Try setting up missile and naval bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia, and the bear will devour you !
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  9555. The Ukrainians have proved they are willing pawns of the Americans. They will be used and discarded by the US and west. Ukraine is a failed country.
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  9556.  @JamesVaughan  You say I have no analysis because you cannot refute it. You are English, but you are not capable of independent thought. The British are the shoe-shine boys of the US and they have no shame. Russia is nobody's shoe shine boy, it is a sovereign country. Putin said there are only 4 truly sovereign nations : Russia, the US, China and India. The rest live under the cover of some alliance, and serve the interest of others, or fight in others wars; Britain comes under that category. True or not ?
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  9557.  @glazierblue573  Warsaw Pact was dissolved and even constituent republics of the Soviet Union were independent. Then why did you not dissolve NATO ? That way, there is trust and mutual security. But you did the worst possible thing, expand NATO. But you wanted something for nothing. And you want to pretend you are innocent. You started NATO expansion, Russia warned you, you persisted, finally Russia thrashed NATO's proxy. That is end of the story. There will be no more NATO expansion. And if Trump comes, there will be no more NATO. You brought this on Ukraine and yourself. You Get it ?
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  9558.  @wai828  Don't put on air of innocence. Warsaw Pact was disbanded, NATO should have been disbanded. In the 1990s, James Baker said after the re-unification of Germany that NATO would not expand one inch to the east. But the US arms industry wanted NATO expansion and they lobbied the US govt.. Putin warned in 2008 in a Munich security conference that NATO expansion will lead to war. NATO expansion to Ukraine was the last straw. Russia has finally put a stop to NATO expansion in Ukraine. The Europeans benefited from dissolution of Warsaw Pact, re-unification of Germany, and Russian energy. But they joined the US in backstabbing Russia. Now it is payback time for Europe and UK. You are getting what you sowed and what you deserve. NATO is tottering and if Trump comes, that will be its end. Then the Baltics and Europeans have to face the music and pay for backstabbing Russia. More important than NATO's defeat is that Russia has accelerated the process of de-dollarisation and catalysed alternative trade patterns. All this spells the decline of the US and its satellites in Europe.
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  9559.  @ospehu1  The Swedes, Poles, Finns, French, Germans invaded Russia in the last 500 years. That is why Russia is geared up to defend itself. It will knock out the teeth of anyone who dares to cast an eye on Russia. The US was casting its eye, but now knows what will happen.
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  9560.  @wai828  No treaty not to expand NATO ? Alright, now face the consequences. Why is the US ditching Ukraine now ? It had said it will support Ukraine as long as necessary; now they say it will support Ukraine as long as it can ! You can recite theories about Ukraine's sovereignty, but Ukraine is not going to exist. Ukraine's condition for independence was neutrality. 'The simple reality is that Russia cannot be trusted in the slightest. ' Is that the best conclusion you could draw after your defeat ? Russia thinks the same about you. At the end of the day, Ukraine of 1992 will not exist; NATO is in disarray, and the US is not going to fight Russia to save Europe. The message for you is that if you mess with Russia, you will be thrashed. Either you play with Russia fairly, or not at all.
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  9561.  @emanuelgaldes3515  'Strategic defeat of the West?' Indeed, you played to get Ukraine into NATO, you failed, so it is a strategic defeat, you are running around like headless chicken screaming 'The bear is coming'. You played at bringing the Russian economy down by sanctions, instead Russia sped up de-dollarisation, an essential blow to end US and western dominance. Another strategic loss.
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  9562.  @jackduane5555  Don't make unsupported assertions. If what I wrote is mindless Russian propaganda, identify and explain what that is, and refute it. You will find what I write cannot be refuted.
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  9563.  @TheBlackIdentety  'if they took decisive action last year the war could have been won this year.' All wishful thinking. NATO is an indecisive organisation, they would need to call a meeting of 35 countries. Anyhow NATO is he US. Its command structure is US and it set up for US arms, not Gripens. So forgot about it, NATO is a paper tiger, it cannot fight Russia and win.
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  9564.  @danl5592  'But you don't have the resources or the army or the weapons to face Russia on the battlefield. You keep telling everyone that Ukraine is winning blah blah blah but they are already beaten and this will not end well.' They know this. If for one moment they thought they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. The blah blah blah is because how else can they tell their public they got defeated ? The British and western psyche is colonial, they feel they are entitled to set the world order, they were used to it. Boris Johnson said 'we cannot allow Putin to win, as it will end the 'rules based international order'.' The rest of the world recalls how Britain invaded Iraq using fabricated claims of WMDs. The British created Israel by ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and they aid and abet genocide in Gaza. So what is this 'rules based international order' that the west follows ? Putin has ended their world order. The blah, blah, blah comes from helplessness over this.
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  9565. This is not a poker game. It is a chess game. And the Russians are the masters of chess.
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  9566.  @erwinz5926  If you cross check facts, you can see western media lies. That the Ukranian media will lie is understandable as they are in a war with their backs against the wall. But the western media are doing the same and that devalues the claim of a free press.
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  9567. Why does Orla Guerin refer to the Russians as 'the enemy' ? I can understand the Ukranians saying so. I understand Britain is not at war with Russia. Is this then the pretentious BBC impartiality ? Russia is wiping out the Ukro Nazis and their handlers methodically as they did in Mariopol. Now the Ukranians, Zelensky and his handlers know Bakhmut will be gone. Ukraine will be out of people and weapons and the advantage is now with Russia and it is irreversible.
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  9568. Ukraine will exist under Russia, so buy stocks in Russia. If any part of Ukraine is left, it will have to be demilitarised.
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  9569.  @tonyfendex2558  Why does not almighty Britain walk the talk and send troops to Ukraine ? I remember Sir Putin saying you will face consequences you have not faced before. You are not a power like Russia, and you do not have the courage to fight like Russia. You are a once-upon-a-time power. Get real with reality. Have I given you a clue ?
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  9570.  @Off-Grid-World  'You should think of Britain as the commanding section of other attached forces from different countries who are aligned with us. ' You are commanding no one. You are nowadays a servile nation, a subordinate of the US. You left the EU, and they do not entertain you or give concessions. 'You can't go ruling the world almost for a few hundred years then suddenly forget how to conduct yourself in a strategic manner to implement what's available to help you logistically and militarily. ' That was once upon a time, many have overtaken you. If there are any negotiations in future on Ukraine (assuming Russia does not settle it all by force), it will be between Russia and the US. This time the Russians will not allow Britain, France, Germany to join in - as in Budapest Memorandum, Minsk Agreement. You are not relevant. 'I don't see Russia being able to wipe the British out....' I have read a single Sarmat missile can take out an area the size of Britain. If attached to a hypersonic missile, it will reach you in the blink of an eye. So be careful. Do you have a hypersonic ? Your last two attempts with Trident were failures. Your ships collided in Bahrain. The world saw how your invincible Challengers got smoked. What is the evidence you are fit today ? All you have is Times Radio. 'I think you would be surprised at which countries would choose to fight alongside us rather than against.' If Russia were to sink a ship, who would fight for you ? Not the Americans. And the rest have no capability.
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  9571.  @Off-Grid-World  With all due respect, you are out of touch with reality like the British ruling class. Ex defence minister Ben Wallace said at the start of the war that Britain will kick Putin's bottom just like the British did in the Crimean war. That was in 1856. Can Britain do that in 2024 ? But in 1945, Britain became a 'has-been' and the Soviet Union emerged as a superpower. You should recall the Suez crisis of 1956 when the British thought like you that 'You can't go ruling the world almost for a few hundred years then suddenly forget how to conduct yourself in a strategic manner to implement what's available to help you logistically and militarily', and decided to invade Egypt with France and Israel, citing violation of the 'international rules based order' because Egypt nationalised the Suez canal. At that time, the Soviet Union cracked the whip and actually sent a letter to Britain to withdraw or be nuked. Eisenhower chose to look the other way and decided the US did no want to fight the Soviet Union to save these three criminal nations. Britain had to withdraw, and it was a massive humiliation of Anthony Eden. So don't get carried away with delusions. Russia is a power, Britain is nobody. If you mess with the bear, it will paw you, and don't expect the Americans will intervene; they will look the other way like Eisenhower, and all the other attached forces from different countries who are aligned with you will not be able to save you.
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  9572. Zelensky is about to sack the Foreign Minister Kuleba. 'Russia ’determined to take key Donbas cities before winter' Has Russia said this ?
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  9573. Now Ukraine and the west's defeat is written on the wall, Nick has become more realistic and sobre, there are are less stories about Ukrainian resilience and spirit.
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  9574. According to western intelligence, Russian convicts destroyed the Ukrainain military by bayoneting them with shovels.
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  9575. They deliberately dimmed Stalin out !
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  9576.  @itspeekaboo  Ukraine being governed by itself would have been the better option, but the US went and interfered and staged a coup and put an implanted govt. that would allow NATO bases to surround Russia. Russia stopped that and the cost for Ukraine's folly and the west's devious plotting is Ukraine will not exist. Get it ?
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  9577. The collective west's foreign policy is driven by collective false pride, and not collective intelligence. If the false pride did not get in the way, they would have agreed to the security guarantee and treaty Putin asked for in Dec. 2021 and averted the war. That would have been win-win for all. The learning points from this western debacle are : (1) the west does not have the military OR economic strength to defeat Russia; the bear is stronger than the 30 hyenas and adding two more will not change that. (2) Europe needs to wean itself off America, as America works to keep Europe dependent on America; Europe needs to realise that while it has a debt to America because it pulled its chestnuts out of the fire during and after WW 2, it cannot give America a blank cheque forever, it needs to have an independent stance.
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  9578. @Cain Dingle Boxing And when they get a beating, and have their country, they bleat helplessly.....
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  9579. You are right, EU is irrelevant.
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  9580.  @sixtynine2856  'AI will never be sentient contrary to popular beliefs. They are an extension of the creator and the creators typically are flawed and biased to their own self-interest.' Absolutely correct. It only reflects the output that is most fed to it. If it is American, it will take what is in western media and concoct something around it. If you proliferate fake news, it will latch on to that, and propagate it.
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  9581. Uninformative video. Is it the usual Hindu mobs on the rampage as in Manipur ? Obviously the HT has something to hide.
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  9582. Germany announces investment plan for Ukraine like building a tank factory while Bakhmut falls ! As if Russia will allow Germany or any NATO country to step foot in Ukraine again. Germany is being de-industrialised, its factories are shifting to China, and the US ,and Germany is planning to set up production in Ukraine ? Give me a break. Germany and all the vassal states of Europe are rudderless. Russia threw their economies under the bus.
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  9583. You are peddling wishful thinking. - because you have lost the war, and you are unable to come to terms with this. You target Russia's crude oil and Russia will start striking Europe with Oreshnik missiles. The US will not intervene to save Europe then. Russia is prepared for nuclear war. Why should the US have its cities incinerated ? Trump had a call with Putin. Europe and Ukraine were not invited. Any settlement will be on Russian terms. Will the US not accept and choose to escalate in Ukraine ? Trump won't. He is a bully who intimidates smaller powerless countries : Mexico, Panama, Canada, Denmark, Palestine. But I can assure you, he will not take on Russia or China - because he is a coward.
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  9584. You obviously think the western world is special and entitled to survival. Finland joining the alliance will not help the western world survive. You are clutching at straws. Russia has ended the western controlled global order and it is for good. Europe is being de-industrialised due to high energy prices. Energy intensive German companies are closing, or moving to China or US. Russia has also catalysed de-dollarisation which will end US hegemony. The effect on Europe is immediate. The effect on the US is slower. The west is not going to survive with its colonial mentality, and the organisational structures it has built, and with its habitual use of economic and military wars to get its way. The west needs to integrate with the rest of the world or perish. The west has no entitlement to survive. Survival depends on adaptation.
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  9585. What are the steps the EU could take now to protect their own position in the world ? It could seek good relations with Russia, like China, India and others have....
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  9586. Zelensky was celebrated in the west as Mr. Churchill. It is shocking to hear the west is manoeuvring to ease out Zelensky.
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  9587.  @b_northof5369  If Ukraine fought for the USA after 9/11 in both Afghanistan and Iraq, invading countries that had not harmed Ukraine, then you should not be complaining about Ukraine being invaded. The Ukrainians are thickheaded people. The Ukrainians were someone when in the Soviet Union, but when made independent, they proved to be unfit for self governance. Ukraine chose to fight a proxy war for the US against Russia. It wanted to allow US missile and naval bases to threaten Russia. Russia decapitated Ukraine and ended US hopes of bases. Ukraine chose this path, it cannot complain. They were dumb enough to fight for someone and have their country wrecked.
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  9588.  @michaelpearl-r8w  'absolutely appalling behaviour by the USA, getting some one else to fight a war for you and then abandoning them when it's not going your way. ' It was appalling behaviour by Ukraine to seek to put US missile and naval bases, the aim of which was to shut Russia off from the Black Sea. Ukraine tried to stab Russia in the back - forgetting that all Ukraine has was built by Russia when Ukraine was in the Soviet Union. 'Russia invaded Ukraine, it wasn't Ukraine who started this war.' Ukraine started the war by seeking to join NATO and use the US to threaten Russia. If it had stuck with the neutrality it stated in its Declaration of Independence, it would have all - including Crimea. Ukraine had given Russia the understanding it would be neutral which was a condition of independence, but it tried to renege from 2014. Yes, the US is to be blamed for staging the coup in 2014, instigating Ukraine to fight Russia and them walking away. But Ukraine is to be blamed for sinking Ukrainian interests for US interests. From 2014, Ukraine was not a free country. When Ukraine reached an agreement with Russia in Istanbul, the UK and US stopped it. It was not free to decide on peace.
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  9589.  @ladawell3470  Thanks. The Europeans do not understand the obvious, that Ukraine has last and it is irreversible.
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  9590.  @jasalexander-hain2601  Russia does not need to attack any NATO country, Russia is winning, and NATO is approaching Russia through Zelensky for freezing the conflict. The Russians are not interested.
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  9591.  @MrB-j5h  As if you have understanding of how air defence works - since you believe shovels are flying.
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  9592. What impact have Storm Shadows made ? None whatsover apart from vain boasting from the British. When they were used first, there was euphoria in the British press, about how they would destroy the Kerch bridge, cutting off the Russians and allowing Ukraine to reach Crimea. The bridge was hit a couple of times till the Russians learned out to deflect them. They even shot one down and retrieved an intact part and took it to Russia. The Storm Shadows made no effect on the Ukrainian counter offensive of 2023 and it is not going to make any effect on Kursk - Russia will take back Kursk and advance in Donbass. And Ukraine and the west are reduced to putting out feelers to freeze the conflict, but Russians don't want to freeze it. Get it ?
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  9593.  @MrB-j5h  The US had four hypersonic tests and all failed, reported by western media. Kinzhal has been used and it is hypersonic. It killed Swedes in Poltava who were training the Ukrainians in electronic warfare - but they could not detect or stop it. Hazel was a surprise, it is a tested hypersonic on the battlefield in real conditions. Ukraine said it came in at 11 Mach, Ukraine could not stop it, and the west has nothing to stop it. Why do you think NATO called for an emergency meeting ? Why do you think NATO is putting feelers out for 'freezing the conflict' ? As for blowing the trumpet, the west advertised Ukraine's summer offensive well in advance, it boasted about Leopards, Bradleys and Storm Shadow, and the offensive was a flop. Russia is keeping quite and doing what it needs to do. You do not go and fight someone who has a superior arsenal and fighting ability. Otherwise, you get into a losing position as Ukraine and its handlers now. Get it ?
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  9594.  @MrB-j5h  The Ukrianians said Miss Hazel came in at 11 Mach, in battlefield conditions. It had no explosives and caused damage by its kinetic energy. Imagine when they put conventional warheads to it. Whether they are categories also as ballistic missiles is irrelevant. A few of them can generate enough destruction as a nuclear weapon without the radioactivity. Russia can now go up the escalation ladder without reaching for the nukes straight away. That is the significance, and not what it is classified as. Get it ? The fact is the west has nothing that flies at that speed and nothing to stop it - by their own admission. That is why NATO held an emergency meeting. That is why the west is now putting out feelers asking Russia whether it would consider freezing the conflict. Never fight a side with superior arsenal and combined arms expertise. That is why Russia is ignoring your feelers about freezing the conflict.
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  9595.  @MrB-j5h  The Ukrainians claim Patriots shot down Kinzhals. What you have to look at is the strike rate. The Ukrainians claimed 25% strike rate. A German news report that analysed the data said it was 2%. It said the Patriot may shoot down a Kinzhal, but only if it shoots all 32 in a wild salvo - that is, a hit and miss approach. In a practical situation, you would run out of these interceptor missiles soon. Hence, you make make a point that Patriot stopped one Kinzhal in 100 by an unintelligent hit and miss approach, but as a system for air defence, it is useless. It is bound to be the case if the incoming missile is flying at speeds well above Patriot's speed, and the detection and reaction time is low. Russia is 20 years ahead of the US. It has the delivery system that can beat US defence systems.
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  9596.  @MrB-j5h  ' Imagine they have the ability to make more than a handful. ' A handful of Hazels have enough destructive capacity as a nuclear strike without radioactive fallout. 'Imagine being unable to take your own land back.' If you are talking about Kursk, they have taken back half back and they will take back the rest. Militarily what they did was very calculated : they decided to keep the Ukrainians pinned in Kursk, and then took advantage of it in the Donbass. They are master chess players. It is the west and Ukraine that are putting out feelers for freezing the conflict. The Russians are not interested - they are winning. Not fast, but they are winning. The US knows it. Trump knows it. Biden is trying to escalate so that Ukraine does not collapse on his watch. ' Imagine being totally impotent on the international stage and desperately trying to look tough.' The West has shown to be impotent, your sanctions are useless, the rest of the world refuses to go along with your sanctions, and Russia started de-dollarisation and non-dollar based trade, the rest of the world joined the band wagon, and the US has shot itself in the foot. The dollar trade was its main asset. Get it ? You are putting on a show to cover defeat. Inside, I can see you are burning.
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  9597.  @Skippylani  Devastated by US coup of 2014, with plan for NATO expansion. The US incited Ukraine to fight Russia, lost the proxy war, and wants to bail out and ditch Ukraine. Get it ?
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  9598. Well done Turkey, be independent of the US. Let the Europeans learn from you how to come out of their vassaldom.
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  9599.  @Believerin3  'Pakistan illegally occupies India's Kashmir territories ' It is the other way round. India occupies territory that should have gone to Pakistan. By the rules by which the British paritioned India, Muslim majority regions in the NW and East of India would go to Pakistan. But India sent army and occupied Kashmir, which has Muslim majority, and it kills and rapes and rules with army - just like the Israelis. The Kashmir problem like the Israel problem was created by Britain just like Ukraine problem is created by the US. As for Armenians, they should have opted to be part of Russia, that would have been the best security. Russia beats the hell out of anyone that threatens any part of Russia, it would have taken care of Azerbaijan.
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  9600.  @nousername1587  Irrelevant question. There are no pagans in that part of the world (Saudi Arabia). What is your point ? The only pagans left in the world are Hindus in India. I am sure the Muslims would rather have a Jew than a pagan. Anyhow, all that is irrelevant. Israel got its knickers into a twist. It is running an apartheid state with an army and thinking it can dance and party in the sun and no one would notice.
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  9601.  @Ryanowning  'It is necessary because we fail to learn. You cannot teach a wild animal not to never bite anyone ever again; why do we permit them to be part of our community? No more. I am done.' The Palestinians are wondering why they let Jews into their land. They are done with them. Let them pack up and go back to Germany where they came from.
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  9602.  @melimelo12345 Israelis are Nazis with a racial ideology.
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  9603.  @heisendaddy4737  God's plan ? That they should be dead ?
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  9604. NATO initiated the war by trying to expand NATO to Ukraine. The central issue for NATO is Ukraine is defeated, and NATO cannot be even admit Ukraine.
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  9605. Can anyone tell me why the US is asking for ceasefire and negotiations now when it sought bases in Ukraine and laid the foundations for the war ? That is a sign of capitulation. Yet the US talks to Russia as if the US is the winner - 'negotiate or else see what we shall do' ! Russia has seen off Biden, and will see off Trump as well. Russia's objective is clear (no NATO bases in Ukraine), and it works patiently for it. Russia is not led by clowns like Trump and Musk.
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  9606.  @jackblack6459  Is it rare for an adult to think with his own head ? !
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  9607.  @jackblack6459  Yes, that is because most people do not know any background or history to a current problem. For them, Russia invaded on 18 Feb in an 'unprovoked attack'. Said who ? Western media and some European PM. Ask them why the US did not give Russia the security guarantee it asked for, to avert the war, and they don't even recall the significance of that.
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  9608. All this showing off - is after Russia defeated NATO !
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  9609. The only way to deal with the US is with the stick. That is why the US has backed of Ukraine and NATO expansion. Till the Russians used the stick, the US had a field day.
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  9610. I read that Cameron pulled down his tweet ! The British are being foolish. The Russians can single them out in many ways, and the Americans will not come to Britain's aid, if it means nuclear weapons. They can even do it indirectly - give the Houthis the missiles to sink a British ship for instance. Britain needs to remember in the Suez crisis in 1956, when it invaded Egypt, the Soviet Union sent a letter to PM Anthony Eden stating if Britain did not pull out, it will be hit with a nuclear strike. Eisenhower looked the other way. Britain had to face a humiliating climb down.
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  9611. If the west wants to retain any credibility, it needs to sanction Israel. Otherwise, Israel will take down the west. The Jews are a problem for everyone. The Jews control the US. The Europeans should recall how troublesome the Jews were when they lived in Europe.
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  9612.  @georgeschaoul1322  'So who is winning?' Who feels their land is occupied and they need to commit suicide campaigns to recover it ?
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  9613.  @karolean8342  Russia's war is not one of acquisition of territory. It is a message to the US it will have no naval and missile bases in Ukraine. Territory taken or converted to wasteland is collateral. The main purpose is the first. Now the US knows it cannot have bases in Ukraine, because Russia will fight a nuclear war to stop it if needed. Ukraine is not going to join NATO. It is not going to exist. Finland is an irrelevant country. Sweden has blocked itself by alienating Turkey. The most far reaching consequence is Russia has ended the western run global order. It has catalysed de-dollarisation. The US invaded Iraq and destroyed Libya because they started selling oil in euros. If the dollar's value goes, the US would not be able to finance wars and impose its diktats on other countries. Now the de-dollarisation process cannot be stopped. Russia is not Iraq or Libya, it has the capacity to turn the US into a wasteland. China has gold backed currency, the yuan. When Boris Johnson said so emphatically Putin must not be allowed to win, he understood the seriousness of the impact : it would end the western 'rules based international order' which allowed western domination. The de-dollarisation movement cannot be stopped as Russia, China, India are backing it; so are Arabs, South Americans and Africans. Hence, Russia has achieved a major and far reaching effect that ends western domination, and how much of Ukraine it takes is minor. De-dollarisation is a matter of time, a slow process, but which has picked up momentum and cannot be stopped. The US and its vassals cannot invade other countries to force the use of dollars. What Russia has achieved has profound consequences for the west which goes way beyond how many cities in Ukraine Russia took. Your catalogue misses the most important outcome of what Russia has achieved. But then you are a small minded westerner smarting from Russia's punch.
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  9614. Lot of this European resentment of Qatar is politically driven and fabricated. Galloway is right that this level of attack would not happen without a motivated hand which runs across Europe. What Eissa Ali says is correct - Qatar has given space to Palestinians and has not given the Israelis a carte blanche acceptance. The kosher lobby does not like that, so they bring irrelevant side issues like gay rights. Europeans have other irritants which makes them suscpetible to the Chosen Ones. Qatar refused to reallocate LNG already sold to Asian countries, and give it to Europe. They did not want to break previous LNG contracts to please Europe. Also, Qatar refused the LNG price cap that EU demanded - which infuriated Europe. This motivated and unsubtle smear campaign against Qatar has reduced the reputation of the BBC and the Europeans. The Arabs and others now turning away from Europe and the US, and look for working with Russia and China. Putin is de-industrialising Europe and he has given a push for de-dollarisation. China is going to hold a summit in Saudi Arabia in December and a key item will be for Saudis to accept payment for oil in yuan instead of dollars. The west cannot maintain their dominance by smearing others and showing off their belief in their superiority. That is a weak policy that cannot arrest decline.
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  9615. This claim that 5% of the US budget destroyed 50% of the Russian army is a fanciful and unsubstantiated claim. When the west is unable to refill Ukraine's shells and arms and Russia can just keep going, it suggests it is the other way round ! Russia has defeated the collective west and slowly the BBC is discussing the end of western support for Ukraine. The fact is the west cannot produce the arms and does not have the money.
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  9616. Can Piers and this Jew tell us why Israel has been running an apartheid state for years with western support ? Where was the outrage ? I guess your type will say that 'this is not the time to raise this'. When is the right time ? Israelis have been killing Palestinians babies and children for years. That is why they want to kill the Jews. Oh, you will say, this is not the time to point this out.
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  9617. America first ! See at 15:05 how Trump pushes aside someone to come to the front where Stoltenberg is standing and the grimace he makes at being left in the middle rather than the front !
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  9618. The west is getting tired of Ukraine - as the war is lost.
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  9619.  @Crashed131963  Ukraine cannot attack Russia because that will invite a nuclear day of judgement for Ukraine. What is it you don't understand ?
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  9620.  @kierenmoore3236  If that is so, why did the US not send troops to Ukraine ? It is due to cowardice. Russia may well have struck Poland, but the US is so eager to not have a fight, they say Ukraine did it !
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  9621. Wars are not won with wishful thinking.
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  9622. 'however eventually western sanctions will eventually cripple Russian industry as the economy collapses.' It sound like wishful thinking. When is eventually ?
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  9623.  @Just_another_Euro_dude  The Soviet Union was militarily powerful, but it had an economy outside the capitalist economy. Russia became part of the capitalist economy, it understands it, and how the west manipulates the financial system, it is capable of both economic and military warfare. It is hitting the western economy.
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  9624.  @mikewalsh1402  Russia will turn the rest of Ukraine into a landlocked failed state, dependent on EU aid. There will come a time when the EU cannot afford it; and that will be this winter. Russia is strangling Ukraine's economy - it has taken the industrial production centres, and controls the shipping lanes. The west is talking grandly about EU entry, Marshall plan for reconstruction. None of this can happen without Russia agreeing. Russia will agree only if the Ukraine that remains signs a treaty of neutrality. There will be no NATO in Ukraine. Any other options means destroying the rest of Ukraine.
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  9625.  @corpse_sun  Does any Modi supporter show empathy when thousands of Indians are burnt in Manipur, Gujarat ....?
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  9626.  @Aditya1590  Why do Indians seek to settle in US and Canada ? Trump said remain in your smelly country if you have human rights there better than the US.
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  9627.  @bikechainmic  'When your pissing yourself laughing at ruszzia ?' You are pissing yourself out of fear. Sweden and Finland run to take cover of NATO. The leader of NATO after pushing Ukraine to join NATO vetoes Ukraine in Vilnius from joining NATO - pissing at the thought that Ukraine will ask for Article 5 and the leader will have to go to Ukraine and get killed by the Russians ! Poland after badmouthing Russia and talking like a superpower is quaking in fear when 100 Russian musicians appeared on their border !
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  9628.  @agaaga8762  But the Polish leaders go out of their way to incite Russophobia. Why is that ?
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  9629.  @throughput6674  Poland's borders were a gift of Stalin.
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  9630.  @MrsHicks-it5xj  The US will be the last one to fight for Poland. Americans don't want to see God.
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  9631.  @goodvibes0101  Historically, they might have been someone, but today Poland is no more than another vassal of the US.
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  9632. Indeed, it is because of the humiliation of the Suez Canal by the Soviet Union that Britain is so bitterly Russophobic. But Russia will remind Britain its place in the world. Already Biden refused to give Starmer permission to use missiles against Russia. Starmer lamely reminded Biden about the 'special relationship' and pleaded for permission, but Biden declined.
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  9633. I would recommend Russia to disband Wagner, and the Chechen militia. Privatising military affairs was started by the US with Blackwater. Russia copied this model and took it too far. Creating such groups is dangerous as it makes a parallel power centre. There should be only one Russian army. Russia should take its cue from the Soviet days when there was only one Red Army with which the Soviets destroyed the German Nazis. Russia should just use the Russian army to take out the Ukro Nazis.
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  9634. Rules based system : west makes the rules for the world, to suit themselves, and gangs up against others and wages wars; and it breaks those rules when desired (example invading Iraq).
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  9635. According to the Ukranian statement, Russia is doing this to make up for the failure of its operation in Bakhmut !
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  9636. Even 2022 border is not acceptable. Unless Ukraine signs a commitment not to cut all relations with NATO and show the US the door.
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  9637.  @Yamamaass  Sleeping Joe was begging oil from Venzuela whose govt. the US has been trying to overthrow for years. As for Iran, it cut links with the US 50 years ago.
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  9638. If you want your children to live, stop being a comedian and trying to use the west to promote Russian phobia, and inviting them to put missiles in your country. Even now, you can do the intelligent thing to save your children - agree to neutrality and demilitarisation. I am sure that would be acceptable to most Ukranians, although the west would not like. The west cannot fight Russia, how can you ?
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  9639. Mariopol is the HQ is head of the Azov Battalion. They are a white supremacist Nazi organisation. See this report in the Time from 2019 Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy910FG46C4 Hence, it is important that Russia takes Mariupol and liquidates the Azov.
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  9640. Does that apply to Israel also ? Or are you a typical western hypocrite indulging in moralising doublespeak ?
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  9641. So the west knows ''risk of weakening' Europe and the West'. Putin triggered the weakening of Europe and the US, and now it is unstoppable.
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  9642. It is the Russians who do not generally announce what they are up to, they keep the western media guessing. It is Ukraine that habitually makes tall claims and does show biz. They tell us they are fighting to save the free world. The Ukrainians need to keep your type entertained to get food.
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  9643.  @charlesbeaudry3263  Sanctions take time.- you mean they are not working. But the counter sanctions are going to work faster on you. Europe faces a cold winter, bigger industrial closures than induced by Covid, and a decline in living standards. Euro and pound have lost 20% of their value. The rouble is stronger than before. True or not ? So who is winning. Curing false pride and illusions also takes time.
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  9644. International partners or international handlers of Ukraine ?
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  9645. The west is delusional because of false pride. They want to fight Russia and apparently want to fight China as well. What for ?
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  9646. Lithuania is hiding behind the EU. It has been provocative with its Russophobia is next in line for a severe beating.
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  9647. 'Imagine losing your child in the war, and handing over territory he or she died to keep' The German Nazis faced that choice. Imagine them having to give away Konigsberg to the Soviet Union. The Ukro Nazis face the same choice.
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  9648. 'The economy is everything and ruzzian economy crumbles. ' You have been saying this since 2022. Biden said rouble will be rubble. But we see Germany is being de-industrialised and fascist forces gaining ground in US and Europe.
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  9649. Why the hell did the west and NATO want to expand to Ukraine's doorstep ? Russia gave a warning unless Ukraine accepted neutrality and the west gave a security assurance, Ukraine will be destroyed.
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  9650.  @maryanchabursky9148  You are unable to digest the reality : Ukraine has lost - and Russia has inflicted a strategic defeat on the west. 'no they said they would cut the land bridge (at the vary least take Tokmak) ' They said more than that. Zelensky had said in 2022 that he would take Crimea by Dec. 2022 because 'that is where it started and that is where it will end'. He could not take Crimea by Dec. 2022 and by Dec. 2023, his pathetic counter offensive had failed. After the fall of Severodonetsk, Zelenesky had said another city would not fall. But Bakhmut and Avdeevka fell. In June 2023, Biden said in Vilnius that Ukraine could not join NATO. Ukraine fought to join NATO, it has lost 5 oblasts in the process, and the US has said Ukraine cannot join NATO ! Then it is all loss for Ukraine. 'Lol having one unsuccessful offensive does not mean you lost the war (look at any war in the last 100 years).' The problem for you is that Ukraine is not going to do another counter offensive. Ukraine does not have the manpower and the west does not have the shells or the money. No one in the west is going to shell up more money for a lost cause. ' ruSSia has had far more unsuccessful offensives they just don’t publicise them (or they lie about what their initial objectives were). ' Yes, Russia talks less and does more - unlike the west and Ukraine. They have said their objective is Ukraine will not join NATO and the US will not have bases in Ukraine. That has been achieved. No western nation dares set foot in Ukraine. It is a strategic defeat for the west. For Russia has single handedly ended the western world order.
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  9651.  @braxxian ' Thinking Ukraine can deflate it’s vastly largest neighbour with a bunch of begged and borrowed weapons was ludicrous to begin with.' Obvious, but to the many who are brainwashed, it is not obvious still.
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  9652. Denmark is brought up to cover up the fact that the US decided against using ATACAMS and Storm Shadows knowing the Russians will retaliate against NATO targets, which would force the US to fight a nuclear war.
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  9653.  @bzdtemp  ' part of why is because that we are on or near the top when it comes to providing aid to Ukraine (in terms of % of GDP per capita).' But the % you are giving is irrelevant because the total sum is irrelevant. Irrelevant nations like Denmark should have no say.
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  9654.  @bzdtemp  'those that do tend to have more influence than you'd expect just looking at their stature.' What is Denmark's stature ? What is it known for ? Porn ? What has it hit the new for ? Anti Muslim cartoons ?
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  9655.  @bzdtemp  Since you have knowledge, why don't you tell me about what is Denmark's stature, what it is known for, and how it will make Ukraine win ? I only heard Denmark produces porn, and hates Muslims and Russians. I can't recall Denmark being in the news for anything positive. Then what is the point of grandstanding about the % aid you have given Ukraine ? The US has given the most, but it cannot stop Ukraine being beaten into a pulp. In fact, the US is getting ready to ditch Ukraine. If so, will Denmark pick up the cudgel and fight Russia ? You have no numbers to fight Russia, and in any case, you are cowards. It is better to keep your mouth shut. You are in no position to mess with Russia. Get it ?
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  9656.  @fillsbury8304  Come on man, don't exaggerate about a non-country. Denmark hits the news only for porn, drugs, racism, Islamophobia etc. It is an ugly little country. Still, if that is what you are, it is fine. Just don't mess with Russia, you are not in the same league as Russia and you never will be even if you have Greenland. Get it ?
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  9657.  @mgordon1713  Russia is not interested in invading Denmark. However, if Denmark wants to be leading in ganging up and threatening Russia, then it too will get a beating. Denmark is irrelevant, they should shut up. Small people should not speak big. Get it ?
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  9658.  @bzdtemp  Show me Denmark's importance if you have so much knowledge.
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  9659.  @bzdtemp  Personal attacks cannot be a substitute for content. Tell me why Denmark can decide whether Ukraine can use long range missiles. Does Denmark make any ? Why has it not sent troops to Ukraine, you numskull ?
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  9660.  @bzdtemp  You know you will get badly hurt if you fight Russia directly, so you encourage a proxy to fight. Very cynical and shameless. Now that your proxy is getting defeated and no NATO bases are possible in Ukraine, what is your next step ? Abandon Ukraine and go to fight China ?
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  9661. Kirby has a duplicitous reply on when the war will end - when Putin goes away. That is not going to happen. The war would end when the US realises that NATO bases in Ukraine are not possible. If the US is going to fund Ukraine as long as it takes, then Ukraine will be pounded for as long as it takes. That can include a tactical nuclear strike.
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  9662.  @markberryhill2715  You have not touched their nuclear arsenal and missiles with long reach. It is those that render you impotent. It is not the percentage, it is what they can do. They are Russian now, not Soviet. You are an illiterate.
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  9663. The USAID has been involved in covert operations, it functions as an arm of the CIA. People in the developing countries have been victims. It is not intense Russian and Chinese propaganda, they have first hand experience. The developing countries should see cutting of USAID as a boon. Trump has done right things out of misguided anger.
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  9664. Of course Russia will use nukes - if needed. What are nukes for ? If Ukrainian forces cross into Crimea, Kiev will receive a tactical nuclear strike. This has been intimated to the US, that is why two days ago Blinken said Ukraine will have to forgo Crimea. If a tactical nuclear strike on Kiev becomes necessary, before that Russia will put all western cities under the nuclear scanner, to deter them from intervening if Kiev is hit. If NATO forces cross into Russia or Byleorussia, it will invite a nuclear strike. The scenarios are clear.
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  9665.  @osuchabro3339  'Russia is far too militarily weak to strike anything within NATO and Russia knows it would be completely obliterated if it did that.' And if NATO tried to strike anything in Russia, all western cities will be obliterated. You also know that. That is the reason you did not put a no-fly zone or send troops to Ukraine. Russia will strike within NATO if NATO tries to strike within Russia. When Lithuania tried to blockade Russia's Kaliningrad, Russia was going to take action against Lithuania. Article 5 would not have stopped Russia. The EU forced Lithuania to climb down. 'That's exactly why Russia hasn't been able to fire a single round at any NATO countries in over a year.' Turn that round. NATO countries have not been able to fire a single round into Russia, or send their troops to Ukraine because Russia will incinerate all western cities.
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  9666. Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland.... all first class jokers. None of them can fight like the Russans. Look at the world war record of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland - all collaborated with the Nazis. The Red Army destroyed the Nazis.
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  9667.  @nattygsbord  'We already have the best weapons producers ...' Ha, ha, ha.... you cannot even make 150 mm artillery shells. Russia is using hypersonic missiles. You have none. Even US does not have it.
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  9668. After seeing the videos of African and Indian students barred from boarding Ukranian trains, there is no doubt Ukranians are substantially Nazi in their mentality. They deserve the beating they are getting from Russia. On what basis do Ukranians qualify as Europeans who claim superior morals ? I would say the same about the Poles.
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  9669.  @nigelgarrett7970  You are not educated enough because if you were, you would have written a refutation of what I wrote about junk western equipment, instead of making personal comments.
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  9670.  @nigelgarrett7970  'If we are nit picking then antidote is one word. Educated enough?' You are not educated enough. Nitpicking is one word ! You are a numskull.
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  9671.  @nigelgarrett7970  The British were claiming Challengers are invincible. The Americans said the same about Abrams. All because they could fight in Iraq against opposition that did not have the latest. But when the Challengers, Leopards and Abrams came out in Ukraine, Russia destroyed them. The Ukrainian counter offensive failed despite these, cluster bombs, Himars. True or not ? '....just that they are better than the Soviet and Russian ones' That is a conviction born out of conceit. Where is the evidence ? Russia destroyed all types of your equipment. Your equipment is junk, NATO has not fought a war that it has won, nor have the British, French or Americans. The way NATO ran away from Kabul proves you are cowards, and you cannot fight. The Russians have combined arms warfare capability that no one else has. That is tanks, drones, missiles, thermobaric weapons, hypersonic missiles, electronic jamming all working together. They have unused capability in anti-satellite destruction and nuclear weapons, so they hold the nuclear sword above you. And the Russians can fight - you saw in Bakhmut, and how they torched the Ukro Nazis in Mariopol. The collective west cannot match Russia. You may recall the Red Army beat Germany into a pulp. Like that the Russians can beat NATO into a pulp. Britain can be finished with a single hypersonic Sarmat missile. If for a moment you really believed your weapons were better and you thought you could win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. But you know you will be killed on a scale you did not experience before.
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  9672. Zelensky is begging the west to send more lethal arms, planes, tanks the whole lot. Also, the west is propagating Ukraine is winning, so they are sending lethal arms, then the carnage will not end. For the west, Ukraine is a useful proxy to put down Russia, so they will seek for the war to continue. If the victor is Zelensky and Ukraine, what is the talk in this video about a security guarantee ? Why does the victor need a security guarantee ?
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  9673. F16s are irrelevant, Russians destroyed all the other western junk.
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  9674. The western narrative is slowly changing as they see Russia is going to prevail. The colonel admits Russians have time on their side, they have manpower, they have the weapons supply line, and their people are patriotic. In contrast, they west does not have these; they do not have soldiers to send to Ukraine (the US said the UK cannot raise a brigade), they do not want to die, and they do not have running production lines that can ramp up production, and at some stage western population will ask questions where all the money is going.
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  9675.  *Uncle Joe*  Indeed, the plan was to give Ukraine a chance and use minimum force. Ukraine was asked to consider returning to neutrality. Ukraine thought it could fight Russia because it was in the US camp. Still Russia did not go for Ukraine's jugular. But Ukraine took that as a sign of Russian weakness. Now Russia is teaching them a lesson. And still the nuclear sword is kept in storage. The Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. 20% will return to Russia, and if the Ukranians do not come to their senses, the rest will be turned into rubble.
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  9676.  @somethingfunny6867  Russians lose as much, but somehow they are unstoppable.
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  9677. What is the example Finland has set ? Adding one more weakling into NATO is not going to help Ukraine defeat Russia when 30 others including others could not do it. And if Finland misbehaves against Russia thinking it has US support, Russia will administer it a beating no less severe than to Ukraine, regardless of Article 5. Just get that into your head.
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  9678. The western hope is now that it will be a stalemate, then they think Russia will agree to freeze the conflict and the west agrees to cede Donbass and Crimea, and the quid quo pro would be the remaining Ukraine will be admitted to NATO and the US will get the coveted missile and naval bases. But Russia will not agree to the quid pro quo above. The Russian quest is not territory, but de-militarisation of Ukraine. That means, no NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  9679. She is super articulate, she knows if the money and weapons don't come, it will be curtains for Ukraine. Kiev will be like Aleppo. That is the way it is going to go.
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  9680.  @Andrew-79  I did not say Kiev will be like Aleppo. The Ukranian MP said it.
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  9681.  @RichRobinson  What is the point for the outrage ?
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  9682. I am disgusted as you for just sending arms - why don't you send troops to Ukraine ?
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  9683. @user-tf4tv9bj4fIf you don't want to send troops, no need to send arms to Ukraine either, ask Ukraine to negotiate and settle. Why did BoJo ask Ukraine to fight on ?
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  9684. Ukraine is playing the Israeli game - claim that if Ukraine falls, the west will fall. Nothing of the sort will happen when Ukraine falls. Ukraine will go back to Russia. There will be no NATO bases in Ukraine.
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  9685. Ukraine will not have freedom to host US bases to threaten Russia. Get it ?
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  9686. 'NATO would be very fortunate to have such an experienced army as Ukraine’s within its ranks' Unfortunately for you, Ukraine will be part of Russia. If anything is left, it will be a wasteland.
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  9687.  @MrObvious-tg8lz  Do you believe then that Ukraine is winning ? If Russia hasn't won already, why is the US seeking negotiations and a ceasefire ? Why is the US off loading Ukraine and telling them to cede land ? Why is the US saying Ukraine cannot be in NATO ?
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  9688. It is a revenge attack, it is obvious and to be expected. The Ukranians and their handlers need to realise Russia will escalate and continue up to a tactical nuclear weapon.
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  9689.  @petertwiss4215  The west has been defeated, and it sounds like you are consoling yourself with feeble statements. Biden said that the rouble will be rubble. Nothing happened. Instead, we find the world is de-dollarising. Every European country is mired in inflation and recession.
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  9690. Give me a break ! Ukraine ain't going to force Russia out of Donbass and Crimea. When Himars were given, Zelensky and his handlers said Ukraine will capture Crimea by Dec. 2022. Ukraine did attack the Kerch bridge and threaten Crimea. That bought massive Russian retaliation. Russia destroyed the power grid and kept Ukraine mending it. No time for Crimea. The Russians withdrew from Kherson city, let the Ukranians take it, and shelled them from the across the river, so Ukraine could not go further with the Kherson offensive. After that Russia, ramped up the attack in Donbass. Soledar fell, Bakhmut is on the verge of falling. Once that falls, Russia will go after Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Odessa is a region that must return to Russia. Ukraine has lost a lot of manpower in Soledar and Bakhmut. Russia has ramped up its manpower. The Himars did not make much effect, so now it is tanks. But they are too little too late and they are a haphazard collection. The west is not able to ramp up production. And finally, Russia can force unconditional surrender any time with a tactical nuclear weapon on Kiev. There is no way the Ukraine of 2014 will return, let alone the Ukraine of 1991. The battle in the south and east is lost and the west knows it. Now the question is whether Ukraine can stave off losing central Ukraine. The Ukranians have been dumb, sacrificing their country for fighting for an American interest to have naval bases. The Americans are unwilling to die, but Ukranians are will to die for an American goal. Who does that ? Unbelievable stupidity.
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  9691.  @froglifes6829  Putin said he has no issue with Ukraine joining the EU. Russia has objected only to NATO expansion eastwards. NATO is a military alliance set up only to target Russia. When the Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved. But the US had other designs, and the Europeans being shameless and spineless door mats went along with American plans to threaten Russia. Russia had warned that extending NATO to Ukraine is a red line and they warned if a security guarantee was not given, they will give a technical military response. They have given Ukraine a thorough thrashing. To end the beating, Ukraine will have to renounce NATO. Russia has also signalled to America that they will not tolerate US bases in Ukraine. Both Ukraine and the US understand the message.
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  9692. You sent too many game changers, the last one being cluster bombs, but they did not help. Russia is in a winning position.
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  9693. The extent someone will go to keep Europe under its thumb......
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  9694. Now that this NATO war is lost for Europe and the US, Europe is planning for the next war against Russia without the US ! Such is the false pride ! And who will be the commander of European Defence Force - Macron on Boris Johnson ? Or Tusk ? Or will it be Stoltenberg's retirement job ?
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  9695. Now this fellow Gulliver Cragg admits that Ukrainian armed forces have taken heavy casualties in Bakhmut and there is criticism even in Ukraine. As for British intelligence, we know how reliable they are. They said some time ago the Russians have run out of steam, they also said the Russians are reduced to fighting with shovels. The Russians seem to have inflicted heavy casualties even with these weapons. They must have bayoneted the Ukrainains with shovels.
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  9696. 'If we believe that God wills the liberty and happiness of mankind, how can we doubt that we are doing God's work in fighting for liberty against aggression" (The above is a letter sent to Richard Cobden MP)' You are very pretentious. In 1857, the British crushed the Indians when they tried to overthrow the British (the British call it Indian Mutiny, the Indians call it war of independence). No consideration then of the 'liberty and happiness of mankind, how can we doubt that we are doing God's work in fighting for liberty against aggression". Can one say that 170 years later, the same people are invading Suez, Iraq, Afghanistan ? Preaching of their superior morality and doing something else. Could one say old habits die hard ? That is why you do not have credibility, and the rest of the world is backing Russia. Come out of your conceited web of narcissism.
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  9697. Biden's action stinks as the motivation was purely to undermine Trump. It was driven by personal vindictiveness against Trump rather than best interests of Ukraine. It is a shocking revelation that the US is so divided, and its leadership is so venal and self serving.
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  9698.  @bittlesful  NATO will not have a go and send troops to Ukraine, because they are gutless. None of them will be able to take the kind if the casualties the Russians will inflict - least of all the US. The Ukranians can take it - they are from the same DNA as the Russians. The US's deal with Ukraine was 'we shall send you money and weapons, you just give the blood'.
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  9699.  @ramearju  At least they have many countries to go to. Where will Hindus go with your beastly religion and culture ?
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  9700. Russia and China are quaking at the clear message from almighty Britain ! They may ask for NATO protection.
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  9701.  @Leonardo-lb6rs  Finland had to concede territory to the Soviet Union. Same with Germany.
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  9702. Most of the non-western world believes America and NATO is the root cause of the war. I have seen Chinese media, Indian media, Arab media, Latin American media and they have the opposite perspective to the west. They are more objective as they are not emotionally wound up like westerners and they can see NATO expansion to Russia's borders is a case of the US and NATO threatening Russia.
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  9703. Crux is a typically sub-standard Indian channel. One day it will make a video of how Russia is demolishing Ukraine with astonishing weapons. Next day's video will be about Ukraine demolishing Russia with western weapons, and repeating western lines. It practises sensationalism from both sides to get viewership. If you look at its productions, they are unsubstantiated statements with continuous annoying music. Indians are not equipped to get real footage from the battle, or give detailed analysis of military equipment of both sides. So one should doubt their channel. Indian media is amongst the worst in the world for quality and credibility.
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  9704. At the moment, the action is focussed on winning Solidar and Bakhmut. Kharkhov is a job to be finished. Russia will back for it. The west indulges in nonsensical talk about starting reconstruction before the war has ended. Russia will come back for Kharkov. Leave it to Russia to reconstruct Kharkhov, as they see it belongs to them.
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  9705.  @harmless6813  Soledar appears nearly captured. I shall get back to you when Bakhmut falls. After that, let us see what are Russian tactics.
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  9706. One of the maxim's of war is that the supply lines should not be over stretched. Ukraine's supply line was unviable as it stretched to the USA. It was never going to get the weapons quickly. It was faulty thinking one can fight a war with supplies from 'partners' from across the Atlantic. The 'partners' don't have the production, and they are not facing an invasion, why should they skew their economy for war production on the grounds of Russia invading them in future ? Ukranians are brave but incredibly stupid and politically naive. They sacrificed their independence and nationhood for their 'partners' machinations against Russia.
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  9707. This is a typical western analyst obliged to put on a positive spin for the Ukrainians. How is the war swinging slowly towards favour ? They lost Soledar and they will soon lose Bakhmut. The western media acknowledge that the west cannot even supply shells, let alone tanks and planes. Whatever the west can supply is too little too late. And it is crunch time for Ukraine. Too little too late will not save them. The EU Foreign Minister Borrell said that if the EU and the west cannot ramp up supply, he said the war will be over in 2023 - by which he meant, Ukraine will have lost. Currently, all end-of-the-year western assessments favour Ukraine, but they are doing it because otherwise, the west would be seen as failing. It is turning point for Ukraine, and it is in Russia's favour. Ukraine has lost too many of its soldiers, and the west can supply too little too late. The time is ripe for Russia to make a huge assault.
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  9708. 'I find it interesting that he's saying Russia wants a war of attrition because it has more resources and will eventually win this way. All I've been hearing is how Russia will run out of ammo or how Russia will run out of money to fund the war.' This shows the confusion in western propaganda as defeat stares in the face.
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  9709. 'The tank can be replaced. It did its job, it protected the crew, its most valuable asset. On the Russian side, material and lives is not valued.' Your comment sucks of sour grapes. You should be sporting and congratulate the Russians.
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  9710.  @IgorVladimer  The Russians are beating the hell out of the Ukranians, and their dodgy western weapons. The Russians do not need any assistance on the front. Ukraine needs assistance and is constantly begging. NATO should send its troops to Ukraine and show its capability. Of course, the fear is the Russians will beat the hell out of NATO and the world will see !
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  9711. The blame game has started and that is a sign of looming defeat. But one cannot blame Zelensky alone - although as the front public figure, he will be held responsible. He is a mere puppet, his handler is the US. The US is the cause for Ukraine's catastrophe. The Ukrainians should say this. Ukraine was in trouble when it took US money and staged a coup in 2014. The US and its vassals in Europe pushed to get Ukraine into NATO. The US wanted naval and missile bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. When Russia punched Ukraine and its handlers in 2022, initially the Russian offensive did not click, and Ukraine did much better, well beyond expectation. There was euphoria in Ukraine and amongst its handlers. They declared Russia was weak and incompetent, and would be beaten. But in 2023, the tide turned. Russia got its act together and Ukraine's progress had plateaued. In 2023, both Ukraine and its handlers were put on the back foot. The casualties took a toll on Ukraine's manpower. And the west could not ramp up production of hardware; and they had to grapple with the hit to their economies. Russia had the stamina to continue. The Ukranians should fix the blame on the US and NATO, ask them to get out, and negotiate and repair relations with Russia. Going with the US will compound the disaster. At some stage, the US will walk away and not take responsibility and Ukraine will be in a weaker position.
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  9712. So I trust you will be rioting against immigrants because Enoch said so ? Who will run your health service ?
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  9713. The cheek the Brit has to say India and China are breaking sanctions. Who is the west to say western sanctions apply to all in the world and whoever ignores it is 'breaking sanctions' ?
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  9714. Igor says it is a win-win situation for Ukraine !
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  9715. You did not blame it on Russia's hybrid warfare ?
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  9716.  @lipids7185  Ukraine would have been living as a neutral but intact country, but the US arranged a coup in 2014 and implanted a favourable regime that would allow the US to put bases to threaten Russia. The US made Ukraine fight Russia, and when Ukraine got defeated, the US ditched it. Hence Henry Kisssinger's statement is correct for Ukraine " To be an enemy of America is dangerous, to be a friend of America is fatal " -
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  9717. The issue is not the land, that was collateral damage. The issue for Russia is no NATO missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Trump's formula about Ukraine ceding lost land on its own is not sufficient, if the plan is to induct the remaining Ukraine into NATO and plant US bases there. Russia would be willing to give up land and reconstruct Ukraine if Ukraine signs a written treaty that it will be neutral and not join any anti-Russian military alliance. If not, the war will continue, Russia will seek to take Odessa and reduce the remainder to a wasteland. A low intensity war can be kept going in the remainder so NATO cannot set foot.
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  9718.  QuantumMeme  I did not see a similar demand from westerners for a war crimes tribunal for western leaders for war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, I did not see the US run to the UN before invading Iraq, the western media was into defending our boys who were out there. There was no comparable effort to house the refugees you created. What is wrong with whataboutery ? The west does not have credibilty outside the west precisely because of your duplicity. Outside the west, people support Russia.
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  9719.  @JLSMaytham  Stars and Stripes do indeed induce terror in European politicians - but they do not induce terror in Russian and Chinese politicians. US is wondering how to counter China and Russia together.
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  9720. Zelensky says he cannot understand why there are so many Patriots in the world and so few in Ukraine ! But earlier Ukrainians were shooting down 100% of the missiles.
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  9721.  @Spaceghost87x  By enemy within, he means the Jews.
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  9722.  @maudri1273  Earlier the Jew was your enemy and the Europeans got rid of them.
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  9723. 'The reality is that putin is not in a position to dictate to Ukraine or the world.' Then why is Ukraine begging the rest of the world to get Russia to stop and give back the oblasts Ukraine squandered, and why is the west hosting such nonsense ? You should give Ukraine more money and tell it to keep fighting. The reality is Ukraine and its handlers lost the war in the 2023 counter offensive, that is why you are stuck and don't know what to do. You are delusional but the rest of world can see the west is defeated. Get it ?
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  9724. Indeed, the Jews make themselves look more and more hateful and disgusting, evil. Character flawed to the bone.
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  9725.  @andrear1599  Standing with apartheid does not help, it fails. Jewish Nazism will not work anymore than German Nazism.
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  9726. The biggest loss for the west is undermining the dollar and euro and their own financial system. That in fact is what ends their hegemony.
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  9727. @markmierzejewski9534 You are being dishonest and pretentious. Russia is fighting the combined west including a superpower both in the military and economic spheres. Without the west's support for Ukraine, it would have folded like Iraq. As it is, Ukraine is folding as the west does not have the money and arms to continue. The actual question you should be asking is 'how did Russia manage to withstand the economic warfare of 50 countries, and take part of Ukraine, and get into a position to collapse Ukraine ?' Russia has in effect defeated NATO and EU. That is why the west is raging. Get it ? Of course, the Ukrainian soldiers are good - they are from the same stock as the Russians. After the Russians, the Ukrainians and Turks are the best fighters in Eruope. As for the Poles, you only have to look at your performance in WW 2. You would not have lasted even with western support.
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  9728.  @boink800  Russia is fighting successfully 50 nations including a superpower, in both economic and military spheres. The US is hit with dedollarisation, Germany is facing de-industrialisation, and Ukraine is partly taken, and the west has run out of weapons. In fact, the west does not have the stamina to continue, whereas Russia has the stamina. Get it ?
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  9729.  @Mike-mm4mx  It is not wishful thinking that Russia shrugged off the sanctions. It is not wishful thinking that de-dollarisation has kicked off, and that Germany is being de-industrialised. It is not wishful thinking that the west has run out of shells and arms. It is not wishful thinking that Ukraine has manpower crisis. It is not wishful thinking that Ukraine has lost land, and is losing more. You are living in denial.
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  9730.  @Mike-mm4mx  What is the reality I twisted ? Is it not true that Ukraine lost 5 oblasts and they are gone for good ? Is it not true the counter offensive of 2023 flopped ? Is it not true Ukraine does not have manpower and is losing more ? Is it not true that the west does not have the money and arms and is supporting intermittently because of that ? Is it not true that Russia has the manpower and arms and so it is defeating the combined west ?
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  9731. China knows it should help Russia - because the US and its vassals have declared that China is their next enemy to take down. Russia alone is defeating the west, Russia + China will end western hegemony for good.
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  9732. What you have written is correct except for 'Russia is surely a more powerful nation than many European nations ...' Russia is a powerful nation than all of EU + UK combined.
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  9733. Russia is returning Ukrane to how it was before it joined the Soviet Union. No end in sight for Russian attacks - they ran out of missiles long ago.
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  9734. Nielsen caters to the delusionists who cannot recognise the reality that Russia has defeated the west.
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  9735. Only now CNN is changing its tune. Till now they were saying Ukraine is winning, Russia has run out of ammo, their soldiers have low morale, their generals are dying, Putin is sick etc.. Now reality is dawning. Soon the west will be urging Ukraine to negotiate and cede land in order not to lose more land.
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  9736. '" NATO exists to manage the risks created by its existence " That is a good one ! NATO should have been dissolved with Warsaw Pact. NATO exists now for the US to keep Europe under its dominion.
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  9737. Syrsky is rumoured to not have known about the offensive till it was decided by the British and Americans. He did not sound enthusiastic about it, especially seeing the result.
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  9738.  @hyhhy  'To be fair, Syrsky is a Russian in an official position, so he would be expected to never sound enthusiastic about anything.' To be fair, Zelensky is a Jew, so is Shymal and others in the Ukrainian establishment, so some say they are serving their Zionist brethren Victoria Nuland, Blinken etc.
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  9739. This will call for Russia to start direct attacks to eliminate Ukraine's leadership. It is something that Russia has avoided so far, but the Ukranians and their handlers are pushing it too far.
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  9740.  @duncansmith7576  NATO and western media boast all the time about their superior fighting force, their superior equipment and superior training. These qualities were supposed to have been transferred to Ukraine. But now the results do not show this. So I just wondered whether NATO should not go into Ukraine with its superior fighting force.
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  9741. 'All Pro-Ukrainisn talking heads.'. Typically, western media act as a self-righteous echo chamber. 'Propaganda don't win wars.' When you feel defeated, that is all you can do.
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  9742. The Europeans were smugly telling us the rouble will be rubble 3 months ago. Now, the rouble is the strongest currency against the dollar, while the Euro has fallen to the lowest level in 20 years. What is happening ? There are two lessons. As the Gazprom CEO said, energy is more valuable than euros and dollars. The Europeans are the biggest losers as a result of following America on NATO expansion.
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  9743. They will support Nazis while crying about Holocaust.
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  9744. To cut the story short, the final conclusion is that Ukraine cannot storm the Russian defences and win. In other words, the war is lost. The west was mocking the Russians in 2022, saying they are unmotivated, poorly trained, poorly led, they don't have precision weapons etc. Now Ukraine and the west are under time pressure, and the Russians have played their cards correctly knowing the dependency of Ukraine and the west's incapacity to supply weapons and take decisions quickly. One cannot say the opponent understood our weakness and exploited it. The blame game has started. Russia has proved it is stronger than NATO combined and it has the will to win. When the Russians fight, they fight hard to win. Musk is right in thinking an attack on Crimea will bring a nuclear attack on Kiev.
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  9745. Like Boris Johnson, Macron is now the new errand boy for Biden, now sent to ask for negotiation after Boris scrambled it earlier !
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  9746.  @jackklugman107  'And using others ie colonial troops to do most of the dying' But now they don@t have colonial troops to die for them They have to rely on Ukrainians to die for them.
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  9747. Only retaking all of Ukraine will suffice ... stalemate is not an option. So says Zelensky. What is the point of aiming for something that is unattainable ? If Ukraine does not accept the reality, then it will lose more. It only has the option of ceding what it has lostor losing more. It got into this losing position due to taking a strident Nazi tinged anti-Russian nationalism, thinking this would win American and EU approval. Basically Ukraine has squandered its independence and become a failed state.
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  9748. Clarke, despite his tall talk that winning means driving out Russia to 2022 borders, and winning well means taking back Crimea, he knows the writing on the wall - Putin will win and NATO will crumble ! He is even talking about removing Zelensky ! All manner of unspeakable things about Ukraine's position are being said now by the western supremacists as reality becomes undeniable.
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  9749. They should come after Germany. The Soviet Union allowed the re-unification of Germany and the Germans backstabbed them. Nazism is in their genes and they infected the Ukranians.
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  9750. @@UncleSam7.62 So why is the US sponsored counter offensive a failure ? Are you waiting for the Russians to knock out the Abrams ?
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  9751. The BBC Jew's name is not Goldberg, it is Rosenberg.
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  9752. It is bloody cheek for a British reporter to question Russia about escalation. So what if Korean soldiers have come to Russia ? Why does NATO not send troops to Ukraine ? Putin gives a controlled and clear answers.
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  9753. The art of slanting news and manipulating opinion can be seen in how things are presented. Look at how the BBC reporter starts with Ukraine's claim of shooting down 6 hypersonic missiles - as if it is fact. By presenting it first, it looks like it is fact. Putin is not invincible at all. They make these claims and then we see pictures of burning buildings. That is due to debris from the Patriot, it is suggested ! Then in drips they admit that a Patriot was hit. One good thing is from now on they will not show pictures purporting to show Russia struck civilian targets. Now Patriots are protecting Ukrainians, that should not happen. And if they happen, then it is due to debris from Patriots !
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  9754. @humanexperience1585 Iran calls the US and UK the big and small Satan,
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  9755. Whole of NATO - that is the bunch of cowards who ran away from Kabul 4 years ago.
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  9756. It is all wishful thinking. TheUS think tank says the US cannot afford to support Ukraine, and the bankrupt Europeans have to step up. Meanwhile, Putin has triggered the de-dollarisation drive, and that is a far reaching and profound effect that will cut the US down. The process has started and it cannot be stopped. The days of living beyond your means, by printing dollars and waging war on others and grabbing resources to maintain that system are over. There are new trade flow patterns developing and the US and west will be cut out of it.
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  9757. There was an article in a Chinese paper which summed it up : the US instigated the crisis but the greatest damage is to Europe, the most important stakeholder (apart from Ukraine). Europe has little influence on controlling the fall out. For the US, the long term damage is de-dollarisation of the world economy. As the dollar becomes less important, the US becomes less important. For Europe, the effect is immediate : de-industrialisation. BASF has announced downsizing in Europe and shifting production - to China ! The Europeans are dumb lemmings committing economic suicide under the belief the US is a partner with 'shared values'. It is scarcely believable they don't have the capacity for independent thinking. You speak to people from Germany, Britain, Poland etc., you will find they don't have the courage to pinpoint the US, they think it is Putin only. The Europeans are very afraid to speak against the US. If you meet Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Turks etc., they have no hesitation to say the US is the instigator and the solution is for Europe to assert itself against the US. They have faced US duplicity and mischief before, so they know.
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  9758.  @WingkKong  America's empire is becoming restricted to Europe where the people willingly subordinate themselves.
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  9759. There was much boasting in Times Radio when Storm Shadows appeared first. They said it will take down the Kerch bridge and Ukraine will be able to take Crimea. Ukraine could not cross the first line of the Surovikin line. Now they say Storm Shadows will reverse Ukraine fortunes and force Russia to negotiate. At any rate, they have given up hopes that they will get Crimea, their hope is now Russia will not advance as fast as it is.
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  9760. Bolton has been a US supremacist all along. He tried to bully the UN. He supported the Iraq invasion, he supports Israel.
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  9761.  @burtvhulberthyhbn7583  Poland is a useless country that imagines it is a superpower. It would not survive one day if the Russians gave it a beating.
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  9762.  @burtvhulberthyhbn7583  Poland is a nobody in the world, it just tries to act like a superpower. It will survive as long as it has US protection. Poland has an inferiority complex. It demanded $ 1 trillion from Germany. Germany kept quiet. Try demanding that from Russia and they will have their heads kicked in. The Red Army liberated Auschwitz. The Poles could not do it. 'Poland will now lead Europe as it's first providing leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The rest of Europe will follow.' None of the puny countries of Europe singly or together can beat Russia. Without US support, Europe cannot defend itself. The lesson from Ukraine is if you mess with Russia, you will be destroyed. If Poland messes with Russia, it will be attacked Article 5 not withstanding. There is no one as mighty as Russia in the whole of Europe. That is the reality. The Europeans are useless and helpless, they depend on the US.
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  9763.  @burtvhulberthyhbn7583  'Russia will be paying reparations for decades' Who will make Russia pay ? If you had the ability, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. None of you have the guts. You don't want to be killed by mighty Russia ! If Ukraine wants to be rebuilt, it will gave to part of Russia. If outside, it will be a wreck and you can't do anything about it.
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  9764.  @burtvhulberthyhbn7583  Don't misquote me, I said Poland will not be able to stand against mighty Russia for 1 day without US support. With US support, Ukraine will take longer, but it will nevertheless be converted to a wasteland. Russia will not allow the US to put foot in Ukraine again. Ukraine for practical purposes is defeated. The Ukraine of 2014 is not coming back, even less Ukraine of 1991.
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  9765.  @burtvhulberthyhbn7583  The west does not decide which is the right side of history. Russia is governed by its security, not by your concept of which side of history is correct. If a nuclear weapon has to be used against you to defend Russia, it will be done, Russia will not wait for your approval.
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  9766. The correct conclusion is they are not powerful countries, their sum total cannot match Russia. The best consolation they have is a feeble joke.
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  9767. Ukraine did not buy any US weapons.
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  9768. Fresh western trained troops will be like the western equipment - junk that the Russians will destroy !
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  9769. That delusion of America being the sole power for ever was promoted by the Zionist neocons.
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  9770. Why is the west so anxious to deflect from the obvious suspect Ukraine ? It looks to the rest of the world like the west was behind it. The instigator was the same as the one who blew up Nordstream.
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  9771. You got it right : Bolton himself is a war monger. He now realises that the west is defeated, so he makes out the outcome would have been different if he was in charge instead of Biden ! The fact is (1) economic sanctions did damage to Europe's economy; and for America, the economic damage will come in terms of de-dollarisation (2) the western military technology is not superior as claimed by western military analysts and it is not enough to defeat Russia (3) the US and NATO are not prepared to put boots on the ground; those who trumpet their sacred belief in the 'sovereignty of Ukraine' and the world order, are not prepared to die for it, therefore such people cannot win.
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  9772.  @eliotness4029  'but from western point of view ===== annexation of baltic countries was illegal .period.' Where did you get that from ? Those were the spoils of war. The map of Europe was redrawn by Stalin. Churchill/Atlee and Truman could not stop him. Germany was partitioned - who is to say it is legal or illegal ? Germany's eastern territories like Konigsberg became part of the Soviet Union. And Eastern German lands were given to Poland. Again, who are you to decide whether it was legal or illegal. Germany threatened and waged war on Russia, and got beaten into a pulp and the Soviet Union set the terms, naturally. Likewise the US using Ukraine tried encircle and threaten Russia, and hence Russia is beating Ukraine to a pulp, and it cannot expect to have the borders of 1992. Ukraine should have kept the neutrality it promised in its declaration of independence, it reneged unilaterally on that, so its borders will be redrawn. You talk about western eyes like it is the height of morality. Was the invasion of Iraq illegal in western eyes ? Obviously not, as Bush and Blair are roaming around.
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  9773.  @beebscalicor  All the western analysis is that Ukraine is winning, Russia is losing. The reality is Ukraine is winning the media war and losing the land war. Russia now had twice the land it did in 2014. Ukraine is not getting that back. It is not the amount of land, it is its strategic value. Russia is taken the industrial east and the coastal areas, making Ukraine landlocked. That is now dawning on the west. Sky News was hitherto promoting Ukranian heroism and victory. The reality is Russia has the strong cards. That is why Zelensky is talking about negotiated end. He does not know who can guarantee Ukraine's security. Russia can take the industrial and coastal areas for now, dig in and defend it. It can leave the rump Ukrane in Ukranian hands for now, and let it be dependent on EU aid. If Ukraine does not sign neutrality agreement, Russia can start another round.
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  9774.  @rjohansen9486  Russia went to war to prevent US putting missile and naval bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. That was the US plan, but it is foiled. Ukraine was a proxy, a willing one, but at some time, the US will drop it. The US has already vetoed Ukraine entering NATO.
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  9775. Putin was supposed to have died of a hand tremor in 2022 according to Times Radio and Zelensky said a duplicate is in place.
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  9776. How can you blame Russia ? Putin said long ago he will not allow people in Russia to burn Quran or make offensive cartoons. He is a strong leader, he runs an inclusive country. When the four oblasts were taken into Russia, Putin made a speech in which he said that Russia's culture is founded on Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism. That is the difference. Sweden is a perverted country more interested in promoting gay rights, and insulting other communities is no matter for them, it is seen as a right. Such hopeless countries with no character want to be the backbone of NATO.
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  9777.  @zhangzes  Correct. These countries have been doing such attacks against China and Russia. Russia retaliated and got better than them. The Chinese have started retaliating and they start howling. They always pretend they are upright and their people also think so.
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  9778. Ukraine is beaten because the west is beaten. You were not seeking self defence, you wanted to threaten Russia using Ukraine. Russia has ended you. Get it ?
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  9779. They don't believe Russia is a great power. They do not believe anyone other than the US should be a great power. That is where the problem is.
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  9780. Ukraine is not an independent country, its decision to fight Russia was made by the US. Ukraine's decision to abandon the negotiated settlement in Turkey in 2022 was decided by the US. If the US now decides it needs to end the war and for that Ukraine has to cede the land, Ukraine will accept whatever is America's plan. Vassals have to obey their master. The master finds he has no cards left to play against Russia, so he feels Ukraine is a loss of money, and he wants to cut his losses. The master will arrange a new life for Ukraine and get the best terms possible.
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  9781. Why should Russia not jam signals near Kaliningrad ? Russia knows the movement of western leaders. So far they have not targeted them. But they fired a warning shot to show what will happen if the west sends troops. And suppose this minister was struck. What can Britain do ? Nothing.
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  9782. Lasting peace will occur when the US and its subordinates stop threatening Russia. If you threaten Russia, it is logical they will retaliate. You want a situation where Russia is no longer able to attack anyone. Are you aware the rest of the non-western world thinks that lasting peace is only possible when the west is no longer able to attack anyone ? Can you engage your little western mind and think out of the box ?
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  9783.  @ps-zb6dg  America has waged the most wars in the last 70 years. What would make America peaceful ?
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  9784.  @zulkerhyder9510  What are you talking about ? Democratic countries indulge in regime change in other countries with the pretext of bringing democracy. US and NATO in Afghanistan; US and UK in Iraq. This has killed people on a bigger scale. There were no sanctions against the killers.
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  9785. Robertson is British, who created the problem of Israel.
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  9786. Zelensky does not have the freedom to decide. The US decided to make him fight. Now the US wants to stop him.
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  9787. The Orthodox Christmas period is not 25 Dec., it is now. A ceasefire was offered for Orthodox Christmas.
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  9788. Get them out where ?
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  9789. The learning point for the dimwitted Europeans is if you provoke Russia, the bear will maul you. The US is not going to come to your aid. You can spend 5%, 10% of your GDP, but you cannot save yourself, still the bear will maul you if you threaten it. The best course is 'do not provoke the bear'. He will mind his business and leave you alone.
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  9790. 3 months ago, the US lifted the ban on supply of US equipment to Azov. Straight after WW 2, the US recruited the father of Ukro Nazis, Stefan Bandera, to work for the CIA and against the Soviet Union. Nothing knew - the US has worked with Taliban, IS, Nazis. It is an amoral country.
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  9791.  @j7bsecond540  You are putting on bravado out of false pride. NATO was considering a 'no fly zone' demanded by Zelensky. The moment Putin said ' you will face consequences you have not faced before', NATO backed down meekly. True or not ? Any war that NATO launches on Russia will invite Sarmat - Sarmat was tested to send that message. You understand it and so does US and NATO. In Afghanistan, NATO's recent withdrawal was a show of cowardice and ineptitude. The US ran away without telling NATO allies - such was their fear of capture. They left $ 100 million worth of equipment behind. I remember furious western commentators at that time condemning the US saying 'our enemies will see this as weakness'. After seeing that, Putin decided NATO is weak and this is the time to strike. He was correct. He has ended for good NATO's plans to induct Ukraine.
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  9792. NATO went into Afghanistan as a unit. Its leader the US negotiated separately with the Taliban, and then one day cut and run without informing the others. There is no comparison for cowardice. 'Agree, nato is a defensive organisation, it will try not to put itself in a position which will result in WW3, incredibly sensible, good organisation.' NATO is not defensive, it went to Afghanistan. It does not want to go for WW3 out of lack of conviction. If so, why push Ukraine into this situation ?
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  9793. I guess when the Russians make good their pledge to strike back, the British will run to the US for support, and the US will look the other way.
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  9794. And Ukranian capture of Crimea has been predicted the whole of 2023.
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  9795. And this feeble lot believes Sweden and Finland joining will checkmate Russia !
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  9796.  @JohnDoe-vy5hh  The US screwed up Ukraine by staging a coup in 2014, to bring Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion.
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  9797.  @beane6426  Indeed, but seek the route cause for Russia to invade Ukraine. The US screwed up Ukraine by staging a coup in 2014, to bring Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. The US plan was to induct Ukraine into NATO, then Ukraine stops the lease of Sevastpol port in Crimea to Russia, and gives the US naval bases in Sevasatpol and Odessa. That is, the US schemed with Ukraine to cut off Russian access to the Black Sea. Hence, Russia terminated Ukraine's independence and decided to make it a wasteland. Ukraine had the opportunity in Dec 2021 to reaffirm its neutrality, as stated in its Independence Declaration and thus avert the war. But it chose to go with the US, thinking the US would shield it. A big miscalculation.
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  9798.  @bonnie7898  After the US sponsored coup of 2014, Ukraine changed its constitution and put entry into NATO as an objective. Russia saw danger in that - Ukraine would give the US naval bases in Sevastopol and Odessa, and thus cut off Russian access to the Black Sea. As the US sponsored the coup (Victoria Nuland) and the aim was to induct Ukraine into NATO to cut off Russia, that is tantamount to egging on Ukraine to join NATO. NATO is an instrument of the US and the Europeans are merely vassals of the US. The US has its own interests which are independent of Europe's welfare. Perhaps you have not realised that. In 2008, Sarkozy and Merkel opposed induction of Ukraine into NATO fearing war. But Bush arm twisted them to accept.
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  9799.  @beane6426  'That’s as dumb a casus belli as all their others and still illegal under international law.' Which international law ? What law did US and UK follow on invasion of Iraq ? What law does Israel follow ? So don't be sanctimonious. The US was warned by Germany and France that expansion of NATO to Ukraine would bring war. Victoria Nuland responded 'f..k the EU'. You don't have credibility.
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  9800.  @beane6426  'With respect to the Iraq War, and the US invasion, the justification for that action was Iraq’s violations of UN resolutions, most notably Resolutions 687 and 1441, the later of which was an acknowledgement from the UN General Assembly that Iraq was in breach of the terms it had agreed to after Desert Storm. ' You are carefully skirting the second Iraq War, in which Blair and Bush lied there were WMDs and went in without any UN permission. The US cynically called it "Operation Iraqi Freedom". Blair and Bush are war criminals and were not tried. 'Russia just wanted Ukrainian territory so they invaded. ' It is not as simple as that. When Russia made Ukraine independent, it was under some understanding - Ukraine had to return nukes, agree to be neutral and not join any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine did the first but after the 2014 coup funded by the US, it changed its constitution and said it would seek to join NATO. Therefore Ukraine reneged on the understanding with Russia, and therefore Russia decided to terminate Ukraine's independence to the extent of modifying its borders. Ukraine teamed up with the US to threaten to exclude Russia's access to the Black Sea, hence the Russian action is entirely justified.
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  9801.  @stephenhill545  what do you want your politicians to do ? Send troops to Ukraine ? Russians will massacre them and you will cry.
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  9802.  @drtonyhaworth5711  What is the wait time for an ambulance in Wales ? Longer than in Ukraine. And puny people like you want to train Ukraine to fight mighty Russia.
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  9803.  @stephenhill545  The one who decided to give Ukraine independence decided to terminate it.
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  9804.  @rolandscales9380  The US did more than egging on, it staged a coup in 2014 to depose the elected Ukranian govt.. Mobs were sponsored. Even Ukro Nazi groups took part such as Right Sector and Azov Batallion. Afterwards in the Maidan, US Under Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland and John McCain were in the crowd distributing sweets. What were they doing there ? They were egging on violent crowds with Nazis, to overthrow the elected govt.. The implanted govt. promptly changed the Ukranian constitution which said it would be a neutral state, to say it would seek NATO membership. You are an ignorant, or you know everything and you are deliberately wicked. Finland and Sweden are irrelevant. They have a history of siding with Nazis, and Russia would crush them if they misbehaved with Russia. Ukraine in NATO would lead to US naval bases blocking Russia's access to the Black Sea. With Ukraine's intention to join NATO, Russia was not going to wait round till the US shut its access to the Black Sea. It terminated Ukraine's and US plans.
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  9805. The west persuaded itself by its own propaganda that Russia is weak, they said its GDP is only the size of Spain (besides purchasing power parity, there is also what is in that GDP - it makes metals, energy, food, fertilisers, hypersonic missiles).
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  9806. Why were you expanding NATO to Russia's borders ? You wanted to put NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Indeed, there is a new world order, and the west will not be controlling it any more. No one wants to chip away at your freedom, but you are the ones who believe you can indulge in invasion and regime change in small countries to steal their resources, and you surround large countries like Russia and China to contain them. That is your way of life. They react against that, and you cry shrilly about someone wanting to take away your way of life. Notice that Rutte says regardless of the outcome of this war .... he does not say anymore that Ukraine and west are going to win. He is planning for the next war, as he knows this one is lost.
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  9807. What was unprofessional ? I thought it was a highly skilled special military operation to bring down the drone without the Sukhoi crashing.
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  9808. If Zelensky cared for his people, he would have agreed to neutrality and avoided the war. He is an implant, in the pay of the US, he got his country reduced to rubble, and more of it awaits. He will be making more theatrical appeals in the coming days as the situation gets worse for Ukranians.
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  9809.  @Crashed131963  ' If Russia can't finish their invasion of Ukraine in two years what chance do they have against NATO?' Then why are Finland and Sweden shaking with fear, and why are European politicians saying 'if we let down UKraine, Russia will gobble us up' ? NATO countries are frightened, not Russia. If the US leaves NATO - which is a possibility - what is NATO ? 'If Russia had no nukes Nato would be in Moscow faster.....' No point saying this hypothetical situation - because Russia has nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles and they can finish you. What is your point ? It is like a featherweight saying to a heavyweight 'if you were not so tall and full of muscles, I would have beaten you '.
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  9810. Europe and UK are incapable of defending Ukraine, when US + Europe + UK could not do it. You will not get any resources, nor will the US. It will be under Russian control.
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  9811. Slovakia claims to have sent tanks - 5 of them. Do you think it will prevent more of Ukraine getting reduced to rubble ? These are all symbolic gestures to cover up NATO's wrong policy of eastwards expansion. It has got Ukraine destroyed, and the EU economies screwed. It will be more intelligent for the west to seek a negotiated settlement. Turkey is showing intelligence in mediating. But Europeans appear not to have the intellect, they are driven by emotion and false pride into continuing their war mongering. But there is no way they can win against a calculative Russia.
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  9812. She is a typical conceited westerner who thinks the problem is just Putin. NATO expansion and refusal to give a security guarantee to Russia triggered the war. Why does she not see that ?
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  9813. Nobody is increasing support for Ukraine, the US does not have money or arms, and EU and UK are useless. Ukraine's affairs will be settled by Russia.
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  9814. The Ukranians pushed their luck too much and Russia has taken a decision to escalate and destroy all the power plants and fuel depots. Now the Ukranian and western talk about taking Crimea has faded, and the Ukranians are bleating helplessly for aid from their handlers. See the change ? It need just one air strike from Russia to change the tenor.
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  9815. Was not the UK going out of its way seeking to create mayhem in Russia with Storm Shadows ? This might have something to do with it.
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  9816. Lithuania should be punished. It invited it with its Russophobia. It should be taken back.
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  9817. @JohnJones-k9d Britain was certainly a bit player, who talk as if they won the war.
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  9818. It is shameful that you encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia in the first place instead of going for the security negotiations Russia asked for. Boris Johnson prevented a negotiated settlement. That is what is costing Ukrainian lives every single day. Russia cannot be pushed out from Donbass, and Ukraine will not be able to hold on to Kursk. And if you give Ukraine missiles to hit Russia, then sooner or later Russia will be forced to hit Ukraine with a nuclear weapon. Then you will not be able to do anything. Get it ?
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  9819. Nah, a paper tiger cannot fight a real bear ! NATO can go and fight in Afghanistan, but there also, it had to run away. For NATO to take a decision, you have to call a meeting in a months time in Spain or Vilnius, and have all the good food ready for the delegates. The command structure and control is with the US. If the US decides not to fight, there is no Article 5. The US will always resist Article 5. If a hypersonic missile were to strike a NATO country, a meeting will have to be called and that will take a month - with US permission. And then they will find, NATO has nothing to stop hypersonic missiles. The cowards in NATO cannot win wars because they are all afraid to die.
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  9820. Now France and Britain want Germany to militarise - to take on Russia. But in 20 years, Germany may have economic and military power to dictate terms to the rest of Europe and say Nordstream 2 should be opened ! Then we shall see all the Poles and others shouting against Germany.
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  9821. Until now the west was telling us Ukraine is winning. What happened ? They said Russia was defeated in battle after battle; Russia ran out of missiles long ago, and anyway their missiles were off target. Was the west lying all along then ?
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  9822. Sir Putin must be quaking at the thought of the almighty British army coming to Ukraine ! The British have this WW 2 itch of 'standing up to evil' - when they themselves have been evil stoking wars (Iraq, look at their colonial history). Plus they have a hangover of the Crimean war of 1856 when Britain, France and Turkey defeated Russia. But the Soviet Union since 1945, and the Russia of 2024 is not the same, it is an awesome superpower with an incredible arsenal. Like Stalin who led the Soviet Union during the critical war against the Nazis, Russia is led today by an iron willed leader. Britain has puny leaders like BoJo, Truss, Sunak, Starmer.... The British and Americans organised the ill fated Ukrainian counter offensive of 2023. They were behind the harebrained Kursk offensive, which has speeded up the downfall of Donbass. The British have an insatiable appetite for wicked adventures because they are desperate for relevance. It is a once-upon-a-time power that cannot come to terms with its loss of status. So it teams up with the US, claiming a special relationship. When the US is washing its hands off Ukraine, it is silly for the British to imagine they can change the outcome in Ukraine by sending a few thousand troops. Believe me, one Kinzhal or Oreshnik strike will send them packing. The Swedes became as outraged as the British with Russia, they sent trainers to train Ukrainians in electronic warfare. The Swedes were training them in a military academy in Poltava, till a single Kinzhal killed 50 of them. They could not detect the Kinzhal let alone jam it ! After that episode, the Swedes withdrew quietly. The same will happen to the British.
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  9823. Yes, two more weaklings want to join NATO, that scares Russia.
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  9824. You are absolutely right. For the last 30 years, the US and EU created Islamophobia as the threat to their world order, and they beat up small Muslim countries. Samuel Huntingdon wrote an infamous book called Clash of Civilisations and Muslims and Chinese were identified as the main threats. After 30 years, Biden withdrew from Kabul which was a defeat, and the reason he gave his critics was he needed to concentrate on the real threat, China. Islamophobia is over as Muslims were yesterday's threat, and the pressing one now is China. Then Russia got in the way unexpectedly ! It retaliated against NATO expansion. And now the west is drowning in their Russophobia. Russia has made them mad. But Sinophobia is lying under it, so China needs to take action now.
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  9825. You ain't going back ! The Americans withdrew because they could not afford it. They do not have the money to go back. Get over it. The war is over, America is beaten, and that is good, because they will not invade another country again.
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  9826.  Alex Perez  'Thousands of apartments, houses, schools, and hospitals have not been bombed.' The Ukranians do not show the military targets that are hit, and those will be the majority. This is collateral damage; it could be debris from Ukranian missile collisions, and Ukranians have been called out for putting military near civilian installations. If Russia wanted to massacre Ukranians per se, they could have hit all the refugee trains going to Lvov and Poland at the start of the operation. In fact, they created refugee corridors to help them leave places like Mariopol.
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  9827.  @wertiopo  Westerners don't generally know much history, for them the problem starts in Feb 2022 when Russia started the operation to clear out the Ukro Nazis. Westerners come out with statements about NATO is a defensive alliance, and Ukraine has a sovereign right to join NATO etc. They don't want to know about the fostering of Ukro Nazi anti-Russian nationalists by the US. The US under Victoria Nuland created the coup of 2014, which overthrew the elected government. Thereafter, Ukraine has an implanted govt. which favours the US. Implanted governments do not have sovereignty. Western Ukraine always had Nazi leanings as it is the home of Bandera, the fountainhead of Ukrainian fascism. Bandera and his followers tried to side with the German Nazis. They carried out a pogrom against Poles (the Poles forget, and embrace the same Ukro Nazis now). After 2014, there are now statues and roads in Ukraine named after Bandera. The Right Sector and Azov Batallion wear Nazi tattoos. This style of ethnic nationalism in a country which has two major communities (Ukranians are the majority, but Russians are a highly significant minority) was bound to create break up of the country. The US and the west have endorsed this Ukro Nazi fascism and led to break up of the country. Earlier around 2010, BBC and others were reporting on the dangers of Ukro Nazis because 'white nationalists' from the west were flocking to Ukraine for training, and threatening to bring violence to their home countries. Western 'White nationalists' were attracted to Ukraine because the founder of the Azov Batallion, Andrei Biletski had said his objective was to save the white race from the untermenschen. At one stage, the US had banned Azov as a terrorist group. Now the US and west are supporting them as great freedom fighters fighting for democracy, and saving the west. This is how duplicitous and immoral the west is.
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  9828. Now the truth comes out after defeat. The blame game is on. Ukraine wishes it had not listened to the Anglo Saxon powers.
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  9829. @@JamesMcintosh-wl6ko Watch the video : Ukraine's top MP and President Volodymyr Zelensky's aide, David Arakhamia, has admitted that Ukraine wanted to end the war back in 2022 itself but it was the West that didn't let it go ahead. Anyone with common sense would wish they had not to the deceitful Anglo Saxon powers.
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  9830. Don't exaggerate Lithuania's importance. It is another inconsequential European country.
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  9831.  @TheMagnusse  You are confusing my objectivity with arrogance. Lithuania is an inconsequential European country. In fact, I add all of the European countries are a collection of servile states which follow America.
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  9832. Free markets are governed by the greed of 'free societies'.
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  9833.  @davidcollishaw2771  Yes, they do cost the poorest, but no one cares. The losers will find Trump or some other fascist to rally round to vent their frustrations. Trump will direct the frustration at far away China, and not the capitalists who shifted their factories there to get better profit. If China offered to host Trump Towers and arranged women to Trump, he will forget the people who rally for him, and go.
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  9834.  @ferrariguy8278  After lecturing the world on the need for free markets, and demanding everyone to grant them, now you want to roll them back. If the free market meant giving you right to sell your products without hindrance of taxes, you would be happy. But no country will allow that. Then your capitalist found a way to get access to the markets abroad - shift production there. Then the locals make them there, some of them can afford to buy the products, and the rest of the products you can export back to the US. Meanwhile, the American loses his factory jobs, and he survives on service jobs, which can range from McDonald's to Facebook. The ones who cannot enter any jobs were given loans to buy houses and live as before, so there were also contended - till the bubble collapsed. Manufacturing was hollowed out by your capitalist, so don't blame China. Meanwhile you spend trillions for wars against Muslims, and now you have found a war against Russia, that will keep you worked up for some more time. Now you direct your frustrations at Mexicans, Muslims, immigrants, Russia, China....
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  9835. Why is the west outraged that North Korean troops have come to Russia ? Aren't NATO troops and instructors in Ukraine ? 50 Swedish instructors were killed in Poltava in a single Kinzhal strike.
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  9836. Not only has Sir Putin checkmated the collective west meaning US and Europe, it looks like he has started the process of unwinding NATO. Remember how Stoltenberg and Rutte were boasting how NATO got stronger with Finland and Sweden ! Stalin dictated the map of Europe after WW 2 and Truman and Atlee had to submit. Sir Putin is almost as steely as Stalin himself ! Sir Putin is dictating the map of Ukraine and he is determining NATO's future.
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  9837. Does US have a hypersonic missile ? All its hypersonic tests failed.
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  9838. Nuland is a neocon Jew. Her husband is Robert Kagan and another neocon Jew who was an architect for the Iraq war (along with Paul Wolofowitz, Perle, Irving Kristol, all Jews). The Jews are heavily involved in many wars. Zelensky is a Jew. The oligarch who provided him an acting platform on TV was Ihor Kolomovsky, another Jew.
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  9839.  @andrewadams6905  Nuland spent 5 billion to stage a coup that brought Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion to power
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  9840.  @HailTheApocalypse  A selected Russian citizens fits your wishful thinking. Russia can force unconditional surrender by a nuclear strike on Kiev. You will not be able to stop it - because then you will think of saving your own skin from the same fate.
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  9841.  @HailTheApocalypse  Davydov means a Jew - the Jews are the bulk of oligarchs who stole wealth from Russia (and Ukraine) till Putin ended it. They are in control of Ukraine still - Zelensky, Shymal, Reznikov, Zaluzhny - and their brethren abroad like Nuland and Blinken.
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  9842. Zelensky is the one begging for support. His days are numbered. He cannot roll back Russia, and Trump will be telling him to accept surrender terms. The Ukro Nazi Azov around Zelensky will kill him.
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  9843. Yet European leaders like von Leyen, Johnson/Truss, Macron, Scholz promise everlasting support for Ukraine. They worship Zelensky. They are proud of their transatlantic values. They feel proud Sweden and Finland applied for NATO. They felt proud when Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad. They feel they achieved much by promising Ukraine EU membership. They boasted about their six sanctions and are about unveil the seventh. They declared China as an enemy at the last NATO meeting. De-industrialisation is a minor problem.
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  9844. Indian culture system is to venerate cows and kill humans.
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  9845. It is amusing to read the confusion and division in NATO and the western ranks over what tanks to send. It has descended to recriminations, which will lead to bitterness. Germany is required to commit national economic suicide to please America's lust for NATO expansion. All the useless nations of Europe like Poland badmouth Germany. The conceited British who disdained the EU and left it, now want to show they lead Europe against Russia ! Westerners keep claiming that NATO is the most powerful and richest alliance in the world. It is actually an unwieldy body controlled by the US and run with US interests first. After seeing the debacle in Afghanistan, where the captain ran away without telling the subordinates, it was clear NATO is a useless organisation. Such an organisation will never dare fight mighty Russia with troops on the ground as its members are fearful of death. Russia makes decisions quickly and moves, while NATO will need many meetings. By the time they decide on tanks, Bakhmut will fall, and after that Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. NATO has sent many game changers, but Ukraine is against the ropes and is being pummeled. Now, NATO is running out of ideas. As for the much vaunted Article 5, should Russia have to attack Europe (as it nearly did when Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad), the Americans will chicken out from a fight, and the rest of the Europeans will squeal and squawk but will not be able to fight Russia. It was foolhardy of NATO to push expansion and take on mighty Russia.
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  9846. Everyone has commented on Piers bias, which he covers up by saying he is giving Palestinians a chance to present the other side of the story, and he also says he condemned the Iraq war. Those don't prove he is not biased. The Palestinian has to condemn the attack on 7 Oct. and he cannot point out that the occupied has the right to attack the occupier. What did the Jews do in the Warsaw Ghetto ? They tried to arm themselves and attack the Germans. Did anyone ask the Jews to condemn attacking their oppressors ? The bias also comes out in the tone of his interviews with the Ambassador, Mohd. Hijab, and Bassem Yousef. However, Mohd. Hijab nailed Piers in the opening when he introduced him as 'controversial'. Right at the opening, Piers tries to discredit the invitee - he would not do that to a Jew. Hijab spotted this and asked why he introduced him as controversial. Piers said 'because you are'. 'So are you, and so was the Israeli ambassador', shot back Hijab. Hijab reduced Piers to a confused moron and then asked 'Why are you stuttering ?' To which Piers replied meekly 'I am not stuttering' ! If you want to see the best demolition job of Piers, see the interview with Hijab. Hijab right from the beginning made Piers the accused ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jBgGY2Ww9Q Piers would not dare to be accusative to the Jew. There is a reason for that. The Jews will raise a stink about anti-Semitism and run Piers out of business. Hence, Piers is a shameless appeaser of the Jews. He has to be for his business to be lucrative. He will never be able to ask an Israeli ambassador to condemn Israeli land grabbing.
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  9847. I agree that the Russians made major concessions withdrawing their troops and allowing the re-unification of Germany, and then the US and Germany and Europe took advantage and reneged on their promise not to expand NATO. Hence, Russia was forced to fight, and when they fight, they fight hard - as NATO and EU are finding out. Ukraine was unwise to agree to be used as a proxy by the US. Russia beat the hell out of Ukraine, and NATO cannot stop Ukraine's defeat.
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  9848. Colonisation was a thing of the past. Any way, it made a country out of you. You are ruling now. And what is the result ? A country disintegrating with sectarian infighting, and Hindu Nazism.
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  9849.  @LisaNH934  Well 20% has become part of Russia, more planned.
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  9850.  @Sad_Bumper_Sticker  You don't have the intelligence of a BOT.
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  9851. What do you expect the politicians to do when the country does not have money ? There is no way Britain can match Russia.
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  9852.  @DissectGibberish  The Jews control America, so no one said America will back away from supporting Israel. I said it is difficult for America to support so many lost causes that it created - Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
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  9853.  @deelee4639  I understand. But the neocons, most of them Jews, have their own agenda. Israel, Ukraine come first...
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  9854.  @ArnoldMaglalang-bb2oe  All right then, if your God's Chosen won, why did he not intervene and save your folks when the border was breached and they came after you on motor bikes ? There are no more Six Day Wars, so no point talking about the past. You are about to be sucked into a 3 front war - which you cannot win.
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  9855.  @18_rabbit  UK will operate WITH US, DE, NO, SW, CH, FR, FI, baltics.... The sum of these countries is near zero. Look at the situation. Ukraine has lost 20% land and more is going. It cannot get this back. And US said Ukraine cannot join NATO. And the US wants to cut and run as it realises Ukraine cannot win. Now the west is putting feelers for negotiations and twisting Ukraine's arm to cede land and accept it cannot join NATO. The sticking point is they cannot come up with who will be a peacekeeper that Russia will not veto. The collective west has been defeated...Get it ?
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  9856. Did you note Mr. Chin's body has shrivelled to an odd shape ?
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  9857.  @sandyflowers9201  That is very convenient. What is the guarantee the west will not attack some small country again if you are not held to account ? You have a long history of it.
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  9858. You are impressed by Ukraine's destruction ?
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  9859. Biased report ? You think Israel is not suffering and is trapped in a war it cannot win ?
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  9860. Russians were unprofessional ? They were damned cheeky ! Very cool ! The American official puts on a stony face. He does not know what to say. Can he go to war with Russia ?
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  9861.  @Nobody-eg4bi  I was puzzled by your comment about Swedes willing to pay 3-5x for gas, I did not realise that was sarcasm !
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  9862.  @chaoscorsair  But after Russia left Kherson, and Ukranians entered it, Russians started massacring the Ukranians by shelling from the other side of the river. Now Kherson is uninhabitable.
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  9863.  @abrahamdozer6273  Stoltenberg is forced to put on a brave face after another NATO defeat, after Afghanistan.
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  9864. The west cannot do enough - for a losing cause. Russia will prevail in Ukraine. Ukraine's army has faced too much manpower loss. The west cannot supply enough shells, tanks and all the rest in time. The west is too cowardly to supply soldiers as they don't want to be massacred by the Russians. Then the advantage swings to Russia. It will be just like the Red Army prevailed over Nazi Germany eventually.
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  9865. What is Ukraine's democracy ? The govt. came into place through a coup sponsored by the American Jew Victoria Nuland. They Nazi swastika wearing Azov Batallion is part of the government. Do you know what you are talking about ?
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  9866. 'Their entire economy is worth less than that of Italy. Or, about the same as Belgium + Netherlands.' That is a simplistic and immature analysis. It depends what is in the economy of Italy or Belgium + Netherlands. Russia produces oil and gas; metals and alloys (even now Boeing uses the titanium Russia produces); it produces gold; it is the biggest producer of wheat; it has control of the entire nuclear supply chain (the US did not sanction this); it makes hypersonic missiles (even the US cannot make it); it makes submarines, ICBMs, drones, thermobaric weapons; it launches its own satellites, it has its own GPS; it has expertise in cyber and electronic warfare. Can Italy, Belgium + Netherlands, do the above ? Idiot ! 'And yes, they will run out of equipment, its happening already as we can see with their use of motorcycles, Chinese 'golf carts' etc. ' In Bakhmut, British intelligence said Russia had run out of guns and their soldiers were fighting with shovels. In 2022, they said they had run out of chips, and were using washing machine chips. Biden had said in the first month the rouble will be rubble. Did any of that happen ? Idiot ! You have lost the war and you are mired in your delusions. If Russia was not a power, and you thought you could win, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. But a single hypersonic Sarmat missile will wipe out Italy, Belgium, Netherlands in the blink of an eye. And the US will look the other way. So don't fool yourself.
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  9867.  @Polygarden  It is not even worse for Russia. Russia is bigger than all the countries of Europe combined, and it has many resources. Russia is self sufficient. - besides oil and gas, it controls the nuclear fuel supply chain, it mines gold and diamonds, it is the largest wheat and fertiliser producer, it produces metals like titanium and other alloys (Boeing buys titanium from Russia). Russia launches its own satellites, it has its own GPS, it makes planes, it makes arms, it has set up alternative banking channels. No one in Europe is capable of this. Russia has not outsourced its manufacturing. 'The Netherlands, Belgium and other European powers are managing to produce industrial goods which Russia is depending on.' Russia does not depend on minor countries like Netherlands, Belgium...Can you launch a satellite, have your own GPS, can you make titanium ? The French and the US cannot run their nuclear power plants without Russian input. Netherlands, Belgium are unimportant vassals of the US. You pretend alternative energy is replacing fossil fuels. No one is coming off oil and gas soon. That includes US and Norway.
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  9868. By attacking the power structure, Russia is destroying Ukraine's ability to move troops and armaments, and this is needed to shorten the war. Russia should have done it at the outset, before sending troops to Kiev. Ukraine is paying the price for NATO 'help'. Russia should aim for Ukraine's unconditional surrender and regime change. No to negotiations. It is becoming clear the west cannot save Ukraine. Patriot missiles will not make an iota of difference.
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  9869. America sponsors war mongers everywhere - Israel, Ukraine....And it is blowing up all at the same time.
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  9870. Piers unable to condemn Israel because he gets into a moral quandary. Or his Zionist paymaster will cancel him.
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  9871. If you have nukes why don't you go into Ukraine ?
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  9872. Matter is closed : Poles died due to friendly fire. Or is it Russia fired the missile, but the US is bending over backwards to avoid the situation invoking Article 5 ?
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  9873. After WW2, the English and Germans agreed that things that happened in Coventry and Dresden should never happen again. But Germany and England went and invaded and bombed Afghanistan. Why ? Were you appalled then ? The US and England thought it was fair to firebomb Hamburg and Dresden to root out Nazis. There are Ukro Nazis, but Russia has not firebombed to root them out - even in Mariopol where they were hiding in Azovstahl bunkers like Hitler in his bunker. Nazis need to be rooted out whether in Germany or Ukraine, and Russia is the country that does it. What is there to be appalled about ?
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  9874. Russia will drop restriction on using a nuclear weapon on Ukraine to force unconditional surrender. Ukraine's partners cannot do anything after that incident, they will be afraid to be hit themselves. Ukraine is living dangerously, and the west is encouraging it to save its own face.
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  9875. Cowards understand they will get killed if they fight Russia, hence the delay. Nobody wants to fight an enraged bear.
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  9876. Ukraine is an unviable country. Ukraine turned to militant Russophobia with US backing. The country will be partitioned.
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  9877. They got massacred on their first attempt, and they know the same fate awaits them at the next attempt. The are under pressure from the US for results. No results, no money.
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  9878. Eight fold increase in gas price is 800% increase, not 80%.
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  9879. Friedmann recalls that when he spoke to King Abdullah proposed two state solution, Hamas did a suicide bombing, and he blames them for Israeli public rejecting it. But it was Itzhak Rabin who agreed to two state solution in Oslo. He was killed to scuttle it. By who ? By Hamas or Israeli ?
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  9880.  @marniemorey1580  Indeed, Russia will defeat the Ukro Nazis and their supporters.
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  9881. Well done BRICS ! The UK's Daily Telegraph arrogantly described BRICS as a collection of failed states ! The new reality is difficult to digest for ex-colonial countries.
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  9882. The western media knows the war is lost, but they cannot say it - yet !
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  9883.  @stonem0013  What Russia has taken is the 20% that produced 80% of Ukraine's GDP. It is now part of Russia, it has been fortified and Ukraine will never see it again. After this, Kharkhov and Odessa are targets. Russia will prevent Ukraine's access to the sea. Russia has the advantage in the long term. They know they just have to sit out the Ukranian counter offensive and when it fails this year, US support will dry up. Already the US conceded Russia's main demand in Vilnius when it vetoed Ukraine entering NATO. The rump Ukraine has to sign up for neutrality or it will be turned into a wasteland. Ukraine will have no industry, no agriculture, no electricity. It will be returned to what it was before it joined the Soviet Union. Ukraine has a problem with Nazi style ethnic nationalism and this has to be rooted out. Only Russia can do it.
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  9884.  @stonem0013  So why does not Luxembourg send its competent and professional military to Ukraine to rescue the Ukro Nazis ?
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  9885.  @ItalMiser117  'i would expect from warmongering moscow that they would fight till the last moscovite. Imperialism' They would do that if the US threatens Russia. But in Vilnius the US conceded defeat when it accepted the core Russian demand about Ukraine not entering NATO. Hence, all indications are the US will abandon Ukraine. They see Ukraine cannot defeat Russia. The US cannot fight Russia. And the rest of NATO members are useless weaklings.
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  9886.  @davidg3944  You will have to shake his hand when you negotiate your surrender.
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  9887.  @ChristyBermingham  Your dream is that Trump will somehow, miraculously get tough with Putin. The reality is he has no leverage over Putin - the US does not have the money and the arms. You are like the Nazis in Berlin in the last days of the war as the Red Army closed in. They were hoping for a miracle from their Fuhrer to stave off defeat.
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  9888.  @davidg3944  Shaking the hand is the gentlemanly thing to do when surrendering. The British (Times Radio) are wasting their time thinking they can make Ukraine fight on when America has chucked in the towel. The EU has also toned down support of Ukraine and belief that Ukraine can win, The British are delusional and one needs to analyse why. The British think they are in the time of the Crimean War of 1856 when the British, French and Turks jointly defeated Russia. But since then, in 1956, the Soviet Union forced Britain to abandon its Suez invasion of Egypt at the pain of a nuke strike. The British went to the Americans for help, Eisenhower turned it down. There is no one in Europe singly or collectively who can defeat Russia. The British, French and Germans could fight Russia up to WW 2, but after 1945, Russia graduated to a superpower status due to Stalin's determination. Russia built an incredible arsenal. The Americans do not want to fight a direct war with Russia because they know they will be annihilated. They will fight proxy wars. In this scenario, why does Times Radio not accept the reality ? Britain is not a power in the same league as Russia. If there are negotiations, it will be between Russia and US, and Britain and EU will not be even invited, despite your chest beating about the support you have given Ukraine. If there are no negotiations and Russia chose to fight on, Britain is not in a position to stem a Russian advance.
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  9889. Terribly racist people and apartheid state. They have spoilt the religion of Abraham.
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  9890. It is strategically unimportant like Bakhmut.
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  9891. I once met people from Boeing. They said they bought titanium from Russia, and before that from the Soviet Union. That is not restricted either.
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  9892. The President says he did not fear Russia was going to attack or was planning to attack. Then what was the reason for joining ? It is dumb. Now, Finland for sure will be - should be - targeted. Russia has already cut off electricity to Finland. Russia will not forget that Finland is a country that joined the German Nazis to siege Leningrad. Joining NATO means Finland will be (1) the first target in any Russia-NATO war (2) a nuclear target and (3) it means Finns would have to go and die in Afghanistan etc. if America orders (Finns don't have much spine, so they will be happy to do that).
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  9893. Well, the Ukranians and the west have been telling us that in the next week or so, Ukraine with powerful Himars is going to capture Crimea. So let the Russians take Donbass, the west can wait for Ukraine to get it back in 2 weeks along with Crimea. Just send those game changing Himars.
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  9894.  @nenasiek  Russia sent a letter to Biden in Dec 2022 asking for a security guarantee and for an assurance it would not put missile and naval bases in Ukraine. US refused. Why ? It could have averted the war. Russia had no choice but to go for full fledged invasion. 'The u.s never said they would support changing the rules for ukraine.' The US also said to the Russians in the 1990s that NATO would not expand 'one inch to the east' (James Baker). See what happened. Why should Russia trust the US ? The US can over rule all NATO rules, nobody in NATO will challenge them. After all it is a country that organised the coup in Ukraine in 2014, and selected the leaders, against EU reservations. The Jewess Victoria Nuland was caught on tape saying 'F..k the EU'.
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  9895.  @hb9145  The US staged the coup in 2014 and overthrew the elected govt., backing Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. Why ? The intention was to put a govt. that would give NATO bases. Read up about Victoria Nuland. Get your facts straight.
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  9896. The French send someone to attend the inauguration of Sir Vladmir after Russia called France's ambassador and briefed him about the nuclear drills ! Cameron pulled down is tweet after the British ambassador was called and told that British assets will be hit and the nuclear sword will be applied to them ! The Russians are direct - they don't believe in strategic ambiguity. They carry out what they say.
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  9897. The most insecure bark the most - Poland, Baltics, Britain, France, Germany.....They are all hawkish now because of US, but if US support goes, they will break ranks and seek trade with Russia and tell Ukraine to be part of Russia.
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  9898.  @covertpuppytwo3857  On the contrary, the non-western world sees that Russia has single handedly neutralised NATO expansion, destroyed the manipulative and duplicitous western 'rules based order', it is de-industrialising Europe, and it is promoting de-dollarisation of trade. In one strike, they are killing Europe and the US over the long term. There is only one country that could do this - awesome Russia. And they dangle the nuclear sword on you, so you cannot do much.
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  9899. So you agree the game has changed and Russia is prevailing.
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  9900.  @kaboom1655  They do this to win western sympathy. Some collateral damage to civilians occurs and they can shout about war crimes.
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  9901.  @gioreda5126  'There voice and tone is so annoying ' But Indians can write English as good or better than native speakers - which you cannot. Check your spelling.
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  9902.  @DeeWeber  If it was not for the steel will of Stalin, Europe would have been under Nazi rule. If it was not for Stalin, the Soviet Union and Russia would not be a superpower capable of withstanding assaults that western nations periodically inflicted on Russia. It is for the Russians to decide if he was evil. You hate him because Stalin made Russia a superpower who can inflict defeat on you - as you see in Ukraine.
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  9903.  @dunbar9finger  Why did Britain ally with Stalin if he was so evil ? Why did Churchill go to Moscow to beg Stalin to stay in the fight ? Why did the Queen present a sword for the defence of Stalingrad ? You ungrateful wretch.
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  9904. Ukranian missile also caused damage to Poland. So say the Americans.
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  9905. Iran has been under sanctions for 50 years. They don't give a damn for the US. They were the first to cut relations with the US for 50 years. And if they have made these, it shows western sanctions don't work on Iran - or Russia. Anyhow why is the west demanding UN investigation for Iran sending weapons to Russia ? Why is the west sending arms to Ukraine and prolonging the war ? What is good for the goose should be good for the gander.
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  9906. Whole of Europe ganged up and expanded NATO recklessly. Why ? Russia warned Europe and Ukraine. Now Ukraine and Europe has to face the music. If you poke the bear, and it wakes up, it will maul you. You don't say 'it is a shame that the bear mauled'.
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  9907. So the Ukranian offensive is reduced to rescuing their dead and injured ! It ends with characteristic Ukranian bombast. The sergeant says the Ukranians lost 21 in Bakhmut and his conservative estimate was they killed 500 Russians. And yet the Russians took Bakhmut ! Is it credible the Ukranians lost 21 and killed 500 Russians when the Russians fired 7x the artillery shells ? As for his aim of killing 500 Russians with no Ukrainian loss, that is frustration talking. Why does ITV broadcast such shows of the defeated Ukranians and make out they are going to win ?
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  9908. Europeans need not worry, Russia is not going to entertain any European peace keeping troops ! How can yesterday's suppliers of arms to Ukraine be peace keepers ? What is the point of preparing for sending peace troops when Russia has not agreed to negotiate ?
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  9909.  @delldell191  But don't get carried away, otherwise Ukraine will receive a tactical nuclear weapon to force unconditional surrender.
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  9910. Putin never asked for a ceasefire or negotiations after the Ukrainians walked away from the peace deal in Turkey. Putin is not going to be defeated, Ukraine does not have the capacity, and NATO cannot fight.
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  9911. 'Remember and respect to all veterans of combat....' Also remember those US arms companies and US politicians who wanted NATO expansion and staged a coup in 2014, and Boris Johnson who told the Ukranians to continue fighting.
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  9912. Ukraine asked for this war by trying to use the US to target Russia. It is paying the price.
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  9913.  @ceebee23  'Racist war of conquest' ? All Russia asked was Ukraine to be neutral as promised in its declaration of independence and the US to give a security guarantee. Ukraine has back stabbed Russia by trying to bring in US, give it missile and naval bases. Hence, it is dismantling Ukraine. What is racist in that ? Ukraine was running with the hares and hunting with the hounds. If you threaten others, you will pay.
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  9914. The US is determined to fight the Russians down to the last Ukranian. The Ukranians do not have enough intelligence to realise.
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  9915.  @jessefisher1809  '85% want no land concessions under any circumstances. Zelensky's approval rating went from 30 to 90%.' The 85% has to get used to the reality - there will have to be land concessions, there is no choice. If Ukraine prolongs, they will lose more than the 20% they have already lost. Lavrov said the time for negotiations is over. It means Russia has the upper hand now and has set its sight on more.
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  9916.  @jessefisher1809  Russia is strapped in for a long war, or whatever it takes to defends its security. Russia's enemy is not the Ukrainains, or even the Europeans, it is the Americans. Ukraine has not learnt its lesson in 2014... flirting with NATO goes against the terms agreed with Russia on Ukraine's independence, hence Russia will end Ukraine's independence. Get real. Ukraine misbehaved and backstabbed Russia by trying to join NATO and give opportunity for the US to set up missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Russia realised not to appease the US on NATO expansion because the US always comes back for more.
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  9917.  @fredkitemuchmore7920  Dumbo, is it Russia that lost 20% of its land, got its cities reduced to rubble, got its ports blockaded and is begging for alms and arms ?
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  9918. The Russians are playing their cards ! And so are the Iranians ! No surprise. Why shouldn't they when the US has been targeting them for years ?
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  9919. So why haven't you sent troops and invited the tactical nuclear strike ?
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  9920. It is a Russian city built by Catherine the Great, it should be returned to Russia. Anyway, why is Odessa getting ready for war. I thought the Ukrainians were advancing into Kherson and Crimea. What is going on ?
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  9921.  @prosvet123  The problem is once bombs fall on Ukranians, they rally round their puppet leaders. Just like Germans continued supporting Hitler after the firebombing. They had no one else to turn to. The Ukranians have no one other than Zelensky who got them into this situation and who is kept going as a hero with US support.
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  9922.  @brentjamescollins9731  What is the false propaganda ? Give the evidence.
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  9923. Not so smart. Sweden's PM said his country would be in hot water if the US ditches NATO. Sweden will be a prime Russian target, and the rest of Europe is useless.
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  9924. Unwise to ignore Putin's rhetoric. Ukraine ignored Russia's warning about neutrality and is being annexed and is being destroyed. There is nothing the west can do to stop it. What Putin says, he does.
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  9925.  @peabase  A new batch of French trained Ukrainians troops deserted as soon as posted at the front. It is in the French and other press. Why should they die for America which is about to abandon them ?
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  9926.  @brianhayes4827  Their ace pilot Moonfish got shot down in his first sortie with the F16.
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  9927.  @peabase  You did not hear about the rout of the Ukrainian summer offensive when they could not cross the first Surovikin line ?
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  9928.  @peabase  What was the outcome of Ukraine's 2023 summer offensive ? Did Ukraine recapture Crimea as Zelensky promised ? Ukraine impaled itself on the first of the Surovikin lines. Now Russia is advancing in the Donbass.
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  9929. Ukraine is being massacred due to false western promises of game changing weapons, and the west's attempt to save its own pride. There is no point talking about Ukraine's high morale. The west should either send troops to Ukraine, or negotiate a settlement.
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  9930. So the message is the west can go to sleep on Russia-China trade, because China has 4x the trade with the US and EU. US, EU and NATO have identified and publicly stated China is the real enemy of the future. What happens then ? Further, Russia and China are expanding non-dollar currencies for trade settlements - which will reduce demand for dollars undermine its value in 20-30 years. Using other currencies is a concerted and driven policy of both states, to undermine US power. As for the ground war, the commentator says there is an offensive against Bakhmut and the casualties have been very high. He slyly avoids mentioning for whom ! Two or three sides of Bakhmut are surrounded by the Russians now, and they are battering the Ukranians. The Russians fire 9 shells for every 1 that Ukraine fires, so naturally the Ukranians deaths will be very high. The west has started saying Bakhmut is unimportant, which is a sure sign they see it as a liability. They pin their hopes now on Kremina. As for the rest of Ukraine, Russia has returned it to a pastoral state.
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  9931. The US statement not to expand NATO eastwards (given in the 1990s) meant nothing, that is why Russia has retaliated. 'When we ask for negotiation they interpret it as a sign of military weakness and they push harder.' When did you ask for negotiation ? Just before the war, Russia asked the US for negotiations to guarantee Russia's security. The US refused. So don't be sanctimonious. As a result, Russia does not trust the west and of course they will push harder. But of course 'Russia pushing harder' goes against the western narrative that Ukranians are pushing Russia out due to Himars. So you don't even know the contradictions in your stance.
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  9932.  @KaloyanKasabov  Words do matter. The west acted in bad faith after saying 'not an inch to the east'. That is why Russia asked to give a written security guarantee in Dec. 2021. The US refused. Why ? Because the west wanted to continue with its duplicity, say one thing, and do another. Then the Russians said they will take military technical action to ensure the US will never have missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Russia does what it says it will do. If you mess with them, they will tear you to pieces. “Do not expect that once you take advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russians always come for their money. And when they come, do not rely on the Jesuit agreements you have signed that allegedly justify you. They are not worth the paper they are written on. Therefore, it is worth either playing honestly with the Russians, or not playing at all.“ Otto von Bismarck
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  9933.  @vilandar  Vague promise it was not to expand NATO - you are condoning western duplicity. “Do not expect that once you take advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russians always come for their money. And when they come, do not rely on the Jesuit agreements you have signed that allegedly justify you. They are not worth the paper they are written on. Therefore, it is worth either playing honestly with the Russians, or not playing at all.“ Otto von Bismarck When Russia fights, it fights hard. They have got the west and its surrogate Ukraine by the scruff of the neck, and they will not let you go. Now you know the cost of NATO expansion to Europe, and you know there will be no NATO expansion possible to Ukraine.
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  9934.  @MikeOxlong-  'None of your remarks are either legitimate, nor even worthy of consideration as demands being made by nuclear terrorists like Putin. The fact you even express interest in such nonsensical gibberish is quite telling...' It is quite telling that you nevertheless bothered to reply. Perhaps what I wrote bothers you, but you have no refutation. Putin did not make a demand. He merely invited the US and its surrogates who want to defeat Russia to come to the battlefield.
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  9935.  @tadcastertory1087  Ukraine cannot recruit people as nobody wants to fight a proxy war for the Americans. Russia is assembling more forces. So what is your point ? And Russia can always force unconditional surrender with a nuke strike on Ukraine.
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  9936.  @newsgeekus1216  'Ukraine will not have this problem as the west pours in rebuilding monies. ' Russia will not allow the west to put its foot in Ukraine again. At the end of the war, much of Ukraine will be part of Russia, and the part not taken will be made a wasteland. Does not mean the west can enter this wasteland and rebuild it, because the Russians will keep up a low intensity work which does not allow reconstruction. Russia did not go to war to allow you to mess in Ukraine again to build biolabs and military equipment.
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  9937. Trump is going to agree to Russian terms - Ukraine to hand over 4 oblasts and no NATO entry.
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  9938. Ukraine was part of Russia, nobody heard of it, there is no need to idolise Ukraine. It is paying for its misbehaviour against Russia.
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  9939. Thatcher and Reagan was a special relationship of two reactionaries.
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  9940.  @grantsapain  That is why Russia is directing US elections. They got a useful idiot elected, so that America is polarised and divided. Now you see how shamelessly they are at each other's throat, organising mobs and saying the election was stolen. The US complains about cyber attacks but cannot do anything.
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  9941. Your channel is desperate. 5h ago you put out the video 'Putin desperate for deal as his economy and military crumble' 2h ago you had a video 'Putin will decapitate Ukraine’s leadership under Trump’s plan' ! Russia defeated the collective west. You do not have the resolute leadership like Russia's nor its incredible arsenal. You do not have an army with courageous, patriotic soldiers like Russia has. Then how can you win ? The Americans are accepting the reality. Why do the British find it difficult to accept reality ?
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  9942. @Osama-g1l In the aftermath of the stabbings of 3 girls after the concert, Robinson was amongst the people who falsely made the accusation that Muslims did it, and based on messages by people of his ilk including Farage, his mindless followers attacked a mosque first; after it came out that a Welsh Christian did the stabbings, his thugs turned instead on a Holiday Inn housing asylum seekers and tried to set it on fire, then they indulged in attacks on the police. If you look at the number of arrests and convictions of violent 'protestors', only 3 were Muslims, the rest, about 695 were Robinson types. Get it ? 'And This is very relevant: what do you think about islam?' It is more relevant to ask why Britain went and invaded Islamic countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, bombed Libya and created Israel. You created war in their countries, so you have refugees. You have to live with them - in Britain and abroad. Muslims had lived in Britain for a very long time, and problems only came after Britain invaded their countries. Even Britain is fighting for Israel and creating more refugees who will come to Britain. You have to take them.
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  9943. As usual, Israelis are pretending innocence, and claiming they always wanted peace, but could not find anyone to talk to. It is like their claim that Palestine was a land without people for a people without land. And as usual western media sucking up to such people and giving them a platform. The Israelis have a colonial, apartheid mentality, they always had it, and they have institutionalised it. It is a creation of Britain and it is carried now by the US. Anyhow, all their humbug and western backing cannot save Israel now. There are no more quick six day wars to win. Israel cannot win a multi-front battle of attrition, the technology gap has narrowed and Israel's opponents can and will fight an open ended war. 500,000 Israelis with dual nationalities have left, and more will go in a prolonged war. The IDF soldiers are psychologically unprepared for a war of attrition, and I read their morale is low now. Unlike Palestinians and Hezbollah who are used to hardship. They belong to the land, they do not have dual citizenship, they cannot run away.
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  9944. ​ @johnrr8854  They are not going to report the Nato led miltary debacle, they will go on about a few civilian casualties.
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  9945.  @chrispeng8417  Anglo-American xenophobic jokes - they think they are the most superior. The western order was summarised by a commentator Emil Cosman - the American is the plantation owner; the British is his house servant; Italians, Germans, French are the regular plantation workers; the eastern Europeans like the Polish and Lithuanians etc. are the bottom feeders, who gets scraps from the plantation owner for barking. Ukranians are barking from outside to be let into the plantation. Russia, China and others are independent, they do not wish to be America's plantation worker.
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  9946.  @joecater894  Who told you Putin is going to ride into Europe ? You tried to ride to his borders using Ukraine. Then the bear woke up and mauled you badly. That is your fault.
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  9947. The only disinformation is that Ukraine is winning ! It is spread by the west to keep up public support.
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  9948. The war was lost for the west in Biden's time. Trump recognises there is no point throwing money at a failed business. Get it ?
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  9949. Perfect summary. US gained a little but de-dollarisation is something that Russia kicked off is going to undermine the US.
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  9950.  @jaja3359  If Russia is not stronger, why have you not sent to troops ? Why is US not sending weapons to strike in Russia ?
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  9951. Europe needs to be independent from America. America has landed Europe in trouble. The US sponsored the 2014 coup in Ukraine and brought Ukro Nazi Russophobes into power, that triggered a war. Europe has to scrap Russian gas and pay for US LNG (4x the price) and it gets the refugees. It has to buy more NATO equipment and it has to subsidise Ukraine for years. Long ago, de Gaulle had warned the Europeans, if a war comes to Europe, the Europeans should remember at the end of the day, Americans don't live in Europe and the British live on an island. These two countries have taken the least number of refugees.
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  9952. According to this American liar, the Ukrainians are maintaining limited control of Krinky, but the Russians are overplaying their case ! What is limited control ?
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  9953. Looks like the Ukraine counter offensive has failed and ended, and Russia is going to turn up the heat on Ukraine and its sponsors.
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  9954. The 650 million do not have the guts to fight, they rely on proxies.
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  9955. Russia is impressive because it does what it says it will do. If you threaten or attack them, they will maul you. 30 European countries + the US cannot match Russia.
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  9956.  @stream2watch  You can revoke those things, Russia has alternatives. It is a capable country. Revoke SWIFT, Russia sets up its own. Revoke euros, you shoot yourself, Russia enters into deals with others using other currencies. Russia does not need you. Russia makes civilian airliners, the Soviet Union had them, it does not need you.
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  9957. The west lost the war in 2023 with the failed counter offensive, in 2024, there is no see saw, it is only going one way. What is happening in 2024 is irreversible as Ukraine has neither weapons nor men. They will not be able to repeat what they did in 2022. Get it ?
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  9958.  @MB-wr6ib  He wrote that because he cannot believe the Russians are advancing.
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  9959. Putin has defeated the west, and such is the anguish caused to the British, that they imagine if only Churchill was here, he would defeat Putin ! I wonder why the British in particular feel rankled by Russia so much. The reason is at the end of WW 2, Britain's position on the world stage ended and the Soviet Union took its place as the superpower. Further, in the Suez crisis in 1956 when Britain teamed with France (another ex-power) and Israel and invaded Egypt, the Soviet Union made them withdraw by threatening to strike London and Paris with nukes. Eisenhower looked the other way and asked Britain and France to withdraw. Anthony Eden's govt. was humiliated. Since then, the British are itching for a fight with Russia. The problem is they do not have the power, they try to ride on America's coat tails. Britain's navy is unfit, it has one submarine in the sea, the Trident flopped two times, and the Challengers were destroyed as soon as they were deployed in Ukraine. It can hardly raise 30,000 troops. It cannot call up Indian soldiers. In contrast, a single Sarmat missile can take out Britain and with a hypersonic missile, it will be in a blink of an eye. What would Churchill have done ?
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  9960. On international affairs, Sunak has shown no originality. He is subservient to the US on Ukraine. He has been spineless on Gaza, he has silently endorsed a genocide. Lastly, he made a pathetic speech after Galloway's win, which was uncalled for. Don't worry about Sunak, he will push off to America.
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  9961. 'pushing Europe closer together.' It does not make Europe powerful or effective.
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  9962. The west is bravely helping to fight Russia to the last Ukranian.
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  9963.  @michaelbee2165  Free society nearly got taken over by a demented Trumpist mob at the Capitol. Gun toting 'white nationalists' will create civil war in America and end free society. America is a decayed, polarised and unsustainable country. You are trying to show false pride and put on a brave face.
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  9964.  @1czechit1 Has Israel ever achieved a durable peace ? Not from the list of wars you gave. They are a problem for the world and themselves wherever they lived. Then the logical question has to be 'what is wrong with Jews ?' It is the racial supremacy drummed into them by Judaism.
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  9965.  @gabrielbustamante5801 Indeed terrorism has no religion but all religions have terrorised people. Israel was made by Jewish gangs like Irgun and Stern indulging in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. The Christian civilisation killed 6 million Jews, and also enslaved and colonised continents. So what is your point ?
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  9966.  @AndromedaConcepts-pe5tg  I am not into prophecies, I am into scientific analysis. Israel cannot fight long wars of attrition because they don't have manpower, and such wars are inconclusive. They had decisive victories in quick wars in 1948 and 1967, but none thereafter. The Palestinians, Hizbollah can fight an open ended war without end, and they are ready to take casualties. Prophecies are for greedy fundamentalist Jews and stupid American Christian Zionists.
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  9967.  Broskisnowski  The war of attrition will continue and time and demography favours Palestinians. If they gave up, then ethnic cleansing would win and the Jews greed will grow. Their Knesset claims from the Euphrates to the Nile. Whites continued apartheid for 100 years in South Africa, but it had to give way.
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  9968. Putin reconsiders 'failed' Ukraine strategy ahead of Trump's ceasefire ? Trump is asking for a ceasefire, Sir Putin has not signalled any intention or even asked for negotiations. I read he is getting more Oreshniks ready for a devastating non-nuclear strike. The collective west has lost the war, and as Trump comes, you are spinning delusions to bolster the morale.
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  9969. Putin is not trying to derail negotiations. During Biden's time, he had said to Carlson 'we are not going to negotiate just because you have run out of weapons'. Since then, Russia has advanced in Donbass and reduced Ukraine's army to recruiting under 25s. He has not ruled out negotiations but he made his terms known long ago. Ukraine has to return to neutrality (that is no US bases in Ukraine) AND now Ukraine has to surrender the remaining bits of the 4 oblasts (otherwise Russia will take it by force anyway). If this is not acceptable to the US, he will continue the war. Trump has no cards. The US does not have the money and arms to send to Ukraine. Anyhow, why is your channel cribbing about Putin trying to derail negotiations ? I thought you too (like Putin) do not want negotiations. You said you will back Ukraine till Crimea is taken. You have been saying unless Putin is stopped, he will come after the rest of Europe. You have lost the war, the British want to fight Russia but do not have the capacity, you know Trump's stand, but somehow you hope Trump will stump Putin. But Sir Vladimir is too clever for you.
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  9970.  @ChristyBermingham  Indeed, Times Radio is full of baloney. I explained. It says in its videos that Ukraine will be supported till Crimea is taken, otherwise Sir Vladimir will come after the rest of Europe. That being the stance, why is Times Radio complaining that Putin is trying to derail negotiations ? Putin is not asking for negotiations when he knows Ukraine is defeated, the US is backing out, and the UK and EU are useless. Times Radio is putting out such spin against Putin because of the frustration with western defeat.
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  9971. The F 16s are no magic bullet. Russia has shown it has the technology to shoot and destroy any western technology - drones, Himars, Leopards, Patriots....The war is lost for the west. The Ukraine's failed counter offensive and the US barring Ukraine from NATO proves it. NATO poses as if it is strong and united because two puny countries joined - but they cannot change the outcome for Ukraine.
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  9972. You are a conceited Czech racist trying to pose as a superior European because you are in the EU. It came out without you realising it.
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  9973. I don't think Russia would go nuclear straightaway. Putin had earlier said that use of missiles in Russia will lead to strikes on NATO countries or their assets abroad. Russia could hit UK and US shipping in the Gulf using the Houthis, or help in peppering America's client state, Israel with missile strikes through other actors. The Houthis had already struck a British tanker. Then you go up the escalation ladder all the way up to nuclear and the Americans will back down, they do not want to die.
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  9974. I thing is the Russians don't say that they are imposing sanctions. The EU chose to make the euro unusable for Russia, it refuses to pay in roubles, then it is like asking Russia to supply gas free, which Russia naturally rejects. Is it Russia that weaponised gas or is it that EU weaponised the Euro ?
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  9975. Mandela said if two neighbours are fighting, be sure the US visited one of them. That is illustrated by Ukraine and many other conflicts. If there was no US-led NATO expansion, no US organised coup in Ukraine in 2014, then Ukraine would be intact and even have Crimea. The US had ulterior motives, they pass it off as defence of sovereignty of Ukraine. They always put on a veneer of altruism.
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  9976.  @henrikpersson76  Yeah right, the Soviet Union won in WW 2 due to your paltry help. The Red Army had the fighting ability unlike all the Europeans who surrendered.
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  9977.  @redscope897  Finland had to surrender Karelia to the Soviet Union. They are not getting that back. 'They where defeated in Kyiv, defeated in lyman and lost 3,200 sq km, they lost the only regional capital they took in the war and have stuggled to take one town of just 70,000 in 11 months. None of this from the supposed 2nd best army in the world is impressing anyone they can win this war. ' But at the end of the day, Ukraine has lost 20% and that is gone for good. Ukraine is surviving only because of western help. If the Iraqis and Afghans had a coalition helping them in the same way, the US would have lost early. Russia is prevailing, slowly but surely, against Ukraine + US + 30 others. And it is also winning the economic war. It has crippled western economies with high inflation and de-dollarisation. The Russians have single handedely ended the western 'rules based international order'. It is a tremendous achievement. Even China could not do that.
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  9978.  @jackneuman5108  Russia is prevailing because Ukraine has lost 20% of the land that produced 90% of its GDP. Further, the Russians block Ukraine's access to the Black Sea. Ukraine has to ship wheat through Poland and now Polish farmers have blocked that. Russia has destroyed Ukraine's power grid. They have taken Soledar and Bakhmut. They have fortified the lines. Russian economy is going down ? You said that in the first month. Biden said rouble will be rubble. None of that happened. Instead, Russia floored western economies. Germany is being de-industrialised. Workers in France, Britain and Germany are on strike due to inflation. No one is on strike in Russia because they cannot afford heating. Russia's economy is essentially self sufficient. Also, they have found alternative trade partners. Your 'modern gear flowing in to Ukraine' will make no difference. You said Himars were game changers. Now the western media which said Himars were game changers say the Russians jammed the GPS and the Himars are not hitting targets. The Russians have destroyed one Patriot and damaged one out of a battery of three; this is slowly being admitted. The western media, Stoltenberg and all the rest of the gang, said that the west cannot produce enough artillery shells to meet Ukraine's consumption. NATO has admitted it cannot ramp up production. The Russians can and have. They fired 7 shells at the Ukro Nazis in Bakhmut compared with one the Ukranians fired. Against the Patriots and tanks, they will keep attacking them with drones and the like, till the west cannot supply enough Patriot missiles. This is their tactic. It will be like the artillery shells. The Russians can turn Ukraine into a wasteland which is permanently dependent on EU aid. They will not allow any reconstruction. As for demographics, what about Ukraine ? 30% of its population is refugees. Ukraine has lost a lot of men in Bakhmut to no avail. The war is lost for the west. You know the saying 'Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall and fell down and all the Kinf's Men and Horses could not put him back again'. That is Ukraine's situation. The Ukraine of 2014 is not coming back, still less the Ukraine of 1991. It is gone for good. If they continue, they will lose more. Anyhow, the west must continue out of false pride. Defeat is painful to accept. This Ukranian counter offensive is the last desperate throw of the die. It has not taken off even. Once it peters out, the US will move on to China and tell Ukraine to accept the reality.
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  9979. If Russia was so incompetent as you suggest, why did the US not send the troops to Ukraine and end the war with a quick victory ? Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battle field and show it. NATO is afraid to enter. Why ? Because it knows Russia will incinerate all western cities. Russia is a superpower and it did what it had to do for its security. It took on the entire western alliance of 50 nations and pinned them. Contrast with India, it wants to be a power, but when China took its land, it was meek and quiet. That is the difference between Russia and others.
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  9980. It is bad news for Ukraine if they have to deploy the elite brigade that was trained to do the blitzkrieg after the breaching operation are forced to do the breaching operation. It is their turn to be massacred in the minefield.
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  9981. The western press is not talking about it, they are highlighting the Kherson offensive and the bridge.
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  9982. The western circus did not want the victor to attend.
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  9983. In a war, everyone uses all weapons. The west used its control of the banking sector to stop Russian transactions in euros and dollars. Zelensky is urging the west to use more sanctions. So what is wrong with Putin using energy as a weapon ? Zelensky is bleating because he now knows he cannot recapture Kherson before winter, and the west cannot win the economic warfare against Russia, and it will be forced to abandon him.
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  9984.  @wormcatman8652  Russia has taken 5 key industrial oblasts of Ukraine, and thwarted Ukraine's attempt to get them back. The Russians have decimated Ukraine's army. Seeing which the US and EU govts. are unwilling to give more money - which spells the end of Ukraine in 2024. Russia is seen as a hero outside the west. You are defeated and you are seeking comfort with illusory gains. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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  9985.  @PfcFloyd  It is not stalemate. The west is defeated and that is the new face saving narrative. Ukraine does not have the manpower, and the west does not have the money nor the equipment, and hence in 2024, Russia is in a very good position to push ahead. Stalemate will be very bad for Ukraine. It is better it is brought to unconditional surrender, so that it can be rebuilt.
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  9986. Because the IDF is jittery and incompetent; and they thought these were Palestinians out to spook them ! The IDF has not been able to get a single captive out. The ones that were released were due to Qatar's efforts.
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  9987.  @cog600  Russia is defeating Ukraine, Ukraine has lost land, it is irrecoverable, and it is going to lose more. The US cannot have bases in Ukraine, that is also settled. Ukraine's borders will be settled by Russia. If NATO believed it could win for one moment, it would have sent troops. If the combined west is so strong, why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? If Russia is over estimated, why did Finland and Sweden run like headless chicken for NATO protection ? And why are British and German ministers saying we need to train our army how to fight ? ! NATO is a pathetic joke. Headless chicken cannot fight a real bear. Understand ?
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  9988.  @cog600  It is the Black Sea fleet, not Balkan fleet, you ignorant. The Black Sea fleet is not that relevant for Ukraine. It is a land war primarily, and Russia has taken the industrial east that produced 90% of Ukraine's GDP, and after beating off the Ukrainian counter offensive to regain the lost oblasts, Russia is moving forward. They are after Kharkhov. And Odessa will also have to return to Russia. ' the Ukrainian is destroying the Russian airforce and the losses on land of Russia range from 10:1 in Ukraines favour to on some days 18:1....' Even the Ukranians are not claiming that, only frustrated and delusional losers like you are saying this ! Why is Zelensky imploring and saying if he does not get help, he will have to be retreat and be defeated ?
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  9989.  @nanandrune  For the counter offensive of 2023, Stoltenberg said Ukraine was given 98% of what it needed. But the result was zero. So what is your wish based on ?
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  9990.  @jooseppib1082  They have taken 5 oblasts already and Ukraine cannot get them back and western military people also accept they cannot get it back, so why put on vain bravado ?
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  9991.  @Eder-bk5mm  'Russia has been defeated on the battlefield many times.' But it seems to me Ukraine lost its land and is losing more. What is your fantasy based on ?
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  9992.  @cog600  The Soviet Union was the one to root out the Nazis from Berlin, you were not capable.
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  9993.  @cog600  True, all the others of the Soviets contributed to the Red Army, including the Ukrainians. But the Russians were the core of the Red Army. The Ukrainians were good fighters in the Red Army, and that shows even now. The Russians can fight the best, because besides natural courage and sense of duty and belief in their country, they make the arms and weapons, and they have real expertise in combined arms warfare which NATO does not have, and they have a single minded focus which also NATO lacks.
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  9994.  @cog600  They are fighting a small neighbour who has been fortified by the US and NATO. Unlike the Iraqis who fought the US on their own. If Russia is found wanting, why are Sweden, Finland all quaking and seeking protection. Why is Russia giving you sleepless nights ? 'Have you seen the numbers lost by Russia? ' Who told you those figures ? When Russia fires 10 shells for every Ukrainian one, how can they have more casualties. Anyhow, you can believe that, if it comforts you; but it is Russia that is knocking out the power stations and advancing. It is the Ukranians leaders who are begging for help, it is the Ukrainians who are deserting their brigades. Defeat is painful for you, but what is the point of delusions ?
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  9995. Sir Putin is almost as steely and determined as Stalin ! Stalin determined the map of Europe after WW 2. Atlee and Truman had to agree. Sir Putin will determine the map of Ukraine, and will disintegrate NATO.
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  9996. 'We had deep economic ties with Russia before Putin's War and wish to revive them afterwards.' That would be the natural thing for Europe to do. Being dependent on the US and pay 4x for the gas, and buy US weapons to fight for US wars, is not bright.
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  9997. Oh wait NATO will have to call a meeting in Spain to reach unanimous agreement on what to do.
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  9998.  @jaska-jalmarixvi5757  'btw 90% of usa's weapon aid investment goes directly into american economy. So if you think creating well paid american jobs and putting money into your economy is money down the drain then whatever.' Alright. But it is Ukrainian lives down the drain, but that is only 'whatever' for you. I have contempt for American cynicism.
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  9999. Russia killed the Ukranian counter offensive even before it could start ! The NATO planners wanted Ukraine to punch through Russian defences and follow with a blitzkrieg to the Azov Sea. The Russians would get dazed and run away or get captured. Instead, the Bandera army lost a lot of soldiers, and those superior western wonder weapons. This is even without getting near the first Russian line. The west could not deny this because the Russians released videos of Bradleys and Leopards burning, and the Ukranians soldiers getting blown up by mines. Now we are told the Bandera army is doing probing attacks all along the front, identifying Russia's weak spots, and wearing the Russians down and fixing them. The Russians will lose their concentration and Ukraine will overwhelm them, that is the new theory. The western expectation was Ukraine will perform like in 2022. However, in 2023, Ukraine has only lost - they lost the power grid, then Soledar, then Bakhmut. The west has not come to terms with the reality. Perhaps the US generals know. But the US politicians are unable to accept their reality as they staked their reputations on a western win. Ukraine will be ordered to do a big suicide mission before the NATO summit. When that flops as well, the US will ask Ukraine to negotiate. The US has better things to do - fight with China next.
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  10000. NATO will swear and curse Russia, and say 'don't do it again'.
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  10001. 28.05 : Building up Ukraine's economy, reconstituting its industrial base - Alexander says it is wildly far fetched. Indeed, when it is clear Ukraine is not going to exist in the form of 2014, let alone 1991. Examples of western make belief : Germany said it was going to build a tank factory in Ukraine ! BAE systems said it was going to open an office in Ukraine to rebuild it with weapons. The west appears to be making wishful projections of rebuilding Ukraine in its image when the war is lost.
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  10002.  @LunaticTheCat  The US provoked Russia by continual NATO expansion. The neocons in the US thought Russia was weak and so sought to contain Russia. If Ukraine joined NATO, the US would have had naval bases and blocked Russia from the Black Sea. After Russia threw a counter punch, the US agreed in Vilnius to Russia and vetoed Ukraine from joining NATO. Ukraine was thrown under the bus and told to be grateful and not complain. So whether you think Russia is solely responsible does not matter as in Vilnius the US conceded defeat by vetoing Ukraine from joining NATO.
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  10003.  @nyyotam4057  Your projections are based on a linear assumption. 'This slows the advance to a snail-pace crawl but the Ukraine is advancing. And this is a fact. True, at this pace it could take them years to reach the Azov sea, but they will, eventually.' You forgot the Russians will kill them in big numbers as they are doing now, the US will lose interest in Ukraine and nobody is going to back them for years. The US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO. It means the US is preparing to ditch Ukraine by next year. Why do you find geopolitical reality difficult to accept ?
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  10004.  @nyyotam4057  Ukraine is not going to have airpower anytime soon. Russia is decimating the Ukrainians in the meantime. Even if the Ukranians get F16s, the Russians have the missiles to knock them out - like Leopards, Himars, Bradleys, Storm Shadows and every other rubbish from the west. The war will end with Ukraine losing more territory, and the bit that is left will be turned into a wasteland. That is why the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO. It knows the game is over.
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  10005.  @nyyotam4057  NATO is not a defensive alliance just because you say so. Russia perceives it as an anti Russian alliance to corner Russia. NATO was in Afghanistan, and two leading NATO members went to Iraq, outside NATO. Ukraine sent 5000 troops for the Iraq invasion to please the Americans, so Ukranians should not be complaining now when they got a taste of the same medicine. 'That's not Russia's right to tell other countries whether to join NATO or not.' Sovereignty does not confer the right to threaten a neighbouring country bringing in a country far away across the Atlantic. What is the US doing on Russia's borders ? Are Russia or China troubling the US near its borders ? The US crossed a red line through its proxy, the US thought its proxy could defeat Russia, but the proxy got a severe beating, and the US is getting ready to abandon Ukraine. After the cold war, the Warsaw Pact was dissolved and NATO should have been as well. Then Europe and Russia would have got along. But that would have made the Americans unhappy. You need to stop arguing like a simpleton and quoting your media's cliches about NATO being a defensive alliance. It is an instrument for US hegemony.
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  10006.  @nyyotam4057  NATO said at the start of the Ukranian offensive that it had given 98% of what Ukraine asked and needed. Ukraine's failure is not because it did not have F 16s. Then who are you to assert NATO should simply give F 16s ? Ukraine has been told that NATO is not Amazon and Ukraine needs to be grateful. The blame game breaks out in the side that is defeated. F 16s need training, and special runways, and the US knows the Russians will shoot them down. For practical purposes, Ukraine is defeated, the US knows it, and the rest in NATO don't count. Ukraine cannot get back the 4 oblasts and the F16s won't change the situation. Ukraine does not have the capacity to drive out Russia. That is why the US barred Ukraine from NATO entry.
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  10007.  @nyyotam4057  NATO has not become stronger by adding two chicken. Addition of Sweden and Finland is not going to alter the fate of NATO's proxy Ukraine. That is, defeat and loss of at least 20%, maybe more.
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  10008.  @victory-ukraine  It is only in your vain imagination that you are fighting for the whole democratic world. The US and Europeans proudly say that they are weakening Russia without a single NATO member killed. In the end, you cannot defeat Russia and you will find your supporters are fair weather friends. The US vetoed your efforts to join NATO and was not prepared to give you a road map. In the end, they will drop you like Iraq and Afghanistan where they said they were fighting to bring democracy. Ukranians are proudly sacrificing themselves for someone else's war.
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  10009.  @nyyotam4057  Only 3 year ago, NATO ran away like cowards from Afghanistan where they were fighting directly. In Ukraine, NATO is fighting a proxy war. Your protege is being defeated by Russia. NATO has not become powerful by adding a couple of chicken like Finland and Sweden. Ukraine has lost land, it cannot get it back, western weapons are duds, and Russia has a stranglehold on Ukraine's economy. It has taken the 20% land that was the industrial belt, Ukraine's agricultural produce was burnt, and Russia controls Ukraine's sea ports. How is this slowly pointing to a Russian defeat ?
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  10010.  @immigrationcanada1802  I go by what Swamy said on the video, and his Harvard connection is irrelevant. Swamy was kicked out from Harvard for racism, so why don't you mention that ? Racism is his fundamental character. Indians explained to to me Swamy is a Brahmin and they are an unprincipled and scheming race. As for India and China, India has flattered to deceive. If India was flying, it was in the period of 2005-2015. Since then, it has declined, and is mired in sectarian conflicts and attacks against women and minorities. India is not a serious contender to China. Indians think too much of themselves.
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  10011.  @immigrationcanada1802  Never mind Britain and US. Where is India today ? It is not a serious contender in world politics, although it imagines itself as someone. It can hardly look after itself - think of the pyres on the streets and the cadavers floating on the Ganges. That is Indian Covid care ability. And during BoJo's visit, India showcased itself with yet another riot.
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  10012. Trump still fits the caricatures of all the comedians - Trevor Noah, John Oliver..... He cannot help himself.
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  10013. Not everything has been promised has been delivered should read 'not much that was delivered worked'. Germany announced Rheinmetall will make a tank factory in Ukraine ! As if the Russia's will not notice and strike it before it gets off the ground. Likewise BAE announced they will start production in Ukraine. The collective west is pathetic and they think the rest of the world cannot see they have lost the war and so they make these futile shows.
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  10014. The west is so lost that NATO expansion and their sanctions backfired, that they resorted to delusions : hold peace conference and three Ukraine reconstruction conferences. Realising its folly, Switzerland says it will organise another peace conference and it will remember to call Russia !
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  10015. Time for insecure Jews to perform Aaliya. Go and join IDF.
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  10016.  @heimomoilanen9654  NATO servant is considered a prestigious position.
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  10017.  @martynanstis1620  General acceptance does not matter, only the US counts. And the US said Ukraine cannot join NATO and there is no road map. They cited corruption etc. but the real reason is if Ukraine is allowed, it will demand Article 5, and the US will have to send troops. Then the Russians will kill the Americans on a scale they did not face in Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, and there will be uproar in America. That Ukraine will join eventually join if conditions allow, is day dreaming. Russia will not allow conditions for Ukraine to join. Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good, and the Russians will not allow even a rump Ukraine to join NATO. At some stage, the US will walk away and the rest of Europe does not count, they will also give up on Ukraine.
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  10018. What happened to all those Patriot missiles that were shooting down hypersonic Kinzhals ?
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  10019.  @Zei33  The US blocked medicines to Iraq. Madeline Albright did that. You need to cut out this false posing that the west has morals. The west and the US in particular has waged wars and overthrown more govrenments than any country.
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  10020. He has decided to not allow indian liberals and British conservatives to even rest for a moment .... Yeah everyone is impressed by the low IQ of a Hindu who worship cows.
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  10021. Who told you Ukraine will recapture all its its territories ? Just your own wishful thinking ? Get real - Ukraine will not exist.
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  10022. How has it backfired ? Russia has exposed NATO as a paper tiger. That was apparent when NATO ran away from Kabul. Russia has given such a beating to Ukraine that NATO does not dare create a 'no fly zone'. Russia is creating such fear that the Europeans are quaking. NATO is all mouth and no trousers.
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  10023.  @candysell  We saw NATO in Afghanistan, don't you remember how they jostled with each other with their tails behind the legs, to get out of Kabul ?
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  10024. They do not need drones in Mariupol, the Nazi Azov needs to surrender or they will be starved out.
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  10025. So the strategy is finish Maruiopol, wipe out the Azov Regiment's Nazis, take more land in the east, blockade the maritime trade in the Black Sea and keep Kiev on its toes with missile strikes. Border cities like Lvov might come under fire, because probably it is a arms smuggling centre. Then if they want to negotiate, expand the terms - not only no NATO admission, accept not only Crimea but entire Donbas is part of Russia. That is the price for threatening Russia using NATO.
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  10026.  Alena Barrett  Learn English.
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  10027.  RRL2018  Sweden and Denmark are only known for porn. Is that European Christianity civilization for you ?
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  10028. Ramasamy is a Brahmin, they are the racists and inventors of India's notorious caste system. The Brahmins in India also say there is no caste inequity, caste is not a problem, Brahmin status is based on merit. However, the fact is the Brahmins actually instilled policies of discriminating against 'low' castes through their scriptures. My advice : Americans should never hand power to a Brahmin, otherwise they will bring all their manipulative and divisive tendencies and make America backward like India.
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  10029.  @F8dg9  America has problems but you have to avoid rule by Brahmins like Ramasamy. India has suffered too long under the Brahmanic code; they have kept India backwards by denying education for all, as they believe that good life is reserved for a few, the Brahmins. Ramasamy speaks the language some Americans want to hear, like 'make America Great again through meritocracy'. He wants to pretend racism and inequality are not problems if no one raises it. His Brahmanic culture of exclusivism dovetails into the notion that America is for the plutocrats like him, and anyone questioning that especially if he has a skin colour like his must be the new KKK. Ramasamy knows that he can advance by saying things about blacks which some whites want to hear but would not dare say. I would rather have Trump, at least he is what he is. Ramasamy is a poser.
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  10030. Anders is at last being realistic - this is his first admission that the war is lost for the west ! He cannot go on about Ukrainian victory in Kursk. Anders is right that for Russia it is not a war for land. But he is not right that the war for Russia is for political control. Russia's number one motivation is security : it cannot allow US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. The US ambition was to cut off Russia's access to the Black Sea. Sevastopol in the Crimea is the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet, and if Russia had not retaken Crimea, the US 7th Fleet would be sailing from it. He proposes another type of devious western argument that if Ukraine joined the west, it would become prosperous and Russia did not want that. First of all, it is an assumption joining the west would make Ukraine prosperous. Ukraine was in the hands of oligarchs, mostly Jews, who sucked out its wealth - like Ihor Kolomvosky, who financed Zelensky (all Jews). And on the other side, you had Jews like Victoria Nuland, Black Rock, Blinken etc. Earlier Putin said he had no objection to Ukraine joining the EU, as that is an economic alliance, but NATO is a military alliance directed against Russia. Now Russia will not allow Ukraine to join the EU as lately the EU has acted like NATO. Hence, it is s devious argument Anders makes that Russia's aim is to prevent Ukraine joining the west and becoming prosperous - that is a typical western self image of superiority. It is like Bush saying the Muslims did not like America's freedoms, so they struck it; whereas it is related to US support of Israel. Russia wants to be prosperous, it has no objection to Ukraine being prosperous. But the problem is the US wanted to put missile and naval bases to threaten Russia's prosperity. That is is not on. Anyhow, despite Anders belief that the war is to prevent Ukraine from becoming prosperous, he now knows that the Russians will win. Ukraine has to cede what it lost and it cannot be in NATO - that is the starting Russian line now for negotiations. Earlier, Russia only asked Ukraine to be neutral. Now it cannot join NATO and it has to cede land. If it does not agree, Russia is in a position to continue and take more and decapitate Ukraine. And the west cannot stop it. Trump knows the US does not have the money and arms. And the Europeans cannot fight Russia. Ukraine is only a pawn. Boris Johnson stated that if Russia won it will end the rules based international order which was a fig leaf for western hegemony. Since Boris and Anders and their ilk now realise that Russia has won, the most important Russian achievement is they ended western hegemony. The rest of the world salutes the Russians.
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  10031. Shock and awe.
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  10032. There is Daily Telegraph video where Boris denies with great vigour that he is responsible for Ukraine's downfall !
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  10033. As usual, the west is feigning outrage and whipping up emotions. Look at Ukranian duplicity. Only up to yesterday, the Ukranians were saying they did not reach any agreement with Russia, they reached it with the UN and Turkey. The Ukranians asserted very proudly that no Russians were involved. We understand the Russians have agreed to a mechanism for export grain - which was generous, when Russia had the option of cutting every source of Ukranian income that fuels the war. Certainly, Russia did not sign a sign a ceasefire with Ukraine over entire Odessa. If there are arms depots and collection centres in Odessa, Russia has the right to destroy them. Since the Ukranians have not signed a ceasefire and proudly say they will not negotiate with Russia, every part of Ukraine that is being used to store US weapons will be attacked. It is possible near the grain storage areas in Ukraine, they are hiding western equipment. Naturally, Russia will ferret them out.
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  10034.  @happydays4302  Russia has the right to destroy any country that threatens it. Ukraine was teaming up with Russia's enemy NATO/US to give them missile and naval bases. This would be a direct threat to Russia. As Ukraine did not comply with its promise of neutrality given in its declaration of independence, Russia has no choice but to retake Ukraine.
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  10035. The Europeans feel defeated by Putin, and they are trying to show they are relevant. Russia is not going to allow any western reconstruction even in the areas of Ukraine it will not take, unless Ukraine renounces NATO and the US pledges no mischief. Till then, Russia will continue to raze Ukraine, and raise the cost of reconstruction. Further they will de-industrialise Europe.
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  10036.  @jasoncullen8430  Ukraine agreed to a peace settlement with Russia in Turkey. US and UK objected, and Ukraine had to cancel the settlement. How is Ukraine free ?
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  10037.  @gregorydesleskine3413  'The Middle East is not my problem.' The UK created Israel. If ME is not your problem, Ukraine is no concern for others. Get it ?
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  10038. Yes, the non-west is not neutral, it supports Russia. What are you going to do about it ? The rest of the world is not a vassal of the US like Japan, UK, Germany and Ukraine.
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  10039. Democracy has always been the fig leaf of American led coups, like the 2014 coup in Ukraine.
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  10040. @NefetariMoonRay Tate is from Romania. Is that a Muslim country ?
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  10041. Thank the US for reckless NATO expansion.
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  10042. This report is not very credible. The US and the Ukrainians have been saying Russians are taking hundreds of casualties daily since the beginning of the war, yet Russia advances. Russia has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck and they do not want to stop with Donbass, they want to take more. Only some time ago, Zelensky was saying 100 Ukranian soldiers were dying daily. Now they are back to saying Russians are taking hundreds of casualties daily - even though the Ukranian counter offensive for Kherson that they have been publicising for so long has not started. In between, there are clips of Kramatorsk being softened up for the Russian attack.
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  10043. The biggest disinformation is the combined western media peddling the picture of Ukraine and west defeating Russia, and stamping out any analysis suggesting Russia will prevail because it has the manpower, the shells, tanks drones, missiles, helicopters, planes and nuclear weapons.
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  10044. All of this does not begin with Oct. 7 and Hamas as the Lord asserts. All of this starts with the creation of Israel by Britain.
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  10045.  @boink800  The Ukrainians are admitting the F16 crashed/downed and killed its top pilot. I have no problem if you prefer delusions. Forbes (which is pro-Ukrainian) now has an article wondering why Ukraine went into Kursk. If it went there thinking the Russians will panic and redeploy from Pokhrvsk, that did not happen - in which case Kursk was a failure.
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  10046.  @boink800  As the Red Army approached Berlin, there were many who disbelieved. Some believed and fled. Why do you think Ukraine ordered Pokrhovsk to be evacuated ?
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  10047.  @boink800  The Ukrainians cannot hold onto Kursk. Russia will eventually drive them out. You are dumb if you don't realise. Even the Ukrainians realise they are pinned in Kursk - they are being attritioned there and they cannot divert them to Provhosrk. They had gambled that Russia would withdraw troops from Donbass sector to defend Kursk. Russia did not do that. It is nailing them in Provhosrk. And it can come back for Kursk. You are an immature child, who cannot think beyond the immediate of consequences. Russia plays chess, the Ukrainians and you are only gamblers.
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  10048.  @boink800  'If we don't like the news, we just create our own version of the news.' Yes, Times Radio does that, to keep its low IQ British and western readership deluded and cheered.
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  10049.  @harryflower1810  Putin took this action for Russia's security. It had to be done, if the US got naval bases in Ukraine, it would have shut Russia off from the Black Sea. Putin said 'if we do not take action now, it will be more costly later, as we would have to fight a nuclear war against the US'. He is a man who puts his country's security first. He has beaten the collective west. He has iron will. Stalin type is needed to combat the west.
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  10050.  @franktully3065  And your freedom loving leaders lie and invade Iraq and your media went along with them and fabricated supporting lies, so don't put on airs. You have a history of overthrowing elected leaders in ME, Africa, Latin America and putting even fascists like Pinochet in power. Russia is a superpower and you are nobody. Russia can kick your head in, and that is what bothers you, not anyone's lack of ' free media, and an independent judiciary'.... You support many countries without ' free media, and an independent judiciary'...like Ukraine itself.
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  10051.  @George.Andrews.  What is the joke you found ?
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  10052. So transparent that DW only gives Ukrainian and western view.
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  10053. The dumb watch and encourage Ukraine in the hope Ukraine will win. They do not see the writing on the wall - Ukraine cannot win and western weapons cannot change that.
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  10054.  @deadpool3982  Ukraine could have agreed to be neutral as promised in their Independence Declaration. But after 2014, they were bribed by the Americans to give missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Ukraine after 2014 was not a sovereign country. Here is the proof. In 2021, Ukraine and Russia agreed to a peace deal in Istanbul. Boris Johnson came and twisted Ukraine's hand and asked it to fight on. Ukraine agreed. It lost. The US wants to ditch it. Europe is not up to it. Russia won. The winner sets the terms. Get it ?
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  10055.  @aaron4387  'Ukraine has not lost.' Ukraine is not going to be in NATO (their cherished objective), it has to surrender land, and there will be no security guarantees with NATO nor European peacekeepers. Comprehensive defeat. If it is all hunky dory for Ukraine, why did Trump tell Zelenksy he has no cards, why is Ukraine not going to be in NATO, and why is Starmer trying to put together a coalition of the willing', and why is the western media ? The west into the war saying it is Ukraine's sovereign right to be in NATO, why has it backtracked ?
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  10056.  @NerickovaNoha  If Ukraine cannot join NATO, it has to cede 20% land at least and maybe more, and there is no security guarantee, but you mean to say Ukraine is winning ? Russia is unable to fulfil its strategic objectives ? Russia's strategic objective was no US bases in Ukraine. The US has agreed on that. Further, Russia has achieved the longer aim of dividing NATO, with the US regarding NATO and Europe as a burden. In contrast, Ukraine joining NATO was your sacred cow. That is not possible now, so that is a strategic defeat for you. Get it, numskull ? Russia's economy is destroyed ? Biden said the rouble will be rubble in 2022. Russia has a self sufficient economy, more or less. It did not outsource production like the US. Western predictions of collapse did not occur, and you are mouthing vain wishes out of the pain of defeat. Look at Europe's economy - see German de-industrialisation. Europe is mobilising you say ? You will never be able to produce 155 mm shells in quantity because of high labour costs. Anyhow, none of you have the courage to die, how can cowards win wars ? Europe is mobilising for the return of fascism - AfD in Germany, Le Pen in France, far right will grow as the economic pinch deepens. The European Union will break up - the US and Russia want it. I suggest you swallow your false pride and accept defeat.
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  10057. Your understanding is the obvious one. But most westerners do not have sufficient IQ to grasp reality. Kursk was a momentary thrill for them as they felt Putin was humiliated. Some of them made out Ukraine was going to win a bargaining chip.
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  10058. The US pulled out as it could not win and it could not afford it any longer. The Taliban fought an open ended war and brought America to its knees. The US is not going back. It must have learnt that invading Muslim countries will lead to stubborn resistance. It won't do it again. I would advise the US solves the Palestinian problem, as otherwise this fight will continue. That is the root cause for enmity.
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  10059.  @prestonyoung3807  Correct analysis. But it will fall on deaf ears. Either the west knows about the limitations of their military-industrial capabilities and the battlefield limitations of their weapons, but it is against western pride to admit them; or they believe in the superiority of their weapons, so they think the war is not lost, and logic should be they should win.
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  10060. America does not have the capacity to support Ukraine. It does not have the courage to send soldiers. Its equipment has proved to be garbage as the Russians have destroyed every category, Himars, Patriots, Abrams, Bradleys.....And they cannot produce them at the rate the Russians do. Would the British or Europeans like to get off their arses and fully support Ukraine ? That is, send troops. In 2023, a British MP Tobias Elwood talked about setting up a 'coalition of the willing' to send troops to Ukraine, but he disappeared. We heard Macron was planning to send troops in 2024, but has gone quiet. I read the Swedes got off their arses and sent some military instructors but they got bumped off by an Iskandar in Poltava.
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  10061. Putin may agree to give eastern Poland to western Ukraine and make a new country.
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  10062.    'John is Ivan in Russia.' And good sir from Lithuania, what is your point ? Are you planning to try blockading Kaliningrad again ? You know your independence will go and Article 5 will not help.
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  10063. The correct question should be 'Why is Russia launching fresh strikes on Ukrainian cities when we told you they have run out of missiles and Ukraine has won the war ?'
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  10064. Oh yes, Eastern Europe will give directions to the west - why did we not think of it ? All of them are weak and dependent on aid. Russia is stronger than all of Europe combined. They have proved it.
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  10065. Oh please, let us not have more grief about the Holocaust - it is used to give Israeli criminality a carte blanche.
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  10066. Austin said Ukraine is facing a 'difficult moment'. That says it all. Ukraine is losing. The US only wants Ukraine to not collapse before the elections. He blabbers on making Ukraine strong to defend itself at the end of the war - when it will not exist ! Austin et al. do not have the body language of 2023. There is a tone of resgination.
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  10067. US is the adversary of Europe. It blew up Nordstream and deindustrialised Germany.
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  10068. The British will not be able to fight. They are cowards with too much false pride. They created Israel, and continue with mischief everywhere, Middle East, Ukraine.... Are the British going to run to Biden for help, or Netanyahu for help to fight Houthis ?
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  10069.  @johnbuckles1344  Zelensky said the west was cowardly. Why does not the west tell him it is being rather smart avoiding WW III ?
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  10070. But US is not as dumb as the UK. They will never fight Russia directly.
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  10071. Nobody can defeat Russia. If you want NATO expansion to Ukraine so badly, are you ready to fight a nuclear war for it ? Russia is ready to fight a nuclear are to stop NATO enter Ukraine. That is the difference.
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  10072. This bloody Israel obviously wants the western order which he thinks is global. He wants to maintain the ugly apartheid state created by the west, where Jews have invaded the ME. He had been talking like he is a global intellectual but the Gaza invasion has shown what he is - a duplicitous Zionist Jew.
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  10073. People of the world are demonstrating to end Israeli apartheid. The hostages are a small footnote.
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  10074. These Jewish leaders said the same in the 1970s during the Soviet Union and pressurised it to give Jews special freedom to migrate. The Soviet Union acceded. Are there still Jews left in Russia ? Why did they not go in the 1970s ? How is it most of the sanctioned oligarchs are Jews ?! There are no bars for Russian Jews to emigrate today. Pack up and go. But they won't. Meanwhile three Jews are running Ukraine - Zelensky, Shymal and Reznikov. Their bedfellows are the Ukro Nazis of Azov Battalion and Right Sector. The Jewish Zionist neocon Victoria Nuland brought about the 2014 coup in Ukraine and Ukranians are suffering as a result.
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  10075. NATO has shown prudent restraint because the US does not want to fight and get killed. Supposing Russia actually did it deliberately, what would NATO have done ? Nothing. The Americans are unwilling to get killed, and the Europeans don't have the ability to fight.
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  10076. 'Any nato' member wouldn't really be able to stop china or Russia individually. This is why we are a team. You cannot stop Russia and China even as a team ! When has NATO won a war ? It ran away from Afghanistan. You are defeated in Ukraine. You campaigned to get Ukraine into NATO. What happened ? Ukraine cannot be in NATO, Ukraine will not exist, and NATO is unwilling to send troops to Ukraine, it cannot even make enough shells. And when Trump comes, he will cut NATO.
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  10077.  @ironknee6879  There are no alternative facts. Putin declared the aim of the special military operation is demilitarisation and deNazification of Ukraine. I wrote [ Russia fought this war to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine. That is non-negotiable. They will not allow NATO in Ukraine and they are ready to fight a nuclear war]. That is consistent with what Putin said. There are no alternative facts, I am basing myself on what Sir Putin said. I wrote 'The Russians are winning, they cannot be evicted from Donbass and Crimea. ' The western media acknowledge Ukraine's counter offensive is going 'slower than expected' (= flop). The Ukranians cannot even reach the first defence line and they had massive casualties and loss of equipment. At best they have 3 months to make a breakthrough this year. The Russians have done the right step, they have fortified their eastern oblasts. That is not an alternative fact, the Ukranians themselves say it. Hence, Russia is winning. In 2022, Ukraine had some wins, but in 2023, Ukraine has not had a single gain : they lost Bakhmut and Soledar, they are unable to recapture the 4 oblasts, their manpower is whittled down, and the shoddy western arms have been burnt. Russia destroyed Ukraine's power grid and has now started destroying the ports in response to the strike on the Kerch bridge. Next year, the west is not going to put money for another offensive. The acknowledgement that Ukraine cannot win was in Vilnius, where the US barred Ukraine's entry in NATO and gave them no road map. That is the fact. That fits with the Russian aim : no NATO bases in Ukraine. The only alternative facts are in the minds of the Slava Ukraine brigade.
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  10078. Were they water boarded or sent to Guantanomo ?
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  10079. Russians have more than drones. They have shovels with which they bayonet Ukrainians. That is why the Ukrainians are losing ground.
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  10080. It is not entirely Zelensky and the wretched Ukranian people's fault. The prime fault is the US and its allies. The US wanted NATO expansion to circle Russia, to sell its arms, and plunder Ukraine's agriculture and minerals. For this, it staged a coup and instilled regime change, and involved Ukro Nazi 'nationalists'.
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  10081. You are begging Russia to stop after playing at NATO expansion. Why should Russia stop ? It will force unconditional surrender. Ukraine can revert to neutrality and the war will stop. The alternative is Russia will take more and destroy what it does not need. Get it ?
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  10082.  @vusumuzizikhali4967  You do not have the power to stop Russia, that is why you are now pleading for negotiations and sending peacekeepers.
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  10083. Now the challenge for the western media is who to blame for the defeat of the west and its surrogate. The west will slink away and act as if it did not have anything to do with the mess it created with US-led NATO expansion. But a complete coverup of the debacle is more difficult than in Afghanistan and Iraq. There, they could pretend they were not defeated. Here a loss will be seen by the rest of the world as powerful Russia putting the US and the west in its place in a way no one else could. That causes burning. The Germans smarted when the master race was defeated by the Red Army. Like that, the master societies of the west will be smarting when defeated by Russia. It is the end of the 'international rules based order', that is, the western order. Russia's achievement goes far beyond military and territorial conquest. It has changed the world order and even the international financial system and trade flows, hitherto dominated by the west. It is a momentous achievement. This was the very anxiety that made BoJo declare 'we cannot allow Putin to win'.
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  10084. Why all this sentimentality for mercenaries ? I hope the Americans thanked the Russians. They had no obligation to return a mercenary who fired at them.
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  10085. The way this minister shouts that Putin is bluffing shows the disarray and fury the west feels - a sure sign it is defeated and feels humiliated. Do you see Putin do the same ? He is cool as a cucumber. You just have to hear the opening outburst and realise you can switch off. Times Radio and its readership stem from the class of colonial Brits who cannot adjust to a world order in which they cannot dictate.
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  10086. The uncritical reports on the supposed effects of high grain prices on Sub-Saharan Africa can be explained. It is basically the west trying to rest on the shoulders of Africans and shed hyprocritical tears on their behalf. They want to pretend that the rise in wheat prices does not affect them, it affects Africans. But as you point out, the Africans eat maize and rice. The Europeans eat wheat based bread and this is driving up food inflation further.
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  10087. Is Putin's failing ? Is it really ? Has Ukraine or Russia lost territory ? The US has its European friends who are willing vassals; but the US has made implacable enemies elsewhere (Russia, China, Iran, Muslims, Latin America....). China and Russia realise that the way to end US dominance is to erode the dollar. Why should they not ? Why should China not bring Saudis and Iran together ? The Anglo Saxon method of influence has always been through creating wars. China showed an alternative and the world appreciates its soft power.
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  10088. You never felt sorry for the Palestinians who have lost their lives due to Israeli apartheid. So shut up.
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  10089. Ukraine and the west's starting terms are that Russia withdraws from Donbass and Crimea first. A non-starter !
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  10090. Ukraine is in the corner of the boxing ring, on the ropes, staggering, and Russia is landing punches, and you imagine Ukraine is winning.
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  10091.  @maghambor  most powerful military alliance in the world - yeah right, they ran away from Kabul, fought with each other to board the flight. You think they can fight Russia ? Numskull !
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  10092.  @maghambor  Who did your country fight ? Villagers armed with Kalashinikovs and RPGs. Will you be able to fight against a country with hypersonic missiles, thermobaric weapons, electronic jamming, anti satellite weapons, nuclear weapons ? No, you also know it. If you could, you would have sent troops to Ukraine. Instead, you are bending over backwards to avoid it.
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  10093. Putin's strategy is to keep the west guessing. He is a grand master. He has floored the west by strangling its economy and creating de-industrialisation. The west cannot fight directly as he dangles the nuclear sword over their heads. Only Russia and Putin could have done that.
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  10094. NATO does not have the guts to send to troops to Ukraine. The Russians will kill NATO as well.
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  10095. The US is looking for an off ramp. They would like to wash their hands off Ukraine, but without the outside world saying the US is defeated.
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  10096. There is a video where Boris Johnson goes so far as to say we have to stop Ukraine from being defeated, otherwise it is the end of western hegemony. I was shocked by him spurting it out so blatantly, but he was only articulating what the typical western political class thinks. In his mind, western hegemony is the natural 'international order.' He hates Putin because he fears he has ended western hegemony.
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  10097. on the reason for Lithuania's blockade of Kaliningrad, and lifting of the same, the EU clarified that the blockade is of road, not of rail transport ...!!! Ha, ha, ha !!! Rather, a Russian politician said Lithuania's independence will be reviewed. Then the foolish EU realised that Russia would have Ukrained Lithuania regardless of Article 5.
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  10098. We have been hearing for months about this Kherson counter offensive. Biden needs it before the mid Nov.. Ukrainians can launch it just before, hold out for some time so Biden can appear virtuous, and after that if the Russians massacre them, no one will bother.
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  10099. This gentleman Wallace remarked at the start of the war that Ukraine could kick the backsides of the Russians like the British did to the Russians in the Crimean war - in the 19th century. He has not realised that Russia of 2022 is not Russia of the Crimean war of the 19th century. Nor is Britain of 2022 a power of the 19th century.
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  10100. When the Pandora's box was opened, the west found it is defeated.
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  10101. All this moralising stems from western jealousy. The west has no right to impose gays and alcoholism on other cultures. This is incidentally what Putin has also said in a recent speech about the west wanting to impose its single sex marriage culture on Russia. It is good that Qatar blocked alcohol. It is their culture, if westerners don't like it, they can cancel their tickets and stay at home, and no one will miss them. Their lives are empty and revolve round alcohol. The western media is indeed hypocritical. The FIFA President is not going along with the 'superior western values'. The BBC analysts are bad mouthing him as he is not fitting the standard western script : we lay the rules, and others have to accept, while we do not accept anyone else's values. The world is fed up of this western attitude, that is why they support Russia who gave the west a tight slap. This sudden escalation of criticism of Qatar also is because the Europeans are peeved at Qatar not agreeing to a LNG price cap, and for not cancelling its previous commitment of LNG orders and redirecting them to Europe. In fact, if the Europeans behave like this, Qatar should go like Russia and terminate sales of LNG to Europe !
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  10102.  @MTMF.london  The US will not allow its subordinates to become independent. It will stage coups as in Ukraine and have regime change if you tried to be independent.
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  10103. Yes, Swedes are like the Germans who are taking joy that German tanks are in Kursk. They will till the Russians strike them. The Swedes cannot complain, they wanted to gang up against Russia.
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  10104. The innocent Israelis were having only a rave party next to a concentration camp for Palestinians.
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  10105. 'We don’t have the racial and social cohesion we had in WWII.' Even if you were a single race, you will not be able to fight Russia. A single Sarmat hypersonic missile can wipe out Britain, so it does not matter if you were a single race. In 1956, during the Suez crisis when you invaded Egypt, the Soviet Union threatened to use nukes if Britain did not withdraw. You were a single race in 1956, but you could not do anything against the Soviet Union, you had to climb down.
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  10106. A target for a first nuke strike will be Lvov in Ukraine. It is the centre of Ukro Nazism and it is next to the Polish border. Hopefully the city will be announced and the people are given 3 days notice to evacuate.
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  10107. When the last 100 billion and years of spending on Ukraine ended up Ukraine becoming a non-state, 60 billion cannot change that result.
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  10108.  @nwhite3080  Keep that pretence of 'democratic policies ['that no matter the size you still get you say and we listen and respect and incorporate within the plan moving forward'], to yourself. If the US tells NATO, 'you need to come to Afghanistan and die for us', all the useless small countries of Europe oblige. But if the reverse occurred, then the US would not be willing to step forward and die for the Europeans. For example, in the war situation that the US created in Ukraine by the attempted NATO expansion, the US is not willing to come and die for 'democratic Ukraine'. When the US decided to negotiate with Taliban in Doha under Trump, and cut and run from Kabul under Biden, it did not consult other NATO 'allies' like UK, let alone the even more useless ones like Latvia. The Americans took the first flights out and left. The UK MPs were offended, but what can a vassal do ? You need to understand the vassal is not equal to the master. This talk about 'allies', 'partners', 'shared values' is humbug. You will soon find Ukraine will be asked by the US to negotiate and cede land after being thrown under the bus. Latvia and others will not have a say. The US will decide. And Lativia and the rest will accept. You claim 'no matter the size you still get you say and we listen and respect and incorporate within the plan moving forward'. The Europeans cannot even dare to say who blew up Nordstream even though they know very well who did it. You don't have a say against the US. Russian foreign minister Lavrov after the UN vote asked some African countries why they voted against Russia. The Africans asked the US what they will get in return. The US told them, 'you will not be punished'. It is the US slogan 'you are with us or against us'. There are sovereign countries like Russia, China, India, Iran who do not want to be vassals. All one can say of the Europeans is they are vassals of the US, but they are happy vassals with delusions that they are equal 'partners'.
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  10109.  @Truckeren01  My advice to these Baltic states is not get carried away and provoke Russia just because they think they are in NATO. NATO is the US and should the wind change in the US (the US feels it cannot afford to support NATO or Trump comes), that will be the end of NATO. The Baltic states will be left high and dry. It is poor foreign policy to use a far off power and go against the neighbouring super power. That is the mistake Ukraine made and it is being sent back to the stone age. Lithuania lived perilously when it tried to blockade Kaliningrad. Then one Russian MP said Lithuania's independence needs to be reviewed. The EU then asked Lithuania to back off. For blockade of Kaliningrad is an attack on Russia Russia will not care about Article 5, it will use nukes if necessary. As for sending all weapons to Ukraine because the Baltics say so, the problem is the EU and US combined cannot produce the number of shells that can match the Russians. No matter what you do, the war is lost for the west.
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  10110.  @kreb7  There is no issue of democracy here. Relying on Latvia and Estonia to give direction shows how helpless the EU and NATO are. Decisions are not made by Latvia or even the EU, they are made by the US. The vassals follow. The most hopeless ones like Latvia try to curry favour with America by posing as America's attack dog. If the Baltics get carried away and mess with the Bear, it will gobble them in one munch. One should know your place.
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  10111.  @StefanWeber-n6e  The Baltics are unimportant, but these days the west uses them to pose as attack dogs against Russia - and China. It is pathetic.
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  10112.  @chrisallen9949  Never mind the name. Do you have the intellect to contest what I wrote ? I think not.
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  10113.  @chrisallen9949  Don't be pretentious, get real. It is not Latvia or anyone in the EU or UK who decides what NATO will do. It is the US who decides. If the US says 'come and die for us in Afghanistan', Latvia and the others will obey. The reverse is not true. If Latvia misbehaves like Ukraine with Russia, don't assume the US will come and die for Latvia. Article 5 is written in an ambiguous way. It says that it is for each member state to decide what to in case of attack against one country - you can send medical aid, arms, or troops, or stay out. There is nothing binding on the members. Kissinger said long ago that the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany. It is the same now. The US decided Europe should not get cheap Russian gas paid in euros. Europe has to buy LNG from the US at 4x the price, paid in dollars. When the US blew up Nordstream 2, Germany, Denmark and Sweden did not have the guts to say so. European countries are vassal states of the US. Democracy is a fig leaf, it is used for minor policies. Some years back Putin said there are only 4 truly sovereign states : Russia, US, China and India. Hence, it is no point taking the weakest and most useless countries like Latvia and Poland and taking them as leaders of the 'free world'.
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  10114.  @otofoto  Russia is on the move, it is now started the battle of Chasov Yar. And when the summer comes, there will be more. Zelensky himself said he will have to fall back. He is now offering to negotiate, he has given up Crimea, he wants 2022 borders. Russia did not comment at his stupidity.
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  10115.  @DrCrispycross  Russia does not have to fly over Ukraine. These days they launch hypersonic missiles from airplanes in Russia. Fire and forget. Technology has advanced, you have been sleeping.
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  10116.  @reachforthesky1576  Baldrick used to get a thump on the head from Blackadder. Macron gets the same from Sir Putin.
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  10117.  @johan8969  Mariopol was ruined when Russia captured it from the Azov Nazis. They have substantially rebuilt it. They will do the same for Bakmuth and Adivka. They do not need any international conferences on reconstruction, they do it.
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  10118.  @otofoto  Look man, Zelensky said he is ready to give up Crimea, he wants to negotiate from 2022 position. Why ? Because his counter offensive failed - and his troops got killed off. But Russia is not going to accept 2022 borders, they are advancing. Never mind the pace. Now they have started the battle of Chasov Yar. After that, there will be more. Russia can’t sustain it ? Can Ukraine sustain when it is short of manpower and shells ? Russia has both. Certain western analysts are saying the Ukranian front will collapse eventually. Even the worst western liars are not saying anymore the Russians will collapse. Since the beginning western propaganda said Russians are badly trained and unmotivated. But they have put a stop to Ukraine being in NATO, they killed of the Azov Nazis in the battle of Mariopol, and they are moving forward. You seem to be burning inside as you cannot digest the defeat. No need to take it so personally. Ukraine's plight is like Hitler's in his last days when the Red Army approached Berlin. You need to understand, when the Russians fight for Russia, they fight hard, unlike anyone else.
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  10119. He is not lying, he is telling you like it is. You lied with the Minsk agreement, which Merkel admitted was to buy time for Ukraine to arm. That will not be allowed again. Russia will not agree to truce, unless Ukraine accepts it will be neutral and NATO accepts it cannot have bases in Ukraine, and this will be treaty. If not, Russia will continue and demolish Ukraine. There is no lie in that. He has stated what Russia will do.
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  10120. The warriors in Mariopol belong to the Azov regiment which has a Nazi ideology. Why should they be brought out ? Russia is doing the right thing to exterminate these Ukranian Nazis. Why are the Europeans in defence of Nazis in Ukraine ?
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  10121. The lady from Daily Telegraph is smarmy and duplicitous. She says Putin's words should be taken with a pinch of salt. Whereas Boris and the British can be trusted. The gentleman on the right correctly said that Ukraine negotiated peace and then Boris arrived, and over turned it, and told Ukraine it should fight on and it will win. A Ukranian politician confirmed it. So why should Putin be disbelieved ? The lady from the DT typically uses the smear campaign against those who disagree with the western incitement of Ukraine against Russia. It is to prevent discussion. However, the world can see the reality : Russia has defeated the collective west both in the military and economic warfare. Putin does not have to say it, the rest of the world except the west can see it. The US wants to withdraw from the mess it created in Ukraine. If the UK is so almighty, let it fund Ukraine and lead it to victory.
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  10122.  @danielhamilton351  There is only so much you or Ukraine can do, because if you exceed, it will force Russia to settle Ukraine with a tactical nuclear weapon.
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  10123.  @abeldemota1851  'if ukranian forces keep destroying russians on the battlefield, putin will have to withdraw if not would be an international embarrassment for the cremlin' Russia will not withdraw, if needed, it will use a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine to force surrender. However, it will not come to that, as Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine, they are pushing for more, they have control of the coastal areas, and they are enforcing a blockade and strangling Ukraine's economy. Come winter, you will see the west wash its hands off Ukraine. All the strong cards are with Russia.
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  10124.  Eliot Ness  I asked he question of NATO sending troops rhetorically to the Ukraine supporters.
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  10125.  Eliot Ness  You did not understand : mine was a rhetorical question to Ukraine's supporters. I am saying what you are saying.
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  10126. What is Owen talking about, 'we made a mistake the first time, and we should not have let Putin take Crimea ?' Why does not NATO send troops to Ukraine now, this being the second time ? If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent the troops. But NATO and most of all the US is fearful of getting killed by the Russians. It will not be like Afghanistan or Iraq. Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia, to come to the battlefield and show it. NATO did not take up the offer. Those who are unwilling to die cannot win. NATO cannot win because this quality is missing in them. Ukrainians are willing to die, the Russians are also willing to die for Russia's security. Nobody in NATO is willing to die. That is why NATO is failing and Russia cannot be defeated (Owen knows it).
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  10127. So many died for American and Jewish manipulation - Victoria Nuland.
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  10128. Canada is irrelevant. You do not have the capacity to fight Russia when the US has found it cannot fight Russia.
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  10129.  @johnharrison4394  You are just a typical conceited westerner. The west constantly needs enemies - first it was the Soviet Union, after that the Muslims (even the Arabs were subsidising the dollar by agreeing to sell oil ONLY in dollars), now Russia is the principal enemy, and China has been declared as an even bigger enemy. But has it occurred to you that others see the west as the greatest enemy, and a sink of greed, opprtunism and immorality? The west has damaged the planet for centuries with colonialism, slavery, world wars, and it is invaded countries on false pretexts (like Iraq and Afghanistan). Now Russia, China and the rest will work together to end western hegemony. Your days are numbered and you know it.
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  10130.  @johnharrison4394  Just a question on your comment on India and China and 'not much hope there in terms of them practicing good moral ' . I presume the west is squeaky clean in its morals ? The west seized the money of Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia - it is called robbery and blackmail. Biden is approaching Venezuela leader to give more oil - the US has spent years trying to overthrow him. Biden is going to Saudi to beg for oil. Where do you get the notion the west has morals ? The rest of the world knows, that is why it will not agree to making enemity with Russia just to please the west about morality. After seeing the west's incredible immorality in Afghanistan and Iraq, the west does not have credibility and many in the non-west actually feel a beating from Russia was overdue. They are not against Ukraine, but they are against its backers. Surely the west and NATO will not embark on any more world adventures after this.
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  10131.  @williamwalker3837  I shall have to agree with you after reflection. An eye for eye indeed makes the whole world blind. But that is how Russians and Ukranians are hardwired. Beat the hell out of each other.
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  10132. They are worried by the Ukranians offensive, so they took serious steps like building fortifications. The Russians have started their counter offensive at the right time, so Ukraine is delayed fighting the fire. Then they started destroying Ukrainian ammo dumps like Pavlograd.
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  10133. Why did you incite the Ukrainians against the Russians in the first place ?
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  10134. What are you talking about ? Even the General does not believe Ukranians will be able to roll back Russia and claim land. Russia has all the strong cards - militarily and economically. Ukraine and the west are losing. NATO expansion was a folly for which Europe and Ukraine are paying a heavy price.
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  10135.  @Katoshi_Takagumi  Tell me when was the last time NATO fought anyone and won. The last time was 2 years ago, where they scrambled to flee from Kabul. You think this rag tag can fight ? 'We are talking about NATO military strength and the combined economic power of several of the world's biggest economies vs Russia... ' All of that is of no use because the combined strength is not a unitary power. They are fragmented. Indeed, Russia is what it is - a nuclear superpower, a unitary power that can take decisions from one centre. Russia does not need any alliance.
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  10136. So now they are admitting at last the Ukrainian goose is cooked. Ukrainian victory is now defined as preventing Russia advancing, not recapturing lost land. The reporter says 'Seemingly unlimited supplies of artillery and ammunition ....' Zelensky had said 3 months ago that Russia would run out of ammo in 3 days. The German says Putin only understands strength - so what Germany can do ? The EU's economy cannot support Ukraine. Even the Ukranian fellow says Russia will occupy more land by fall. In the long term, Russia should return and take out Kiev, the epicentre of Ukranian Nazism. It was a mistake for Russia to give Ukraine independence. Ukraine has misused its independence to ally with Russia's enemies to threaten Russia. Hence, it is better if Ukraine is returned to Russia.
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  10137.  @kerrytheclown  Don't speak like a simpleton. There is a history and context, the problem did not start when Russia attacked Ukraine. Just because of Russian attack in Feb 2022, you cannot argue NATO is not culpable. NATO, that is the US, is culpable as it sought NATO expansion for the benefit of US arms companies, to a position where it threatened Russia. Russia had warned the US many times. In Dec. 2021, Russia sent the US a proposal for a security arrangement for Russia. If Ukraine joined NATO, then the US would have missile bases close to Russia, and naval bases shutting out Russia from the Black Sea. Russia is not going to allow that, it is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop the US. Just imagine if Russia worked with Mexico to create a govt. that would allow Russia to have missile and naval bases, with the intention of promoting Mexico to reclaim Texas and California. The US would invade Mexico to pre-empt it. Ukraine being a poor country has got nothing to do with it. Mexico is also a poor country. Are you dumb, or you think you can be wicked and act self righteous and innocent ? The US was devious after James Baker told Gorbachov that NATO would not expand one inch to the east. Russia is using the military mode as it has had enough of US duplicity, and it is not going to back down.
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  10138.  @ronaldostrowski4014  Poland is a once upon a time country. In 2023, nobody in Europe singly or collectively is a match for Russia. So avoid getting into a fight or else Poland will be Ukrained.
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  10139.  @ptownzfinest12345  If Russia is struggling in Ukraine, why was Zelensky begging in Vilnius to join NATO and throwing tantrums in Vilnius ? And why did the US veto Ukraine joining NATO ? And why is the Ukranian counter offensive a flop, and why are the Russians chewing up Bradleys, Leopards and all the other western junk ?
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  10140.  @mkosiba79  Today's Poland is a gift of Stalin. If he wanted, it could have been incorporated into the Soviet Union and no one could have stopped him as the Red Army was in Poland.
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  10141. More countries will join a useless weak organisation like NATO, so what ? No matter who joins, no one can threaten Russia without getting a beating. That is the learning point for EU and NATO.
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  10142.  @paulbentley2709  Are they entitled to be nestling in a civilian area ?
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  10143. Ukrainian operation will be like their 2023 offensive. It is a last ditch effort before Trump cuts support.
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  10144. What is wrong to ask Ukraine to calm down ? Otherwise, the Ukranians will get massacred.
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  10145. Finland is an ex Nazi nation, it needs to be taught a lesson.
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  10146. The Europeans who want to fight Russia on the orders of America are fighting each other. When there is lack of energy, food and employment, they will take the knives out against each other, in their country and against the neighbour. While Meloni's criticism about France bombing Libya to prevent energy deals for Italy (and thereby creating a refugee problem) is valid, France is also right that using Mussolini's symbols undermines Europe's claim to have values. The history of France in Libya, and Italy's endorsement of Mussolini shows the Europeans do not have the values they claim. The support for Ukraine is supposedly out of defence of European values. But it is just pretentious, they just despise Russia. The Europeans will stab each other. The British look down on Europe, and prefer to be executors of America's desires. The Germans and Italians have a fascist part. The French are known for their brutality in Algeria and Africa. And this motley lot of back stabbers and bootleggers want to fight Russia to show off European values....hmm.
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  10147. Trump wants EU to be the peacekeeper !
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  10148.  @Jamicaman516  'And Russia ability to hit a tank from a non-drone platform has been pretty poor this war.' So you admit Russia has been destroying tanks from drones. It is good enough. That is why the Ukranian offensive is not galloping along as promised by its handlers.
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  10149. The US is not going to greenlight use of Storm Shadows. It is all wishful thinking. Biden is in a lame duck position. Elections are near and he cannot afford to get US dragged into a war with Russia. This American lady is fooling the Europeans. If Trump comes, that is the end of the war. Even if Harris comes, she will get rid of Blinken the Jew and Sullivan, and get a new cast to wind down Ukraine. The new cast will advise her to pass the war to the Europeans to handle. Then there is the Russian reaction. So far it has been contained to Ukraine. But Putin has said British assets will be targeted. If for example, the Russians got the Houthis to sink a British ship, what will Britain do ? It cannot fight Russia, it will seek to drag the US to fight Russia. The US is in danger of its vassals like Ukraine and the UK to direct US policy. The US does not want to fight Russia as it risks getting its cities incinerated. Russia can escalate further with a nuclear strike on Ukraine. Russia may test a nuclear weapon, and get it ready. Then it can tell the Ukrainian population to vacate Lvov near the Polish border, and then detonate one. Nobody in NATO will dare respond as they would not want to meet the same fate.
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  10150. You are starry eyed about a comedian who got his country reduced to rubble !
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  10151. The level of discussion in the western media is unbelievable. The BBC lady says ' It is all about morale and resilience, isn't it....there in Ukraine....'. ! She has to say this to save the western face. The gentleman's reply is the attacks on the power grid makes the Ukranians increase their support for their Bandera army (what else could he say - he needs to save his face also). The Bandera army is also being battered in Bakhmut. Considering the BBC says Ukrainians are high on morale, and getting a beating improves their morale even more, the BBC should wish the Russians to continue battering the power system, and killing the Bandera army in Bakhmut, so the Ukrainians fight more resolutely to save the west and democracy and the rules based international order. The way the BBC presents it, the Ukrainians need to be flogged harder to improve their morale ! It shows the level of confusion in the western mind. Sir Putin is making them face consequences they have never faced in their lives.
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  10152. Don't waste your money on Ukraine. Ukraine is a lost cause, and Israel is an apartheid state which is creating enemies for America in that region, and is causing decline of US influence.
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  10153. Germany got rid of its Jews, why is that ?
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  10154.  @stream2watch  You said rouble will be rubble. You thought due to your sanctions, Russia's economy will collapse, there will be public unrest and Putin will be overthrown. It did not happen. And what more sanctions do you have ? You have no credibility. You have lost and face the reality.
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  10155. He feeds your wishful thinking. That is good for impotent and frustrated westerners. Only 6 months ago, the west said with the Himars, Ukraine will get Crimea. Zelensky said by Dec. 2022. Instead it has lost Soledar and Bakhmut, and lost a lot of troops. How can Ukraine get back Crimea then ?
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  10156.  @alhambrabiker1476  If you are European, worry about the fall of the euro by 20% and having to buy US gas at 5x the price with dollars. If you are America, worry about de-dollarisation. The rest of the world is taking steps to ditch it. Russia's achievement lies beyond Ukraine. Russia has single handedly ended the western world order. De-industrialising Europe and de-dollarisation to undermine the US are the twin strategies to continue chipping away at the west and the rest of the world has joined it.
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  10157.  @PeterPan-nh7yx  Yes, I agree the analyst Ledwidge is whistling in the dark and hoping the Ukrainian offensive will go somewhere.
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  10158. Ukraine conspired with the US against Russia and got a beating. And found the US and its allies were not ready to fight for Ukraine as they are afraid of being killed. That is all there to it. Ukraine has only one solution : negotiate or surrender.
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  10159. Russia is still being judicious and mainly hitting power stations. I guess they will go for all fuel dumps, then rail stations and airports, government buildings. It just needed one blow and gone is the talk of Ukraine taking Crimea, and the Kherson and Kharkhov offensive. It is back to shouting about war crimes and begging for weapons, and shows about reconstruction of Ukraine.
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  10160. That is turn - the public will turn against them when the body bags return.
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  10161. What you are stating is absolutely correct and what when expects. However, if you read the western media, they present it is that Russia is in a begging role, they will be a junior partner, the Chinese will cheat the Russians etc.. They are burning with jealousy.
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  10162. All alarmist nonsense. The Ukranians are defeated and all that is left is to say, Russia will come after you now, so help us. The US is getting ready to abandon Ukraine. Ukraine is not important to the US anymore than Afghanistan.
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  10163. @user-ze7vb5cx3y What is the red line that Russia backed down of ? They said they will not allow US bases in Ukraine, they have made that promise good. That was the ONLY red line. The Russians are ready to fight a nuclear war on that. The US understands that, so it has backed off sending troops. So have France and other the European non-entities like the UK. The Russians have killed the western mercenaries and so the west does not dare to send troops. Western govts. may have passive support on Ukraine, but none will survive if they sent troops and the Russians sent them back in body bags. Get it ?
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  10164.  @ivanexell-uz4mv Because Ukraine is being supported by another superpower and 30 nations. Russia's primary objective is to stop US bases in Ukraine. That is achieved. The US knows Russia is prepared to fight a nuclear war on that. It has taken Ukraine partially, and it can turn the rest into a wasteland, so US cannot enter. But it has the stamina for a long fight, which you do not have. Now you can tell me why Ukraine cannot get back the oblasts it lost despite the effort of 32 nations. Why has not NATO sent troops and defeated Russia ? Putin did say those who think they can defeat Russia should come to the battlefield and show it. Why is NATO not going to the battlefield ? Because of its innate cowardice.
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  10165.  @Malali16  Russia has taken 5 oblasts and NATO could not stop it. They are pushing ahead and breaking up Ukraine. They have achieved what they set out to do, which is not just to take land : they have made sure the US cannot set up bases in Ukraine. Russia has conveyed to the US it is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop US designs against Russia in Ukraine. The US understands that. EU + UK have big mouths and tiny fists, and they cannot reverse loss in Ukraine. These countries are drowning in far right takeovers. They will be fighting within their own societies. Come Trump, Ukraine's defeat will be completed. Get it ?
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  10166.  @b1daly1  The real blame is the US and its subordinates in Europe. The US financed and supported a coup d'etat in Ukraine against an elected government, it aided groups that are Nazi like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, to stoke anti Russian nationalism. The purpose was to get hold of naval bases in Ukraine. Russia asked for a security guarantee, the US declined, so Russia stopped US machinations in Ukraine. The US has a despicable record overthrowing governments in Latin America, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and installing puppets who it can control. That might have worked in those countries, but if you try that with Russia, they will maul. The US sent troops to Iraq to evict Saddam from Kuwait (although the US encouraged Saddam to invade Kuwait and sold arms), so if Russia has robbed Ukraine of its vital areas, why does the US not send troops to Ukraine ? The reason is the US and its European allies do not have the courage to fight Russia. In that case, why did you encourage Ukraine to think it could get into NATO ? The US is shameless and has let Ukraine down.
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  10167.  @JackSparrow-vv2uq  Your thesis is built on the assumption Russia will pull out. Russia is not pulling out. It will take a part in the east, the industrial part, and control the coastal part. The rest they will bomb to smithereems. Where did you get the notion that 'Erdogan told him to pound sand and he meekly came back into the agreement to not look more like a weak fool'. If you are referring to the agreement to allow grain shipment, that was not Erdogan. The President of the African Union visited Putin (he ignored the EU) and asked for relief on grain shipment. Putin agreed, Erdogan and UN were intermediaries. Russia at one time reconsidered stopping it, because there was news that the grain was going to Europe. The damage to Ukraine some weeks back was $ 700 billion, it will cross $1 trillion and it will keep mounting. Russia can keep going, you will find it hard to continue with handouts to Ukraine. Seizing 300 billion is irrelevant, it is not enough. Besides, there is no way Europeans and US can enter for reconstruction, as Russia can keep the war open. If a few of you get killed, you will run away. You have led Ukraine up the wrong path. The Ukraine of 1991 is not returning. In what form it remains will be decided by Russia, and not you. Russia has changed the western run world order for good. Only Russia could do it.
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  10168. @@zygwigs. They will destroy Kherson to prevent the Ukranian army from using it as a forward base to attack Russia. That is normal.
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  10169. Ukraine chose its friends.
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  10170. Oh yeah, Britain took the first steps sending Challenger tanks. Did that save you from defeat ?
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  10171. I would suggest to the British not to waste their time and money, because the war in Ukraine is lost already. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, and fell down and all the King's men and horses could not put him back again. That is Ukraine's condition. Ukraine cannot push out Russia. NATO acknowledges that it cannot produce enough artillery shells like Russia. Likewise, all the tanks and Patriots will suffer from the same problem - the west cannot supply enough shells and missiles. Already, Russia has destroyed a Patriot battery, and the west is admitting it in drips. So how do you expect Ukraine to conduct a counter offensive now that the Russians have fortified their lines ? Russia will never allow US bases in NATO. They are ready to use WMDs for that, and there is nothing Britain or US can do after that. And no Typhoon jets will not stop them ! In May 2022, Britain said it had given Ukraine Harpoon missiles, they said it would lift Russia's blockade of the Black Sea. Anyhow, Russia will achieve its objective without WMDs. Ukraine cannot host NATO bases. Tobias Ellwod, Wallace etc. are of the old colonial school who are nostalgic for the days that Britain was a world power. Johnson said 'we should not allow Putin to win' as it would spell the end of the 'rules based international order'. He believes Britain created this order - although Britain violated it in Suez, Iraq etc. Truss was also quite militantly anti-Russian. Defence Minister Wallace said at the start of the war that Britain kicked the Tsar's backside in the Crimean War of 1856, and Britain it would do it again ! The British ministers live firmly in the past. In 1945, Britain and France's power ended, and the US and Soviet Union became the superpowers. The Soviet Union became a formidable power due to Stalin, with their nuclear and missile technology. The British have not come to terms with that. Russia has also won the economic war which Tobias indirectly admits when he says the inflation is due to energy shortage, and it is killing western economies. This was created when the west put sanctions, and stopped Russia from using dollars and euros. Then the Russians cut off the gas. In this situation, Britain cannot afford to gift more arms to Ukraine and keep the war going.
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  10172. You said no to Putin, he did not back down.
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  10173. Ukraine needs to hide the result so as to get their next round of aid from their handlers.
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  10174. As if Australian antique equipment is going to change the course of the war when what the US supplied has gone up in smoke ! The Russians have shown the latest western equipment is junk. Biden has said the US cupboard is empty, that is why he is sending cluster ammunition. The war is lost for the west. Everyone in the west is looking for ways to wriggle out of the mess they created in Ukraine with NATO expansion. The bottom line is the economic cost and the political consequences. They went out thinking they could bring Russia down with sanctions, but Russia retaliated and is de-industrialising Europe.
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  10175. When Russia took out Ukraine's power grid, you said it was desperate. When Russia took Bakhmut which you declared was militarily of no importance, you said they were desperate for a victory. When they took out the Black Sea ports, that is also desperation. Nobody can stop desperate Russia from defeating the collective west. Ukraine presumably is not desperate, it is content to go at a sedate pace with the counter offensive.
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  10176. America is doing the correct thing to end the war. Why do the Europeans want to continue a lost war ?
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  10177.  @raylopez99  Germany can pivot to Ukraine if it survives. Certainly, it is not going to have the borders of 1991. Donbass will be Russian. If you imagine, Russia will allow EU and NATO back into Ukraine, you are dreaming.
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  10178. They need not enter. They can destroy it with missiles and from air attacks first and blockade the port.
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  10179. He is British.
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  10180. pressure on Russia ? They have Ukraine and Europe by the scruff of the neck !
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  10181. The Europeans have become so weak that they have surrendered their foreign policy on Russia to the useless Baltic states. Lithuania is the one that tried to impose a rail blockade in 2022 on trains from Russia to Kaliningrad, citing EU sanctions. It lasted about two weeks - till a Russian politician said that Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. The terms agreed for Lithuania's independence were that Lithuania will allow a transit rail corridor for Russian trains to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave. Lithuania had no right to flout this agreement, and Russia was entitled to take military action against Lithuania. Soon after the Russian politician said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered, Lithuania climbed down ! It realised EU and NATO could not save Lithuania if it got Ukrained. The Europeans are absolutely dumb people. Seeking Lithuanian and Estonian advice on how to conduct affairs with Russia is like the US seeking Panama's advice on foreign policy with China.
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  10182.  @BubblewrapHighway  And you do not think the west and Ukranians are lying ? Zelensky said he will take Crimea by Dec 2023, he will organise a UN peace conference without Russia in Feb 2023.
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  10183.  @BubblewrapHighway  'The Russians just have a history of pushing it to 11.' Yes, they lied about capturing the German army in Stalingrad and capturing Berlin. In reality, it was done by the US army.
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  10184. Piers' game is to force the Palestinians/Arab/Muslim to accept 7 Oct. 2023 as the starting point of the war, and admit that was unpardonable, and therefore Israel is allowed to do collective punishment which he thinks should be to a proportionate point. When Hijab asked what was proportionate, Piers could not say. Hijab is very sharp, Piers is vague, trying to bat for the Jews while pretending to be neutral. The conflict started in 1917, not 7 Oct. 2023, and Bassem Youssef showed Piers the statistics. Hence, by Piers' own argument of proportionate retribution that he tells Hijab, the Palestinians have a lot more to do to inflict proportional punishment on the Jews.
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  10185.  @oddvardmyrnes9040  You are correct. Only mistake is Ukraine got independence in 1991, not 1994.
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  10186.  @ant4686  'Ukraine applied to integrate with a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in 2008, but Ukraine was never officially invited to join. That will happen in the future. ' Ukraine will not exist to join NATO. Part of it will be Russia and the remainder will be wasteland in which the Russians will not allow NATO to set foot. The US will move on. 'Ukraine is a sovereign country and it's up to Ukrainians to decide who to be with and what union to join. Ukraine's sovereignty was conditional on it being neutral. It has unilaterally tried to renege on that, therefore it will not exist as a country. That is irreversible. The Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back and Russia will not allow what is left to join NATO.
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  10187.  @oddvardmyrnes9040  What was ratified by the Russians?
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  10188.  @oddvardmyrnes9040  'Ukraine's declaration of independence in 1991.' I know, what is your point ? In its declaration of independence, it said it would be a neutral state, and not join any military alliance against Russia. Why did it renege unilaterally ? It was persuaded by the US. Now, it is paying the price, it is not going to exist.
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  10189.  @mrd6869  'Russia lost their air force,all their tanks and got pushed out of 85% of the Ukraine. Russian military is trash.' Is that so ? Why is Zelensky running around begging for tanks and planes ? Why is Borrell, the EU's Foreign Minister saying 'War is over unless EU boosts military support' ? 'War is over' means Ukraine and west is defeated. Russia has destroyed Ukraine's power grid, it has taken Soledar and it has encircled Bakhmut. Once Bakhmut goes, more will go. The above does not fit with your claims. I suggest you come out of wishful western propaganda and recognise the reality. Russia is prevailing and Ukraine's western handlers can see it. The problem is the west cannot produce armaments fast enough to supply Ukraine's consumption. The west is going to supply less than 100 tanks of various designs, and they will arrive in 4 months to 1 year. By that time Ukraine will be reduced further.
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  10190.  @andrewworth4810  Petty reply. Putin is good at many things. He plays the piano. No western leader can reply like he does to western interviewers. See his interviews with ABC's Meghan Kelly, long before the war. When Boris Johnson mockingly said in a G7 meeting that they should strip off their shirts to show they are macho like Putin, Putin replied that first flabby Boris needs to do some exercise, and cut out the drinking and partying (during Covid !). The EU and NATO are flabby and weak. 35 countries are not a match for Russia. You can put LGBQT flags and Ukrainian flags on your lapel, but that is not enough to beat Russia. You just don't have the ability. The Russians are the best chess players. The game can be short or long and drawn out. Only Russia and Putin could have taken on the collective west, flipped western economies, and asked them to come and fight in Ukraine if they dare NATO expansion.
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  10191.  @andrewworth4810  Whatever, no one in the west wants to fight Russia directly because you know you will face consequences you have not faced before (Putin). You will only fight through proxy.
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  10192.  @davidburke5782  Russia fires from the air and the sea and the land. It has the weapons. That is why Ukraine's power grid is down. Ukraine is running out of shells because the west is running out of them.
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  10193. "The UK is combat ineffective", but it postures like a superpower against Russia. It needs to accept the changed reality, the phony western 'rules based order' that allowed the UK to invade Iraq and support Israel is not coming back. There is a new world order in which China, Russia, Middle East, Africa etc. will have a role, and the UK needs to join that.
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  10194. Russia has not asked for negotiations, what are you talking about ? It is the west that is looking for an off ramp. Britain itself has no fighting capability but is training some Ukranian conscripts for war. As if a few weeks training abroad and 12 Challenger tanks will be enough to win a war. The concept of sending a few boy scouts on a holiday trip for training, and sending them back for war, and sending a few tanks with not enough shells, and hoping they will defeat the mighty Russians in a land war is amateurish. The Ukranian supply line with foreign tanks depends entirely on foreign supply which means the logistics is stretched. If the tanks get damaged, there is no local repair possible. The writing is on the wall : the west has lost the war. It is fooling around. This is a last ditch effort to save the western face and after it fails, Ukraine will be asked to negotiate. Russia is too powerful and the combined Europeans and the US cannot defeat Russia. That is the fact of life.
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  10195.  @Joaquin546  'They’ve been begging Ukraine, the west, and China to help end the war! Is that so ? No Russian minister has reached out to the west or anyone to end the war. Cite the evidence. The US is complaining China is supporting Russia and providing lethal weapons under the table. Russians do not talk, they just do what needs to be done. Why should Russia negotiate, when it has the advantage ? When the Red Army was nearing Berlin, the German Nazis put out feelers for a truce. It was too late. That is the same situation for Kiev. Russia will go after the Ukro Nazis as they did in Mariopol and Bakhmut. The Russians have the manpower, the shells and missiles to execute the war to its conclusion. Ukraine has neither manpower nor weapons, and the west will not supply manpower and is short of shells. Besides Russia has got after the western economies : Germany and EU are being de-industrialised; and the US faces abandonment of the dollar.
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  10196. According to the Ukrainians, they control 60% of Vovchansk, and 40% is in a grey zone. Soon they will say they have withdrawn to a more advantageous position.
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  10197. It looks like the Russian counter offensive has started - before the Ukrainian counter offensive ! The west has said that Ukraine has got on 98% of what it needs for its counter offensive, no need for F 16. F 16s will not change the defeat Ukraine and the west is facing.
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  10198.  @First-Last_name  Is that the best you could write ? Ukraine dreams about F16s. The west would not mind a Ukranian defeat, as they want to rescue their economies which Russia has hit. The US is dreaming about shifting the fight to China, so they don't mind abandoning Ukraine in due course.
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  10199.  @andyhowells1141  Is that a best you could write ? A one word reply. You cannot refute what I said. Shameless fellow. The US goes and bullies small ones like Iraq and Afghanistan and Somalia. It thought it could take on Russia using Ukraine as a proxy and got defeated. Now the bully wants to retreat and asks Europe to take care of Ukraine.
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  10200. It does not matter whether Ukranians love Russia or not, they have to learn the lesson they cannot use their territory to put NATO bases to threaten Russia. If they had common sense, their country would exist at least.
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  10201. 'catastrophic moment in history' ? No, it is only catastrophic for the west. Russia has ended the US run world order for good. The rest of the world congratulates Russia for this achievement, as they see it liberation from US's gangsta politics of wars, sanctions and other forms of blackmail.
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  10202. 'Well we all know he is NOT a terrorist!' Based on what ? Your emotions. The law does not work that way. Robinson has many charges besides incitement to riot; he has tax evasion, and contempt of court to answer for.
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  10203. War crimes ? The US and Britain firebombed German cities. Since when and who decided what is a war crime ? When you get a good beating, you cry 'war crime'. If the Ukranian poll says they can face 3 years of electricity and water cuts, then Russia should give them 5 years of it.
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  10204. So what motivated this change ? The realisation Ukraine is a lost cause now, and it is time to ditch Ukraine, and mend fences - because America is going to ditch Ukraine.
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  10205. The latest example of delusional western support for Ukraine to win the war - Germany is going to build a tank factory for Ukraine !
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  10206. India's new Hindu fascist nationalism is a threat to all neighbours, so this is the natural reaction. The Hindus fancy themselves as a superpower and claim they are the world's teacher with their uneducated PM.
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  10207. Brave but stupid is the correct description of Ukranians.
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  10208. Trump will not support Ukraine because (1) he realises the US cannot defeat Russia and (2) it is a Biden project, and he hates Biden.
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  10209. Labour cannot make any real change. They are tied to the US and will have to support the wars in Ukraine and Palestine. These wars have been drain on the exchequer. Keir Starmer has already backtracked on recognising Palestine saying it will upset the Americans and the Jews.
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  10210.  @niktoinikak  Ukraine has defeated Russia ? Then why is it fighting and pleading for weapons, why has not Russian surrendered ? Russia has ended the US plan to have naval bases in Ukraine. The US will have to fight a nuclear war to get bases and the US does not have the stomach for it - because Russia is a superpower. I suggest you have a reality check. The west cannot fight Russia and win.
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  10211. Leader of the free world ? Which free world ? The world of lemmings that follow the US and jump over the cliff ?
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  10212. Emil is saying that the Kherson offensive is in big swing according to the Ukranians. But Sky News today (23 Aug. 2022) had a clip called 'Ukraine war: Russia planning fresh attacks on civilian infrastructure, US warns'. Their military expert says at the end of the clip that there will be big movements by the UKranians in a couple of weeks. (that is, about 7 Sept. 22). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLMUSgFsU2A What is going on ?
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  10213. When they talk about preparing for the next war, that is admission the current one in Ukraine is won by Russia. The chicken are running around headless.
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  10214. Putin said that Africa will be a future bright spot for development. Russia and China have been far sighted and aligned themselves well. The Africans know the western record - slave trade, apartheid and overthrow of leaders. Belgium and the US assasinated the great Congan leader Patrice Lumumba and dissolved his body in acid. The Soviet Union built a university in his name and supported the ANC.
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  10215.  @gamerdrache6076  Russia has won in Ukraine. That is why the US conceded Russia's demand and vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO. The US needs a face saving formula to ditch Ukraine.
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  10216. 'EU firmly rejects Russia's 'illegal annexation' in Ukraine' - what is it going to do ? Shout war crime ? The EU is a door mat of the US. It is a tottering non-entity. Putin is prising it apart.
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  10217. Joker Anders has put a face-saving video saying 'we do not know what Trump will do'. Nothing to worry about ! Let us face the reality. NATO expansion into Ukraine was a US project. The US engineered the coup in 2014 in which Ukro Nazis groups like Azov Batallion and Right Sector were thrust to power, thanks to the machination of that wicked neocon Jew Victoria Nuland (wife of neocon Jew Robert Kagan, an architect of the Iraq war). The Ukraine project has failed, the US does what it always does, just withdraw and hand over the debris to others. Supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes was supporting Ukraine till Biden was in place. The EU is not blameless, it too ganged up with the US against Russia, putting sanctions, thieving Russian assets and sending military equipment to Ukraine. But Russia defeated the collective west. At the end of the day, Russia had the capacity to stay on for as long as it takes to ensure there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine, and the US and the west did not have the capacity. So the blame game has started. Trump says it is a European problem, they should handle it. The Europeans say that the US wanted NATO expansion, it should not be our problem. Ukraine thinks it is the west that is to blame. But it is Europe's problem. Long ago de Gaulle had warned if there is war in Europe, Europe faces the worst consequences because at the end of the day, the Americans do not live in Europe, and the British live on an island. The US and UK will be the inciters of wars, but they don't want the consequences. The Europeans need to come to their senses. At the end of the day, they share the continent with Russia. None of the Europeans individually or collectively can beat Russia. UK, France and Germany were powers - in the past, not now. Russia in contrast is too awesome. No one has the manpower, raw courage and the arsenal Russia has. The Israel project is going to be another defeat for the collective west. Israel is the last outpost of western colonialism, hence the western support. But it is unsustainable. The Ukraine and Israel projects spell the doom of the collective west and western colonialism.
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  10218. The Ukrainians should have thought out the price of fighting superpower Russia to please the US. They think they are fighting to save Europeans and Americans, that is people who would not die for them. The BBC reporter ends with the note that all these deaths bolster the ukrainans to believe the war must continue till Ukrainian victory. That is a vain hope The reality is RU is winning. RU said Ukraine renounced negotiations under orders from BoJo and Biden, so now the only choice is capitulation or Ukraine will cease to exist as an independent state
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  10219. When her Nazi stormtroopers come, there will be no good German loving immigrant like you, you are all the same to them. Germany has a record for that.
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  10220. 'I believe that the Ukrainians will be much more successful continuing the guerilla warfare than going all in with a massive counter offensive.' You are right, that is what Afghans did. But the Ukranians got committed to wage a high tech war according to NATO standards.
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  10221. As if France or anyone else can make a difference - Ukraine is being turned into a wasteland just by air strikes.
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  10222.  @andrewhutchinson4228  I am in love with reason. You are in love with delusions.
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  10223.  @daddad8707  Cheap comment from a cheap mind. No wonder you western fellows cannot fight a war and win. Use a proxy out of cowardice and still lose.
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  10224. 'however it's worrying how many people in the west seem to support Russia/Hamas/Houti etc. and want to see western hegemony end.' So you acknowledge there is western hegemony. That is where the problem is. The west has been the warmonger in many theatres.
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  10225.  @mariaf.6601  Very cold outside in Moscow, very warm inside. How about you ? Do you still have a job ?
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  10226.  @mariaf.6601  It is only October. Let me know in December and January. By then you will know you cannot defeat Russia.
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  10227.  @mariaf.6601  Russia (decision makers) who defeat Russia most ? You speak like a brainwashed westerner. Russia's decision makers made a decision not to tolerate any more NATO expansion to its Southern borders and to the Black Sea. They have achieved that, the US will not be able to have missile or naval bases in Ukraine. The west tried to retaliate with sanctions by stealing Russia's money. They predicted the rouble will be rubble in a month. But the rouble is strong and euro and pound have depreciated by 20%. Little did your leaders realise that Russia is now financially strong. Energy is more valuable than euros and pounds. You need energy to make money. Further Russia's action to start trade with other countries using alternative currencies has the most far reaching consequences. De-dollarisation is the step needed to weaken America, the country that has done most damage to the planet in the last 70 years. As usual, Russia is a path changer of human destiny. It did it in 1917 with the Bolshevik Revolution, it did it when it enforced unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. It is doing it again.
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  10228. There is a little bit of nonsense discussed in the video about retaking Crimea. The Ukrainians tried that in the 2023 counter offensive, and could not even cross the first defence line, and the Ukrainian army got slaughtered by being pushed into it. It is not going to get easier to take Crimea in 2024 or 2025 as the Ukrainians are now handicapped on men and arms. Russia has to take back Kharkhov, Odessa and Kiev as these are historically Russian, and then he choice for Ukraine is surrender or be turned into a wasteland.
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  10229. Russia did not want to invade Lithuania. Lithuania misbehaved and tried to blockade Kaliningrad. Then one Russian politician said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. Fortunately for Lithuania, the EU pressurised it to climb down, otherwise it would have been Ukrained. If Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad, Russia will seize all the Baltic states, regardless of Article 5. NATO is useless. You cannot fight and the US will not come and die for you. If you look at Article 5, it is worded so that there is no binding commitment from anyone to fight.
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  10230. So go to sleep safely, Russians cannot achieve anything. Why are you awake ?
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  10231. Alright then, keep expanding NATO and accept the consequences. Russia has drawn a line. It fight a nuclear war if needed to prevent NATO forces in Ukraine. It has wrecked European economies and started a chain reaction against the dollar.
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  10232. Nowhere will be safe in Ukraine till it distances itself from NATO and signs a peace treaty with Russia. That is the bottom line. Till then Russia will capture more and strangle Ukraine. Russia's enemy is not Ukraine, it is the US. Western help cannot stop it. The US's reckless NATO expansion brought this. As long as the west arms Ukraine and incites them with unrealistic hopes of victory, then Ukrainians will be killed.
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  10233. As if AfD's Nazism is an alternative for Germany.
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  10234. The US wants to fight on three fronts at the same time : Middle East, Russia and China. Good luck !
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  10235. You lot created trouble for the Soviet Union demanding special immigration rights for Jews. The Soviet Union let them go. I am surprised you lot are still there in Russia. As usual, you want to have your cake and eat it. Have a foothold in Russia and malign it. So go for once and all. I see the top three in Ukraine are also of the same breed - Zelensky, Shymal and Reznikov. They want to hand over Ukraine to the US and don't mind having Ukraine destroyed. That character Victoria Nuland who plotted Ukraine's coup also came from the sacred tribe. Could one say your tribe is absolute evil and must be stopped ? And you must pay for your crimes on Palestinians ?
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  10236.  @Spiceweasel473  Support your statement with evidence. Putin has Ukraine and Europe by the scruff of the neck. Who is facing cold homes, and closure of factories ? It is Ukraine and Europe - not Russia.
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  10237.  @jasperchance3382  Israel is occupying the land of the Palestinians. The US and the west legitimised it. Due to this duplicity, there are no takers in the non-west for Ukraine's position.
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  10238. Zelensky has said in the past Palestinians are the aggressors and the Israelis are defending. Now that Donbass and Crimea are Russian, Ukranians are aggressors because they are attacking Russia.
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  10239. Why don't you send troops to Ukraine, then you will get more goose bumps ? Real, native English speakers, can sacrifice their precious lives to fight the mad and bloodthirsty agent.
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  10240.  SatanFollower  Ban the caste system. It is a form of reservation.
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  10241. The west is so desperate that they want to believe any illusion. It is a little bit too late. Ukraine's counter offensive was beaten back and that was the turning point. The Russians killed off much of the Ukranian army and they are moving forward. Ukraine is begging for air defences to save themselves - they are not talking about rolling back the Russians. That is impossible. Ukraine was on the ventilator, there was an oxygen shortage. Now some oxygen has come, but it is not enough to save from death, but supporters hopes are revived. Ukraine is not going to get back what it lost and is not going to have any respite.
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  10242. The Russians never said they will capture Ukraine in 3 days. They said they will prevent Ukraine from joining NATO, and they will deNazify Ukraine. The Ukranians are becoming more and more conceited as they sink. They want to save Europe, save the 'free world' no less, while their position is dire.
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  10243. This gentleman says the arms should not be sent in the public gaze. It is being done in the public gaze because there is little being done actually. NATO and the west is all mouth and no trousers. Ukraine is already destroyed and it is heading for more. He accuses India, Brazil and South Africa of sitting on the fence. An Indian spokesman responded 'why is NATO sitting on the Polish border- fence and not going into Ukraine ?' What is this 'international rules based order' that this gentleman talking about ? The west creates the rules and breaks them itself. NATO invaded Afghanistan without UN support. Two countries ganged up and invaded Iraq raising a false flag about WMDs. The US arranged for a coup in Ukraine. Seizing other people's money is breaking rules and undermining the banking system. Incredible cheek to talk about 'international rules based order'. That is the reason China, India, Brazil and South Africa, Arabs etc. are not joining the sanctimonious western sanctions bandwagon. They have seen the duplicity of the west many times before. They are truly sovereign nations and they want relations with Russia, they see that NATO expansion instigated this conflict, and they are not going to be bullied by the west. The gentleman boasts NATO is the most formidable military organisation. Is that true ? Really ? Western spokesmen speak unsubstantiated nonsense like this and its media men don't challenge. After fighting Taliban for 20 years, handing power to them and running away from Kabul in disarray is not sign of the most formidable military organisation. It is sign of a cowardly organisation. Putin would have seen NATO is a paper tiger and he decided this is the moment to strike. And all NATO actions since have confirmed NATO is a paper tiger that wants to give Ukraine some stones to fight the Bear, but wants to avoid getting mauled itself.
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  10244. Poland is a nobody, apart from Russophobia, what do they have ?
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  10245. @Joe It will be best for the world if the US kept away from the world.
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  10246. Russia is not bluffing. It does not believe in strategic ambiguity. If you cross a Russian red line, and that requires use of nuclear weapons according to their doctrine, they will do it. The decision has already been taken.
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  10247. The Jews were a problem for the Europeans. Ferdinand and Isabella killed 200,000 Jews. Napoleon killed 400,000 Jews. Hitler killed 6 million Jews. To get rid of the Jews from Europe, Britain created a state for them in a populated land, as if it was a humane solution. Britain did not want to give its land, it just re-settled the Jews in someone else's land. When all this is considered, the Europeans were the most vicious to the Jews. The Jews lived amongst Muslims. The Jews had refuge from Christian Europe in Muslim Spain. After creation of Israel by the west which did not want the Jews, we have the strange phenomenon that the Jews fight with Muslims using western support. But it is unsustainable. Demography is against the Jews, time is against them. They either accept the two state solution which is a compromise, or they go back to where they came from, or they face continuous war. Israel in its present form can never be a normal state. The west continues to defend its folly and lost causes like Israel out of false pride.
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  10248. 'So why are those EU leaders with US pushing this devastated country into chaos? Military gains? or to just show' They are doing it out of false pride. They are convinced of their superiority. Russia punctured that and they feel humiliated.
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  10249.  @XeroAIX  The non-western world decided they do not want US imperial domination and plunder of their resources.
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  10250. Investment in failed projects eventually stop. Often a company has many subsidiaries. One is losing money, so the company pours money from the profitable parts to the ailing one. But to no avail. Then the company closes the ailing subsidiary. Ukraine will be like that for the Americans. A future American President will close Ukraine and leave the ruins.
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  10251. The Europeans want something for nothing from Qatar - like they wanted from Russia.
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  10252.  @jamiehardcastle4999  Propaganda is selected truth. This was outright lying.
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  10253. Germany and Europe will revert back to their Nazi traditions, as the economy sinks.
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  10254. Bakhmut has little strategic value...? Peter Almayev is putting on a brave face as defeat stares in the face. That is a sure sign that Ukraine is losing. Rates of advance are not linear. Ukraine can come to a stage where it is unsustainable, and then there is step fall.
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  10255. No point raising it after defeat.
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  10256. Ukraine sold itself to the highest bidder. The Jewish neocon schemer Victoria Nuland who arranged the 2014 coup in Ukraine to get a US compliant govt., said the US spent $ 5 billion for it, and it was good value for money.
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  10257.  @thecatsofkipling5401  Not letting the Americans put their bases in Ukraine is strategically important. Russia has ended that US plan for good. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop the US put bases in Ukraine. The US is not ready for that. Get it ?
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  10258. You have been saying this for months. Zelensky and his US handlers are driving the Ukranians to their end.
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  10259. What, you want irrelevant warmongers like Britain to dominate ?
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  10260. Ukraine officially announced the destruction of 44 of the 50 Russian missiles. Soon the western media also asserts this unverified claim as fact. But the Ukrainian media also said 18 targets were hit. Anyone with some intelligence will find it hard to believe 6 missiles hit 18 targets. Does the free press mean freedom to lie ?
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  10261.  @optimisticfuture6808  Ukraine has run out shells let alone tanks. The west cannot supply them in time. Russia will prevail. The western narrative is changing. You need to update yourself from earlier western propaganda about Ukrainian victory.
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  10262. Western experts said if they do not achieve a breakthrough in 72 hours it will be a failure. It is a failure.
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  10263. And if there were 100% Hindus in India, caste Hindus will fight between themselves and massacre the Dalits. India would go back to what it was - a collection of petty states. Hinduism has no unifying force, it is divisive, and it is only fear of Muslims and Christians that keeps you 'united'.
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  10264. Your thinking about Biden is muddled. 'a president who is needlessly prolonging the war' He is doing that as he does not want the media and opposition to say he led US to a defeat. 'while denying Ukraine the opportunity for total victory,' There is no opportunity for total victory for Ukraine, there never was. What are you talking about ? If for one moment the US thought there was opportunity for total victory, it would have sent troops. But the US will have to fight Russia, not Iraq. The bear has real WMDs and it will incinerate all US cities. The super quiet Yasen submarines now patrol both US coats 24 h a day, and with hypersonic missiles, there is no reaction time.
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  10265.  @johnk6598  Trump pulled put of Afghanistan. At least he recognised it was a waste of US money. He sees Ukraine the same way. Actually, the US sponsored these wars, it must pay compensation to Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iraq, Vietnam, Palestine....
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  10266. What kind of repercussions ? Oh, more sanctions ! Like the previous sanctions that did not work. Sullivan is useless.
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  10267. Stoltenberg is an idiot - he cannot cope with Russia, but he wants to bring in China as another enemy.
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  10268. This the final hope of the Slava Ukrainian brigade
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  10269. Rosenberg and all the media fellows look so disappointed ! Russia made a mistake to cultivate private militias like the Wagner and even the Chechens of Kadirov. The Americans started the practice of outsourcing to mercenary groups like Blackwater. Russia should not have copied this privatisation and outsourcing philosophy. Russia's inspiration should be the Soviet Union's Red Army. There was the one and only Red Army, and they defeated German Nazism. You don't create parallel militia which can undermine the regular army and then pose a threat to the state. This should be the learning point for Russia. The Russian army should defeat the Ukro Nazis and their allies. Defend the Russian lands ceded to Ukraine in 1991 and now retaken (Donbass and Crimea), and as Putin said, get back Odessa and other remaining lands of NovoRossiya which Russia gave in goodwill to Ukraine, but which Ukraine abused. As for the rump Ukraine, unless it agrees to neutrality, it can live on EU aid.
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  10270. 'If NATO staged a “we were invited in” invasion of Ukraine, it could maintain that any Russian strike on any NATO facility would be regarded as a “provocation” and retaliation would be swift and deadly. ' Unfortunately for you, Russian retaliation would be swifter at hypersonic speeds. The Orhsheniks missiles allow Russia escalation dominance, they can have as much destructive capacity as a nuclear strike without radioactivity, you have nothing like that and you cannot stop it. Russia is way ahead of the west in missile technology. They will make you dead before you realise. Then what is the point of wishful thinking ?
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  10271. What are Danes and your idiot Anders going to do to save Ukraine now that the US will hand over their failed project to you ?
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  10272.  @sphinxtheeminx  Danes are mentally challenged people who feel proud.
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  10273. Denmark and Canada can ask for NATO protection !
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  10274.  @defcreator187  What evidence do you have ? I go by Ukrainian statement : Zelensky's spokesman said it was the debris of a Ukrainian missile that hit the incoming Russian missile. He was forced to resign. Explain why.
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  10275.  @defcreator187  Lol Arestovych has resigned because he knows he was wrong in citing the wrong script. You have to prove to me that the apartment was hit by a Russian missile intentionally.
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  10276. This is to manage the optics before the election, the US hopes Ukraine does not collapse before then. In 2025, after the elections, the US can leave, and let the EU manage the mess. Don't know what Britain would do if its master leaves.
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  10277. Putin has ended your rules based international order.
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  10278.  @bonnie7898  Are you still putting on airs about NATO's innocence ? NATO is run for US interests - for its arms lobby and for its govt. which seeks to grab resources. If Russia had not taken action in 2014 and 2022, the US would have made Ukraine part of NATO. The US staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014. That is a corrupt action with scant respect for democracy. Hence, Ukraine's corruption is not the reason the US is not letting Ukraine in. Ukraine is at war and cannot be let into NATO. Russia said in Dec. 2022, it would undertake a military-technical action if a security guarantee for Russia was not given. The US could have negotiated and prevented the war. But it did not. When the Turks arranged negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and the making of a deal was on the horizon, Biden send BoJo to scupper it. Why ? Why send Ukraine to war promising NATO entry, and prevent it from a negotiated settlement to end the war, and when the war leads to defeat, tell Ukraine it cannot enter NATO because it is at war, and it should be grateful ?!! Now that you realise Ukraine cannot win, you are washing your hands off and putting on an air of innocence. You want to say that the US is not the culprit for Ukraine's plight. The US is the principal thug but it always wears a suit and acts like a gentleman, and pretends it is on 'the right side of history'. That is what you are doing - a thug posing as innocent. The rest of the world knows the US and has got stronger to rebuff it - not only the Russians, the Chinese and the Africans and the Arabs are pushing back.
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  10279.  johnnyhjohns3817  Indeed, the west's position is a comedy. It sent Ukraine to fight Russia and promised Ukraine European and western status, and when defeat stared, the US threw Ukraine under the bus, and said NATO entry is not possible (due to corruption !), and Ukraine needs to be grateful, and NATO is not Amazon. Then the blame game started. Ukraine said the west should be grateful as it was sacrificing to save western civilisation. Poland and Ukraine had a spat. Meanwhile, the west did not find supporters to boycott Russia, de-dollarisation has kicked off, and Africans, Arabs, Latin America, China and India are distancing themselves from the west. Comic, isn't it ?
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  10280.  johnnyhjohns3817  You can get the real stand-up comedians : Biden, BoJo, Stoltenberg, Nuland, Blinken....
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  10281.  johnnyhjohns3817  Indeed, you have a nation of comedians. They are your rulers. Trump, Guilani. When you have a doddering President who does not know where he is, and blabbers about ice cream, that is even better. You have another comedian in Ukraine who is fighting for your values.
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  10282.  johnnyhjohns3817  You are an unintelligent westerner writing personal attacks. That is what one does when defeated.
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  10283.  @DSan-kl2yc  'people found out Russia wasn't so tough.' Which people found Russia was not so tough ? The Ukrainians ? They have lost valuable land, and they are pleading for NATO membership. Why don't you send troops to Ukraine to save them if Russia is not so tough ?
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  10284.  @DSan-kl2yc  A condition for Ukraine's sovereignty was it would be neutral and not join any military alliance. Ukraine tried to renege on that unilaterally, hence its sovereignty is cancelled. Get it ?
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  10285.  @DSan-kl2yc  Don't lie. Ukraine's sovereignty was conceded on two conditions (1) return the nukes to Russia (2) be neutral, don't join any military alliance. Ukraine would not have got independence unless it agreed to these two conditions in 1991. The first is irreversible. On the second condition, Ukraine tried to renege unilaterally despite repeated Russian warnings to Ukraine and its inciting sponsor, the US. Hence, Ukraine's sovereignty is ended, and the Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. This is irreversible, get over it. If the US tried to put bases in Ukraine, Ukraine will be slammed with a nuclear strike. The US knows that now, Russia is not bluffing, that is why the US vetoed Ukraine from joining NATO. Get it ?
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  10286.  @xinniethep00h  'the only thing nato is finding out is how they overestimated Russias abilities for the last couple decades. ' In that case, why don't you send troops to Ukraine and end the war ? In Vilnius, why did Biden veto Ukraine from joining NATO ? Why were Finland and Sweden quivering with fear to join NATO ? Why did Poland start clucking like a hen when Russia sent 100 musicians to the border ? It seems to me you are trying to put on a show of bravery when inside is fear filled.
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  10287. Get your facts straight. The audacity was for the west to think it could expand NATO to the border of Russia and put missiles in Ukraine to target Russia, without any consequences. Now you know Russia will fight, a nuclear war if needed, and whether you rae . Even some western experts in the 1990s warned that expanding NATO eastwards will eventually bring war.
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  10288.  @tayler2396  Russia losing the war is wishful thinking. You said Himars will be a game changer, it wasn't, now you say a handful of tanks will change things. The fact is the west has lost the war in the east and south. Russia has taken Soledar and now have encircled Bakhmut. The US is advising Ukraine to pull out of Bakhmut. You don't believe your own wishful thinking about Russia losing the war, so you make even more fanciful wish that China will take over Siberia. The US wants to fight China next and the Chinese are aware of it. Russia and China realise that the US is their enemy, so they cooperate. All this wishful thinking arises from the sense of western defeat.
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  10289.  @tayler2396 Himars were not game changers. The Ukrainains and their western handlers were thinking Ukraine will capture Crimea by Dec. 2022. Zelensky claimed so. The Russians adjusted, they withdrew from Kherson to the other side of the Dnieper and then shelled Kherson and blunted any Ukrainian offensive. At the same time, the blunted the Ukrainians with drone and missile attacks to destroy the power grid. That now diverts Ukraine's attention - they are begging for Patriots. We know how the Patriots performed in Saudi Arabia where they could not block simple Houthi missiles from hitting an Aramco refinery. You think they can stop Russian missiles ? The troops released from Kherson were sent to take Soledar and now Bakhmut is encircled and will fall. Less than 100 hotch potch tanks will not stop the Russians. The Russians have 15,000 tanks. Some of the western tanks will get damaged and that will be end of them. Ukraine's supply lines come from the west, it cannot be repaired or maintained. Don't fool yourself with wishful thinking. The war in the east and south is already lost. The US now knows that Ukrainians will not be able to evacuate the Russians. The tanks are a small effort to try and not lose more land.
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  10290.  @jansvoboda5208  There is a Ukro Nazi group called Svoboda, I hope you are not from them.
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  10291. 'puffed-up NATO-boys and Eurocrats '. Those are the correct terms for them !
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  10292. We do not know if F 16s shot down missiles, but we know for sure Ukraine has power cuts all over the country. So F16s did not make any difference. And the latest is one F16 crashed taking an ace pilot.
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  10293. The US and the west better not over do it, because they will be leading Ukraine to face the tactical nuclear weapon. And when that happens, the west will not want to go and fight a nuclear war with Russia. Kissinger long ago said that the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany or Europe. Everyone of the western hyenas will look to save their skin if Russia settled Ukraine a tactical nuclear weapon. The west has been unwilling to send troops to Ukraine or put a no-fly zone, as they don't want casualties. They certainly don't want nuclear level casualties.
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  10294. 'is there any chance Russia could win this war? 🙄 Unbelievable. Ukraine must win this for all of us' Who is all of us ? Russia is winning and it is needed to end the US world order for good. The non-west salutes Russia. Not even China could do it, only Russia could end the US world order.
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  10295. But Ukraine does not have right to invite the US to put missiles to threaten Russia. That is the issue. If Ukraine does not accept neutrality, it will be destroyed completely - including Kiev and Lvov. The Ukranians have shown they are not a politically mature country. It is a failed country.
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  10296. Yesterday, Zelensky demanded Russia must be brave enough to admit it has lost. This is even before the Ukranian counter offensive is launched. What is going on ?
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  10297. Musk did not say the the Jews are brining in immigrants to undermine the whites. He said that ADL has become an organisation that holds the world to ransom, giving the Jews the right to run an apartheid state, and be protected from criticism. It is a Jewish mafia that threatens to end business and careers of people if anyone criticises them. This has to stop,
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  10298. 'If Russia invades a piece of Finland'. Russia has no intention to invade Finland. But if Finns misbehave and provoke, you too should be Ukrained. You too will find no one can fight Russia and win. Russia can finish you off with a barrage of Oreshniks, and Sweden, Norway and the rest will not come to your aid. Never go for provocations assuming someone's support. Learn from Ukraine. So keep your foolish bravado to yourself and don't provoke Russia. Nobody has forgotten your collusion with the Nazis in the siege of Leningrad. Karelia was taken away by the Soviet Union as punishment. So remember that.
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  10299. Another laughable EU pledge. Last week, Germany said it would build a tank factory in Ukraine to help Ukraine defeat Russia !! It is clear that Ukraine and its handlers have lost the war in Ukraine. Ukraine does not have the arms and its handlers cannot make them. Russia makes its arms, its industry is geared for it, and it has decisive leadership.
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  10300. Education and health are the first to go always.
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  10301. Israel attacked hospitals, churches and mosques in Gaza, so they cannot complain. Israelis should be repatriated to the UK or US.
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  10302.  @fritzraake22  Then why is Zelensky pleading for help and saying he is forced to retreat ?
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  10303.  @MichelleBlessing  My comment was so lame that it forced you to reply. Why ? Burning at your defeat ?
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  10304. The Hague and Netherlands will be incinerated. Don't punch above your weight. Learn from Ukraine.
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  10305. NATO soldiers are unwilling to die.
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  10306.  ADOLF PUTLER  Is that like Adolf's army in 1941 ? 4 years later the Red Army was visiting Berlin.
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  10307. No, BoJo is evading responsibility. Putin's war ? Whose idea was NATO expansion to Ukraine ? It was the US with its machinations under neocon Victoria Nulandm which led to a coup in 2014, with various Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion taking part. Putin asked for a security peace treaty in Dec. 2021. The US refused. Did BoJo try to persuade the US to sign a peace treaty to avoid war ? Why not ? Who put sanctions and stole Russia's money ? Putin has never said he is going to put sanctions on gas supplies. Putin said he wanted payment in roubles - because the west had made the euro and dollar worthless for him. Otherwise, it would be like supplying gas free. After the war started, why has BoJo not been a mediator ? Erdogan has shown the way. Instead, BoJo wanted to be the leading hawk, making statements that Putin must not be allowed to win. He stated that we need to wean ourselves from Russian gas by December. Then why complain, this is the opportunity to wean yourself from Russian gas. Of course, BoJo went on 2 holidays in sunny Greece - alright for some. Was that due to Putin as well ?
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  10308. Why does any Palestinian be asked to condemn October 7 ? Has Sky ever asked any Israeli to condemn the land grabbing settlers on the West Bank, and the attempts to desecrate the Dome of the Rock ? It is not as if everything started on 7 Oct. and the Jews have not done anything criminal before. In 1948, Israeli terrorist groups like Irgun and Stern Gang ethnically cleansed villages like Deir Yassin. Israel was built that way - and is sustained that way. So if the Palestinians strike back, that is natural. Australians may identify with Israel because it is a settler colony - like Australia. Grab the land from the aborgines, and then settle it, and say it is your own. The aborgines were too feeble to resist. Likewise, Israel was built. The Palestinians and Arabs were weaker, but not so weak, that Israel could grab the land and live in peace thereafter. The Palestinians are able to fight an open ended war of attrition, so Israelis cannot settle like Australians and make their landgrab a fait accompli. The Palestinian won't be like aborgines, they have the weight of the entire Muslim world behind them, so they will fight on.
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  10309. Russia's strategic goal is to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine. They have achieved that. Thus Russia has already won. It is ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent US bases in Ukraine.
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  10310. Putin has made it clear. Ukraine cannot go back to 2014 borders, still less to 1991 borders. Ukraine had the possibility of avoiding war by returning to neutrality and spurning NATO. However, Ukraine reneged on neutrality and thought it could use NATO to fight Russia and win. Ukraine lost more in the process and it cannot ask for the newly lost land when it chose to fight instead of accepting neutrality. Therefore the starting point of any negotiations has to be that Ukraine accepts the new geopolitical reality, and cedes the Russian lands of Donbass. If Ukraine does not agree, Russia will continue, it will aim to take Odessa and destroy Kiev. Ukraine will lose more and no amount of western weapons can alter this. Putin is starkly realist.
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  10311. 'Why is Russia trying to directly fight the US? It will end very badly for everyone.' Putin knows the US will not do anything. It will end badly for the US.
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  10312. 'Ukraine in the EU and NATO now.' A wishful lament. The reality is mighty Russia has defeated the collective west in military and economic warfare.
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  10313. Why is Japan visiting a lost cause, a country that will not exist or one that will be a wasteland ? Better to go with Russia and China, two countries of great substance who will shape the post western order..
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  10314. Europe is in reality a bunch of competitive nations who have fought wars for dominance of the various nationalities. France, Germany and UK feel they ought to lead and they will not accept leadership of the other.
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  10315. People in the west have started to realise the Hindu strategy is to flood the west with immigrants and capture power. Canada has taken a step to curb Indian immigrants. Others will as well.
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  10316.  @TG-cs1rm  'we should help migrate more nationalist indians to canada' You know what he means by that ? He means Hindu fascists who are beating up Sikhs, Muslims and Christians in India. He thinks that Hindus have seized control of UK through Sunak, who boasts about his Hinduness. Indians, specifically the Hindus, are now a bigger threat to Canada and western countries than Russians and Chinese. The Russians and Chinese do not migrate in large numbers to other countries. Western countries need to wake up to an India run by Hindu fascists, using the cloak of a democratic system. The Hindus of today are not the same peaceable ones as the time of Nehru, Gandhi etc. In 2014, there was a sea change in India when Modi, a avowed Hindu Nazi (he belongs to a party whose members have praised Hitler) took power. Hindu militancy was in government and it spread its tentacles where new generation Hindus have settled. The Hindu who wrote the comment reflects that. In Britain, the same new generation of Hindu migrants created a riot in Leicester by attacking Muslims of Pakistani origin. Modi and his Hindu extremists are persecuting and killing minorities (Sikhs, Muslims and Christians) and this will create a massive refugee problem for the west. The western countries need to realise the danger and put India in its place. The Chinese have put Modi in his place with a border scuffle. The west needs to do the same. You are right to say that Canada should reduce immigration from India. Hindus especially should be screened to see if they support the Hindu Nazi group the RSS. The US and western countries should do the same.
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  10317. I do detect the note of despondency in the western corporate media - BBC, France 24, DW etc. However for negotiations, the west needs an off-ramp. They declared Putin must not be allowed to win, Putin should be removed etc. Russia will never accept again the US, UK etc. as guarantors of Ukraine. Russia is not going to withdraw to pre-war borders after they took the 4 oblasts. They spent money and lives, so why would they give it back ? All Ukraine can do is accept the loss of land, and promise neutrality.
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  10318. Connolly is spinning Ukrainian fabrications. Ukraine could not have got independence without giving up the nuclear weapons. The same with Byelorussia and Kazakhstan. The US also did not want proliferation and having to deal with multiple nuclear powers. There is no point saying after agreeing to fight a proxy war for America and being defeated, 'if only we did not give up nuclear weapons...' As for the Budapest Agreement, it is implicitly understood that the three parties (US, UK and Ukraine) would not gang up against Russia - only under those circumstances, Russia has to support Ukraine's independence. But NATO entry means US, UK and Ukraine are ganging up against Russia. Russia did not foresee US duplicity. Considering that three of the signatories of Budapest ganged up against Russia to threaten and Russia, it is cheek to pretend Ukraine is innocent. Russia will not allow NATO or European countries to set foot in Ukraine. Russia is not asking for negotiations, it is far easier to continue the war. Why should winners negotiate with losers ? US itself will not allow NATO peacekeepers. And the Europeans are incapable.
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  10319.  @williamneil8862  Why should the US give Ukraine enough to hit inside Russia which will invite a nuclear response ? You are talking as if it is an obligation. Kissinger long ago said that the US would not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to save Germany and Europe. The US will go as far as it can gain and not lose too much. Pity Ukraine, the EU and UK are too dumb to understand this.
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  10320.  @MartinLundström-l4v  Russia has learnt NATO cannot be trusted. Remember James Baker said after re-unification that NATO will not move an inch to the east ?
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  10321.  @ericwest128  How do you know the Russian pilot made 19 passes ? All you know is that the Russians brought down a drone, and the US cannot do anything about it.
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  10322. Ukraine will be returned to the pre-industrial age before it joined the Soviet Union, with no electricity, no water, no industry...That is the penalty for ganging up with the US to threaten Russia.
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  10323. 'Christiane Amanpour presses Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the Russian invasion and whether they are achieving their objectives in Ukraine' What is there to press about. It is clear the objectives that Russia stated are being met : (1) Ukraine will not join NATO; Zelensky has said as much. That was the top objective. (2) NATO will have also abandoned any dreams of Ukraine in NATO . It now knows Ukraine in NATO means nuclear war. Russia is ready for nuclear war, NATO is not. (3) Denazification of Ukraine was an objective. The HQ of the Nazi Azov Regiment is Marioupol. They are on their last legs, some have surrendered, and the rest are being smoked out. (3) Ukraine will not be able to get back Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. In fact, it will have to give up more territory. (4) Ukraine will become a land locked country. (5) No peace settlement will be possible without Russian permission, and unless Ukraine signs up for neutrality. The above is clear. It is the result of the west's reckless NATO expansion. The capture of Kiev and regime change were never declared as an objective, although the attack on Kiev implied that. Certainly, it would have had led to a quick finish. That indeed was thwarted. One can say the Russian army did not perform like the legendary Red Army. But still Ukraine has lost a lot, and NATO could do nothing. Ukraine is not viable as a country. The broader picture remains Russia has met its key objectives : Ukraine will not join NATO and there is no possibility of putting US missiles in Ukraine against Russia. They may return to Kiev after the eastern operation. And finally, Kiev can be subjected to a tactical nuclear weapon, and the west cannot stop that as they don't want to die for Ukraine. It is actually Zelensky who is trapped : he cannot stop more of his country being decimated; he has lost more land and more is about to be lost; and now he cannot ask for negotiations as he has annoyed Russia even more. So what is it that the patronising Amanpour does not understand ?
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  10324. 'Remember, the circumstances have been imposed to you by the Agressor!' No it has not been imposed, you work with the US, it wanted to expand NATO, Russia warned you about the consequences but you thought Russia was bluffing. You are paying the price of your arrogance. If you threaten Russia, they will come after you as well. There is no one strong as Russia in Europe.
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  10325. She lives in an alternative reality about Ukraine winning, war crimes trials etc. I guess she is not going to admit Ukraine made a mistake selling itself to the US and NATO and Ukraine should have accepted neutrality to avoid war.
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  10326. First time I have seen a realistic assessment in the west of the reality that Russia is prevailing and we were fed hyped stories of Ukranian achievements. The west is emotional, not intelligent.
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  10327. There can be no peace for landgrabbers claiming they are Chosen Ones over the majority of mankind.
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  10328. Congratulations to Russia for defeating the collective west ! Surely Sir Putin is the strongest leader since Stalin.
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  10329. Trying to forget the fact that much of Ukraine is reduced to rubble, and more is going to be reduced to rubble. Zelensky has conceded he has to abandon NATO membership and the Americans won't be able to place missiles against Russia as planned. 100 armoured cars are not going to change that.
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  10330. But one cannot love their foolishness.
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  10331. Putin was supposed to have ended last year to hand tremor and cancer. In fact, last year Zelensky said that Putin was dead and a look-alike was in place !
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  10332.  @FrankHarwald  That is because he is at a loss. It is a big loss of face after predicting Ukrainian victory and Russian defeat for months. Now he has to say that Russian will have a downfall in the future. What else can he say ? He does not have the guts to go and fight Russia.
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  10333. The US wants to use Ukraine - and Europe - to fight Russia.
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  10334.  @MrGatzby  That is why they are requesting for ceasefire and negotiations.
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  10335.  @MrGatzby  Thanks !
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  10336. You are 100% correct. The US would have to take responsibility for implementing Article 5 which means US soldiers would be killed. After getting out of Afghanistan and Iraq, no US President will be able to take that step. They also know the Europeans will accept whatever line the US tells them, as they themselves cannot fight. Hence, the US will defuse it and say it was an accident.
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  10337.  @jeannettejordan7104  They will never be able to fight. It requires US to put boots on the ground and the Americans do not want to get killed.
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  10338.  @jeannettejordan7104  Poland is likely the next great European power.... What do you mean, Poland is nobody ?
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  10339.  @jeannettejordan7104  'look at the stats. Far stronger than you think. At least by US standards.' Who are you talking about ? NATO ? Poland ?
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  10340. The Hindu has great hope in the Jews - since he knows he is a coward.
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  10341. There is no threat from Putin and Russia. Times Radio has been telling us the Russian army is feeble, they are poorly trained, they have low morale, and they only have shovels to fight with.
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  10342. It is interesting to see western journalists putting out self serving propaganda while denoucning RT as Russian propaganda ! The journalist from Riga is still trying to make out Ukraine is winning due to the Himars, and Russians are rattled. He concludes that is why Russia does not want to negotiate, and that is why they want to take more of Ukraine (so that the Himars don't attack Donetsk) ! There is a more obvious reason Russia does not want to negotiate now. Russia has the upper hand, and they see they can take more of Ukraine. They have destroyed a proportion of the Himars and the Ukranians themselves say they have only 10% of what they need. The Russians don't announce their intentions like Ukrainians and the west. They keep the other side guessing, knowing the western side has journalists that will put a positive spin in a losing position. Thus, the west keeps spreading hope about Himars and Kherson offensive. If Ukraine continues this way, the Russians may reach Kiev from the other side !
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  10343. 'Putin’s ‘foolish’ threats may trigger Nato response' If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. But they shudder in fear when they see the Ukrainians being killed, and Russia's incredible arsenal. NATO cannot respond. It is not a fighting force, it is a war gaming force. If there is a strike, NATO will take one month to organise a meeting in Spain, and the US will drop out at the last moment. The US will not put soldiers on the ground to fight a war for Europe. Britain shows false bravado (it has just 40,000 troops), it is a vain show off. The Europeans are equally useless. The more useless you are like Estonia, the more you bark.
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  10344. Russia has neutralised 50 nations without full mobilisation of resources. If needed, Russia will mobilise full resources. However, it won't be necessary. Ukraine has no human resources left to mobilise, Russia has reduced them to that state without fully mobilising resources according to Anders. The emasculated west cannot mobilise its manpower because they don't have the courage to fight and die. Cowards are not a resource ! The west has run out of Patriots; and in case, they have nothing to stop the hypersonics. So what is Anders talking about Russia having to mobilise full resources in 2025 ? It is a feeble prayer born out of defeat. The Russians are going to complete the Donbass take over in 2025, and evict the Ukrainians from Kursk. After that, there are no more fortifications on the way to the Dnieper river. With dwindling US support, and having the useless Europeans, what resources do the Ukrainians have ?
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  10345.  @WALTERJAHBLAZE  The Europeans are very fond of stating Article 5 of NATO (an attack on one is an attack on all). The only time Article 5 was invoked was when America needed it : the Europeans had to send troops to Afghanistan after 9/11. Then when Trump negotiated in Doha a deal to exit Afghanistan, it was with Taliban, and Afghan govt. and rest of NATO were not invited ! When Biden took over, he implemented the withdrawal. The US troops made sure they got the first exit planes without telling the European allies ! Such is the US. And such are its vassals, called allies. The same will follow in Ukraine. Trump will negotiate with Putin, without Ukraine and rest of NATO.
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  10346. A case of bygone European powers like France, UK and Germany trying to be relevant.
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  10347. @New Moon What does the US ? At the beginning, they were boasting about switch blade drones be a game changer. Lately, Himars. Now we do not hear about them. You are the cowardly people who ran away from Kabul and did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. You make others fight for you. The Afghans beat you with just RPG.
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  10348.  @barteksz932  Today, Germany subsidises Poland through the EU. That is enough. The descendants of slaves in American plantations did not receive compensation. India did not receive compensation from the British.
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  10349.  @barteksz932  It is Poland that treats the EU as a charity. Germany is a net contributor to the EU; Poland is a net extractor. Brexit happened partially because Poles were going to Britain, signing into Britain's social security system and sending the money to Poland. Poland appears to be a destructive influence, within the EU. It is unnecessarily provocative against Russia (which is not in the EU), but also against Germany which is in the EU. While I understand your past grievances, you are creating image of yourself. I suggest you have a rethink. Nobody is stopping you from rising from the ashes like Germany, Japan, Russia. Those countries also suffered horrible losses.
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  10350. The idiotic lady says the 'super important thing' Putin wants is to be on the same level as Trump. It is the other way round !
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  10351.  @Gorobchi  'You read too much into this, mate' You mean to say the situation for the Ukranians is not bleak, and they are having a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to a prosperous New Year ?
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  10352. The Israelis have been robbing Palestinians of their land, and making them homeless, and were blithely enjoying rave parties. When the consequence came, they are disoriented. Can the Israelis engage their minds and ask why they cheated on the Oslo agreement ?
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  10353. Peace conference - without Russia ? It shows the futile desperation of the west. Global south will not give a penny. They did not create the problem. Zelensky's peace plan wants Russia to vacate Crimea. Ukraine listened to BoJo and walked away from negotiations. Putin has said next time, it will be only on Russian terms which is unconditional surrender and no western participation. Ukraine is planning counter offensive in 2025 ? It will not happen, because after the election, the US will give up on Ukraine and move on to others wars.
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  10354. The west is unable to see itself as the non-west sees it. I have listened to Chinese, Indian, Jazeera and they all say the west incited this war by NATO expansion, and then showed the utmost cowardice by not intervening in Ukraine after encouraging Russophobic groups.
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  10355. Prigozhin is confusing and disappointing the west too much !
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  10356.  @Carlos27thFS  The terrorists and landgrabbers are crying for themselves.
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  10357. The British cannot get on with the Europeans, they look down on the EU, they prefer to be America's shoe shine boys.
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  10358. Western media analysis are hardly objective : they typically have 1-3 'experts' all trying to play up Ukraine (they tell us all the time Ukrainians are high on motivation, and filled with the latest technology), and they downplay Russia (low on motivation, low on technology). They have no Russian analyst or anyone who might say 'Ukraine is losing and they cannot turn it around'. The reality is Russia has taken 20% of Ukraine and they control the shipping lanes. They forget Russian airstrikes do a lot of damage and they will continue with them. Typically, they report Ukrainian claims of how many Russians they have killed, but nothing about how many Ukrainian soldiers have been killed. Russia can and will use the ultimate weapon, the tactical nuclear if needed. They have got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck and they will not let it go. There is also economic warfare - they have strangled Ukraine's economy and made it impossible for Ukraine to export from its ports, and they have pinched the western economies with the gas. Russia has both the staying power militarily and economically. If the Ukrainian offensive has made no progress by winter, western support will dwindle. The Ukrainains, Russians and westerners know that. Such issues are not analysed. Ukraine is desperate to claim it is pushing the Russians back, otherwise funding will dry up. The west has got into this mess because of its arrogance and incapacity to think rationally. Russia will outplay the west because it calculates and is determined. There is no western leader with Putin's determination and calculative mind. The western leaders are all mouth and no trousers. After all, Zelenksy is their model !
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  10359. The Russians keep the Ukrainians pinned in Kursk - they cannot move back or forwards.
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  10360. It is all alarmism. Some months ago, your channel was saying that there was a Russian chemical ship wandering on the UK coasts, which was going to blow up any time. Nothing happened, it was a fabrication..
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  10361. The point is that Russia can use a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine which cannot retaliate. Ukraine is in the same position as Japan was. The mutually assured destruction is only when both sides have it. Will the US risk have all its cities pyrolysed for Ukraine ? I don't think so. You can see the west's reaction to the question of what the west would do if a nuclear weapon is used in Ukraine - the lady said there will be consequences, and there is no doubt it will change the world. The meaning is the west will not get into a nuclear war with Russia. The west is digging Ukraine's grave. It started with its reckless expansion of NATO.
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  10362. Since they feel defeated, they want to tell their people, they are preparing for the next war, so they will feel consoled.
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  10363. Americans should beware of this man and his doublespeak. He is a Brahmin, the highest caste from India. They are known for their toxic deviousness. The white lady has more compassion and understanding for the unfortunate victims of slavery and racism, and she is willing to see it is wrong and insensitive to label a black person as the high priest of the KKK, when they have been its victims. Brahmins in India have and continue to label a good proportion of Indians as untouchables and they demand that affirmative actions to uplift the untouchables should be cancelled, and they pretend they are very much into meritocracy, whereas they are only interested in promoting their privileges.
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  10364.  @Heartbreak_Kidd  He is an American, but he is insulting a fellow black American and saying she is like the leader of the KKK. It is insensitive, this is not acceptable. I am told Ramasamy is a Brahmin and they are caste racists in India by nature. I would have the Brahmin whipped and sent back to India and encourage the low castes do the same in India.
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  10365.  @futte8024  Putin sent a letter to the US asking for a security guarantee from NATO. The US declined. Then he said he will go ahead with the technical-military operation. Meanwhile, Zelensky was running round saying nothing will happen, and he said talk of war was rumour mongering and it was affecting the Ukranian economy. Zelensky thought that Russia was bluffing. The US however knew Russia was not bluffing but still it declined the security negotiation. Hence, Ukraine miscalulated, and the US was cynical. So that is the end of Ukranian independence. Part of Ukraine is retaken by Russia, if a part is left, it will be kept in a disturbed condition, unless it signs up for neutrality. In any case, Russia will not give back that which was hard won.
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  10366.  @futte8024  The US is NATO. The rest take orders. If the US says 'come to Afghanistan, can any of the European subordinates say we won't ?' If the US says 'we cannot put a no fly zone over Ukraine', do you think the rest will go ahead and set up a 'no fly zone' ? When Putin sent the letter on 18 Dec. 2021 asking for a written security guarantee, he sent it to Biden and Blinken, not to Stoltenberg. They did not bother with Stoltenberg as he is only the show boy European head of NATO, but the decision is made only by the US. When the US negotiated the Afghan exit with Taliban in Doha, NATO was not invited - even thought NATO members and de facto NATO members like Ukraine were dying for the US mission in Afghanistan. When the US exited Kabul, they ran to the airport to catch the first flights out before the Taliban closed in, and they did not bother to tell their NATO allies ! Then what are you talking about 'The US is not NATO' ? And what security guarantee should be given? That was the subject of the letter sent to Biden. Russia asked not to put missile bases in Ukraine and other NATO countries. That should have been negotiated. Zelinsky trusted Putin? He was a bloody fool, discounting American and British intelligence stating war was inevitable. He should know Putin does what he says he will do. 'And maybe if your prediction is correct, the "remaining part" of Ukraine will become NATO member.....' That would not be possible. Putin said recently he does not see issue with Ukraine joining the EU. Russia is not going to let the Ukraine that remains join NATO - because Russia fought the war in the first place to prevent NATO making nests in Ukraine. In fact, Russia will not allow reconstruction in the Ukraine that remains, they can keep making long distance missile strikes till the left over Ukraine agrees to sign back on neutrality. The future is bleak for Ukraine, I am sure Zelensky knows it. All the strong cards are with Russia. In fact, eventually when there is a settlement, the meetings will be between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and UN. I cannot see how EU, US, UK can join the negotiations as guarantors for Ukraine, when these are the very people who incited Ukrainians against Russia.
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  10367.  @futte8024  Alright, you explained NATO going into Afghanistan as an Article 5 job, following an attack on a NATO member. Now you skipped why the (1) in US negotiated with Taliban in Doha for withdrawing from Afghanistan, without NATO and (2) when the actual withdrawal came, the US did not consult or announce the withdrawal date, and scrambled to the airport to take the first flights ? Based on the above, the obvious conclusion is US is NATO. When Merkel and Sarkozy opposed NATO expansion to Ukraine in 2008 (fearing war), the US envoy in Kiev Victoria Nuland was taped saying 'F..k the EU'. The US decides what NATO should do in Ukraine. The Europeans are door mats - I agree the US has commanded this Europeans servitude not by force. About Zelensky you ask : 'But then tell what should he have done? Russian was going to make war in his nation anyway. ' He should have reaffirmed that Ukraine will honour the neutrality it inscribed in its declaration of independence, and not allow the US to have missile and naval bases. That would have stopped the war from starting. But he could not do that, because the US would not allow him. The ruling apparatus in Ukraine are US implants from 2014. As for Putin, indeed BEFORE the war, the movements of equipment and personnel were exercises. Those exercises are preparational. They can continue into war - or not into war. The outcome of the exercises depended on Ukraine reaffirning the commitment to neutrality that it cited in its independence declaration, and the US giving a security guarantee. Ukraine refused to distance itself from NATO and the US refused to give the written security guarantee Russia asked, hence the exercises became a technical-military operation (which Russia promised would be the outcome if Ukraine and the US did not agree). Hence, how is it a case of Putin being untrustworthy ? You were unwilling to understanding what was said clearly, and you thought it was a bluff. The Russians are clear in what they say, and they follow it up with action. It is the western mind that is confused. In the case of Lithuania and Kaliningrad, Russia warned it is breaking the agreement that gave Lithuania independence, and at some stage Russia will cancel Lithuania's independence. They are not like the EU and NATO where 30 nations have to debate 3 times in Parliament what to do. Before you know, they will have seized Lithuania. The EU finally pressurised Lithuania to back down on the attempted blockade of Kaliningrad. By now the EU understands that Russia has the power and determination to execute, and Article 5 of NATO will not stop them as blockade of Kaliningrad is declaration of war on a Russian territory.
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  10368.  @futte8024  Well, it is good that you recognise that the USA is the biggest player in NATO which is an indirect admission that the US controls NATO for the benefit of US arms companies and US interests, and it cynically dismisses European concerns. I mentioned that Merkel and Sarkozy opposed induction of Ukraine into NATO in 2008. Merkel had said it would lead to war. But the US over rode that. The US envoy to Kiev, Victoria Nuland, had shown US thinking when she said 'F..k the EU'. 'The Ukrainian war has told us different. So our government and Parliament now doubled our defence budgets for the future and through a referendum we decided to fully enter the Defence collaboration of EU. It is not the US who dictate this. It is completely out own decision.' You are talking like Lithuania saying it was implementing EU sanctions. Lithuania is independent only nominally, and it is the same with Germany. It may be your parliament that decided to expand defence spending, but the dictation came from outside pressure. Germany had to be seen to be doing it. Nobody in Germany had the guts to say, 'we don't want to put sanctions on Russia, Germany's and the EU's prosperity depends on trade with Russia, we would rather Ukraine join the EU but not NATO, and we would prefer to reassure Russians that their security will not be threatened. Does anyone in the German parliament have the courage to say that ?' It does not matter what Germany decided on defence budgets, the fact is Europe has no coherent capability, whatever you spend. Here are the constraint a to European defence set up independent of Americans. You are creating a parallel organisation to NATO. That will not work. Look at the various units in Europe. The key players are : UK, Germany and France. The UK stands outside the EU, it will be always a bedfellow of the Americans. de Gaulle opposed bringing UK into Europe saying it will bring the Americans through the backdoor. After Brexit, it badmouths France and Germany. Germany is constrained by its Nazi past. Germany cannot raise its voice against the US because the US helped Germany with the Marshall aid and the Berlin airlift. There are neo Nazis lurking under the surface in Germany, and if Germany militarises, in 20-30 years, you could have these types putting Germany above Europe - which will cause alarm in the rest of Europe. France cannot be a leader although it has long recognised the Anglo Saxon manipulation of Europe (it is implict in de Gaulle's comment). France is more pre-occupied fighting with its Muslims over the veil - that is more important to them. It also has xenophobes like Le Pen. Then you have the smaller western European countries of little significance like Netherlands, Nordic countries. You also have Spain, Portugal and Italy who don't add up to anything. Finally, you have the weakest link the Eastern Europeans. These are people with an inferiority complex, nursing a grievance against Russia. This includes Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland etc...They will cut their noses to spite Russia. In E. Europe also, there are neo Nazis - in Ukraine, in Poland. Orban in Hungary uses the language of Nazis. The US exploits these countries to keep its grip on Europe. Thus, there are rivalries between Europeans (as throughout its history), so creating a force to combat Russia without the US is difficult. There in lies Europe's difficulty. It is the biggest loser of the war created by the US's NATO expansion. Europe has a population of about 750 million and about 50 countries. Asia has a population of about 2.5-3 billion but fewer countries. The number of countries with different languages means Europe does not have a single capital and political decision centre. Countries with strong defence have a single capital and political centre (like Russia, the US, China, India).
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  10369. US politicians constantly seek war, always putting on self righteous airs. Pence says US will be fighting evil. US forces fighting directly against Russia will be massacred like the Ukranians. On a larger scale than in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghamistan. The body bags coming home will cause uproar.
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  10370.  @НеформатКуб  'but it is obvious that there can be no peace agreements so far...' You need to understand that peace agreement will now be on Russian terms. The longer you wait, the further Ukraine will be from its 1991 borders. The Ukraine of 2014 let alone 1991 is not coming back. Ukraine should have negotiated in Dec 2021, and agreed to neutrality, but instead its leaders gambled on joining NATO, by taking US help to fight a war against Russia. It did not work, Ukraine now has to pay the price for its folly. The sooner Ukraine negotiates, the better. The US will not allow it. Now the idea is with new supplies of western equipment, Ukraine will be able to reclaim lost land and negotiate. But the likelihood is that it will not work out, and Ukraine will lose more land.
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  10371. The war is lost and the blame game is on. The reasons given for the flop of Ukraine's counter offensive are Germany : Ukraine is not following NATO's training manual on breaching operation. Britain : weed growth in Zaphorizhia is impeding Ukraine's advance. US : we discovered Ukraine has deployed troops in the wrong places. France : we do not have time to help Ukraine, as we are too busy with protecting our thieving business in Niger Poland : we are the most powerful in Europe, but we are distracted and scared because of those musicians on our border. Hungary and Turkey : Russia is too powerful, and it was obvious to us from the start. Baltics : NATO is not invoking Article 5. NATO : we are no Amazon, we have run out of shells. Ukraine : we were not given F 16s by our partners. Russia : nothing to do with us building barricades, and destroying western junk with drones and helicopters.
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  10372. What’s it like to negotiate with Russia? What was it like to fight Russia ? At the end of WW2, the Potsdam conference was held after the unconditional surrender. The Big Three were there : Stalin, Churchill/Atlee and Truman. de Gaulle demanded France to be included in Potsdam - after all the US had allowed France to hold an occupation zone in Germany. Stalin refused - he asked what was France's contribution to the war effort. France had surrendered and cooperated with the Nazis. And the French Charlemagne brigade of the Waffen SS had fought in the last days in Berlin to obstruct the Red Army's entrance into Berlin. Hence, the Russians are tough fighters and tough negotiators. They are nice if you deal with them straight, but if you double cross them and cheat, they are tough. Once they decide fighting is the only way, they fight hard. The Ukrainians should have known this as they were part of the Red Army.
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  10373. All the Nazis (Azov Batallion and Right Sector) in Ukraine may murder Zelensky.
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  10374.  @armandoruiz8758  You are absolutely right. The US and its allies got away with invasions of IRAQ, YEMEN, AFGHANISTAN, SYRIA, PALESTINE, KOSVO, SERBIA, YOGOSLAVIA, KOREA, VIETNAM because they did not fear of attacks on their soil. But even there, there was one attack on US soil, the first one, but it was by non-state actors. It disoriented the US and the west. With Russia, it is strong militarily - and to my surprise even economywise. The west is used to bullying and invading others, but that is out of the question against Russia. They thought they could win by sanctions because they controlled the financial institutions and the banking systems . They did not realise that Russia could function outside their financial control and the sanctions would hurt them more than Russia. The west is on a suicidal path economywise but unable to back down out of false pride. Europe is going to be de-industrialised and the US dollar's hegemony is going to be chipped away. The rest of the world gains. Was NATO expansion worth it ?
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  10375.  @steveb1325  Who asked the US to expand NATO to Russia's borders using a coup in 2014 ? Russia has warned many times not to expand NATO. You want your cake and eat it. Threaten others and expect no consequences. When Russia fights, it fights hard. Ukraine is not going to enter NATO, and the only alternative is destruction of Ukraine.
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  10376.  @mrloqqe1610  Russia is fighting Ukraine and 50 countries - and is so strong that it cannot be stopped. Till 2 days ago, you fellows were saying Ukraine is winning. Russia struck about 10 cities, took out power stations, in collateral damage, 19 were killed. The west is howling, but it cannot stop Russia. Russia has the tactical nuclear weapon if needed. There is no way Ukraine and its handlers can win. It is wishful thinking.
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  10377.  @samtopps2687  'The US conventionally would be in Moscow in 3 days' - what is the point of writing the theoretical and untestable ? Russia has hypersonic missiles that will destroy every US city in a blink of an eye. That is the reality. Go with that, and not wishful thinking 'if only Russia did not have nuclear'.
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  10378.  @jurcik250  Putin still has the upper hand in Ukraine. He has taken 20% of Ukraine, made it landlocked, and strangled its economy, he is now going to destroy Kiev and other western cities of Ukraine. He has even strangled Europe's economy. What have you done to stop it ?
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  10379.  @bobcreature2127  What is it that you wish to ask, illiterate ?
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  10380. 'Once ceded to Russia that land will never casually be re-integrated with the rest of Ukraine due to economic forces. It will be gone.' That is what is going to happen and there is nothing you can do to stop it - because you lost the war, you do not have the will power to send troops and get killed. Get it ? The man is only proposing the German analogy because the war is lost. He does not have the solution - and you do not have the capacity to fight Russia.
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  10381.  @dragonade85  'Ukraine needs everything it asks for and more, with no strings attached, now! Firstly, the west has run out of weapons to give - whereas Russia is able to make them. And the US is giving what it has to Israel, which is another loser. Secondly, if you have a few Storm Shadows, and you give it without strings attached, Russia said it will attack British assets and Britain. A week back the Houthis struck a British tanker and you could not do anything. Get it ?
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  10382.  @octavialupu939  Europe has been a colony of the US where the public was happy with that status.
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  10383.  @octavialupu939  Speak to a European, he thinks there have shared values with the US. Ask a German who blew up Nordstream, he will not dare say. The Brits are proud to be vassals, they think they have a special relationship.
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  10384. After defeat, keep dreaming about alternative reality ! The American political commentator Richard Hass wrote an article saying the west should reimagine victory in Ukraine ! He advocated giving up the lost oblasts, getting the left-over Ukraine into NATO, and putting more sanctions on Russia to get back the lost oblasts ! This is the level of intellect of Haas, Bronk and all the neocons. None of this is going to happen. Ukraine does not have the manpower, the west does not have the money or arms. The US has given up, and the Brits and EU are irrelevant. Mighty Russia has defeated the collective west, both in military and economic warfare, and the world can see it !
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  10385. ​ @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  If Ukraine could have got independence without giving up nukes, why did it not keep the nukes ? Why did it not say in 1991 'we are going to join NATO' and see if Russia would have given independence. The Budapest memorandum envisages that the three parties would protect Ukraine providing it does not threaten anyone's security. However, what transpired was that 3 signatories (Ukraine, US and UK) would gang up against Russia and threaten its security. In that case, Ukraine's independence will be terminated by force, and the US and UK abandon Ukraine. That is what has happened. Ukraine flouted the Budapest memorandum, at the behest of the US and UK, and hence it will not exist. You are not in a position to bring back the Ukraine of 1991. Get it ?
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  10386.  @dpelpal  If the Russians are not winning, why is it giving sleepless nights to Zelensky and Blinken ? Why all the finger pointing from Zelensky at his 'partners' suggesting they have let Ukraine down ?
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  10387.  @Peter-pg8qn  Did you ask Israel to be banned ? Or the US and UK for invading Iraq ? Bloody hypocrite. The west has no veto in the IOC. If you do not want to attend because of Russia, you boycott.
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  10388. Ukraine will not exist to join NATO. Russia fought the war for that only. Turkey is in NATO as it was a US decision; Europeans have no say. Otherwise, Russian bases will be in Turkey strangling Europe from the South.
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  10389. The Ukranians and their fans in the west said Ukraine was about to score a victory imminently. Now we hear the same Ukranians are saying we need a lot of arms immediately - or else we go under. The west is also more downbeat. But the western pundits also say, if they get their superior arms in, then Russia will be beaten back. They even think their new arms will allow Ukraine to reclaim the Crimea. The weight of expectations is high. What happens if even these new arms cannot roll back the Russians ? Will the west then realise the game is up, and will they recommend Ukraine to cut its losses and negotiate ? Or will they have seventh round of sanctions and give Ukraine something even better ? Is the problem saving the loss of face for Putin, or saving loss of face for the west ? After all, the west has declared 'Putin must not win', otherwise it is a calamity for their 'free world', and their exclusivist 'European family' idea.
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  10390. Ukraine pleads for weapons as Russia pummels civilians in Donetsk. Why is Ukraine pleading ? I thought the west sent them groundbreaking equipment, and Ukraine is about to mount a summer counter offensive and Kherson is about to be recaptured.
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  10391.  @hb1338  UK sold itself to the US a long time ago, so why are you putting on airs ? You are therefore equally irrelevant as Germany.
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  10392. All that NATO standard training and superior equipment, and it flopped on the battlefield ! So the explanation is Ukraine is doing shaping operations, finding weaknesses in the Russian line, stretching the Russians, preying on the Russian nerves ! But the clock is ticking for Ukraine. The US wants return on investment. It is demanding Ukraine to show results perhaps before the NATO summit - otherwise, no more money. The west does not have the stomach for a longer war with the economic predicament it is under. Russia proved to be astute in economic warfare as well. Germany is being de-industrialised. France is burning. Hence, Ukraine is being pressurised by the US into another suicidal attempt to breach Russian lines.
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  10393. I notice all the militant anti-Russian EU superpowers like Poland, Baltics, Sweden and Finland are keeping a low profile and not making any statements against Russia recently. Only the British are continuing with their war hysteria. If the US leaves NATO, the almighty British can step into the US boots and defend Europe.
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  10394. I see you cannot cope with defeat and you are indulging in badmouthing Russia.
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  10395.  @bluebandites  These 'insane losses' are western claims designed to make you feel Russia's achievement is futile. Have you gone and counted Russia's casualties ? Or you just blindly believe what British and US intelligence say ? British intelligence has put out preposterous nonsense like Russians ran out of missiles, they are using chips from washing machines, their infantry ran out of shells and they had to fight with shovels in Bakhmut, their morale is very low etc. If they lie on these, surely they will lie on casualties as well. Look at the reality. The west says Ukraine lost 30,000 and Russia lost 500,000. Russia fires 10x shell as Ukraine - according to Zelensky. Who is likely to have more casualties ? Ukraine does not have manpower to fight at the front, but Russia has. Ukraine is forcibly taking people off the streets and sending them without too much training to the front. Ukrainian forces are now disobeying orders and some have surrendered. Russia's purpose was not to gain land per se; they have plenty of land. Their objectives are security driven. They want to make it clear to the US it cannot have naval bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia (Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war if needed to prevent US bases in Ukraine), to de-Nazify Ukraine (kill off Azov Batallion, Right Sector and other Ukro Nazi groups) and to demilitarise Ukraine (it will not have army and military production again). To achieve these goals, they have to attack Ukraine as Ukraine after the US led coup of 2014 was not voluntarily agreeing to the neutrality it committed itself at the time of independence. Russia then has to enforce neutrality. To do that, it has to occupy Ukraine just like the Red Army had to occupy Germany to evict Hitler and Nazism, and enforced demilitarisation of Germany. In the case of Germany, the Soviets did not annex it. In the case of Ukraine, as some of the areas have Russian population and were built by Russia historically (like Crimea, Donbass, Odessa, Kharkhov and Kiev), these will have to be returned to Russia. Putin has to honour the sacrifices of the Russian soldiers who take these places, so he cannot return them even if Ukraine is de-Nazified and demilitarised. These Russian areas were gifted to Ukraine in 1992, out of goodwill, under the understanding Ukraine will be a neutral state and not part of any military alliance. Ukraine under US incitement reneged on neutrality, it walked away from the peace negotiations and compromise in Turkey, under US and UK tutelage, so it cannot complain if it does not exist anymore. They chose their destiny.
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  10396.  @dshaw8356  What is - is defeat of the collective west. What could be - is solace in the face of the current defeat.
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  10397. Exactly, the west has now become apologists for UkroNazis - because they are anti-Russian. If you look at Youtube videos including BBC, you have ones expressing concern at the rise of Nazi groups in Ukraine.
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  10398. He was fully supported on the tax cut.
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  10399. You are writing about Russian bots because the Russians have beaten the collective west.
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  10400. Western media was telling us that Bakhmut is not important, they could not understand why the Russians are after it. Why are the Ukranians not giving it up and getting killed if it is not important ? Two of the roads leading to Bakhmut have been taken, they are working to close the remaining. And the commander Skala says 'we have not seen enemy troops like this before, their soliders openly advance under fire, even if only 20 are left of their 60 men, it is very difficult to hold against such an invasion, a few weeks ago we had to withdraw from the eastern approaches to the city to save our soldiers'. Earlier, the western media was telling us Russian soldiers are low on morale and motivation.
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  10401.  @entropybear5847  Indeed, Germany and Europe and the UK decided to commit economic suicide because they believe they have shared values with the US,
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  10402.  @Vaidelotelis  Russia was not seeking to expand, the US which lives on another continent was trying to expand NATO into Ukraine. Denmark and Estonia had better learn how to live next to the Bear and not provoke it. The Bear minds its business, unless you go and poke it, thinking you have US protection. This is what Denmark and Estonia do. Then the Bear will come after you and the US will not come to save you. This is what happened to Ukraine. Ukraine thought it could fight Russia because the US gave it some stones to throw at the Bear. The Bear came and mauled Ukraine and the US wants to cut and run as it does not want to get mauled. Get it ? Apply your intellect.
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  10403. Western morale has been undermined by defeat in Ukraine, hence their paranoia - they start seeing their shadows as enemies.
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  10404. Closed the skies ? Russia would shoot down US planes and kill US servicemen, and they can't bear that.
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  10405.  @ram.ram.saryane8121  I thought India became part of Afghanistan once.
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  10406.  @borghorsa1902  A lot of the world is siding with Russia and China to finish off the west, so that they cannot do an Iraq and Afghanistan again. Russia is deindustrialising Europe and is promoting de-dollarisation. Sir Putin has single handedely ended the western 'international rules based order' and the rest of the world thanks him for the benefit.
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  10407.  @borghorsa1902  A lot of the world is siding with Russia and China to finish off the west, so that they cannot do an Iraq and Afghanistan again. Russia is deindustrialising Europe and is promoting de-dollarisation. Sir Putin has single handedely ended the western 'international rules based order' and the rest of the world thanks him for the benefit.
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  10408.  @borghorsa1902  The European Union can pass whatever decision it likes, but it is a collection of weaklings, neither singly nor collectively or even with US can fight Russia. It should live in fear of Russia. The Germans and French were given sound beatings by the Russians and they will give the same to anyone that dares threaten them. Russia is de-industrialising Europe. BASF has announced it is downsizing and moving to China. Aluminium, zinc and glass factories have shut in Germany and Europe. Russia has won the economic war. Qatar dismissed the LNG price cap, likewise Russia will just ignore the price cap.
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  10409. 'General Sherreff often underestimates Ukrainian resilience and strength and often overestimates Russian 'successes!' Resilience was in the past. Now the Ukrainians do not have manpower, the Russians killed of their army, and will not let them rebuild, and what survives do not have ammo.
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  10410.  @scoobydoobers23  So your hope is they will run out of Soviet equipment and men, and then Ukraine will turn the tide. That sounds like British intelligence to me. They had said in 2022 that Russia had run out of men, in any case they were untrained and unmotivated, and they were fighting with shovels. Zelensky said the same. But one by one Maripol, Severodonetsk, Siversk, Bakmuth, Avdivka have fallen, and Pokrovsk is next. The same unmotivated soldiers with shovels managed it, and Ukraine + NATO are losing. Maths is kicking in - for Ukraine. Ukraine does not have enough men, many were slaughtered in Bakhmut and the 2023 counter offensive, and many are being killed in Kursk. The west does not have enough Patriots, so Lvov and Poltava and others are being struck, and there is no power. Get it ?
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  10411. As a German, you should keep your mouth shut. Russia destroyed your Nazis and it is destroying the Ukro Nazis.
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  10412. BBC has lost a lot of credibility and they do not seem to realise. The Ukraine and Gaza wars have exposed the BBC's lying to protect the western establishment.
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  10413. Putin said he is stopping the air strikes - for now. His said his intention is not to reduce all of Ukraine to rubble. The air strikes were to send a message to Ukraine and the west not to get carried away and think it can hit a bridge in Crimea without retaliation. The Ukranians were certainly shaken by the strikes. If pushed, Ukraine will receive a nuclear strike and the west will watch from the sides as they don't want one on their heads.
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  10414. Why does he want Putin to negotiate now ? As Putin said at the end of 2023, Russia does not want to negotiate just because the west has run out of arms and money.
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  10415. Zelensky probably knows the reality and would like to negotiate. But he has two obstacles. Americans will not let him; having given 40 billion, they want a return; the Americans want to fight the Russians to the last Ukranian. The Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Regiment will kill him as he will have to cede land. Ukraine is in a real hole. They are losing ground and counting vainly on miracle western weapons, and at the same time making unrealistic demands like asking Russia to give back Crimea. It is not only Zelensky that is to blame, the Ukranian people are to blame as well for selecting Zelensky, and allowing Ukro Nazis to take over.
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  10416.  @pacemart60  I am aware Zelensky has been there 3 years. The degeneration of Ukraine started before, due to the Ukranians, and American instigation. Western Ukraine always had some fascist groups since the 1920s and 1930s (Stepan Bandera). Ukraine started developing a anti-Russian ethno nationalism which was bound to come into conflict with Ukranians of Russian ethnicity. This was spawned by Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. The Azov Batallion was founded by Andrei Biletski, whose self declared aim was to save the white race from the Jews and untermenschen. Both Right Sector and Azov Batallion were militias and they set up indoctrination camps for the youth. Some Ukranian parents started sending their children to such camps. Soon white nationalists from the western world started going to Ukraine for training. There are plenty of mainstream western media reports stating the danger these Ukro Nazi groups posed to the west (just check Youtube). There was a parallel development with Americans interfering and promoting anti Russian groups in Ukraine. This was done when Victoria Nuland was stationed in Kiev during Obama's period. She is a neo con Zionist and her husband was a Robert Kagan, an architect for the Iraq war. Victoria Nuland and John McCain were present in the Maidan Square in Kiev cheering on the mobs that overthrew the elected PM Yankovich in 2014 (just like Trump's mob at Capitol). Thus, the seeds for Ukraine's self destruction was sown by the Ukranians and the US sponsored them. Zelensky is a continuation. But the fatal mistake was insisting on joining NATO. Russia would have accepted EU, but NATO meant the US would put missiles in Ukraine. Zelensky has to continue with what he has got with US support - fight Russians with resulting destruction of Ukraine. Now the Azov Nazis who surrendered in Azovstahl are projected as heros by the Ukranians and the west. Russia has made up its mind that Ukraine cannot be left to be used by Americans to threaten Russia.
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  10417.  @pacemart60  Alright, it is not Zelensky alone. It is the Ukro Nazis (Right Sector, Azov Batallion) who overthrew an elected government in 2014, the Americans who prepared and supported that coup (Victoria Nuland and John McCain), with the intention of NATO expansion and putting missiles in Ukraine to encircle and threaten Russia. Zelensky is to be blamed as well for continuing along this suicidal path and for not having the courage to tell the Americans that it is best for Ukraine to be neutral and have good relations with both west and Russia.
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  10418. Either Zelensky agrees to Trump's deal, otherwise Russia will finish the job.
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  10419.  @geofflewis8599  Never mind Trump. Ukraine is finished, defeat is irreversible. Get it ?
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  10420. Some months ago, Zelenksy said Putin is dead and a double was acting on his behalf ! I guess now Russia should go after the Ukrainian leadership. This sort of behaviour should not be tolerated.
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  10421. Ukranians say they are making incremental progress on Kherson - like the Russians !
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  10422. So for now at least you accept Ukraine is defeated and has to surrender land. Then you indulge in wishful thinking. The Soviet Union allowed German reunification because it believed US statement that NATO will not move an inch to the east, They will not fall for that. They know NATO must be rendered useless.
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  10423. The Ukranian soldier does not sound too confident - after speculation about liberating Donetsk, he adds 'who knows' ? Times Radio has been one of the channels spreading misinformation saying Ukraine was winning. But you can see the Ukrainians have their backs against the wall and heading for defeat.
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  10424. Russia should treat these wrteches sympathetically so when they return they don't create trouble and cooperate in rebuilding Ukraine.
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  10425. Excellent analysis. Surprise from CNN. It was not the usual presentation of Israeli invincibilty. It presented the reality, the difficulty Israel will face in entering Gaza, in getting the hostages, and the possibility of a prolonged two or three front war.
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  10426. Even with all the prisoners and other zombie meat, they cannot sustain these losses for much longer than another year. You said this two years ago. You think Ukranians can continue ? What is the evidence ? The west does not have the weapons and the Ukrainians have no manpower. Russia has both. So what will be the outcome ?
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  10427. I have seen Putin in interviews is measured, has self control, is not abusive, and knows history. Western leaders appear immature and spiteful. They convey the impression they are defeated. The 'jokes' were actually very lame but the west is gloating as if that was its macho put down of a Russian leader they feel is macho because he beats them !
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  10428. Russia should not accept the ceasefire.
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  10429. We need Russia to root out Nazism from Ukraine. I think more than Poland, Russia is needed to root out Nazism in Germany which is growing again (with AfD). It is absolutely essential for Russia to be strong against the destructive Europeans. As one of the ladies says, Poland can be left alone providing it does not cross the threshold and use the west to threaten Russia. The same applies to the Baltics. Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad - till a Russian deputy said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered. Lithuania imagined it would be protected by Article 5, but it would have been Ukrained if it continued to blockade a part of Russia.
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  10430.  InfinitiAlex  'why have the Russians ran retreated from over a dozen towns and villages in the last few weeks?' Is that so ? Did the Ukrainians capture anything significant ? Why are their western handlers saying Ukraine has bleak prospects now ? The Russians have advanced on Kupiansk and they are getting ready to take back Kharkhov oblast.
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  10431.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  I understand Australians are convicts and scum bags from England. This is what I was told by English people. Am I right ? It is no surprise you take great pride in being a servant of the US. It gives you a sense of worth. A scumbag feels important.
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  10432.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  The Ukrainians have tried sappers for mine clearing. An uneducated, low IQ Aussie fits their needs.
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  10433.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  Glad you find you very funny and humorous. But I sense you are burning inside.
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  10434.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  'Russia fight like pre WW1.' Is that so ? Then why is everyone quaking in fear ? Why did Zelensky come to Vilnius to beg to join NATO ? And why did the boss of NATO not have the courage to let Ukraine join NATO ? And why is Poland quaking in fear, when 500 musicians appeared on the border ? And why are Finland and Sweden trembling and running to join NATO ? Everyone is clucking like a hen. And you are telling me a dog's turd like Australia has courage to fight Russia ?
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  10435.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  Go and join the international brigade. Most of them have been smoked by the Russians, and the remaining fighters are returning home. But Australian scum like you can try.
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  10436. ​ @KangaJack-ns9gd  I realised when you told me you are a Australian you don't have the backbone to fight Russia. Vassals are cannon fodder for someone else.
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  10437.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  Number 16 ? Tell me a war Australia has won on its own. You are not capable of fighting China or Russia on your own or with others. What is Australia known for apart from a place where the English sent their criminals?
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  10438.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  The country that makes you shake in awe and froth at the mouth....
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  10439.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  The Russians knocked out all the game changers, they will have no trouble knocking F16s out. This is your last straw.
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  10440.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  The Ukranians cannot reach the first defence lines with their junk western equipment. Why do you provide them with junk and ask them to commit suicide ? Why don't you send your nancy boy Australian troops to Ukraine ? You will pass water when you fight with Russia.
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  10441.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  I don't need to. Ukraine needs your help, Zelensky is begging in denmark, and you say you are an Australian soldier.
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  10442.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  Why don't you, a brave Australian, join the international legion and turn the Ukranian counter offensive around ? They are crying for help. Don't wait for the F 16s, that will be ages.
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  10443.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  'That there are some people that do have an idea' So what is your brave idea from Australia to save Ukraine from defeat ?
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  10444.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  The video does not say anything about unarmed civilians being targeted, it is about the ridiculously powerful Ukrainian brigade that is going to breach the Russian lines. They will be targeted and massacred. So why are you ranting like a madman about what is not the subject ? Did I bamboo you ? Go and help the Ukranians, show what Australians are capable of.
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  10445.  @Despisefundamentalists-cm5dv  'outdated weapons' ? You saw the Leopards, Bradleys etc. on videos. Some of them are on show in Moscow. Tell us why you are giving Ukranians junk and asking them to commit suicide for you.
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  10446.  @Despisefundamentalists-cm5dv  Tell me about Leopards and why they got burnt. Why are the Challengers in hiding ? And why has the US not sent Abrams ?
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  10447.  @Despisefundamentalists-cm5dv  'There are some actual soldiers and ex on here BORIS.' Ex soldiers are dimwits. Go and show your prowess in Ukraine. See if you come back alive.
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  10448.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  'I would happily take up arms against you, and would not hesitate.' Come to Ukraine then, they need your help. But you are all mouth and no trousers. I forgot, you are an Australian.
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  10449.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  Australians are indeed the wrong people. Ukraine does not need dog turd.
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  10450.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  No one from a non-country like Australia knows about military. You would not have the guts to fight Russia. Russia has hypersonic missiles - do you know what they are ? They can wipe you out in a blink of an eye, but it is a waste to expend them on Australia.
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  10451.  @SimonPaterson-b5c  The country that makes you pass water and makes you froth around the mouth...
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  10452.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  The Australians are expendable, that is why the Americans select you for their mission in Afghanistan, to die on their behalf.
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  10453.  @Despisefundamentalists-cm5dv  Why is the Ukrainian offensive floundering ? In Vilnius, why did Biden agree to the Russian demand not to let Ukraine into NATO ? And he refused to give Ukraine a time map. That is defeat. If Biden had the guts, he would have said, 'we are admitting Ukraine into NATO in this meeting, and we shall send troops to Ukraine'. The reason for the cowardice is the Americans will come back in body bags and there will be uproar. Cowards cannot win wars. We saw American cowardice when they ran away from Kabul, and cornered the first flights without telling its 'Allies'.
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  10454.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  You have a contract with a military ? It means you are an Australian mercenary. You can breach the contract, accept some personal loss, and say defence of Ukraine is more important. Then go and join the counter offensive, and turn it around. It all depends on an Australian dingo !
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  10455.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  I am an anti-Nazi Ukranian who supports Russia. An Australian dingo will get massacred. Don't bother.
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  10456.  @KangaJack-ns9gd  I can see from your repetitive posts saying the same thing, I have infuriated you. You cannot be a good fighter. Did I step on a raw nerve, dingo ? Dingo = Aus. for a cheat, a scoundrel, a traitor, a coward. You have an appropriate Australian word to describe your behaviour. The Ukrainians fight better than you, but they could send some Australian dingos across the minefields !
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  10457. CNN has been one of the main channels bending over backwards to give fabricated news to mislead the western public. CNN's credibility is therefore damaged as it has just acted as a supporter of the US government. As Prof. Chomksy has said about media, it acted as an agent to manufacture consensus. Now the reality has dawned that Ukraine and the west face defeat. We know the next step : start the blame game, Ukraine is at fault and not really the US which encouraged the illusory belief Ukraine could defeat Russia, and Russia was weak economically and militarily.
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  10458. Note he only says the west has all the means to help Ukraine finish the war - he does not say the west has any means to help Ukraine win the war ! To finish the war, the only solution is to make Ukraine negotiate and cut the money and arms. There is no way Ukraine can win back the lost territory. There is no way Ukraine can break the stranglehold on its economy. Russia has all the strong cards and any peace will be on their terms. NATO and the EU cannot be even mediation or negotiation partners. DW should not seek the opinion of wasters like Lithuania. It shows how pathetic the west is.
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  10459. The arguments and substance of the presentation are correct. But Palki does not have a proper new style like the BBC, as she puts personal remarks. She asks rhetorically 'What does it mean?' Then : 'Let me tell you' How very noble (mocking Europeans) 'I have some numbers for you' You see the difference here.. Think about it. Sums up Europe's hypocrisy. She comes across as someone with a chip on the shoulder. Typical angry Indian raging against perceived insult to India. Although her content is correct, the presentation is unprofessional. That is why WION will never be a credible news channel. Her style is more suitable to individual podcaster, not for an organisational one like WION. I suggest Palki changes to a more professional presentation style, so it is credible. The same material can be presented without directly telling the listener her conclusions. That is how western media succeeds so well .
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  10460.  @termonostruman  Fake news never agitates me. I can see straight through it. There is no plutonium or gun powder. That is fake news you added. Dimwit, maybe it is fake news from Russia to give you sleepless nights !
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  10461.  @Spencerlayne  The professors are also part of the govt. establishment. They are brought up to believe in western hegemony, and they feign moral outrage when things do not go according to their 'rules based international order'. They cannot admit the west had any fault such as reckless NATO expansion. When the west flouted their 'rules based international order' and invaded Iraq, the same people will justify it and come out with stories of the excellence of their Abrams and Challenger tanks.
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  10462.  @Mountainclimber-zv4u1  In Sweden and Finland, the govts. have started training people for radiation bunkers. They are in fear, they could be the first targets. The British are likely to be even more priority targets, buts its leaders are proudly escalating thinking Russia is bluffing.
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  10463.  @radio9730  Sweden is fine, is that why you are scared and running for NATO membership like a headless chicken ?
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  10464. You cannot blame the comedian. You blame the comedian's handlers like Biden. They thought they could threaten Russia, defeat it with sanctions, and get Ukraine to beat Russia with their weapons which they believed were superior.
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  10465. Article 5 (regardless of Trump's stance) was always weak. All it says is an attack on one will be taken as an attack on all. But it has no unanimity on what the action should be. All it says is each country may respond as it wants including up to war. Spending 5% of GDP will not make any difference. The US can opt to send medical supplies if Russia seizes the Baltics.
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  10466. So what has this NATO general said that will make it capable of fighting Russia ?
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  10467. Russia is not asking for negotiations. Zelensky is begging to end the war by December. Russia will keep going till Ukraine accepts neutrality and cedes land, or all of it is destroyed.
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  10468.  @j96700  No it will not. Afghanistan was not vital to Russia like Ukraine is. Ukraine will be as ravaged as Afghanistan and reconstruction will be impossible. Russia will not allow it. Russia has taken the industrial areas and the coastal areas, and that is not reversible. With the coastal blockade, Russia is able to strangle Ukraine's economy.
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  10469. The Europeans are subordinates, they cannot think for themselves, otherwise they would not have allowed the US to do reckless NATO expansion. The Europeans were comfortable with Al Capone's gangsterism, but when Al Capone scooted, you lost confidence in America.
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  10470.  @marymarlow3646  US NATO expansion was led by US arms companies like Lockheed in 1997. There are articles in the New York Times from 1997 and 1998. Look them up. The CEO of Lockheed set up a company to lobby US politicians to expand NATO. Those small countries would not have come to NATO without the US fishing for business for its arms companies. If you care so much for these countries, then send troops to Ukraine. Instead, you threw Ukraine under the bus and left when it got too hot. Putin had invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. The west did not take up the challenge. Putin knows your innate cowardice. Now Russia has eliminated Ukraine's men, and you don't have the arms. The game is over for you. Get it ?
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  10471.  @sukhmaidickoff  NATO's command structure is American. Without America, we see the Europeans are headless chicken.
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  10472.  @sukhmaidickoff  NATO's command structure is American. Europeans are irrelevant. The biggest three UK, France, Germany cannot tolerate each other. The eastern Europeans are useless. No one can fight Russia. It is best to seek to avoid fights. US used NATO expansion for its agenda to feed its arms contractors, now that has hit a brick wall, the US is withdrawing. Europe will be left with the refugees, Europe is deindustrialised and Ukraine will be fed by EU aid. It is economically unsustainable.
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  10473. Biden has said 'no' to missiles to use against Russia. He is a lame duck President, he cannot take decisions which will draw US into a direct war with Russia. The US knows the war is lost, it does not want this to come out before the elections. The rest of NATO members do not count. After the elections, if Trump wins, Vance has said Russia should be allowed to keep what it has AND rest of Ukraine will be free but outside NATO. If Harris wins, she too will withdraw but ask Europeans take over project Ukraine.
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  10474. Lithuania believes it is now a superpower.
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  10475.  @generalgrievous696  Where do you get the delusion that NATO will respond ? NATO is the US. Without the US, Europe would not last one day, 30 or 32 does not matter. Kissinger had said that the US would not fight a nuclear war with the USSR to save Germany and Europe. Why should the US self destruct ?
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  10476.  @aramisio2  How did Russia break the Budapest Memorandum ? That agreement says the signatories US, UK and Russia not to use arms against Ukraine, except when if it threatens the security of the three signatories. Now Ukraine is not going to threaten the security of US and UK. But it decided to threaten the security of its neighbour Russia, by trying to enter into a sneaky military alliance with the other two signatories. The other two signatories have also played dirty against Russia by inciting anti Russian groups and creating a coup in 2014. Hence, Ukraine and two of the signatories broke the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum conspired against Russia, and the clause about the allowability of military action in the defence of security of the signatories comes into play. Ukraine and two signatories went against the Budapest Memorandum, so that is the end of it. Russia will end Ukraine's independence.
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  10477. How have his views saved Ukraine ?
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  10478. The mercenary rats are leaving as they too realise that Ukraine is getting defeated. The US and its allies have seen the writing on the wall and told Ukraine it cannot join NATO and it should show gratitude before asking for more.
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  10479.  @rc-st9pg  You have to go back to 1997 when Lockheed's CEO set up a company to lobby US politicians to support NATO expansion. The articles on this are in the New York Times and are available still on the net. Educate yourself on the US's role in the conflict before you comment here.
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  10480.  @GaryGraham-sx4pm  The US threatened Russia by seeking missile and naval bases in Ukraine. If Russia had planned the same in Mexico, the US would have done the same.
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  10481. According to the west, Russia wants Bakhmut, to show it is not defeated.
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  10482. I always assume a German is a Nazi unless proved otherwise. Their officialdom is rude, arrogant, bossy.....They have annoyed me to the extent that I have told them not act like Nazis. I trust since they are blunt, they would not mind my bluntness.
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  10483. Ukraine led by NATO left Russia with no choice but to enforce unconditional surrender or complete annihilation. When Ukraine walked away from the deal agreed in Turkey at the behest of Biden's shoe shine boy, Boris Johnson, Putin said next time the terms will be tougher. Now the Russian term is unconditional surrender. Just like the Red Army enforced the surrender of the Nazis in Berlin. Now where is Biden who promised support for however long it takes. Where is BoJo who said Putin will not be allowed to win ? Where is Macron who said he will send troops to Ukraine ?
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  10484. Can't those Patriots stop this missile ? Earlier Zelensky was boasting Patriots were taking down hypersonic missiles. Now he is calling emergency meeting with NATO and complaining about escalation. Why ?
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  10485. It is going to plan. The US will not get missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Ukraine is being demilitarised - its professional army has been killed off, and it cannot raise trained soldiers. Ukraine's economy is wrecked, it cannot survive without western aid; it is a permanent burden on the west. Europe is being de-industrialised. America face de-dollarisation. Sir Vladimir is a master strategist.
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  10486. Azov Regiment said it is fighting and sacrificing to save the entire free world.
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  10487. Britain was the top cheer leader for fighting Russia in Ukraine. After the collective west was defeated in Ukraine, Britain wants to fight the next war - and show it can beat Russia ! It is like after losing a chess game, you are itching to play the next game to win ! The British are immature. Britain is a once-upon-a-time country that still believes it is great power that can thrive by its former colonial war mongering. It is irrelevant.
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  10488. Zelensky is a comedian put up as a great statesman fighting for western values. He was foolish to believe them. They don't have values, they have interests. Zelensky met those US interests for a while, but when he becomes damaging for their interests, the US will drop him. I do not see any country commit national suicide just to be complimented for western values.
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  10489. Leave them with some weapons for the shaping operations !
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  10490. Macron said Russia was the enemy. Why ? Because Russia helped liberate our African colonies like Niger from our grip. That is Russia is admired throughout the non-western world. Russia must be congratulated for the defeat of the collective west.
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  10491.  @nanunanu8745  The blatant double standards, to protect apartheid in Israel, has cost the west its credibility. That is why the rest of the world did not join them against Russia.
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  10492.  @theprinceofpie I did not say anyone claimed Iron Dome was invincible in so many words. But the Israelis and the west projected it to give the image that it is invincible, and its opponents need bother trying to hit Israel. Like the British projected their Challenger and the Americans their Abrams tanks as if they were invincible - till the Russians destroyed them.
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  10493.  @marymay3759  The BBC is a notorious hypocrite that bats for Israel. It is part of the British establishment, the people who handed Palestinian land to Jews. The BBC will do a sympathetic programme on victims of Oct. 7 but has never done one for the Palestinians. A well cited example of its bias and duplicity is its choice of words : Israelis were killed, Palestinians died. Nobody claimed that Iron Dome is invincible, but the Israelis and BBC types present Iron Dome as if it is invincible so that opponents give up before starting. You need to hear the comment in the discussion about the headache the troublesome Palestinians pose to the west with their asymmetric warfare, to know whose side they are supporting. The opponents got their way through Iron Dome and they will keep hitting the Israelis.
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  10494. Ukraine was never going to win, the west should never incited Ukraine to fighting a proxy war for them.
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  10495.  @henrikstephenson2246  Dumb diversion. If Ukraine accepted the deal in Turkey, how can UN over rule ? Ukraine was over ruled by Johnson and Biden - it is proof that Ukraine is not a sovereign country. Get it, numskull ?
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  10496. The Kherson offensive has petered out. Zelensky told us that Ukraine would recapture Crimea by December. Russia evacuated Kherson, let Ukrainians move in, and then started killing them. It destroyed the power grid all over Ukraine and returned Ukraine to the 15th century. The Russians are battering Bakhmut and it appears it will go the Mariopol way.
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  10497. Now when they discuss 'Who will be next if Russia wins in Ukraine?', it is a tacit admission that Russia has won ! The blame game has started.
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  10498. Your support led to loss of Ukraine. Inciting a country to fight a superpower killed Ukraine.
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  10499. Comedian Zelensky asks Ukrainians to consider leaving the country before winter. Boxer Klistscko advises Ukranians to go to the country side. At the same time, they tell us Russia has no missiles left, or Russian missiles miss their targets. Then they say 70 missiles came, the Ukranians shot down 66. At the same time they cry Russia is bringing blackouts and that is a war crime.
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  10500. 'why you want desperately Putin to sign any "truce" ?' Because the US realised it cannot win. When you can't win, join the winner.
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  10501. What are you talking about, numskull ? NATO will not exist for Ukraine to join.
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  10502. The English fellow still says that when the F16s arrive in numbers, it will be a game changer.
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  10503.  @gregorimicleson  The bear has defeated the collective west, and that included its chief dog, the US. What can the puppies of Europe do against the bear ?
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  10504.  @JonSmith-wg8mr  'the bear is still stuck in the same four oblasts it attacked 3 years ago and has lost thousands' The bear has taken the 4 oblasts and consolidated it so that Ukraine cannot take it back ever. At the beginning the Russians clawed and bit furiously in all directions, but now they are going sensibly. The Donbas is the Russian speaking area, it is the industrial area that generated the bulk of Ukraine's GDP, it is now irreversibly under Russia. Get it ? 'Only the USA could get it out of trouble ' The USA did not decide to get Russia out of trouble, it decided to extricate itself from wasteful expenditure in a lost war. You must be a typical European numskull if you cannot grasp this. Russia's primary aim was not to take land, it was to tell Ukraine it cannot have US and NATO bases in Ukraine. The US now accepts that. Russia has comprehensively won as that was its sole aim. As Trump told Zelensky, Ukraine has no cards.
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  10505.  @РафаэльСаркисянц-ъ2т  At the moment, the European puppies like Starmer and Macron are barking out of false pride, but soon they will fall in line behind their chief dog, The thought of being sent to Ukraine to fight the bear induces fright.
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  10506.  @jacafren  'Danish PM Mette Frederiksen said it well “the only red line that counts was Putin invading Ukraine' Wait till US takes Greenland, you might need Russian help then, numskull !
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  10507. Hungary should leave NATO and put Russian bases and do whatever it needs for energy security !
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  10508. Basically, the west is frustrated that they cannot do anything whatsover to stop the referenda, so they badmouth it.
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  10509.  @seanniemeyer5437  'why would the USA put military bases in Ukraine? ' Why does the US put bases everywhere in the world ? In Mid East countries, in Africa, in Japan, in Philippines, in Europe ? Are you a numskull who cannot understand why the US does it ? The US does this so it can control those countries. The US now knows it cannot have bases in Ukraine. The US thought it could, but it knows now that Russia is prepared to fight the US in Ukraine - and that will turn nuclear and US cities will also be incinerated. Get it ? Putin said it is better to stop US plans in Ukraine now, because after Ukraine gets into NATO, he price would be even higher for Russia as it would have to fight a nuclear war to dislodge the US from Ukraine. By blocking the US now, before it could start its nefarious plan, Russia has averted a nuclear war - because the Americans will think that Russia has shown it will fight a war, and if we enter Ukraine we shall have to fight Russians, and it will turn into a nuclear war which will incinerate our cities (incinerating Russian cities is no consolation). The US will think incinerating Russian cities is no consolation for having is own cities incinerated, and Ukraine is not worth that price. Get it ?
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  10510. But Russia took 4 oblasts, and saw off the Ukrainian-NATO counter offensive, so Ukraine is not getting these back, and it is set to lose more. Ukraine has become an unviable state, dependent on western handouts, and when America loses interest, that is the final end. What Russia has achieved : ended US plans to have bases in Ukraine, as it has conveyed it is ready to use the nuclear sword; it is de-industrialising Europe; it is driving de-dollarisation to end US control of the world economy. It is a hybrid war, it goes much beyond territory. Get it ?
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  10511. Congress is compromised by the Jews and Israel lobby. The Jewess Victoria Nuland and others like Blinken are the architect of the war against Russia. Her husband, the Jew Robert Kagan was one of architects of the Iraq invasion. The Israel lobby is dragging the US into another war with Iran.
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  10512. 'Also they are not allowed to use any of the advanced weapons from the west to attack Russia behind their border. If Ukraine could destroy the logistical points and supply lines in Russia it would make a huge difference' You speak like a child. If Ukraine was allowed to do what you want, it will receive a nuclear strike from Russia. And don't come back and say the US will fight a nuclear war with Russia after the event. The west knows this, so there is no mystery why it tells Ukraine not to use western weapons to attack Russia.
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  10513.  @carlosslimjunior  They have Ukraine by the scruff of the neck. Russia has taken the industrial lands that generated Ukraine's GDP, they have complete control of its shipping lanes (grains shipped only with Russian permission), they have destroyed the power grid, they have inflicted $ 1 trillion of damage, Russia will never allow NATO to set foot in Ukraine, and it is impossible to reconstruct Ukraine without Russian permission. That is pretty comprehensive. They do not need to take all. Their purpose was that US will not have naval bases in Ukraine and that has been achieved. Ukraine will not be in NATO.
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  10514.  @markheithaus  He is sensible, he knows US cannot fight Russia without being injured seriously. On the other hand, he knows US can dictate to weaklings like Panama, Canada and Denmark/EU.
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  10515.  @markheithaus  It is not just Trump, America has been a bully. It has been beating up Muslim countries to steal their resources. And the Europeans were willing accomplices. Now, you realise the US is a bully because the US has become desperate and is willing to bully its accomplices also.
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  10516. Israel is a colonial settler state, the last one. But it is maintained with western aid.
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  10517.  @hoseadavit3422  Ukraine is welcome to fight 20 years. There will be no reconstruction possible in those 20 years. They can be like Afghanistan, abandoned by the west.
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  10518.  @hoseadavit3422  There is no way Russia will give back any land. Ukraine was given independence under the understanding that it will return the nukes and be a neutral country and not join in any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine reneged and back stabbed Russia by trying to join NATO and give the US bases to threaten Russia. Russia is sanctioned and blockaded, but they turned the tables and floored the western economies, so what are you talking about, the west is seeking relief. Reconstruction will take place when Russia decides - when Ukraine distances itself from NATO and accepts the land transfer as the price for its mischief.
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  10519. 'saying he wants us to stay out of this'. Trump is advising you kindly to stay out. Sir Putin has said if Europeans set foot in Ukraine, your troops will be killed. When the body bags arrive in Britain and France after a Kinzhal strike, there will be uproar and your govts. will fall.
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  10520. She is relatively impartial (compared with BBC and CNN), but she uses the term 'western values' and unconsciously thinks Russia-China as a threat to that. That is where the underlying bias showed up.
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  10521. America is an unprincipled nation, after WW2, it recruited Stefan Bandera, the Ukro Nazi, to work against the Soviet Union. The Azov Batallion wear Nazi tattoos and there are Bandera statues and roads all over Ukraine now.
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  10522. You are a fantasist if you think Ukraine has any choice but to surrender, when you cannot afford to maintain Ukraine and you don't have the guts to send troops to Ukraine. Why is the west now talking about negotiations ? Because it has realised Ukraine cannot win and its fantasy of NATO expansion is not going to happen. But it is too late for Ukraine and the west. Why should Russia agree to negotiations when it is winning ? It is not going to allow a pause so the west can rearm Ukraine.
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  10523. Russia and the rest of the world know who is the culprit of this and the Nordstream. That is why the culprit announced Ukraine had nothing to do with it so soon after.
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  10524.  @utsav0309  How do you know the person who made the mistake is not a white Briton ?
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  10525. That is why the west has lost all credibility after the Ukraine and Palestinian war. They are hypocritical about Israel, while against Russia, they had their bottoms kicked.
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  10526. What is brilliant ? Ukraine's death is prolonged because you are sending a ventilator ?
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  10527. What is the reason for an emergency meeting ? The US scoffed at the missile and said Russia does not have many, and it is not a threat. Why is Zelensky shouting about escalation ?
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  10528.  @MarsStarcruiser  The Russians don't shout about what they are going to do in advance. They do and keep the west guessing what is their intentions. The western media ties up their public and politicians with all kinds of false interpretations, and make them imagine they are winning.
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  10529. Orzhenik was sent to hit an arms production factory. Russia has destroyed Abrams, Leopards, ATACAMS and all other western junk.
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  10530. Stalemate is the new western narrative about Ukraine. They cannot admit defeat.
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  10531. 'Poland Deserves Great Respect, Great Military Power and a Better Future.' Unfortunately, they are incapable. They have a massive inferiority complex.
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  10532.  SureshKumar-my4zf  'may be other than the impossible sour faced xi Jin ping, of course' Earlier when the west shunned Modi after his Gujarat riots, Modi used to run to Xi for acceptance. Remember ? Xi looked imperious, Modi a supplicant. But it turned sour when Xi put India in its place and took land, and Modi had to keep quiet like a mouse. Xi does not need Modi's fake hug, he is a strong leader, not a poster boy. In Delhi, there were posters of Modi every 100 metres. One was tasteless and vulgar. It showed ranking of the world's most popular leader - of course Modi was top ! But only because there are 1 billion Hindus who worship him like Hitler. Normally in a democracy, one does not have personality cult. But India's democracy is tacky - just like the rest of the country.
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  10533.  @jkbbumblebee  Jealous of BJP ? It is a partly led by an uneducated tea seller whose main achievement is organising a pogrom and mob violence against minorities. True or not ? Modi has struck a chord with Hindus who are desperate for world recognition. But all Hindus seek to migrate from India - to non-Hindu countries. India is not becoming a superpower just because Modi presided over a G20 summit. Indonesia did the same and India is not much higher than Indonesia. There are only 3 superpowers, China, Russia and the US. India is not going to join them, with Modi or someone else. Nor is Indian going to have a UN SC seat. China took Indian land, and Modi was meek as mouse. Why ?
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  10534.  @amalmohan5295  In the UK and the US, semi burnt bodies were not thrown in the Thames or the Potomac. In Modi's India, the Indian media themselves reported bodies all along the Ganges, hospitals with no oxygen, suppression of death figures, migrant workers walking back and collapsing in villages. It was the worst image from anywhere. Indians were banging utensils and promoting cow's urine as a cure for Covid. No respect what so ever for Indians. 'India has 2nd largest population in the world and its a developing nation' It is not an achievement to have the largest population in the world. India has high illiteracy, that is why it breeds leaders like Modi, that is why criminals get elected. India will remain a permanently undeveloped nation. It is retarded by its caste system.
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  10535.  @Noone..........  Churchill wrote books, he was not a tea seller organising mob riots as Modi, and speaking garbage. Churchill described Indians as a beastly people with a beastly religion. I have been to India and sadly I have to admit I recall what he said, and I feel it was not off the mark. What else can one think of a people who worship the cow and kill human beings for it ? The writer Khushwant Singh said Hindus have contradictions in the character. He said they have morbid respect for animals and beastly cruelty to humans. True or not ? You worship cows and kill human beings.
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  10536.  @PSP-lr7ms  What is the 11th and 3rd position ? Population ? India comes in the bottom 30 on all measures of standard of living. That is what all Indians seek to migrate out of India, and that is why Indians are the biggest visa overstayers everywhere. See what position India is on passport rankings and if it has changed under Modi.
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  10537.  @kts6925  'life long motivation for Hindus to steer ahead' Like Germans felt they were steering ahead with Hitler.
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  10538.  @AlFreeman-xy4jy  As an Italian, do you know Modi belongs to a paramilitary group called RSS, which was founded on the basis of Mussolini's stormtroopers and his party has ideology borrowed from German Nazism, and seeks to eliminate non-Hindus (Christians and Muslims) ? Is that alright for you, or are you an ignorant Italian ? Modi riles against Sonia Gandhi, because she is of Italian birth, although she is a naturalised Indian. Read up on India before you talk. Meloni herself has connections with Mussolini, so maybe for you Indian fascism is not a problem.
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  10539.  @rangarajanvijayaraghavan7077  Stinky place is India. It is a giant slum, trains smell of urine when they come to a platform, cows on the road. According to an Indian newspaper, Modi spent $ 120 million to set up painted barricades to hide the slums of Delhi. The real India lives behind that.
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  10540.  @Blablablae I have no Hinduphobia. There is a certain amount of contempt for all this Hindu supremacy when you have nothing really, and you invented something as abhorrent as the caste system. Good you acknowledge India has the menace of casteism. What improvements are going on ? A better caste system ? 'Modi's development policies includes PM Jan Dhan yojana (financial inclusion), Jan awas Yojana (residential program), digital India, smart City plan, skill development, Clean India Drive & many more laws.' Hmm - clean India ? Where ? I have seen Indians urinating in public spaces in cities. 'India has seen tremendous growth in infrastructure, science, economics, defence sector.' I know an Indian medical doctor who had to include cow welfare to get a project. 'The BBC video about Gujarat riots showed the half reality. ' What is the other half of the reality ? Why did the govt. ban its viewing and prevent university students showing it ? 'An uneducated tea seller can reach the prime height in his career & run a nation successfully while facing the instable economy, illiteracy, global politics, China & Pakistan's invasive attacks time & again is the testament of his work. ' His access to power was through the Gujarat riot route. You know that. You half acknowledge it. He or his minions still stoke Hindu mob violence at election time - see Manipur etc. A leader who has done a lot of development does not need to do that. See Dr. Singh, Cambridge educated, urbane, achiever without show off. Modi's support is solely based on stoking the base instincts of Hindu. There are Hindus who are intelligent enough to reject that, but you are not. 'As a proud hindu (just like UK's PM) we follow our religion/Dharm wholeheartedly which leads us to the path of righteousness.' Anyone who supports a murderer and hatemonger and says he is righteous is stating a falsehood. Is that your religion ? For followers of murderers and rapists. Sunak is also condemnable for extolling such a person. In UK, it is not possible to instigate a riot and get elected. Sunak is a devious Hindu, following rules in UK, and extolling murderers in India due to loyalty to Hindu dharma. 'The brewing hatred among Hindu & muslim communities in India is a result of decades-old divide & rule policy of wicked Britishers which we are still facing.' The British are not there, and you enthusiastically follow native monsters who brew hatred between communities. How come ? 'We stand against mob lynching, riots, attacks etc & hope to make our society more inclusive.' You are lying. If you were against mob lynching, riots, attacks etc., you would not support Modi. The end of your letter shows I got on your nerves - because I showed exactly why India is third world and will remain so. It will never shed its diabolical caste system, or penchant for mob violence. The British tried to stamp out thugees and dacoits but that is your essential character.
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  10541.  @shambhumishra6332  I don't like to come to an unsanitary and overcrowded country like India, but I have to come on business. There are a few places I like such as Kerala. It is a scenic place and not a giant slum, people are educated there and the social disparity is not so great. And I understand there are Hindus, Christians and Muslims there, but the Hindus don't beat up the minorities. The BBC reported about their cooperation in the 2018 flood and in Covid. 'And personally I really don't wish to go outside.' That is good. Why is Modi asking UK to allows settlement visas for India as part of a trade deal ? Don't you make goods and services to sell, do you only have coolies ? The UK has to be careful about importing Hindu militants because they created a riot in Leicester and the British papers reported it was a byproduct of Modi's Hindu nationalism. Sunak himself shows he is a somewhat cheap Hindu. As a UK PM, you do not go around saying 'I am a proud Hindu'. Nobody asked him to be ashamed. It reflects a low self-esteem among Hindus. He will not win an election. He can go and stand in India after Modi. 'Everything that you are complaining about will change.' So you accept what I observed about India and Indians is generally correct. 'Firmly believe no other party has worked like modi government for sure.' What you mean is no other party beat up the minorities and put them in their place, and made Hindus feel important. Am I right ?
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  10542.  @harshdhawle4288  'It's not slum that's our architecture with current times because of British and other invasions .Slum is a mentality' It is not clear what you are trying to say. Are you saying slums are current Hindu architecture ? What do the British have to do it ? They certainly did not create slum architecture. They built the VT station in Bombay. Modi certainly has a slum mentality. He is famous for the Gujarat slum riot.
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  10543.  @chain2mnm1  ;Our country's education is dependent on our citizens. If they are not willing to get educated, Government cannot do anything.' So why did not Modi not get educated ? He certainly did well without it. A new suit everyday which no western leader would have, a private plane, 500 million fawning Hindus....
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  10544.  @prernaagarwal3548  ' India has become 10 times stronger in military compared to 10 years back.' I read Chinese soldiers picked up Indian soldiers and through them in a river in Galwan valley. Is that why India kept quiet like a mouse afterwards ? 'Covid vaccine was developed in India and exported.' No one recognises that. Astra Zeneneca/Oxford, Pfizer and BioNTech are recognised. The world saw India had no oxygen and half burnt bodies floating in the Ganges. 'Chine would have captured entire arunachal.' China has taken Indian land. Why has not Modi got it back ?
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  10545.  @anonymousp8905  I do not care if Modi wins in 2024 as long as he keeps his Hindu fascism and caste system in India. India will remain a giant slum with cow lynchers and rapists. I don't want UK-India trade deal allowing Modi to infiltrate Hindu fascists into UK.
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  10546.  @sgdworld4581  'The expression you showcased that you didn't visit India!' Learn to write English. English was the best gift the British bequeathed to you. What is the expression I showcased ?
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  10547.  @lavender_dawn7  '...talking shit about our India.' India is shit. It literally has open defecators. Take a train. You have excrement dropping from the train on to the tracks at the platform. You did not built toilets till the British came, and you are still continuing in the same way 76 years. Sunak should go and live in India with his silly Hindu pride.
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  10548.  @lavender_dawn7  'demonetisation was done to reduce the corruption.' Demonetisartion I am told was itself an act of corruption ? Has it ended Indian corruption ? French papers reported the Rafale scam, and the inflated prices and benefits for some failed Gujarati industrialist. In country did people die of Covid due to lack of oxygen. Half burnt bodies were not floating in rivers in other countries. Millions if migrants did not have to walk 1000 km in other countries. 'hindus whose prestigious culture ..... ' What prestigious culture ? You are mired in superstition, mythology and idolatry. The last primitive holding pot of paganism. A beastly people with a beastly religion as Churchill out it. Are you not ashamed that you invented a system whereby the majority was labelled untouchable ? 'It is about India spreading the ideas of embracing the world with peace. ' India embraces Hindu mob violence against minorities. Others do not want to import your Hindu culture. Thank you. We saw Hindu militants create a riot in Leicester as in India.
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  10549.  @adityapatil2644  Chinese don't give a damn about Indians. China has never been in competition with India. It is your media that claims that. No one competes with lower downs. For the Chinese, you are all lower castes.
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  10550.  @zwcdamien  Alright then, Turkey and Hungary do not have honour. Name the European country that has national honour, which is not a door mat of America, and which dares say who blew up Nordstream pipeline, and is ready to challenge the perpetrator.
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  10551. It is all scaremongering. Earlier, they said Russia is into hybrid war and it is targeting Britain. Now it is Iran. The British need to look in the mirror at the mischief that they create. It is a deeply colonial mindset of intrigue, deception, plotting war against others and grabbing wealth. The whole country was built that way.
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  10552.  @MrLordingit  Odessa is a Russian city built by Catherine the Great. The Crimea, Odessa etc. was gifted to Ukraine as part of the USSR. But the Ukranians have proven to be back stabbers, hence Russia will take back Odessa and all the areas of Novo Rossiya. And if the Ukranians continue misbehaving, even Ukranian parts.
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  10553.  @vladshapran5000  Do you have the intellect to reply ?
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  10554.  @BlackEpyon  Ukraine did no declare independence from the USSR all by itself, Ukraine's independence was a negotiated one with Russia - so don't lie. There were two conditions for independence - return nukes, and Ukraine will be a neutral country and not be part of any military alliance against Russia. Ukraine has violated the second condition, by teaming up with Russia's enemy US/NATO, so Russia has decided to break up Ukraine and take some of it back, and destroy the rest - unless Ukraine goes back to neutrality and keeps its distance from NATO. Putin said Russia's security is non-negotiable, and if Ukraine does not watch it, it will disappear. Many countries become independent, but they do not know how to rule and they become a failed country.
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  10555.  @vladshapran5000  Never mind the historicty of Odessa. It is largely Russian speaking. In terms of the present, Russia is forced to prevent establishment of US missile and naval bases in Ukraine which would come with NATO expansion. Therefore, Russia has to confiscate all the coastal land. And it will complete it in due course. The alternative is to destroy and raze Ukraine.
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  10556.  @vladshapran5000  Those places (Montreal, Rio etc.) are not inviting foreign powers to set up missile and naval bases threatening the US. The US has a Monroe doctrine that states the US will not allow a foreign power to set up bases in the Americas.
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  10557.  @vladshapran5000  In that case, why are you writing to a a Kremlin bot ? You have as much intellectual capacity as Zelensky.
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  10558.  @vladshapran5000  The issue is not what language Ukranian citizens speak, and Russia's drive to take back Ukraine is not driven by Russian speakers. I merely said that Crimea, Odessa was built by Russia and joined to Ukraine during the USSR. The critical issue now is the US teaming up with Ukraine to get missile and naval bases in the Ukraine. That is the purpose of NATO induction. It is a direct threat to Russia, and Russia warned it will not allow the US/NATO into Ukraine. Either Ukraine will be annexed, or it will be destroyed, or it will be a combination of both. There is nothing the west can do to stop this. The process may be prolonged but the Ukranian goose will be cooked.
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  10559. If you want to see Nick Connolly bluffing and lying, see the evasive answer to the last question : what is a your general feeling about how is the defence of Ukraine going.... To which Connolly duly says, Ukraine can keep fighting on for a year ! The first part of the video shows Ukrainian soldiers say they do not have ammo. The western media needs to get real. The war is lost for the west. Ukraine's military has been massacred, and they don't have ammo. The Russians have the manpower and they have no shortage of ammo, they produce more than the combined west. Ukraine has lost and will have to pay heavy penalties for opting for defiance and fighting Russia instead of choosing negotiations.
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  10560. Are Russian nuclear weapons also meaningless for Finland ? Your role in joining the German Nazis in the siege of Leningrad is not forgotten, you have not paid for that. So keep your mouth shut.
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  10561.  @theTeknoViking  My good fellow, you are showing vain pride. Russia has living space, water security, food security, energy security and defence security. Tell me which country in Europe has all of these ?
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  10562.  @theTeknoViking  'NATO's combined military is gigantic in comparison, and about to get even bigger.' Have you forgotten the same NATO handed power back to Taliban and scrambled to get out of Kabul only 18 months ago ? The leader of the 'free world' shamelessly cornered the first flights out and did not tell the other NATO allies it had dragged to Afghanistan. At that time, there was despair and criticism of America in Europe. Have you forgotten, or are you just ignorant ? NATO did not have the guts to cross into Ukraine or put a no fly zone ? Because at the end of the day no NATO people want to die. You need to understand the current situation was not brought about because of an autocrat but because of the greed of American arms companies to expand NATO. So don't put on airs about angelic NATO and diabolical Russia.
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  10563.  @theTeknoViking  'You need to understand, NATO would never attack Russia, it is a DEFENSE coalition. ' The same NATO with 30 allies went and attacked Afghanistan just because US said. Even Ukraine which was not part of NATO sent 5000 troops (hence, Ukraine cannot complain now if Russia gives it a beating). 'But now, especially after being threatened by Russia, it is more than 70%. I myself was certainly not for a NATO membership.' Russia did not threaten Finland or Sweden. In past history, the Swedes invaded Russia and got defeated in Poltava. Finland joined Nazi Germany to siege Leningrad. You made up that you felt threatened, and now you want to bring Americans in to put missiles to threaten Russia - you are playing the same idiotic game as Ukraine and the result will be the same. Sweden and Finland will become first-strike nuclear targets for Russia; that is your own choice. 'So what if Ukraine wanted to join NATO? They are free to do what they want, as a sovereign nation.' If Ukraine joins NATO, the US would put missiles targeting Russia. Russia is not going to allow that. They should not allow it. Ukraine is not free to do what it wants. Sovereignty does not give the right to invite another power to put their missiles to threaten a neighbouring country. If you do that, and the neighbour is powerful, you invite a beating. That would be the case whether it is Ukraine or Finland. It is playing with fire. Besides Ukraine's independence was based on conditional sovereignty. In its declaration of independence of 1994, Ukraine had promised to be a neutral country which would not join any military alliance. After 2014, Ukraine unilaterally reneged on this agreement. Hence, Russia is right to take military-technical action. Ukraine has squandered its independence and is going to be broken up, part of it will return to Russia. Ukraine has turned into a failed country incapable of self rule.
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  10564.  Finnic Patriot  Don't lie. The Finns participated and collaborated with German Nazis in the siege of Leningrad. It is unforgivable and you better keep your mouth shut. If you think you can join NATO and threaten Russia again, a Sarmat missile awaits you. Finland is nobody and the world would not miss you.
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  10565. Russia is slowing - so you wish as defeat stares.
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  10566. Westerners (as usual) want domination and want to be at war with the rest of the world - Russia, China. Between them, these hyenas have slaughtered each other, and once colonised the world. But those days where their writ ran is over. They got carried away with expanding NATO, but are quaking with fear after Russia delivered a punch. Now they put on a pose of unity, as they are afraid of the polar bear and the dragon. Another pair of hyenas, Sweden and Finland, run for cover, and the whole hyena pack feels it has got power by taking them. The same lot cut and run from Kabul in the most cowardly manner from Afghans fighting with RPG mounted on Toyota pick ups. Can the same cowards fight Russia and take its Kinzhal missiles ?
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  10567. The west has been lying to save face - especially after losing Bakhmut. Ukrainians claim they shot down all missiles, but some there are fires on the ground - that is attributed to debris from Patriots. They claimed Himars were game changers and Zelensky said Ukrainians will regain Crimea by Dec 2022. About a month ago, western newspapers admitted the Russians had defanged the Himars by jamming the GPS. So they have moved on to new narratives - first tanks (so far, no effect), and then F16s.
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  10568. You know why the BBC is now saying the Iraq invasion is wrong ? It is only because of the Ukraine war. The BBC knows the non-western world supports Russia and does not buy the western claim that it champions a 'rules based international order'. The Iraq war impacted western credibility in the non-west but its effect is only realised by the west 20 years later - because the west cannot garner support for its war in Ukraine, and its efforts to isolate Russia. The west has the sinking feeling that Russia has ended the western 'rules based international order' for good, and the world is moving into a new post-western order.
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  10569. Why are Christianity and Islam on the minds of the sanatan dharmis ? So what if sanathan dharma existed before Christianity, Islam? Sanatan dharma is the vile Brahmanic caste order that has crippled India before Christianity and Islam. It cannot have any place in the modern world. Modern British education has made 'low castes' aware of their rights. That cannot be rolled back. When sanatan dharma is studied, in effect it means the perpetuation of the social system of graded inequality. More Indians should be like Stalin and call it out.
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  10570.  @supersinger2921  Are you a Brahmin ? Or a bootlicker of the Brahmins ?
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  10571.  @Sunil-rs8vf  If it were not for the British, you would be burning your women. Your contribution to the English language was thugee and dacoit.
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  10572.  @joyotisen  You are probably living in the Vatican or a Christian country. Why don't you go back to your sanathan dharmi land ?
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  10573.  @supersinger2921  The real history of India is enslavement of its people by the Brahmin with their Brahmanic fairy tales.
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  10574. Will Germans be the first to send troops to be killed in Ukraine ? I thought it will be Poles.
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  10575.  @feenarvaez65  Thank you !
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  10576. You are starry eyed. Go and join the Azov Regiment, they are white supremacist Nazis, they are holed up in Mariuopol, they need you.
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  10577. Retaliation ? Use more cluster bombs on a Crimean beach because the US gave permission ? Then Ukrainians have not seen anything yet.
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  10578. Blinken has only one prayer - that Ukraine does not collapse before the elections, as that would make defeat certain for Biden. He will act like this so that the Ukrainians don't get the feeling that they will be abandoned. Ukrainians already have realised they will be abandoned, that is why they are surrendering and refusing to enlist. After the elections, Ukraine will be handed to Europe to manage. Blinken's acting shows the desperation of the west to delay the defeat. Get it ?
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  10579. ''We're stuck in the same old formula: No NATO membership until Ukraine finishes this war' Before the war, the US was striving to get Ukraine into NATO. It cannot let Ukraine into NATO now because it will invoke Article 5, asking US to fight a nuclear war with Russia. The Americans do not want their cities incinerated like Kiev. Hence, there is nothing surprising.
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  10580. We should congratulate Russia for exposing NATO as a paper tiger in Ukraine. The combined 30 + US did not dare send troops to Ukraine or put a 'no fly zone'. We should congratulate Russia for expansion of BRICS and for accelerating the use of non-dollar currencies for international trade settlements. That is in fact the most stirring Russian contribution. It undermines the value of the dollar and with it, American power. America's subordinates in Europe will automatically come down.
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  10581. Indians are incredibly vain and boastful. All this showing off of Hindu pride comes across as a gross inferiority complex. India is a massive slum, and Indians migrate everywhere to escape from it.
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  10582. They will also open plants in Ukraine.
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  10583. 'miraculous and the brilliant military tactic was used to repel Z death convoy at the gates of Kyiv and smash it totally, the way no army has been beaten before But that is only relevant if Ukraine wins the war and can regain the territory it lost. The Ukraine of 2014 is not returning, let alone the Ukraine of 1991. The land Ukraine lost produced 90% of its GDP. Russia has enforced a Black Sea blockade and made Ukraine landlocked (wheat is shipped by Russian permission). The damage to Ukraine is $ 1 trillion and it is mounting. Not to mention its deaths and refugees. No reconstruction is possible without Russian permission. Overall, Ukraine has lost, even if it won the first battle, and sank a ship. Time is on Russia's side. They switched the attack from Kiev and came back through the east. And when Bakhmut falls, they are in a position to advance further. Ukraine's army is depleted and it is low on shells.
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  10584.  @ethanrichardson126  Russia gave Ukraine independence in 1991 and was generous enough to add the Russian areas like Donbass, Kharkov and Odessa. Ukraine misbehaved and wanted to go with the US to threaten Russia, so Russia is entitled to take back Ukraine. You do not have the power to stop it.
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  10585. I think you should worry about Putin striking UK or UK's assets with nuclear or non-nuclear weapons. There is a far higher probability of this than a coup in Moscow. Ukraine's Kursk offensive is not going anywhere. The Russians are killing the Ukranians in Kursk and in Pokrvosk. So cut out your nauseating British propaganda. Starmer the vassal sought permission from Biden for Ukraine to use the awesome Storm Shadows, but Biden refused. He knows Russia will strike Britain, and Britain will come to America and ask it to fight. America does not want to die for Britain nor for Ukraine. So come to terms with reality. Russia is a power and Britain is a once upon a time country.
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  10586. There will be no release of Israeli hostages till Israel releases Palestinian children, women and men held in their prisons. Get it ? Israelis cannot have something for nothing.
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  10587. These Ukranian politicians use extremist language about Russians wanting to genocide Ukranians. All Putin asked was for Ukraine to remain neutral as promised in its independence declaration and not to give US bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia. The Ukranians could have easily averted the war by agreeing to this. Instead, the Ukrainian politicnas sided with the Americans, and thought they could defeat the Russians using America. That has backfired - as many of us saw would be the result. This Ukranian govt. is an implant of the US, made by the coup they engineered in 2014. The coup brought in Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion, and an upsurge in an anti-Russian Ukranian ethno-nationalism. This is a civil war in which the west took sides, backing the new Ukranian ethno-nationalism against Russians. The Russians gave Ukraine independence in good faith. They did not imagine the Ukrainians would stab Russia in the back by seeking to give US missile and naval bases in Ukraine to target Russia. For a while, the Ukranians and their handlers thought they were going to win. They prevented the Russians from taking Kiev. The Ukranians sank a ship and had the odd success here and there. They were crowing about it. But the trend is the Russians are over powering them. Russia was too soft and did not obliterate the Ukranians power system before launching the attack on Kiev. The US did that in Iraq. However, the Ukranians got carried away attacking the Kerch Bridge and Crimea, so they invited the Day of Judgement. The Ukranians have no choice but to surrender, give up Donbass and sign up for neutrality. Ukraine of 1991 and even 2014 is gone for good, and more will go if they do not sue for peace. Ukraine's financiers will run out of money. Already, in the US, some Republicans are questioning giving Ukraine a blank cheque. Once the US loses interest and is not able to bankroll Ukraine, then Ukraine will find itself abandoned like Iraq and Afghanistan. It will be another victim of US geopolitics.
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  10588. Zelensky was elected on the platform of making peace with Russia. But the Ukro Nazis surrounding him, incited by the Americans, told him he will be assassinated if he made peace. The western directive was to fight Russia, they thought Ukraine could be used as a proxy to defeat Russia, the Russian economy would collapse due to sanctions, Russian people would then stage a Euromaidan style coup and the US would have regime change and have a Zelenksy-type in Moscow who would allow the Americans to strip Russia of its assets and break it up into smaller countries. But Russia hammered Ukraine, and held off western intervention by dangling the nuclear sword over the west. Now Ukraine and the west are defeated - and there is sudden realisation of an existential threat to Ukraine and 'free world' ! Of course Ukraine will not exist. From Russia's perspective, it should not exist.
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  10589. India is the weakest link in BRICS. It would not have the spine to stand up to the US. Modi is a weakling.
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  10590. Qatar has challenged 'western values', and that is a good step. Like Russia ended western order, other countries are doing the same.
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  10591. What does Sweden produce other than porn ?
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  10592.  @luca-yd8jk  Russia is gone - you said that last year after imposing sanctions. Russia will not let NATO enter Ukraine and it can settle Ukraine any time with a nuclear strike. And you will not intervene because you will think of saving your own skin from the same fate.
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  10593.  @TheCroupier74  What makes you reply if it is dribble ? Obviously, it burns you.....
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  10594.  @theshimario253  I do not advocate using a nuke. If however Klitschko says success for Ukraine is non-existence of Russia, surely you will agree that is inviting Russia to decide Ukraine does not exist with a nuclear strike. As for NATO, it is not going to start a nuclear war because some radiation drifted over. That is inviting all its cities to be incinerated. Anyhow, Russia will use the smallest nuclear one if needed. You need to think seriously about backing Ukro Nazis like Klitchko talking about the non-existence of Russia. He is your client, he will take Ukraine down and you down with him.
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  10595.  @matthewvicendese1896  Afghanistan was not vital for Russia. NATO bases in Ukraine if established would threaten to cut off Russia from the Black Sea. Hence, Russia will not allow an Ukranian victory that would allow NATO inside Ukraine. Tthis Klitscko fellow talking about Ukranian success being non-existence of Russia is inviting Ukraine's annihilation. Don't push your luck and back such Ukro Nazis. The Ukraine of 1991 is not coming back. Russia gave Ukraine independence on condition of neutrality but Ukraine reneged and backstabbed Russia. Now it is a failed state. Russia has taken the industrial part, and Ukraine cannot get it back, and the counter offensive shows they are not capable. Russia will take more. That is better for Ukraine. If Russia's non-existence was possible as wished by Klitschko, that will be bad for Ukraine because then Russia will force unconditional surrender with a nuke - like the US forced Japan.
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  10596. It is good you pointed it out. Marin is a typical sanctimonious and self-righteous westerner pretending innocence and not explaining why the US has right to expand to Russia's border using NATO, and why the Europeans are not strong enough to restrain the US. Her narrative is 'we are always reasonable people, we set up good trade ties, but Russians are irrational'. That is the level of her intellect.
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  10597. Boris Johnson should be guiding America's negotiations.
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  10598. There is nothing wrong in what Trump and Vance told Zelensky - except it should not have been in public. Trump told Zelensky he has no cards, Russia has all of them. That is a fact. Trump told Zelensky therefore to negotiate, and accept surrender terms - give up land, there will be no NATO membership, and no NATO peacekeepers. That is the reality. Don't waste your time waiting for Europeans to save Ukraine. If EU + US could not beat Russia, then EU on its own cannot beat Russia. That is the state of play. When Keir Starmer piped up for Ukraine, Trump asked if GB can take on Russia on its own. Starmer did not answer because he knows GB has even less fighting ability than Ukraine. Trump's directness is refreshing.
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  10599. Sacking the Defence Minister is a sure sign the war is going against Israel.
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  10600. All the western media have been telling us for months that Bakhmut is of no strategic and military value. But the Ukranians say if they lose Bakhmut, then Russia will come after more. So the western media had been lying to us. DW says so far Moscow has ONLY managed to encircle the city and later it wonders who has the upper hand ! Logically, the one who is encircled will have no supplies and have to surrender - like in Mariopol. Earlier, they only said Russians are taking losses. Now they say both are taking heavy losses. Now when they say both sides have made losses, it is sure that Ukrainains are taking heavy losses. And the west is asking the Ukranians to pull out because they realise afterwards they will not have enough manpower to stem Russian advance.
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  10601.  @roqsteady5290  One Sarmat missile will finish Finland, so don't get carried away. Finland is another of Europe's many weak ducklings.
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  10602. Ukraine is a failed country. Some people do not have the art of self rule, diplomacy, foreign policy.....It should never have been given independence.
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  10603. 'hints that Russia has something to do with it.' Let us say you proved Russia did it. What will you do ? Will puny Britain declare war on mighty Russia ? I can assure you the Americans won't come to die for you, nor the Europeans.
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  10604. 'Germany's Scholz urges Putin to be prepared to negotiate with Ukraine'. Why is he urging ? Scholz was part of the alliance which swore to support Ukraine for however long it takes to get back Crimea. That is not acceptable to Putin, you know that, so why are you asking him to negotiate ? Putin made it very clear : don't ask for negotiations just because you ran out of money and arms.
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  10605. The Russians will decimate them like the Ukro Nazi Azov brigade in Mariopol. Easier to massacre them in the open, they will have nowhere to hide like in the Azovstahl plant in Mariopol.
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  10606. Sunak is another disgusting Hindu. Being UK PM makes no difference. Worshipping cows shows low IQ. They drink its urine and smear its feaces on their bodies. That is why Churchill called them a beastly people with a beastly religion. One Indian writer wrote - Hindus have morbid respect for animals and beastly cruelty to humans. The illustration of this truth is the way Hindus lynch humans over a cow.
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  10607.  @opensizhe  Earlier Russia allowed the grain exports, so the poorer countries were still getting the grain. Now it has stopped this due to Ukranian misbehaviour, so it is going to help the poorer countries with free grain.
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  10608. Was it not the Soviet Union that liberated Germany from Hitler ? They flattened Berlin. But it had to be done. Do you feel thankful about that or resentful ? There are Nazis in Mariopol (Azov Regiment and Right Sector). Russia is the eliminator of Nazis.
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  10609.  @WorldHistory42  The Ukranian Nazis are going to be eliminated in Maripol, they are holed up in the Azovstal steel plant. The joker Zelensky says he will break off peace talks if they get eliminated !
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  10610.  @sms7782  I have studied the calibre of your posts, and I do not see much intellect in the one sided cliches you utter. The question is not how many friendly people are in a country. I saw your title post 'This guy gives me a headache… I am from Germany'. Listen to what Peskov said about the reasons for the operation and try to engage your brain. Peskov's point 2 is the most important : Ukraine's declaration of independence stated it would be a neutral country and would not join any military alliance. Otherwise, Russia would not have agreed to let Ukraine become independent. But after the 2014 Euromaidan coup (instigated by the US) and overthrow of Yankovich govt., Ukraine reneged on this commitment and put NATO entry into its constitution. It was a one sided violation of the agreement it gave to Russia. NATO entry is a direct threat to Russia and hence one can see why Russia felt compelled to take action. Being from Germany is no entitlement. You should learn to be independent minded and think, and not follow your politicians and media like lemmings. But Germans are known for Goebbels. Now you fall for Amanpour.
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  10611.  @sms7782  Your opening statement in your thread was : 'This guy gives me a headache… I am from Germany and this shows exactly what happens when someone is able to install a system of fear and repression among his own people, this is history repeating itself. It makes me so sick!' You have clearly taken a side. It is not consistent with what you just now wrote 'The rason why I do not take sides (meaning the people of each country) and the reason I try the best I can to be humble and loosen up the hardened positions is...' You did not bother to listen to Peskov because you got a headache, which shows you are not impartial as you claim. Peskov's point 2 is the most important : Ukraine's declaration of independence said it would be neutral and it would not join any military alliance. That was the condition by which Russia agreed to its independence. That is the reason Russia is taking this course correction. Ukraine has unilaterally reneged, as it is goaded by NATO and the US. In fact, your country along with France in 2008 opposed NATO expansion fearing it would lead to war. But it was bullied by the US to accept the plan to induct Ukraine. It shows Germany is not a sovereign nation and the US over rules it. If Germany is not sovereign, why is it bothered about Ukraine's sovereignty ?
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  10612.  @sms7782  The people of Russia are substantially with Putin as they recognise NATO as an existential threat. You are confused or duplicitous. You aired your blind prejudice at the start of your post - 'I don't want to listen to Peskov because he gives me a headache'. However, what is your answer to Peskov's point that Ukraine got independence on the condition it would not join a military alliance against Russia ? If they reneged on it unilaterally, there will be course correction. This is not a matter of Putin versus Russian people, this is about breaking international law and signed documents - the rules based order the west keeps talking about.
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  10613.  @SlideRulePirate  Nothing to be ashamed about, you do not have money even for NHS, why waste money on a lost war.
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  10614.  @Ptolemy336VV  'It needs to be ramp up all production, and give Ukraine what it needs'. You do not have the capacity. You can only drip feed Ukraine but that is just prolonging Ukraine's death a little. You messed up big time by messing with the bear. Headless chicken cannot fight a real bear.
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  10615. Ukrainians betrayed Russia, the country that have them independence. It plotted with the US to threaten Russia. Now it will be taken back by Russia.
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  10616.  @wandertree  Write a refutation if you have the intellect.
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  10617. Suddenly Talking Behind Ukraine’s Back - that is the correct observation ! Biden had said at the beginning no decisions would be taken without Ukraine. Trump held talks with Taliban in Doha - without inviting its puppet Afghan govt. in Kabul. Basically, when the cost becomes too high, the US will abandon Ukraine. The Ukrainians have been foolish. The west will talk about reconstruction plans for Ukraine, but it will be left like Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  10618. Why does this Ukrainian want more sophisticated systems when the other side has only shovels ? NATO has said Ukraine has got 98% of what it asked for starting the offensive. Now, get on with it and show the result. This constant demand for more sophisticated systems gives the impression of inadequacy of western weapon systems. These are actually not able to stop the Russians, let alone roll them back.
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  10619. The west has lost the war and is continually putting up all kinds of implausible schemes for the future, which is not in its control. The west held two Ukraine reconstruction-conferences. But reconstruction will require Russian permission. Germany said it would build a tank factory in Ukraine ! Hilarious. Russia will destroy it when the foundation is laid and kill some Germans and that will be the end of the project. Russia will not let NATO forces set foot in Ukraine. No more training camps, and biolabs. That was the point of the operation. If a nuclear weapon is needed to stop NATO entry, Russia will use it.
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  10620.  @dioghaltasfoirneartach7258  You do not have the intelligence to reply to Kremlin trolls.
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  10621. The counter offensive news is Russia beat back an attack on Zaphorizhia. Ukraine is keeping quiet because it could not get through the Russian first line of defence. Had they got through, they would have issued a postage stamp. There are no lightly defended spots like Kharkhov last summer. Some of the Leopard tanks were destroyed. That is why the west is saying it was only a probing operation. It is not an unprovoked invasion - why did the US expand NATO ? The minister says the best thing Russia could do is withdraw - he means the best thing Russia could do for the west ! Why would Russia do that when you went and threatened them with NATO expansion, and they pushed back, and they are winning ? The very way he says that confirms the helplessness of the west.
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  10622. Why is the Nazi Azov Regiment sheltering civilians in their bunkers ? Russia has sworn to take out this Nazi regiment, if you keep civilians embedded, then naturally they will killed. Then one cannot complain about genocide. The Russians asked them to surrender, to save their lives, but the Nazi regiment declined.
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  10623. If Ukraine was acting according to its national interest, it would have stayed neutral and not got entangled in US-Russia rivalry. Instead, they agreed to become a vassal to what they perceived as the highest bidder, the US. As a result, Ukraine has become a failed state.
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  10624.  @my3bikaht88  Good observations and analysis. And this time the war and changing European borders was stoked by the US desire to expand NATO for its own monetary benefit, and to prevent Europe joining Asia to form a gigantic Eurasian economy that would leave out America.
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  10625.  @Deathadder90  There are many frustrated English types who tell me I am a Russian bot !
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  10626.  @Deathadder90  'here has been only one country that has used Article 5 to call for aid since the inception of NATO The US of A.' Good observation ! When Europe calls for Article 5, the US will bend over backwards to obstruct. They don't want to fight and get killed. When a missile fell on Poland and killed 3, the Ukranians and Poles shouted hoarsely about a Russian attack on NATO, and they called hopefully for Article 5. The US within hours, and with no investigation, declared it was the debris of an Ukranian missile that went astray ! The US and Europe encouraged Lithuania to put a rail blockade on Kaliningrad. When a Russian deputy said Lithuania's independence needs to be reconsidered, NATO asked Lithuania to back off - the US did not want to get into a situation where Lithuania will ask for Article 5 ! Likewise, in the NATO summit in Vilnius, Biden blocked Ukraine's request for immediate entry into NATO, much to the mortification of Zelensky. Moreover, Biden was unprepared to give a timeline. He knows if Ukraine is admitted, it will ask for Article 5, which means US has to send troops. Kissinger had said long ago that the US will not fight a nuclear war with the Soviet Union to defend Germany. The same is the case now : the US will not fight Russia to save Europe. It is best for the Europeans to develop some intellect, and not take orders from the US. They should also keep out that Trojan horse, Britain.
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  10627.  @alexanderlazarev3570  You are most welcome. Russia has done something incredible. More important than inflicting a strategic military defeat on the US-led west, is the de-dollarisation move. It will have the most profound and lasting impact. De-dollarisation has caught on, and it will erode American capacity to print dollars and wage war on the rest. The rest of the world is greatly helped. Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America see the benefit. As one of the African leaders in the Russia-Africa summit said, Russia has to take the lead in transforming the world's monetary system. This can be done together with China. When smaller countries like Iraq and Libya tried to sell oil in Euros, the US invaded and destroyed them. But they cannot do that to Russia and China. Russia should publicise it is taking the lead to change the monetary system whereby trade can be conducted without western banks. Shipping insurance was based in London only for historical reasons. Russia can devise its own insurance system, and end these western monopolies. After some time, the Europeans will realise it is better to work with Russia than cut their noses to spite Russia.
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  10628.  @suburbia2050  The British are hysterical, crying wolf....the Russians are coming after us and we are so unprepared. Shameless people. Always plotting war and shouting when defeated.
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  10629.  @Kroll-2  It is enough for me to understand the damage the US has done to the planet. Russia is needed to check it.
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  10630.  @antoniousai1989  Russia is always prepared unlike you. The important thing is that Cameron and Macron got the message. Russia will strike Britain and France regardless of Article 5. That message was communicated to the British and French ambassadors. That is why Cameron and Macron climbed down from their high horses. A single Sarmat hypersonic can destroy Britain in the blink of an eye. And no, the Americans will not save you.
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  10631. Countries like Poland, who have nothing to show apart from Russophobia, deserve a kick up their back side. They are full of themselves as they think they are in NATO and EU. It may be the next Ukraine.
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  10632. The Palestinians have raw courage, they are fighting Israel and the US. Not many can do that.
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  10633. The city was captured without damage because Ukrainians were enjoying a holiday in Kursk.
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  10634. 'The regime is the problem, not the people. If the regime goes, the country could actually become a valuable asset to the world.' That is a highly patronising statement. Look at your own ugly record. The UK govt. and its media are the problem, not its people. The govt. and media are filled with war mongers, fuelling war in Ukraine, aiding Israel. But they are losers on the wrong side of history.
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  10635. One Nation, no election fits Modi's ideology better ! That will be next. After all his party's ideological guru admires Hitler.
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  10636.  @PABCOM1  ' They will survive, considering reconstruction of Ukraine would require a lot of resources which will draw a lot of investors in. ' Do you think Russia will allow NATO and EU countries to set their foot in Ukraine to reconstruct it ? They went to war to stop the NATO imprint and they are winning. Only Russia will reconstruct Ukraine. After Ukraine signs unconditional surrender. Get it ? You are dumb like the collective west. They held 2-3 Ukraine reconstruction conferences already - when Ukraine may not exist ! They are just passing time and showing off when they are defeated. The west want to hold a peace conference in Switzerland where Zelensky will be invited to give his peace plan - without Russia ! His peace plan is Russia should give up Crimea and surrender. I don't know how your mind works. 'Not to mention Russia would be in sorry states for a very long time due to many reasons.' Care to explain what those many reasons are ?
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  10637. @TheBritishCousin It took the Russian army this long because Ukraine is being financed and supplied arms by 50 countries. That is obvious, you also know it. But after 3 years, the west has run out of arms and money, that is why Trump is chucking in the towel and wants to withdraw. And Ukraine has run out of men. That is why the west wants negotiations and freezing of the conflict. And Russia's will agree to negotiations only on its terms - Ukraine cedes all 4 oblasts, and accepts neutrality. Putin said Russia will not negotiate just because you ran out of arms. The side that can dictate terms is winning. Get it ?
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  10638. Trump is given more intellect by these two than he really has. For instance, saying Trump wants to bankrupt Russia and Iran by US increasing its energy supply. Why would that bankrupt Russia and Iran ? Their energy will be in demand as much as US energy. Trump has limitations - like his racism, he cannot accept the new world order where China will have a say, African nations etc. have a say; his penchant for fighting with media; undermining his own staff; his trait for carrying out vendettas against opponents; his narcissism which Korean missile man and Putin know how to play. Finally, he has scant respect for democracy, as he tried mobocracy. Hence, Farage is being dishonest pretending Trump is a man of substance and was a misunderstood victim of bias. Trump is the Great White Hope for some. Nothing more.
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  10639. Indeed, but the Ukrainians are grateful to US, EU, and UK warmongers as they have promoted Ukrainians to the status of 'European'.
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  10640. Keep hoping, but the latest news is Ukraine's goose is being cooked, a little slowly. Zelensky now talks about negotiated settlement, and security guarantee, but having gone out of his way to provoke Russia with intemperate language and siding with the west, Russia is not interested in negotiations. It is now going to settle for nothing less than dismemberment of Ukraine.
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  10641.  @hailarwotanaz5848  My good fellow, the western media that was trumpeting Ukranian successes are slowly realising that Russia is capturing the industrial heartland and the coastal areas of Ukraine. Thereby they are strangling the economy of Ukraine. The landlocked rump will be dependent for ever on EU aid. As for 3 months, the Red Army took time to capture Berlin - but they did. And only they could do it. Zelensky now speaks about negotiated settlement, but Russia is not interested.
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  10642.  @cloudpoint0  The actual is Russia has taken Mariopol, it has taken the coastal belt and is about to take the industrial belt. You are trying to put on a brave face. NATO has been shown to be a paper tiger. Ukraine asked for a no fly zone, no one in NATO dared do that as Russia promised consequences that you have not seen. You know what I mean ? In any case, NATO's cowardice was exposed in the way they ran away from Kabul. Have you forgotten that ? At that time there were lot of recriminations within NATO against the way the US cut and run without informing the 30 allies. If the US had to face Russia directly, it will ditch the 30 NATO allies in the same way. Russia has the strong cards on Ukraine. It will take the east first, and blockade the ports and make Ukraine landlocked. The rump would EU aid to survive. The west is talking at Davos about Ukraine's reconstruction. However, it is face saving show, just like your statements about NATO and Ukranian counter offensive. Russia would not allow reconstruction until Ukraine signs for neutrality - they can keep lobbing the occasional missiles at Kiev and Lvov. Zelensky asks for negotiations and someone to guarantee Ukraine's security. No one has come forward - because ultimately Russia, not NATO will be the decider. The idea that Ukraine can have its way and NATO will determine its future is not on - Russia is the key stakeholder and you better understand that.
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  10643.  @cloudpoint0  You feel so defeated you had to write elaborate nonsense ! NATO is going to demilitarise Russia ? Give me a break ! This is the same NATO that ran away from Taliban and scrambled to get on flights out. They had to leave 100 million USD worth of equipment ! We only saw NATO's abject cowardice in Kabul, against Afghans fighting with RPGs mounted on pick up trucks, do you really believe such cowards can fight Russia ? The Ukranians are pretty good fighters, they are a variant of Russians. But not the rest of NATO. One Sarmat missile can wipe out an area the size of Britain.
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  10644.  @FxRiderST  I do not think Russia originally had plans to take back Ukraine or any bits of the Soviet Union back. It is only when NATO threatened them with expansion to their borders, they took action. They had warned NATO several times, but western arrogance led to ignoring Russia's complaint that NATO expansion was a threat to them. When Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should have been dissolved. However, NATO persisted with expansion till the inevitable happened as warned by western experts like George Kennan, John Mearsheimer etc. Ukraine misbehaved with its Russophobia and has been duly punished. Poland, and the Baltic states are also indulging in Russophobia and militant anti-Russian rhetoric, so I would not be surprised if they also get a good beating some time in the future.
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  10645.  @FxRiderST  Can you tell me why NATO was not disbanded when Warsaw Pact was dissolved ? The west thought it had no obligation to contribute to Russian security. It wanted its cake and eat. Your writing smacks of that duplicitous hypocrisy characteristic of the west. After the Cold War, the US thought it was the lone power and it will not allow anyone to be a challenger. But Russia came back with sharpened claws. Russia had warned NATO not to expand. NATO ignored it. In Dec. 2021, Russia asked NATO for a security guarantee but NATO was unwilling to give it. Why ? Russia then said quite clearly : if you don't give the security guarantee, we shall take military technical action to see Ukraine will not enter. They carried out their word. Ukraine got a mauling and is still in the claws of the polar bear. NATO has proved to be a vain paper tiger. It did not have the guts to create a no fly zone demanded by the client it had nurtured. By carrying out the operation in Ukraine, Russia had punched NATO in the face. That is why you are smarting.
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  10646.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Of course, the west does would not have the guts to respond to a nuke on Kyiv. Why did the west not have the guts to respond to Ukraine's demand for a 'no fly zone' ? It is because no westerner wants to die. Cowardice is ingrained. That was evident by the way NATO ran away from Kabul. Even NATO countries berated the US for that fiasco. I see you are burning with false pride. If you are European, you do not count for anything, you are a weakling. If you are from the US, everyone knows the US fights only weaker countries and never an equal.
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  10647.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Putin is civilised. You don't use a nuclear weapon at the start, you use it only if you face defeat. But since Russia is gaining, there is no need to use it. Russia has made sure Ukraine will not join NATO, it has made sure the US cannot put missiles in the Ukraine. Just watch the video - the western military expert now says Russia controls the industrial and the coastal areas, and is getting into a position to strangle Ukraine's economy. Movement of western arms is affected by strikes on the rail depots and already some of the US howitzers have been destroyed. Now Russia is concentrating its forces and going after breaking up Ukraine methodically. Now look at NATO. It is all mouth and no trousers. The weakest and most useless members like Poland and Baltic states shout the most. The fact is that the US declined to put a 'no fly zone'. Why ? You have not explained that. I challenge you to explain it. The best way to settle the war in favour of Ukraine and NATO is for NATO to send its troops into Ukraine. Why did NATO not do that ? Have you answered that ? US wants to fight Russia to the last Ukranian, but does not want to die itself. Whereas if it really cared about Ukranians, the US and NATO would send troops into Ukraine. Western cowardice is obvious. You also know it, but you are burning, so you keep opposing as the reality is hard to digest. Just watch the video and decide who has the strong cards, Russia or Ukro Nazis + NATO.
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  10648.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Earlier, your concern was Ukranian lives. Now it is Russian lives. You are squirming and switching from topic to topic, such is the burning inside you. Russia has to fight this war NOW to prevent NATO from putting missiles in Ukraine targeting Russia. Russia takes its security seriously. You don't understand Russia if you don't know that it lost 27 million due to Nazi Germany; and it faced a similar attack by Napoleon the previous century. Russia's enemy today is the US, but Russia will not allow the US to threaten Russia. Russia had to take this action now so that millions of Russians do not have to die in future. If Ukraine had joined NATO and Article 5 was invoked, then Russia would have to fight a nuclear war to remove the American missiles; hence, it had to take action now to kill Ukraine now, and with it US plans. On Ukranian lives, I asked you why NATO did not send troops like it sent to Afghanistan. You are silent - because you know NATO's cowardice. If you do not have the guts to fight for Ukraine, should you be encouraging them to fight a hopeless war in which Russia will mince them in the end ? NATO should have agreed to give Russia the security gaurantee it asked. Why did you not do that ? I know you cannot answer these questions, but you will look for a diversion, to preserve your face.
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  10649.  @cloudpoint0  Ask your US intelligence community if they would like the Sarmat missile tested on a US city.
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  10650.  @FxRiderST  Poland has been indulging in Russophobia, I would not mind if Russia took action against it.
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  10651.  @hailarwotanaz5848  The west will not be able to foot the bill indefinitely considering it has a shortage of energy, and rising food price; and it has to look after Ukranian refugees. The west needs Russia energy, metals and wheat more than Russia needs the west. The west is quietly paying up in roubles, that is what is propping up the roubles. Voices in the west like Kissinger is quietly telling the Ukranians to accept the land it has lost. Actually Russia has the stronger cards and it has more willingness to face hardship than the self indulgent west.
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  10652.  @ObiWanShinobi917  Most pathetic face saving lies to save yourself from the charge of cowardice. So your explanation of why Americans are not going into Ukraine to fight, to save the Ukranians from a nuclear attack ! Did you explain that to Ukranians ? Some of the US military veterans perished in that collection centre in Lvov. A few of them were captured and were begging for the US govt. to save them. 'But make no mistake, if we wanted to, we could kick out the Russian airforce in a day, completely decimate Russian supply lines in a week with our Navy and Airforce/artillery, and firebomb the Russian forces currently fighting Ukrainians into smoldering piles of ash.' Aren't you the cowards who ran away from Kabul only 18 month ago, without telling the other 30 NATO allies who went unwillingly to Afghanistan ? The US troops cornered the first flights out of Kabul because they were afraid of capture by the Taliban. Normally, when a ship sinks, the captain evacuates the others, and goes last. But the captain of NATO evacuated first and did not bother to tell the rest ! Americans are shameful cowards. If you ran from Taliban, you will run from Russians. The Europeans are making a mistake so soon after trusting their security with the Americans. In WW 2, the western forces and the Red Army were advancing on Berlin. It was agreed the Red Army would go for Berlin as only they could fight and take the casualties. The British general Montgomery suggested to Eisenhower who was in charge of the overall western forces, to attempt a dash to Berlin. Eisenhower ruled against it because he said the Red Army would then fight the western troops. He knew the fighting ability of US forces and the Red Army.
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  10653.  @hailarwotanaz5848  The final exit was a disorderly scramble to get on flights before Taliban seized the airport. 100 million USD of equipment was abandoned. So that is running away from Kabul. Why do you find it difficult to accept the reality of western failures ?
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  10654.  @hailarwotanaz5848  And which is the first best army ? Certainly not the US after seeing the way it cut and run to save its skin from the Taliban; and after seeing how they say will not boots in Ukraine.
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  10655.  @hailarwotanaz5848  It is the invasion that has stopped the problem : Zelensky has said Ukraine has to forgo NATO entry, and he wants to negotiate - but Russia now does not want to negotiate.
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  10656.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Russia had to invade to make the west understand Russia keeps its word when it says 'don't cross red lines'. The west now understands. But of course due to false pride and saving face, they have to persevere so that Putin is not seen as winning. Ukranians of course will be the pawns to save the western loss of face.
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  10657.  @hailarwotanaz5848  The Ukranians have no strategy to beat a stronger nation. They have sold themselves to America thinking their Russophobic nationalism won American approval, but when Russia threw them under the bus, America was unwilling to put troops on the ground. Yet the west does not want to put the Ukranians on the right path and make them negotiate with Russia as that is loss of face for the west (Putin will have won which would be unbearable).
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  10658.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Why are you so concerned about Russia is being closed off ? I have explained Russia is self sufficient, Europe is not. Europe is a collection of 30 vassal states. The Europeans thought they could sanction Russia, they did not imagine Russia can sanction them and cut of their gas supplies. The Europeans are trying to approach Russia as some voices realise there has to be a negotiated settlement. Lavrov says even if Europe approaches, he feels Russia does not need the west, its ties will be to the east.
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  10659.  @hailarwotanaz5848  You have been predicting Russia is failing because they took 3 months to siege Mariopol. Your writing is largely wishful thinking, born out of a sense of loss of face. It comes from the sensation that not only did Russia punch Ukraine, it punched US and its weak allies. You have still not explained why the US is not sending troops to Ukraine and not putting a 'no fly zone'. Number 1 power(according to you) should be able to do that against number 2. You will not be able to explain that without loss of face.
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  10660.  @hailarwotanaz5848  So if US won't deploy in Ukraine, then what is the point of encouraging Ukraine and getting them massacred ? The US should have agreed to give Russia a security guarantee and not incited Ukraine with false hopes.
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  10661.  @hailarwotanaz5848  That the US does not have the guts to deploy in Ukraine or put a no fly zone is not speculation, it is fact. Putin does not have to drop a nuclear weapon on Russia, as he has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck now. Russia is going to take Ukraine's industrial area and the coastal area, and strangle its economy.
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  10662.  @hailarwotanaz5848  If you have crude oil, the rest follows. Those who don't have are not in the same position. Russia is blessed in all ways.
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  10663.  @hailarwotanaz5848  Russia has enough refineries for itself, and the rest it exports as crude. So does Saudi Arabia and everyone else. Still searching for face saving straws ? You have still not explained why the US did not put a no fly zone ? If it is not due to cowardice, what other reason do you have ?
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  10664.  @TheArgieH  You are being selective. Ukraine was given security guarantee for giving up nuclear weapons. However, there was another requirement, that Ukraine would be neutral and would not join any military alliance. There was only one military alliance by that time - Warsaw Pact was gone, only NATO existed and it was threatening Russua. Ukraine's independence declaration stated it would be neutral. Ukraine unilaterally reneged on neutrality, it started flirting with Nazi style nationalism (Azov Batallion and Right Sector) and Russophobia, and it was encouraged by the US to join NATO. Joining the EU would have been acceptable, but joining NATO had the intention of positioning American weapons against Russia. If Ukraine joined NATO, then it could terminate the agreement that allowed Russia to continue to use Sevasatopol in the Crimea as the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet. Hence, when the US aided coup was staged in 2014, Russia moved in quickly to take Crimea. Your selective amnesia shows you are either ignorant or a deliberate liar. Russia had to take the pre-emptive step to stop America putting missiles in Ukraine. It has done the correct thing to eliminate the Ukro Nazis of the Azov Regiment in Azov stahl plant. Now Russian strategy is to take the industrial area, and the coastal area and strangle the Ukranian economy. That is working. Ukraine has lost more land, and it is not coming back. Ukraine was given a fair chance to be an independent country, but unfortunately it did not have the capability to manage two ethnic communities fairly, it allowed Russophobia against a powerful neighbour, it was foolish to fall for the machinations of the US. Hence, it joins the list of failed countries that cannot govern itself. Russia will break it up, it will reabsorb part of it into Russia, and neuter the remaining. At least now the Ukranians should come to terms with the reality. Neither the US nor UK can guarantee its security. Without good relations with Russia, Ukraine will not survive.
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  10665.  @TheArgieH  The 'alternative' explanations are the real ones. The current western one is for manufacturing consent to cover western and US complicity for inciting Ukraine to confront Russia. Ukraine wants to be classified as European and get NATO entrance, and they thought the best way to get acceptance is to show Russophobia. Ukrainian politicians have learnt all the cliches of the west : defence of the free world, rules based international order etc. Ukraine was not part of NATO but sent 5000 troops to Afghanistan. Why ? It hoped that would win US favour for NATO entrance. When the Israelis make pre-emptive strike at unarmed Palestinians, Zelensky said it is legitimate right of self defence. If Ukranians could invade another sovereign nation, Afghanistan, then they should not complain if someone else does the same to them. Then why can't he accept it is legitimate for Russia to make a pre-emptive strike at Ukraine to prevent it from joining NATO and putting US missiles against Russia ? The push for expanding NATO eastwards game in the 1990s from US arms companies which lobbied US politicians. The aim was for sales whereby Soviet equipment from Warsaw Pact days would be replaced by US ones. US politicians then made that policy. This was planned from 1997. In the 1990s, former US diplomat George Kennan who framed the US policies against the Soviet Union, warned NATO expansion will bring war with Russia. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html If you are unsure of what is Ukro Nazism, read up about Stepan Bandera - western Ukraine already had such traits from the 1930s. From 2010 onwards, such groups have grown in Ukarine. Read up about Right Sector and the Azov Battalion. The Azov Battalion was founded by Andrei Biletski and his stated aim was saving the white race from the untermenschen, that is everyone else. White supremacists from America and Europe flocked to Ukraine to take training from Right Sector and the Azov Battalion. They worse Nazi emblems and regalia, they even ran indoctrination groups for Ukranian children. 5-10 years back, BBC and other reported the growth of neo-Nazis in Ukraine and the attraction to western white supremacists. These videos are still on Youtube. The US govt. listed the Azov Batallion as a terrorist group. Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine 1,201,102 views Jan 8, 2021 TIME Correspondent, Simon Shuster, travels to Ukraine in the summer of 2019 to investigate white supremacists militias that are recruiting people to join their fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy910FG46C4 The Azov Batallion got inducted in the Ukranian army as the Azov regiment. Ukraine has blurred the lines and has absorbed and regularised neo Nazis as nationalists. Since Russia took action against these Ukro Nazis, the west has become sympathetic or at least ignores the background of some of these Russophobic militants with their Nazi tattoos and outlook. The western media now presents the Azov regiment (which they themselves once derided as a threat to democracy) as Ukranian heroes for resisting in Mariupol. But the Azov regiment has been captured, and some of them will face trial in Russia. In summary, Ukranians have brought this upon themselves, by falling for American ploys. Russia will break up Ukraine, absorb part of it, and keep the remainder destabilised. All the strong cards are with Russia. The US and the west continue pumping up Ukraine to avoid loss of face. Basically, there is a tendency not to accept fault. The west has a self-virtuous image of itself. This is not shared by the rest of the world (China, India, Arabs, Africans, Latin America), but for the narcisstic west, the world is just the west.
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  10666.  @hailarwotanaz5848  'No Russia does not have enough to continue its war effort and not run out of fuel. It only has 2-3 to my knowledge'. What is 2-3 ? Days, months, gallons ? That fool Zelensky said Russia would run out of ammunition in 3 days. That was 2 months ago. Now he says 20% of Ukraine is taken. That 20% is worth more than 20%. Russia is taking the industrial heartland and has taken the coastal areas, and it is in a position to strangle Ukraine's economy. The reduced Ukraine that is left will become permanently dependent on EU aid, when the EU itself is facing an economic downturn due to rising fuel costs and increased defence expenditure. Zelensky and his supporters like you live in a make-believe world. You and the Ukro Nazis have taken Ukraine down and made it a failed country. People like you in the west give Zelensky false hopes. 'It only has 2-3 to my knowledge'. Learn to write in a comprehensible way. You do not have to spew out anything that comes to mind, just to oppose.
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  10667.  @hailarwotanaz5848  You are just as irrelevant as Zelensky because you speak like him. You think in 2 to 3 months, Russia will not be able to survive ? Well, the west said the rouble will collapse, Russia will default, they will not be able to sustain it etc. Now you have the sixth round of sanctions, and Ukraine has lost 20% of land. That 20% land is worth more than 20%. It is the industrial heartland and the coastal belt, and Russia can now strangle Ukraine's economy. And the coming winter, the EU faces the energy squeeze. Now, I see a little tone of moderation in western expectations, as the US says with the latest arms, it hopes to strengthen nothing more than Ukraine's negotiating position. Of course, it is a loss of face for you to accept the reality that Russia is prevailing and the west's client state Ukraine is getting cornered, and you do not have the guts to send troops. You still have not explained why the west has not put a 'no fly zone' if NATO is more powerful than Russia.
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  10668.  @hailarwotanaz5848  As if you have any better arguments than Zelensky. You are as feeble minded as Zelensky, you have been clutching at straws. What have you said that is in context ? According to you, Russia failed because it took 3 months to capture Mariopol. Now 20% of Ukraine is in Russian hands and Ukraine cannot get it back. You will conclude Ukraine is winning. That 20% is worth more than 20% because it is the industrial and coastal areas, with which Russia will strangle the Ukranian economy. Ukraine has become a failed state due to the US policy of trying to induct Ukraine into NATO. It is the most despicable actor in this war.
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  10669.  @hailarwotanaz5848  What Zelensky and you say is similar - Russia is weak, Ukraine is winning and is driving Russians out. Yes, Ukraine is winning but is losing its land and is being strangled economically. Europe is also being strangled with energy crisis. US-led NATO expansion was unwise, intellectuals and foreign policy analysts had warned the US in the 1990s that it will lead to war with Russia. But such was US arrogance and wickedness that it ignored. Now is payback time.
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  10670. There is nothing the US does not do first. When the retaliation comes, they howl.
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  10671. For the neutral onlooker, watching Times Now which is full of pompous colonial type British frothing at the mouth against Russia, and reading the comments below, one can see the fury arising from the sensation of defeat. For Russia has ended the so called 'rules based international order', which Boris Johnson was so anxious about. This is a duplicitous western construct whereby they invade Iraq, Afghanistan, support Israel, and enforce by military means (or by financial coercion) regime change on anyone going against them, while posing as very upright people. Russia has ended the fraudulent western 'rules based international order' and the west cannot restore it. The new global order will have Russia, China, India, Middle East, Africa etc.. The west will not be able to dominate as it has done. That is the underlying cause for the rage against Putin ! The west can join the others, it cannot enforce its selfish will on others anymore.
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  10672.  @stream2watch  Here is the citation Zelensky says without US aid, Ukraine forces will have to retreat • FRANCE 24 English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPsYCjYc7bw Now shut up.
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  10673. This is not a Russian retaliation. This is routine as the Ukrainians themselves are saying.
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  10674. At last, CNN cuts its propaganda of Ukrainian victory and prepares the western public for the reality. The poorly motivated, ill equipped Russians are advancing somehow and gobbling up Ukraine. The Ukranians live on, hoping for American aid that won't come.
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  10675.  @FishandHunt  Good fellow, the Red Army took 4 years to get to Berlin. Once the Nazi army surrendered in Stalingrad, Germany's goose was cooked, and thereafter, there was only one direction - German retreat. It was the Red Army, and not your bloody Yanks, Brits and Australians who reached Berlin. When the Russians fight, they fight hard. They are not trained to be cowards like you. As Stalin said, one has to be a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army. The Ukranians should know because a good section of them fought in the Red Army honourably. But there was Ukro Nazi element, who were followers of Stephan Bandera. The Germans employed such Ukrainians as concentration camp guards. The Ukro Nazis are embedded in the Azov Battle. The Russian army slaughtered the Azov Batallion in Mariopol. After the failure of the Ukranian counter offensive, the Russians are on the move, like after Stalingrad. And the Ukranians are on the retreat. Get it ?
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  10676.  @garedmorort  Both countries are weaklings, and will not make an iota of difference to Ukraine. Russia has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck and will not let it go. It is end of US plans to place missiles in Ukraine to threaten Russia. Lithuania is next for corrective steps. If Finland or Sweden misbehave with Russia, they too will get a beating.
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  10677. The way Qatar has handled this further shows the ending of the 'western order'. They are taking a leaf from Russia.
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  10678. Ukraine cannot win - must be very disappointing for Slava Ukraine brigade.
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  10679. Ukranians and their handlers need to understand that if you escalate, Russia will pay your price and it will become more severe.
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  10680. Ukraine was winning the media war but is losing the land war.
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  10681. NATO should be disbanded for peace. It has only served the US agenda to keep Europe under its thumb.
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  10682.  @bluecanary9417  If you are grown up, you will be able to write a substantial reply. Crimea belongs to Russia, it was gifted to Ukraine, Ukraine misbehaved, it got a thrashing and Crimea is retaken back by the original owner, and Ukraine nor the west can reverse the reality. Get it ?
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  10683.  @jaygriffiths6793  Russia is not trying to regain any lost empire. Putin said he has no objection to Ukraine joining the EU as it is an economic association. Since the end of the USSR, Russia has objected to NATO expansion. They had expected that after the Warsaw Pact was dissolved, NATO should follow suit. Instead NATO thought it could take advantage and expand eastwards. Russia issued many warnings, it was unheeded, so Russia too action - to defend its security which would be compromised if the US got missile and naval bases in Ukraine. If Ukraine had been sensible, it would have kept to the neutrality in its independence declaration. Instead, they backstabbed Russia, and tried to use the US to carry on with Russophobia. To protect its security, Russia was left with no choice but to break up Ukraine. Ukraine is a failed state as its leaders do not know the workings of international relations.
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  10684.  @jaygriffiths6793  What are you babbling about ? '... and failure, when the outcome is more NATO? Russia set out to make sure NATO cannot have missile bases and naval bases in Ukraine. That mission is achieved. Everyone knows Ukraine will be beaten to pulp. If necessary, Ukraine will face a nuclear strike if it tries to join NATO. Ukraine knows Russia will do what it says, and you also know it. Finland and Sweden applying to join NATO is only because these are two weaklings who got frightened. NATO is a dogsbody manipulated by the US. Collectively, it takes them months to take a decision. The US bypasses NATO when needed.
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  10685. I can see you are a Brit with a colonial nostalgia about being a world power. Why are you ashamed about the decline of your military power ? Your military did plenty of things to be ashamed about. The days in which your military was used to loot India, and impose your reign and strip that country of its wealth to build yours, are over. Even after de-colonisation of India, you went on colonial adventures during the Suez crisis of 1956, and you joined the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and now you are actively stoking war in Ukraine. But now your power and wealth have shrunk. No matter how much you increase your spending, you cannot fight Russia, or China or India.
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  10686.  @garrydimasa1964  The Empire ended decades ago .... that advice is difficult to comprehend for people who made their wealth by looting India. They cannot think of any other way to be wealthy other than with military conquest. They invaded Iraq saying WMDS could hit them in 40 minutes, and they were boasting about their invincible Challengers till the Russians destroyed them. Bad habits die hard.
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  10687.  @TomGodson95  'The US is in way more debt than the UK but they manage to find a way...'. The way the US manages to do is by printing dollars but avoiding inflation....They print dollars to pay for the interest. And that was done by forcing the Saudis and Gulf oil producers to sell oil only in dollars - that kept up demand and value of the dollar, as big oil consumers like China and India had to buy oil in dollars. They could get dollars only by selling goods and services cheaply to the US. Thus the US had the best of all worlds : they could print dollars, import goods and services cheaply, and run massive deficits without inflation. A military machine was built to wage war on anyone who tried to undermine this system - like Saddam when he started selling oil in euros and Gadaffi who talked about setting up an Islamic dinar to sell oil. However, the world order has changed and the US is unable to maintain it by force any longer. The sanctioning of Russia and seizing its dollar deposits forced Russia to de-dollarise trade. China had set up a gold backed currency back in 2018 - the yuan. It was given a boost by America sanctioning Russia. Besides China using it for trade settlements, Russia is also using the yuan. The weaponising of the dollar has led to several countries to jump on the band wagon of de-dollarisation. The arrival of BRICS means there is sufficient production in other countries compared with 70 years ago, so that if the west bars exports of goods, there are others who can fill in. For example, when European car makers left Russia, the Chinese could enter and fill in the gap; the Europeans lost market share in Russia which they will never recover. Previous efforts at de-dollarisation were stopped by the US with war and regime change operations. However, the the main drivers of de-dollarisation today are China, Russia, India, Iran, and not the weak Arabs. The US cannot invade Russia and China and induce regime change as they did in Iraq, Libya etc. Trump's realises the gravity of de-dollarisation. His announced solution to de-dollarisation is to impose tariffs (so far, he has not chosen war). However, the others like BRICS can trade between themselves, and the US will be starved of cheap goods. If the US puts tariffs on textiles coming from China, India, Bangladesh etc., the US textile industry will not revive as it is completely gone; all that will happen is Americans won't have cheap clothes. Tariffs will accelerate de-dollarisation.
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  10688. @kim-ys2fs Russia is only threatening the UK as much as the UK actively engages in threatening Russia. If you send arms to Ukraine, why shouldn't Russia threaten UK ? Numskull !
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  10689. It is the Soviet Union that industrialised Ukraine, built Ukraine's steel mills, nuclear power plants, air craft factory, air craft engine factory, tank factory etc. Ukraine back stabbed Russia by trying to give US bases to threaten Russia, so Russia is returning Ukraine to a pastoral state. There will be no factories, power plants etc. in Ukraine.
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  10690. Putin said you need to come to terms with political and military reality. Ukraine and the west played to have US bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia, and they thought by military and economic war, they could beat Russia. That did not work out in both military and economic warfare. So peace terms will be set by Russia, and not by you. Get it ?
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  10691. Who told you Russia is playing for the status quo ? It is not going to allow US bases in Ukraine and is ready to fight a nuclear war if needed, the US now knows that. And Ukraine is going to lose more land and what is left will be levelled unless it signs up for neutrality. The time for negotiations is over, Russia does not want a frozen conflict, or status quo. Get it ?
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  10692. The creator of this problem is the US. It is the driver of NATO expansion. Merkel and Sarkozy had warned in 2008 not to expand NATO to Ukraine. But Bush arm twisted them to accept Ukraine. Thus the second problem is the Europeans agree to be doormats of the Americans. Objectively, it is a win-win situation for Europe to forgo US and NATO expansion and have EU-Russian cooperation. The Americans don't want that - what would there be use to Europe if EU did not fear Russia ?
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  10693. The US dominates and runs NATO. To cover up that, they appoint a NATO Secretary General from some irrelevant Scandiniavian country. Next one will be from Lithuania. They won't challenge the US.
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  10694. The Ukrainians need to realise that all they will get rom the west is political symbolism. The Americans do not have the equipment or money. The Americans are alarmed that Ukraine could collapse before the elections and they have come to shore up Ukraine's morale lest Zelensky chucks in the towel. The US will not be allowed to set in foot in Ukraine to rebuild, so Blinken's statement about making Russia pay for rebuilding Ukraine is only political theatre. The west is in panic and disarray.
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  10695. About a week ago, I saw an Israeli video in Hewbrew with subtitles that said the IDF death toll is 450.
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  10696. Cannot side with Europe because it is a lost vassal of the US, that wants to fight Russia.
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  10697. Piers had incredible control of his emotions throughout, did he ? Is that why he was stuttering ? Hijab caught Piers cheating right at the beginning and he pulled up Piers for introducing him as controversial. Piers could not show the evidence of beheaded babies and admitted he had not seen it, and added meekly that the Daily Telegraph reported it ! Daily Telegraph is the one that reported about Iraqi WMDs. Western media has been lying on the Ukrainian war and that is why it has no credibility.
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  10698. Even if Russia did it, Britain will not say it publicly. There is no danger of Article 5 and war. The Americans do not want to fight Russia and be killed for Britain. It will blow over.
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  10699. The General's analysis is Ukraine is winning because of high morale but is losing land.
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  10700. The west has got into a 'west versus the rest' struggle. In that, the west will find, the rest can do without the west. That is the way the world is evolving.
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  10701.  @maximusvaliant8597  Can you contest what Ivan wrote ?
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  10702. While it is good that Trump wants to end the Ukraine war, why does 'America first' not apply to Israel ? The fact that aid was not cut to Israel shows the Zionist Jews are in control of the US. And if you look hard enough at the Ukraine war, the Jews had a big hand in creating this war. Zelensky is a Jew. His mentor was the Jewish oligarch Ihor Kolomovsky. The PM of Ukraine Shyamal is a Jew. The organiser of the 2014 coup in Ukraine was Victoria Nuland, a vicious neocon Jewess. Her husband was another wicked neocon Jew, Robert Kagan, one of the architects of the Iraq invasion. Blinken is a Jew, and another driver of the war. Think about it. America needs to free itself from the Zionist Jews. It is not America first for the Jews, it is Israel first.
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  10703.  @claudiopereira9900  Rules based order is as you say 'follow our rules and dictats or else we will invade or seize your money ..' The other aspect is 'we can have exemptions to the rules that we made, when we wish'. The invasion of Iraq was the prime example of western duplicity. Just two countries decided to invade, no UN consultation was needed then, they made a false flag (to use their terminology) about imminent attack by WMDs to justify invasion of Iraq. They make a show of respect for sovereignty when it comes to Ukraine. The same people did not think it was Iraq's sovereign right to make or not to make WMDs. When you ask them why the west has WMDs, they claim they are responsible people. But they are the only people who used WMDs twice. Likewise they denounce Iran for drones. But they can send drones to Ukraine. Why ? The Iraq and Afghan wars undermined western credibility. That is why the rest of the world supports Russia. Russia has single handedly ended their so called 'rules based international order'. They are very upset and humiliated by that. They cannot beat up Russia like Iraq or Afghanistan. Look at their proposal for price cap for LNG The EU asked Qatar to obey their cap - but not the US. Qatar refused. Putin said in a recent speech 'what is this world order, was anyone consulted when it was drawn up?' The Europeans are becoming irrelevant but it needs one more generation to realise that.
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  10704. Zelensky is the retard Biden's worm
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  10705. Is this the NATO that scrambled to get on planes to exit from Kabul 18 months ago ? An alliance of 30 cowardly nations with two more will make no difference.
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  10706. They have to lie on behalf of the Jews. They are fearful the Jews will call them anti-semitic.
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  10707. It is wrong to deport them if Biden asked to bring in this 13 million - that is what Bannon is saying. Biden should be arrested and convicted.
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  10708. 'A lovely pair which has almost an identical personality and mentality, supported by an enthusiastic and very happy people.' And why does that make you unhappy and burn ?
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  10709. Zaluzhny wants to vacate before the surrender is signed. He does not want to be remembered for that.
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  10710. 'what is on the agenda at the Munich Security Conference?' A discussion on western ineptitude and how to cut their losses as Ukraine fails.
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  10711. if US leaves NATO, Sweden and Finland will lead.
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  10712. Crenshaw, what is the ominous day of reckoning that you talk about ? I thought the defeat in Afghanistan was your day of reckoning. What do you want to know ? You want to go back ? America cannot afford it. As for accountability, did you demand that of Bush for the fabricated Iraq war ? You didn't. That is why you lost. Get real and use your other eye and engage your brain.
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  10713. She said critical infrastructure was hit - that is fair enough. The western media was saying that Russia has no missiles and it was targeting civilians. What is happening ? In between telling us about the dire situation in Kiev, the lady says that Ukraine has made spectacular advances in its offensives - as if to reassure sinking western hearts that the west is still winning. So is Ukraine about to get back Crimea ? Why should not Iran supply Russia with drones ? The west has blockaded Iran for years, why should they listen to the west ? Russia taking Iran's weapons does not show Russia is a weak as the gentleman at the end says. It shows they are not isolated and are resourceful. As for not changing the course of the war, presumably he thinks Ukraine and the west are winning - although Russia has taken four oblasts, blockaded the shipping channels, and strangled Ukraine and European economies. Where is the evidence that the course of the war is in western favour ?
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  10714. She is a German Nazi for sure. I can gauge that from her language. She said the Ukranians with their Ukro Nazis are part of the European family. There is only a human family. She thinks Europeans are someone special.
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  10715. It is amusing how Poland has become the Great Western Hope ! The US and the traditional west (UK, France, Germany) cannot fight or roll back Russia. So they now count on a useless loud mouth like Poland. Relying on Poland and Lithuania for leadership shows the depth of western helplessness. When a missile fell on Poland and killed two Poles, both the Ukranians and Russians shouted shrilly that it was a Russian attack on Poland, and called for Article 5. It might have been a Russian missile, but very quickly the US announced that it was a Ukranian missile that had hit a Russian one and fallen on Poland. The US was bending over backwards to avoid Article 5 ! The Poles being subordinates fell in line, but the Ukranians kept contesting the US statement for some time. Poland like Ukraine is living dangerously. It is continually provoking the Russians. The US adminstration might change and there might be one that is less NATO friendly, or one that feels it does not have the money to fund Ukraine. Then countries like Poland will be left to dry out and become Ukrained. Russia has single-handedly ended the western world order, both on the economic and military fronts. That is the reality. Get over it.
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  10716. New sanctions and tariffs ? The US and Europe have sanctioned all they could. What is left ? The trade between Russia and US that is left is 3 billion. So what difference would tariffs make to Russia ? The truth is that Ukraine - and the US - do not have any cards. Russia has all the cards. The victor will dictate terms.
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  10717. When faced with the defeat on the ground, trundle out the unsupported claim that Russia has a million casualties.
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  10718.  @miked4122  When the US staged a coup in Ukraine and overthrew the elected govt. in 2014, and implanted a govt. that changed Ukraine's constitution which had pledged neutrality, then the US decides for Ukraine about joining NATO. Then Russia too can decide whether Ukraine can join NATO. There will be no more Ukraine for Russia to get out of. Get it ?
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  10719.  @tony3760758956  The UK is irrelevant, it is only a follower of the US. In 1997 and 1998, The US arms companies lobbied US politicians to expand NATO so they could replace Soviet era arms with US equipment. In 2014, the US (Victoria Nuland) aided a coup in Ukraine and installed a govt. that changed its constitution which pledged neutrality to one which sought NATO entry. When I asked 'Why did you incite Ukraine to join NATO ?', it is understood the US is the mover, but the UK goes along and justifies what US does, and then acts as the cheerleader to incite Ukraine in the war. The UK never advised Ukrainian people it is wiser to stay neutral than join NATO. BoJo was telling them not to negotiate. And the Frances Holdsworth type of Briton would have gone along with that.
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  10720. von Leyen is a hardliner when it comes to Ukraine and Russia. She sounds like a typical German Nazi in her hatred for Russia. Apart from sanctioning Russia, now she needs to sanction Hungary and Italy, and also Poland. Not that Hungary, Italy and Poland flirtations with fascism and neo-Nazism is a good thing for Europe's future. Europe is fighting Russia to please its master the US, but if the continent gets into the grip of Nazis due to the economic crunch, Europe would have failed. How long will it be before the various European Nazi nationalists start fighting each other or demanding gas chambers for refugees and immigrants ?
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  10721.  @item6931  You mean to say Nazism, fascism, colonialism and race supremacy have disappeared from the European psyche ? I do not think so. As seen by the evidence from Europe. Its dark history guides it.
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  10722. More sanctions, more Himars. All are face saving talk for losers. Another part of Ukraine has returned to mother Russia. The more the Americans try to prop up Ukraine, the more will go.
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  10723. Russia has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck. They have taken the area of Ukraine that creates most of its GDP, they have blockaded its access to the sea, they have strangled Ukraine's economy, the govt. is reliant on western aid and is printing notes, so it faces hyperinflation. Russia is going to conduct referenda, and the west and Ukraine cannot stop them. The nuclear sword dangles over Ukraine. Dreams of US military bases in Ukraine have been ended for good. Russia can keep striking Ukraine by air from all angles, Ukraine will not be allowed to settle down, and reconstruction would be impossible. Is that failing ? Western propaganda comes from frustration about their inability to get their way. Russia has also strangled Europe's economy making it difficult for Europe to subsidise Ukraine indefinitely. The EU is set for break up, with Hungary, Italy and far right advancing. It took Russia 4 years to snuff out the Chechen insurrection which was also financed by the US, but finally they re-integrated Chechenya and rebuilt Grozny. Ukraine will also take years, but Russia will not let it go.
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  10724. Be careful, Putin is a fighter, he may also take down Ukraine and its backers with nuclear weapons.
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  10725. Britain's has no capability to fight - they ran two ships against each other in Bahrain.
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  10726. Preparing the public for fall of Bahkmut - just declare it is of little importance, pour cold water on it and say no one can understand why Russia wants Bakhmut.
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  10727. The US and the west dug a hole for Russia, fell into it themselves, and they hope Ukraine will dig them out ! The westerners are mortified about their predicament, and all their delusions stem from that.
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  10728.  @gkuan7169  You are right American hegemony was possible post 1972 as the US got Saudis, Emiratis and others to sell oil ONLY in dollars. Iraq was invaded because Saddam sold oil in Euros. Libya had also talked about non-dollar denominated sales. America's dollar and prosperity depends on making the dollar the reserve currency. The importance of this was openly stated when the US sent Dilip Singh to India to give a warning to India not to undermine the US dollar by buying oil from Russia in rupees. Putin's most profound move is the initiation of steps to move away and create a system that allows countries to have a choice to sell and make settlements without the dollar. China had also launched the gold backed yuan for international trade. The Soviet Union did not know as it stood outside the international capitalist system. But Russia has learnt how the capitalist system works and how the US has manipulated it. The Russians have taken a decisive step to end the dollar system, and the US cannot invade Russia like it could Iraq to ensure oil continues to be traded in dollars.
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  10729. Russia has defeated the combined west already. The French are posing as usual. Macron is acting like Boris Johnson. When the Americans have given up, what can the French do ?
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  10730. Either the US should send troops to Ukraine - or tell Ukraine that it cannot win against Russian fire power with NATO weapons, so negotiate.
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  10731. All this outbreak of war hysteria confirms one thing : Britain and the US and the collective west is defeated by Russia ! There is nothing more to it. A single Sarmat hypersonic missile will take out Britain in a blink of an eye. BoJo obviously feels defeated. He was the one who said Putin should not be allowed to win. And as he is defeated, he is venting his frustration.
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  10732. Freedom is priceless, but the freedom to threaten Russia and put missiles targeting them is not priceless.
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  10733.  @raycope2086  Don't be a sore loser
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  10734.  @raycope2086  The main disaster was invading Afgahnistan and Iraq, boasting about instilling shock and awe. Your type did not discern any humanitarian disaster when that happened. Only when defeated, you suddenly see disaster.
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  10735. So you are now fearful that Ukraine could be hit with a nuclear strike. Russia has always stated it will use nuclear weapon to avert a strategic defeat. In the present case, Russia has the capacity to drive out the Ukranians by conventional means. A nuclear strike is possible, but the Russians will give Ukraine an ultimatum on that. One of the cities, Kiev, or Lvov near the Polish border could be selected for vapourisation. And your only counter to that is 'Russia’s relationship with China would “suffer enormously” if tactical nuclear weapons were used, says former Nato deputy assistant secretary general Jamie Shea.' There is nothing you can do to stop a Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine, and you are banking on Chinese censure. Why would China care ? There will be no nuclear fall out on them. They have said all along that NATO should not have expanded, in fact their foreign minister said that NATO should have been dissolved after Warsaw Pact was dissolved.
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  10736.  @J-Hajj  American politicians talk about kicking ass, because they have no class. Russian diplomats are old fashioned, they speak diplomatic language and do not indulge in name calling and crude language. The west has no foreign minister of the same class as the Russian, Chinese and Indian foreign ministers. Very sad you have become so shameless.
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  10737. @Etheldreda20 What is the correct logic according to you, numskull ? Ukraine must fight on as it is winning and can get back Crimea and join NATO ?
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  10738.  @Bajtjr  What is the lie ? Give some examples if you are so clever.
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  10739.  @mrbesserwisser7447  Ukraine is being bombed because it threatened Russia's peace by seeking to allow US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. It will have peace when it returns to neutrality. Get it ?
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  10740. Ukraine's misery was created by US led NATO expansion. Ukrainians are no angels, they attacked Russian civilians, did terrorist bombings, and they conspired with US to threaten Russia.
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  10741. 'Japan is still intact thanks to their very strict immigration control.' Japan is dying as its fertility is low. Countries like that have two choices : immigration or disappear. When you do not have the desire to have families, then those are the only two choices available. Get it ?
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  10742.  @petereames3041  But Japan faces a problem - its birth rate is below replenishment, hence it is in a death spiral.
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  10743. It is Ukraine and the west that are in a fix. They are talking about negotiations and making Ukraine stronger for negotiating. The fix is that Russia is not asking for negotiations. Russia demands unconditional surrender, losers ask for negotiations after the war is lost.
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  10744. Zelensky is Churchill no less according to Boris.
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  10745.  @alexalex-om9ic  He is a bloody fool, a Jew, fighting a proxy war for the Americans, in which Ukrainians lost their lives only to be abandoned.
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  10746.  @Dagmere-n7l  We do not know what else was next to the school, which Iran might have targeted. Iran has not targeted civilian sites on a large scale unlike Israel in Gaza and Lebanon. But if push comes to shove, civilian sites will also be hit, and Israelis will be howling. The Jews need to get the message. Get it ?
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  10747.  @pasemmay7875  ' Militancy shd be stopped in middle east' How are you tackling Israel's land grabbers, and its policy of running an apartheid state, which is the root cause ? Explain to me why US and UK support Israel and back an apartheid state. You want to tackle Hamas and Hizbollah but not Israel.
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  10748.  @pasemmay7875  'Hamas and Hezbollah use humans as shields' That is like saying when Hamas attacked on 7 Oct. , IDF was using human shields. IDF posts and towers were also in kibbutzes. In Israel, IDF, and religious maniacs are all embedded. Civilians and land grabbers are equipped with guns. It is impossible for the Palestinian freedom fighters to separate them. It is sidetracking to say Iran is humiliated and ineffective. Israel is an unviable apartheid state, a minority that does not fit in the region but thinks it is part of the west, which wants to dominate the majority.
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  10749.  @Dagmere-n7l  The Israelis need to be careful with their land grabbing past time. Their activities are bringing Israel's demise.
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  10750.  @Rom2Serge  Not weird at all, it is a dimension the brainwashed in the west do not hear. They are told of an unprovoked attack on Ukraine, a democratic European country, and they become outraged. They do not see what the US did to bring it about, with the coup in 2014 it sponsored. History of Ukraine for them starts about 2022.
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  10751.  @jack727dave5  'If one failed offensive ended the war Russia wouldn’t be in Ukraine right now.' The meaning of the last part of your sentence and its connection to the first part is not clear. But if your intention is to say that one failed offensive does not mean Ukraine has lost, you have to weigh on future prospects for Ukraine. Can Ukraine launch another offensive in 2024 ? Russia has massacred Ukraine's army, and the conscripts now have average age of 43 years. The west does not have artillery shells and Russia has destroyed western tanks and Bradleys. Seeing the failure of the counter offensive, the west does not want to send money and weapons. Then what is Ukraine's chance in 2024 ? When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, the Red Army lost many battles, but eventually they turned it around. The Soviet Union had the manpower, the arms production and iron willed leader like Stalin, to turn it round. Ukraine does not have the manpower, enough arms production, and its leader is a dependent on the US. If the US does not provide money and arms, it is not possible for Ukraine to come back in 2024.
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  10752. Why can't the west admit they made a mistake in trying to expand NATO ? Ukraine misbehaved with Russia and got a beating. Russia has taken back strategic parts of Ukraine. Ukranians were given independence in 1994, but they have proved incapable of self governance. Their model is bring America to fight Russia.
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  10753. Trump is sensible in one respect. He knows US cannot make money out of Ukraine anymore, so there is no point backing Ukraine as Russia is too powerful. It is better to focus on weaklings like Panama, Canada, Greenland/Denmark where economic gains can be made. On Israel, he is under the grip of the Jews, like all US Presidents. There he will aid Israel.
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  10754. Since March 2022, the narrative was Russia was running out of ammunitions, shells, missiles, soldiers, officers and generals. Biden declared the rouble was going to become rubble. Now as defeat stares the west in the face, the narrative is changing - it is Ukraine that is running out of ammunition and the west cannot produce any of its wonder weapons quickly enough to save Ukraine Sorry Ukraine, we did not mean to misguide you. We did not realise how strong Russia is.
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  10755. Russia has comprehensively defeated the collective west - militarywise, economywise and politically.
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  10756. Sean Bell is a hired liar and spin master for Ukraine.
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  10757. The superpower Russians is giving the west sleepless nights, NATO and Times Radio's only thinks about them !
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  10758.  @armadspengler2717  You have no evidence for successful interception apart from what the Ukranians say on behalf of their sponsor.
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  10759.  @adelbertantonio2937  Uktaine has not presented credible evidence a Kinzhal was destroyed. The US ordered them to say it.
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  10760.  @armadspengler2717  You don't know how many legs of the Patriot spider the Russians destroyed. For the US to admit this much means the devastation was too much to hide. They had to admit to some damage.
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  10761.  @bksvdb  Ukraine has to surrender, and accept there can be no NATO bases there to threaten Russia, otherwise it will get more than an artillery shell.
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  10762. If they attack Russia with heavy weapons given by the US, Russia will force uncondtional surrender with a tactical nuclear weapon on Ukraine. Russia will first put all western cities under their nuclear sword first before finishing Ukraine. Russian submarines now patrol both US coasts. And don't come back and tell me the US will intervene after Ukraine in nuked and and fight a nuclear war with Russia. The US does not want to send troops to Ukraine to fight a conventional war, so I can assure it is not ready to commit nuclear suicide.
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  10763.  @adelbertantonio2937  I think the Kinzhals destroyed your Patriots and they are making Ukraine sweat.
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  10764.  @venturestar  Who tried to expand NATO to Russia's borders and why ?
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  10765.  @bksvdb  Ukraine has to agree to neutrality. That would have prevented the war from starting. Instead, they thought they could use the US to threaten Russia. Russia has therefore dismembered Ukraine and no one can stop them.
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  10766.  @guidototh6091  According to the west, Ukranians do not want to be under Russia. Then, if you give them guns, they will shoot Russians or desert and join the Ukranian army. Hence, your proposal does not square with the western propaganda.
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  10767. As time goes by, people will get fed up of these refugees, or forget about them. The lady at the end is correct - Ukraine will not be left alone. But she does not understand the reason. Ukraine backstabbed Russia and indulged in Russophobia with US support. Everything Ukraine has built by the Soviet Union and that includes Russia.
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  10768. The problem is Putin has brilliance. Putin has NEVER indulged in name calling, not against the US or Ukraine or anyone. He has a class, sophistry and diplomatic control that western leaders simply do not have. Putin is very guarded with his tongue. Just listen to Kirby, Blinken, Biden, BoJo, they foamed in rage and called Putin a war criminal, and said they will take him to ICJ. After all that, now to negotiate is humiliation ! But that is what the US will do. Because Russia cannot be defeated as Putin said and everyone knows.
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  10769.  @thommyrubin1866  'As long as Putin talks it's interesting to hear how he distorts the history, how he behave towards Tucker.' Tell us what were the distortions Putin made. And are you aware of the constant lies the western media spews about Putin ? Like has a hand tremor and is dying due to cancer.
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  10770. Now Russia's war is driven by a professional general, Surovkin, and not by politicians. Russia should have taken out the power structure in the first week.
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  10771.  @donhuang9855  That is in the past. Germany does not have a pragmatic government that serves the people of Germany, it serves that of the Americans. Hence, no more cheap Russian gas. I have met Germans and when I ask them, who blew up Nordstream, they stare blankly, and look at each other. They dare not point at the Americans. Germany has committed economic suicide to please the Americans. It is buying LNG from the US for 4x the price. Volkswagen is closing some factories and there will be job lay offs. And BASF had to close some plants and shift to China and US.
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  10772. Alright then, the Palestinians giving medical treatment to this girl does not mean much to the IDF. Would they prefer to see her killed ? We can say it is Israeli choice, and they should not complain afterwards.
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  10773. The US has secured a number of weak vassal states in Europe but it multiplies its enemies elsewhere, and those enemies are powerful. Why is the US embarked on this suicidal policy ?
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  10774. 'He sees things how they are and that the west needs to get its act together. ' The war is lost, so what act do you want the west to get together ?
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  10775.  @terjeoseberg990  'Right. Russia lost this war long ago.' Is that so ? The west pretends it is not worried about it. When you lose and you cannot get what you wanted (Putin must not be allowed to win), you pretend you never wanted it in the first place ! Why do you think a warmonger like Hodges says 'We, in the West, have failed" ?
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  10776.  @robertginsburg8113  'Russian defeat and total withdrawal to the 1991 borders that Russia recognized.' So why has NATO not sent troops, why has it given up ?
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  10777.  @robertginsburg8113  Cut out the 'If NATO had engaged, if NATO had fought....' That line is trundled out after defeat. You remind me of the Nazi general Manstein who wrote a book called 'Lost Victories'. According to him, if only the Nazis had done this or that, all the defeats by the Red Army would have been victories. NATO is hypothetically stronger than Russia - according to your type. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. When has NATO won a war ? They ran with their tails between their legs in Afghanistan. Putin had invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No country in NATO dared send troops to Ukraine. Because they knew the Russians would have killed them like they killed the Ukrainian army. Those who don't have the courage to die cannot win wars. That is the difference between NATO and Russia.
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  10778. Sir Putin has inflicted a strategic defeat on the west in Ukraine. Two useless countries joining NATO does not help Ukraine.
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  10779. Doubt if BBC troops can boost sagging Ukrainian morale now.
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  10780. Ukraine cannot attack Russia because it will lead to a nuclear retaliation. So just get real. Ukraine is not equal to Russia.
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  10781. From stating that Ukraine is about to win, it has gone back to 'Russia's war economy is unsustainable'. It is the west that is not able to produce 150 mm shells, Patriots, and what not for Ukraine. When Trump comes, that will be the end.
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  10782. And the Americans think they can beat Russia with Biden !
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  10783. This is a summary of failed western efforts to save face - peace conference without Russia, three Ukraine reconstruction conferences. The west does not control the narrative, because the war is lost. The only terms for Ukraine now are what Putin gave - or the war goes on till Ukraine does not exist and its backers slink off. The west is wasting a lot of money it does not have on such foolish gestures. Why does it not organise peace summit for Gaza ?
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  10784.  @bramposthumus9300  The allies have arms and want to fight Russia without having casualties themselves. The side that is not prepared to die cannot win. The Ukrainians are ready to die, but don't have the arms. So they cannot win. The Russians are ready to die for their country and they have the top arms. So they are going to win.
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  10785.  @popo3122  'so then all the small countries should give up their land to powerful countries to avoid aggression?' No, that is not the message. Small countries must live diplomatically and not try to use a distant superpower to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Like neutral Switzerland which is surrounded by powers like France and Germany. Get it ?
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  10786. If Germany is hurt, the rest of the EU will suffer - Germany subsidises all the useless EU countries like Poland.
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  10787.  @extemporaneous4545  'For my part, I hope the word eliminate only means taking away their right to vote, or helping them to go to countries which they will find more suitable for them. But who knows, we'll see.' You are into Hindu Nazism alright. Hindus should also go to a country that is suitable for them. Why are they migrating to non-Hindu countries ? Why is Modi asking UK to give visas and migration rights for Hindus as part of a trade deal ?
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  10788.  @extemporaneous4545  'we have excelled in by being raised with the logical and analytical abilities accorded by the Hindu mindset' But you people worship cows, drink its urine, and believe in all kinds of abominations and perversions. You worship the phallus. You are into mob lynching and rape. You are uniquely primitive. You are the last pagans. That is why Churchill described you as a beastly people with a beastly religion. It is not your birthright to oppress others. People have the right to follow 'invaders' if they bring something superior. Evidently what you have is innately inferior, that is why many converted. You are so weak you have to pass laws to stop conversion.
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  10789. Both Zelenskyy and Sirsky are heavily invested in this failed Kursk misadventure; The Ukrainians would not have done it without US and UK direction. These are the real minds behind it, but they will slink away and say they had nothing to do with it.
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  10790. Why don't his supporters understand that Trump is what he is ? Because his support base is the frustrated whites who are angry about the their decline and loss in position. Trump is the Great White Hope of the MAGA crowd. One billboard at the time of his election read 'Make America Great and White Again'. They believe only Trump can do it.
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  10791. Sky British says it was due to incompetence of the Russian pilots !
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  10792.  @peramoredellanalisi4341  The vultures are the western capitalists and US firms.
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  10793. If Russia allows exporting of grain, Ukraine will get revenue to continue fighting. So Russia will have reservations. To end the war, Ukraine's economy must be strangled to force them to negotiate.
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  10794.  @bittripper3530  If Ukranians had decided to be neutral and not try to bring Americans to put their missiles against Russia, they would not have risked even a coventional war. With their trenchant behaviour, they risk a tactical nuke. It is their choice.
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  10795. Trump knows the UK has no military power. Greenland should ask for Russian and Chinese bases.
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  10796.  @Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage A US general said 3 day war, and you pinned it on Russia. Show me a link where any Russian official said 3 days. Russia never says such things. They do not advertise their steps. The west is guessing their next steps - will they go after Odessa ?
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  10797. The European car makers have lost their business in Russia to the Chinese, and it will not return. If you do not want to supply a key customer, someone else will step in. The west does not have the power to sanction and threaten as before - because there are new centres of production that will fill in. The west, especially Europe has committed economic suicide.
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  10798. As an American, you should be ashamed to incite Ukraine to war against Russia. You should be ashamed that the neocon Jews like Nuland and Blinken run your country and wage wars against Russia and Palestine. It is better you left NATO.
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  10799.  @JamesK1963  It appears to you US has spent its money, and you blame the Europeans of being free loaders. Yes, the US has paid the most for NATO - but it does so to have complete control of NATO's command structure and dictate all policies. NATO was expanded on the demand of US arms companies like Lockheed (see New York Times articles in 1997 and 1998). And also the wicked Jewish neocons that run your country like Nuland and Blinken. You handed your country to arms lobby and the Jewish lobby. That finally led to war. And when project Ukraine got stuck, the US withdraws and puts on pious airs and asks Europe to step up. Thus, Europe has to take in 10 million refugees and subsidise Ukraine for as long as it takes. Meanwhile, Europe has no energy, it has to now buy American LNG for 4x the price. And Europe is de-industrialising, as energy intensive EU companies are relocating to US or China. Thus, the US has done well out of NATO, you have earned much more than you invested. Its defence companies made tonnes of money selling arms to Poland and all such countries, and US is now going to make money from oil and gas to Europe. But you are killing the patient from whom you are extracting money. So don't put on pious airs about how much you have done, and lecture the Europeans. I am a critic of the Ukrainians and Europeans as well - for being dumb and mortgaging their futures to the US under some illusory belief in 'shared western values'. The US is a predatory ally and the Europeans do not have the intellect to realise it. The Europeans are shameless dependents who were riding the US to get a share of its imperialist loot. And the Ukrainians stabbed Russia in the back after it gave Ukraine independence. All three are now drowning. That is the way wickedness ends. Get it ?
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  10800. As an American, you should be ashamed to let your country be run by arms lobbies and warmongering Jewish necons like Victoria Nuland. They have sunk your country.
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  10801. Biden is now a lame duck President. He is not in a position to authorise any of Zelensky's 'victory plans' which involve attacks on Russia, to spread the war and get the US fighting Russia. Why do the Europeans give so much time to this joker ?
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  10802. The US should be condemned for staging the coup in 2014 that brought Ukro Nazi nationalists to power in order for the US to secure naval bases in Ukraine. The Europeans should be condemned for not challenging the US. The Ukrainians should also be condemned for backstabbing Russia by thinking they could use the US to attack Russia. All the industry Ukraine has is due to the Soviet Union.
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  10803.  @JarodFarrant  Why are you replying to a bot ?
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  10804.  @Talinthis  Russia killed off much of the Ukranian army in Bakhmut, then in the failed counter offensive, then in Avdivka. The Ukranians are dragging boys of the street and forcing them. Russia is not doing that. There people are volunteering - because they are fighting for Great Russia. Ukrainians are fighting as a proxy who can be abandoned any time and that has dawned on some. 'Also, ammunition shortage will be reversed in as little as a week, i think you underestimate the US supply chains.' You are delusional. They cannot get 100 mm shells. Russia out produces NATO. The west gave everything Leopards, Challengers, Abrams, Bradleys, Himars, and cluster bombs. What difference did they make in the counter offensive ? The Russians blew all of them up.
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  10805. Farage has a bad image because he hobnobbed with Trump and far right. But on one thing he is clear minded. Energy is the key to industrial economies. He recognises it was foolish to support Zelensky, take on Putin and put sanctions. He recognises that the pound will collapse. Who in the British establishment understands this ?
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  10806. Russia has to take back Odessa.
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  10807.  @superhumantrueman  Odessa being part of Ukraine since 1991, will change as it will become part of Russia. Then your claim that it was part of Ukraine will be irrelevant.
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  10808.  @alvaro701  They will come back for Kherson and Odessa. It is not over till it is over. For now Bakhmut and that will open more doors.
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  10809. The west feels powerless, so they have to talk out their wishes and fantasies.
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  10810.  @Lucas166silva  'but Russia is a superpower, not a weak country, doesn't matter how much media tries to pass this image, just isn't.' The west knows Russia really has WMDs and can obliterate the west if they try any hanky panky with them. That is why the west is infuriated. Their media don't ask why the US and NATO was unwilling to get the security guarantee Russia asked for. Even now they can ask Ukraine to negotiate but that would feel like a defeat of the west. Hence, it is false pride.
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  10811.  @caseymalambo1306  Tell Ukraine to go back to neutrality and kick out NATO. NATO did not save them.
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  10812. I marvel at western arrogance. They ask 'Is Russia weaponising its gas supply?'. Did they ever question if the west weaponised the dollar and euro ?
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  10813.  @gnehzeey  Is that best you could write ? Sounds like the last gasp of a Ukranian.
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  10814.  @gnehzeey  Ukraine's sovereignty was always conditional. It had to give up nukes, and agree to neutrality. Otherwise, Russia would not have allowed it independence. If Ukraine hangs out with bad friends who encourage it to threaten the country that contributed to building its steels mills, nuclear power plants, airplane factories etc., then it has shown wickedness, so corrective action needs to be taken, and the baseball bat will be used. That is what Russia is enforcing and it will not give up till Ukraine goes back to the neutrality it promised, and there are no more NATO training camps in Ukraine nor any possibility of putting US missiles.
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  10815. Why does this idiot Lord Owen not ask why the US pushed for NATO expansion, and organise a coup in Ukraine ? The war in the east and the south is lost. All these western fellows know Russia will prevail. This Lord does make a slip and say Russia cannot be beaten -which means Ukraine has to cede more territory. Anyway the war is not about Ukraine, or land grabbing. For Russia,the enemy is the US, and it was attempting to cut off Russia from the Black Sea by getting Ukraine into NATO and thereby getting naval bases there. Russia will not allow that, they are ready to fight a nuclear war to prevent US bases in Ukraine. The US is driven by its military industrial complex and even a nuclear war is acceptable to them in their pursuit of profit.
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  10816. 'For the guy wanted for war crimes, there is no ceasefire, only a "pausefire" before he consolidates, rearms, and has another go.' So why don't you overcome cowardice send your troops to Ukraine and then Moscow to catch the guy ?
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  10817. The title should have been 'How Russia won in Donbass' ?
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  10818.  @obriets  Russia has no reason to trust the west. After German reunification, James Baker had said NATO would not expand one inch to the east.
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  10819. What is the complaint now ? Russia is handing back Kherson on a plate.
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  10820. The US and UK sabotaged the Budapest Memorandum by ganging up with Ukraine against Russia. The understanding was that everyone's security will be guaranteed. The last clause says in the event of a dispute, all parties will sit and negotiate. Putin invited the US to a meeting to discuss Russia's security, but the US declined. Why ? Russia negotiated a settlement with Ukraine in Turkey, but the UK sabotaged it. Why ? Hence, there will be no more negotiations, Ukraine will not exist. There is nothing Ukraine or the west can do about it. Get it ?
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  10821. Ukraine having lost, for you, Latvia is now the Great Hope who can defeat Russia. A few weeks back it was Finland, then Sweden.
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  10822.  @Cecil-yc6mc  When will Ukraine reach Crimea - it has been since 2014 ? Indeed, when will Ukraine exist as a country again ?
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  10823.  @raymondk2202  Things are going just right. You cannot supply shells and the Ukro Nazis got killed in Bakhmut and Soledar. The Ukrainians are unable to start as they fear their tanks will get stuck in the mud and Russia is destroying the ammunition dumps in advance. The offensive is blunted even before it starts.
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  10824.  @frederikpedersen689 The shovel army is effective, it got Bakhmut and Soledar. Ukraine chose to live dangerously.
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  10825. 'Why won't Macron or Starmer talk to MrP?' Due to the pain of defeat.
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  10826. Why is very frustrating ? Why do you incite Ukraine and send 22 year olds to their deaths ? You are wicked. You do not want to die, you want them to die imagining, they are saving you.
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  10827. @890 In 2024, France and Europe and America cannot match for Russia. If for a moment the west thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine in 2022 or 2023. You don't talk about sending troops after being defeated. Get it ? The Russians are battle toughened, and experienced in combined arms warfare. Your fellows have done some NATO exercises. They are not brave as we saw in the way NATO ran away from Afghanistan.
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  10828.  @steveb890  Russia has taken away allow of Ukraine's industrial lands, they killed Ukraine's counter offensive, and they destroyed NATO's superior weapons. If the French, the British, Americans, Germans thought for a moment they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. But they know the Russians would massacre them. Putin said at the start that those who think they can defeat Russia should come to the battlefield and show it. No one in the west took up the offer. He had said earlier you will face consequences you have not faced in your lives.
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  10829. @890 You are fabricating and exaggerating US contribution. The Red Army destroyed over 85% of the Nazi army. They won the war and saved Europe from Nazism.
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  10830. The west hesitates and cannot walk its talk because it lacks one fundamental quality - it lacks the courage of the Russian soldier who will fight and lay out down his life to defend his country. The Ukrainians have the fighting courage also, they are Little Russians. But the Americans and the Europeans do not have the fighting ability. That is the cause for the hesitation.
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  10831. She talks about punching Putin twice to make him negotiate. In that case, Russia will exterminate all of Ukraine. She is another dumb Ukrainian talking as if she is western.
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  10832. How can they blame the few in the west that foresaw this war will be disaster for Ukraine and the west ? The neocons, the political elite and media will blame Ukraine and say it did not follow NATO instructions, and say Ukraine was not grateful.
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  10833. China has upstaged the US. It must be causing burning. The west used to look down on Africa. Remember what Trump said. Now China has taken the lead, the Americans want to meet Africans ! But it is too late....The western supremacist psyche cannot be changed.
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  10834. Commitment without power of action is useless. It is laughable. Russia will simply erase any country that touches Putin. You also know it.
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  10835. This fellow in the video advises the west needs to send 1000 tanks and long range missiles for Cruise. That will invite a nuclear strike. Whatever the west has tried has led to Ukranians suffering bigger strikes.
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  10836. See this fellow's war mongering. He says the problem is not Russia anymore, because that war is lost. He says it is about the 'goings on in China'. What are the goings on China that poses a threat to the US ? He rambles on about planting wheat on slopes. Why would that be a threat to the US ? The US has lost against Russia, and wants to fight China. When the US was not ready to fight against Russia because of fear of being killed in Ukraine, what is the chance it is ready to fight and die against China ? Xi is not obsessed, it is Biden and the Americans and the US who are obsessed. The Americans feel China is going to displace them as the premier country. They are paranoid about it. Xi is correct to prepare the Chinese - because the American war mongering mentality can be seen in this video. It is the US that is bellicose. China has nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles. The US would not dare fight China. The western world order is over. Putin ended it, and the US cannot recreate its hegemonic position by fighting China. The UnHerd questioner sounds incredulous. Why does UnHerd invite such deluded Americans ?
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  10837.  @DisinterestedParty  You have written a pompous post without spelling out how it will end. I have spelt out how it will end as far as I can see : Ukraine will lose more land in Donbas, and the coastal areas. Ukraine is not getting those back anymore than the Crimea, Russia is never going to cede them. Ukraine will be landlocked. Russia can keep firing missiles here in there into the land locked rump to prevent any reconstruction. Europe is left clutching refugees. Ukraine will not join NATO - Zelensky understands that, the west knows Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war against the west if needed. No one can gaurantee Ukraine's sovereignty without Russian permission. The west is full of pompous rhetoric about Putin must not be allowed to win, Russia must suffer a devastating defeat in Ukraine etc. The question is how is the west going to achieve it considering the Russia has the strong cards, Ukraine can barely survive with support, and the west is unwilling to fight and die.
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  10838.  @DisinterestedParty  That is your dream wishlist ! It is better to get to the real world. The west is slowly realising Russia has all the strong cards, it has taken the coastal areas, it will take the industrial area and make Ukraine landlocked and the truncated Ukraine will need endless EU aid. Europe will not be able to support it.
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  10839.  @DisinterestedParty  I see the desperation arising from the fact that Putin poked the west in the eye. Recently, westerner commentators are distancing themselves with their stories about how Russia is losing as they face up to the reality and see Donbas is going under, and Severodonetsk is surrounded on 3 sides. The west was saying in the first week the rouble will collapse. It is currently the strongest performing currency. 10-20 companies are now paying for gas in roubles. The economic bite is on the west also. Russia is self sufficient - it has living space, it has water and food security, it has energy security, and it has defence security - so it does not need to trade. None of the useless countries of Europe have the complete set of things needed for independence. They have living space, water security, partial food security - but not energy security or defence security. For defence, all the useless European countries are dependent on the US. Putin correctly pointed out there are only 4 countries that are truly sovereign - Russia, the US, India and China. The European countries are pawns under the hand of the US. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4gleImeWmE&lc=Ugy40XaQqeiwob1iKl54AaABAg.9bQGtTJ2vsg9bSxO5IsuPG
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  10840. Behind the desire to get Ukraine into NATO lies the aim of the US to eject Russia from Sevastopol and have a naval base. That is what the war is about. Russia will never allow Ukraine into Crimea. One foot into Crimea, and Ukraine will be hit with a nuclear strike. Loss of Crimea would be a strategic defeat and Putin has said that is the condition that will lead Russia to use a nuclear strike on Ukraine. Then all the NATO people will look the other way and wish better it is on Ukraine, than on them !
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  10841. NATO can be debating, it is all mouth with no substance. Russia has decided it will dismantle Ukraine's power and energy infrastructure to degrade its fighting ability. The Russians should have done this in the first week, but were too soft. Now, there is no choice. NATO can send some generators.
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  10842. All the Brits settled in foreign lands will also be expelled. They can go back and live in their impoverished, congested island.
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  10843.  @mariaf.6601  Try to dispute what I wrote, and don't use only personal remarks as a counter. That shows a low IQ.
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  10844. It is easier for Ukraine to enter Russia than NATO now !
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  10845. When Xi came to EU, he ignored Macron and von Leyen was pleading Xi to curb China. When Janet Ellen went to China, she also pleaded to control China and asked the Chinese to produce less ! When Blinken went to China, they sent a town mayor to meet him ! Europeans are servile doormats of the US, and the British the most.
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  10846.  @audrunasgruslys9243  Ukraine got independence on the condition it returned the nukes. The US wants non-proliferation, so what you suggest is not going to happen. If those countries tried to get those weapons with the intention to threaten Russia, Russia will be forced to eliminate those countries immediately. So don't push your luck.
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  10847.  @wolfvale7863  'Ukraine's case they inflate the number to pressure the west.' If so, is the west going to buy that ? If Ukraine inflates the casualties, then the west will come to the conclusion sooner that backing Ukraine is a losing business. That realisation is under way, and slowly the west is dropping hints that Ukraine must negotiate and conceding land is inevitable. They say of course they wish Ukraine to win, but the best way to win is to concede some land.
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  10848. Times Radio projects wishful western thinking, born out of spite. Russia has ended the western world order. Get over it. Britain's colonial power is not coming back even in alliance with the US. Russophobia and support of Zionism are examples of Britain living in the past, and its unwillingness to adjust to times. When foreign minister Lavrov visited China, not only China's foreign minister came, but Xi came - it was a welcome beyond protocol. Both China and Russia realise they need to have mutual cooperation, and they realise they have to work together to end western hegemony, and the dollar. Both China and Russia face the phenomenon of the west ganging up against them. The Muslim countries and Africans also face the same, but they have less capacity to end the western order.
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  10849. Your complaint is the west was slow and indecisive - and it it were not so, Ukraine would have won. You are playing the 'If only...' excuse. Wallace did tell Zelensky NATO is not an Amazon and he should be grateful for what he got.
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  10850. It will be better he went back to India with his roots. What is the point of putting on a shawl on another ill dressed Hindu ? As for Christianity, India would become more developed if it converts to Christianity and abandons its pagan ways.
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  10851. Ukraine has fooled itself it is part of the west. The west is US and US only. The West could not win in Afghanistan and Iraq. If Trump or another comes, that will be end of 'we shall support you for however long it takes'.
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  10852. He says the Russians never say directly they are putting sanctions, they say that they are waiting for sanctions to be lifted to repair Nordstream ! They leave wriggle room. They don't advertise all their cards. They are far cleverer than western politicians who are bluster and vain rhetoric.
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  10853. Western intellectuals... Liberal Intelligentsia...want to fight Russia also. Forgetting they live in glass houses.
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  10854.  @reekinronald6776  Don't waffle and talk like a fascist. Intellectuals are not dangerous. They only have pens.
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  10855. You say Putin is worried. I see he is not asking for negotiations. Ukraine and US are not worried but they are begging to freeze the conflict, negotiate, accept peacekeepers. How does that square, numskull ?
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  10856.  @JezenThomas  Fico went there to get help for energy supplies, and he offered if negotiations take place, to host it in Slovakia. What is the basis of your claim that Putin brought Fico over for negotiations ? You are seeking to spin your weak position and say the opposite. Putin and Lavrov have stated their entry positions for negotiations : Ukraine has to surrender remaining areas of Donbass AND it cannot join NATO. The US position as noted in a paper by Kellogg is to freeze the conflict at the present line of contact, and relegate Ukraine's desire to join NATO to 10-20 years from now. Russia has rejected this outright. It is not seeking to freeze the conflict or have another Minsk agreement as they know the west is buying time to arm Ukraine. If the US does not agree, Russia will not negotiate, as it is in a position to take the rest of Donbass by force, and advance to the Dnieper and eye Odessa. It has the capability to drive out the Ukrainians from Kursk. Ukraine has the choice of accepting Russian terms (give up all of Donbass and NATO), or Russia will take more by force. Get real, Ukraine is not in a position to reverse the situation, that is why America is ready to abandon it. After the failure of Ukraine's 2023 summer offensive, Ukraine has been on the defensive, and it cannot reverse it.
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  10857. BRICS has been there for some time. Russia's great achievement at this juncture is to push for a new financial system which non-western countries can use. Putin has identified this as a great need from his own experiences of western blackmail. There are others who have had the same experience of western blackmail - such as Iran. China, India and other countries have also watched western blackmail, so they are also enthusiastic for creating a mechanism for BRICS trade without the dollar. The Europeans need to decide whether they want to be vassals and doormats of the US (while the dollar and US power fades), because of some imaginary shared values with the US, or whether they want to be independent and work with BRICS as an opportunity for themselves.
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  10858. A really wicked Jew.
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  10859. Nuland the smiling necon Jewess, wife of neocon Jew Robert Kagan, a brain behind Iraq invasion.
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  10860. So Fareed, you realised the west is failing in Ukraine just now ? Until now, you were one of the cheer leaders, acting with typical western arrogance. Now you know the facts. The west cannot fight a direct military war with Russia and win. If for one moment the west thought that it could win militarily, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. The west was confident that it could win an economic war against Russia. It froze Russia's euro and dollar deposits, and then prevented Russian payments in these currencies and predicted the rouble will be rubble. They did not realise that Russia could wage economic warfare. For energy is more valuable than currency. The west like Fareed Zakaria looked down on the Russian economy and claimed it was hollow, and it would go under. But it is the west's economy that is on the line to go under ! Finally, Fareed's stand is supply more weapons to Ukraine. Well the west is doing that, but the Ukranians are crying it is only 10% of their needs. He is asking the west to break the blockade of Odessa. How ? Putin has invited the west to come to the battlefield and fight. If the west intervenes, a western ship might be sunk. No one has the stomach for that. If a couple of western mercenaries are caught, the west's nerves fail. The reality is the Ukranian goose is cooked and the west is defeated,, and all these suggestions by the likes of Fareed are feeble attempts to save face.
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  10861. Poland has a plan to take over western Ukraine. Lvov belongs to them. Russians would agree to that.
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  10862. Biden's promise of supporting Ukraine for however long it takes was only as long as he was around. Russia on the other hand has the capacity to fight as long as it takes to make sure there will be no US bases in Ukraine.
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  10863. Russia has defeated the collective west both militarywise and economywise ! Russia has single handedly ended the western world order. The west is a bunch of thieves - freezing Russia dollar and euro assets is robbery. But you can only do that once. Russia has taken steps to reduce dollar trade and the rest of the world sees the benefit.
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  10864. The DT like the rest of the western media spends its time to put a smile on a dead rat's face. The dead rat is Ukraine.
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  10865. These smug western analysts console themselves that it is a strategic defeat for Russia. How ? Why don't these people debate if attempted NATO expansion to Ukraine is a strategic victory for Ukraine and the west ? Ukraine has lost 25% land, its economy is strangled, it says it needs 750 billion to reconstruct (as of now), it has a huge number of deaths, 8 million are refugees.... As for the west, it has to house refugees, subsidise Ukraine, pay for its arms, spend more on NATO defence (which means cuts in health and education), and have inflation and bankrupt businesses. Further, Putin has set in motion the use of non-dollar currencies that erode the power of the dollar and hence the west. It is his greatest achievement. In light of the above, what do these western minds have to claim as strategic success ? Only two more weaklings' desire to join NATO. This is trumpeted as a fearsome blow to Putin ! This is how pathetic the west is.
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  10866.  @goeast12  'I can unequivocally say Europe and America need each other'. Nobody is stopping you from sinking together, Russia and China will enable you.
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  10867.  @monipenny408  The European media has also contributed to the subservience to the US by creating this narrative of 'shared western values'. So if the US wants to invade Iraq or Afghanistan, or expand NATO to Ukraine and make Ukraine fight against Russia, or threaten China, the EU goes along. If the US wants to cut and run from Afghanistan without telling EU allies, no one in Europe can give the US a dressing down.
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  10868.  @goeast12  'The current situation in Europe rests squarely on European shoulders and they are steadfast in their determination to see that kleptocratic and authoritarian Russia loses in democratic Ukraine....' Unfortunately, they are subordinates, in fact they are door mats of America. Europeans are in no position to prevent Russia stopping Ukraine from entering NATO. The saying about Europeans is 'Gros bouches, petits mains'. Big mouth, tiny fists.
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  10869.  @niji0199  Europeans are very proud to be door mats of the US.
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  10870. It is an incredible lie that Russia has lost 120,000 and Ukraine 70,000. How can that be when western pundits were saying the attacking side loses 3x the defending side ? And we know Russians fire 10 shells for every 3 Ukrainian plus they have helicopters and air support. Hence, more Ukranians are being killed than Russians and that is why defeat stares Ukraine and the west. It is a western lie to mask Ukraine's plight and hopeless prospects.
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  10871. It starts with the usual claim of superiority - our missiles are more accurate than theirs. But with those inaccurate missiles, somehow Russia took out the power grid and Ukraine's ports, and all the lousy western equipment like Leopards, Bradleys, Himars, Storm Shadows and Patriots. Let NATO be dragged into full war. The Poles, Baltics, and others are itching to fight Russia. What is the problem ? NATO has accurate weapons. All this fear mongering is to hide western impotence. When push comes to shove, no one in NATO, least of all the US, wants to fight Russia - because they know they will be killed.
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  10872.  @joeswanson5486  The western govts. and media were demanding and expecting Ukraine to breach and punch through all the way too the Azov sea in a few days. When it failed, the Germans said it was because Ukraine did not follow the NATO manual for breaching operations ! The British said the growth of weeds was hampering the Ukranians ! Now of course they will say 'we were not expecting them to achieve it in a few months'.
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  10873.  @ИринаЛукьяненко-ь3ъ  What is your point about about Crimea and Yalta beach ?
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  10874.  @donaldliden4545  You still don't get it - Russia is a superpower. If you put NATO bases in Ukraine,it will face a nuclear strike.
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  10875.  @michaelfaraday8391  'There’s no way these guys beat the Russians!' The Ukrainians know it, the west also know it. But they have to maintain the deception as they are unable to come to terms with reality. Western delusions were made by Ukraine's performance in 2022 when the Russians were attacking with not enough forces on multiple fronts, and the Ukranians were defending. The Russians did capture a substantial amount, but they got over extended, and Ukraine could regain a good portion. In 2023, the Russians decided to consolidate before more advances. Ukraine came under pressure from the west to regain land, and when they went on the offensive, they found it is a different game. Now it is lost. Some in the west still think by some miracle Ukraine's performance of 2022 will return.
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  10876. The western media also lies to fuel the US's proxy war. When did they have a discussion on (1) why the US wants NATO expansion (2) the 2014 coup that the US organised in Ukraine and (3) Nazis in Ukrainian govt. and army ?
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  10877. Zelensky feels entitled as the west has told him he is fighting to save the 'civilised world'.
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  10878. Ukraine was not fighting a defensive war. It was seeking to give US naval bases to threaten and shut off Russia from the Black Sea. Russia defeated Ukraine, and NATO. So Trump has given up.
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  10879.  @eyaklen4804  The west hates anyone who is not under their thumb. They think they are entitled to set the rules for everyone.
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  10880.  @Muddy283  Those who have actively backed wrongs like Iraq war, supporting Israel have no credibility talking about what is wrong. NATO expansion was also wrong after Secretary Baker said after re-unification of Germany that NATO will not expand one inch to the east. Get it ?
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  10881.  @bck481  But the whole world is not ceasing to trade with China and Russia just because you stopped. You wage economic and military wars on others, and you create refugees who come to you, and then your society breeds immigrant bashing Nazis.
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  10882.  @Muddy283  And the way the Red Army liberated Europe from the Nazis was never taught to you. Russia allowed German re-unification and the US stated that NATO would not expand one inch to the east. But you cheated and hence Russia gave you a beating. For Russia, the true monster is you. So stop being sanctimonious. Get it ?
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  10883.  @QuietRefl4378  Germany is now dependent on US LNG, which costs 5x as much. Hence, Germany is being de-industrialised. With the high energy costs and the high labour cost, Germany becomes uncompetitive. German companies including BASF are shifting to China so they can run on Russian gas, and to the US. If Germany is de-industrialised, it runs down the rest of the EU economies. Germany and EU have shot themselves in the foot by following the US, and UK shot itself twice, first by leaving EU and second by trying to fight Russia. Get it ? Engage your brain.
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  10884.  @bck481  Is that why Janet Ellen went to China and asked China to reduce production and also have a nice word to Russia to tone down ? China is moving to Mexico to make EVs for the US market ! The US is sinking with the dollar, and you have to come to terms with reality. Its dependents like EU and UK also go down with it since they do not have enough IQ to fend for themselves.
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  10885. I thought it had collapsed immediately in 2022. Why extend to a few years ? You told us in 2022, Putin had a hand tremor and mysterious illness, and then cancer. But he seems to have recovered. Meanwhile BoJo and Biden have disappeared.
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  10886.  @clayvanalstyne7805  What it means is Bahkmut is strategically very important, as it had salt mines in which equipment could be stored, and it has rail links to important centres. Fortifications were built over years in Bakhmut by the Ukrainians. When the west saw Ukraine would lose Bakhmut, their media said Bakhmut is not very important, Russia is after it only because they had nothing to show in 2023, they were desperate for any victory.
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  10887.  @clayvanalstyne7805  @truthbsaid1600 is an unintellligent parrot, he repeats what the western media have told him : Bakhmut is an unimportant city, the Russians were after it because they wanted any victory. But he cannot answer why Ukraine tried to hold on and is now trying to get it back. He does not have the IQ to realise the western media is partisan and downplays significance when it is a defeat.
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  10888.  @truthbsaid1600  Indeed, Russia pinned down the Ukrainian neo fascists in Bakhmut and massacred them. The US had been telling Ukraine to save their neo fascists and pull out, so they had more people for the counter offensive. Russia attritioned the Ukranian neo-fasicsts in Bakhmut and now they do not have enough manpower for their wretched counter offensive.
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  10889. So Ukraine is still winning ?
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  10890. NATO will respond as it did to Russians in Ukraine - keep out of danger ! The French talked about sending their Foreign Legion but after a few were killed, they dropped out. The Swedes sent people to train Ukrainians in cyber warfare till 50 were killed by a Kinzhal in Poltava. That was the end of it. NATO is not a fighting force like the Russian army. Cowards cannot fight - we saw how they ran from Kabul The best fighters in NATO are the Turks but they will not fight for American causes. In fact, Ukrainians are good fighters, they can train NATO ! Zelensky has even said this, if NATO lets Ukraine in, they can fight for whole of NATO.
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  10891. Why is a UK PM showing off Hindu pride when he is the PM of the UK ? Modi demands visa and migration as part of a trade deal. It is a shameless demand. Normally, a trade deal is on goods and services. China does not demand others give jobs and residency to its citizens. The UK should not agree to such a free trade deal. Home Sec. Suella Bravermann knows Indians and the danger and opposes these terms. The British papers reported the Leicester riots were due to the export of Modi's Hindu nationalists to the UK. The rest of the UK team should oppose Sunak and not agree to a trade deal that allows visa and migration as it represents a clear danger to the UK's security. Sunak openly boasts about Hindu pride, so his loyalty is to his chauvinist upper caste Hindus, not to the UK.
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  10892. It is sidetracking to say Iran is humiliated and ineffective. The real issue that cannot be hidden any longer is that Israel is an unviable apartheid state, a minority that does not fit in the region but thinks it is part of the west, which wants to dominate the majority. Why is the west bending over backwards to defend this immoral state ? Perhaps they created this monster but don't want to admit their guilt. The west is on the wrong side of history. It threatened Russia with NATO expansion, and Russia punched the west in the face. Ukraine is losing and the west cannot save it. The same with failing project Israel.
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  10893. 'Betrayal, bullying,...' What betrayal ? Trump never encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia. His predecessors did. Trump sees the war is lost, so he is ending it.
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  10894.  @nataliehladun744  'they just never seem to join in stopping the Russian tyrants- wth???' History shows when the Europeans messed with Russia, they were beaten. The Ukraine war is the latest where the collective west tried to gang up against Russia - and got beaten.
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  10895. Ukranians should now take Kherson and get the next tranche of money from the US.
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  10896.  @Phil-ui4tm  There are several channels such as DW, BBC reporting Ukranians saying 50 missiles came, 44 shot down, and another report from Ukrainains saying 18 targets in different cities were hit. If the Ukranians took down 44 out of 50, then why are they begging for modern western anti-missile systems ? They already have something that performs better than western systems !
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  10897.  @jackvermont88  'To be clear 50 missiles were fired, 6 shot down'. The Ukranians and western news say 50 missiles were fired, the Ukrainians shot down 44. We are going by what the western media and Ukranians themselves said. You have inverted the numbers. 'but besides them there was massive attack with S-300 (surface-to-air missile, but can be used as surface-to-surface) which russians use to bomb Mykolayiv, Zaporizhizhia and other cities in the South of Ukraine. That is why there was damage at 18 sites.' 'It was not clarified by the media.' Then others are entitled to disbelieve the media. How does anyone know your clarification is correct ? Your presentation is dodgy. The media say 50 fired, 44 shot down; you say 50 fired, 6 shot down.
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  10898.  @jackvermont88  Alright, you now say what the CNN and other media say - 44 out of 50 shot down. Which is citing verbatim what the Ukrainians claim. How do you know Ukrainians are not lying ? And if the Ukranians are correct and they have such a kill rate, then why are they pleading for the latest anti-missile systems ? What they have is Soviet ones and these are better than the western ones with that kill rate. 'But besides them russians are using other rocket and missile systems to destroy critical infrastructure in the Northern-East regions as well as East and South regions.' Western media has been saying Russians have run out of rocket and missile systems, that is why they are stooping so low as flying Iranian drones. In the second month Zelenksy said Russia would run out of missiles in 3 days. At least make your story consistent.
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  10899.  @jackvermont88  'S-300 missiles which were built in soviet times and most of them either about to expire or already expired. S-300 have range up to 100 miles, but for ground targets they are not precise (these systems are used for air targets) and by launching at the same time 5-6 missiles, one can go through the air defense and hit something.' You are writing clever distortions. They have no cruise missiles. So they ate using Soviet era SAMs, they are not accurate for ground targets, but by launching at the same time 5-6 missiles, one can go through the air defence and hit something. Now is that something going to be power stations hitting which takes down 40% of the electricity ? What is the probability of success ? Your stories are feeble and do not add up.
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  10900.  @jackvermont88  My good fellow, I feel you are trying too hard to give credibility to everything Ukraine says - I understand it is your implanted govt. and you feel compelled to defend them. One Ukrainian minister said that unfortunately the cost of replacement of the parts is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. That statement fits your description 'Of course, if transformer is destroyed (the most expensive asset), substation is going to be out. To replace and restore it would take months.' What it does not fit is your description that Ukranians shot down 44 out of 50 cruise missiles, and the damage to 18 sites was caused by 5 times that number of SAM missiles which according to you have low precision when fired at ground targets. If the Ukranians can shoot down 44 out of 50 cruise missiles, then there is no need for them to be given better anti missile systems (why are they crying for them ?). In any case, Russians can overwhelm them with SAM missiles fired at ground targets. Whatever, Ukraine is being overwhelmed, and there is no need to give them anything more on the basis of their cock-and-bull stories which do not add up even after you giving them the benefit of the doubt.
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  10901.  @jackvermont88  You are now seeking refuge in moralising. Indeed Russia is more credible. They warned you not to expand NATO. You should have realised there will be a reaction. They offered you peace terms : keep Ukraine neutral and no US bases in Ukraine. You deliberately crossed a red line. If human cost of life was so important to you, you would have agreed to negotiate with Russia in Dec. 2021 when Putin sent a letter to Biden. Why did you not negotiate to avert war ? The US is driven by its armament lobbies. What was the US aim to come to Russia's borders to induct Ukraine into NATO ? Did Russia come to your borders to put missiles ? Putin said that if Russia does not fight now to stop US bases in Ukraine, after Ukraine is put into NATO, then to dislodge US bases would be even more costly, it would require nuclear weapons. When the Russians fight, they fight hard - to win. That is how it should be. You are guilty because you used the Ukranians as a proxy to fight Russia. They are pawns being killed for US's geopolitical ambitions. In the end, you will abandon Ukrainians like Iraqis and Afghans. Look at the way the Americans invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. Did you feel any conscience then ?
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  10902.  @jackvermont88  So after all that pretentious moralising, you go back to your original colours. The chance for a peace settlement without war was there in Dec. 2022. The US as the sponsor of Ukraine should have gone the extra mile to negotiate with Russia and offer it the security it asked for, in return for Ukraine's independence. The US declined. Why ? The US wanted to use Ukrainians as a proxy to fight Russia and the US armament industry was going to profit. So where is your conscience there ? It is pure cynicism. The Ukrainians also foolishly chose to believe that they could jointly fight Russia. Once the war starts, Russia has to pursue it to the end - one goes into a war to win, and Russia will do exactly that, it will attack Ukraine as much as needed (and not beyond) to force it to accept its terms. If Ukraine does not accept, it will be turned into a waste land. Russia only wanted Ukraine to agree to neutrality as in its independence declaration. Ukraine declined and chose to fight. Then if you lose, you have to cede land, and the Ukrainians have to accept the victor's terms. The same way as the German Nazis had to accept loss of land and rearrangement of borders. Get it ? Yes, goals change as the war progresses. That is natural. When you get an advantage, you cash it. After spending so much effort, Russia is not going to give back land. Why should they ? That is the price for Ukranian misbehaviour. Ukranians have to decide whether to continue and risk losing more land or not. In the first month of the war, negotiations were conducted, but the US scuppered it, by sending Johnson. 'trying to block export of Ukrainian grain'..... the west initiated economic warfare. This is part of it. The west seized Russia's money and tried to stop it from trading, and the Ukranians were demanding sanctions. So Russia stopped Ukraine's trade and also waged war on the western economy. You started the economic warfare, and Ukraine cheered, so why are you complaining ? 'starting constant nuclear threats'.... that is what is keeping you from creating more mischief in Ukraine. What are nuclear weapons for ? Why has the US sat with Russia and agreed to give up nuclear weapons ? Finland and Sweden are not the same. If the US gets naval bases in Ukraine, that would block the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Russia is not going to allow it. Get it ? Even if it means nuclear war. 'And after all this so called "special operation" is a complete disaster for russians and will be even worse.' You have been saying this because it is a complete disaster for Ukraine - and for the west. 'What makes me wonder how come republican supporter sympathize and even support this garbage country...' The Republican's enemy is Biden and Democrats, they don't mind losing to Russia as long as it shows Biden in a poor light. The US is internally divided and is a hotbed of 'white nationalism' and economic decline. Putin has ended the western 'rules based international order' for good. He has set in motion the increased use of other currencies for trade. Even Biden now recognises Ukraine cannot win against Russia and Russia has won the economic warfare. The US is now telling Ukraine to start thinking of negotiations ! Defeat is staring you in the eyes, why don't you accept reality and stop pining for Reagan ? See the article : The Guardian US says Zelensky risks allies’ ‘Ukraine fatigue’ if he rejects Russia talks – report Ukraine’s position with allies is wearing thin as fears grow over economic effect of protracted war, officials tell newspaper https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/06/us-says-zelenskiy-risks-allies-ukraine-fatigue-if-he-rejects-russia-talks-report
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  10903.  @ЭЮЯ-о3к  The European public sympathasizes with Ukranians no doubt, but the European politics of what to do for Ukraine is not dictated by what is best for Ukranians, it is governed by the false pride that Europeans and Americans have. They feel Russia punched their surrogate and thereby the west in the face. That is burning.
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  10904.  ProjectsBlack  'The Americans were behind this. The USA is NATO. Everyone else do as they're told. Its started with a coup spearheaded by the neo nazi C-14 brigade. The USA chose who they wanted running Ukraine. Putin had no option but to annex Crimea. The US/ NATO were running Ukraine by proxy.' 100% correct. Neocon Victoria Nuland staged the coup. When she was told France and Germany were not in favour of NATO expansion, she was got on tape saying F... the EU. In her discussion, it can be clearly heard her saying who she wants running Ukraine. Putin has to annex Crimea as Sevastopol was the HQ of the Black Sea fleet. Ukraine could join NATO, cancel the agreement it had with Russia for use of Sevastopol, and hand it to the US Seventh Fleet. Putin acted swiftly. The Europeans are unintelligent people, they are happy to be dependent on the US. The US will now force them to buy expensive LG and their armaments. Europe is the biggest loser - but the bulk are brainwashed and unintelligent and are incapable of independent thinking. Nuland's husband was Robert Kagan, the architect of the Iraq invasion. Both are Zionists.
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  10905.  ProjectsBlack  I am not sure if the vast majority of Europe are opposed to whats going on with the USA. The vast majority in Europe is brainwashed by the constant propaganda of state and media. It is told it is an unprovoked aggression and Putin must fail, otherwise, he will come and get the rest of us, and it is implied we must make whatever sacrifices for this. Europeans are willing to be subordinate to America. They are told otherwise it will be subordination to Russia. Subordination to America is palatable because it is not apparent that it is subordination. The average European does not understand that Russia launched the invasion due to persistent NATO expansion. They don't know that America is the driver for the NATO expansion. US armaments firms lobbied the US govt. since 1997 to expand NATO eastwards as they saw the new countries will replace Soviet arms with US arms. This is described in the New York Times already in 1997 and 1998. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html 'War is good business': How US weapons makers profit in Ukraine 165,269 views Apr 28, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgirj9upfRk The Europeans are so unintelligent and uninformed that they have forgotten how the US drew NATO to Afghanistan for 20 years, then negotiated with Taliban without NATO, and then exited from Kabul without informing NATO ! That was 2 years ago, and NATO countries were humiliated, but they have forgotten what the US does, and are into blind belief in NATO - see Finland and Sweden queue up. Europe's defence is in the hands of the US. As long as that is the case, the US will exploit Europe's dependence. The US will sell its expensive LNG, agri products, and also its armaments to Europe, and keep them dependent. The US doesn't have to invade in the case of Europe, because they have voluntary surrender. The US wants to confront China (good luck to fight Russia and China at the same time), and will make the Europeans join them. The Europeans will not have an independent policy on China or Russia. They are not like countries like India who look after their own interest. Putin had noted that there are only 4 sovereign countries who make independent policies : Russia, the US, China and India. The rest are subservient to someone else. Europe is dependent and subordinate to America. Of course, it would be against European pride to admit they are subordinate, they think they are co-equals with America to maintain 'the international order'. It is unlikely Europe can make its own security arrangement. Asking Germany to rearm is dicey because you don't know when their next bout of Nazism will come - it is in the German character. The French are not reliable. The British stand outside Europe and prefer to go with the US. The eastern Europeans are the most militantly Russophobic, but are the most useless. People like the Poles think they have become someone in the world because they are in the EU. They are not net contributors, they sponge off the EU. They don't realise they can be provocative against Russia only while American support lasts. The Finns and Swedes are another useless pair, needlessly looking to tangle with Russia. Between the Europeans, there is rivalry, and it will come out more. All these countries have neo-Nazi groups and these will come to the fore as their economies shrink.
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  10906.  @ЭЮЯ-о3к  Up to about 2019, the western media had some articles warning of the Ukro Nazis. There was concern that US and Euro Nazis were coming to Ukraine for training. Now, the west is turning a blind eye to their own reports on Ukro Nazis (still available on Youtube) and they talk about Azov Brigade as heroic defenders of Mariopol. And they are happy arming them. Western Ukraine always had some Nazi problem since the days of Stepan Bandera. Your questions are pertinent. Russia should carry on the de-Nazification programme for Ukraine and get the job done, the same way the Soviet Union ended Nazi Germany.
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  10907.  ProjectsBlack  Sure, their aim is now to keep Russia bogged down while draining it militarily and economically. However, things do not go in a one-sided way. Poland and Bulgaria have been made examples, and the other EU gas companies are quietly paying up in roubles. Russia is making more money even with selling less oil and gas, due to the rise in prices. Europe faces an energy squeeze and the crunch will come in winter. With a shrinking economy, Europe has to finance 7 million refugees. The Europeans have to subsidise Ukraine for the forseeable future. Freezing Russian assets undermined the banking system. The west controlled the financial institutions but they shot themselves in the foot. Another thing is that Russia is accelerating de-dollarisation and that chips away at the American strength. Hence, it is not going to be a one-way loss for Russia. Europe has shot itself in the foot by allowing NATO expansion, and inciting Russophobia and supporting the Nazi elements in Ukraine. America has shot itself in the foot as de-dollarisation over a period of time will end American dominance. America is not in a position to take on Russia and China together. Russia has to expand trade with China and the India, make in roads in Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries, and Africa. Russia should invite investment from these countries.
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  10908. Russia's war has not gone to plan, the journalist says. Well has Ukraine's hope to join NATO gone to plan ? Or has the US's desire to station missiles in Ukraine against Russia gone to plan ?
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  10909. Zelensky has warned the world should be prepared that Putin may use nuclear weapons. Hmm... what is the world supposed to do for Zelenskys folly of seeking nato membership to put US missiles targeting Russia ? NATO will only watch if a nuclear weapon is used on Ukraine. NATO countries do not want to be fried, they have so far sacrificed Ukraine.
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  10910. The Ukrainian quotes Russian 'expert' Fiona Hill 'We are not at war with Russia but Russia is at war with us' Who expanded NATO to Russia's borders, who blew up Nordstream ? All these western fellows present themselves self righteously like angels, but are frustrated and angry because they feel Russia punched them in the face and they cannot do anything about it.
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  10911. A beggar is no position to dictate terms to the boss.
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  10912. Ukrainians sold themselves to the highest bidder. Victoria Nuland.
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  10913. Ukraine and its handlers have lost the war in the east and the south. No tanks will change that. 59 tanks are going to be sent; Russia has 15,000. It is too little, too late. The Russians will be taking on the western tanks with drones, missiles and helicopter attacks. They have a complete system. Ukraine will be given a crash course, there will be little integration. NATO weaponry will only delay the conclusion which will be Russian capture of the east and south, after which they move to central Ukraine. The Russians took time out to fortify the areas they took, and they are on the march. The Ukrainians are getting massacred in Bakhmut. Once that falls, the Russians will go after Sloviansk and Kramaotorsk. NATO is all mouth and no trousers. They cannot make a decision quickly. Russia is a unitary state that takes decisions and acts.
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  10914. What is the great job ? The Challengers were hidden, and when they sent them to the front, 2 got destroyed and they had to be hidden again. Cameron said Storm Shadows can be used against Russia, then when their ambassador was called and told that British targets would be hit outside Ukraine, and Russia did a nuclear drill, Cameron climbed down and took off that tweet. The proof that Britain is doing a great job is when it sends troops to Ukraine and strikes Russia with missiles. You think they have the guts when the US does not have it ?
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  10915. When you say Russia is not unbeatable, it means you feel you are defeated. For the west, it is an intolerable blow to pride.
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  10916. Britain needs to be careful of these creepy Hindu Nazi types that run India today. Hindus have turned fascist in the last 20 years, and a Hindu with a Nazi mindset is ruling. For a trade deal, India demands visas and migration rights for Hindus to UK. Britain should avoid such a trade deal as it will lead to importing India's creeping Hindu Nazis to the UK, and it will lead to riots. The Hindu Nazis organised a riot in Leicester last year, and the Home Secretary Suella Bravermann is fully aware of it. Sunak may not be the new generation hard-core Hindu Nazi, but it is clear he will not take a stand against them, and he is quite comfortable to have them as bed fellows. The UK does not need PM's broadcasting they are proud Hindus, they need people who can sort out economic problems, Ukraine etc. No UK PM has broadcast he is a proud Christian.
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  10917. He is a Dutch puppet. The US selects ex PMs of irrelevant countries like NL, Denmark etc. to be Sec. Gen.
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  10918.  @Gumpmachine1  The wealthiest markets are losing their wealth, as other world production centres have arisen.
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  10919.  @thegreatdane3627  'and NATO would have to respond to that'. NATO will respond to a tactical nuke on Ukraine by shouting shrilly about war crimes etc. That is all. Kissinger said long ago that the Us would not fight a nuclear war with Russia to save Germany and Europe. So don't fool yourself. Anyway, Russia has got Ukraine by the scruff of the neck militarily and economically, and there is nothing the Ukrainians or their handlers can do about it. The Russians can achieve their targets without nukes. Ukraine knows it cannot join NATO, and the US also knows now missile and naval bases in Ukraine are not possible.
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  10920.  @Joeyknows924  Is this the NATO that ran away from Taliban with their tails behind the legs ? The NATO that did not dare put a no-fly zone ? Putin asked those who think can defeat Russia to come to the battle field. NATO's silence was deafening. Kissinger said long ago that the US will not fight a nuclear war to save Germany or Europe. The situation has not changed.
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  10921.  @MarkM001  Russia can use a nuke on Ukraine and it knows no one in NATO countries wants to be fried, so they will keep out. NATO does not dare put a no-fly zone or send troops to Ukraine now. If for one moment they thought they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. In any case, Russia is achieving its objectives without nukes - Ukraine knows it cannot join NATO, and the US knows now it cannot get military and naval bases in Ukraine. Russia will take 20% or more of Ukraine, and make the remainder a landlocked rump dependent on EU aid. There is nothing you can do to reverse it.
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  10922.  @MarkM001  I have got a grip on reality, not illusion. Russia has got not only Ukraine but the whole of Europe by the scruff of the neck.
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  10923.  @thegreatdane3627  One tactical nuke is enough to bring unconditional surrender. Japan took 2 but 1 one would have been enough.
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  10924.  @MarkM001  I did not intend to scare you. I merely intended to invite you not to fool yourself. You need to recognise the reality. The reality is Ukraine has lost, it cannot push out Russia with Himars or any other western support, it has to cede territory in any future settlement, it cannot join NATO, and the US will not get any missile and naval bases in Ukraine. That much is certain. The reality is Russia has proved it is more powerful than 30 weaklings + 1 superpower. I cannot forecast what will happen to any Ukraine that is left over; who will give Ukraine the security guarantee it seeks (Russia will not allow any NATO member again), and who will fund its reconstruction (Russia will reconstruct the areas it incorporates back into Russia). Those factors will become clearer in due course. I can forecast that Russia will bring Europe to its knees this winter, and Europe will have to lift sanctions if it does not want to be de-industrialised. Europe can of course continue with its false pride and delusions that it has the economic power to defeat Russia. I can also say weaklings like Finland and Sweden will not make any difference to the outcome in Ukraine. Europe cannot threaten Russia's security without getting mauled by the bear. Lithuania tried to impose a blockade on Kaliningrad for 2 weeks, but Russia threatened it with a beating, and the EU asked Lithuania to back off. Europe got scared ? You tell me why they backed off on Kalinigrad after attempting a blockade, if they were not scared. Russia has out a blockade of the Ukrainian ports, and it will not back off because Harpoon missiles were supplied or one battleship was sunk. They are not scared, they do not flinch, they do what has to be done, one way or another. Those are the stark realities.
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  10925.  @MarkM001  'Russia is going to lose'. Going to means in the future. But accept the reality it is winning now. It has taken part of Ukraine, whatever Ukraine is left will be less than that of 1992. You have proved you do not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine or put a 'no fly zone'. How can the cowardly win ? In the last 800 years, Russia has beaten off all who have invaded or attacked it : Swedes, Poles, French, Germans. The same with US led NATO. This time Russia has also got Europe's economy by the scruff of the neck. It does not have colonies to extract wealth. It does not have enough resources of its own. As for America, the days of printing the dollar and living beyond one's means are over. Russia and China are leading the de-dollarisation drive. Bet you did not see that coming anymore the Europeans saw they will be freezing this winter and will have to shut some of their industries. The people of Afghanistan and Iraq have seen your generosity.
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  10926. The Russians have the escalatory dominance advantage in this region. They will respond with nuclear missiles on Ukraine and NATO would not dare respond as no NATO member wants to die.
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  10927. She is bitter that she failed.
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  10928.  @davidg3944  The British created Israel and support Netanyahu. Let me see you hand him over to the Hague. And also Blair and Bush. Otherwise, shut your face.
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  10929. The west does not have any more air defences to give. And they have nothing to defend against Hazel, another one of which is expected. The war is lost.
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  10930. The US taxpayer can pay for Israel.
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  10931. Everyone knows US did it, and now some Europeans are getting pissed off with the US as they see it is a predatory ally, hence the US is shifting the blame on to Ukraine !
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  10932. All they have made is a prototype of a robot to recover their dead and wounded. They have lost the war. Now the only question is how much more land they will lose.
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  10933.  @factcheckbyhooman  It is feeble to reply to a bot. Name calling is not a substitute for lack of intellect.
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  10934. The sanctions were meaningless from the beginning ! It was done out of the west's false pride and emotion, but it was shooting yourself in the foot. You did not realise ?
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  10935. If the west can work as a gang against others, others can do the same. Why should not Russia and Iran work together ?
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  10936. Ukraine's supporters need to get ready to face the reality : none other than the US is getting ready to ditch Ukraine. That is why the US vetoed Ukraine entering NATO and refused to give a timeline. By October, Ukraine's offensive will peter out, the bad weather will set in, Russia will consolidate and hammer Ukraine from the air, and next year, no one will have the money to fund Ukraine for another offensive. The US will be engaged in elections, and they have to fight China. Trump may come back and end the war.
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  10937. In Sept. 2022, Zelensky said by Dec 2022, Ukraine would take Crimea, because that is where it started and that is where it will end.
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  10938. Is this the puny country that tried to blockade Kaliningrad till Russia said it will cancel its independence ?
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  10939. It is not a stalemate or a frozen conflict. That is the new narrative. But it is wishful thinking. The reality is Ukraine's army is decimated, Ukraine's handlers, the US and EU, do not have the money or the arms to supply Ukraine. Then in 2024, it is logical things will go further in Russia's way.
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  10940. The Baltics are living dangerously, baiting Russia like they are superpowers. They are doing this under US protection. When that protection ends, they will for sure get a beating like Ukraine. Then they will find no one will come to their aid.
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  10941. Your heroes are Ukro Nazis after they got defeated.
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  10942. Before, they mocked and said Russians did not have airpower over Ukraine. Now this fellow Yaroslav says Russia has airpower in Ukraine and Ukraine does not have it !
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  10943. 'The amount of wealth the free world has developed is phenomenal, but only because of solidarity.' The real reason is because of theft and invasion. But that way of life cannot continue. Russia has ended the western world order.
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  10944.  @hudhinton8243  The Anglo Saxons have generally plotted wars - they incite others and sometimes invade themselves. Iraq, Afghanistan. That was possible against smaller countries. You try the same against Russia and China, they will clobber you. The US plotted NATO expansion to undermine Russia. However Russia is pushing back, it hangs the nuclear sword over you, it will not let you set foot in Ukraine, and it has taken steps to undermine the US dollar. Other countries like China support the endeavour to end US interference and threats. Russia has ended the 'rules based international order'. The Anglo Saxons are agitated most because it is the end of their dominance. Western Ukraine has had a Nazi problem. Go and read about Stepan Bandera, he was a Nazi before Hitler. Two Nazi groups (Right Sector and Azov Batallion) took part in the the 2014 coup which was aided by the Americans. They wear Nazi tattoos. The founder of the Azov was Andrei Biletski. He said he set it up to save the white race from Jews and untermenschen. Ukraine now has roads and statues after Bandera. Russia has to demilitarise Ukraine and ruthlessly kill the Ukro Nazis. They did that in Mariopol where the Azov Nazis were holed up in the Azovstahl steel plant. Ukraine had the option to maintain the status quo and be neutral, but the Ukro Nazis led them to the path of war with Russia. Hence, Russia has decided to terminate Ukraine. It is a failed country.
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  10945.  @hudhinton8243  'NATO has never been a threat to Russia.' That is not for you to assert, it is for Russia to decide. It is a defensive organization - again that is a self-certfiication. It is an agent for US control of the world. What was it doing in Afghanistan ? 'Same with the rules-based order.' What is that ? The invasion of Iraq on false pretexts was based on what rules ? Hence, to hell with your rules based order. Russia has ended it for good and you also know it. 'The US dollar is the reserve currency of the world. It isn't going to be replaced by the Yuan or Ruble any time soon.' The US invaded Iraq because Saddam had the temerity to sell oil in Euros. The US dollar is reserve currency only as long as two countries want to use it for trade settlement between them. Russia and India are now trading in their own currencies. China has a gold backed yuan and Russia is selling oil to China for payment in yuan. Same with Iran. China has asked Saudi Arabia to sell oil in yuan and they are considering it. Now countries are aware of the danger of relying on the dollar, and they also realise that there are alternative trade partners who do not want the dollar, and they now know the US does not have the capacity to invade them as before, the shift occurs. The US dollar does not become the reserve currency just because you declare so. You are not sure how it is undermined ? If people choose not to make settlements in dollar, its demand and hence value decreases. 'If they aren't stopped now, their next targets will be the Baltic States and Poland. What are you doing to stop ? No NATO country wants to go into Ukraine. They don't want to die. Russia's targets will be Poland and Baltics only if they misbehave with Russia. For example, when Lithuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad, one Russian MP said Lithuania's independence will be reconsidered. Then Lithuania backed down.
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  10946. Ukraine needs to be careful. It can do pinpricks. But Russia can escalate all the way to nuclear strike. Medevedev wants it Each time Ukraine hit inside Russia, the response was severe. Russia took out the power grid, then the grain deal, then the ports. Times Radio has been claiming the Ukranians have breached the Russian lines, but it was a lie. The lady admits it is difficult to even reach the first line of defence !
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  10947.  @Vanceydress  You have inverted logic. Zelensky's Russophobia and his plan to invite Americans to put missiles against Russia got his country destroyed. That is not very clever.
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  10948.  @slider903  You are correct and within your right to ask to put Americans first. But you need to remember that US arms companies have driven NATO expansion as they saw and opportunity to replace the Soviet arsenals of former Wrasaw Pact countries. Lockheed Martin was lobbying the US govt. for NATO expansion in 1997. That is putting American arms companies and shareholders first - but not the American public who have to pay higher fuel prices and maybe go out and die for Europe. See New York Times, 29 June 1997 ‘Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion’ and 30 March 1998 ‘ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO’. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/29/world/arms-makers-see-bonanza-in-selling-nato-expansion.html https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/30/world/arms-contractors-spend-to-promote-an-expanded-nato.html
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  10949.  @rodneytaylor609  Your chaps ran away from Afghanistan 2 years ago. America did not even tell the other allies as it wanted to reach the airport before the Taliban captured them ! That was a shameless display of cowardice. The captain of the ship has to let the weaker members leave and then goes last. Then what is your credibility that US can fight Russia and China together ? You were inciting Ukraine to join NATO, but you don't even have the guts to send your troops to Ukraine. America has been living on borrowed time. You have been living beyond your means, in debt, and you were printing dollars because you could force the Arabs sell oil in dollars. Now rigging of the financial system using the dollar as a weapon, is slowly coming to an end. Russia and China are driving non-dollar transactions as a policy, India, Arabs and others are also slowly starting to build networks to use other currencies.
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  10950. ​ @somawathiwijeshingha301  Even the conflict beween Russia and Ukraine was instigated by America. They sponsored a coup in Ukraine in 2014, backing anti-Russian, neo Nazi, hence pro-American, factions. It is the American habit to instigate conflict everywhere. They disguise it by claiming it is to promote democratic values. In reality, they just want some one pro-west, even the most undemocratic people are fine. You will find in most of their client states, there are various dictators. 4 months back in Pakistan, the US intervened and used the army and opposition to oust Imran Khan. His fault : buying wheat from Russia. The US told the Pakistani ambassador take corrective actions or else.... Ukraine wants to be a client state, and Zelensky is a US hero because he promotes clienthood. He is no democrat, because he closed Russian language TV stations, and arrested politicians who favour close ties with Russia. The problem for America is that Russia and China are not client states and they have the capacity to punch America on the nose. So the only option against them is for America to build an alliance of subordinate states like the EU.
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  10951.  @Rhyas9  Did it age ? Western media continues to underestimate Russia and Russian will. They pick some small achievements of Ukraine and makes mountains out of molehills. The war is fought on many fronts. Russia is strangling the Ukranian and western economies. The economic situation is unchangable for Ukraine and Europe, so you have to make noise about some relatively minor Ukranian advance. If Ukraine tries too hard, a nuclear strike is coming to force unconditional surrender. Even the west senses it is coming.
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  10952.  @williamwyllie7072  They should have learnt not to misbehave with Russia.
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  10953. The west does it to who they perceive as challengers to their global order or who they declare as their enemies - that is, China, Russia and Muslims.
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  10954. Al Jazeera is neutral as it is not in the hand of the Jews. Unlike western media. Can you defy the Jews ?
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  10955. Why is the BBC showing all these sentimental scenes now ? It was telling us about Ukrainian victory. Is defeat on the horizon ?
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  10956.  @davidwright5094  Is that the best you could do after you got defeated by an old guy in Moscow ?
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  10957. The catch for you is Ukraine is losing more land and retreating, and they have no manpower left to retake what is lost and the west does not have enough weapons. The Russians are changing gear, and they have an amazing range of weaponry. Get it ? Ukraine's goose is cooked, it is a failed state.
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  10958. Is that all ? The superpower is a mouse. Too many fights on the hand, Russia, Iran, China....
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  10959.  @jelena7440  Only the British are itching for a fight with Russia. They talk too much. Russia's Sarmat missile can take out Britain in a single strike.
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  10960. This joker Zelensky said in the first month Russia would run out of shells and missiles in 3 days. Indeed, Russia is weaponising everything - it is total war. They have the power. Russia is losing, she declares - but she is without electricity and water.
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  10961. The US made plenty of money in stoking wars and making Europe dependent.
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  10962.  @alphazero6571  Finland also in love with Nazism - I remember you joined the German in WW 2. Shameless people.
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  10963. Forget about Ukraine, it is a lost cause. The US is moving on. So should everyone else. Russia should take Ukraine - all of it.
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  10964. What happened to his victory plan ? The reporting itself shows the confusion and disarray of the west. They say that Zelensky is now admitting Russia cannot be pushed out from Donbass and Crimea, and he has to part with it - temporarily ! He is ready to part with it temporarily only if the west gives security guarantee. The west is not capable of that. The US does not want Ukraine in NATO and the rest do not have a say in the matter. Trump is proposing that the Europeans send troops for the security guarantee ! Russia is not going to tolerate that - how can people who funded and trained Ukraine to kill Russians be chosen as the peace guarantors ? The US can walk away to its next conflict. But Ukraine has to give up land and there will be no security guarantee. The only security guarantee is if it walks away from NATO and agrees to go back to neutrality. It should do a deal with Russia without the west. The west has let it down, so what is the point of keeping the west.
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  10965. @Growseth Jones It may be. But the price of petrol in the US now is $ 5 instead of $ 3. They should apply a price cap of $3 and give to others.
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  10966. Peace will be on Russian terms. Ukraine walked out of the Istanbul talks due to BoJo, that was their choice. Now is payback time. BoJo and Biden are gone, the wind has changed.
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  10967. The Palestinians are only migrants because Israel does not allow them to live in the home they would like to live in. Idiot.
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  10968.  @robinbrown7028  And were you as horrified with Israeli apartheid over 70 years, you sanctimonious scum bag ?
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  10969. Europeans will borrow, and the US will print dollars. Putin has nailed them and ended their world order ! The US wanted NATO expansion, and the Europeans feel they have unshakable shared values with the US, so we shall see them sinking, holding hands.
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  10970. Why should China (and Russia) not seek influence in Latin America and Africa ? What makes Levin and Reagan think that the US has a God- given right to dictate terms to all country ?
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  10971. Bibi has no strategy - indeed, other than continue an unwinnable war, to stay in power. Same as Zelensky - why does not Biden yell at him also ? Because Biden also has no strategy in Ukraine or Israel. Both are losing cases, and the US is tied to them.
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  10972. Russia has already under sanctions, so Trump's threat is hot air. Russia is not going to listen to Trump, any more than Biden, if the US tries any bullying.
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  10973. The Europeans are content vassals. Indeed, they are particularly proud they are partners of America. The Japanese and Koreans are also content vassals. Merkel and Sarkozy opposed NATO expansion to Ukraine fearing war will come, but Bush twisted their arms. The Europeans are unwilling to say who blow up Nordstream. Servile nations have to pay the consequences.
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  10974. You want to applaud them sitting safely in the west. You persuaded the stupid Ukranians to give up their lives so they can have NATO bases to threaten Russia.
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  10975. The Baltics are misbehaving and itching for a fight with Russia. They think they are super powers. Lithuania tried a rail blockade of Kalinigrad earlier till a Russian deputy said its independence needs to be reconsidered. Then it climbed down. If Trump comes, certainly Russia should take the Baltics.
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  10976.  @nolongerblocked6210  Is that the best you could write ?
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  10977. It is time for Ukraine to surrender. It cannot fight Russia and win. The US is getting ready to drop Ukraine. In Vilnius, the US surrendered to Russia when it vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO, and refused to give a time map. The US would not have done that if it believed Ukraine can win. The US conceded a key Russian demand. Two US Presidential candidates, Trump and Ramasamy, have declared they will get rid of Ukraine and have a settlement with Russia. The rest of the Europeans show bravado but are weak in the face of Russia and cannot change the outcome of the war, which is defeat for Ukraine. When the US gives up, the Europeans will change the narrative and follow suit. As the BBC reporter now admits, Russia is resurgent and will go after Kharkov oblast. In the south, Ukraine cannot break through, although western media is trying to project hopeful news. Ukraine can launch some drone attacks on Russia but they are pin pricks. The US has been duplicitous promising Ukraine support for however long it takes, and Ukraine has been foolish to believe that Ukraine would gain European status and western benefits by antagonising Russia. Due to Ukraine's folly, it has lost the country that was given in 1991 and it has become a failed state. It was foolish to think Ukraine could afford to antagonise a superpower neighbour, using the support of another superpower from across the Atlantic. Ukraine was given independence without any bloodshed by Russia in an orderly manner, in all good faith, and trust. Therefore Ukraine should have maintained good relations with Russia and not sought to have US missile and naval bases in Ukraine. That was backstabbing Russia and Ukraine now has to pay the price. It will soon find the US is a fair weather friend.
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  10978. John Kirby is a wet, his embarassing sobbing shows how pathetic the west has become. Can you imagine any Russian spokesman behaving like this ? They say straight, if you do this to us, we shall do this to you.
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  10979. If you think he is weak, he will use a nuclear weapon on Ukraine to disprove it. Hope you would not mind. There is certainly nothing you will do after the event because he will use it on you.
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  10980. 'Prosecute it by all conventional means short of a large scale invasion of Russian pre-war territory. There would be nothing Russia could do except withdraw. They possess no means to stand against NATO in a conventional conflict and they know that in using nukes they'd just be killing themselves.' My good fellow, if for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. Even in a conventional war, NATO cannot win - because it does not have people who are willing to be killed. The most cowardly will be the Americans. Besides, Russia can and will use nuclear weapons. Russia does not bluff, it does what it says it will do. Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in NATO had guts to take up the challenge and send troops. They will be killed and the west cannot take that. Due to these reasons, the west is already defeated. Ukraine is a dead rat. The west is trying to put a smile on the dead rat's face.
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  10981. You want to break Soviet Union, say NATO will not expand one inch to the east, then expand NATO to Russia's borders and then expect them not to fight. They have fought and defeated you, and you deserve it. Let them get Soviet Union back, Trump had said he will let them do whatever the heck they want.
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  10982.  @samplumbe3288  Losers cannot dictate terms. The Nazis could not dictate terms to Stalin. Get it, numskull ?
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  10983. The west is delusional, they want to pretend the war is not lost.
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  10984.  @Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage  Hodges is a war monger fighting Russia to the last Ukranian.
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  10985.  @lewis123417  'Pmsl russias GDP is barely bigger than that of Italy' This is based on one dimensional wishful thinking. What matters also is what is in the GDP and how self sufficient a country us. Russia's economy produces oil and gas, it is the largest wheat exporter, it mines diamonds, gold, it makes steel, titanium, aircraft, it is the leading country in the nuclear fuel supply chain, it can launch satellites and destroy them as well, it has its own GPS, it makes incredible weapons like no one else, its industries are not out sourced. Russia is self sufficient in energy, materials, land, water. What is in Italy's GDP : some cars, shoes, fashion, tourism. Italy is dependent on others, it is a vassal of the US. Biden thought the same as you, and said rouble will be rubble. Instead Russia has withstood economic and military warfare of the collective west - and defeated you. The world can see that. That is the reason you are burning inside. The world has changed, but you haven't. That is why you come up with immature statements like Russia's economy is the same as Italy's. So can Italy fight Russia, when the combined west fought and could not win ? Numskull ! All the industrial production is not concentrated in western countries anymore like 70 years ago, so Russia can trade with others and get anything it wants. European car makers were forced to leave Russia, but China moved in. They make cheaper and better cars. The European car makers lost market share and it is not coming back. Get it ?
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  10986.  @Lpickars5713  The Ukrainians 'cleared Kherson' and then had to clear out its residents as Russians started pounding it. Ukraine's goose is cooked in Bakhmut. It is like Mariopol, Bakhmut will die though it may take a long time dying. Russians will do what it takes to get Bakhmut and they will mince the Bandera army in the process. They will rebuild it later when it is Russia.
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  10987.  @Tazza81  The Ukrainians used cluster bombs supplied by the US. How do you know the Kiev incident was not the debris of a Patriot that landed on a hospital ?
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  10988.  @channelwithoutanyparticula5256  They can be educated and trained to become nuclear physcists; it takes time, France prevented them. The Russians can train them, the Chinese can do it. Don't come out with your 'only western man can think and is capable of being nuclear physicist. ' The Africans want France, Europe and US out of Africa. They prefer to do business with Russia and China - precisely because of the mentality in your question.
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  10989. So they will destroy it from the air to rubble first and blockade it.
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  10990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTXLqZtcTP8 France TV also admits Donbass losses.
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  10991. Don't worry, the west has promised to set up arms production in Ukraine at the end of the war.
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  10992.  @joestalin2375  Let us face it, Stalin was more wily than FDR/Truman or Churchill. Without Stalin, Hitler could not be rolled back. It was the Red Army that destroyed 80% of the Germany army. Churchill went to Moscow to beg Stalin to stay the course and beat Germany. Stalin had industrialised the Soviet Union in just 10 years. He said unless it was done, the west would destroy the Soviet Union. In any case, how would they destroy Stalin ? You are writing revisionist wishful history. As the Red Army was zooming in on Berlin British General Montgomery whispered into Eisenhower 'why don't we attempt to get Berlin ?'. Eisenhower declined as he said the Red Army was unstoppable, it will fight the Americans. Videos of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam between Stalin, Churchill and FDR/Truman show from the body language who was the boss. In the Potsdam conference, Truman mentioned to Stalin the US had tested a new weapon. Stalin detected the tone of blackmail, and told Truman he knew. Stalin had his spies in the Manhattan project and within 4 years, Soviet scientists tested the atomic bomb. After Stalin, the Soviets started the space technology with Sputnik. There is no rolling back Russia. It has the nukes and the delivery system. And today you know which country has a real leader. So no point indulging in wishful thinking. The very fact you write such drivel shows you know Russia is unbeatable and will win.
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  10993.  @boycottjews  'you extremely silly small old man, Germany didn't lose that war all of Europe did. it's now a black African slum city in every country.' Alright then, the Soviet Union beat Germany, and the Africans conquered Europe. Would you be committing suicide ? Or are you counting on Ukraine to save Europe ?
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  10994.  @joestalin2375  The red army was gasping ? But the Red Army captured Berlin, and you are still smarting about their achievement. The US army was a bunch of pansies, it did not have the guts to go for Berlin. Roosevelt did not have the capacity to take out Hitler, let alone Stalin. He was shaking Stalin's hands reverentially. FDR felt awe of the great Marshall of the Soviet Union !
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  10995.  @joestalin2375  Stalin was the one who industrialised Russia in 10 years and made it withstand the German assault. His steps ended making the Soviet Union and now Russia a superpower. That is the reason you cannot win now. Stalin sent his son to join the Red Army - just like the others had to. No exceptions. When captured by the Nazis, and the Nazis tried to bargain for his release, Stalin declined. A great leader who put country before son.
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  10996.  @erikb6713  ;Stalin was a clown. The germans kicked his ass. He cry for help; You must be a Nazi to believe that. Are you burning ? Was it the Red Army that entered Berlin or the Nazi army that captured Moscow ?
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  10997.  @NewBeginnings413  Without Stalin, the world would not have been able to defeat Nazism. The British and Americans would not have been able to do it. It required the man of steel. Stalin industrialised Russia in 10 years. Stalin's legacy was that the Soviet Union and its successor Russia would be a superpower. It is because of him, that no western power will ever dare invade Russia. Sir Putin seems to have similar steel in him to defend his country. I don't see any western leaders with that calibre. One needs to be objective and keep out personal emotions.
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  10998.  @NewBeginnings413  Churchill went to Moscow to urge the Soviets to keep up the fight. Watch the videos of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conference. See who has the commanding presence before whom the other two deferred. Stalin re-drew the boundaries of Germany and European states, Churchill and Truman had to agree.
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  10999.  @joestalin2375  Ukraine developed under the Soviet Union because Stalin got rid of kulaks. If it were not for the Soviet Union, Ukraine would have been an agricultural state with no nuclear power and electricity, no steel mills, no institutes, run by Bandera Nazis. Russia is going to return Ukraine to its agricultural roots, minus the wicked Ukro Nazis. Dementia is part of your mentality. The Red Army liberated Europe from Nazis. And you are with the Bandera Nazis of Ukraine.
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  11000.  @thehoogard  It does not look good when the bear next doors looks at you, and you take fright and pass water.
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  11001.  @MTMF.london  It is the bear that you fear will gouge out your eyes.
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  11002.  @myboysd5772  'Igors are so easy to spot.' But so difficult to fight with.
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  11003.  @myboysd5772  Russia did not say 3 days. Show me who said it. US Gen. Milley said it and you quote it as if Russia said. Russia does not say what is their counter offensive, the next city they are after, etc. They do it methodically and announce it when a city is captured and they keep you guessing what their next step is. The Ukranians are bribing people to escape.
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  11004. Understandable, the west does not want to get injured like the Ukranians. Why should they when the Ukranians are willing proxies ?
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  11005. I bet you he is glad he is disabled.
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  11006. Ukraine turns out to be unfit for self rule. If it had common sense, they would have realised it is better to stick with the neutrality in its Declaration of Independence. Instead they sold themselves to the US ($ 5 billion according to the Jewess Victoria Nuland who organised the coup of 2014).
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  11007. ​ @BooneyTune  If you had something of substance to change my mind, reply. If you have no substance to change my mind, do not reply.
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  11008. The west is talking about rebuilding. It is empty posturing. I presume the west is talking about the regions that Russia has not taken yet. Rebuilding of even that area would not be possible without Russian permission. Russia can strike with missiles sporadically and no one will come to rebuild.
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  11009.  @anthonyhulse1248  Yes, the Russians are inflicting a lot of casualties on the Ukrainians in these skirmishes, and they are begging for air defence protection, and the Ukrainians do not have manpower to go to the front. But they have not launched any major offensive. So why is Times Radio talking about summer offensive and saying Russia will not succeed when Russia has not announced anything ?
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  11010. You are right, Russia is struggling, and Ukraine is winning. Then why is Zelensky accusing the west of not giving weapons ?
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  11011.  @7171jay  Many would be rather be in Putin's position than in the hands of a marionnete who is ordered to fight a proxy war to the last Ukrainian. 'Much has been done in supporting Ukraine to defeat russia.' The talk now is try to stave off Ukraine from being defeated. There is no talk anymore of Ukraine defeating Russia. You need to keep up with reality.
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  11012. @@user-jj5mp7ib1f Hodge knows the Europeans, both govts. and public, are willingly under the American thumb, so he does not need to have a moderate view for them.
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  11013. They are confident about the latest wonder weapons coming from the US. The problem seems to be Ukrainian men do not want to sign up to fight. There is realisation that they would be dying for the US and the US will abandon them after Nov 2024. Why don't the British, French, Americans, Poles etc. send soldiers to Ukraine since they wanted NATO expansion ? The British should step in with soldiers as they sabotaged the peace deal in Ukraine.
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  11014. The west knows Ukraine is lost, but they have to maintain a public pose and maintain hope that the Ukranian counter offensive is about to pick up. The proof that the west knows Ukraine is lost was shown in Vilnius : the US vetoed Ukraine's entry into NATO and refused to give a road map for joining. The US knows if Ukraine is admitted, it will ask for Article 5, and US troops. Then the US knows the Russians will kill the Americans and body bags will arrive and there will be public uproar. The US will allow Ukraine to impale itself, and then say the US gave the best weapons, but the Ukranians were not capable of a coordinated strike. After that, the US will walk away to their next war with China. The stupid Europeans will be left clutching the Ukranians.
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  11015.  @annemariebethel5513  You know that Russia is horrible at ground warfare? Because your media told you. They told you Russian army is fleeing Kherson city Why have the Ukranians not moved in then ?
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  11016. They call it 'rules based international order'. One interpretation against Russia, other in favour of Israel. The west has lost credibility in these two wars - both of which it fomented.
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  11017.  @liamwilson7549  Used as shields - where could they go ? You have no issue with an apartheid state that is like the Nazis in its belief in racial supremacy.
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  11018. Why are you wallowing in self pity ? Do you support thugs ?
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  11019. India should not be allowed into the UN Security Council as it is now a changed country that works on a notion of Hindu supremacy. It threatens Christians and Muslims, and this can lead to civil war and massive refugee problem for the whole world. The ideology of the the BJP is drawn from the RSS, which has written tracts in support of Hitler. The ruling BJP can be termed a Hindu Nazi party. Jaishankar has kept quiet when minorities have been beaten up in India. It means he endorses all the Hindu Nazis like Modi and his supporters, despite appearing suave and educated. The 4 Christian countries and China should keep India out. They know that.
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  11020. Now the US has declared it was Ukro missile, who are we to say otherwise. Why does not NATO impose Article 5 against non-NATO Ukraine killing 2 NATO citizens ? Instead, Stoltenberg says Ukraine is innocent.
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  11021.  @michaelmoses4637  The burning question is why NATO is incompetent and created a war not seen in Europe for 70 years, and after creating it, does not want to go and fight.
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  11022.  Atheos B. Sapien  So when is the US going to go to Ukraine to fight the war on terror ?
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  11023.  Atheos B. Sapien  Westerners says NATO is the strongest military alliance in the world. If they are concerned about nuclear annhilation, did they not factor this when they considered NATO expansion ?
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  11024. Act 1 is a failure. If the Ukranians repeat and go for Act 2, with their 'best-equipped armoured brigades', they will be all murdered in the same way. Maybe they should have gone in first with Act 2 before Act 1. Please, let us not hear about Ukraine's shaping operation, and attritioning the Russians to collapse their morale ! All that has been said in the past, but we saw the Russians fight hard in Mariopol and Bakhmut, and kill all the Ukro Nazis. It is clear that Ukraine and the west are being defeated, and even western propagandists will not be able to keep up the narrative.
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  11025.  @benfowler1134  The problem for you is the Russians win and all your high end crap fail on the battlefield.
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  11026.  @charlesparr1611  You find it difficult to bear that Russia has better military technology than the US. Recently, the US is agitated that Russia launched a nuclear space weapon to destroy US satellites. The Koreans and Chinese have not done that.
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  11027. Russia is not blackmailing Europe, you tried to blackmail Russia with NATO expansion. Then they hit back and you started howling You froze their euro and dollar assets, which is theft. Then they said you have to pay for gas in roubles. Those refused had their gas cut. You made Euros and dollars worthless for them, giving gas in exchange for euros and dollars would be equivalent to giving gas free. You want something for nothing. Hence, you need to engage your brain and not speak from the brainwashing drummed into you by your politicians and media. If you do not want to back down from sanctions, Russia will push ahead and deindustrialise Europe. Russia, and not you, has the strong cards. You have nothing but the control of banks and SWIFT. Russia has built alternates to SWIFT, and it is promoting non-dollar trade, and that in the long run spells the end of the US military machine. Your politicians know the west's weakness but their false pride and arrogance makes them continue along their suicidal path.
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  11028. 'Ukrainian servicemen in Bakhmut wrap up preparations for counter offensive' It is a typically misleading western title. 'Ukrainian servicemen in Bakhmut wrap up preparations' sounds as if Ukraine scored a great victory in Bakhmut, they have a little mopping up to do, but now they are going for an even greater victory in the coming offensive. The reality is the Ulranians lost Bakhmut and got massacred trying to hold it, they are in no position to win a counter offensive, but they have no choice but to go ahead as their handlers in the west are demanding a show of Return on Investment.
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  11029. Europeans are actually proud of their vassal status. They think they have 'shared values' and are 'partners' of America. They are united in their anti-Russianism.
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  11030.  @Lysandra-8  If you know war is like, why did you incite Ukraine to war and think you can beat Russia ?
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  11031. Very good to spell out the doctrine clearly. If the west persists in striking Russia hiding behind a proxy, and Russia carries out a nuclear strike on Ukraine or a NATO target by way of example, no one can say that they did not know what would happen, and that Putin was bluffing. There is no strategic ambiguity. The weapons supplier for a strike in Russia using a proxy will be held accountable. That is logical. That is why Biden did not permit his vassal Starmer from giving Storm Shadows.
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  11032. I understand Ukraine has raised a 1 million army, and they are training for the offensive.
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  11033. This expert speaks gobbledygook. The US wants out of the war - because it knows it cannot win. Biden and his gang said Putin was criminal etc., they said Ukraine will be supported as long as needed. This speaker knows the west cannot win the war, so he wants a respectable end for the west. Russia is not going to listen to any rules from Biden and the west. Plebiscites run by the west. All these plans will not be accepted by Russians. Russia will take Odessa and Kharkhov as they are Russian, Ukraine has to give these up as well. There is no chance that if Ukraine gives up Crimea and Donbass, Russia will not accept NATO in the remainder of Ukraine. Why should they ? That is wishful thinking. Russia fought to prevent NATO bases in Ukraine. It is not going to accept NATO in Ukraine.
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  11034. That is war. The Ukranians went back on the understanding on neutrality it gave Russia on independence, and it chose anti-Russian nationalism, which led to a fight with Russia. That was shameful. Ukraine thought with US and NATO aid, it could win. Now they have to pay the consequences. Why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? After pushing Ukraine to fight, you are not ready to send troops to prevent Ukranians from being massacred. You created the problem, but you do not want to own up. That is shameful - it is western cowardice on show.
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  11035. 3 months ago, all the talk was abut Winning against Russia, and supporting Ukraine for however long it takes. Now it is 'Failing against Russia : Can Ukraine survive the war?' The west had said Ukraine will win, now the question makes one feel that Ukraine will not win and whether Ukraine survives is not the west's responsibility. Earlier DW like all the western media was warmongering against Russia, but now it puts on a tone of neutrality. What happened ? What happened to all those Ukraine reconstruction conferences ? The tank factory that Germany promised to build in Ukraine ? And Ukraine's NATO membership ?
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  11036.  @minoozolala  Germany is not in a position to say 'no' to America. America helped rebuild west Germany with the Marshall Plan, America conducted the Berlin airlift. America is extracting its pound of flesh from Germany, but for one more generation, Germans cannot say anything due to their Nazi past.
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  11037.  @abodabalo  Ukraine has learnt its lesson that there is no chance of joining NATO. Its flirting with NATO brought the beating. Zelensky said that NATO has to forgo NATO in the first month.
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  11038. The drone collided with the Russian plane, it should be blamed for interfering with the Sukhoi.
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  11039. Boris Johnson thought Zelensky was a Churchill.
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  11040. The Labour leader did not mention Boris's biggest delusion : fighting a war with Russia to get Ukraine in NATO. Clearly no politician or media in the west can mention it. In that case, Labour is not a solution either.
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  11041.  @ЭЮЯ-о3к  He is fighting Russia with the last Ukranian. Westerners are happy with that. They will be sending 300 billion to Russia everyday and giving 1 billion to Ukraine.
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  11042.  @freko106  Your comment on Jo is not off the mark. But your comment on Zelensky as a ''true leader'' is off the mark. Yes, Z deserves credit for standing his ground, but not for being foolish to think he could get use Russophobia, hiding behind the hope of NATO entry and parking US missiles in Ukraine, to threaten Russia. That is a foreign policy disaster for Ukraine. Ukraine does not have the luxury to take a militantly anti-Russian stand to get into the western camp. Russia decided to nip the threat of the US using Ukraine to threaten Russia with missiles. At the end of the day, even if Russia could not capture Kiev and overthrow him, it still has the capacity to reduce Ukraine to rubble. Afterwards, Russia can wage a continuous low intensity war and not allow Ukraine to be rebuilt. Ukraine will end up balkanised, with some areas under Russian control, some areas under Ukranian control, which would need continuous supply of EU money to maintain. Zelensky and his pro western faction is responsible for getting Ukraine destroyed. The west is also responsible for encouraging Ukraine to cross Russia's red line, and then refusing to go and fight for Ukraine.
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  11043.  @brendanlea3605  BoJo and Zelensky both quote Churchill, one saving his country from EU, the other from RU !
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  11044. You are absolutely dumb. The Baltic states have a population under 5 million. Ukraine will not exist. Poland is all mouth and no trousers. What R and D can they do ?
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  11045.  @mitseraffej5812  Motivated the Poles and Baltic may be, capability they do not have. You need a reality check. Europe is a collection of headless chicken and Britain is one of them. To write such drivel proves this.
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  11046. It is best if the US does not help Ukraine. US help in staging the coup in 2014 to overthrow an elected govt. and put Ukro Nazis in Kiev, has brought all this grief to Ukraine. Kissinger said it is dangerous to be an enemy of the US, but it is even more dangerous to be a friend of the US. Ukranians are finding out.
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  11047. Why did US led Europe want to expand NATO to Russia's border when it had protested ? NATO created this problem for itself and now is shouting 'we need to spend more money'. It is clear the money is not there. If you have to spend more money on defence, you have to slash living standards.
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  11048. Doubts are creeping into the western narrative. When their chief vassal Zelensky says he needs more time after speaking tall, it goes to show the state of actual affairs. The Ukrainians expect to make minor gains and the Russians will beat it off. After that the west will say no more arms this year, wait till the next budget year. But the problem is the Russians will not wait, they will engage in hot pursuit.
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  11049. 'to commit to long term investments in the Ukrainian defence industry; Rheinmetall promised to build a tank factory. It is not going to happen. The capitalist never invests money if he feels he will not get a return. The moment a factory is completed or even before, Russia will strike it with a Kinzhal. How can you be so dumb ?
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  11050.  @LowenKM  Ukraine was also obliged to maintain neutrality. Further, Ukraine conspired with US and UK to have NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia - which is a contravention of the spirit of the Memorandum. Therefore Ukraine will not exist. Get it ?
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  11051.  @kosta2177  West dares not end restrictions - because Putin has said he is ready to fight a war with NATO, and that will be nuclear. He has said British assets will be struck if Storm Shadows are used in Russia, therefore Biden did not give permission to Starmer to lift restrictions on Ukraine. Biden knows US cities will be incinerated, but perhaps you have not understood.
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  11052.  @marquisdemoo1792  'Any peace plan presented by Russia demanding Ukraine not join NATO is disingenuous and should be ignored.' Russia is not presenting any peace plan. The Ukrainians walked out of the agreement initialled in Turkey at the behest of BoJo. Hence, Russia realises peace plans with NATO do not work. So what are you talking about ? The Soviet Union did not offer a peace plan to the Germans, and Russia will not offer any more peace plans to the Ukro Nazis. Ukraine has no option to join NATO. Biden declined to give permission in the Vilnius NATO summit. Zelensky is again asking for admission to NATO be end of the year, saying otherwise Ukraine will be defeated. Biden will not agree. The US will not agree because it will mean fighting Russia, and that means US cities being incinerated. Get it ?
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  11053. You cannot help these people, it is better they surrender and negotiate.
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  11054. What Ukraine needs to do is clear - negotiate or be torn bit by bit. Ukraine needs to think that Russia can drop a tactical nuclear weapon - and the west cannot stop it. They will howl afterwards about war crime etc. - but that is all.
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  11055. You cannot step up because you are already defeated. The US realised and is pulling out.
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  11056. Nobody is terrified of NATO. Russia has shown NATO is a paper tiger. Two weaklings joining makes no difference. Only the US counts. To make such an assertion actually comes from the feeling of defeat. Russia has outplayed and defeated NATO and the west.
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  11057. The post mortem of the the US and NATO defeat. The conclusion is Russia is more powerful than the combined west. It has fought off western military power, it has floored the western economies, and kicked off de-dollarisation. Congratulations to Russia ! As usual, a changer of world history.
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  11058.  @meoff7602  'The Ukrainians goal isn't to hold land, but make it cost to much to take land. ' Are they copying the Russians about Kherson ? Glad you think loss of a city is no big deal. Maybe Ukranians will lose more.
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  11059.  @krystofk.2279  'Russians don't have much morale.Russians don't have much morale.' Ukranians soldiers were complaining Russians were coming in human waves and they just overwhelmed the Ukrainians. That does not square with your wishful thinking.
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  11060.  duncansmith7562  You have exposed western contradictions and wishful interpretations. 'the loss of anywhere is a massive deal ' Now, they say Soledar is irrelevant, and will not help in the capture of Bahkmut, which has also been relabelled as of little value.
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  11061.  @dazamanday  It is Zelenksy who sheds salty tears in front of western parliaments when begging for aid.
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  11062. In 2022, your type of media were saying Putin had a mysterious hand tremor, and he was dying. In fact Zelensky said Putin had died and a look-alike was acting. You are still spinning incredible stories [Putin trapped in Kremlin, he’s a ‘dead man walking’ if he leaves]. Only 3 months ago, he organised the BRICS summit in Kazan. Xi went, so did India, South Africa and all major players. Putin has been abroad as well. He has just launched the fearsome Oreshnikov missile against which the west has no defence. A calibrated and shrewd move against western escalation. Zelensky howled and NATO is holding an emergency meeting.
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  11063. The more I hear Poroshenko boasting vainly about saving Europe and winning against Russia, the more I feel that Ukraine has not got enough of a beating. Ukraine has no choice other than cede land.
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  11064. The war is lost and western sources are now starting to admit it. It was obvious to non-westerners 1 year ago.
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  11065. The Lithuanians are now trying their best to avoid a fight.
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  11066. Russia keeps all these western jokers guessing on what its next move on the chess board will be ! Just 100 of those Wagner musicians terrified Poland ! The Wagner has got such a fearsome mystique after Bakhmut that the Poles were quaking. The Poles were itching for a fight with Russia, but they do not have the stomach. They will get Ukrained if they misbehave. And in Niger, people are asking for the Wagner to fend off the French and US military action. The Wagner threw out the French from Mali and Burkina.
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  11067. The idiotic fellows says it is a completely different war from what anyone who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan experienced. Yeah, right ! They were fighting a superpower who gave them a taste of shock and awe. Then they realised they cannot mess with Russia and decided to run away home.
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  11068. Ledwidge has correctly said the negotiations will be between the US and Russia. Ukraine will not be a party to it. Trump negotiated with Taliban in Doha for a US withdrawal. The Afghan govt. that the US had installed was not invited; nor other NATO countries fighting in Afghanistan on US orders ! It will be the same with Ukraine. You claim 'Ukraine has all the manpower it needs...'. The Ukrainian forces themselves admit the recruitment crunch and the problem of desertion. Come out of wishful thinking and accept reality - the west has lost the war. It should have negotiated when Putin asked on Dec. 2021, and averted the war. But it didn't out of false pride, and now that the west has lost, it has to negotiate under Russia's terms. Get it ?
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  11069.  @icu17siberia  'This is clearly Ukraines war to fight, win, or settle.' It will have to settle for Russia's terms as it has lost. Get it ? Why does it cause you such burning ?
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  11070. The weapons are not enough. Only 98% of what was needed according to NATO. Ukraine is asking for the most important 2% - the F 16s.
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  11071.  @Funglutton  'I can refute the comment because you both talk like some Russian or Chinese disinformation artist is using a very bad translation engine to undermine pertinent aspects of the news report.' Learn to write grammatic English. Read that statement to yourself aloud and ask yourself if it makes sense. What kind of language graduate are you ? You certainly did not study English. Even bots can write grammatic English ! They won't write like that. 'I can refute the comment because you both talk like some Russian or Chinese disinformation artist ....' That is a very weak statement. Instead of claiming you can refute, why don't you publish a refutation ? If you were capable, you would have done that. You are an uneducated oaf, not a graduate !
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  11072. Unfortunately he speaks nonsense. NATO is all mouth and no trousers. We saw that in the exit from Kabul. They do not have the guts to go to war with Russia. Because that will be the incineration of many NATO cities.
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  11073.  @Kkdgju  'I don't know what Ukraine seeks to achieve...' Unfortunately, Ukraine has a US implanted government. Wherever that happens, it is a disaster for that country. 'So why are we encouraging it...' For that, you have to understand US, British and western psychology. I refer you to Boris Johnson's vociferous statements. At the very beginning of the war, he said that 'we cannot allow Putin to win, as it will mean the end of the international 'rules based order'. By which he meant the order whereby US and UK can invade countries, enforce regime change, use Israel to threaten others, seize bank assets etc. He felt suicidal at the thought that that order was being defied. Very recently, he went so far as to say, 'if Ukraine is allowed to lose, that would end western hegemony'. Hence, the reason the west is supporting Ukraine is to maintain 'the rules based international order', known to the non-western world as western hegemony (openly admitted by Boris Johnson).
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  11074. Ukraine is now a failed state. It has squandered its independence (which was a golden opportunity), by trying to use NATO to threaten Russia. There is no chance Ukraine can retrieve the territory. All it can do is see if it does not lose more.
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  11075.  @RichardTaylor1630  'Ruzzia and the US and UK all agreed to "protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine." Yes, but Ukraine, UK and USA ganged up against Russia by seeking to set up NATO bases in Ukraine. That was against the spirit of the Memorandum and Russia. That was backstabbing Russia, and hence Ukraine and its handlers are being taken down.
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  11076.  @RoyClendaniel  Before Russia goes, Ukraine will receive a tactical nuclear weapon. Putin has said a nuclear weapon will be used if Russia is threatened with a strategic defeat. So get real.
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  11077. The entire NATO is scared of the Russian army even now, that is why they dare not send troops to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia is reducing Ukraine to rubble with few forces, and the whole of NATO cannot stop them.
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  11078. Yes, the US has not investigated its own companies. For as Lenin said, the capitalist is greedy and he will sell the rope to the communist who will hang him, if there is enough money offered.
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  11079. China is causing heartburn to the west. First disturbing the western order by bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together without the west. Second by keeping ties with Russia. China has taken a combative role against the US ? It is the US that has declared China is the next great enemy after Russia. When the US has declared Russia and China as the enemies and a schedule has been prepared, obviously China has to work with Russia.
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  11080. What is your full supprt ? Once the Russians drop a nuclear bomb on Kiev, what will Ukraine do ? What will you do ? Will you fight a nuclear war and have western cities incinerated ?
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  11081.  @adriangutierrez8657  Well, you give long range missiles to Ukraine, it attacks Russia, inviting a nuclear strike on Kiev, after that what will you do ? Will you fight a nuclear war with Russia after the event, when your cities will also be incinerated.
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  11082. Expelling a Russian official is a feeble 'retaliation' after Russia did nuclear drills, and called the British ambassador and told that Russia will strike British assets abroad in UK ! This in turn was in response to the Lord Cameron's provocative statement that Ukraine will be allowed to hit targets in Russia with British missiles. After Russia's nuclear sabre rattling and conveyance to the British ambassador that Russia does not bluff and will execute what it says, and after the British realised they will be on their own and the US would not come to the rescue, Cameron quietly pulled down his provocative tweet. The British media are not publicising the warning Russia issued. In fact, they quietly changed tone. Earlier, they had been boasting the Storm Shadows would be used to bring the Kerch bridge down, but now they are not saying that. Russia might take down London Bridge ! No one messes with Russia. The Russians don't bluff, what they say they will do, they will do. That is why Britain backed down. And France also did. Of course, the Brits will be burning inside, so they will turn up the propaganda war because they know they cannot win in a fight with Russia. That is what Times Radio does. It is a vent hole for British frustration.
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  11083. Brave but foolish people.
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  11084. The purpose of the original Kursk invasion was to capture the nuclear plant in Kursk city and use that as a bargaining chip. But the Ukrainians were stalled before they could get there. They did not admit their aim, they said their aim was to humiliate Putin ! Now, it is a last ditch effort to hang on to Kursk, and use it as a bargaining chip - as if Russia will give away Donbass to get back Kursk. The British are the planners of the Kursk operation, and this is not their only hairbrained urgings.
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  11085. But every militant Hindu nationalist would run to get a US visa and emigrate there. Tell me one Hindu settled anywhere outside who will go back to India. They all want to live in Christian and Muslim countries, while denigrating Christians and Muslims in India.
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  11086.  @vitaminprotein7786  Learn to write comprehensible English. Are you an uneducated Hindu nationalist like Modi ?
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  11087.  @rao521  You are just saying that what I wrote is correct and you cannot dispute it.
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  11088.  @rao521  Omar is going by what is reported on state sponsored violence in by 'Hindu nationalists' who form the Indian government. The victims are Christians and Muslims. They are not responsible for Kashmir. Read the ideology of RSS and it has been their policy since long ago. I read Kashmir files is a propganda movie made by Indian govt. to justify attack on minorities. I am told it is the title is a copy of book by Rana Ayyub called Gujarat Files where she describes a pogrom organised by Modi. It is a shame that India has declined so much that it is run by uneducated types who are leading its self destruction. India cannot blame the British. Churchill had predicted India will not be able to govern itself and soon it will be taken over by corrupt knaves, and Indians will fight amongst themselves. He appears to be correct. It appears Hindus are intrinsically divisive because of the caste and apartheid mentality.
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  11089. Europe does not have the capacity. It should stop being US's attack dog against Russia, and learn to get on with Russia.
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  11090. The US staged the coup in Ukraine in 2014, to get naval bases in Ukraine. Russia checked it. As Prof. Mearsheimer says, Putin realised that one has to play hardball with the US, and be ruthless. Now that the US's project Ukraine has failed, the US will walk away from Ukraine and hand it over to the Europeans The Europeans need to come out of their illusory belief in shared values with the US. They need to get out of the US orbit. The only solution is to apply to join BRICS !
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  11091. The BBC is trying like all western media to put a positive spin on Ukraine's bleak position. They say Russian casualties are heavy (30,000 say the Americans). But there is silence on the Ukranians - except to say occasionally both sides suffered high casualties. The Ukranians have suffered much more - if Russia is firing 7x the shells that Ukraine fires, it is logical more Ukrainians will be killed. The logic that the Ukrainians are exhausting the Russians in Bakhmut so that they cannot cope with the counter offensive applies to the Ukrainians as well. The reality is Ukraine is left with a small western edge of the city. The Russians will take it. Western assessment is shifty and based on wishful thinking. When the Russians started winning in Bakhmut, the western media started saying Bakhmut is strategically unimportant. But the Ukranian soldier does not think so - he thinks if it falls, Russia will come forward. The British have been saying that Bakhmut is being attacked by untrained Russian convicts fighting with shovels. Why did the Ukranians get pushed out then ? For long, the western media have been saying that the Ukranians are highly motivated, while the Russians are demoralised and running away. At the same time the Ukranian soldier in the video cannot believe the Russians are advancing fearlessly ! That is the quality of the Russian soldier, but the Ukrainain attributes it to being drugged. If the Russian soldiers are untrained convicts on drugs with shovels, the motivated Ukrainian soldiers with superior western weapons should not have been pushed out of Bakhmut. The logic is not there in western analysis. The BBC like other western media try to put a smile on a dead rat's face. The dead rat is Ukraine.
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  11092.  @jeremygibbs7342  You do not have the money and equipment to support Ukraine any longer. You sent 'proper military equipment', but the Russians destroyed them. Russia is more powerful than NATO, you should not have encouraged Ukraine to fight Russia. And Ukranians should have known how the Russians fight, from their Red Army days. The west knows how the Russians fight, and that is why they did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine.
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  11093.  @TheStormtrooper00  They would not dare. The Sarmat missiles will reach them before they can take a decision. Apparently one is enough to destroy each country.
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  11094.  @zacksulics8021  About your 25 countries punching way above their weight - they do so only in making lame jokes at G7. That is their maximum capability. They are very feeble. So feeble they were very proud of Sweden and Finland joining - as if they will be able to fight Russia. Without the US, Europe would not have any spine. If Trump comes back, he does not want to spend money for Europeans, he will withdraw.
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  11095.  @TheStormtrooper00  You will be vapourised by the Sarmat missiles in a blink.
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  11096.  @IDF662  And the IDF is stuck in Gaza and cannot find the hostages. You are like the Ukranians - dependent on foreign aid to support your suicidal foreign policy.
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  11097. 'Russia sealed there own fate with this war, Europe was already starting to end their reliance and now it’s speed has well over doubled.' Russia has got Europe by the scruff of the neck. Its plan is to de-industrialise Europe so it never thinks of threatening Russia using US and NATO. Glass, aluminium, steel factories are shutting down. BASF is the world's biggest chemical factory. It is a set of very interconnected plants. If its gas is cut by 50%, BASF will shut down. There are a lot of downstream industries (automotive etc.) that depends on BASF. Russia will be alright. They will have heat for their homes, and they can still make glass, aluminium, steel factories. Europeans are such fools that they lie in the gutter and think they are controlling Russia. Weaklings think they can dominate a super power.
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  11098. Congratulations to Sir Putin !
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  11099. Can Modi show toughness and get the land that China took ? He seems like a mouse in front of Xi. Canada should step up and put visa restrictions on Indians. As part of the visa procedures, screen Indians for membership of Hindu Nazi parties like BJP and RSS.
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  11100. Zelensky is blamed because he could have accepted a return to neutrality to avoid the war. After the Istanbul agreement, he could have ignored BoJo and signed a deal. He missed two chances. But then he is a puppet of Biden and BoJo. That was his choice. He imagined they were 'partners'.
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  11101. Hmm. westerners are whitewashing Ukranian Nazis and making them 'nationalists'. Russia should not compromise with Nazis. The Soviet Union crushed German Nazis, we want Russia to crush the Ukranian Nazis. Shame that the west is supporting Nazism today.
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  11102.  @natalieturko4808  Ukraine's handler is the US. You know it. The right to self-determination does not include giving a foreign power missile and naval bases, to threaten a neighbouring super power. The US will support Ukraine while it had something to gain, but when the cost becomes too much, it will leave it to its fate like Afghanistan and Iraq. As for the right to self-determination, did your type invoke the rights of Afghans and Iraqis to have their governments, culture and leaders, without it being imposed by the US ? You are just a duplicitous liar.
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  11103. This is not an objective news report. This is a report in which they have decided to run down Russia and run up Ukraine. So the complaint now is Russia is advancing but it is losing a lot of manpower. What about the Ukranians ? There is no mention. The Russians are firing 10 shells for every Ukrainian one. As for cannon fodder, the Ukrainians are playing the same role - for the Americans. This kind of report grudgingly acknowledges the Russians are advancing but with casualties. It means defeat for the west is in the pipeline. The Ukrainian soldier says when the Russians advance in numbers, the Ukranians have to retreat to safer places ! Lloyd Austin complains Russia is throwing ill trained soldiers to be slaughtered. Why is he concerned ? It is because Russia is advancing.
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  11104.  @alanmckay7040  Every country is run by laws. Abide by the law, if you don't, punishment is the only course after a trial. It is like saying when the umpire gives you out lbw, you accept, you don't argue you are not out because you feel so.
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  11105.  @alanmckay7040  He is an unemployable thug and a small time criminal from Luton burning with hatred. There is no need to make him a martyr. Lawlessness cannot be an answer if someone has a grievance. Britain is a law-and-order country. There are other cases against him, he needs to be prosecuted for those was well.
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  11106.  @LaurineCurrin  If the US leaves, the British have promised to show the EU the way against Russia.
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  11107. The Danes and Europeans were proud to be US vassals. Denmark acted as America's attack dog against Russia (it shouted the most about Ukraine), but Denmark might need to seek Russia's protection !
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  11108. NATO is a shame as it tried to use Ukraine to threaten Russia, but when Russia gave Ukraine a beating, NATO went into hiding.
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  11109. Funny, this is not in the western media. Indian media remarked some days back Gallant was not agreeing with Netanyahu over war policy.
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  11110. It was Hijab interviewing and questioning Piers. And Piers was defensive and outclassed. He is a pathetic, smarmy wretch who crawls before Jews for his job. Shameless person.
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  11111. I guess some regard being a vassal of the US as a sign of sovereignty. Ukraine, Poland, Baltics.... There is one that even proudly says it is a vassal with a special relationship to the US !
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  11112. The issue is NOT Ukraine being Russia, the issue is inviting a distant power to use your territory to threaten Russia. Then Russia will destroy that country. That is ongoing process. Russia does not need to retake Ukraine, all it needs to do is destroy it and make sure no US bases are possible. They have achieved that.
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  11113. Why ?
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  11114.  @mavericknguyen7542  What is evil boy ?
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  11115. Never has the city centre been attacked, says the biased journalist. So he is outraged. It actually means Russia was lenient. Russia has only given Ukraine a glimpse and these seem to be in a state of shock and awe. But if the Ukranians and their handlers are not careful, the whole of Kiev, Lvov etc. will be razed.
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  11116.  @Roland_Tr909_Swing  'I dont need to imagine it that's the beauty of living in the west.' Indeed, push Ukraine under the bus, make it fight Russia for US benefit and arms sales, and praise and cheer Ukraine while living safely in the beautiful west. But tell your leaders not to go too far on messing with Russia. Otherwise, there will be no beauty left for you either. At the beginning of the war, when there was clamour for NATO to put a 'no fly zone', Sir Putin did warn you will face consequences you have never faced before. You know what that is. The US decided not to put a 'no fly zone'.
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  11117. Is there any point in a weak and useless country like Netherlands (that cannot save Ukraine) to advise the Baltics that it will come to their defence ? If the Baltics provoked Russia, as Lithuania did by attempting to blockade Kaliningrad, then Russia will sieze them, then what will Netherlands do ? Are you a superpower ? If you provoke Russia, you will get a beating, regardless of Article 5.
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  11118.  @nozhki-busha  If you attack or threaten Russia, you will get a beating. Is that fascism ?
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  11119. If you watch Times Radio, I think a British site, they are hyper ventilating about Putin's embarrassment, humiliation, weakness etc. Ukrainian objectives as proclaimed are : Zelensky wants to create a buffer zone. Zelensky said he wants to use it as a bargaining chip - as if Russia is going to negotiate. (Ukraine wanted to get the Kursk nuclear power plant. But that is out of reach). What the real objective for Ukraine and the US is : Ukraine wants to show to the west that it is winning, and it believes that improves its chance of getting more money and weapons from its 'partners'. For the US side, the policy is not totally run by the govt.. The neocons and arms industry is the eminence grise behind this war. The objective of the neocons and the US arms industry is to overcome sceptics who doubt Ukraine's capability, and hence they can gouge more US taxpayers money to fund Ukraine, lining their pockets.
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  11120. Don't make immature comparisons. Russia will not allow US bases in Ukraine. It is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop it. Now the Americans understand it. After the flop of the Ukrainian counter offensive, the Americans also now understand that Ukraine cannot evict the Russians. If the US lets Ukraine into NATO, it will ask for Article 5, and the Americans will have to send troops to Ukraine. In which case the Russians will kill Americans on a scale bigger than they faced in Vietnam. Judging from America's hasty exits from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia etc., the Americans are cowards, they cannot take casualties. Russia has the capacity to incinerate all American cities. In effect, Russia has met its objective : in Vilnius, effectively America was forced to give up on having bases in Ukraine. It is an American defeat, but they will not admit it, they will blame Ukraine and say it does not have democracy and it is corrupt.
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  11121. And there is no one capable of standing up because of his arsenal.
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  11122. Why did Ukraine seek US/NATO bases in Ukraine to threaten Russia ? Russia had shown goodwill making Ukraine independent even giving away Russian lands like Crimea, Donbass and Odessa. Ukraine backstabbed Russia by seeking NATO entrance. For this cardinal sin, Ukraine will not exist.
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  11123. US had a NATO expansion project in Ukraine, it failed, so it left. Europe is no one. You are subordinates of the US.
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  11124. Yeah, profiteer and give the Ukranians crap !
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  11125. Yes, cheer for losing Ukraine, from a safe place.
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  11126.  @bonnie7898  Russia told the US many times expanding NATO to Russia's borders is overtly threatening Russia. James Baker had said after the re-unification of Germany that NATO would not move one inch to the east. The Americans lied. Hence, the Russians and others do not trust Americans. You are simply wicked by nature.
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  11127.  @bruceradz  'no one, no country, threatened russia ...' The US sought missile bases in Ukraine. It sought naval bases in Ukraine to cut off Russia from the Black Sea. Why did you not give Russia the security guarantee it asked and avert the war ? You were wicked. You want something for nothing. You got a beating from Russia. Now learn from it before going to mess with China.
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  11128.    Russian generals are bots and destroying the Ukro Nazis and NATO.
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  11129. Why should people not have contempt for Europe ? The Europeans want to shout for Ukraine being invaded, but they back Israeli invasion and ethnic cleansing of Gaza. The Europeans are duplicitous hypocrites and both Russia and US have shown well deserved contempt.
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  11130. And the west is counting on Biden to defeat Putin !
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  11131. Ukraine has been shooting down 100% of Russian missiles, so what is the problem ? This is a low death toll. The Russians are not targeting civilians - unlike those who firebombed Germany. It is something Russia can do - a 5000 missile barrage in a short time, spaced apart a little. That would be a way to finish Kiev without a nuclear bomb. The bulk of the Russian strikes are on Ukrainian military targets. That is why Ukraine is unable to start its wretched offensive.
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  11132. Why does it say 'horror crash' ? That makes out it was an accident - before the police investigation. It could have been a deliberate ramming. GB News wants to take a side. Perhaps it wants to exonerate the driver in advance, as he was white. That is two tier reporting ! Is that a cue for rioting ?
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  11133. We all knew about Ukraine's nefaruous ways. In Azovstahl, they had holed up with women and children and were demanding free passage. What were the women and children doing in a steel plant ? Recall Ukraine's past lie mongering. Initially, they said the Russians used chemical weapons in Azovstahl. The western press manufactured outrage for two days but it disappeared. The Ukranians tried keeping civilians in the chemical plant in Severodonetsk but gave up.
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  11134.  @philippebergeron5821 The US and UK are gross in the way they treat other countries. If they looked at the mirror, they will see how gross they are.
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  11135. This is the third reconstruction conference, there was another in Switzerland and in another place, and this one. Such conferences actually show the bind the west is in. It feels compelled to hold periodically optimistic roadshows to prevent its public seeing the defeat Russia has handed them. Or does the west now know Ukraine will have to surrender, and does it think after that, Russia will give western companies contracts for rebuilding ?! The damage to Ukraine is over 1 $ trillion now. What is $ 6.5 billion ? And how will the Ukranians start rebuilding during a war when any construction will be knocked down with missiles ? The west speaks nonsense unashamedly. Like two months ago Germany promised to build a tank factory in Ukraine. The Russians will destroy it immediately ! And no German would want to be there to get killed. There can be no reconstruction of Ukraine without Russian permission. Russia will take all the Russian areas : it has taken most of Donbass, it needs to get Odessa and Kharkhov. It will sit out the Ukrainian counter offensive, and it is clear the Ukranians do not have the capacity to dislodge Russia. Western Ukraine is a hot bed of Ukro Nazism, Russia will not take that part, but it will destroy it and make rebuilding impossible.
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  11136. Trump is realistic, he knows Russia has defeated the collective west, and he wants to get rid of Ukraine.
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  11137.  @Defiant1940  It is not clear Robotyne has been taken. Possibly parts are. Ukranian progress is at best attritional, we do not see any blitzkrieg or possibilities for it. Nothing is crumbling. That is wishful thinking. Ukraine is making desperate claims of progress on the front, and of curbing corruption, to keep its paymasters happy.
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  11138. What kind of country and electoral system allows a convicted felon to stand for election ?
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  11139.  @fingerprint8479  What is irrelevant now ?
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  11140. UK is all mouth and no trousers. What arms does the UK have against mighty Russia ? The UK wants to show off that it is important in world affairs.
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  11141. I guess the bloody Germans who got rid of 6 million Jews have to show off their support for Israel to run its apartheid state. That is their morality. They had to indulge in anti-Russian activities after Russia allowed German re-unification, and they are paying the price - Russia is de-industrialising Germany. 'Israel’s top military official Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo has said that the slow rate of rocket fire from Hamas indicates that it is preparing for a long war. ' So the Israelis know they are going to face a long of war of attrition. Those 6 day wars and quick victories don't exist anymore. The Hezbollah is opening a front and the conflict also spills to the West Bank. Good luck with a three front war ! As for the west, after their debacle with their surrogate in Ukraine, in which German tanks were burnt on arrival, they face another debacle backing their surrogate Israel. The Arabs need to decouple from the US and Germans and the other Europeans and set up an alliance with Russia. In 1956, when the Israelis, French and British invaded Egypt because Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal, citing it was a breach of international order, it was the Soviet Union that stepped in and forced the three colonialists to get out. The Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons on these three countries, and Eisenhower did not want to fight with the Soviet Union, so the US too asked the Israelis, French and British to get out. Had the Gulf Arabs developed ties with the Soviet Union then, they would have been in a better position today. But it is not too late, they should ally with Russia and China. The US will always back Israel's apartheid state till it becomes unsustainable. They should not be taken in by the Abraham Accord, it will be like the Oslo accord. The Israelis would use it to buy time to take West Bank land. It is like the Minsk accord with Russia, Angela Merkel said it was to buy time to arm Ukraine. Israel faces a three front war, if the war is extended, it would be beyond the west's capacity to maintain Israel - as they are finding with Ukraine. The US's economy and power is not the same as before. It is under duress, being based on debt, gross inequality, polarisation. China quietly overtakes the US while the US is stuck in Ukraine and Israel 'for as long as it takes'.
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  11142. Putin knows there is only way to deal with the US and its allies : play hardball and be ruthless. The Soviet Union allowed re-unification of Germany (Thatcher and Miterrand opposed it), and was told by James Baker that NATO would not move one inch to the east. But NATO was expanded in five waves, against Russian protests. Ukraine is the last straw as Putin says. Russia has decided to put a stop, there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine, and Ukraine will not exist if needs to be. Russia is ready to fight a nuclear war to stop NATO bases in Ukraine. Now the US knows, so it will distance itself from Ukraine, and hand it to Europe.
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  11143. This German lady who speaks like a Nazi against Russia all of a sudden says Ukraine lost 100,000. All this while, her sort was overplaying Russian casualties and not talking about Ukranian ones. Previously, she only talked about Ukranian casualties in terms of civilians, war crimes etc. This disclosure even if redacted is indeed a signal that the west realises Ukraine is unsustainable.
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  11144. Russian/Ukranian Christmas is on 7 Jan. They follow the Julian calendar.
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  11145.  @advancetotabletop5328  Daily Telegraph has been saying Ukraine is laying a trap for Russians in Bakhmut by a flank attack ! They have been saying it for days. Zelensky said many things like it will capture Crimea by Dec. 2022.
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  11146.  @daveloch905  Why are you afraid of doing it up front ?
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  11147.  @daveloch905  Writing a reply is not your strong point for sure. What is stopping the US from declaring war ?
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  11148.  @MikeNel33and49  'the answer is elemental,dems' What is that in English ?
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  11149. It is a typically mischievous western misreading that Russia has deviated from the goals of deNazifying Ukraine and keeping out NATO from Ukraine. Lavrov only said if the west keeps pumping Ukraine with weapons so Ukraine does not negotiate, the time will come when Russia will decide not to negotiate but push forward, and Ukraine will be a bigger loser. That by implication means beyond Donbass. There is however no deviation from the objectives of deNazifying Ukraine and blocking NATO from threatening Russia. It just means all the coastal regions including Odessa up to Trans Nystria have to be confiscated from Ukraine - so it can never threaten Russia again by inviting the US to have naval bases in Ukraine. The land has to be taken only to meet the objectives. Of course, if the US had agreed to Russia's security just before the war, annexation of Ukraine would not have been needed.
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  11150.  @bettergaminghd4718  Gazans are guilty ? They were living in a concentration camp enforced by an apartheid state created by the UK ? How dare you blame the victim for fighting for his freedom ? Scumbag.
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  11151. Why are the British advising the EU ? You left them.
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  11152.  @kerryNhull  As if the Ukrainians troops will be different .... their professional army has been decimated, and they are also down to their reservists. They are going to be massacred.
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  11153.  @theonetruespice  None of that is going to happen. They could not get back Crimea since 2014. They are not going to get back Donbass and the coastal areas. Russia will nuke them before they can join NATO.
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  11154. Ukraine's goose is cooked and the west is wasting its money and Ukrainian lives trying to prolong this fight. The west needs to accept it made a mistake with NATO expansion and Russia will prevail. The west is unwilling to send troops (that is not a winnable option), and Russia has shown sanctions don't work, and it itself is adept at fighting an economic war. The Ukranians could resist up to a point, but at the end of the day, they cannot avoid substantial loss, and they need supply of arms from outside just to hold what is left. The west is on the horns have a dilemma. It cannot back down due to false pride. It has brainwashed the western public with its propaganda about the need to stand up against 'an unprovoked attack against a sovereign country' and how Russia will come after the rest. But it is slowly realising Ukraine is losing ground, and western boasting that Himars are going to be a game changer is just delusional propaganda. The west has cut all its options by closing all negotiation channels. It is left to Turkey to mediate. Any negotiations will be on Russian terms and NATO will be left out. If some European countries had been independent enough from the US, they would have kept the mediation channel open. The west needs to come out of its false pride and arrogance and realise it does not have the military or the economic power to dominate. It cannot bully Russia or China. Even the rest of the non-western world supports Russia and China.
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  11155. You are right, western countries are just posing, they know they cannot break the blockade without Russians sinking their ships. Warsaw Pact was dissolved, but west wants to keep NATO to curb Russia. It expanded NATO eastwards, but it expects no Russian reaction. The west wants to blockade Russia, but expects Russia not to blockade Ukraine and the west. The west chose to freeze Russian assets in euros and dollars, but when Russia demanded payment in roubles, they protested it is blackmail. It is the familiar western duplicity and self deceipt, and inability to comes to terms with reality.
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  11156. 'Give Ukraine everything ,why delay ? ' You don't have any more to give, you bloody fool !
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  11157. Your free world is trying to avoid getting killed by the Russians. If the free world wants to give everything, the free world would have to send troops. None in the free world has the guts for that.
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  11158.  @gettingannoyedquick  Were you playing fair when you initiated NATO expansion after saying NATO will not expand one inch to the east ? Scumbag.
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  11159. It would be less than 3 minutes, as there are Kazen class super quiet Russian submarines patrolling both US coasts. If the hypersonic Sarmat or Kinzhals are launched from these submarines close to the US coast, the Sarmat would reach US cities within seconds. The Ukrainians are finding when the Kinzhals are launched, the missile strikes within a couple of minutes of the siren. That is what happened in Poltava.
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  11160.  @RoyLock  The west has submarines but not hypersonic missiles. The Russians have hypersonics which if launched from a submarine 12 miles away, will strike in seconds. The message is : don't mess with Russia. Get it ?
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  11161.  @stephengillott9435  NATO failed, the UK despite loudmouth BoJo also could not do anything. Do you think Tobias Ellwood's proposal of UK leading a 'coalition of the willing' to go into Ukraine will work ? A US general said the British are not capable of raising a regiment. When the Russians start killing your soldiers, and body bags arrive in UK, Sunak and Ellwood will have a problem.
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  11162.  @stephengillott9435  He is not trying to build the Soviet Union, he is preventing the US getting naval bases in Ukraine to cut off Russia from the Black Sea. Russia will fight a nuclear war if needed to prevent any US bases in Ukraine.
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  11163.  @callsigndd9ls897  'Ukraine will in future be a western-oriented country....' It will be Russia that determines Ukraine's future. Ukraine of 1991 is gone for good. Part of it will be taken back by Russia. The rest will be turned into a landlocked wasteland, dependent on EU aid. Ukraine is a failed country. Meanwhile, Europe is being de-industrialised, so feeding Ukraine will be problematic. Russia has many angles of attack to counter the war the west is waging against it.
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  11164.  @callsigndd9ls897  If Ukraine does not want to surrender, Russia can take the Russian areas, and just turn the rest into a wasteland from the air, and make reconstruction impossible. There can leave a land locked part, dependent on EU aid. Meanwhile, Europeans and Americans will not be able to fund Ukraine for however long it takes; already one Republican has protested free cheques for Ukraine.
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  11165.  @callsigndd9ls897  All wishful thinking and interpretation. Russians understand their enemy is not Ukraine, but the US. Putin explained that it is regretable to go to war, but if US intentions in Ukraine are not curbed, Russia will have to fight later to dislodge the Americans, and that will be more costly as it would be a nuclear war. The US intention is to get naval bases in Ukraine, and that would block access to Russia's Black Sea Fleet, and would allow the US to threaten Russia from the south. As for lacking manpower etc. to execute its mission, Russia could settle it with a nuclear strike in Ukraine. It will do that if needed, as under no circumstances can it allow the US to get nuclear bases. No Russian leader can allow it. Instead of lecturing Russia, why don't you ask why the US comes across the Atlantic to stir up trouble in another part of the world ? And why are the Europeans so feeble that they are voiceless subordinates ?
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  11166.  @botondtoth8263  'Not even counting the rumored US offer of no future Ukrainian NATO membership just weeks before that disastrous invasion.' Don't lie. Posting rumours is a sly and devious attempt to look virtuous when you are the culprit for the war. It is on record Putin wrote to Biden asking for a security guarantee that the US will not missile and naval bases in Ukraine. It is on record the US declined and instead offered to talk about other things. Russia replied that the US had been stalling negotiations for years on NATO expansion and the security threat Russia perceived. Russia's intentions are clear : there will be no US bases in Ukraine. They have achieved that. Ukraine has two options : (1) revert back to neutrality or (2) be turned into a wasteland. with or without nuclear strike.
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  11167.  @callsigndd9ls897  You over estimate the west. If the US had no ulterior design in Ukraine, why did finance a coup in which Ukro Nazis took over ? That is corruption. 3 US companies own 35% of Ukraine's agricultural land. If the US has no military interest as you pretend, it could have agreed to a security guarantee that Russia asked for. But it declined. WHY ? Why did the US blow up Nordstream 2 ? The fact is Putin has ended single handedly the western 'rules based international order', that allowed the west to practise neo colonialism, overthrow governments in Latin America, Arab countries, invade Iraq and Afghanistan. 'Besides selling gas, oil, coal and ores to Western countries, Russia is an economic dwarf.... But the dwarf has the power to de-industrialise Europe. That is what he is doing, Glass factories, alumninium and steel factories are shutting in France and Germany. With that auto industry and Airbus are affected. As for the US, Russia has catalysed and speeded up non-dollar based trade between countries. The US invaded Iraq to stop Saddam selling oil in euros - because it knows that would end the US standard of living. Now Russia is doing the same, and the US cannot stop them. Further unlike Saddam's time, there are many countries now willing to enter into trade deals with rouble, yuan and other currencies. So the western world order is over, it ain't coming back. Africa, India, China, Arabs, Iran, Turkey, Latin America are not listening to the west. ''Always remember that Hitler and Stalin were "friends" once too, and after that Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt were "friends". Such friendships can end very quickly if one of the friends has only a personal interest in their own power.'' I know. What is the point ? Give that advice to Zelensky. He should know friendship with Biden may end any time, and the Europeans are irrelevant.
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  11168.  @botondtoth8263  Russia had protested NATO expansion many times, and it was ignored. There were five waves of NATO expansion. Russia drew the line on Ukraine. Russia asked the US for a security guarantee in Dec, 2021, but the US only wanted to meet to discuss other matters. Russia said the US has stalled for years, they wanted a quick response to the subject at hand, Ukraine. Angela Merkel and Sarkozy had opposed NATO expansion in 2008, but the US due to the machinations of Victoria Nuland ignored them. NATO is the US, the Europeans do not count. The US has corrupt business interests in Ukraine, so it has ulterior motives. The Ukrainians and Europeans are pawns (willing pawns of course). Putin has taken action. The significance goes beyond Ukraine. In effect, Putin has ended the western 'rules based international order', the neo-colonial order which the west had constructed to control the world even after the end of the colonial era. This order is not coming back.
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  11169.  @botondtoth8263  'Russia had opposed accepting new members into NATO indeed, but it wasn't jusf ignored. The NATO leaders told clearly, that Russia has no decision in it.' 'But it definitely destroyed the European stability. Of which Russia was a beneficiary. Congrats.' There can be no European security without Russian security. Get it ? If Russia was a beneficiary, it would not have invaded. It saw the US plan was to get naval bases in Ukraine and cut Russia out of the Black Sea. The Europeans and Americans think they should live with perfect security, while they can go and invade Iraq, Afghanistan, have regime change in Venezuela or wherever they demand. Sir Putin has ended for good the duplicitous western run 'rules based international order' which they manipulated cynically for their advantage. It is the same order that created wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sr Putin has also started the process to end the western financial system, which gave it so much control to dictate. He has catalysed the advance of non-dollar based trade. On both accounts, the world thanks Russia. Russia has always been the catalyser of major changes in the world.
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  11170.  @callsigndd9ls897  Putin does not want to occupy any ex-Soviet republics, unless they misbehave and threaten Russia like Ukraine and Lithuania. Ukraine is being a taught the lesson of their lives. Litthuania tried to blockade Kaliningrad, till Russia said it will cancel its independence. Why should I not claim about US bases and naval bases in Ukraine ? US has established such bases all over the world. Sevastapol in Crimea was the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet and was under lease from Ukraine under a friendly agreement since independence. If Ukraine joined NATO , that could be withdrawn and the US Seventh Fleet would be sailing from Sevastopol. When the US sponsored coup take place, and Ukro Nazi nationalists took over in 2014, Putin swiftly moved to take Crimea. Still the US has plans with Odessa and other places. Under Trump, the US was not interested in military expansion. But under Biden, whose family has shady businesses with Ukraine, there were other motives. You are an ignorant semi-literate person. You do not understand in geopolitics not everything is stated explicitly, the opponents intentions need to be deduced. The Russians are chess masters, they think ahead. Sir Putin is a master strategist, and he is multi dimensional, he is not driven by emotion like you.
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  11171.  @botondtoth8263  'The US at least had the basic common sense not to start a war in its own neighbourhood.' The US has abetted wars in Latin America. They have a Monroe doctrine which says the US will not allow any foreign power to set bases in the Americas. The same applies to Russia. The US has no business to come to Russia's borders, to overthrow the Ukrainian govt. and put a pliant puppet in place. Russia has to stop it, otherwise the US will create problems for Russia. Putin said war is regretable, but the cost of evicting the US later would be greater (it would require a nuclear war), it is better to stop the US from getting a foothold. ["The Europeans" don't think the invasion of Iraq was justified. ] The Ukranians sent 5000 troops to Iraq to please the Americans. One Iraqi wrote the Ukranians deserve to be battered for aiding the US and invading his country. So don't put on this air that Ukraine is innocent. Russia was good to them and gave independence, they even attached the Russian areas, but Ukraine back stabbed them.
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  11172.  @botondtoth8263  The Americans do not need to share borders to instigate coups and wars in South America, so what is your point ? They got Allende over thrown in Chile and replaced with Pinochet. Like that, they instigated a coup in Ukraine and got a govt. they wanted. They pulled it off without military intervention, so it is acceptable to you. In some cases they manage that, in other cases they invade to bring regime change. They invaded Iraq, using a false flag about WMDs. The Europeans are not so nice and innocent as you pretend. The colonised countries of Asia and Africa know this. The Russians also know. The Nazis invaded the Soviet Union and 20 million died. In 1812, the French under Napoleon invaded. Swedes, Poles invaded before that. But Russia defeated all of them, and due to Stalin, the Soviet Union became a superpower. Now all the Europeans are weaklings, so they allied with America and became its doormats. America plays off Eastern Europe against Western Europe, and instigates tensions with Russia by NATO expansions. The tensions become the raison d'etre for the American footprint in Europe. Lately, America has become a predatory ally. See how they blew up Nordstream 2 to make sure Germany cannot go back to Russia, and Europe becomes dependent on US LNG. See how shameless and helpless the Europeans are that they cannot hold America to account. People who do not have sovereignty themselves want to fight for Ukraine's holy sovereignty. 'I personally wish that the EU leaders started to set up a potent common military and a more integrated common foreign policy'. The Europeans are never going to be united and be anything of substance in the future. No one in Europe likes or trusts Germany due to their past. Poland is asking for 1 trillion compensation from Germany. The French are self centred. The British think they are superior to the Europeans. The Scandinivians are posers, and think they have high standards. The Eastern Europeans have an inferiority complex. Poland and Lithuania talk as if they are superpowers because they are accepted in NATO. This hopeless lot are not a match for Russia. The EU Commission is an unelected body. Ursula von Leyen talks like a German Nazi about Ukranians being part of our European family, and not merely the human family (meaning Afghans and Iraqis who we made refugees are not part of our family). The EU's Foreign Minister Bourell is an old fashioned colonialist type who said Europe is a garden and the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle will invade us. That is another statement of 'white man's burden'. The era of colonial rule is over, but still another two generations of Europeans like von Leyen, Bourell, Johsnon, Macron etc. have the hangovers of that era. It will take one more generation of Europeans to realise they are not relevant anymore. Putin has ended their 'international rules based order' for good. He will de-industrialise Europe. The Americans are predatory allies out for themselves, and Europeans are pawns. The Europeans need to develop independent intellects to realise that having good relations with Russia is better than being America's door mats.
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  11173.  @callsigndd9ls897  So are power stations of a country trying to get the US to threaten it.
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  11174.  @weeguy52  All US hypersonic missiles so far have failed. It is in catch up mode against Russia and China.
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  11175.  @adiosa1388  'russia 🤡 got destroyed in combat only bombing left what pathetic terrorist state russia is' You obviously feel frustrated. The typical westerner feels Russia punched you in the face. You wanted to expand NATO on the sly, Russia has thrown you in the gutter, and lying on your back, you proclaim you are winning ! Only bombing is left ? That is part of war. Russia is also screwing the west with economic warfare (no bombing there).
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  11176.  @reskay3623  How did it weaken Ukranians ? They were forced to stop their Kherson offensive; then Russia took Soledar, and is about to take Bakhmut. Zelensky had said Ukraine would reach Crimea by Dec 2022 and he had pledged that Severodonetsk is the last city Ukraine would lose. The morale is starting to slip as they realise that the west does not have the magic weapons and cannot supply in time. They have been massacred in Bakhmut and so performance goes down.
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  11177.  @reskay3623  The understanding under which Ukraine got independence was (1) surrender nuclear weapons (2) keep neutral as stated in its declaration of independence (3) allow Sevastapol in the Crimea to be used as naval base by Russia. Ukraine has sought to renege on understandings (2) and (3), seeking to join NATO and allow the US to get naval bases which would shut off Russia from the Black Sea. Hence , Ukraine's independence is cancelled. When something is given to you on conditional understanding, and you backstab Russia by allying with foreign robbers, then it is not robbery to take corrective action. Ukraine has to surrender or be taken back by Russia.
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  11178. Something obviously made you feel ashamed to be a Hindu, till you found someone who says he is proud to be a Hindu.
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  11179.  @ichbin-B  'The original purpose of this Chaturvarna system was to ensure that people get what they deserve. ' Your writing smacks of Brahamanic sophistry. So Brahmins are getting what they deserve. They are contented fellows. And Shudras (you who sly label as workers) also got what they deserved. Then why do the Shudras not accept what they deserve ? You must be a Brahmin to write this.
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  11180.  @ichbin-B  I don't have a caste, what are you talking about ? In your little Indian mind, everyone in the world fits into some caste. That is the case in India, but not outside.
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  11181.  @ichbin-B  I understand what you are talking about. You are a Brahmin and you want to say it is not by your birth but by some magical qualities and activities. Can I ask what are your qualities and activities that made you a Brahmin ? Rioting, lynching and raping ? Or organising others to do the same for you ?
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  11182. Ukraine has lost Mariopol and the the key coastal corridors. Russia has blockaded the Black Sea. If the Ukranians are winning, why are they begging for release of fighters from Azov stahl ? Why are they complaining of their grain going missing ? Why does Zelensky say he is willing to meet Putin ? At some stage, Russia can use the tactical nuke on Kiev to settle the war - and there is nothing Ukraine - or NATO- can do to stop it.
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  11183.  Jay Hess  Because America and its armaments industry want the war to go on. They wanted NATO expansion to sell arms to the Eastern European countries.
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  11184.  Jay Hess  So what value have the Eastern Europeans got with their new American weapons ? These countries would not survive one day without actual American military presence, even if they have American weapons. If you think the Russian weapons are poor quality and value, ask the Ukranians who have been at the receiving end. The Kinzhal missile with nuclear warhead flies at 20 Mach, evades all western systems, and takes out an area the size of Britain. Would you like to test its quality with a strike on EU or the US to verify ? The Germans also invaded the Soviet Union thinking the Soviets had only spears and arrows, but the Red Army entered Berlin and taught the Germans a lesson they have not forgotten.
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  11185. Get rid of the caste system first.
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  11186.  @somejohndoe3004  Article 5 is an illusion held by Europeans that if they mess with Russia, and Russia gives them a beating, then the US will come to fight for them.
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  11187. There is faulty analysis and wishful thinking. 'While Russia started with a large stockpile of artillery shells, if they keep using them at a faster rate than Ukraine eventually they will reach parity...' No, Russian industry is geared up for artillery shell and other defence production. Their defence industries are govt, owned from Soviet days and they are run on need basis, not profit basis. Westerners cannot supply shells because the defence industry is fully private and will only make the investments if it is profitable. That is the present dilemma for Ukraine and the west. They do not have the ammo, Russia had the shells and is able to produce more. Since March 2022, Ukraine and the west have been saying Russia is running out of missiles. But Ukraine is running out of its power grid due to Russian missiles. You need a reality check. This is the last throw of the die for Ukraine. The offensive will fail due to the shortage of ammo and manpower, and after that the west cannot supply more, so the US will send Ukraine to the negotiating table.
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  11188. Lavrov makes it clear : you mess with Russia, you cannot win. They have higher intellect than western politicians. Look at the lack of content in your response.
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  11189. 'Woke and mass Muslim immigration ate the soul of this former great empire.' You feel suicidal, do you ? Who asked you to invade Iraq and Afghanistan ? And how many Irish Catholics want to join your army ? And the Scots want to leave the UK. And you are still nostalgic for empire. So what do you have to do to rebuild the great empire ? My fellow, Muslims are yesterday's enemy. Today's enemy for you is Russia; tomorrow's enemy for you is China. When you have faced Russia's and China's mailed fist, you will know that has a bigger punch than the Muslims.
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  11190. Sir Putin destroyed Leopards, Bradleys, Marders, Patriots, Challengers and Abrams... were these not the best the west had ? Some are captured and on display in Moscow ? Petroshenko was an implant of the coup organised by that American Jew Nuland.
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  11191. What a shameless joker, volunteering to wear those yellow stars ! Nobody is going to be blackmailed by Jews with their pathetic emotional blackmail. Enough is enough. Jewish Nazism is also Nazism.
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  11192. 'I support Ukraine & Israel Netanyahu ...' That shows the contradiction in the western mind.
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  11193.  @fgadenz  The BBC was fabricating stories on behalf of the Ukranians, when it was hopeful of Ukraine's prospects. The fact it has reduced the fabrication means it realises now that the Ukrainian offensive will be a flop and the US will want to cut its losses and ask Ukraine to negotiate. It is preparing the weak-minded like you to face the reality.
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  11194. Even Sean knows your idea that the Russian army will fold is wishful thinking.
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  11195. Edge forward or surges forward ?
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  11196.  @backsync613  I see confused messaging now. This ABC account is pessimistic on Ukraine’s eastern region which is under siege. But in between, it inserted the clip of the heroic boy with the drone alerting the Ukranian army, like it is a morale booster. But that is from sometime ago.
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  11197. Did not hear the chief express outrage when Israel bombed Iranian embassy in Beirut.
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  11198.  @GalGal-dd9iu  Explain your meaning - if you know what you wrote.
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  11199.  @GalGal-dd9iu  50 years ago, the Israelis fought 6 day wars (with US support) and won. That is no longer possible. And for the first time, the Israelis are facing direct attacks on home soil from the air from different places. The gap has narrowed and It is not sustainable for Israel. Get it ? The ones with double passports have already started leaving.
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  11200.  @longshucksgaming  'It (using tactical nuke on Kiev) would guarantee direct NATO involvement that would be more than capable of crushing the russian military even without using nukes themselves'. What is your conviction based on ? NATO could not defeat Afghanistan in a conventional war. What makes you think they can defeat Russia ? Putin invited the west to come and defeat Russia in the battlefield. The west is chicken hearted. Western governments are not ready to die. If Russia dropped a nuke on Kiev, what would be the point of the US committing nuclear suicide after the event ? Will it revive Ukraine ? In this regards, remember what Kissinger said during the Cold War. He said the US would not fight a cold war with the USSR to save Germany or Europe. The same applies now. Ukraine is lost. It is like Humpty Dumpty sitting on the wall and falling down. All the king's men and horses could not restore him.
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  11201.  @KiwiGraggle  Half a league, half a league....Slava Ukrainers in Britain
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  11202. Estonia is a big mouth, talks like it is a superpower. Its PM thinks Estonia forced the Europeans to make a plan to increase shell production.
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  11203.  @jamessimpson5634  Russia will not allow Ukraine to be a base for US missile and naval encampments to target Russia. Ukraine was functioning as a normal country till it became a vassal of the US. Crimea, Odessa, Kharkhov etc. were Russian and built by Russians, these areas were attached to Ukraine when the Soviet Union was formed; and when it was disbanded, these areas were given to Ukraine by Russia (Russia showed goodwill and did not make an issue of returning them to Russia). When Ukraine started falling into the web of US intrigue, it stabbed Russia in the back, by seeking to give US missile and naval bases to target Russia. For this perfidy, Russia has terminated Ukraine. Ukraine became a failed state due to its own decisions. It thought with US aid, it could fight and defeat Russia. But it has found it cannot defeat Russia. Whether it likes it or not Crimea is gone, 4 more oblasts are gone, and more is going. The US will walk away after the elections, and the useless Europeans cannot fight against Russia. The only choice for Ukraine is unconditional surrender. Get it ?
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  11204.  @LasseEklof  'Crimea belonged to the Ottoman Empire 1430-1792, 1856-1917 (423 years) Crimea belonged to Russia between 1792-1856, 1921-1954 (97 years) Crimea belonged/belongs to Ukraine between 1918-1921, 1954-today (73 years)' Crimea belongs to Russia since 2014, now 10 years, so what is your point ? Things change hands and it is not coming back. Ukraine could have kept Crimea if it had stayed neutral. Independence is not absolute, it does not give you the right to invite a far away power to threaten a neighbouring superpower. Get it ? If you are small country, it requires one to be discreet and unprovocative. As for UN, you do not cite it when you invade Iraq, or check Israel. So cut out hypocrisy. Israel was created by UN endorsement without consultation of the natives. You kept quiet on that.
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  11205.  @TheHighlanderprime  Independence does not give one the right to join an alliance for the point of inviting a far way power to have bases to threaten Russia. If they are dumb and do not have common sense, they deserve the beating have got. And if you think such rights are so fundamental, why does the west not send troops to Ukraine ? The US encouraged Ukraine to fight, the UK advised Ukraine not to accept negotiated settlement in Turkey and continue to fight, but you will find, the US will walk away after its election. Ukraine would have Crimea and all it got in 1992 if it was not the west. Get it ? Instead of being self righteous, you should engage your brain and ask 'why did we stage a coup in Ukraine in 2014, why did we push Ukraine to join NATO ?' Then you will understand why the west's warmongering is a disaster for the planet.
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  11206.  @TheHighlanderprime  'Putin doesn’t get to tell Ukrainians which countries to align with that’s BS bullying, not Russian self defense.' Ukraine will not misbehave against Russia without US incitement. Ukraine would have got on with Russia if left alone. US wanted to create a rift to get into a position to encircle Russia. Russia did not go to Mexico and seek bases there. So cut out your pretence of innocence and self righteousness. The rest of the world is tired of US interventions and war mongering, and they go with Russia - because Russia is the only country that is capable of checkmating the west. The US threatened Russia seeking bases, but Russia ended its designs. Ukraine became a victim, but its own foolishness is to blame also - for it should have known, if it antagonises Russia, and Russia intervenes, the west will not come to fight, they will leave after throwing Ukraine under the bus. You will see after the US elections, the US will move on. And Europe is even less capable than the US to fight Russia. Get it ?
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  11207.  @Clavers1369  'We understand that you are wrong. ' Who is 'we' ? Most of the world understands Russia's position. 'Nobody should cede territory to Russia.' Russia ceded Ukraine. Russia only asked Ukraine to honour the commitment to neutrality, given in its declaration of independence. If it had, it would not have had to cede territory. Get it ? Ukraine misbehaved and wanted to renege unilaterally on neutrality, and it sought to invite a distant power to threaten Russia. Hence, Russia has ended Ukraine to save itself from US threats. Nobody should have to put up with US war mongering and coups.
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  11208.  @nanonano2595  You are hiding behind generalities. What you cannot counter, just say it is a lie and the other person is a bot. It is generally the defeated side that lies. Is it a lie that Ukraine and NATO's counter offensive in 2023 was a flop ? Is it a lie that Crimea and 4 oblasts are taken by Russia and Ukraine cannot get them back ? Is it a lie that Ukraine has shortage of manpower and the west has run out of arms ? The western media says as much. Is it a lie that the British, French, Americans cannot fight like Russians. They are cowardly types. The proof : the way you ran away from Kabul four years ago, with the US running to grab the first flights. From the above realities, is it not probable Ukraine will lose more and the west will be defeated ? Cowards cannot win wars. The liars are in Times Radio and in your media who give you false impression that west is winning. As I remarked, losers generally lie. Get it ?
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  11209. DW is a govt. parrot, it has to state the official western line.
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  11210. Dumb argument of a loser. Russia has enough ammunition for this town and the next town. It is Ukraine and the west that have run out of shells.
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  11211.  @tommygun5038  At the end, Ukraine as an independent nation is finished due its own folly.
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  11212.  @emailtat5860  Real name is Soviet bot. Do you have enough intellect to debate with me ?
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  11213.  @Barralet58  The Europeans are saying they will arm and finance Ukraine. They will take over from the Americans. They have got a coalition of the willing ready.
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  11214. As defeat stares the west, the western media tells us Bakhmut is of no value, Russia is expending so much for so little, the Russians are desperate for a victory, any small victory. At the same time, Ukraine is losing manpower. In this report, the lady at the beginning says Bakhmut is strategically important. That goes against what most western media say.
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  11215.  @ashibmohammed5206  'Why doesn't NATO want to fight Russian? Answer please.' Because they are afraid of being killed. Those who are afraid of dying cannot win wars. That is NATO.
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  11216.  @roghider319  'But in 20 years, NATO lost 30 times less soldiers than the USSR in 10' Yes, and NATO never won a war.
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  11217.  @therealhakunamatata8539  Alright, you be focused and tell me why NATO is abandoning Ukraine.
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  11218.  @therealhakunamatata8539  Why did you not send the the 82,000,000+ armed Americans to Ukraine ? They may be armed but they cannot fight.
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  11219.  @therealhakunamatata8539  No more money for Ukraine from US = abandoning Ukraine.
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  11220.  @albrechtvdb6016  And everyone who goes with America loses - as Ukraine and EU are finding out.
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  11221.  @therealhakunamatata8539  Stay in your wretched country, and do not meddle with the rest of the world. Maybe Trump will be good for you.
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  11222. So NATO exists to back off from conflicts with Russia ? It will be even better if you did not instigate others to fight.
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  11223.  @therealhakunamatata8539  'the U.S. budgets are always being talked about and I’m sure at some point we won’t be sending over as much aid ' You will not be sending any more money. You are abandoning Ukraine because it is a lost cause. 'Russia is also out begging for more weapons in case you forgot' There is a difference. Russia pays and procures from outside when it needs, it is different. Ukraine begs as it cannot pay - and now you do not have money to give away for a losing cause. So don't come with false equivalences. You have lost, the US is a declining power. Get it ?
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  11224.  @roghider319  When the Warsaw Pact was abandoned, NATO should have been abandoned as well. But NATO exists for the US, and the Americans used it to benefit Lockheed etc.
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  11225.  @therealhakunamatata8539 The US has 36 trillion debt. The US has been living by printing the dollar - the US had an arrangement with the Gulf states to use ONLY the dollar for the international oil trade. This was maintained by military force. When Saddam and Gaddafi tried de-dollarisation (Saddam sold oil in euros, and Gaddafi floated a gold dinar), the US invaded and assassinated them. But that era is coming to an end, ironically because of the sanctions and Putin pushing for de-dollarisation. China is also pushing for de-dollarisation and the US cannot invade these countries to remove Putin and Xi. US has shifted its productive capacity overseas to China. Russia on the other hand has all its productive capacity at home, that is why it could produce everything for the war effort. It has water, land, nuclear power, metals, energy, minerals, it is the largest producer of wheat. The decline is evident in the rise of 'white nationalism' and racial tensions in the US. The whites are disoriented by the US's decline. Trump is a symptom of the decline. And he will be coming back again, because of enraged whites looking for someone to arrest the decline.
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  11226.  @brandyheng  Poland is quivering at the thought of entering the ring to fight Wagner ! The Poles are cowards. From a safe distance, they were shouting against Russia, and being a cheerleader for America. But just 100 Wagner come, and the Poles are trembling about immigrants and infiltrators and saboteurs.
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  11227. Ukraine cannot get back Kherson, let alone Crimea. Russia has got Ukraine and its economy by the scruff of the neck, and it will not let it go. As for escalation, Ukriane and its handlers need to realise that Russia will launch a tactical nuclear strike on Kiev than give up Crimea.
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  11228. von Leyen is a waste of space. She is a leftover of German Nazis.
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  11229. India allows hate speech from Modi and his henchmen, so who are you to speak ? In fact it is much worse than hate speech - Modi and his Hindu mobs kill Christians, Sikhs and Muslims. India's top officials like Modi are criminals.
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  11230. China and Russia are working to create a non-dollar financial system, and that is better for the rest of the world which is fed up with US-EU waging war on others and freezing assets. China is a sovereign country, unlike Europe which is a collection of client states of America.
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  11231. It is clear to the US generals they cannot dislodge the Russians from the four oblasts that have become Russian. The Ukranians are unwilling to go forward without F16s ! That will be next year, if at all. Meanwhile, the Russians will slaughter the Bandera army.
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  11232. After the US spending money and effort to arrange a coup in Ukraine and stoke anti-Russianism, the US is now trying to negotiate an end, after realising Ukraine with all US help is still going to lose.
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  11233. The US financed and staged a coup d'etat in Ukraine, and stoked anti-Russian nationalism. Among the groups driving this 'nationalism' are Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov batallion. The implanted Ukranian govt. promptly passed a resolution seeking NATO entry. The US encouraged Ukraine to join NATO so that it could get naval bases and block Russia from the Black Sea. Russia took action to prevent this. Since the US encouraged Ukraine down the road of fighting Russia, and the Ukranians are taking a hammering, why does the US not send troops to Ukraine to save its surrogate ?
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  11234. Has Europe become unsafe this week ? Yes, was the answer. Whose fault ? The Europeans for agreeing with the US to threaten Russia jointly. Russia defeated the collective west and the US decided to leave, and Europe feels unsafe. Whose fault is that ?
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  11235. Trump is a white supremacist with fascist inclinations, and his supporters are attracted to him only because of that. What else does he have ? Before he got elected, I saw a bill board with the slogan 'Make America great and white again'. He may not have put it, but that is clearly in the mind of his supporters. Racism or hidden racism is difficult to prosecute. But Trump has other instances of business criminality for which he was prosecuted and convicted. He is a felon. And you do not want to accept that, you think it is his political opponents engaged in baseless lawfare. Trump incited a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol, shouting 'kill Pence'. He and you do not accept that was unlawful, you think it was just a witch hunt by his opponents. He is a sore loser, he claims the last election was stolen. So what is Trump's appeal that you do not have to follow the law ? It is the racial appeal of white supremacy.
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  11236. It will be difficult for Russia to give up the land it took, after Ukraine tried to get into NATO to put US missiles threatening Russia. Russia has also sacrifices lives, so there is no way it is going to give up the land taken with much hardship. As Putin said, Ukraine has to decide whether to negotiate now, as later there will be nothing to negotiate about. Their situation will become worse as the west will be forced to abandon them partially. In fact, Ukraine has to give up more than land - it has to return to the neutrality it promised Russia at the time of independence, and give a promise to keep NATO out. Otherwise, Russia will work to take back all of it, no matter how many years it takes. Ukraine has squandered its independence due to its descend into Russophobic nationalism, and its belief the US will protect its misbehaviour against Russia. It became a puppet of the US and is paying the price.
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  11237.  @criticalcharge8172  And despite your staggering claims, Russia has taken 4 oblasts, Ukraine was unable o get them back, and Russia is advancing. Russia has killed off much of the professional Ukrainian army, and the west is unable to even supply 150 mm shells in quantity, let alone Patriots. Russia is not only demilitarising Ukraine - but also NATO ! Even western media says Russia is producing more shells than the combined west. Get it ? You need to have a reality check.
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  11238.  @criticalcharge8172  Putin said it is cheaper to fight now to stop US bases in Ukraine than if Ukraine got into NATO. Then Russia would have to fight a nuclear war. By fighting now, Russia has checkmated all US plans for NATO bases in Ukraine. Get it ? 'All conflicts after WW2 pales in comparison to the losses Russia has endured in these 2 years of warfare against a country who has no operational navy, no air superiority, and no manufacturing capabilities for shells and vehicles.' You are slyly trying to belittle Russia because it has losses from a country who has no operational navy, no air superiority, and no manufacturing capabilities for shells and vehicles. But Russia is in effect fighting NATO , as NATO is supplying all these things to the country that does not have them. Russia has thereby proved it is stronger than entire NATO. Then what is your point ?
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  11239. The west could sense defeat some days back, but they are having a break from reality as it is the first anniversary, and it is time to take stock, and say that Russia did not make progress, and the first year shows that Ukraine has great potential to win as Russia could not over run the entire country.
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  11240. In fact, Israeli politicians have been pronouncing their messianic dreams of a Biblical Israel including Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, part of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Ben Gvir, Smodrich etc. have expressed Nazi style views. Call everyone anti-semitic and practise Nazism. On the Israeli Knesset building it is written 'from the Nile to the Euphrates'. That was Solomon's empire.
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  11241. What is she talking about strength of NATO ?
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  11242.  @MartinLundström-l4v  Weakest link in NATO - Baltics ? They posture the most against Russia.
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  11243.  @KIA-MIA-POW  You mean you are burning uncontrollably.
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  11244.  @megclifton6692  Ukraine sent 5000 troops to Iraq to support America.
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  11245.  @varyolla435  Wishful thinking, what was done before cannot be repeated because the Russians have learnt from it. The element of surprise is gone. The rules have not changed due to technology. As in the Red Army's Operation Bagration, to succeed you need to keep the enemy guessing, apply the force at a point AND have the arms and manpower to follow through without respite. Ukraine does not have the latter two. Further, there is no element of surprise. The Russians have already started the campaign to destroy stockpiles. There are only one or two points the Ukranians are going to try to breakthrough. The Ukranians might advance and then get trapped. They are putting 60,000. They need 3x that to overcome. If that was not the case, the counter offensive would not be delayed. The Russians will hold the Ukrainians off, inflict heavy casualties and once the Bandera army runs out of steam, they will go in hot pursuit. The Ukrainians do not have high hopes, but the Americans are pressurising them to show results. Otherwise, it is a waste of money.
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  11246.  @jackiegriffiths7958  'we are our own country..we were your allies but we don't want to be you or be governed by you.' Objectively, you were vassals of the US. The US is the plantation owner, you were a serf working for him. Be careful how you speak. You can be Ukrained - and no one will come to your aid.
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  11247.  @boxtradums0073  You are coming out with typically Anglo harebrained schemes. Like Starmer wanting an alliance with Ukraine for 100 years. The US will be the first to destroy you if you tried to build an alliance against them - the Russians or the Chinese will leave you alone.
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  11248.  @jackiegriffiths7958  'BRICS is the likely winner in these trade wars unfortunately.' So connect up with BRICS. Or do you feel that would be lowering your status, and you prefer to be in a club of ;white only' nations ?
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  11249.  @jackiegriffiths7958  China and Asia is where the growth is and will be. So that is where you have to direct your trade and diplomacy.
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  11250. Ukraine's handlers have been proclaiming Russian defeat for weeks, so why are they now pleading to Russia to stop the attacks ? We were told Russia does not have missiles; and whatever it had does not hit the target; and the Ukranians are about to capture Crimea.
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  11251. Then Ukraine will cross Russia's red line and receive a tactical nuclear strike, which will force unconditional surrender.
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  11252. Exactly ! The westerners are into wishful thinking, such is the mortification they feel at Putin's hands. He has single handedly ended the western world order.
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  11253. Sunak is part of the new Hindu supremacist mafia that rules India and whose leaders incite and practise violence against low castes, and non-Hindus. India suffers from endemic Hindu mob violence and Modi's party cultivates it. Such Hindu supremacists have spread their tentacles abroad and they have an infiltrative strategy. Sunak has not denounced them, he endorses them.
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  11254. A superpower controlled by a minority - how did it happen ?
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  11255. The anchor says 'Right now, Russia holds all the cards....'. Russia ALWAYS held the strongest cards over Ukraine and Europe - both militarily and in terms of economic warfare. It is just that the west was foolish not to realise it. Western arrogance and false pride clouded their thinking. The west needs to reflect on where America's reckless NATO expansion has landed Ukraine and Europe. Russia has done a great job militarily and in handling the west's economic warfare. Russia stands on the threshold of ending exclusive dollar based trade. That will be its greatest and long standing achievement, which will be long standing, as it will cut US economic power. Russia has done the rest of the world a great favour.
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  11256. The US runs NATO but to make it look as if the Europeans are partners, they appoint a European, usually from one of the more useless countries like Norway, Denmark etc. as the Secretary. The next one will be a Baltic or a Pole. Frustration they have about their writ not running with Russia, but the courage to fight Russia, they do not have. This is the army that ran away from Kabul 4 years ago. The US grabbed the first flights out leaving all the equipment, and its vassals scrambled to get the remaining flights. The Germans took a plane full of beer back ! To imagine such an unserious lot can fight Russia......
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  11257. Ross is a typical American liar, who is partial to Israel. I don't know how such a person with a biased perspective was involved in framing the Oslo accord. It is not Hamas that sabotaged the peace process. The Oslo accord was flouted by the Israelis because it let its Jewish fundamentalists to take land in the West Bank. Recently, these Jewish Nazis have assaulted the Al Aqsa Mosque with the aim of demolishing it. This has become the Israeli govt's policy. This is the reason the attack of 6 Oct. was launched and it has legitimacy in the eyes of the Muslim world. It was called Al Aqsa operation. Israel itself built Hamas when Netanayhu financed it to undermine the Palestinian Authority. The ex PM Ehud Olmert has said this in an interview. From the Palestinian perspective, the civilians in Israel work for the IDF. The Israeli children will grow up and be settlers who kill their children. So from their experience, there is no distinction between the IDF and civilian. The whole of Israeli society is militarised. People see Hamas is defending the Al Aqsa mosque and that reverbates round the Muslim world. Ross talks about Saudi-Israeli deal and reconstruction of the West Bank as part of the deal. It will not happen. Israel has put 500,000 settlers in the West Bank to make the seizure of land into a fait accompli. They have taken all of Jersualem and the US accepts that. The Jewish fascists want to demolish the Al Aqsa mosque. So what is Ross talking about Palestinians flouting accords and missing opportunities ? That is a typical Israeli line - bring settlers and take land, if the Palestinians fight back, say they are spoilers who missed the golden opportunity for peace with Israel. People like Ross have used the Oslo accords to buy time for Israel to make settlements in the West Bank (like the Americans and Europeans used the Minsk accords to buy time for arming the Ukrainians to fight Russia). Thus Saudi Arabia should tear up the Abrahamic accord and Egypt the Camp David Accord. The Palestinians and Arabs got nothing while Israeli expansionism continued at high speed. The Saudis should be very careful of allowing Jews into Saudi. They once lived in Medina and they will be salivating for that. The Jews' greed is insatiable, so much so, that they will drive themselves to extinction. That is their history. It will be a long struggle for the Palestinians, but they have shown remarkable endurance over 70 years, and in the end they will prevail. Israel's demography is on a downwards spiral and it is totally dependent on the west. There are no 6 day wars to win, they will not be able to win a three front war, and the US does not have the economy to support Israel indefinitely. Israel has become a corrupt state and running an apartheid state is not sustainable.
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  11258.  @cindiheaton1048  'And the Israelis could make the same argument for killing Palestinians saying they will grow up to be terrorists and kill unarmed innocent people' Israelis already believe this, they act like that, and some of them openly say so (their settlers). Don't you know ? You propose ' Palestinians Muslim brothers need to give them some land in their country or countries to live on there is no hope for a 2 state solution. Give them land and let them choose if they want to go!' Why don't you propose to give land in Europe or US to the Israelis , to run their apartheid Jew-only state ? Why is the onus on the Palestinians to leave ? The Palestinians are attached to their land and the Al Aqsa mosque is sacred for Palestinians and all Muslims. Likewise, for the Palestinian Christians who are 20%, Palestine is where Bethlehem is, Palestine is the cradle of Christianity. Why should they give Palestine to the backstabbing Judas ? Shame on you for even suggesting this. Western Christians have become so soul-dead that they are in thrall of Judas instead of Jesus.
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  11259. Ukraine will not be there to build anything. Russia has taken the industrial lands; it will take the agricultural lands and the port of Odessa.
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  11260. If Putin uses the Sarmat missile, it will be “lightning fast”. He did not use it in the first attempt on Kiev, but he can come back. If Sarmat is used, NATO will not be able to stop it.
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  11261. Like all your past western junk that put Ukraine in the way of defeat......
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  11262.  @lyns8062  Maybe that is the reason you do not know what the bear can do when provoked.
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  11263. Indeed, Russia had no choice as he said on Ukraine. Sweden and Finland are not the same threat to Russia as Ukraine. Ukraine was starting to discriminate against Russian Ukranians. There were neo-Nazis actively promoting Russophobia. The US plan was to put missiles in Ukraine, and get the Ukranians to give them Sevasatopol, ousting Russia's Black Sea Fleet from its HQ. Russia has stopped the US plans in Ukraine. Well done Russia ! Ukraine got smashed, but it is tough luck, it was their own decision to base nationalism on Russophobia. As for Kremenchuk, Russia targeted a missile depot next to a supermarket and the fire spread. I can believe that. The Ukranians can cry and the west can make some temporary propaganda. Ukraine and the west were given a chance to avoid the war by returning to the neutrality that was in Ukraine's declaration of independence, and by giving the security guarantee that Russia asked. Both declined, so Ukraine and the west have to pay the price of their folly. Why are they complaining ? When Russia goes for war, it has to follow through, it cannot take half measures, it has to to fight its enemies, Ukraine and the west, to win. And it is doing that.
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  11264. Why does Ukraine need more air defence when Russia ran out of missiles and Ukraine knocks out 95% of them ?
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  11265. Correct. Ukraine is not a sovereign country. Ukraine and Russia reached an agreement in Turkey in 2022, without NATO. But Biden sent Boris Johnson to scuttle the peace agreement. Ukraine was forced to carry on fighting on US orders. Putin had at the same time said that next time, any settlement will be on Russian terms. That is where we are now.
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  11266. Sweden recently said that it wants to back NATO's bellicose provocation of China because that would win favour with Trump, and he would recognise NATO's value ! I have hearty contempt for Sweden and the Scandinavians. They created this fake image of themselves as peaceful and neutral.
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  11267. Odessa was used as a launch site for launching drone attacks on Crimea. This is the reason the grain deal has been cancelled and Ukraine got a counter beating. Why does this agitated spokesman Douglas not mention this ? He is a propagandist himself. The EU does not want Ukranian wheat coming to their countries - Polish farmers blockaded it ! Odessa is Russian and will be taken back.
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  11268. India claims to be the world's largest democracy and have respect for human rights, so it should be judged by the standards it claims. Anyhow if you have a problem with Hindu extremists, rapists, cow lynchers etc., you fix it, don't indulge in whataboutery. It is not Obama who gave India an ugly image, it is the Hindu extremists.
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  11269.  @jordancobb7553  Sir Putin has ended western rule. English is only used by a portion of the west. Of course they are key inciters of war everywhere. But that era is coming to an end.
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  11270. Educational establishment has been stated to be a military academy for training in electronic warfare in other western media. Why is the BBC trying to be devious and make it sound it was a kindergarten ? Swedes were the trainers and they too got killed.
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  11271.  @lilacer6841  You are entirely correct. Most westerners do not know or do not admit the machinations of Lockheed to expand NATO, the efforts of US necons like Victoria Nuland to overthrow the elected government in 2014, the US support for Ukro Nazi groups like Right Sector and Azov Batallion.
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  11272.  @michaeloravez2066  NATO expansion started long before Putin. Yeltsin protested it. So don't lie. You want to expand NATO to Russia's borders and expect no consequences. You want to have your cake and eat it. It will not work, Russia will give you a beating to remember.
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  11273.  @michaelkatz275  After the special military operation, both Ukraine and the US know NATO entry brings war. It is clear Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if needed to prevent US bases in Ukraine. The US knows.
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  11274.  @colinwise8044  Maidan was quite a peaceful protest - a bit like the attempted Capitol storming by Trump's supporters was peaceful. Except Maidan succeeded because of US backing.
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  11275.  @vasilispatsalidis5683  I don't really expect the treacherous western politicians and their media to bother about how many Ukrainians are being massacred.? But I do wish that the western public starts questioning their media and politicians and ask if they did the best for the Ukranians by NATO expansion, and whether they are benefiting Ukrainians by arming them to fight Russia, when no western country wants to send troops to save them.
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  11276.  @colinwise8044  'It had nothing to do with the US.' Don't try to pull a fast one. Read up about Victoria Nuland. Have you heard of her ? She was a neocon stationed in Kiev who plotted and financed Ukranian groups who were anti-Russian. Some of the groups that took part were Ukro Nazis like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. John McCain and Victoria Nuland were in the square distributing sweets. What were they doing there ? Earlier when France and Germany opposed NATO expansion in Ukarine fearing it would bring war, Victoria Nuland was caught on tape saying 'F..k the EU'. Imagine if some Russian politicians turned up at the Capitol and encouraged the mob to take over for Trump. The US was plotting NATO expansion since 1997 due to the lobbying of arms firms like Lockheed. Either you are ignorant, or you know everything, and you are a liar.
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  11277.  @carmelnaidoo2297  Perfectly correct analysis. Ukraine is cynically used for the greed of Lockheed. I thought America was giving all the arms and money free. You are saying it is a loan. Is that correct ?
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  11278.  @rmondave  Tell me please, Lockheed and such companies are making a bonanza, but who is paying for the arms ? Surely, the Ukranians cannot afford it. Is the US govt., that is the taxpayer, paying Lockheed ? Can the US afford it ? In the case of the first Iraq war, the US got the Gulf Arabs to pay, but surely Ukraine cannot pay.
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  11279.    You certainly have limited celebral capacity as you cannot write one line of correct English.
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  11280.  @peterc4632  You mention Crux. It is a despicable Indian set-up. Their mode of operation is sensationalism : one day Ukraine is winning, next day Russia unleashed some weapon. They alternate by day. They want clicks, and by alternating, they have both camps clicking, and the money comes in. Typical Indian money-making set up.
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  11281.  @musadube1647  To say Russia hit military targets with precision and destroyed western armaments does not have value because that demoralises Ukraine and its handlers. The western media pick on stray incidents of Ukrainian civilian casualties and highlight it and cause self righteous outrage. The same people do not highlight Palestinian casualties in the same way. They have less value in western eyes. Hypocrites.
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  11282. She pleaded her plight was due to 'Putin's War'. That will be the plight also of her successor.
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  11283. Germany should be cursed. This Nazi nation wreaked havoc on the Soviet Union till the Red Army beat it to a pulp and made Germany a peaceful nation. The Soviet Union made a concession to re-unite Germany when Thatcher and Mitterand opposed. Now the Germans have stabbed Russia in the back ! Bloody Nazis.
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  11284. Ukraine can give it up to the US or Russia. It is a failed state. It was incapable of self governance.
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  11285. @@Karl_DE All the help you gave Ukraine reduced it to a failed state with $ 1 trillion of damage, over 100,000 soldiers killed, and 8 million refugees. The US and NATO are responsible for Ukraine's plight. 'We have to help Ukraine now regardless of what dumb comparison people make.' Well, why don't you send troops to Ukraine ? Then the mighty Russians will mince the Germans as they did in WW 2. Scholz knows.
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  11286. He is a wannabe white, who said he there was no racism in the US, he did not see any.
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  11287.  @montoya-400  Macron wants Europe to be independent of Anglo Saxon domination and manipulation. I agree with that - because US and UK are wicked and create wars. Macron was looking for a way to steer Europe to independence from the US. Now after what Trump said, he sees an opportunity that there were be listeners . However, he should have steered Europe to a solution which stops the war and assures Russia the security it needed. And not one in which Europe escalates by sending troops to Ukraine.
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  11288. The joker, not NATO, announced Ukraine is part of NATO ! He is saying all these things due to loss of face. Zelensky was elected because he promised to end the war in Donbass. Instead, under his foreign policy, Donbass became part of Russia. Zelensky would probably like to negotiate but the Americans won't let him.
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  11289. Premature and pretentious. First, there is no rebuilding possible without Russian permission. Russia will determine what will be the borders of Ukraine. Russia will not allow end of the war till Ukraine accepts it is not joining NATO. Second, who has the money ? Europe is in debt. Third why did the west not rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan ?
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  11290.  @MrPeterbs  They think they create the rules bases international order.
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  11291. The illegal immigrants can boost the economy, the locals are too expensive and workshy, they prefer burning and looting. Just a thought.
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  11292. '2024 could be last chance for Putin before US Ukraine support arrives | Prof. Justin Bronk' What is he talking about, 2024 is the end of Ukraine. Ukraine has no chance. The war is already lost. A war cannot be won after an interruption because one side can and will press on. The title statement is conditional on US aid. It pretends that US aid is coming. But it is not coming - either there is an interruption, or Trump will stop it. The western world is knocked off balance and is making all kinds of wild projections essentially to cover up defeat.
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  11293. Lithuania misbehaved against Russia by trying to blockade Kaliningrad using EU sanctions as an excuse. Russia was ready to give you the beating you deserved for that mischief. One Russian politician said Lithuania's independence should be reconsidered. After that EU quietly told Lithuania to drop the blockade to avoid the Baltics being annexed.
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  11294. Russia sees it the same way - giving US and NATO concessions only led to NATO expansion and threats to Russia. Russia has decided to check NATO. It has defeated NATO. Get it ? You are free to fight till you are extinct.
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  11295.  @sorinancuta3934  Ukraine has no choice but to give up Crimea, and Donbass and accept no NATO bases - otherwise it will be bombed to the Stone Age. The Great Bear is ferocious and cannot be caged once provoked.
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  11296. Looks like the Trumpists and their white supremacist followers like Megyn Kelly feel suicidal and are wallowing in self pity as their Great White Hope, the Donald has suddenly lost the game to Kamala ! As for Kelly, she interviewed Putin, but Putin showed she is just an American bimbo !
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  11297.  @Conky-or8ic  And the Americans can stay at home, take away their bases, and don't come to Ukraine and other parts of the world to create wars. That would be a good deal - but you will not be able to.
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  11298. The cause for instability in the ME is the creation of Israel by the Palestinians, and its sustenance by the US and UK. Everything has followed from it.
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  11299. The only good thing : he will end Ukraine war and wind down NATO. Bad thing : he will give free hand for Israel's wars.
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  11300. Only yesterday when the ICC raised war crime charges against US for acts in Afghanistan, John Bolton threatened to arrest anyone who raised such charges. Such people want to indict Russia. What is the credibility ?
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  11301.  @Gary-bz1rf  But the shift is happening. Russia and China are working together to end dollar dominance. The west is the loser.
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  11302.  @TR4R  China has started to make better technology than the west. Its cars have started to improve and someone from the Middle East told me that they are now making an impact there. First, it was US cars; then came Japanese, European cars; then Korean models. And now Chinese. I read that the Chinese are filling in the vacuum in Russia left by western car manufacturers. Nature abhors a vaccum. You leave, you lose market share, it does not come back, as others take advantage.
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  11303. Typical British liar giving their standard face saver. There is no movement back and forth. It is only moving in one direction.
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  11304. The F16 is the next great hope of the west. Till Russia knocks them out. Everything has been tried drones, HIMARS, ATACAMS, cluster munitions, the Russians neutralised them and they are advancing, slowly but surely. The Americans are now engaged in Trump v Harris and Ukraine is on the sidelines. The Ukrainians do not have soldiers, why does not NATO send soldiers if they so badly want Ukraine in NATO ?
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  11305. If the west cannot provide the artillery shells and the few paltry tanks will take a lot of time to reach, and the Bandera army has been degraded of manpower, then the west is admitting Russia is in a position now to prevail and crush Ukraine. If you look at independent analysts like Scott Ritter, he deduced this months ago.
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  11306. The best way to end the war is for the US is to give an assurance that it will not seek to put missile and naval bases in the Ukraine. Otherwise, there is no way Russia will give back the four oblasts, and it will continue to neutralise the rest of Ukraine.
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  11307. 'Millions of Americans support Ukraine. ' But you are defeated. Trump knows that.
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  11308. And the west does not indulge in propaganda, right ?
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  11309. This fellow was alright when discussing Trump. But on Ukraine, he is confused and more Ukranian than the Ukranians. This fellow probably does not know about the Ukro Nazis behind Ukranian nationalism like Right Sector and Azov Batallion. Azov Batallion was founded by Andrei Biletski who wanted to save the whites. White extremists went to Ukraine for training in the period before the war. Actually, now Russia has got Ukranie by the scruff of the neck. It has got the industrial heartland, and the coastal areas and it is strangling Ukraine's economy. Ukraine has lost more land, and they will not be able to get it back. Himars will not make much difference Russia can escalate up to tactical nuclear weapons, it is not going to let NATO and Ukraine off the hook. Malcolm Nance speaks strongly against white fascists in the US, but speaks like them on Russia. He has the 'Our weapons are the best, and Russians cannot match us' type of arrogance characterstic of many white Americans. So ironically on Ukraine, he is trying to be more white than the white Americans ....
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  11310. Amusing that the west went to poke Russia with NATO expansion, and after getting defeated in Ukraine, is quaking the Russians will come after the rest !
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  11311.  @amilaperera1  Nuland is plotting the next neocon war - on China. This won backfired, she has slinked off.
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  11312.  @scottm1955  The situation in Ukraine was created by the US in 2014 which worked and financed the overthrow of the elected Ukrainian govt. of Yankovich, and implanted a govt. that would agree to US bases in Ukraine. Effectively, what the US did with the coup in Ukraine is what it has done in many countries in the developing world. You are a numskull, read up and come out of your simplistic thinking. Russia has warned against NATO expansion. At the end of the cold war, when Warsaw Pact was disbanded, the US had given an understanding after the reunification of Germany that NATO would not expand one inch to the east (James Baker). But it reneged on that commitment thinking Russia was weak and could not challenge it. Many warned against NATO expansion saying it would lead to war. It has led to war, and now the US finds, Russia is not as weak as it thought. It is capable of giving NATO a bloody nose, hence NATO dares not send troops to Ukraine. Get it ?
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  11313.  @panchopuskas1  Foreign - you mean western businesses left. But Chinese and Indians and Turkish etc. are moving in to fill the gap. So shut up, the loss is western. The west has lost a market of 145 million.
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  11314.  @dallastaylor5479  'Ukraine is not in NATO' - so you do not want to send troops ? You are hiding behind that to cover NATO's cowardice. If for one moment NATO thought it could win, it would have sent troops to Ukraine. But it dare not because the Russians will kill NATO countries. Cowards cannot win wars.
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  11315.  @carcotasu081  Ah, so you know Russia can deliver you a killer punch with its nukes and that scares you. You only fight with small countries like Iraq and Afghanistan who cannot hit you in your home.
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  11316.  @jraymond1988  ' Sending NATO troops in could be what unleashes nukes on everyone.' So NATO only sends troops to countries like Iraq and Afghanistan who cannot destroy you. When you went for NATO expansion, did you not realise Russia is a nuclear superpower with the greatest number of nuclear warheads and advanced delivery systems that can incinerate every western city ?
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  11317.  @IsomerSoma  'In conventional warfare russia would have no chance.' What is this presumption based on ? Other than simple vanity, do you have any demonstrable evidence ? Which conventional war has NATO won ? NATO ran away from Kabul, leaving equipment, and vying with one another to board planes to get out before the Taliban captured them. The leader of the pack, the US, was the foremost coward, who did not tell its allies so it could take the first flights out ! Such cowards will not be able to fight Russia even in a conventional war. French troops stationed in Romania were complaining about poor food. In contrast, Russia has experience demolishing the Nazis in Berlin. They can fight conventional and nuclear wars.
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  11318.  @IsomerSoma  Make your statements evidence based. No point claiming that NATO has better equipment and training without demonstrable evidence. Cite one war that NATO won. We saw them run away from Taliban, with their leader the US boarding the first flight out. The Red Army beat the Nazi army into a pulp and rendered Germany into a peaceful nation. No western army could have captured Berlin; not the British, not the French, not the Germans. The Red Army destroyed 80% of Germany's army. The Germans are now so peaceful after that experience they do not want to join any wars. Likewise the Russian army is beating the Ukro Nazis into a pulp. Putin invited those who think they can defeat Russia to come to the battlefield and show it. No one in NATO dared. The Ukranians will become straightened after the Russian treatment with the stick. They will learn soon they cannot beat Russia and everyone in NATO is too scared to die for them.
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  11319.  @pacmanc8103  Mere GDP comparison is inappropriate. You need to get out of your immature thinking. It depends also what is in the GDP. Russia makes everything that makes it a self sufficient country unlike most : it is the largest wheat producer, it has land and water for its people, it has energy (most priceless thing), it has metals and minerals and wood, and it has the firepower to incinerate all its enemies. What does Canada have ? It is a vassal of the US. Russia is no body's vassal. Europe's GDP depended on Russian fuel. Without it, they will de-industrialise.
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  11320. Time for Ukranians to reflect all this firm support has made Ukraine a failed state. 20% of Ukraine is gone, the rest will be rubble. Afterwards, the west will move on and leave it like Afghanistan and Iraq. When Trump and Meloni come, they will say 'why should we spend money when we can't look after our own' ? The Ukranians are foolish to pawn their future and put it in American hands.
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  11321. Russia has run out of missiles. Maybe we were wrong, but the lady reporter says, you know what, this shows Russia is desperate on the battlefield, it cannot achieve its target. And Ukraine shot 44 out of 50 down; she has no way of knowing this is correct but she cites it as fact. If we give them better air defence systems, they will shoot down 50 out of 50.
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  11322.  @clarkthompson8094  'not sure I get your point. It is essily known how many were launched and how many intercepted. We can see these from afar. ' The point is that Ukraine claimed 44 out of 50 were knocked out. But Ukrainians themselves said in another announcement 18 targets were struck. So 6 missiles destroyed 18 targets ? Has it occurred to you that the Ukranians may lie ? And the western media may lie ? Have you considered engaging your brain ? 'Russian has not run out yet, but it is rapidly depleting. ' Zelensky said after the first month that Russia would run out of missiles after 3 days. The Ukranians said in the second month that the Russians were short of micro chips, and they were using them from washing machines. The western media have been saying for months Russia is rapidly depleting. You are parroting them unintelligently. 'Before, we were confident it woumd not replace them, but now there is a chance it may just buy from Iran.' Your confidence was based on an unintelligent belief in western media. Russia may buy missiles from Iran, but you are unable to think they may have a large stockpile and the western media was lying to you, or that Russia has the capability to produce them.
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  11323.  @clarkthompson8094  I am not going by what Russia said. I am going by the overall result as of now : Russia has taken 4 oblasts, the Black Sea is closed for Ukraine, 50% of Ukraine's power system is destroyed, the damage to Ukraine overall is approaching $ 1 trillion. The sanctions did not work and in fact Russia is de-industrialising Europe. True or not ? It is a loss of face for you to accept the reality that Russia is defeating - not Ukraine, but the west.
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  11324.  @clarkthompson8094  You are unintelligent and just parroting western propaganda. 'They are losing massive amounts of military hardware and men. ' The west has been saying since month 1 - Russia has run out of soldiers, officers, generals, and missiles. As if Ukraine has not lost massive amounts of military hardware and men. 'Their economy is suffering.' What about Ukraine' s and western economies ? Ukraine will no have heating and water. They cannot export anything. Western countries will have heating by cutting industry. De-industrialisation of the west has started. BASF announced it is going to shift much of its production to China. Russians are going to be warm in winter, and their industries have energy to run. They are winning and you are losing, but you find it hard to accept reality due to false pride.
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  11325.  @clarkthompson8094  You think 'Russia will have heat, yes. It will have power. Yes. But economies today are much more than that.' What is that mystical 'much more than that', that economies need ? 'And hsving gas in Moscow doesnt win the war in ukraine'. You mean to say that those without gas and power like Ukraine (and the west) can win the war ? 'But thanks to Western support, Russia can still lose.' What if the cost for Europe that Russia brings is de-industrialisation, how will the west win ? The process has already started with BASF announcing it is going to downsize in Europe and shift production to China. The reason given was unviable energy prices. You know what I have said is true, but you suffer from the desire to save face. Why do you feel beaten ? It appears to be an emotive rather than rational response.
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  11326.  @clarkthompson8094  Russia has nationalist people also. Not everyone wants to be a slave of the west as you imagine. That is why Russia is a power. Russia is not isolated. You think 30 nations of the west is the world - a typically conceited western view. Let us see how the west prospers without energy. Europe is de-industrialising. BASF is downsizing in Europe shifting to China. BMW is closing in the UK and shifting electric cars to China. Reason : cheaper energy. Sir Putin has ended single handedly the western world order. It is not coming back. China, India, Iran, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and even Saudi Arabia are lining up with Russia and not listening to Biden's orders and threats. Sir Putin has changed the world and you have not understood yet. By the time you realise, Europe will be irrelevant. The West has oil ? What are you talking about ? Russia is winning against 50 nations. In the first month, you said the rouble will be rubble. Instead, the rouble became the strongest performing and euro and pound reduced by 20%. You said the sanctions will bring Russia to its knees. Now many say the sanctions only hurt Europe ! So your optimism and predictions are based on wishful thinking and false pride. Europe is committing collective economic suicide.
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  11327.  @clarkthompson8094  Russia is stronger than all your 30 puny nations of Europe and the US. If for a moment NATO thought they could win, they would have sent troops to Ukraine. It has withstood all military and economic pressures to guard its security. It warned if NATO crosses a red line in Ukraine, they will put their foot down. China, India, all other countries apart from the western gang are trading with Russia. Flights go from Turkey and Dubai to Russia. Fly Dubai flies to 11 destinations in Russia. 'Yes, the west has oil and gas. The US is a major producer.' If the US has oil and LNG why are they giving Europe at more than 4x the price ? Why does not Europe ask its partner the US to cap the price ? Why is Biden going to Saudi for oil ? Anyway Saudi gave him a slap on the face - not only did they not increase, they decreased the output. The EU said it would apply a price cap to Qatar's LNG. Qatar said they will sell elsewhere. They know the US is a spent force and cannot threaten them after their debacles in Afghanistan and Iraq. The countries like Russia, China, Iran and India never took orders from you. The countries that took orders like Turkey, Saudi and Qatar do not listen to you anymore. Only the servile Europeans are in the US camp because they are a bunch of weaklings. Sir Putin has ended your western 'international order' and it is not coming back. Sir Putin has also ended your financial blackmail. People now have started looking for non-dollar settlements. What Sir Putin has achieved is momentous. 'Putin is threatening to starve Africa now too. ' Sir Putin gave Ukraine a generous licence during a war to sell wheat. But Ukraine misbehaved. Most of the wheat was going to Europe. You don't give a damn about Africans. They have seen your duplicity. During Covid, you did not help them. But you gave all money to Ukraine. That is why the Africans are not siding with you.
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  11328.  @clarkthompson8094  'Russia is not stronger than NATO, including the US and all of Europe. Not even close.' If NATO for one moment believed it was stronger than Russia, then it would have sent troops to Ukraine. NATO is not as delusional as you ! None of you individually or collectively will dare fight directly against Russia; you will only fight with proxies. If it was Iraq and Afghanistan, you would do it. Get it ? 'Russia's GDP is about the samevas Spain, or Mexico or Indonesia.' This is a typical western single metric assessment based on GDP. Russia can launch satellites, knock out satellites, match US for cyber warfare, has hypersonic missiles which the US does not have, can Spain, or Mexico or Indonesia do these things ? Russian people are educated, they have health care. 'Russia has nuclear weapons. That is what scares away its enemies.' Indeed. What is wrong with having them ? You also have them. If you are peaceful, you give them up first and set an example. If Russia did not have nuclear weapons, you would do the mischief you habitually do against countries outside the west, to Russia. The point of having nuclear weapons is to scare away enemies - that is why you have them. Then what is your point ? 'Russia does not give anyone a license to sell grain. Russia steals grain and threatens to sink civilisn ships.' Russia is at war against NATO in Ukraine. In war, all aspects are targeted to bring an end to the war quickly. The US and UK targeted all industries, power structures, dams etc. in Germany during WW 2. In fact, they firebombed and use nuclear weapons on civilians. So don't moralise. Russia will decide whether Ukraine will be allowed to export. Ukraine can only export when it signs up for restoration of neutrality as promised in its Declaration of Independence. What you going to do about it ? Russia is indeed stronger than all of Europe plus the US. They have even proved that in the economic war. They have forced Europe into de-industrialisation and catalysed de-dollarisation. Those are the trends. In a war, Churchill said it is not a battle that decides, it is the trends. The trend is that Russia has ended the western 'rules based order' which was a pretence for western neo-colonialism. This is not coming back as other nations assert themselves and ignore you. That is a clear trend for which the rest of the world thanks Russia.
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  11329. But your Sir Michael is admitting what others have been saying last year - NATO and its client state are defeated. How can a paper tiger stand up to a real bear ? It is wishful thinking.
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  11330. i bet russians ? Do you have a guilty conscience and you were expecting it ?
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  11331. Europe has been able to engage in the luxury of social spending because it had cheap Russian energy. Without energy, European economies become uncompetitive. Get it, numskull ?
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  11332. If they have not given up their nukes, Russia would not have allowed their independence, full stop.
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  11333. When Russia withdrew from Kiev, you said the same thing - Ukraine has won and the war has ended The Russians just changed the tactics. The Russians are not going to let go of Ukraine. They will make Ukraine an unviable state dependent on western aid for years.
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  11334.  @RainerMichelle  Can you explain to us why the Ukrainians are shelling a nuclear power plant ?
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  11335. The Russians can easily say they did not know they were killing British troops in Ukraine ! It is not like they attacked the British embassy.
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  11336.  @knighthood91  Russia supplies the entire nuclear fuels supply chain. Even US is forced to buy from it - even now. Keep it out of sanctions !
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  11337. The first time I am seeing Sean Bell giving a realistic picture without too much spin ! He admits the counter offensive is not going anywhere. For the last 2 weeks, he and other western media were talking about capture of Robotyne and Ukranians breaching the Surovokin line and marching towards Sea of Azov. Independent analysts like Macgregor, Scott Ritter, Mercouris have correctly predicted the outcome of the counter offensive since June. The govt. aligned media of the west were spinning narratives not to undermine western govt. efforts to defeat Russia. The change in tone in the western media signifies they realise Ukraine and the west are defeated. It will not be a frozen conflict as Bell now hopes. To bring the war to an end, the US has to agree and give a written confirmation that there will be no NATO bases in Ukraine. In a previous report, Bell said Ukraine is tackling corruption in its MOD for the time it joins NATO. Ukraine will not be allowed to join NATO. Russia will keep the war going so Ukraine cannot join NATO. This has not dawned still on the western brain. This is the cause for conflict. The war can come to an end and everyone can participate in reconstruction but only on condition that Ukraine returns to the neutrality of its independence declaration.
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  11338. The Ukranian counter offensive is the next and last Great Hope of the west, as it sees the writing on the wall : defeat of the west. For Ukraine, it is the last throw of the die. They are not going to catch the Russians thinly defended as in Kharhov.
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  11339.  @DavidStaab-zi3ls  'Ukrainian people are dying fighting so that American troops don’t need to so show some respect to their sacrifice. Or just keep playing video games and your mother’s basement at 40 is my guess.' What is the meaning of your sentence ? Lockheed profits, and Ukrainians are dying - do you see that as a win-win deal ? What is America's business in Ukraine ? America is across the Atlantic, why does it create conflict in every corner of the world ? Do you know English ?
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  11340. The war is lost for Ukraine and the west. You cannot reverse this with Leopards 1s. Russia is now rolling towards Kupiansk, then it will be Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, then Kharkhov.
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  11341.  @PjotrII  Go and read also non-western news. The pressure is on Kupiansk. Why is Ukraine evacuating Kupiansk ? The western press do not want to highlight it - yet.
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  11342. The last point, de-dollarisation is the most damaging for the US, and will have long lasting impact. Putin said he was not planning de-dollarisation, it was brought on by sanctions, blocking use of SWIFT, and seizing Russia's dollar deposits. That motivated other countries to jump on the de-dollarisation bandwagon, and now it is irreversible.
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  11343.  @mysticone1798  'the Neocons in the US/'UK/EU are doubling down on that utter failure.' What else can they do ? It is like Hitler and his supporters in his last days.
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  11344.  @DavidSmith-yi8ou  It is certain the Patriots have been hit, that was admitted by the west when the Russians fired the first salvos, now the Americans are keeping quiet neither admitting they are hit or claiming their efficacy.
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  11345. Mateusz (Mateush) Morawicki
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  11346. Who is the world ? The west ? The rest of the world supports Russia.
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  11347. Biden declined to give Starmer support to fire Storm Shadow missiles - that is the end of the story. There is no point Times Radio claiming Putin is bluffing. Biden declined because he realised Putin is not bluffing. Putin has declared Britain or British assets will be targeted, and Biden knows the British cannot stand on their own feet. Biden does not want to fight on behalf of Britain afterwards, hence he declines Starmer's request for permission. Starmer is thick headed just like Boris Johnson.
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  11348. Your questions are valid, but Europeans do not have the intelligence to answer your questions, so they are happy fighting Russia to the last Ukranian.
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  11349. Heartbreaking only when Israelis are killed. But it was not heartbreaking when Israelis indulged in land grabs and killing Palestinians.
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  11350. Macron is talking like Boris Johnson. Emil is absolutely correct - if Ukraine led by the west marches towards the Russian border or Crimea, it is certain Russia will use the nuclear weapon. Some in the west imagine Russia cannot use nuclear weapon because NATO will retaliate. NATO did not have the guts to send troops to Ukraine to fight a conventional war, so how will they have the guts to fight a nuclear war ?
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  11351. The Ukranians and the west now say Bakhmut is not so important, that they cannot understand why Russia is wasting so much effort on it, that in fact Russia is doing so because it is defeated.
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  11352. Ukraine has to take the blame for renouncing its independence declaration where it promised neutrality, and agreeing to fight a proxy war for the US.
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  11353.  @carlosr944  There was no annexation because the US got beaten in Afghanistan and Iraq. The US style is to invade and put a proxy governor in place and support them militarily. Your attempt to claim moral superiority for the US may work in the west, but not the rest of the world. That is why the rest of the world (the majority) is backing Russia. They have seen for years what the US does.
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  11354.  @carlosr944  But the US has been inciting Ukrainians against Russia and instigated a coup that brought anti-Russian and pro US forces to take over. The US had the key to stop the outbreak of war by agreeing to give Russia a security guarantee. It refused. As a result, Putin took military technical action so that US cannot ever put missile and naval bases in Ukraine. Killing civilians was not an objective. That is just collateral.
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  11355. So why haven't you sent soldiers of your mighty army to Ukraine if you are absolutely sure ? It is because you know no one can beat the Russian army. It is descended from the famed Red Army.
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  11356. You did not say that Britain and US were terrorist states for firebombing German cities. It was official policy for firebombing and erasing all German cities with over 100,000. They said it was needed to bring Germany to capitulation. Russia has only destroyed the power infrastructure.
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  11357. Russians are tough people indeed. McDonald's is not exactly something others cannot make. And car crash bags can be made eventually, it is not high tech.
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  11358. Congratulations to Russia for defeating the collective west, and creating a multi polar world. Only Russia could have done this. Putin is a steely leader like Stalin. The Ukrainians should have known not to flirt with Nazi style nationalism. No one can fight Russia and win. The Ukrainians are better off surrendering unconditionally to Russia. They will get better terms from Russia, than from the US, and the useless Europeans. Russia has also undermined NATO.
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  11359. What you say is correct, but the German gentleman in the video first pretends the order from Putin is irrational but later on says it does not make too much difference if the Euros payments for gas are converted to roubles. Under the new system, western customers have to open both a Euro account and a Rouble account in Russian banks. Before the Euros were deposited in western banks and so they could seize it. Now that is not possible if it is deposited in Russian territory. If EU reduces import of Russian gas, RU will find alternative markets. Russia will redirect its economy to Eurasian economies which are in any case going to be the leading ones over Europe. Earlier they predicted an imminent collapse of the rouble and the Russian economy, now that did not happen due to measures Russia took, so they are saying Russian measures to uphold the rouble are not sustainable. They do not discuss the impact of the sanctions - on the west. First, Europe has to buy LNG (some years away). LNG costs $ 10-12 while an equivalent amount of piped gas is $ 1-2. How competitive will German and EU goods be then ? Germany subsidises eastern European countries. The steep rise in fuel price is equal to a decline in living standards. And the second effect is erosion in the value of the dollar as Russia and other countries move to de-dollarisation and use of other currencies like the Chinese yuan. The euro will not fill in for the dollar as people have seen the EU uses the same tactic of freezing assets. These are issues the gentleman skilfully avoids. The de-dollarisarion is a dramatic change as it will end American dominance and with it the EU will also decline. Russia and China are leading the de-dollarisation drive and that will pick up steam as a direct effect of the sanctions.
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  11360.  @kevinhumphreys616  Yes, Russia has a real economy based on a most important asset, energy. But it is common for west to dismissive, to say it has only oil, nothing else, and if we ended its oil trade, it will collapse. Wishful thinking of course.
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  11361. All weak countries - Canada, Australia, New Zealand and UK
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  11362. Ha, ha, ha ! NATO became stronger because it got two more members, but it lost the war. And it is putting out feelers to freeze the war, negotiate etc. But the problem is NATO will not be accepted as peacekeeper, and the US does not want NATO involved as peacekeeper. Trump is asking the Europeans to be the peacekeepers, but Russia will not accept that either.
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  11363. Whether Truss goes or not is irrelevant. Everyone's economic fate is controlled by Sir Putin.
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  11364. 'Went to war to get less NATO, but ended up with more NATO.' It ended up with NATO disintegrating as the US plans to leave. NATO is so meaningless that Starmer is trying to create a coalition of the willing outside NATO using NATO countries ! You have two parallel organisations. No wonder the Russians have contempt for Europe and think Russia has to step in again and crush the European elites.
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  11365. Not everyone is a servile vassal of the west.
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  11366. The lady describes all kinds of harebrained Ukrainian hopes. Putin will reject Trump's peace deal - that is correct, he is not going to accept the NATO option being open to Ukraine after 20 years. Then the Ukrainian hope is after Putin rejects Trump's peace deal, Trump will get angry and will fall behind Ukraine and back it to the hilt and give it weapons. Trump may agree to drop NATO entry altogether. Trump has greater respect for Putin (he holds Putin in awe) than for Zelensky. Or Biden in his last days will give Ukraine permission to launch missiles into Russia, even if it is for 2 months - as if that will win the war for Ukraine. Putin has said Russia will take the war directly to any country giving that capability to Ukraine (UK's Storm Shadow, Germany's Taurus). Putin said Russia will strike at UK assets or UK itself. Soon after, the Houthis struck a British oil tanker. Russia would have had a hand. That is why the Storm Shadows were with held.
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  11367. Hodges has a lower IQ than Biden and Trump. All US cities would have been incinerated by now if Hodges was in power. He is safely living abroad.
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  11368. I am surprised Ukraine announces it is going to make a major offensive in Kherson, unless it is a diversionary ruse to throw off and draw the Russians from Sloviansk. Normamly, one keeps quiet. Russia certainly does not make announcements of that nature. They do it and then announce the result if it is successful.
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  11369. Stoltenberg says Russia must be defeated as otherwise it sends message you can get what you want by force. As if the west never uses force to get what it wants....Iraq, Libya, assasinate rulers of other countries. This is how arrogant Stoltenberg is. We thank Russia for ending their 'international rules based order' and catalysing the end of dollar hegemony.
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  11370. Look at who is taking. When Ukraine and Russia reached a deal in Turkey to end the war after 2 months, Boris Johnson went and told Zelensky to scrap it. In the 1990s, James Baker had said that NATO will not expand one inch to the east - and then expanded. From Russia's view, the west cannot be trusted. The west's 'genuine peace' means Russia should have a ruler like Zelensky who will give away 30% of its agricultural lands (like Ukraine has done) and mineral and energy resources to US companies. Then it will be branded as a country that follows western values. But Russia is a power in its own right, it is not a vassal of the US like Sunak's country.
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  11371. Supreme war effort is a final suicidal effort.
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  11372.  @Yeshua-y3b  So is Sean Bell a lying Muslim then ?
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  11373. The point is you have no choice but to negotiate with Putin. If the west picks a fight with a superpower who can escalate and drop a nuclear bomb on Kiev, and who has a nuclear stockpile and impressive delivery systems that can also incinerate all western cities if the west intervenes after a nuclear strike on Kiev, then it is obvious neither Ukraine and the west can win. Then you have no choice but to negotiate. The west needs to swallow its false pride and realise it is not the same as fighting Iraq and Afghanistan. You need to get to terms with the fact that Russia is the only country that can withstand your economic war, and it can obliterate the west if it threatens it. No other country, not even China, has that capacity.
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  11374.  @adrianjochems7282  'I think all the countries surrounding Russia should put troops on the ground help Ukraine push Putin's pawns out of Ukraine'. That will not happen. No one in NATO wants to be slaughtered by the Russians. The deal with Ukraine was 'we provide arms, you provide the blood'. That is shameless NATO.
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  11375.  @Hvitserk67  There is nothing special about being Europeans. You have engaged in alliances to create barbaric bloodletting for centuries.
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  11376.  @ryanthompson1981 Russia will not cease to exist the following day after a nuclear strike on Kiev - because you will not exist after the following day as well. The westerners are afraid to die. That is why they did not dare to send troops to Ukraine. Nobody in the west wants to commit mass suicide for Ukraine.
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  11377.  @Hvitserk67  Why is European barbarism topic for another forum ? If you engaged in alliances against each other sparking wars, and you continue to do so, ganging up against Russia.
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  11378.  @TheGreenReaper  There is no defence system that is impenetrable. Russia's hypersonic missile cannot be stopped. The US acknowledges it. The Patriots could not stop simple Houthi missiles fired at Saudi Arabia. Ukraine is living dangerously.
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  11379.  @mf5514  The US instigated the mess by NATO expansion. It does not affect them, the Europeans pay. Russia is beating up all the west together. The collective west went to check Russia with economic sanctions but Russia threw the west into the gutter. Russia has ended the western 'world order', it has initiated a tectonic shift in economics by non-dollar trade, there are new collaborations set up in which the west is not a partner : Russia-China trade, Russia-India trade, Russia-Middle East trade, Russia-Turkey trade, Russia-Africa. Europe is a vassal of the US and has become irrelevant. Throughout history, Russia has shifted the global order.
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  11380.  @TheGreenReaper  The Ukranians are living dangerously and the west is encouraging it out of false pride. I don't think Russia needs to use nuclear weapons, they are beating Ukraine to a pulp with conventional weapons. If Ukraine steps into Crimea, then for sure Kiev will receive a nuclear strike. But Ukraine is in no position to cross the Dnieper into Crimea. A US general said so. The Ukranians army has been killed and degraded so much that all they can do now is try to hang on to what is left, with the new weapons. No one believes the Ukranians can push back the Russians. Bakhmut will fall and more of Ukraine will go.
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  11381.  @ryanthompson1981  Ukranians have lost over 100,000 troops and are being massacred in Bakhmut. NATO should have sent troops to save Ukraine from this carnage; after all NATO instigated Ukraine to turn against Russia and join NATO. But NATO does not dare send troops to Ukraine because of its innate cowardice. Ukraine is dismantling Russian Federation ? How did you deduce that ? You are deluded and cannot face the reality. It is wishful thinking of the defeated. The Ukraine of 2014 is not coming back, let alone the Ukraine of 1991. Russia will take half of Ukraine and the remainder will be turned into a wasteland. NATO will not be able to set foot in Ukraine. The west is defeated.
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  11382.  @peterreidy1011  Your reply is whataboutism. You cannot dispute my comment about BBC and Lloyd Austin, so you compare with Lavrov. My comparison was not with Lavrov, my comparison was between the present tone of BBC and Lloyd Austin, compared with the same people some weeks back. Every time the west gives a new weapon like Himars, it is a game changer; Ukraine hits a bridge or captures a village here or there, there is a flush of optimism and gleeful shouts in the west, and we are made to believe that Ukraine will get not only Kherson but Crimea before December. But after a few weeks, the Russians strike with new ferocity, then there is despondency. Doubts creep in. That is evident in Llyod Austin's and BBC's tone. The reality is Ukraine is being hit hard and they do not have the capability of getting back Donbass let alone Crimea. Russia is softening them up striking at the power and water supply to hit them hard in winter. The Russians do not speak much. They keep you guessing, they do and tell you afterwards. Zelensky will tell you in summer about the Kherson summer offensive and now it is November. It is not going to happen. The Ukrainians mounted a surprise attack on less defended Kharkov region and succeeded. But that surprise attack is a one-off and not a game changer. Time is not on the side of the Ukranians. Ukraine can only plod on due to western financial support. The west is financially stretched. It initiated economic warfare on Russia by seizing its money. The west used its control of SWIFT to block Russian trade; that has backfired as Russia turned the tables and floored the west's economy with an energy cut, and found alternative ways to trade. If Ukraine cannot produce the projected victory, then there will be voices raised in the west asking whether the money given is for a losing cause Already the Republicans have stated they cannot give a blank cheque to Ukraine. Ukraine needs massive western financial support to continue, Russia can self sustain. Russia has damaged Ukraine's critical supply line - the west's wealth generating industries. You do not need Lavrov to tell you that. Try using your intelligence.
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  11383. Who has told you you are getting good results for all this money you spent ? The western media. But the results cannot be so good, that is why people are questioning how long the blank cheque can continue.
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  11384. After Ukraine could not reach the first Russian defence line with all the other game changers like the Himars, Bradleys, Leopards, Storm Shadows, cluster bombs, will there anything left for the west after Russia knocks down the F 16s ? Russians have proved in an actual war, western equipment is junk. When NATO itself shows it is not confident to fight Russia with them, how can Ukranians fight and win ?
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  11385. Never mind what Russia's budget is, more important is what they make with it. Europe will never be able to catch up with Russia's arsenal of hypersonic missiles, flame throwers and what not. The best for Europe is establishing good diplomatic ties. NATO expansion was driven by the US, but the Europeans were comfortable sailing in the US boat thinking they too were part of US hegemony. The Europeans were eager to bad mouth Russia and join in threatening Russia, forgetting it was living off Russian energy. Now the US changed course, and it showed the Europeans were only vassals. Russia has beaten the collective west and Europe needs to swallow its false pride and get to terms with that. When the US is following the 'if you cannot beat them, join them' philosophy against Russia, the Europeans should do the same. If the Europeans try to confront Russia militarily, they will get their heads kicked in.
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  11386. It will be a combination of rage and fear. How did Iran strike the Chosen One and evade its Iron Dome ?
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  11387. The killer of the Christian girls was also Christian, so what is your point ? Why did you blame Muslims ?
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  11388. We stand with Israel like we stand with Ukraine....Does the US have credibility ? Its policies have led to war on many fronts.
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  11389.  @jelena7604  'They are being banned from ports and closely monitored at sea.' Then why are you paranoid ? You can monitor but can you stop them ? 'Terrator' What is that in English ?
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  11390. The west murdered Afghans and Iraqis and had no qualms, so take on airs about 'western values'.
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  11391. Ah yes, this is the long awaited counter offensive with the one million army. Ukranians say they are trying to liberate Kherson. Russia says it will eliminate the UkroNazis. I go with the Russians. Meanwhile Russia is getting close to the capture of Bahmut and then Sloviansk.
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