Comments by "Dean Firnatine" (@deanfirnatine7814) on "Sky News" channel.

  1. Proud of the Sri Lankan people for standing up to these corrupt and inept politicians
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  2. Much of the red Russian "controlled" areas in reality they only control a main road or two, that is why they are getting constantly ambushed and losing trucks and armor, for example that vast swath of land from the NE towards Kiev they actually only control two main roads plus a connection route between the two main ones, they do not even control most of the towns in that area.
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  3. Poll last week showed 76% of Finns now want to join NATO and that is on a major upwards trend every weeks since the invasion, in a poll last month in Sweden it was 57% supported joining NATO and it also was on a major upwards trend, no doubt over 60% now. I heard a decision to apply could come as early as the end of this week or early next week for Finland and Sweden had requested of Finland that they apply together both have been given security guarantees by the US and UK during the application process.
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  4. That forested area next to the festival probably saved a lot of lives
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  5. Prigozhin is being payed huge sums by several African dictators, concessions on diamond and gold mines, oil and gas wells etc. Prigozhin is not hurting for money, many of his companies catering contracts in Russia have not even been cancelled, he can still pay all the mercenaries he wants.
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  6. Tank warfare does NOT have to wait until late Spring, they work fine in Winter after the ground has frozen solid, normally in Ukraine that was three weeks ago. The Spring thaw will put a damper on it.
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  7. After this I have lost any vestige of sympathy I once had for Palestinians, watching Palestinian civilians celebrate over the nearly naked dead body of that German girl and abusing her corpse made me realize no they are not like us, just barbaric.
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  8. Why is Ireland's neutrality different from Sweden and Switzerland's? and "can't be changed overnight" those two neutral countries changed overnight, situations like Putin's war do not allow for the usual unending Irish politicians debates, decisions need to be made now because lives are being lost every minute we dither around debating. People that insist on holding onto this childlike rose colored glasses vision of the world with their precious neutrality really need to be publicly called out for both their dangerous childish naivete and for their inhumane immoral lack of empathy for the suffering of others. The incredible hypocrisy and dishonesty of those two women who were questioned is astonishing and revolting, both would surely claim to have empathy for the suffering of Ukrainians but they refuse to lift a finger to do anything of consequence that may inconvenience them to help the Ukrainians, just disgusting.
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  9. Reports I heard were Wagner troops were just 125 miles from Moscow before they were ordered to turn around, they were getting little to no resistance from Russian regular troops. It appears the only troops loyal to Shoigu were Kadyrovite Chechens, inexperienced National Guard, internal security forces and most of the Air Force. My guess is Prigozhin got something more than charges dropped like Shoigu castrated.
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  10. Russia lost a 50 sq km region in Dontesk the other day when their attack lost a lot of men and then Ukraine counter attacked seizing that large area.
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  11. Just an FYI a Polish source is claiming that area of that building is guarded on those floors by FSB agents, so something is going on there. There is a Russian economic ministry of some kind that is using some office space in that area of the building, it may very well be a cover for something military or Intel related. I worked at a very non public FBI office located in a office building like that with some rather serious security behind closed doors and key pad entries so I imagine the Russians do similar things.
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  12. "Cutting costs" should be illegal for the military right now, we are facing a possible world war, this penny pinching is criminally insane!
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  13. Non-politician, he was a comic and actor, ran on populist clean up corruption platform, won in mid 2019, he has tried to clean up the corruption but the swamp in Ukraine with the oligarchs was deep.
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  14. F-18 may be a better option, Australia alone has a couple dozen that are in mothballs they could give, Finland also has indicated a possibility of giving 6-12 of theirs, so if the US refuses to send any of their then there appears to be more F-18's available plus they can operate better on unimproved runways.
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  15. Meanwhile where I live it is the coolest Spring and Summer I have seen in my entire life, record breaking, and the wettest Spring, had a major snow storm in late April, the latest ever. In a normal year where I live we have a week solid of 40C weather almost every year, use fans, AC, ice and drink a lot, basically just common sense. I have fought fires in these type temps, just deal with it, the media are making a ridiculous deal over this.
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  16. The area the Redwoods (tallest tree) live in on the coast of Northern California and Southern Oregon is VERY wet like Britain. The Giant Sequoia is a different but related tree and is the biggest by trunk size, they live in the Sierra mountains, drier than the coast but still a lot of moisture via snowfall, unlike the coastal redwoods they evolved to handle dry fire seasons. Most of the Giant Sequoia are in three national parks in the Sierra mountains and the drought ended over a year ago with record rains and snowfalls last year and again this year, even ancient Lake Tulare is refilling and a ancient lake in Death Valley, the Sequoia is not going away in the US anytime soon.
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  17. Odessa and Kiev are absolutely gorgeous cities packed with historical sites, the idea of that being destroyed by Putin's thugs is heartbreaking
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  18. Having a four wheel drive probably saved them
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  19. Russia needs to be brutally penalized for this
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  20. Yep just words, need action
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  21. Thrilled to have them, they have a top notch military with outstanding soldiers
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  22. 100% agree, he is literally aiding Russia and China.
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  23. Why should it be a problem for Ukraine if they knew about? Their country was invaded twice in the last 8 years now by Russia, why should they be judged for allowing a rebel group to attack from their territory and why should we care?
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  24.  @kevjtnbtmglr  That is BS and the troops and the equipment they have is outstanding, they fought by our side in Afghanistan. Sweden has 24,000 active personnel and 32,000 reserves for a country with less than ten million that is not small.
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  25. BS it hasn't, the US has refused to send any jet aircraft for 18 months and refused to let others send American made aircraft, it still refuses to send or let others send helicopters, it has 21 Mig-29's it oddly owns it refuses to send, it still refuses longer range ATACMS, it has 3450 Abrams tanks just in mothball storage alone yet is only sending a measly 31 that still are not there months after other countries supplied tanks. If the US had met even the low end requests from Ukraine a year ago then Ukraine right now probably would have recaptured all of Luhansk and be at Crimea's doorstep, not to mention less dead Ukrainians. The US wants to bleed Russia and keep Russia busy far more than they care about Ukraine.
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  26. The French Military should have removed Macron several years ago when all those generals and admirals wrote the open letter accusing Macron of treason.
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  27.  @babblo1389  Actually last month polling showed 57% of Swedes wanted to join NATO and that was on a very fast curve upward in polling, it is no doubt well over 60% now, Finland was at 76% last week, sorry to poke a whole in your propaganda lies.
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  28. They are brutal against all opposition but the US, Australia and Canada calling them out is hypocritical considering how Canada and Australia treated anti Covid protestors and how the US has treated unarmed almost entirely non violent January 6th protestors who are locked up in deplorable conditions (per a US Marshals report) for years for basically trespass.
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  29. Soldiers die in war, we all know what can happen. My sympathies to his family, rest in peace brother.
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  30. It has even without ATACMS rockets
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  31. Sorry but the UK is far more left wing and authoritarian than the US is, quit blaming other countries and look in the mirror.
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  32. Last year the dry weather lasted through the first week of November.
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  33. That has been Russian tactics for war since Ivan the Terrible, they never change.
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  34. Please join NATO before it is too late
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  35. The US signed an agreement with Sweden to guarantee its security while it goes through the NATO application process, does anyone know if the US signed something similar with Finland?
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  36. So disappointed in Rees-Mogg that he did not endorse either of the two actual conservatives Badenoch or Braverman. Truss and the others are not conservatives. He is right to say Sunak is untrustworthy, he is a slime ball. If anyone other than Badenoch or Braverman win I fear low conservative turnout in the next election and a Labour win, why should conservative voters support a "Conservative" Party that is anything but conservative with people like Sunak.
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  37. EVERY politician at that level is well off in every party, get real. What is the difference really between being worth ten million or a hundred million, neither one understands what it is like to suffer, the only one maybe that understands is Badenoch who despite well off parents they made her pay her own way working at McDonalds cleaning toilets.
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  38. Everybody is aware of it and they have talked about it endlessly especially in regards to the Abrams which is a logistical and maintenance nightmare.
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  39. SVB is the 2023 version of Bear Stearns which was the canary in the coal mine for the 2008 crash, going down months before the September 08 collapse. There is not only a problem in the banking sector but the tech sector is grossly over valued and that bubble is going to burst now, it has been inflated and kept afloat by constant infusions of venture capital from banks like SVB, the banks just threw money at any tech start up no matter the fundamentals, that is now over not only for the start ups but even for more established tech companies.
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  40. Oh stop Ivan, your not fooling anyone
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  41. I do not think Putin and Russia care about that farmers feelings
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  42. United in giving big speeches and doing very little like the cowards they are, even Poland and Bulgaria turned cowardly refusing to follow through on the promise to send Mig-29'S AND Su-25's that are desperately needed.
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  43. I pray for them🙏
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  44.  @kefirtruskawkowy  Yes and that poll was last month and had a rapid upward trend from previous polls so no doubt higher now.
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  45. Both sides made breakthroughs today if reports are correct, Ukraine in the South and Russia in the North, albeit just a few km.
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  46. Our ancestors were brilliant bad asses!
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  47. Like what that Russia is a pathetic mess Ivan
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  48. Odd how that happened
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  49. After the initial attack I assume Ukraine's remaining air force is dispersed and not at the bases anymore but a couple planes here and there in the woods next to straight flat stretches or road used as runways.
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  50. When your country is invaded everything is defensive
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