re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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The attitude from the Russian perspective

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How do you know the Russian perspective, first hand?

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I love that you think you're more "in the know" politically because you follow the 100% far left remaining panel at 538. Just so you know, Nate Silver gives Biden a 15% chance of winning per his podcast today.

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I didn't know Nate had started his forecast, yet... I thought he would only post it on his subscription substack thing (which I didn't feel like subscribing to), so it's good to know he's undercutting his own business plan!

And he has Trump in the same position he had Hillary in 2016? Interesting...

But I remember him constantly saying "polls in August tell us absolutely nothing about November" in past elections... so strange that he's contradicting that, now.

Also, Nate himself is "far Left," openly Gay, and he DESPISES Trump... I'm surprised you don't disqualify his takes for those reasons alone.

And I just stumbled onto him being one of the loudest "Biden needs to resign right now because Kamala would defeat Trump" voices.

Do you agree with his take on that?

I read a lot and I talk to people.

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I know this wasn't directed at me, but every Russian I personally know doesn't support the war.

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But they aren't in Unit 54777 in the GRU now are they?

Very interesting: Luka announced that Belarus is withdrawing its troops from the Ukrainian border, saying that tensions had been resolved. There are reports that Ukraine has also withdrawn some troops from the Belarusian border.

I really don't know what to make of this. Did one of Putin's checks bounce?

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“After our specific work, the Ukrainians withdrew their armed forces and additional troops, which they [previously] transferred to our border, from the border and generally withdrew from the Belarusian-Ukrainian border zone,” the agency quoted the president as saying. “Right now we don’t have any complications with the Ukrainians, and I hope there won’t be any,” Lukashenko added.

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Sounds like a tit for tat, until Ukraine pulled their troops back from the Belarusian border.

The timing is a big boost for Ukraine, considering that their forces had been spread extremely thin (that was the whole point of Russia's Kharkiv incursion), and Ukraine had been unable to rotate troops, as the new conscription law has gotten new men in uniform, but most of them are still training.

The withdrawal of 2000 Belarusian troops from the border will allow Ukraine to redeploy a similar number of troops to an active section of the front and/or to rotate out some tired unit.

It would be interesting for our actual medical professionals to comment on this. Around midway point are google searches regarding medical issues

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Russia used Iskander missiles to hit Kharkiv railway station, number of casualties rises – photos
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — Saturday, 13 July 2024, 20:24

Early reports indicate that Russian troops fired two Iskander-M missiles on the village of Budy in Kharkiv Oblast. The strike killed two people and injured 23, including a 14-year-old girl.

Source: Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Quote: "On 13 July, at about 15:40, the Russian armed forces launched a missile strike on a railway station in the village of Budy, Kharkiv Oblast. After the [emergency] services arrived, Russian troops used the double-tap strike tactic and fired a[nother] missile at exactly the same location.

The head of the Kharkiv District Department of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Region and a police officer of the Patrol Police Response Unit [...] of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast were killed.

23 people, including a 14-year-old girl, suffered injuries of varying degrees of severity."

Ukrainska Pravda

Yeah, I wonder why people would be reluctant to sign up after being denied arms and aid for 7 months and suffering loses because of that?