re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Literally 0 difference in terms of our required commitment because Ukraine didn’t get it in writing

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love how you guys somehow separate two billionaires (one of whom is the richest person on the planet) from "the ruling class!

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You don’t think Trump and Elon are fundamentally different animals than a Biden, Clinton, Bush, or Pelosi? People who have made it in the private world vs leeches latched on to the tit of the American tax payer?

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Obama got it for giving a speech about nuclear disarmanent

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Well, that clears up a longstanding question of mine ...
WTF qualified Obama for a NP?

So it was 'disarmanent'?
Thanks for the tidbit.

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This is literally from the Nobel website

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So it was 'disarmanent'?

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This was literally sarcasm, dummy.

ISW Update Nov 19

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Key Takeaways:

Ukrainian forces have defended against Russia's full-scale invasion for 1,000 days and continue to demonstrate incredible resilience against Russian aggression.

Ukraine continues to improve its warfighting capabilities and prepare itself to be self-sustainable in the long term.

Ukrainian forces conducted the first ATAMCS strike on Russian territory overnight on November 18 to 19, hitting a Russian ammunition depot in Karachev, Bryansk Oblast — days after obtaining permission to conduct such strikes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Russia's updated nuclear doctrine on November 19 in a clear response to the Biden Administration's decision to greenlight long-range strikes into Russia and as part of Putin's ongoing efforts to influence Western decision-makers into shying away from providing additional support to Ukraine.

Russia’s adoption of an amended nuclear doctrine is the latest iteration of now-frequent Russian nuclear saber-rattling and does not represent a substantial change in Russia’s nuclear posture, doctrine, or the threat of the employment of nuclear weapons.

The Kremlin has continuously attempted to use nuclear saber-rattling to deter Western military support for Ukraine, and the Kremlin's ongoing efforts to inject nuclear threats into the information space indicates that the Kremlin is concerned about the battlefield impacts of Ukrainian strikes into Russia with Western-provided weapons.

Ukraine only recently has started receiving the weapons systems and military capabilities necessary to wage modern large-scale combat operations, and Ukraine may be able to conduct operationally significant counteroffensives in the future, provided the West reinforces building Ukrainian capabilities at scale.

Russian forces recently advanced in the main Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, and Ukrainian forces recently advanced north of Kharkiv City.

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genuis

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"genius"

It's an immutable characteristic.

Random tweets

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#BREAKING Ukraine "will lose" its war against Russia if the United States cuts military funding to Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Fox News.

"If they cut, we will -- I think we will lose," Zelensky said in an interview with the US television network, adding: "We will fight. We have our production, but it's not enough to prevail."

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Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1000:
Situation on northeastern front: During the last seven days #RussianArmy completely captured the northern forest of Kolisnykivka & entered in the village of Zhyvotivka.

Situation on Toretsk front: #RussianArmy took full control over Avangard Stadium & advanced north of Hrushevskoho avenue reaching Svitla street.

Situation southwest of Donetsk: #RussianArmy made new advances southwest of Pobjeda reaching the northern outskirts of Illinka.

After 1000 days since Russian-Ukrainian War began #RussianArmy currently control 86818 Sq Km, which corresponds to 14,38% of Ukraine (18,85% with Crimea Peninsula included):
- Donetsk People's Republic forces controls 17466 Km^2 (65,87% of Donetsk oblast)
- Luhansk People's Republic forces controls 26457 Km^2 (99,15% of Luhansk oblast)

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Russian oil industry faces certification crisis as 80% of motor oils in Russia may be “outlawed”: by 2025, Russian oil producers will lose certifications issued by foreign labs, making domestic oils illegal to produce or sell. To address this, a national standardisation system is being developed, but it could take up to three years. Meanwhile, the market faces challenges from uncertified oils and counterfeit products.

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Mines are defensive in nature and can't be used to escalate by responding to Russian attacks....

So they are not antagonistic and don't cross Putin's "red lines"

Us policy on mines

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As a result of the decision, the United States will not develop, produce, or acquire anti-personnel landmines, not export or transfer anti-personnel landmines except when necessary for activities related to mine destruction or removal and for the purpose of destruction. They will not use anti-personnel landmines outside the Korean Peninsula, they will not assist, encourage, or induce anyone outside the context of the Korean Peninsula to engage in activity that would be prohibited by the Ottawa Convention, and undertake to destroy anti-personnel landmines and their stockpiles not required for the defense of the Korean Peninsula

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War is immoral. You think what we incited in Ukraine is moral? Goodness.

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Your act is old, you need some fresh material.

We incited the war??! My arse. Putin attacked Ukraine, Georgia and Chechnya providing an obvious pattern.

At worst we tried to cultivate Ukraine’s friendship and Putin didn’t like that. If that is immoral then so be it.