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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:12 pm to John Barron
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:12 pm to John Barron
RUSSIA LEADS IN DRONES:
Famous Ukranian drone Volunteer Berlinskaya, said Russia is approaching the ability to launch more than a thousand Shaheed attack drones per day.
Moscow has developed a targeted state policy in the field of military technologies, attracted tens of thousands of engineers, established cooperation with foreign partners, including China, North Korea and Iran, and invested billions of dollars in development and production.
Ukraine, in her opinion, still relies on simple and cheap solutions from the civilian market with support from enthusiasts - while "the Russian side has moved on to large-scale, deeply scientific and industrial projects." Which could ultimately change the balance of power at the front."
Famous Ukranian drone Volunteer Berlinskaya, said Russia is approaching the ability to launch more than a thousand Shaheed attack drones per day.
Moscow has developed a targeted state policy in the field of military technologies, attracted tens of thousands of engineers, established cooperation with foreign partners, including China, North Korea and Iran, and invested billions of dollars in development and production.
Ukraine, in her opinion, still relies on simple and cheap solutions from the civilian market with support from enthusiasts - while "the Russian side has moved on to large-scale, deeply scientific and industrial projects." Which could ultimately change the balance of power at the front."
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Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:14 pm to Coeur du Tigre
wasn't even close ...
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:20 pm to cypher
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Romania’s liberal mayor leads election
Yay, leftists can rejoice that Romania will become a migrant shithole advocating for transfrickery.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:21 pm to John Barron
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:26 pm to cypher
Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion
by The Kyiv Independent news desk and Abbey Fenbert May 18, 2025 10:35 PM (Updated:
May 18, 2025 11:06 PM
Pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan won the Romanian presidential election on May 18, defeating the far-right, anti-Ukraine George Simion.
With over 95% of the votes counted, Dan won Sunday's runoff by a margin of 54.3% to Simion's 45.7%, according to Romania's election authority.
The result comes as a relief for Ukraine, who faced the loss of a key ally in the event of a Simion victory. Simion, leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), championed a Euroskeptic platform that included ending military aid for Ukraine.
"Ukraine needs us, we don't need Ukraine," Simion said during a televised debate on May 8.
Simion is banned from entering both Ukraine and neighboring Molodova due to his anti-Ukrainian stance.
Dan, an independent centrist and the current mayor of Bucharest, supports aid to Ukraine, calling it "essential for the security of Romania."
Despite exit polls clearly predicting a victory for Dan, Simion declared himself the president of Romania in a post on social media.
The Kyiv Independent
by The Kyiv Independent news desk and Abbey Fenbert May 18, 2025 10:35 PM (Updated:
May 18, 2025 11:06 PM
Pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan won the Romanian presidential election on May 18, defeating the far-right, anti-Ukraine George Simion.
With over 95% of the votes counted, Dan won Sunday's runoff by a margin of 54.3% to Simion's 45.7%, according to Romania's election authority.
The result comes as a relief for Ukraine, who faced the loss of a key ally in the event of a Simion victory. Simion, leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), championed a Euroskeptic platform that included ending military aid for Ukraine.
"Ukraine needs us, we don't need Ukraine," Simion said during a televised debate on May 8.
Simion is banned from entering both Ukraine and neighboring Molodova due to his anti-Ukrainian stance.
Dan, an independent centrist and the current mayor of Bucharest, supports aid to Ukraine, calling it "essential for the security of Romania."
Despite exit polls clearly predicting a victory for Dan, Simion declared himself the president of Romania in a post on social media.
The Kyiv Independent
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:29 pm to PoppedRiser
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Yay, leftists can rejoice that Romania will become a migrant shithole advocating for transfrickery.
Clearly their citizens feel that's the better path than the alternative.
Either way, their people voted. Certainly not America's problem on how the election went.
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:34 pm to OleVaught14
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Clearly their citizens feel that's the better path than the alternative.
Either way, their people voted. Certainly not America's problem on how the election went.
Considering their court somehow overturned 1st election where Trump-aligned candidate won, I don't think their vote was truly counted. Then the same authorities cooked up a criminal case against opponent just like the Democratic party did with Trump.
I see it for what it is- election meddling and nullification of legitimate elections. Now they have a sock puppet globalist twirp.
"Democracy".
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:36 pm to John Barron
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:40 pm to PoppedRiser
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Considering their court somehow overturned 1st election where Trump-aligned candidate won, I don't think their vote was truly counted. Then the same authorities cooked up a criminal case against opponent just like the Democratic party did with Trump.
I see it for what it is- election meddling and nullification of legitimate elections. Now they have a sock puppet globalist twirp.
"Democracy".
It was just the first round - there was still a run off to happen. But either way, not America's problem.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:41 pm to cypher
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Simion is banned from entering both Ukraine and neighboring Molodova due to his anti-Ukrainian stance.
That's funny, because Ukrainian citizens and former president are also banned from entering Romania and Moldova by Zelensky. Or really any country because they're hostages in the shithole regime and can't leave.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:48 pm to cypher
NOELREPORTS
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Celebrations are slowly starting in Bucharest as Nicu?or Dan pulls ahead — but voting still isn’t over as counting is still ongoing.
?@noelreports.com?
Celebrations are slowly starting in Bucharest as Nicu?or Dan pulls ahead — but voting still isn’t over as counting is still ongoing.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:52 pm to John Barron
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Fake News. Simion is ahead in one exit poll and 2 have it tied 50/50. The only exit poll Dan is ahead in is CNN Simion outperformed his exit polling by 5 points in the first round
I'd take a peej prediction over team firehose.Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:56 pm to PoppedRiser
Speaking of trying to jail their opponents in "democracy", Poroshenko has been facing cases of "treason" from Zelensky since 2021 and recently caught some new ones in 2025 along with other Ukrianian oligarchs.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-opens-criminal-cases-against-ex-president-poroshenko-sanctioned-oligarchs-businessmen/
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-opens-criminal-cases-against-ex-president-poroshenko-sanctioned-oligarchs-businessmen/
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Prosecutor General's Office announced on Feb. 14 that criminal proceedings have been opened against businessmen and former high-ranking officials recently sanctioned by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). The list includes oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, billionaire Konstantin Zhevago, former PrivatBank co-owner Hennadiy Boholyubov, Ukraine's 5th President Petro Poroshenko, and former pro-Russian lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 3:58 pm to cypher
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Posted on 5/18/25 at 4:29 pm to cypher
Warsaw Mayor Holds Slim Lead In Polish Presidential Vote, But June 1 Runoff Likely
The contest for the Polish presidency is headed for a June 1 runoff, according to exit polls on May 18, with preliminary forecasts showing Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski -- backed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition -- with a narrow lead.
Exit polls gave Trzaskowski about 31 percent of the vote, with Karol Nawrocki -- who is backed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party -- sitting at about 29 percent.
Slawomir Mentzen of the radical right-wing Confederation party was third with about 15.4 percent. There are 13 candidates in the first-round contest.
With no candidate getting more than 50 percent, a runoff will take place early next month between the top two finishers.
The election is seen as crucial for Tusk and his pro-European government as they look to implement their reformist agenda.
After eight years of conservative rule under the PiS, Tusk has cobbled together a wide coalition of social democrats as well as centrist and Christian democrats to wrestle back power and dragged Warsaw in a more pro-EU direction.
RFE/RL
The contest for the Polish presidency is headed for a June 1 runoff, according to exit polls on May 18, with preliminary forecasts showing Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski -- backed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist Civic Coalition -- with a narrow lead.
Exit polls gave Trzaskowski about 31 percent of the vote, with Karol Nawrocki -- who is backed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party -- sitting at about 29 percent.
Slawomir Mentzen of the radical right-wing Confederation party was third with about 15.4 percent. There are 13 candidates in the first-round contest.
With no candidate getting more than 50 percent, a runoff will take place early next month between the top two finishers.
The election is seen as crucial for Tusk and his pro-European government as they look to implement their reformist agenda.
After eight years of conservative rule under the PiS, Tusk has cobbled together a wide coalition of social democrats as well as centrist and Christian democrats to wrestle back power and dragged Warsaw in a more pro-EU direction.
RFE/RL
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:07 pm to cypher
Seeing libs and conservatives cheer for either party winning in EU in countries they can't even find on the map is telling me we've got a bigger thing going on than war in Ukriane. War in Ukraine is just a global struggle on several axis of global leftists that Ukrainians sold out to and Russian conservative/traditional values ideology that the West actually needs to get back to if they plan to survive. The other axis is opposition of BRICS to EU and NAFTA.
Leftists have been playing a very long game starting in 2016 when they falsely accused Russia of meddling in US elections and getting Trump elected. Then again in a false hoax claiming a real Hunter Biden laptop was "Russian disinformation". They brainwashed weak minded Democrats into thinking Russia wants to defeat Democrats and elect Trump, essentially programming them for 7-8 years to align with far more savage and brutal version of Russia- Ukraine. Meanwhile Ukrainian leadership pretended like they will play along with LGBTQ/diversity agenda of the West, which is completely disingenuous because Ukrainians are equally if not more racist and homophobic than Russians, but they promised to play along for PR sake and sell it with media running favorable media interference for them.
We found out USAID was pumping money into Ukraine with Nuland's leadership since early 2000s, grooming Ukrainian radicals and nationalists to anti-Russia sentiment and stoking orange revolution. And it wasn't just in Ukraine, but all over the globe with initiatives that did nothing to better people's lives, but extend leftist agenda globally.
There are some many axis and vectors to this conflict you can make one's head spin. 4D chess in real life.
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:25 pm to PoppedRiser
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Russian conservative/traditional values ideology that the West actually needs to get back to if they plan to survive.
What, specifically, should the US be doing to be more like Russia?
Assassinating political rivals and journalists? Removal of judges who don't follow the presidents orders? A non-existent criminal justice system? Torture and rape to extract confessions? The Russian Orthodox Church convincing Putin to defeat a bill proposing restraining order for those convicted of committing domestic abuse? Russia fined thousands of people for braking COVID rules on quarantining, so certainly not that.
There's no freedom of religion. No freedom of speech. There's no freedom of assembly. There's no right to bear arms.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:34 pm to PoppedRiser
Our new Russian shill is really busy posting. if he keeps this pace up, maybe he will get a raise.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:41 pm to PoppedRiser
Random tweets
LINK
LINK
LINK
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One underdiscussed reason the war can't simply "stop" — especially for Ukraine — is what happens when hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened, traumatized veterans return home all at once.
That kind of mass reintegration is rarely peaceful.
Russia will face this challenge too, but it has the size and institutional control to absorb the shock — and given the broader geopolitical context, full demobilization is unlikely any time soon.
Ukraine, however, is in a far more precarious position. A far larger share of its adult male population has been mobilized — many by force. If they return in one wave, angry and disillusioned, the risk of internal collapse becomes almost programmed.
This is one of several reasons the war is unlikely to end soon — not just because of Russian ambitions or Ukrainian elite's financial dependencies, but because peace itself could unleash a different kind of chaos.
A major reason the late-collapsing USSR was overwhelmed by organized crime was the Afghan War.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers returned home confused about why they had fought at all, only to find a country rapidly falling apart — and many decided to take matters into their own hands.
Most criminal organizations included, or were run by, the "Afgantsy" — Afghan war veterans who struggled to find their place in a declining society.
LINK
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President Zelensky, meeting with Rubio and Vance in Rome, wanted to make sure that after the Trump-Putin conversation on Monday, Ukraine would not be given an ultimatum regarding an unacceptable peace.
LINK
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Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 1180:
Situation on Luhansk front: #RussianArmy continued advancing towards Hrekivka taking control over a series of positions in this direction.
Situation on Toretsk front: #RussianArmy made new advances at the district of Fomikha. In addition, clashes with #UkrainianArmy are taking place at the electric substation of Dyliivka.
Situation on Pokrovsk front: During the last two days #RussianArmy captured a series of positions south of Novomykolaivka & north of Kotlyarivka. In addition, Russian forces advanced west & southwest of Bohdanivka. On the other hand, #UkrainianArmy managed to recapture most of the locality of Horikhove.
LINK
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:53 pm to TBoy
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Our new Russian shill is really busy posting. if he keeps this pace up, maybe he will get a raise.
"Tboy" as in trans-boy?
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What, specifically, should the US be doing to be more like Russia? Assassinating political rivals and journalists? Removal of judges who don't follow the presidents orders? A non-existent criminal justice system? Torture and rape to extract confessions? The Russian Orthodox Church convincing Putin to defeat a bill proposing restraining order for those convicted of committing domestic abuse? Russia fined thousands of people for braking COVID rules on quarantining, so certainly not that. There's no freedom of religion. No freedom of speech. There's no freedom of assembly. There's no right to bear arms.
Their lack of PC and rejecting trans/LGBT direction, that's the only big one I can think of. Rest of their cultural political field is as crappy as current EU. EU doesn't have a freedom of speech either, people get arrested for protesting, they can't own arms unless your'e in Switzerland, which in my opinion is the model country and government.
So just that one issue, but it's very important because immasculation is the biggest current cultural issue in the West. Nearly half the German and Swedish men piss like a bitch and their countries experience biggest demographic crisis. Britain ain't too far behind.
Ironically, Putin isn't some nationalist juggernaut leftists want to paint him and he allows massive amount of migration into Russia too from the ME republics. So all of it is very nuances and no, Putin isn't your model savior of the nation, but he's working with and inverted demographic pyramid.
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 6:02 pm
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