Here we go again-Ukraine once again pt2

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Fighting and "negotiating" is one and the same for Putin. Many stupids in the West do not understand what this means.

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In a sense the antithesis.

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As a reaction of the lying and cheating by the Bush administration: understandable. Maybe not correct or right, but as a conclusion or reaction understandable from a human nature perspective.

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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/08/e...cmd/index.html

Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion. Some Ukrainian commanders estjmate there are 10 Russian soldiers for every Ukrainian.

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^ Great article

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Originally Posted by Skybird

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/08/e...cmd/index.html

Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion. Some Ukrainian commanders estjmate there are 10 Russian soldiers for every Ukrainian.

Seems like the Russian is having problem with getting soldiers to the front



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This article was to good to not translate and post it here-It's worth reading.

Western military aid is often inadequate and slow. He sees Ukraine's struggle against Russia as the struggle between good and evil. A link in the struggle between the democracies and the dictatorships. He fears that the West is losing its grip on the situation in the world.

Trump can topple the whole thing
Oleksiy, who is not allowed to give up his last name, finds that the Western world order, which has governed things after the Cold War, is falling apart. Around the world, states such as Russia, Iran and China are trying to push the West back. Oleksiy thinks that NATO countries often help Ukraine too little and too late. It is an expression of weakness, he says.

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Russia and their red lines

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Russian Repairs Insufficient as Crimean Bridge Parts Begin to Collapse

Ukrainian partisans from the Atesh group claim that the condition of the Crimean Bridge is deteriorating significantly, raising concerns about its structural integrity.

Photos shared by the group depict crumbling elements of the bridge.

Spanning 18 kilometers, the Crimean Bridge is a crucial logistical link between the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Taman Peninsula.

It plays a vital role in supporting Russian military operations in the region. However, according to Atesh, urgent repairs are needed as various structural components of the bridge begin to fall apart.

"The Crimean Bridge is living its final days," a representative from Atesh stated. "Due to ongoing damage, the structural elements are degrading, leading to the collapse of certain parts. The attitude toward its condition is increasingly dismissive, with little attention being paid to its state."

The damage has been exacerbated by multiple strikes from Ukrainian forces targeting the area around the bridge.

Partisans note that recently there has been a decrease in the number of air defense systems protecting the structure, making it more vulnerable. However, Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk has not confirmed these claims.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...fdc8be93&ei=13

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ICC Prosecutor Khan on Mongolia’s refusal to arrest Putin: Results will come, though it’s not easy

The implementation of the rules provided for in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not perfect, but the refusal of Mongolia as a state party to the Rome Statute of the ICC is not a reason for disappointment.

According to Censor.NET, ICC prosecutor Kareem Khan told journalists in Kyiv on Tuesday, answering questions from the Interfax-Ukraine agency during a visit to the Okhmatdyt hospital, which suffered from a Russian missile attack.

"This is the first time in two years... since the arrest warrants were issued. This is the first time he (Putin) has been on the territory of a signatory to the Rome Statute. It is documented that he has not visited other countries that are members of the ICC.... So it is clear that the arrest warrants are already in place," Khan said.

He added that "of course, compliance and cooperation at the ICC is not perfect; there have been cases of non-compliance in the past when states have not cooperated with the court."

"Do not be disappointed, we will see results, but it will not be easy. We are moving towards the real application of the law and we are doing it together," Khan said, answering a clarifying question about whether international law is still working.

The ICC prosecutor also told reporters that there is a response algorithm in place if a signatory country to the Rome Statute refuses to fulfil its obligations.

"There is a special procedure in the Rome Statute for dealing with such cases when the state did not cooperate with the court. Accordingly, it is all controlled by judges.... The judges are aware of what happened... As a rule, when such incidents occur, a general meeting of all member states (of the ICC) is held and decisions are made accordingly," Khan said.

Putin's visit to Mongolia
Mongolia recognises the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued an arrest warrant for Putin. Earlier, the ICC noted that Mongolia is a country that has ratified the Rome Statute. According to it, it is obliged to arrest Russian dictator Putin under a warrant issued by the court in The Hague.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also called on Mongolia to arrest the Russian dictator. The ministry reminded that Putin is a war criminal.

In turn, Bloomberg reported that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was assured before his planned visit to Mongolia that he would not be arrested for war crimes under an International Criminal Court warrant. This will be his first visit to a country that has ratified the Rome Statute.

The European Parliament called on EU High Representative Josep Borrell to react to Mongolia's behaviour if it does not arrest Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

Subsequently , Mongolia explained that it had failed to comply with the International Criminal Court's warrant for the arrest of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin because it was dependent on imports of Russian energy products.

The European Union regretted that the Mongolian authorities had ignored the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Putin. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3509172

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Oh if only.

'Traitors in the Kremlin' - Vladimir Putin humiliated as loyalists turn on him over chaos

An influential Russian pro-war 'military blogger' has become the latest Vladimir Putin loyalist to turn on the Kremlin leader. It is another sign that President Putin's grip on power is weakening as the war in Ukraine drags on.

Russian 'military bloggers' or milbloggers on Telegram are akin to social media influencers in Russia, as they push propaganda around the Russia-Ukraine war. However, over the weekend, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported the Kremlin was trying to censor several of them, amid a series of battlefield humiliations.

Several of them have refused to back down to this censorship and hit back in stinging criticism of the Kremlin.

One blogger, Yegor Guzenko, who has more than 300,000 subscribers on his Telegram channel, issued a scathing rebuke of Russia's handling of the war in several videos on Sunday. He said that "traitors are sitting in the Kremlin" and that "inconvenient people" who question the war's success are being silenced.

He said: "Everything that is happening now is betrayal. Traitors sit in the Kremlin. That's it."

Mr Guzenko referenced the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin as well as the jailed former Russian military commander Igor Girkin, who has strongly rebuked how the war in Ukraine has been handled.

Days before his arrest this year, Mr Girkin called President Putin a "cowardly mediocrity" and said Russia would not survive another presidential term under him.

Mr Guzenko remarked: "Panes fall, explosions occur, they remove the uncomfortable, they put them in jail. Traitors took over the country."

In a daring direct challenge to the Kremlin, the military blogger said: "Well, why do you put us all in prison, kill us.

"There are a lot of us. We are a whole country. And you have a bunch sitting there.

"You are already old, you will die soon. And we are young. We will figure it out. And I will not change my opinion about this whole story."

This comes as the war in Ukraine has been hitting home for many ordinary Russians.

The pressure has been mounting on President Putin since Ukraine's surprise incursion into the Kursk border region, seizing over 1,300 square kilometres of Russian territory.

Last night, a devastating attack, which involved 144 drones, struck several Russian cities, including Moscow.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, the US and British intelligence agencies said that many of Vladimir Putin's closest allies are now "questioning" the Russian leader.

CIA director Bill Burns and MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore said that the "audacious" Ukrainian incursion into Russia's Kursk region had sparked panic and sown doubts in the Kremlin.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...384d6bff&ei=18