Looks like Xi and the others are turning on Russia. China Votes in Favor of UN Resolution Containing Language Acknowledging Russian Aggression China, India, Brazil and several other states close to Russia have unexpectedly voted for a UN Resolution which strongly censures Moscow. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/16484
Brilliant level of argumentation there, picking an obscure sample in one of the weaker democracies with worrying authoritarian tendencies. And for our recollection, someone who doesn't parrot the official narrative in Russia promptly ends up in jail. You couldn't even call the war a war for a long time! Referendums held under gunpoint by someone busy killing your neighbors don't say much. Please enlighten me what "msm articles" are. Modern social media? Fallacy of what. I mentioned it as a fun fact in passing (hence paranthesis), it was not my argument. I like Wagner's music to a degree, just as a like the imbecile Mel Gibson's acting and not his personality. For the founder of Wagner, the association is actually important though, supported by additional facts about them (already recited above by gwb-trading). Show me all those not Jew hating Nazis. Because it's a completely inane statement. What you mean is probably fascist. See my point earlier in thread, there are definitely Nazis in Ukraine and Russia. Which is a completely different thing from whether they are part of the state/government. Not sure I follow your "logic", if Zelensky hates Russia it probably has something to do with Russia carrying out a genocidal invasion. Zelensky has been implicated in tax evasion (Panama papers, https://www.theguardian.com/news/20...dent-offshore-connections-volodymyr-zelenskiy). You are going full retard on the rest. "He's letting Ukrainian die by the 10's of thousands for his profit" makes absolutely no sense. Remind me again who is doing the invading here? Yeah it will be painful for you. OK dude. From what I remember people thought Russia would win in a few days back in March last year. And since you're sourcing your info from RT I'm not at all surprised you have your head up Putin's ass and thinking everything is going according to plan. k, just FYI my colleagues are like 25% Russians as are some of my best friends.
Xi doesn't do anything unless he gets something in return. As I have discussed, he wants the reconstruction work and the rebuilding and ownership of the ports in Ukraine. He already owns Russia. Nothing is going to reverse that, so he has nothing to lose by gaining a foothold into Ukraine as well. They want to be able to market themselves as peacemakers around the world. They are ten steps ahead of the Americans and twenty ahead of the Russians.
Agreed. I suspect a key thing is the fact the US' foreign policy might turn on a dime with the next election. So China would be a more reliable partner for Ukraine to conclude the war, even. Not that I think that dependency on an authoriarian communist regime is a smart long term move.
Yep. It is not just to conclude the war but also for the reconstruction. Ukraine will play China and the U.S. off against each other to get the best reconstruction deals. The U.S. will end out asking itself if it funded this war just so that China could get get a foothold there. Mind you, I am not saying that there are not other reasons why Putin's arse should be contained. Just sayin that I have lived long enough to know how the American cow gets milked but in the end we always get blamed too. Right now, the Ukrainians tell us how much they love us. But if they lose, you know whose fault it is because we did not provide F-14's or 16's or whatever. Although Ukraine does need to watch its arse and not get too smart and uppity with that game. You dont become a NATO member by sticking it to the Americans or the west and you will not exist without the west. Putin could/will very likely wait for China to attack Taiwan (100% predictable if Biden is elected) and then he will try again for Ukraine while the Americans are diverted. There are a lot of snakes out there. Erdogan the snaky-est of them all.
That's since December apparently (gotta love Twitter's "multiple tweets to form a coherent post" feature). BTW, a decent resource (for the entire area of operations) since early in the war: https://lookerstudio.google.com/rep...-de8eb98c8f3a/page/p_wdrgjv1iyc?s=pwUHrXFQV0k
The Americans and the Ukrainians are messing with the Russians mind on Bakhmut. The Ukrainians are getting ready to launch a counteroffensive further south, and don't want Russia to think that it can free troops up to send there. It is true that it is a stalemate there in Bakhmut as far as ground gained/loss but the Ukrainians still believe that the Russians/Wagner are paying a high cost there and that there are Russians troops in Bakhmut that are more easily killed than elsewhere. So Putin not only has the Americans and Ukrainians messing his mind over Bakhmut but Prigo is messing with Putin BIGTIME by saying he is going to pull out if he does not get some ammo. (yes, Ukraine is taking a major beating too). So Putin is in a bind. He can stay bogged down in Bakhmut and maybe grind along some more while watching his troops get slaughtered in the new offensive. Or he can send more troops and ammo to support the new offensive and watch his troops get slaughtered in Bakhmut. He is spread too thin and is totally dependent on Prigo not being a prick when he is totally dependent on him. Never get caught being dependent on a snake. The Russians could send more troops and finish off taking Bakhmut. But the price they would pay is that the Ukrainians would launch an offensive all the way over to the land bridge to Crimea- which they are going to attempt anyway. The Russians were hoping to have their Bakhmut down there though to help defend.
So what? How being jew prevents you being a nazi? It's like to say being on financial board guarantees you're not an idiot Of course Zelenski is nazi and you're an idiot