David Cameron visited K-stan this week to continue to open trade and security relations with K-stan. You know that Vlad is not happy with that. They lean more toward the west every month. Kazakhstan is one of Putin's biggest pains in the arse. As you will recall, after the 3-day war failed, he immediately turned to his two closest allies: Belarus and K-stan for troops and support. K-stan said no. They would not send troops and that although they were not "anti-russian" they were open to relations with relations with the West and direct trade with China, not as a puppet of Moscow. wuh, wuh, wuh??? They have also complied with the west's sanctions on China. Vlad has a problem there. The sale of those junk planes may seem insignificant but it happens at a time when Cameron and some American diplomats have visited to work with the country to move its military planes and other equipment over to western sources over time. Xi is visiting the EU for the first time in five years. He is trying to keep his economy peppy (actually not so peppy) through all this. Not easy. He is beginning to worry about Trump too.
Ukraine Army Chief Admits 'Tactical' Retreat Underway The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has just issued a new dire assessment confirming widespread international reports that Ukraine forces are getting beaten back from the frontlines. He has confirmed that his outnumbered troops have fallen back to new positions on the eastern front, west of the villages of Berdychi and Semenivka, outside of Avdiivka - and near Novomykhailivka. Gen. Syrskyi has essentially admitted for the first time that a 'tactical' retreat is underway. "The situation at the front has worsened," Syrskii wrote on Telegram, ironically coming just days after President Biden signed into effect a $61 billion defense aid package for Ukraine. The Pentagon has vowed to ship new weapons as fast as possible, while some Ukrainian officials have been warning that it is too little, too late. General Syrskyi and President Zelensky earlier in the war. "In general, the enemy achieved certain tactical successes in these areas, but could not gain operational advantages," Syrskii said, noting too that Russia has been able to pour additional manpower into the east with ease. "The enemy has engaged up to four brigades in these directions, and is trying to develop an offensive west of Avdeevka and Maryinka," the top Ukrainian commander said. The statement also comes following Russia's defense ministry announcing that its forces had captured the village of Novobakhmutivka on Sunday. The BBC has also verified that a collapse of Ukraine's defenses is underway in certain sectors of Donetsk: He confirmed Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from some of their positions in an area of Donetsk that had formed part of a defensive line, established after Russia captured Avdiivka in February. Much of the fighting has been taking place around Chasiv Yar, a Kyiv-controlled stronghold which Russia has been trying to reach after seizing Avdiivka. New defensive lines had been taken up further to the west in some areas, with Gen Syrskyi conceding the loss of territory to the advancing Russians. Moscow had secured "tactical successes in some sectors," he said. Syrskyi described that he has rotated in rested Ukrainian brigades to replace units that suffered losses in the recent assault. But he also took note of a fresh Russian troop build-up near Kharkiv in the north.
As the Russian man describes it, - ,, Endless convoys of AV's moving through Netherlands towards Poland for the second day '' Timestamped
Dutch troops are "on the road again, going to places they have never been...the life I love is making music with my friends....on the road again" as Willie Nelson would say. First time in my life I have seen three European countries get together and actually reduce regulations to make something happen. Agreement on “military Schengen” easing troop movement signed by Poland, Germany and Netherlands “We need a military Schengen to move military personnel and materiel more quickly and efficiently,” tweeted Dutch defence minister Kajsa Ollongren. “We are taking military mobility to a new level on the road to a true military Schengen,” declared Germany’s parliamentary state secretary for defence, Siemtje Möller, quoted by Polskie Radio. https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/01...ent-signed-by-poland-germany-and-netherlands/
Once again this video is from over a year ago. Yet the Russian propagandists show up recycling the same thing over and over while pretending it is current.
Running out of men to press gang in Ukraine itself, they are now getting the Polish to press gang Ukrainian men who have taken refuge in Poland to force them back into the meat grinder:
Funny thing is going to happen Ukraine really wants to extradite those people back by starting millions of criminal cases and then taking those people back by interpol or whatever lawyers already give consultations for those ukrainians and the main advice is to get political asylum that will be obtained by criticising ukrainian government it's gonna be non stop dirty waterfall from millions ukrainians who were extreme patriots starting probably in the next few days