Yeah, for sure. Almost 50 years of living in the US, serving in US Army military intelligence and so on hasn't changed me at all. I note that you're still incapable of understanding a single thing I said - every one of which shows your opinion to be totally worthless - so I'll just leave you talking to yourself. Have a nice day.
Yeah, that's why Russians for so long now have been macho strutting around so cocksure of themselves, invincible in their minds eye, but finally when rubber hits the road, they're off running helter skelter with their tails stuck between their legs in all directions outward. But Ruskies got one thing right, they believe "USA is their enemy and out to get them." Yup, Yanks hopefully will draw out this war and send Russia once and for all to the poor house. Russia wanted a fight, and now they'll get their wish. In the meantime, the 'shithole evil West' is where all the young Russians want to flee to, to get the fuck away from their mighty leader Putin.
Iran ‘regrets’ Ukrainian decision to reduce its diplomatic presence in Kyiv Kyiv reprimands Tehran for allegedly providing arms and drones to Russian military; Iran: Accusations are ‘baseless’ propaganda driven by foreign media By AFP 24 Sep 2022 https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-...on-to-reduce-its-diplomatic-presence-in-kyiv/ Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani holds a press conference in Tehran on July 13, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP) TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran said on Saturday it regretted a decision by Ukraine to reduce its diplomatic presence in Kyiv over alleged arms deliveries to arch-foe Russia. “Iran expresses its regrets over the decision of the Ukrainian government concerning diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a statement. “This decision is driven by baseless information provided by foreign media propaganda” against Tehran, he added. On Friday, Kyiv said one civilian was killed during a Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa and that an Iranian-designed Shahed-136 unmanned vehicle was shot down by Ukrainian forces during the attack. Ukraine’s army also said Friday it had shot down an Iranian-made Mohajer-6 drone in a second area. Ukraine’s foreign ministry said Iran’s charge d’affaires had been summoned and told the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia was “an unfriendly act that deals a serious blow” to bilateral ties. A screenshot of an Iranian Shahed-129 combat drone. (YouTube/Future Technology of Military) Ukraine “decided to deprive the ambassador of Iran in Ukraine of accreditation, as well as to significantly reduce the number of diplomatic personnel of the Iranian embassy in Kyiv.” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman insisted his country followed a “clear policy of active neutrality.” He said that Iran will respond in “an appropriate manner” to the Ukrainian government’s move. Earlier this month, the United States slapped sanctions on Tehran-based firm Safiran Airport Services, accusing it of helping deliver Iranian drones to Russia for use in Ukraine.
Unfortunately it's difficult to fix stupid. Iran imports from Ukraine substantial quantities of vegetable fats & oils and cereal grains. But Iran decided it was clever to supply Russia with military drones to attack Ukraine. Doh!
Belarus opposition says fate of country, Ukraine intertwined By EDITH M. LEDERER yesterday https://apnews.com/article/united-n...ko-lithuania-0874741f68d399c77295ec48195c5057 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The fate of Belarus and Ukraine are “interconnected,” and both countries must fight together to safeguard their very existence because Russia doesn’t view them as independent sovereign states, Belarus’ opposition leader said Friday. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled to Lithuania after Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in disputed August 2020 elections that many thought she won, said in an interview with The Associated Press that “there will be no free Belarus without free Ukraine.” As long as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in power, she said on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, there will be constant security threats to Ukraine — and to Belarus’ western border. Tsikhanouskaya said neither country wants to be part of another Russian empire. “So Belarus is part of this problem and this problem, this crisis, has to be solved in this context,” said. Lukashenko had to support Russia after its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, she said, because Putin supported him after the 2020 contentious elections that sparked mass anti-government protests against the official election results that gave him a sixth term with 80% of the vote. Many Belarusians and international observers denounced the results as a sham. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has used Belarus as a staging ground to send troops into its smaller neighbor, and Moscow and Minsk have maintained close military ties. Lukashenko, who has been president since 1994, said last month that Belarus’ warplanes have been modified to carry nuclear weapons in line with its agreement with Russia. And he warned the United States and its allies against carrying out a “provocation” against Belarus, saying “targets have been selected” for retaliation. Tsikhanouskaya said the war in Ukraine was “extremely unexpected” and some Belarusians are especially opposed to the war “against Ukrainians, our brothers and sisters.” More than two years since fleeing to Lithuania, Tsikhanouskaya said the opposition has notched “a lot of achievements” — first and foremost that “people are not giving up” despite the Lukashenko regime’s “terror and repression” and its imprisonment of more than a thousand political prisoners, including her own husband. The opposition has “managed to build a coalition of democratic countries who are fighting alongside with us, fighting this regime, creating multiple points of pressure,” she said. There are now six packages of sanctions, pushed for by the opposition, against the Lukashenko regime. The sanctions have put stress and pressure on the president, making him focus solely on remaining in power instead of what’s best for the country, she said. But Tsikhanouskaya said Lukashenko and his followers are adept at circumventing sanctions, using third parties. One way to prevent this is having the European Union follow the United States and impose secondary sanctions, she said. She urged the international community to both keep up pressure against Lukashenko — suggesting new sanctions on Belarus’ exports of wood, potash and steel — and help Belarusian civil society, including human rights defenders, “people of culture, politicians who are fighting with this regime so as to have the energy to continue.” Thousands of people have been imprisoned since Feb. 24 for opposing the war in Ukraine, she said, praising saboteurs who disrupted rail traffic heading from Russia to Ukraine through Belarus and who sent information about shipments to the Ukrainian military, an act that risked the death penalty. “People are scared, of course,” Tsikhanouskaya said. “We live like in a gulag actually in Belarus, but people have this energy to continue.” The opposition has organized something like a government in exile, Tsikhanouskaya said. Thanks to technology, she said she can communicate with people in Belarus, and now they are staying “in safe mode,” ready for a “new wave of revolution when the moment comes.” She predicted that there will be a “window of opportunity” for the Belarus people, likely connected with victory in Ukraine, but nobody knows how long it will take. “Our task is not to be exhausted when the time comes, to have this energy, to continue to have this mobilization plan, transitional plan,” Tsikhanouskaya said, “and we hope it will not take too long because time is very important for Ukrainians, time is very important for our political prisoners, and time is important actually for the world,” she said. Tsikhanouskaya stepped in to lead the opposition after her husband, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, was arrested two days after he declared his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election. The popular video blogger and activist known for his anti-Lukashenko slogan “Stop the cockroach” was sentenced last December to 18 years in prison on charges widely seen as politically motivated. She said her husband has been in a tiny punishment cell for more than a month, adding that conditions for political prisoners are far worse than for ordinary criminals. She fears for him and for thousands of other political prisoners as winter approaches as the temperature inside their cells is no warmer than the outdoors. Tsikhanouskaya said she came to the annual meeting of world leaders to give voice to the people “who are fighting the dictatorship” and to urge that Lukashenko be held accountable for his crimes. She said she really understands the importance of focusing on Ukraine, “but we don’t have to forget the role of Belarus in this regional crisis, and we don’t have to forget about the people in Belarus who are also fighting and are also suffering because of the war and because of the dictator ruling our country.”
Well, lookie who Putin just put in as the replacement for the logistics general/defense deputy he just fired. Another idiot move by Putin. Putin admires this guy for his scorched earth abilities in Syria and Mariupol. If you need hundreds of streets with civilian apartments and houses flattened he is your man. Lots of experience on his resume too. This guy has a lot of blood on his hands. Lots. Unfortunately, logistics and supply involve wall-to-wall complexities that cannot be accomplished through brute force alone. Anyway, Putin's war, not mine. If this is how he wants to re-arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic, go for it. I imagine that at some point Shoigu will be moved aside and this butcher clown will be moved up. Vlad loves the brute force stuff. The same guys that told him that Kiev would fall in three days. Not a lot of MENSA material in Putin's inner circle. Changes in Russias Ministry of Defense: "Mariupol butcher" Mizintsev becomes deputy minister https://news.yahoo.com/changes-russias-ministry-defene-mariupol-102515452.html
Uh, okay, then. It was an article in Reuters. They're among the largest news aggregators on the planet, so... maybe tell them to grow up. It's their claim. Here is their contact page to file your complaint: https://www.reutersagency.com/en/contact-us/
Indonesia Posts English World Zelensky bodyguards seen wearing Nazi ruthless troop emblems World Markham World 11 days ago 150 Zelensky bodyguards seen wearing Nazi ruthless troop emblems loading… The Nazi insignia appears on the back of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s bodyguard. Photo/Office of the President of Ukraine KIEV – One of the armed guards of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen wearing a coat of arms or insignia resembling the symbols of Nazi German units used during World War II. The image shared by the Ukrainian leader’s office was made during his visit to the recently recaptured city of Izyum on Wednesday (14/9/2022). A controversial skull-and-bones image is shown on the back of a heavily armed Ukrainian policeman, who appears to have been part of Zelensky’s security forces during the trip. This can be seen in one of the photos released by the presidential office on social media. Read also: Iran is trying hard to join the leading bloc of Russia and China The symbol is the emblem of the unit SS-Totenkopfverbande, part of the Nazi Schutzstaffel paramilitary in charge of security in the death camps. The emblem was also adopted by the elite Panzer Division “Totenkopf” of the Waffen-SS, which was formed from death camp guards and fought on the Eastern front and committed many war crimes. In modern times, the emblem has been adopted by various right-wing and nationalist groups in Ukraine, drawing inspiration from Ukrainian nationalist forces who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II and fought against the Soviet Union. Also read: Borrell Compares Anti-Russian Sanctions to Diet Organizations that monitor the activities of extremists consider it a symbol of hatred. The article is in Indonesian Tags: Zelensky bodyguards wearing Nazi ruthless troop emblems
Reuters didn't post it here in support of a given agenda. You did. And since the term "aggregator" means it didn't originate with them, you are responsible for recycling ancient crap from some random source. So yeah, an exceptionally poor attempt at dodging.