RogerdeLluria
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"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (3 Viewers)
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swampyankee
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Nor do the Hungarian ones. Economically, most grain farmers outside Ukraine have benefited from the war, as grain prices rise when Ukrainian grain can't be shipped.A big one is Ukraine's different rail gauge than those in the EU, meaning the trains must offload at the Polish, Romanian, Slovakian or Hungarian borders.
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Another issue is Polish farmers do not like Ukrainian grain transiting through Poland as it collapses their pricing.
Polish farmers threaten to ‘ruin’ Zelenskiy visit amid grain dispute
Grain producers say they are being undercut by tariff-free imports from Ukrainewww.theguardian.com
Thumpalumpacus
Major
ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa on Sunday, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week. At least one person was killed and 22 others wounded in the early morning attack, officials said.
Four children were among those wounded in the blasts, which severely damaged 25 landmarks across the city, including the historic Transfiguration Cathedral.
Russia has been launching repeated attacks on Odesa, a key hub for exporting grain, since Moscow canceled a landmark grain deal on Monday amid Kyiv's grinding efforts to retake its occupied territories.
After the fires were put out at the Orthodox cathedral, volunteers donned hard hats, shovels and brooms to begin removing rubble and try to salvage any artifacts — under the watchful gaze of the saints whose paintings remained intact. Local officials said the icon of the patroness of the city was retrieved from under the rubble.
apnews.com
Attacking a church during services ...
Four children were among those wounded in the blasts, which severely damaged 25 landmarks across the city, including the historic Transfiguration Cathedral.
Russia has been launching repeated attacks on Odesa, a key hub for exporting grain, since Moscow canceled a landmark grain deal on Monday amid Kyiv's grinding efforts to retake its occupied territories.
After the fires were put out at the Orthodox cathedral, volunteers donned hard hats, shovels and brooms to begin removing rubble and try to salvage any artifacts — under the watchful gaze of the saints whose paintings remained intact. Local officials said the icon of the patroness of the city was retrieved from under the rubble.
Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa badly damages landmark Orthodox cathedral; 1 dead, many wounded
Ukrainian officials say Russia again struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa, keeping up a barrage that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine.
apnews.com
Attacking a church during services ...
Admiral Beez
Major
If your goal is to kill and terrorize Ukraine's citizens attacking a crowded church makes perfect sense. Think of all the mosques and temples that get bombed by one side fighting another in Africa and Asia. You fish where the fish are.
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Thumpalumpacus
Major
That's not going to terrorize anyone, I don't think; it will enrage them.
Admiral Beez
Major
Sometimes it works. Like the bombing of the US barracks in Beirut that led to a wholesale retreat of US forces from Lebanon.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Attacking civilian targets in Ukraine, however, steeles their resolve.
All Russia is doing, is making Ukrainians more determined than ever to defeat the invaders. Especially when children are involved.
Look how the people immediately went back into the church to clean it up. This is not a people even close to being demoralized.
All Russia is doing, is making Ukrainians more determined than ever to defeat the invaders. Especially when children are involved.
Look how the people immediately went back into the church to clean it up. This is not a people even close to being demoralized.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
That's a very different set of circumstances. America could withdraw, Ukraine can't; and attacking a civilian place of worship while in use has a barbarism far beyond attacking enemy combatants in their quarters.
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Ukrainian offensive was delayed by lack of munitions, Zelenskyy says
The Ukrainian president acknowledged that the delay allowed Russia to strengthen its defenses.
www.politico.com
Putin’s War Is Slowly Destroying Europe’s Breadbasket
Ukraine has kept producing and exporting grain despite the Russian invasion. How much longer can that go on?
www.politico.com
Admiral Beez
Major
Well yes, that's why Russia believes it could be effective. Make Ukraine's citizens fell unsafe wherever they are, at church, shopping malls, restaurants or in their beds. The London Blitz and the Bomber Command/USAAF bombing of Germany cities failed to crack the will of the targeted people, but Putin's giving it a go nonetheless.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Glad you brought up the history of terror bombing. I don't think it's worked in the past, and I don't think it will here, m'self.
Admiral Beez
Major
So then we must ponder what's Putin doing it for? Putting aside that he's a psychopathic autocrat acting without a strategically-based reason, perhaps he's trying to put domestic and international pressure onto Zelenskyy to commit his reserves and commence the big counteroffensive punch earlier than otherwise planned.
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Russian troops use false aircraft to misdirect the Ukrainians
The Russian Armed Forces are trying to confuse Ukrainian intelligence by creating false aircraft at their airfields in occupied Crimea. Satellite imagery viewed by open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst Brady Africk shows that the Russian military drew on visual deception to deceive Ukrainian...
Admiral Beez
Major
Patton was right. And the plan was ready.
Operation Unthinkable - Wikipedia
If only the Weimar Republic had lasted a little longer until the global economy began improving in the mid 1930s and populism's appeal had waned. By 1940, Europe might have been united in putting down Stalin and the USSR.
EU Foreign Ministers Discuss €20 Billion Ukraine Military Aid Proposal
The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell pitched a €20 billion military aid deal for Ukraine to European Union foreign ministers. Some welcomed the idea but...
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