I did not mention who the ex President was so as not to cause jubiliation in certain quarters. Should our Ukrainian "friends" be burning US Presidents in effigy ..read more

Lots of people in Tbilisi, Georgia are upset about this new bill that the government is trying to pass. The bill would make media companies and non-profits register as being under "foreign influence" if they get more than 20% of their money from outside the country. People are calling it the "Russian law" because it's similar to what Russia does to control the media. The protesters are not happy at all and have been out in the streets for days. The police have been using tear gas, water... Read more ..read more

The Russian Federation that is. For a while after mid to late '22 the Bear had lost some of its hunting skills, following some brutal fights in its favourite hunting grounds in the wilds of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson. This had placed the Bear in a most critical and perilous situation. So much so that, sensing the Bear in peril, its enemies from far and wide homed in for the kill. Leading the charge were the Three Baltic Midgets. When it comes to sheer testosterone and... Read more ..read more

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How long will the money appropriated by the US for the Ukrainians for the war effort last? Till The end of the year? A month? Will the EU create more funding now ..read more

What will happen next in Ukraine? Is there going to be a Ukrainian Summer offensive? Are offensives completely over for Ukraine? What will be the Russian summer offensive. Here a Danish and a Canadian analyst discuss the topic ..read more

At least 20,000 people gathered in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday evening to protest the controversial "agent law". The bill, which faced protests even when it was given the green light in a first parliamentary round in mid-April, aims to be able to label organizations as "foreign agents" if they receive more than 20 percent of their funding from other countries. A similar law in Russia is used to punish government critics and silence independent media..The law would also, as a... Read more ..read more

So I've been seeing a few of these threads on twitter and found them pretty insightful, regarding Russian storage and reserves of armored fighting vehicles (AFVs). I thought its own thread would be nice rather than just posting the links in related threads. The user Jonpy99 on twitter has done a great job cataloguing Russian storage of AFVs and how those numbers have changed as the Russians have mobilized and refurbished vehicles for use in the war using pre-war records and satellite... Read more ..read more

I believe US intelligence about as much as I do Putin (neither) -but here you go U.S. intelligence believes Putin probably didn't order Navalny to be killed - WSJ LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn't order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Navalny, 47 when he died, was Putin's fiercest... www.yahoo.com U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn't order opposition polit ..read more

i would like for the warhawks to describe how more weapons shortens/turn the war to a Ukraine victory? Frontline Ukrainians Fear New Aid From U.S. Will Be a Disaster Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty ImagesKHARKIV, Ukraine—After months of infighting on Capitol Hill, President Joe Biden has finally been able to sign off on a huge new $61 billion military aid bill for Ukraine. Delays to the bill, which got bogged down in the Republican-controlled House of... www.yahoo.com After its passage last week, some members of the House waved Ukrainian flags while others cheered in celebration that Ukra ..read more