Bkk Brian

a former U.S. intelligence official

Actually the big lesson is for the poster I addressed it to.

it's a hop step and jump to MAD. Russia the boy who cried wolf or rather in your case @thaibeachlovers who keeps crying MAD Russia’s retreat from Crimea makes a mockery of the West’s escalation fears This week marked another milestone in the Battle of the Black Sea as the Russian Navy reportedly withdrew its last remaining patrol ship from occupied Crimea. The news was announced by Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk, who signaled the historic nature of the Russian retreat with the words: “Remember this day.” The withdrawal of Russian warships from Crimea is the latest indication that against all odds, Ukraine is actually winning the war at sea. When Russia first began the blockade of Ukraine’s ports on the eve of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, few believed the ramshackle Ukrainian Navy could seriously challenge the dominance of the mighty Russian Black Sea Fleet. Once hostilities were underway, however, it soon became apparent that Ukraine had no intention of conceding control of the Black Sea to Putin without a fight. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-retreat-from-crimea-makes-a-mockery-of-the-wests-escalation-fears/

No I mean all the hostages, over 100 hundred of them. The reason there is still a war on.

How about releasing the innocent hostages being held by the terrorists? How many Thai hostages still bringing held?

How it started | How its going

The same tired rhetoric you've been posting for over 2 years with predictions then that the topic would not last longer than a couple of weeks, will you be here in 10 years time posting the same? Feel free to quote me on that. In the meantime it obvious you didn't read the article as its quoting Russian officials and media.

Actually I watched that a couple of hours ago, they interviewed a few of the drivers including of course Lewis and they all agreed Ralf did the right thing to announce it and show that the whole FI supports him and any others there may be.

Oh my my my, how impending defeat The same tired rhetoric you've been posting for over 2 years with predictions then that the topic would not last longer than a couple of weeks, will you be here in 10 years time posting the same? Putin Preparing Russians for 10 Years of Ukraine War: ISW The ISW said Medvedev's suggestion that Russia will be able to "destroy Ukraine" by 2034 is "a promise to the Russian public that Russia will be able to win the war and achieve its objective to destroy Ukrainian statehood within a decade." This narrative "sets careful information conditions and societal expectations for a war that will last another decade, but one that will end with Russia's desired 'victory,'" the think tank said. It also undermines recent attempts by Kremlin officials to convey that Russia is open to holding peace talks with Ukraine to bring an end to the war, and "emphasizes that the Kremlin's only desired end-state for the war is the complete destruction of the Ukrainian state and people." https://www.newsweek.com/putin-medvedev-ukraine-war-2034-isw-1926848

Yet you care enough to fall over laughing and post about it...........

One of the newly released images by families of the hostages. https://aseannow.com/topic/1333381-families-of-idf-female-hostages-release-new-distressing-photos-from-early-captivity/#comment-19077677

CNN reporting from Gaza in the town where the hostages were rescued, interesting article. "Neighbors told CNN it was no secret that the family had links to Hamas. “We were worried about the Aljamal house. They are with Hamas,” said a neighbor and family acquaintance." “Had we known, had he told us, we would have taken safety precautions, hide or move to somewhere else,” one neighbor, Abu Muhammad El Tahrawi, said. In fact the day before the raid, Aljamal had published an article in the US based Palestine Chronicle where he was a regular contributor apart from his Hamas duties including keeping hostages and we know he also published in Al Jazeera once. ‘He was a pious man’: The Gaza neighborhood shocked to find Israeli hostages in their midst Neighbors told CNN it was no secret that the family had links to Hamas. “We were worried about the Aljamal house. They are with Hamas,” said a neighbor and family acquaintance. Abdallah had served as a spokesman for Gaza’s Ministry of Labor as recently as 2022, a position entrusted only to Hamas members, according to political analysts. He also showed his support for the group on social media. On Facebook, he posted pictures of his young son dressed in the fatigues of Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, and on October 7 openly praised the group’s attack on Israel. In a 2022 video post, Abdallah commended the Hamas operation to kidnap Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was held in Gaza between 2006 and 2011, and proclaimed: “Brothers, all of us are prepared to die for the resistance.” https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/19/middleeast/gaza-neighborhood-israeli-hostages-intl-cmd/index.html

As Nikki Haley said at the RNC convention a couple of days ago. She lauded Trump's foreign policy while serving as U.S. ambassador to the UN, paying particular attention to the Middle East "Every problem in that part of the world can be laid at Iran. The dictators who chant 'death to America' are the weapons suppliers to Hamas and Hezbollah," she said. "They're behind the barbaric massacres and the hostage taking." "Between Israel and Hamas, Donald Trump is clear who is our friend and who is our enemy," said Haley. https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-07-17/ty-article/.premium/citing-israel-and-iran-nikki-haley-urges-republicans-to-unite-behind-trump/00000190-be6b-d2f8-abdb-be6fba2b0000 https://archive.ph/yjl4I

ooops "One of Russia's biggest mobile howitzer and artillery system manufacturers went up in flames early on Thursday morning." What a shame, guess Putin will need to tap up North Korea for some more ammo to keep his war mongering needs satisfied. As we know they are already reportedly going to use some of the NK soldiers. N. Korean Soldiers Depart for Russia Amid Ukraine War: Report North Korean soldiers have reportedly departed for Russia following reports that the Asian nation will deploy troops in Ukraine to aid Moscow’s forces. An elite military training delegation led by the head of a prestigious military academy in Pyongyang left earlier this week for a “visit” to Russia, according to a report by Reuters. The purpose of the visit has not been disclosed. https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/07/10/north-korean-soldiers-russia/

The most important part of the report for me. Get those hostages released!!! "Turkey, Iran, Qatar and other countries that have relations with Hamas, its armed wing, and the other armed groups involved in the assault should seek the immediate release of the remaining civilian hostages. Countries providing arms to the Palestinian armed groups who participated in the assault, including Iran, should suspend arms transfers so long as these groups continue to commit violations of the laws of war that go unpunished." To Palestinian Authorities Publicly call on all groups holding civilian hostages in Gaza to release them; Hamas, the Qassam Brigades and Other Palestinian Armed Groups Participating in the October 7 Assault Publish a complete list of all the people being held hostage and bodies they are withholding; Immediately release all civilians held hostage; So long as they hold hostages, ensure that all hostages are treated humanely; held in humane conditions, with access to adequate medical care, food, and shelter; and are allowed to communicate privately with their families and receive visits from an impartial humanitarian agency; Ensure that any hostages who are particularly at risk, including older people, any survivors of sexual violence, and those injured or otherwise requiring medical treatment, are immediately given access to adequate and appropriate treatment and services, and are prioritized for release to facilitate their access to medical and psychosocial support services and mental health care; Immediately cease unlawful attacks, including indiscriminate attacks and targeted attacks against civilians, including the launching of unguided rockets and projectiles toward Israeli population centers;

There are reports of rape stop the vile trolling

"Hamas and other groups committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity against civilians during their attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Human Rights Watch said in a 236-page report issued on Wednesday. It said that at least four armed groups took part in the assault, led by Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades. “The armed groups committed numerous violations of the laws of war that amount to war crimes, including attacks targeting civilians and civilian objects; willful killing of people in custody; cruel and other inhumane treatment; crimes involving sexual and gender-based violence; hostage-taking; mutilation and despoiling bodies; use of human shields; and pillage and looting,” the report said. It also called for the “urgent release of civilian hostages, an ongoing war crime.” Apart from the Gazan civilians who also took part this is the armed terrorist groups that committed all the atrocities

Keep it up guys.... Ukraine Launches Major Sea and Air Drone Attack on Crimea: Moscow Kyiv has carried out many successful attacks against the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014, often targeting air defense batteries. Strikes on Russia's Black Sea Fleet have forced it further east from its hub in the city of Sevastopol. This barrage continued overnight Wednesday, according to the Moscow-installed head of the city, with Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev saying Sevastopol had come under attack by a naval drone. Residents in the city posted on social media how they could hear loud explosions. "The loud sounds that were heard in the city were our military repelling an attempted attack by a surface drone," Razvozhayev wrote on Telegram. https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-crimea-drones-strikes-attack-1926836

Nothing to do with the Kings Speech

From the UK Kings speech yesterday. My Government will continue to give its full support to Ukraine and its people and it will endeavour to play a leading role in providing Ukraine with a clear path to NATO membership. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6697f5c10808eaf43b50d18e/The_King_s_Speech_2024_background_briefing_notes.pdf

On the terrorist front there is still a long way to go but getting there............ Hamas is weakened, but there’s no room for complacency Senior officers in the IDF are sounding increasingly upbeat about the progress of the war — and the process of dismantling Hamas’s military capabilities. The army doesn’t claim to have found, much less destroyed, all of Hamas’s tunnels. In the Rafah area, for instance, it envisages long work ahead to disable the underground infrastructure to the point where it could not be resurrected — partly because the routes through which Hamas smuggled in arms from Egypt extend deep into the densely populated city, where blowing up sections of tunnels is fraught with complexity. But gradually and inexorably, the tunnel threat is being reduced, especially as the IDF advances its kilometer-wide buffer zone inside Gaza all along the border with Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-is-weakened-but-theres-no-room-for-complacency/ https://x.com/Ostrov_A/status/1813369972573474848

There's also another topic on this but this has a separate analysis also. "Russia has classified parts of its mortality data, days after an investigation revealed the scale of the nation's war dead—according to a Russian demographer. Alexey Raksha, a demographer who previously worked at the Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) statistics agency, found on Tuesday that Rosstat deleted two columns of data containing details on the number of deaths and mortality from external causes. On June 27, the original data was used by independent outlet Important Stories, which estimated that at least 71,000 Russian troops had died since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022." Russia Classifies Mortality Data after Ukraine War Losses Revealed Independent Russian news outlets Mediazona and Meduza also published a joint investigation on troop deaths in the war on July 5, which used data from the country's National Probate Registry. The outlets found that by the end of June, approximately 120,000 Russian troops had died since the conflict began, "but the real number could be as high as 140,000." https://www.newsweek.com/russia-classifies-mortality-data-ukraine-war-losses-1926188

and, nothing at all to do with your claim on the Kyiv post. Off topic nonsense

No, this was false why did yourself a further hole

Thought so, a totally unsubstantiated claim.