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When it rains, it pours. And it looks like Ukraine is having a monsoon moment: Now comes word that the Russians have fled Izium, which is a very major city in Kharkiv and the staging post for Russian aggression in Donbas Russian Forces Flee as Ukraine Makes Rapid Eastern Push Thousands of Russian troops retreated in the face of a lightning Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkiv region that threatens to derail the Kremlin’s bid to cement control of Ukraine’s east. A local Moscow-backed official and pro-Russian military bloggers said Saturday that Moscow’s forces had pulled out of Izyum, a staging post for the campaign in Donbas, to avoid being encircled.... Daniil Bezsonov, first deputy minister of information for the Moscow-backed Donetsk People’s Republic in Donbas, said the Russian military had abandoned Izyum and some other localities in Kharkiv. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-10/russian-forces-flee-as-ukrainian-army-makes-swift-eastern-push

That's already old news. The subsequent capture of Kupiansk has huge strategic significance. And the eyewitness reports of Russian troops fleeing en masse is significant as well

This is some very good news. Well, if you don't support the Russians Ukraine recaptures Kupiansk potentially trapping thousands of Russian troops The town is where rail lines linking Russia to eastern Ukraine converge meaning soldiers could be cut off from supplies to Ukraine’s benefit Ukraine's flag has been raised above Kupiansk in the northeast of the country, six months after Russian forces captured the strategically located town... Eyewitnesses have said Russian soldiers were fleeing Ukrainian troops in what has become a rout. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/10/ukraine-recaptures-kupiansk-potentially-trapping-thousands-russian/

So the western campaign went according to plan? The Russians never meant to take Kiev? Is the capture of Kupiansk your idea of something insignificant? Ukraine recaptures Kupiansk potentially trapping thousands of Russian troops The town is where rail lines linking Russia to eastern Ukraine converge meaning soldiers could be cut off from supplies to Ukraine’s benefit Ukrainian troops have captured Kupiansk, the main railway city that has supplied Russian forces in northeastern Ukraine, as a collapse in Russia’s frontline threatened to turn into a rout. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/10/ukraine-recaptures-kupiansk-potentially-trapping-thousands-russian/

Like the "neutral sources" that claimed the Russian campaign against Kiev wasn't really a campaign against Kiev and went according to plan?

"Ukraine suffered huge losses and hasn't gained any significant territory, if any at all." Really? Kharkiv offensive: Ukraine enters key town as counter-attack gathers pace Ukrainian forces have entered the key eastern town of Kupiansk, as their rapid counter-attack makes further gains, officials say. Kupiansk is a vital supply hub for Russian forces in eastern Ukraine and fell a week after February's invasion. Ukrainian special forces posted photos to social media which they said showed their officers in the town. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62860774 It looks like Ukraine suckered Russia into believing that their main effort was going to be Kherson. This eastern attack is actually far more perilous for the russians since it can cut their supply liines much further back.

I did a little searching on it. 'But two things happened, after which a member of the Ukrainian delegation, Mykhailo Podoliak, had to openly admit that it was "not the time" for the meeting of the presidents. The first thing was the revelation of the atrocities, rapes, murders, massacres, looting, indiscriminate bombings and hundreds and thousands of other war crimes committed by Russian troops in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories… The second "obstacle" to agreements with the Russians arrived in Kyiv on 9 April."' https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/05/5/7344206/ The second obstacle was Boris Johnson. But, according to the reporting, Johnson didn't order Zelensky to continue or make threats. How could the west actually stop Ukraine from agreeing to halt hostilities? Johnson just pointed out that the West no longer believed that Russia was nearly as strong as was originally feared. That Russia could be beaten. I think events have borne out the truth of that judgement. ANd please I am not interested in youtube channels. It's been my experience that those who make a habit of recommending videos instead of the written word do so because videos are a lot harder to fact check.

Well, traditionally Russia west of the Urals has been considered part of Europe. And that's where most of the population resides and most industry is to be found.. European Russia (Russian: Европейская Россия, европейская часть России) is the western and most populated part of Russia. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, which is situated in Asia, encompassing the entire northern region of the continent. The Ural Mountains divides Russia into two parts, bisecting the Eurasian supercontinent. European Russia covers the vast majority of Eastern Europe, and spans roughly 40% of Europe's total landmass, with over 15% of its total population, making Russia the largest and most populous country in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia Not that any of this excuses Russia for the atrocities it is continuing to commit in Ukraine.

Can you share with us a link to what this proposed deal entailed? Did it include Russian withdrawal from the internationaly recognized territory belonging to Ukraine? As for the Ukrainians losing the war...have you been followiing the news lately? Not even the extremely pro-Russian military bloggers believe that. Quite the contrary actually.

And when they question the government's version of events, do Americans get sentenced to 15 years on prison? Do anti-government reporters in the USA regularly get murdered?

Actually, i don't take much of an interest in fiction.

Russia rules out peace deal to end Ukraine war Moscow sees no possibility of a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine and expects a long conflict, a senior Russian diplomat has warned, as President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion reaches the six-month mark this week. Gennady Gatilov, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, told the Financial Times that the UN should be playing a bigger role in attempts to end the conflict and accused the US and other Nato countries of pressing Ukraine to walk away from negotiations. There would be no direct talks between Putin and Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he said. “Now, I do not see any possibility for diplomatic contacts,” Gatilov said. “ https://www.ft.com/content/c9381570-5e3c-4e89-a5a0-7a98bbd880f6

So who would you have supply the weapons if not companies that currently build them? The USA doesn't own a lot of federally owned industry does it? Maybe you think the USA should adopt socialism and have the government control the means of production?

You believe that the Ukrainians are eqger to negotiate away a piece of their country and only the US and Nato are preventing it?

Have you ever read about what the Russians did to the Poles? Whatever the Ukrainians may have done pales by comparison. You think the Poles want to share more border with Russia than it does already?

Powell was predicting civil war in his Rivers of Blood speech. Is there a civil war raging in the UK?

By the way, it is interesting to note that prices of wind power have long been capped. Any rate charged over the capped amount has to be returned to the government.

I think the price is still going to be high enough to discourage consumption.

Well, Truss seems to have reversed herself in price caps. Maybe she'll also reverse herself and cancel the plan to cut taxes.

There is plenty of evidence. For the authorites that constitutes proof. This isn't a quesition of a criminal trial or even a civil one where preponderance of evidence is a lower standard thant beyond a reasonable doubt. They had evidence enough.

You may not have mentioned civil war but Powell did. And that's how this River of Blood issue got into the conversation. I don't know how to tell you this but I'll try again: you don't have the authority to tell forum members how to answer your questions.

It seems pretty clear to me at least that what is being referred to is the fact that she wasn't nominated for the post of special master. And I'm pretty sure it was said tongue in cheek because who could trust a purveyor of falsehoods like Pirro to responsibly fulfill her duties as a special master?

What murders committed on the street don't bring blood to the streets? Powell's quote wasn't about blood per se it was about civil wars. Paul was prophesying civil war in the UK. That is what is relevant. And,no, the UK is not in a state of civil war. Do you believe the UK is in the state of civil war?

It did not bring civil war to the UK. And that's what the quote from Virgil was about.

But couching it in racial terms is racist. And that's what Powell did in his Rivers of Blood speech.