Bkk Brian Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, internationalism said: yes, I was able to read (and quote) yet before it was paywalled. But there are now thousands articles from all around world, in all languages. Also easily to search for a source - Seymour Hersch own blog. Easily to be googled The same Seymour Hersh who had 'sources' to come up with a whacky conspiracy theory on Osama bin Laden he presented as fact? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Off topic posts removed, please go to the Nord Stream topic to find out more as this is off topic here, thank you Also removed a post trying to drag Mai Lai and Abu Graib into the topic, dont do it, this is trolling and worthy of time off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 I enjoy receiving news like that, it makes my day knowing the Orcs are getting kicked in their rear 555 Ukraine war: Russia suffers 'deadliest 24 hours' https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-pouring-troops-eastern-ukraine-074310083.html Ukraine: Russia has suffered record 1,030 troop deaths in a 24-hour span https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-russia-suffered-record-1-144738635.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mavideol Posted February 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, bannork said: Good to see them culling each other. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64566582 agree and it appears they are "turning" on each other's quite often and beat their commanders Putin's troops 'beat their commander, drag him away from front line' Putin's troops 'beat their commander, drag him away from front line' (msn.com) Russia Pulls Troops From Front Lines After Soldiers Beaten by Own Allies Russia Pulls Troops From Front Lines After Soldiers Beaten by Own Allies (msn.com) Notorious Russian mercenary shot dead in Ukraine Notorious Russian mercenary shot dead in Ukraine (msn.com) Edited February 9, 2023 by Mavideol 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi49jr Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) addressed the UN security council, he was invited to speak by Russia. In a 4 February interview, Waters held the west and Ukraine largely responsible for the Russian invasion. In his address to the UN security council, he had changed his viewpoint somewhat. This is what he said, among other things: “The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was illegal. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” he said. “Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/roger-waters-pink-floyd-un-security-council-ukraine-russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted February 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, rudi49jr said: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) addressed the UN security council, he was invited to speak by Russia. In a 4 February interview, Waters held the west and Ukraine largely responsible for the Russian invasion. In his address to the UN security council, he had changed his viewpoint somewhat. This is what he said, among other things: “The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was illegal. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” he said. “Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/roger-waters-pink-floyd-un-security-council-ukraine-russia Ukraine's envoy to UN calls Roger Waters ‘another brick in the wall’ of Moscow propaganda. 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Musk playing games that have serious consequences SpaceX curbed Ukraine's use of Starlink internet for drones -company president WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine’s military from using the company’s Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country’s war with Russia, SpaceX’s president said Wednesday. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine’s military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia’s military, was “never never meant to be weaponized,” Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C. https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-spacex/spacex-curbed-ukraines-use-of-starlink-internet-for-drones-company-president-idUSL1N34O32S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: Ah, good old "anonymous sources". That guy has been around a lot recently. I guess it depends on which side of the debate one is as to which leaks to believe. I believe the leaks that are consistent with and support observable facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Not so much left in the tank for Russia these days https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/09/europe/1000-russian-tanks-destroyed-ukraine-war-intl-hnk-ml/index.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannork Posted February 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2023 A Russian offensive is stalling badly. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/08/smashed-by-ukrainian-mines-and-artillery-russias-winter-offensive-just-ground-to-a-halt-outside-vuhledar/ 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Social Media Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Dramatic moment Russian drone boat packed with explosives smashes key Ukrainian bridge as Putin unleashes new war weapon that Moscow hopes will turn tide of war The unmanned object is seen in the water approaching the bridge at-speed Some reports say it was underwater, while others say it was a surface drone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 That’s been done before heck all the way back to ww1 there were crude examples of remote controlled explosive boats and Japan used to put some poor sap in them I’d sure cheer if the Ukrainians could manage to bring down Putin’s bridge to crimea down permanently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Black Ops said: Dramatic moment Russian drone boat packed with explosives smashes key Ukrainian bridge as Putin unleashes new war weapon that Moscow hopes will turn tide of war The unmanned object is seen in the water approaching the bridge at-speed Some reports say it was underwater, while others say it was a surface drone Copying the Ukrainian tactics of using a drone boat to blow a bridge, sorry Ruskies, the original masters of this blew your Crimea bridge 4 months ago. Still not fully fixed yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted February 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2023 Wagner boss dreaming of taking it all the way to the English Channel and giving France and other European countries to Ukraine....... He says its his own "genius plan" Prigozhin Says It Will Take 1.5 Years For Russia To Capture Donbas, 3 Years To Reach Dnieper "If we need to go to the Dnieper, then for three years, If we need to close the DPR and LPR, we need to work at least one and a half or two more years," Prigozhin said. At the same time, he stressed that he has his own "genius" plan in case Russia wants to reach the English Channel (the strait between Britain and France). https://ukranews.com/en/news/914375-prigozhin-says-it-will-take-1-5-years-for-russia-to-capture-donbas-3-years-to-reach-dnieper 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 6:49 PM, bannork said: A Russian offensive is stalling badly. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/08/smashed-by-ukrainian-mines-and-artillery-russias-winter-offensive-just-ground-to-a-halt-outside-vuhledar/ From other sites on the internet, there does seem to be an intensification of Russian assaults, but by no means clear if the link refers to the expected Russian offensive, or just a local attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgw Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: From other sites on the internet, there does seem to be an intensification of Russian assaults, but by no means clear if the link refers to the expected Russian offensive, or just a local attack. Danilov: Russia began new offensive but faces major challenges https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/danilov-russia-begun-new-offensive-but-it-faces-major-challenges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 More mobilization required. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3668762-russia-needs-to-conduct-further-form-of-mobilisation-to-continue-war-british-intelligence.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saanim Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 2:44 PM, Bkk Brian said: Ukraine's envoy to UN calls Roger Waters ‘another brick in the wall’ of Moscow propaganda. Did you expect that he will say something else? Wondering what he will say when reading his interview in Berliner Zeitung? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 A couple of off topic baiting posts have been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 15 minutes ago, Saanim said: Did you expect that he will say something else? Wondering what he will say when reading his interview in Berliner Zeitung? Did Berliner write the song "Another brick in the wall"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saanim Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said: Did Berliner write the song "Another brick in the wall"? ??? What's the question? Topic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannork Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Saanim said: Did you expect that he will say something else? Wondering what he will say when reading his interview in Berliner Zeitung? A woman from Poland was on a popular radio show in the UK. She said some in the West didn't understand that Easter European countries were sovereign nations. They hadn't been forced into joining NATO by American policy makers keen to expand Western influence. They wanted to join, sick of centuries of Russian imperialism. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post rudi49jr Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) More than 5,000 pregnant Russian women flew to Argentina already so their babies obtain Argentinian citizenship once they are born. There were 33 pregnant Russian women on one flight alone. I think someone is making a pretty penny off of this….. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64610954 Edited February 12, 2023 by rudi49jr 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted February 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) Not sure how this is going to end but it certainly looks like there is a real rift happening now between Wagner and the Defense Ministry. They have stopped giving permission for Wagner to recruit from prisons and are now doing it themselves. This from the latest ISW update: #Prigozhin also confirmed on 11 FEB that the #Wagner Group stopped recruiting inside Russian prisons due to the expiration of an agreement between the Wagner Group and the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD). 2/ Prigozhin stated that unspecified military detachments outside of his jurisdiction – likely referring to Russia’s conventional armed forces – will continue convict recruitment efforts. 3/ A Wagner Group-affiliated Russian milblogger also claimed that the Russian MoD is increasing its efforts to recruit inside Russian prisons. 4/@DefenceHQ assessed on February 11 that the increasing conflict between the Russian MoD and #Wagner Group was likely the main factor in the termination of the Wagner Group-MoD agreement regarding prison recruitment. 5/ #Prigozhin’s influence and appeal will likely continue to decline as the Russian MoD continues measures to undercut Wagner Group forces’ battlefield effectiveness, as @TheStudyofWar has previously reported. A more detailed article here: Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the once secretive tycoon, is confounding Moscow’s Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine. He challenged Ukraine’s president to a duel from the cockpit of a bomber. He threatened to urinate on the face of a critic. He declared his private army was fighting for “every street, every house, every stairwell” in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. And that was just the past couple of weeks in the still-nascent public life of Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the St. Petersburg tycoon who is confounding Moscow’s Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine. Mr. Prigozhin operated for years in secrecy, profiting from his personal ties to President Vladimir V. Putin to win lucrative catering and construction contracts with the Russian government while building up a mercenary force known as Wagner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/world/europe/russia-wagner-group-prigozhin-putin.html https://archive.ph/UswOo Edited February 12, 2023 by Bkk Brian 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 A pessimist critique of Russia's military capabilities. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 A Russian war crime, the killing of US aid volunteer, Pete Reed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Russians fighting for Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russians-fighting-bakhmut-legion/32267835.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Social Media Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Stay close to the wall. Move fast. Single file. Just a few at a time." The staccato instructions come from the Ukrainian army escort taking us to a military position in battle-scarred Bakhmut, a city once famed for its sparkling wines. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called the eastern city "our fortress". Russian forces have spent the past six months trying to capture Bakhmut. Now they have intensified their onslaught - Ukraine believes - to tear it down ahead of the anniversary of the invasion. We follow orders, darting down an icy rubble-strewn street, with a clear blue sky overhead - ideal for Russian drones. Just after we cross the road, two Russian shells come slamming down behind us on the other side. We turn around to see black smoke rising and keep on running. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 8:30 AM, Bkk Brian said: Not sure how this is going to end but it certainly looks like there is a real rift happening now between Wagner and the Defense Ministry. They have stopped giving permission for Wagner to recruit from prisons and are now doing it themselves. This from the latest ISW update: #Prigozhin also confirmed on 11 FEB that the #Wagner Group stopped recruiting inside Russian prisons due to the expiration of an agreement between the Wagner Group and the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD). 2/ Prigozhin stated that unspecified military detachments outside of his jurisdiction – likely referring to Russia’s conventional armed forces – will continue convict recruitment efforts. 3/ A Wagner Group-affiliated Russian milblogger also claimed that the Russian MoD is increasing its efforts to recruit inside Russian prisons. 4/@DefenceHQ assessed on February 11 that the increasing conflict between the Russian MoD and #Wagner Group was likely the main factor in the termination of the Wagner Group-MoD agreement regarding prison recruitment. 5/ #Prigozhin’s influence and appeal will likely continue to decline as the Russian MoD continues measures to undercut Wagner Group forces’ battlefield effectiveness, as @TheStudyofWar has previously reported. A more detailed article here: Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the once secretive tycoon, is confounding Moscow’s Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine. He challenged Ukraine’s president to a duel from the cockpit of a bomber. He threatened to urinate on the face of a critic. He declared his private army was fighting for “every street, every house, every stairwell” in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. And that was just the past couple of weeks in the still-nascent public life of Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the St. Petersburg tycoon who is confounding Moscow’s Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine. Mr. Prigozhin operated for years in secrecy, profiting from his personal ties to President Vladimir V. Putin to win lucrative catering and construction contracts with the Russian government while building up a mercenary force known as Wagner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/world/europe/russia-wagner-group-prigozhin-putin.html https://archive.ph/UswOo He'll soon move to Africa, where he makes most of his money. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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