Volodymyr Zelensky named TIME's Person of the Year 2022 2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe (minor warning: graphic) — Jill Lawless · A...
North Korea publicly executes 2 teenagers for distributing South Korean movies — Hyemin Son · RFA Korean · Dec 2, 2022 N.Korea Executes 3 Teenagers fo...
Not quite sure what to make of this... Opinion: The Parliamentary Budget Officer just debunked climate alarmism — Ross McKitrick · Financial Post · De...
Ukraine war shows Europe too reliant on U.S., Finland PM says (via Yahoo) — Essi Lehto, Terje Solsvik, Nick Macfie · Reuters · Dec 2, 2022 Finland’s p...
, others have suggested that it goes both ways. Macron’s idea of ‘security guarantees’ to Russia faces backlash — Alexandra Brzozowski · EURACTIV · De...
State TV, Russia: Putin Cronies Resort to Begging on Live TV Over War Failures — Julia Davis · The Daily Beast · Dec 4, 2022 Good grief. Promoting par...
Putin takes war to new level of 'barbarism,' U.S. diplomat says — Tom Balmforth · Reuters · Dec 3, 2022 But...then that's an admission...? :o Bad rhet...
Iran abolishes morality police after protests, official claims — Al Arabiya · Dec 4, 2022 Iran says hijab law is under review, as state media dismisse...
Macron says new security architecture should give guarantees for Russia — Geert De Clercq, William Maclean · Reuters · Dec 3, 2022 :up: Address the po...
, using nuclear weapons would be bad for Russia as well as for others. Unless you think Putin doesn't care? The doctrine (if you want to call it that)...
Except for the "Nazis" and those that don't want to be subjects... :D (the evil uncle that nieces and nephews stay away from comes to mind) Putin Ally...
Oleksiy Danilov opines: Ukraine calls for «destruction» of Russia to prevent it from pursuing its colonial aims — Daniel Stewart · News360 · Dec 1, 20...
Hypothesis (just to write it out explicitly): Putin + team want Crimea, at least. A secured Donbas would sort of help with connecting Russia and Crime...
NATO renews membership vow to Ukraine, pledges arms and aid — Stephen McGrath, Lorne Cook, Ellen Knickmeyer · AP News · Nov 29, 2022 Zelenskiy Invites...
Zelenska (visiting the UK), von der Leyen (fronting the EU), and UN are on the same page regarding war crimes ... Zelensky’s wife given standing ovati...
? this is propaganda'ish'esque, hyperbolic spin (on one page alone, like on a mission) But that's fine, just have to take the verbiage for what it is....
More countries are moving towards authoritarianism - report — Héloise Urvoy · Euronews · Nov 30, 2022 International democracies are weakening as autho...
Short footage from the ground ... Kherson residents evacuate while those who stay struggle to survive — Matthew Chance · CNN · Nov 29, 2022 · 2m:57s h...
Exclusive: India asked by sanctions-hit Russia for parts for key sectors — Aditi Shah, Aftab Ahmed. Gleb Stolyarov · Reuters · Nov 29, 2022 The sancti...
Putin’s decree on constitutional amendments to complete accession process for new regions — TASS · Oct 4, 2022 Putin calls for integrating the four an...
Though to be expected I guess, I'd find the re-culturation/indoctrination attempts a bit ... embarrassing when exposed. https://twitter.com/alexkokcha...
As a matter of financial gain? (Russia and the UK blame each other) Anyway, does this seem dis/agreeable to anyone? • most want the invaders to leave,...
The Five Conspiracy Theories That Putin Has Weaponized — Ilya Yablokov · The New York Times · Apr 25, 2022 ‘Weaponisation of everything’: Putin’s hybr...
Not their only move either • The (melting) Arctic? Aug 25, 2022 and some more recent moves • Africa? Nov 16, 2022 (perhaps a bit on the clandestine si...
If nothing else, it fits the signature of Putin's Russia. Other than that, I'd take it with a grain of salt. , you forgot the most important option: K...
Zelenskyy vows Ukraine "cannot be broken" as Russia bombs civilians into darkness, but runs short of missiles — Chris Livesay, Tucker Reals · CBS News...
Would have to be hypothetical; the numbers could be higher too. The question was more what might happen: other troops on the ground. Sure, Nazis, and ...
Convenient, that Ukraine and others could come together in a common cause, huh? :D Democracies against autocrats, defenders against invaders, ...? Har...
What would warrant "the complete destruction of Ukraine"? Self-defense? Ukraine Situation Report — UNOCHA · ongoing October–November 2022 nationwide m...
Not all "possible actions", but in said context There aren't that many protective clubs around. Putin would divert with reasons against any. The traje...
NATO wasn't/isn't this dire existential threat to Russia that's been proselytized and swallowed by whoever around the globe. But, sure, NATO troop con...
Russia’s Justice Ministry puts Meta Platform Inc on register of extremist organizations — TASS · Nov 25, 2022 Russia's justice ministry adds Meta to '...
... and humanitarian aid (medicine, food, whatever), organized refugee aid, training and intelligence aid, UN support (68/262, ES-11/4). Putin's team ...
First Wikipedia copy/paste looks a bit raised to a genetic fallacy. Second looks fine, except you'll rarely find something like this with exclusively ...
Hmm... Are the war efforts losing steam/support or is that just wishful thinking? Analysis: Have China and India shifted stance on Russia war? — Foste...
, yeah, it's related to what I ended up calling re-culturation (admittedly an invented word from enculturation). Oct 21, 2022 Nov 8, 2022 Nov 11, 2022...
, without talks, everyone will just remain in the dark if you will. Putin might simply say "Nope" and bomb on, in which case everyone is equally in th...
... could be put on the table in talks. :up: (If they don't feel too embarrassed?) The reports in the post are from one day. Kind of obscene. European...
Talks could start from UN (charter, votes), take it from there, see where it goes. A reasonable and fair settlement, or starting point perhaps, could ...
That's a good lot of plankton. Evidence of phytoplankton blooms under Antarctic sea ice — Horvat, Bisson, Seabrook, Cristi, Matthes · Frontiers in Mar...
Waging war costs. Could always cease the invasion destruction re-culturation. :up: Analysis: Surge in Russia's defence and security spending means cut...
Apart from the mad bombing (now extended to Kherson apparently), Izium, Bucha, and such, atrocious incidents may of course be found on all sides: Vide...
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