Russia's unjustifiable war of aggression in Ukraine

[Stacky]

Going to be tough for Joint Chiefs of Staff to ask for trillions in defence spending in next decade to be ready for threat from Russia now that Russian armed forces exposed as a corrupt and incompetent rabble!

The Generals are really going to have to big up China!!

Russia's monumental and catastrophic failure in invading Ukraine will also be a good signal to China to put off any imperial fantasy ambitions as Putin has unified the West to such a degree they know that their will be very serious consequences on many fronts and they cannot afford to go into terminal decline and a 15% fall in GDP like Russia brought upon itself.

 

[an liathroid beag]

Vladimir Putin did more for the unity & strength of NATO as well as the U.S. (and the EU) in 3 months than all other efforts in decades and better again they know that Russia is just a backward paper tiger run by criminals.

Staggering.

And Trump called Putin a genius!

 

[Stacky]

And Trump called Putin a genius!

The queue for McDonalds when it first opened in Moscow in 1990.

They can now go back to eating boiled beetroot on a stick.

 

[leesider]

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The queue for McDonalds when it first opened in Moscow in 1990.

They can now go back to eating boiled beetroot on a stick.

McDonalds - exporting obesity to Russia since 1990...........the people exiting already look a lot fatter than those queuing up!!

 

[an liathroid beag]

From what i've read around the place a lot of McDonalds are still open and operating but they seem to be 'franchise' operators, this was back in March though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1506999237724323842

Saw something that all McDonalds will reopen in June as allegedly they'll be lifting restrictions on the use of trademarks and patented brands among companies that have blacklisted Russia.

You can still get Coke and Fanta though, place looks better stocked than my local Lidl.

Anyhow back to the war, it seems a humanitarian corridor was opened earlier this morning after 9 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces left Azovstal waving a white flag looking to negotiate, not sure were they Nazi Azov or regular soldiers or even the 'mercenaries' from France, UK and US but whichever, at least 51 wounded soldiers in the first batch were taken to the hospital in Novoazovsk.

Meanwhile, looks like BRICS will become BARICS or BRICSA as Argentina look set to join after accepting an invitation to the summit been held in China on May 20-24.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523355223418408962

A change at the top as Zelenskyy has appointed this guy, Igor Tantsyura as the new commander of the Territorial Defense Forces after he dismissed Yuri Galushkin from this post. The reasons for the change of commander are not reported.

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Reports that Ukraine are "winning" the war might be a bit premature after it was revealed that in a phone call to Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, he urged an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, strange thing to be asking for.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releas...oyd-j-austin-iiis-call-with-russian-minister/

Of course the senile old farts that are representing the US are admitting it, how often can this guy say "we're at war"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525166649065852932

Mickey, your poster boy and his orcs are taking some beating, superpower me arse only superpower in corruption. The poster boy has destroyed the reputation of the once mighty Russian army that defeated Hitler, their morale is low as despite the relentless propaganda they have no stomach for fighting Putins unjust war.

 

[Barry K O Bama]

Russia's monumental and catastrophic failure in invading Ukraine will also be a good signal to China to put off any imperial fantasy ambitions as Putin has unified the West to such a degree they know that their will be very serious consequences on many fronts and they cannot afford to go into terminal decline and a 15% fall in GDP like Russia brought upon itself.

Xi knows that this is the beginning of the end for Vlad.

The friendship that knew no bounds seems to reached its limit pretty quickly.

Another Chink in Vlad's Armour (Apologies to PC Brigade)

 

[Stacky]

Xi knows that this is the beginning of the end for Vlad.

The friendship that knew no bounds seems to reached its limit pretty quickly.

Another Chink in Vlad's Armour (Apologies to PC Brigade)

China and the U.S.A. /Western Alliance happy to watch Putin weaken himself and his corrupt and inept criminal Russian army.

Watch Putin's internal succession race/slaughter and do a deal with the weakened and emasculated victor who will have to make massive concessions to get rid of the sanctions but the West needs to be careful not to humiliate Russia as much as it humiliates itself.

 

[fed up]

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The queue for McDonalds when it first opened in Moscow in 1990.

They can now go back to eating boiled beetroot on a stick.

I seem to recall hearing about some cork lad managing that place back then, but I could be wrong.

 

[catcha]

LOLZ with "russian MacDonalds" is like with "russian adidas" xD

there were songs in 2017 already about this important piece of the russian gopnik culture

in Russia it doesn't matter if something is legit, original or not fake - it must be shiny.

*same as their country: powerful, mighty, high-tech, fake but must be shiny outside. Damn they have the highest ratio of HIV in Europe xD

 

[catcha]

The plans of the second most powerful army with the dates of the updates for those plans. Anyone remember: "in two days we will conquer Kiev".

* this is not really up-to date map, as areas near Kharkiv are still in Bloodymir's colors.

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According to Repubblica newspaper, third batch of Italian military aid for Ukraine foresees: FH70 155mm howitzers capable of 30km range, IVECO LMV 4x4 and other types of weapons (MGs, ATs, AAs). In the list there should be no electronic devices, likely Ukraine commission the purchase of electronic systems by contract to the Italian defense contractors companies, as could be for UAVs which Italy produces as Falco perfect for recon and surveillance already used by several armed forces in the world, that can help UKR troops.

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More on the Russian disaster (we are waiting for more of those disasters to come!)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525935903742500864

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Almost 700,000 Ukrainian children will receive a child support entitlement in Poland. This is the same form of support all other children are receiving in Poland. It is approx EUR120 per month.

"Dziennik Gazeta Prawna": Prawie 700 tys. ukraińskich dzieci wnioskuje o 500+

Prawie 700 tys. ukraińskich dzieci wnioskuje o 500+ - informuje w poniedziałek "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".

www.portalsamorzadowy.pl

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Russia is nationalizing Renault in Russia.

Renault hands Russian assets to Moscow

French automaker Renault has handed over its Russian assets to the Russian government, both parties announced Monday, marking the first major nationalisation since the onset of sanctions over Moscow's…

www.france24.com

I can see the future investors getting in the queue to invest in Russia

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Here is another update from Polish border guards on immigration flow at UA-PL border. Blue entering EU, Yellow going to Ukraine: