It took a while but even the Washington Post cannot deny that Ukrainian forces have effectively used their own civilians as human shields. This article actually shows how Ukrainian government officials lie/mislead about the realities on the ground.
This whole conflict flipped a lot of switches in boomer brains (Midnight, Fubah, Kelly, Thirdperson, etc) where the silent propaganda meant to make them automatically side with anyone opposing Russia went into overdrive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/28/ukraine-kyiv-russia-civilians/
Petrodollar is what props up US
If any of the fools flying Ukraine flags understood anything, they’d recognize what a colossal blunder it was for the US to seize USD reserves held by Russia.
Doing this means the dollar has no value, as it can be deleted with a keystroke.
A smaller scale version of this recently happened when the US lost Afghanistan to the Taliban, and then proceeded to freeze all of the assets held there. Afghanistan is now facing the prospect of famine.
The Russian Ruble is nearing its pre-invasion value.
Sanctions were designed to collapse its value. They failed.
Russia got more land, a pretext to demand its gas be purchased in Rubles (after US seized their USD held in reserve), stronger China/India/Saudi alliance.
Not the worst play in history.
For most intelligent people it doesn't take the media telling us to figure out that the Ukrainian Army is hiding in civilian locations. Of course there are no conventional battles in the rural wheatfields, the Ukraines outgunned. So they hide in hospitals, churches, etc. hoping not to get taken out. I'd do the same thing. Then when Russian intel spots these troop locations and bomb them, they are "targeting innocent civilians"!!!
Still the Russians should not be there. A real mess now!
Ya think Zelensky has as knee cap bounty?
Russians units suffering heavy losses on the ground have been forced to return to Belarus and Russia to "reorganize and resupply," Britain's defense ministry said early Wednesday.
The development demonstrates "the difficulties Russia is having reorganizing its units in forward areas within Ukraine," it said. However, the defense ministry warned that Russia would likely compensate for its reduced capability on the ground through mass artillery and missile strikes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-russian-units-reportedly-forced-turn-n1293624
The U.N. food chief warned that the war in Ukraine has created “a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe” and will have a global impact “beyond anything we’ve seen since World War II” because many of the Ukrainian farmers who produce a significant amount of the world’s wheat are now fighting Russians.
?Poland announced steps to end all Russian oil imports by year's end after banning coal imports earlier this week. Meanwhile, the German government said it received assurances from Russia that European companies won’t have to pay for Russian gas in rubles, a prospect that had raised fears Russia could cut them off.
?Over 4 million refugees have now fled Ukraine, about 10% of the population, a United Nations refugee agency says.
"Kamikaze" to the aid for Ukrainian forces, US has sent 100 Switchblades, aka killer drones to Ukraine in an arm package.(*1)
"Kamikaze" by the Japanese Zero fighter planes during the wanning months of World War II has been executed by the Japanese pilots as suicidial missions.
*(1) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/30/us-sends-100-killer-drones-called-switchblades-to-ukraine.html
Oh, by the same time Donald J Trump has called on Vladimir Putin to find dirt on his opponent.(*2)
(*2) https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-asks-putin-for-dirt-on-biden-family-in-echo-of-2016/6508516.html
You posted this March 14th
Why was Ben Hodges so wrong … and why did you believe him?
Weird, most people knew this invasion would happen back when Obama was in office. Oh wait, it's Trumps fault. The only reasoning the brainwashed left has as an argument.
even if putins war (supported and cheered by many on the GOP ) was to end next week , this will still have a very significant impact
FAKE ruble?
London (CNN Business)
The barrage of sanctions imposed by the West (led by Joe Biden)
following Russia's invasion of Ukraine decimated the Russian ruble.
But one month after the tanks rolled, the currency has made a full
recovery and is now trading at levels seen prior to the war.
How is that possible?
Russia's central bank has taken dramatic steps in recent weeks to
intervene in the market, implementing policies to prevent investors
and companies from selling the currency and other measures that
force them to buy it.
What has Moscow done to "artificially" boost the falling ruble?
• The central bank has more than doubled interest rates to 20%. That encourages Russian savers to keep their money in local currency.
• Exporters have been ordered to swap 80% of their foreign currency revenues for rubles rather than holding onto US dollars or euros.
• Russian brokers have been banned from selling securities held by foreigners.
• Residents are not allowed to make bank transfers outside Russia.
• Russia has threatened to demand payment for natural gas in rubles, not euros or dollars.
The Daily Beast:
Russia’s Vladimir Putin is calling up another 134,500 conscripts even as more and more of his own soldiers appear to be turning on him over humiliating losses in Ukraine.
Why does he feel he needs to throw another 134,000 bodies into his illegal assault on Ukraine?
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