Many suspect this was done to facilitate trade ties with their advanced Western neighbours.

!kurwa discuss.

@Szia_uram who could had predicted that all those fortification are as real as billion Czech shells ?

Would this honest man that looks like caricature of corrupt bank owner ever steal ?

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/massive-fortification-efforts-underway-in-kharkiv-region/

And this is the Russian surrender plan from Victoria Nuland: “She was at the top of the State Department. Now she is ready to talk”:

Victoria Nuland said that Kyiv was “not in a strong enough position” for negotiations with Russia and still occupies it now - which means it is… pic.twitter.com/u0gjOf96YF

— Victor vicktop55 (@vicktop55) May 11, 2024

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/11/victoria-nuland-state-department-diplomat-interview-00157408

Let's start with the fact that Putin has already failed in his objective. He wanted to flatten Ukraine. He wanted to ensure that they had no sovereignty, independence, agency, no democratic future

How it's possible to start a statement with so many contradiction ? Putin is right now bombing Ukraine and doing it better than in 2022 or 2023. So statement that Putin failed is at this point wrong. Then talking about Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and democracy future when they fully depend on western help to exist and democracy when the election was cancelled by Zelenskyy because Zakuzhnyy is more popular ?

Can Ukraine succeed? Absolutely. Can Ukraine come out of this more sovereign, more economically independent, stronger, more European than it is now? Absolutely. And I think it will. But we've got to stay with it. We've got to make sure our allies stay with it.

And we have to accelerate a lot of the initiatives that were in the supplemental, like helping Ukraine build that highly deterrent military force of the future, like deploying these longer-range weapons to strategic effect, like ensuring that the critical infrastructure and the energy sector are protected, like building up our own defense industrial base and that of our allies and Ukraine's again, so that we and Ukraine are building faster than Russia and China.

This part reads like is 2022 and khohols weren't pumped with almost 500 billions and given all kinds of range weapons. I mean Ukraine is somehow in 2022 because it was last time they had any success but still. And part with building faster than Russia and China is just pure cope.

>But can it get all its territory back, including Crimea?

It can definitely get to a place where it's strong enough, I believe, and where Putin is stymied enough to go to the negotiating table from a position of strength. It'll be up to the Ukrainian people what their territorial ambitions should be. But there are certain things that are existential.

Any deal that they cut in their interest and in the larger global interest has to be a deal that Putin is compelled to stick to. We can't be doing this every six months, every three years. It has to actually lead to a deal that includes Russian withdrawal.

Offer to Putin absolute capitulate without having power to force him do this = Putin doesn't want to negotiate true kwin of diplomacy

>Was it a mistake not to push the Ukrainians harder to go for some sort of negotiated end to the war in 2022, especially the fall of 2022?

They were not in a strong enough position then. They're not in a strong enough position now. The only deal Putin would have cut then, the only deal that he would cut today, at least before he sees what happens in our election, is a deal in which he says, “What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.” And that's not sustainable.

I love how she act like Ukrainian situation today is similar to 2022. Not mentioning back then Ukraine had power of sanctions and western help with billions games changers so there was hints Russia could lose but in 2024 Ukraine has shortage of manpower, epic western help is a norm that just keep Ukraine alive in comatose form. And then China now helps Russia more and more. So she needs to be honest, Ukraine bussy is in worse shape today. And sustainable is probably fight to last Ukrainian and then still lose ?

That works if you have a leadership that is fundamentally accepting the current system. But once you have leaders who are telling their populations that this system keeps their country down, doesn't allow it to have its rightful place that has a territorial definition of greatness, that is bent on economic, political and or military coercion — that's antithetical to this order, and then our policy has to change.

I don't think higher tariffs ever existed in history

>leaders who are telling their populations that this system keeps their country down, doesn't allow it to have its rightful place

>What is the lesson we should learn about foreign policy in general when it comes to the experiences we've had in Russia and China?

We should always try to talk both to leaders and to people, to the extent that we're allowed. We should always offer an opportunity to work together in common interest.

Russia capitulate immediately! China you can't surpass us in economical market !

Always offer and opportunity to work together

>Do you ever plan to go back into government?

I love what I did for 35 years. I've always loved it. And I continue to love it. So in the right circumstances, of course.

She announced she retiring and then writes about right circumstances

That stock picture of family

It's even better than this:

Also game engines improved so much that a team of few can do a decent looking game when Sony spend 2x budget and 1.5x times on Spider-Man 2 compared to 1st game and ended up making second game even shorter. Only explanation is it must be expensive keeping all those HR and ethnic departments running for AAAgames companies

🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 Ukraine has just climbed a step up on the mobilization ladder. President Zelensky has signed the relevant decree, dropping the minimum age of conscription to 25. pic.twitter.com/HWch02MUTh

— Astraia Intel (@astraiaintel) April 2, 2024

Lets look at age demographic from 2021

That's 3 years ago so we need to look at folks that are 22 23 year old.

Each group has around 75k people and Ukraine needs 500k as Zaluzhnyy told. So even if we assume all of them are alive, non joined army before, non left country and all are healthy (Ukraine has around 30% unhealthy) that would mean Ukraine will be able to mobilise only 150k. We also know that Sirskyy told Russia has now 475k men in Ukraine and they outnumber Ukrainian and now that's very strange because Ukrainian army should be 800k+ active soldiers and Zelenskyy told in February Ukraine lost 19k soldiers so there should be obvious more Ukrainian soldiers then Russian

So war of attrition starts showing signs.

Ukraine now banning boys older than 16 from leaving Ukraine because they have huge gap in men that were younger than 18 when this conflict started

The captions continue to fail on X and no longer work for some reason. Here's burned in version: pic.twitter.com/ab5PbITR4k

— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) January 22, 2024

Just keeping the spring counteroffensive going

Got owned next day after his video

https://twitter.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1751617623068938449

Far right gypsys also want some of Ukrainian bussy.

I remember telling in 2022 that this will happen but pro khohols were saying noo this is fantasy. Yes this is fantastic

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraineforeignlegion/comments/19eq3cm/what_are_the_exact_fitness_standards_for?sort=controversial

Also found this beauty

Talked to recruiter from the 4th, Pushups: 24, Situps: 24, Pull-ups: 4 Run for 12minutes, constant jog no walking.

Minimum standards to join foreign legion

I fought we were gonna get epic year of Russian Atomic heat vs Ukrainian stalker

But it's kinda ironic they spend tons of time, copy striking Russian gaming channels that used stalker 2 footages (from trailers and etc) but didn't spend time on fire safety

🇺🇸 ‼️“Ukraine has 30-45 days of ‘fighting weather left’” — Milley

-> And it’s too early to say if the counteroffensive failed … but Russia already lost. 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/qMORF0Q47s

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) September 10, 2023

it's too early to say if the counteroffensive failed … but Russia already lost.

Russian lost stands above counteroffensive so if Russia lost then counteroffensive is automatically successful.

Also giving 30-45 days is beyond optimistic and suggesting he expect khohols to fight in bad weather till the weather becomes ultra shit. Tyats not very wise

Abraham lincoln won a presidential election in civil-war-torn America in 1864, and fdr secured his fourth term in 1944 while American troops were in action across the globe. Winston Churchill, by contrast, avoided the electorate until the war in Europe was over in 1945, at which point he was turfed out.

Ukraine's constitution is confusing. Article 103 states that the president is elected for a five-year term; but Article 108 says that he or she exercises power until a new president is inaugurated. A longstanding law (though not a constitutional provision) says that elections cannot be held when martial law is in force, as it has been in Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

I love how they ignoring that martial laws ends on 19 May and that Ukraine is parliamentary country where parliament has more power and there should been parliament election in October or November 2023 and now parliament can't prolong the martial laws that they extended for 3 months in February because Parliament lost its power in March. So ignore that detail that doesn't suit them.

As the war drags on, Mr Zelensky's popularity will be tested further. Already his star power is waning. Some Ukrainians wonder if a different leader could have fought more effectively, or found a way to negotiate some kind of peace. The president insists his aim is still to recover all of Ukraine's lost land, which seems unachievable. The government is under fire for alleged corruption and the centralisation of power in the hands of a tiny circle. It has bungled the mobilisation of fresh troops: many front-line units are down to 70% or so of their strength. After a long delay, a new conscription law is in place, but it will take months for its effects to be felt on the battlefield.

It's hilarious how they trying to end every paragraph with a positive note

Khohols don't want to fight the mobilisation is their 24/7 whole year. Sending men more notes won't fix it. All who wanted to fight already joined the army. You don't see men returning from west to blast their bussy for Zelenskyy. And 70% soldiers are saying they will leave Ukraine after this conflict ends. Yet homosexual end the pragraph with “it will take months for its effects to be felt on the battlefield” like it ever will be felt.

Ukraine should be able to resist, and in the coming months it will be bolstered by a new package of military and financial aid approved by America's Congress in April. But still, Mr Zelensky needs to address rather than evade the questions raised by the end of his formal presidential term. He should acknowledge that he needs eventually to hold an election, and lay out plans for how one might be organised. It will be hard: Russia will doubtless bar voting in areas it occupies and bomb polling booths in areas it doesn't. But a country as ingenious as Ukraine can surely find ways to give its people a proper say in how they are governed. One of the many reasons why they don't want to be swallowed by Russia is that Russians under Mr Putin have no such choice. Rather than suspend democracy indefinitely, Mr Zelensky should lay out plans to strengthen it. ■

Ukraine already getting help, they launched couple hundreds ATACMS since February when they didn't had officially aid but Biden “secretly” pushed it. So there won't be any wunderwaffel. This bs is more pathetic than epic spring counteroffensive and leopards. Khohols are saying they preparing new counteroffensive for 2027. By that time they won't have any men left. Zelenskyy told by lowering age from 27 to 25 he will mobilise 300k while there literally ain't that many men in Ukraine in that age barracks and age Barack 18-20/21 don't exist anymore since people were underage 2 years ago and left the country. So even if he lowers to 18 there won't be 300k to mobilise

Brazil, South Africa, and China have declined to participate in the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland.

— Russian Market (@runews) May 17, 2024

I just remembered his statement because he was hyping Zelenskyy peace initiatives hard telling it's over for Putin because all brics members will visit that peace talk

But this conflict is the most r-slurred in the world. For example let's imagine Ukraine won today pov:

Ukrainian man rushing to Berlin to kills his cheating wife

It's basically a classical Slavic folklore

This song is about killing gf after conscription period ends because b-word is cheating while he is eating shit

My baby, I miss you

I don't receive letters from you

You're far away and you're not even bored

But I'll be back, I'll be back so you know

I'm far away, I miss you

I don't receive letters from you

You're far away and you don't even miss me

But I'll be back, I'll be back and you'll know

that I'm far from you

You promised to write, you promised to tell

How do you live, how difficult is it for you there?

You promised to wait a long time and suffer

And burn with love, but this is impossible

No, not a line from you, not a word from you

I shouldn't have believed your confessions

Yes, maybe it was in vain, maybe it was in vain

Tell me, what kind of punishment is this?

But I'll be back, I'll be back and you'll know

that I'm far from you

The ongoing war with Russia has created new opportunities for corruption

I just think it's funny that

This “NAFO” strategist is not happy … and I can’t even say he is wrong. pic.twitter.com/cMJ8ZoJN2K

— Julian Röpcke🇺🇦 (@JulianRoepcke) May 16, 2024

🇺🇦 A little bit nose candy to get the interview going.

Ukraine … pic.twitter.com/8O4uppa7ng

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 15, 2024

The fall of Volchansk is a matter of hours... The Ukrainians are leaving the town.

— Trollstoy (@Trollstoy88) May 14, 2024

Well it took less than 5 days for Ukraine to make their legendary spring counteroffensive look even shitier

@Szia_uram discus I want to know more about “ Ukraine just bombed the 10th refinery in two days and there is no panic in Belgorod 3 years into their 3 days special military operation.”