The "suicidal mission" is now equivalent to what Ruzzia can take in more than a month of fighting anywhere else in the front. Yesterday's data shows 18 km of front with a maximum penetration of 20 km.

If there is a nearby negotiation (and it seems Zelensky has pointed in that direction and the last summit in Switzerland seemed to be a preparation to measure positions internationally), there is of course an interest in having as many PoWs as possible and getting as much land as possible.

It also seems there are some strategic objectives around creating a more defensible border and cutting at least one important railway line.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-incursion-kursk-region-putin-b2593051.html

This does not look "suicidal" to me. You know... compared to what Ruzzia has to throw in the meat grinder for an equivalent result, one would say that you are trying to make it look the opposite. Just saying.

Let's face it: Ruzzia has been caught on the wrong foot... by a lot.


Firstly, do not assume that Ukrainians do not mind if they are under Ruzzia or can partner with the EU. It is a completely life-changing decision in liberties, economy, growth,... Under Ruzzia, only Ruzzia gains (and only some in Ruzzia).

I am afraid your "objective judgement" is not really objective. It is obvious that if the war ends less people will die TODAY, but if Putin gets good profit from invading other countries more people will die TOMORROW, because he will interpret that invading is profitable and other countries will not do anything.

Ruzzia invades a recognised country in 2014, just taking the whole Crimea. No reaction. Putin invades Ukraine with the intention of taking all the rest. There is a reaction and Putin has to throw everything they have for little gain.

See the difference in incentives for a future invasion?

Edit to add latest news on Ukrainian "special military operation" in Kust -  advances of 7 km in depth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4NkYrh6kns


I cannot answer for what I do not say. Your interpretation is yours to justify and your claims yours to prove ... The exodus from Ukraine AND Ruzzia (as usual you only tell one side of the story, so let me help you with that) is know since the beginning of the war... years old news. The article says hundreds of thousands... it is actually closer to 2.5 million.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65790759


As said, if there were no support for mobilisation and an army that believes in what they are doing, by now Ukraine would not exist. It is Putin's and the FSB mistake to think that it was not going to happen. As said, if there were popular support for the war in Ruzzia, volunteers would be flocking for any pay. This is Putin's war in Ruzzia, but it is clearly Ukraine's war in Ukraine. If some individuals break the law, they will be detained like anywhere else.

For example, in Ruzzia is illegal to hold a white paper or to not hold anything, so if you hold a white paper you are detained. If you protest against the war... you get sent to the front.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-protest-arrests/25324619.html




Speaking of which, it seems that Ukraine has invaded Ruzzia. I guess they are trying to create a buffer zone to make sure Putin does not invade again by "surprise". I know this sounds like a joke, but it is not. Even Ruzzian sources are confirming Ukraine's advance in Kurst Oblast with at least one locality encircled now.


RE f16... yes... do not worry, they are not allowed to shoot, just as ATACAMS could not be used inside Ruzzia (wink wink).

I am saying exactly what I said, there are many draft dodgers in Ruzzia and they pay their way out by bribing doctors, university officials or anyone in between. That Ruzzia has to pay staggering sums to get people to go to the front, that some regions meet the quota by bringing people from other poorer regions and sign them in in their region (namely Moscow, St Petersbourgh).

There is a reason why Ruzzia pay up-front... many of them do not last the first month or do not get their salaries ever. Ruzzia needs to dump 30.000 recruits to the meatgrinder just to keep things as they are. Ruzzia is paying to wage a war that is profoundly anti-economic. A massive waste of money and humans.

Re morale, etc... nothing to add, I already said that people who fight do so for a reason and they are there. I know Putin believed their intelligence officers and thought that the government in Ukraine was just for show and people did not care (as they no longer care in Ruzzia). At this point, even you should have figured out that it is not.

BTW the F16 are allowed to shoot at whatever looks like a Ruzzia plane getting too close to Ukraine, wherever they are.

On your cookies reference, same question, same answer: cookies do not hold an army in the front (again, waiting for proof of anything you have said about whoever you think did whatever you think he/she did).


Correction accepted. Unfortunately, I am not smoking anything. Still far from 13% of federal budget spent by the US, which seems determined to be able to win 3 wars at the time.

That's does not look like a complete picture. We have to face it, there are many US nationals that support Trump, and their support goes beyond anything reasonable: it does not matter if he is declared guilty of rape (as it happened), having fun with a porn actress or anything that would traditionally make a Republican candidate have to leave the race.

And then we have the people that matter: the swing voters. In the bitcoin forum, there will be people who will vote on that issue, but outside there are many concerns that need to be addressed and they tend to be either social (responsible paternity, racism,...) or economic (inflation, jobs, healthcare,...)

Trump likes the debate to be about name calling, that is where he thrives... in the Xtwitter 250 character rant, in the 5 minutes of name-calling in TV... He only loosely explains his proposal, sometimes to the point of saying one thing and the opposite... if you look at his policies there is a traditional conservative proposal and going back to the middle ages in social, but where is the economic discourse? What does Trump think is going to happen if he turns upside down all the international agenda?

I was wondering, how will Trump look like when he starts the racist speech about all Mexicans being criminals? He is now a convicted criminal.


data shows a very close race, to close to 50% to even call any result considering the polls margin of error, but yeah, you have described the typical Trump voter base. Then there are those who may choose based on their economy or what they perceive is best for the country and have some degree of thinking.

If you want to understand Trump's base, those that do not care about anything just look to this thread and see who is says what and the degree of reasoning that goes behind it.

Glad to know you keep your sense of humour, you are going to need it. BTW who is "we"? You troll farm inmates?

I guess you are also trying to ignore how many try not to get drafted in Ruzzia by paying doctors or faking being in uni? And these are not even the ones going to the front... well except those that are "convinced" to sign a contract later.. you know...

Ukrainians leaving the country may mean they value more their families than fighting, they do not want to live in a Ruzzian occupied territory or, simply, that not every Ukrainian in fighting age wishes to fight or be drafted. It is a though decision and the government has prioritised keeping the young rather than the old.

But the fact is that you cannot keep a whole army if there is not a will to fight - and that has been proven historically many times: soldiers will obey orders, but not at any cost nor at any price. If there was no will to fight in Ukraine, there would be no Ukraine. So if you point is that somehow the Ukrainian army is hostage, it simply does not make any sense - it is impossible. You do not believe me... ask the Ruzzians what happens when soldiers rebel, they know...

https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gvjh/vol7/iss1/1/



But Branko, the most interesting things are the ones you do not talk about.... you forgot to mention the interest rates.... Why are you not mentioning the interest rates? Let me help you: why do you need to raise the interest rates to 16% for the rouble? Is it because inflation is at 8.3%? Why is inflation at 8.3?... Could it be that you are financing the war printing money like if it where monopoly notes??

These figures are exactly what you would expect when you are burning through the inventory. You can buy a new car, fancy clothes, keep the heating a 24, travel the world... all you have to do is sell the house. In Ruzzian terms, it means running through all the stored cold-war inventory of tanks, airframes that will not be replaced in many years (or ever),  ships that will not be built again... and lately thanks to Ukraine, you refineries and oil storage (which take many years to re-build)...

Looks to me like a self-demilitarisation.

I am not as optimistic as those who say Ruzzia can keep this until mid 2025, but there is a point to it - Currently the war is 40% of the Ruzzian gdp, which is an astronomical figure for a war that is not economically "profitable".

 You are not mentioning the increased rate of plane accidents (civilian), you are not mentioning the cut in subsidies recently announced... you are not mentioning the population decrease, the immigration,... well, too much lost in the picture.

I am the OP stupid.


That is actually a funny fact yes, you cannot go into the US or become citizen if you have pending convictions or have been convicted of crimes, etc... but it is absolutely ok to become president 

I honestly thought that the US would never be this divided. The Roman Empire could only fall due to divisions, greed and corruption around the emperors. The Supreme Court has made the President some for short of Tyrant that answers to none and I see some resemblance to Rome's faith.

My post is about your post. As usual, I am not sure if you are trying to not understand: you want me to answer a question that seems to be only in your mind.

All soldiers get some short of pay, what you should ask yourself is why there is an initial sign-up bonus that is different across regions in Ruzzia and is deliriously high. If you recall the communism, salaries were relatively low and the army had some kind of a "cause", like our vatnik here Branko. If you need to pay so much it means that Ruzzians and other in the orbit understand that there is little chance of coming back alive and plenty of chances of getting sent to die quickly. They perfectly understand that there is no "cause" here other than Putin's delirious ambitions.

Anyway, as most people have seen by now, a few f16 have been seen while Zelensky gave a speech. It is interesting that the wings were carefully covered by cammo nets = I would say this is not casual, that they do not want the Ruzzis to know what is in there - a short range AIM, a long range AIM or... a Meteor.

Anyway, there are just a few units, so I would consider this a test. Let's see how it goes.

Anything that is not to your liking is Marxist? Any judge that is investigating Trump is politically motivated? You are an expert in fooling yourself.

Provide evidence. Or is this like when you say stuff bout god and we have to believe it? Or like when you say anything else but do not bother to prove, argue or reason (like 99% of your posting)?

That's racist!... wait, ... no, racist is when you say that Kamala only recently became black. But, according to dumBAss, everybody does those things (he probably means everyone he knows) so, if everybody does them, it may actually be fine... (all this according to his theory).

Bottom line, you can call Trump the orange man, but I think that since everybody can call names... he can be called the <<orange agent>>, same used in Vietman.

There is an scenario in which it would it would make some sense to place such bet, or maybe more than one to be honest - for example if you desperately need to multiply the money, for debts, and these can get very large and the larger the more dangerous so 100 and zero are the same if you cannot pay. Another scenario is if the player has the change to place many more similar bets and statistically could win.

And your answer fails to answer why paying a soldier the equivalent to 3 or 5 years of salary up-front, just to sign-in, is somehow ok for Ruzzia - whose is this war on behalf of? Ruzzians or... you know who?

If you want some short of answer you need to make some short of question. Until now you have published a few oversized pictures and vague comments of a visit.

Morozov meanwhile...

https://youtu.be/q6h5ev4nlE8

Bad news or may be good. The sub hit yesterday is the previously hit Rostov on don. Apparently Ruzzia decided to repair it.. in the same place ...so, unless this is psy-op and a masterful plan... it is simply the biggest stupidity. Not surprising really - is one of many.

Speaking of which, apparently the non-existent Ukrainian navy has destroyed another Ruzzia submarine (I will confirm if something comes out). How much is a submarine? How long does it take to build a submarine and where can it be built?

Is not a single case, there have been a number of strikes in Crimea deleting (apparently) 2 x s400, but it seems that 1 stormshadow or another type of missile hit the sub in drydock. How much would that be? 1 Billion?

I wonder how Ruzzia data is not going to be Ruzzian biased equally on this. But anyway Ruzzia is in 39 in 82 according to your table, it does not mean that a territory controlled by Ruzzia is going to reach that level (e.g. Georgia is 53). US is 27, which only surprises me a little, as Universities are ridiculously expensive.

But, it is evident that EU countries score mostly well, and that is where Ukraine should be in a decade - I think Ukraine should follow an Easter European democracies model (I do not fool myself believing that it ill become Finland). Is a much better prospect that staying where they are, getting to mid-talbe like Ruzzia or, what would be more likely, falling behind. Poland is a good example of what Ukraine could be at position 30 and Lithuania or Finland a dream scenario.

Another question is if social mobility is a good measure in a country that does not grow, I mean, being rich in US is not being rich in Albania.

btw there has been a massive prisoner exchange just yesterday in Turkiya.  Some people want to think that it means something... I doubt it.

I am not sure where are you getting this from or if it has any resemblance of truth, but most of the US is open for business and mob-free. It is easy to open a company, offer services or create any type of business. In fact if probably easier than in many EU countries. There are millions of US citizens that started in middle class or even in low-middle class or - in some cases from nearly nothing and that no have assets well above a million and all built in their working years. They are mostly boring and do not appear in the TV. And frankly if you have some talent, you can make a very good life.

I do not think there is any socialism in the US as I understand it. At most, free health care could be construed as such?? But yes the US system is costly and the people with the money hold power - but it is not infinite power and is not all built around the army and the secret service which account for a relatively small part of the economy.

Ruzzia is not a recipe for growth for Ukraine, the whole system is just slightly more efficient than communism - sometimes less efficient - when the secret service controls the economy, it stagnates.  If you have an army of that size, that influence and taking so much of your budget, you need wars and enemies all the time.

To be honest if you look at population growth in Ruzzia... there is a big problem. So Ruzzia is not a good system even for themselves.

Since they bank rescue which you can rightfully claim as bailing out the oligarch, certainly I did like it as much as you when it happened, the banks have much tighter controls and stronger regulation - so too big to fail now means too big to be left in the wild - let's hope Trump does not Trump-it.

Assets wise:

Earnings wise:


I would not bet the house on exact figures, but this is around it. It is a system in which wealth can be made even if you are not "someone". You do need to have some base though, it is not like you are born from a crack addict and become millionaire at 30 -  much easier if you can go to a good college and have some basic contacts.

I do not like sports betting in general so I cannot tell you something that you cannot google yourself or someone in this forum will know, however it depends if you are looking for good odds or something different, like better play or live streams included if you put a bet. Most likely any site will be accepting the usual bets if they have a sports area as usual.

Short answer - you don't. Nothing is reliable 100% and it is not a bad idea to diversify your sites instead of just playing one site. It is similar to a market to be honest, how do you know that your are really putting your money on a company that is worth? It is not such an easy task even if you know and have much more public information that about gambling sites. Obvious advice: check this forum for reputation and long lasting.

Uncertainty is what keeps players active in gambling, it is the essence of it. I wonder how hooked you need to be to either not caring about 1 million - which is not that common even for the richer bit of people, or how bad is your case if you need to play that far to feel the thrill of the game. It is simply annoying that someone shall take it to that point.

Soldiers in the front do not fight for cookies (well, actually the Ruzzians are giving monumental cookies for signing in). Again, you do not know enough about why your enemy is your enemy... or are pretending not to know.


You may argue about income distribution, just as many people in the US do. The problem is that you need income to have income distribution and under Ruzzia, all the income goes to Moscow.

Apart, potentially anyone can do business in the US. There are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people which have built their own large fortunes in perfectly legitimate business or even by investing consistently. That opportunity simply does not exist in Ruzzia -  it is just the system dude, it does not allow people and countries to grow, chose and develop.