Donetsk region within Ukraine. Putin is a powerful man, but he has no power over the Supreme Court of a sovereign state (he doesn't even have power over Russia's Supreme Court).
On paper he don't have such power, but reality is a bit different. And it's fun to hear that Putin dodn't have power over Supreme Court of ''sovereign country, but at the same time he want to change path of sovereign country (Ukraine) and occupy as much as possible territory of it. It looks like we both know who the most powerful person in the world is and it's not Zelensky. If Putin has enough power to impose a Putin tax on food and gas in the US, as Joe Biden said yesterday, of course he can influence anything - including the fate of two Englishmen and one Moroccan. I don't think the death sentence will be carried out, don't worry about it. A mercenary is still a soldier IMHO. They can be war criminals or even terrorists if they do not play by the rules, but that is related to their actions, not to their origin nor to the fact that they get paid - if you think of it, the RF soldiers get paid, are they not mercenaries? Are they not going to a foreign country to wage war and die just to steal territory and goods from Ukraine?
There is logic in your words and I think you are right. The soldier of the Russian army, who serves under the contract, is also in a sense a mercenary. It's not a problem to be a mercenary in itself, it only becomes a problem if you were taken prisoner in the DPR and you have some strange passport in an incomprehensible language with you. |
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"Two different things
Inflation and recession describe the momentum of an economy. Inflation makes the economy barrel forward at full speed, sometimes uncontrollably, leading to price surges and a higher cost of living for the average consumer. A recession would be the opposite, a much slower economy marked by a decline in economic activity and potentially higher unemployment.
Sometimes the stars converge in such a way that inflation is combined with a recession, this is called stagflation (stagnation + inflation). This is the scariest beast of all - when the economy slows down and prices rise at the same time. |
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Ok, Ukraine, which does not have significant air defense, missed a certain number of Kinzhal missiles. Here no one disputes this fact.
Even Biden had to admit that the Dagger is an ordinary missile, it's just almost impossible to intercept it. Do you know what this means in reality? That 80% of all NATO strategies and combat plans flew into the trash after the first successful combat use of the Dagger. And after that, NATO realized its incompetence and in every possible way avoids the escalation of the conflict, so as not to be drawn into it by its direct participation. And this is a relatively light rocket, in fact, the usual good old Iskander, which was hung under the plane and thus dispersed to hypersonic. But at the same time, the Ukrainian army, in many other situations, just showed the uselessness of Russian "unparalleled" ones (the funniest narrative from Russian media). The cruiser Moscow, Zmeinny Island, the "vaunted" electronic warfare and other advertised "fakes", especially the welded grilles on the towers of "tanks that have no analogue", "guaranteed to save from being hit by a javelin", all of them showed their effectiveness, which is very different from the declared one. Of course for the worse. But for some reason you "forget" about it, a sort of selective sclerosis. Engagement?  Don't be fooled, the sinking of the Moskva is actually Ukraine's only significant and meaningful tactical success in this confrontation with Russia. Otherwise, Ukraine acts as a whipping boy. I pay tribute to the courage of Ukrainian soldiers, they show great fortitude, despite the absence of even the slightest chance of success. The forces are too unequal, Russia is in a different weight category. |
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I believe in less than three months Putin's kingdom is over , what do you think?
False. Russia will hit until it will be able to do so. For russia (not only for Ukraine, yep) this was is existential. If it will fail - for russia this will means an and and country (as we know it) will collapse. That rare case when I agree with you. Russia does not have much choice to continue or end, there is too much at stake. |
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I mean unstoppable Russian hypersonic weapons that can easily destroy city blocks
The main problem that there to few of such weapons in russia. For example, X-32 missile has a velocity around 3,5—4,6M. But the main problem that there around 30-40 such missiles (!!!). If orcs will use them all, they will be without such weapon at all. This rocket uses western parts in it, so there will be no more new missiles X-32 anymore. Only what's left. And the same story with all new weaponry in Russia. The main "working horse" of the war - Kalibr cruise missile, late soviet project, mainly was built since 1994 , when there were no sanctions at all (the same story with Iskander ballistic rockets). And we can't see any new (which was announced after 2014) weapons on the battlefield in significant numbers. Why so? The answer is easy: sanctions after 2014. And after 2022 I doubt that russian will be able to built even 5 missiles in year. So the answer for your question can be enough simple: orcs and their rules - gnomes, just economize their few modern missiles and rockets. It would be to my advantage to leave you in the dark about the true state of things, but I'll say it anyway. The main workhorse of Russia now is cannon artillery, and ammunition supplies are almost unlimited. Of the missile weapons, the main workhorse is the X101 air-launched cruise missile. However, since it has no export analogue, the sea-based Caliber missile, which became the main star of the operation in Syria and remains the main star of the operation in Ukraine, took all the glory of high-precision missile strikes (there was even a special term "calibrate"). I don’t want to upset you, but Russia’s stocks of these missiles are quite large and are constantly replenished. |
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Officers of the Ukrainian defence army are there to implement the official policies. As of now, the official policy is to follow the rules of war and the Geneva Convention as far as I know. There may be groups in Ukraine that may not have such a degree of discipline, but that is a completely different matter from having an official policy of classing PoWs as "terrorists" and kill them.
All in all, this simply makes life much harder for both RF and Ukrainian soldiers.
Mercenaries are not prisoners of war. These people came to Ukraine to kill for money, and they are not entitled to any leniency for their actions. It is better for foreign mercenaries to choose another place for safari, because death or death awaits them here - on the battlefield or as a result of a court verdict. This is an unambiguous and clear signal to those 3,000+ foreign mercenaries who are still fighting on the side of Ukraine - pack your things and go home. Funny that you say this and at the same time commend the tourists that joined the RF orcs army. So the criteria is that only Ukrainian nationals are soldiers? Then all this guys are terrorists fighting for Adolf Putin: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/24/what-role-is-chechnyas-ramzan-kadyrov-playing-in-ukraineJust two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine was launched, Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Russia’s Chechen Republic, announced his forces were deployed to the battlefield. They would do well to go back home and use their time making more little Chechens instead of dying (as terrorists) for Putin. Kadyrov's Chechens are not mercenaries, but a special police regiment as part of the National Guard. But the fighters of Wagner's private military company are mercenaries. Although they are fighting on the side of Russia (and seem to be quite successful in combat missions), you have never heard me praise them here. |
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It was always funny to watch the Western haters who, with great joy, stuffed “unsecured dollars” and “fake euros” into their pockets. Moreover, in 99% of cases, they were stored in those very Western banks, and there, for a calm and comfortable life, all these Western-haters bought real estate, businesses, taught children there ... But they always told their people how bad it is to live there, what it is degradation, and other sins at every turn! But as soon as they begin to take away their illegally acquired property, or expel their children or wives to the "holy homeland", such squeals and hysterics begin, resentment that he was deprived of the opportunity to live "in the most sinful west"! This is the huge positive effect of Western sanctions on Russia, which alone outweighs the many negative side effects. Paradoxically, sanctions hit hardest of all not ordinary Russians, but oligarchs, fifth-column liberals, and the duplicitous hypocrites you speak of. |
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Both suspended and launched, production is not in the combat zone, as well as a significant part of the raw materials sources (industries).
In Ukraine, two companies prior to the start of the operation were cleaning Russian neon for the needs of microelectronics - Cryoin in Odessa and Ingaz in Mariupol. I think Ukraine will hardly be able to launch a company in Mariupol in the foreseeable future, there are also doubts about Odessa. And now bother to provide evidence that all the neon produced by Ukraine was just a post-treatment of the Russian one? But just not links to fake generators like RushToday or other fake media from Russia? It is not difficult to confirm this information with a link, it is more difficult to find a link that is not affiliated with Russia and which you can trust. For example here is an article in a Spanish newspaper. Ukraine provides half of the world's supply of neon, which is necessary for the production of semiconductors. Neon is used in lasers, which are used to create patterns on chips. The Odessa company "Cryoin" played an important role in deliveries of neon to the USA, South Korea and Japan. Gases generated as a by-product in Russian steel mills were supplied to Cryoin, where they were then purified. Quote from the article at the link, highlighted by me. The article smells very strongly, no, not for biased, but absolutely about the Russian. The result of the article - well, where are you without Russia!? Would they lie if the truth was reprinted in Russian media https://inosmi.ru/20220531/resursy-254354103.htmlBy the way, there is not a word about the fact that Russian resources are the main raw material for all neon production in Ukraine. It only says that 1 out of 2 plants supplied products from the Russian steel industry. "Ukraine did not produce neon itself, but purified Russian - your words"? Maybe you didn't understand the question? Ok, I repeat once again - indicate a trustworthy source containing verified information that everything, as you indicated, Ukrainian production works on Russian raw materials, and without it it cannot produce neon? Did you mean that in your original post? If not, then there is no particular problem, only part of the raw materials for 1 plant "fell off", which can be compensated by supplies from other countries - Germany, Slovenia, Italy ... Or are there steel mills only in Russia? I can only add, I stand by the truth in any situation, that Ukrainian companies, in some cases, partially used Russian raw materials, both for part of their needs, and on a contract basis, for Russian producers, performing post-treatment of primary raw materials (a by-product of metallurgy) . But Russian raw materials were not of any critical importance. By the way, you forgot to mention that the article says "Ukraine provides half of the world's neon supplies." Half is 50%, or do you think differently? The plant located in Odessa will be launched. The plant in Mariupol, after being freed from terrorists, will also be put into operation - the country and business need money. I am not ready to say how much the Neon plant suffered from terrorists, but if it cannot quickly enter into operation, it is possible that production will be increased in Odessa. Yes, there will be a noticeable decrease in supplies, but the world market will now perfectly understand that dealing with such terrorist suppliers as Russia should never be done again. I did not go deep into the technology of neon production, as far as I understand, this is not a very environmentally friendly event. Therefore, in principle, its production can be established within a year in many countries of the world, but there is no queue of those who want to. In fact, at present, inert gases are a strong lever of pressure from Russia on unfriendly countries, in the future this situation may change, but now it is so. |
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Melitopol is located in the Zaporozhye region and you habitually think that this is Ukraine. However, it's time to get used to the new reality, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions are Russia. Donetsk and Lugansk regions are independent people's republics of Donbass. All your accusations of stealing Ukrainian grain are baseless insinuations.
I don't think that Ukraine will ever get back these territories. Crimea is gone and already merged with Russia. Rebels control more than 95% of Lugansk and close to 60% of Donetsk. One-third of Kharkiv is gone, so is more than two-thirds of Zaporozhye. Kherson is now almost 100% under Russian control. If Ukraine announces a ceasefire now, they will be able to save the remainder of their South-east region, such as the oblasts of Odessa and Mykolayiv. Zelensky and his regime needs to be realistic about their chances and the outcome of this war. Russia was ready to conclude a peace treaty and end its operation in Ukraine in March, when some common ground was reached in the negotiations mediated by Turkey, then Russia, as a gesture of goodwill, withdrew its troops from the north of Ukraine from near Kyiv. However, Kyiv disrupted the negotiations and significantly worsened its position. The problem is not that Zelensky is a drug addict, but that Ukraine is not an independent state that is completely dependent on the choice of foreign policy from curators from the United States and the European Union, who are apparently ready to fight in Russia to the last Ukrainian. |
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Both suspended and launched, production is not in the combat zone, as well as a significant part of the raw materials sources (industries).
In Ukraine, two companies prior to the start of the operation were cleaning Russian neon for the needs of microelectronics - Cryoin in Odessa and Ingaz in Mariupol. I think Ukraine will hardly be able to launch a company in Mariupol in the foreseeable future, there are also doubts about Odessa. And now bother to provide evidence that all the neon produced by Ukraine was just a post-treatment of the Russian one? But just not links to fake generators like RushToday or other fake media from Russia? It is not difficult to confirm this information with a link, it is more difficult to find a link that is not affiliated with Russia and which you can trust. For example here is an article in a Spanish newspaper. Ukraine provides half of the world's supply of neon, which is necessary for the production of semiconductors. Neon is used in lasers, which are used to create patterns on chips. The Odessa company "Cryoin" played an important role in deliveries of neon to the USA, South Korea and Japan. Gases generated as a by-product in Russian steel mills were supplied to Cryoin, where they were then purified. Quote from the article at the link, highlighted by me. |
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Officers of the Ukrainian defence army are there to implement the official policies. As of now, the official policy is to follow the rules of war and the Geneva Convention as far as I know. There may be groups in Ukraine that may not have such a degree of discipline, but that is a completely different matter from having an official policy of classing PoWs as "terrorists" and kill them.
All in all, this simply makes life much harder for both RF and Ukrainian soldiers.
Mercenaries are not prisoners of war. These people came to Ukraine to kill for money, and they are not entitled to any leniency for their actions. It is better for foreign mercenaries to choose another place for safari, because death or death awaits them here - on the battlefield or as a result of a court verdict. This is an unambiguous and clear signal to those 3,000+ foreign mercenaries who are still fighting on the side of Ukraine - pack your things and go home. |
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The matter is still the same, the RF is not only showing disrespect for PoWs, they are even making a point of killing them in public. What can you expect if you are an RF captured soldier and there are no officers present?
You've got it all mixed up again. The trial of the mercenaries took place in the DPR, from the point of view of Russia it is an independent state, from the point of view of Ukraine it is the Donetsk region within Ukraine. Putin is a powerful man, but he has no power over the Supreme Court of a sovereign state (he doesn't even have power over Russia's Supreme Court). |
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This is a very old article from the beginning of March, the information in it is not up to date at the moment. Today, Putin canceled the mandatory sale of foreign exchange earnings for exporters, yesterday the Central Bank of Russia increased the export limit from $50,000 to $150,000. Russia is trying in every possible way to weaken the rapidly strengthening ruble, because it is unprofitable with a large positive trade balance. So far, it is not working out very well, apparently the Central Bank will again reduce the key rate in the near future.Well, today the Central Bank of Russia lowered the key rate from 11 to 9.5%, let's see how effective this measure will be in order to stop the further strengthening of the ruble. |
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This is pretty much what I expected to read from you. Adolf Putin's government killing POW = justice. If Ukraine defence army ever thinks of doing the same = Terrorism / crimes. This type of bullshit fits well on the RF controlled media, but people here can tell a troll.
There is some difference between the torture and murder of Russian prisoners without trial and investigation, and between the trial of foreign mercenaries. If you don't see it or refuse to see it, that says a lot about you. ...
At the end of March, an international scandal erupted when many mainstream media published shocking videos of the torture and execution of Russian prisoners of war. A little later, in early April, Kyiv refused to comply with the Geneva Convention in relation to Russian prisoners of war. You have a very short and selective memory if you don't remember it.
The Geneva convention you say... so Ukraine has to comply with it but... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-warcrimes-convention-idUSKBN1WW2INRussia's Putin revokes Geneva convention protocol on war crimes victims https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-03-22/explainer-how-could-ruThe International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said this month he had opened an investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine. Neither Russia nor Ukraine is a member of the ICC and Moscow does not recognize the tribunal. This is very simple: you can expect the same chivalry you offer. I did not argue that Ukraine should comply with the Geneva Convention in relation to the prisoners. LTU_btc claimed that Ukraine follows the Geneva Convention, but this is not true - that's what I said. Don't overdo it, it's not pretty. As for the International Criminal Court, that's bullshit. Russia does not recognize this organization, as well as, for example, the United States. |
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BTW, these POWs were members of the Ukrainian Army. You draw your own conclusions.
Yeah, they were regular membrers of Ukrainian army and they're Ukrainian citizens. This is not true or not entirely true. Two citizens of Great Britain and one citizen of Morocco were convicted. As far as I know, the Englishman Sean Pinner is married to a Ukrainian, but this does not automatically make him a Ukrainian. Russian soldiers have no illusions, they know what awaits them in Ukrainian captivity.
What exactly? I just remind that there is no death sentence in Ukraine, unlike in so called DPR. So, worst what can happen is life imprisonmet or more likely exchsnge with Ukrainian POW's. Ukraine, is following Geneva convention, unlike so called DPR or Russia. At the end of March, an international scandal erupted when many mainstream media published shocking videos of the torture and execution of Russian prisoners of war. A little later, in early April, Kyiv refused to comply with the Geneva Convention in relation to Russian prisoners of war. You have a very short and selective memory if you don't remember it. |
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 It's like in court, the words of a recidivist criminal who denies his guilt, to be taken as the truth! "Today, we are proud and happy to announce that ... the first railway cars with grain from the Melitopol elevator went to the direction of the Crimea" The air of the TV channel Crimea-24. You can watch it online, in your own language I am not interested in the opinion of the UN representative. The UN, the Red Cross, and many other international organizations have completely discredited themselves. And facts are facts! Moreover, not only grain is stolen, but metal is also massively stolen and exported to the Russian Federation. I will not talk about bipedal marauders, from gangs that are called the Russian army, who steal used underwear, dishes, beds and more. In Russia, stealing is not a crime, it is a folk tradition! By the way - where is the official document, the UN resolution for example, about the fact that Russia is not a thief? Not ? And the facts that the thief-there is! Especially if they write about it themselves I suggest everyone evaluate the news from the Russian media https://www.gazeta.ru/business/news/2022/06/07/17889902.shtmlhttps://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/629f96e89a794739cb9c9fbehttps://www.interfax.ru/world/845178Let me remind you that in 2014, Ukrainian drilling gas rigs in the Ukrainian waters of the Black Sea were seized and assigned to Russia (stolen) ... Forgotten? To clarify - the Glubokaya field is located on the Prykerch shelf of the Black Sea, in the exclusive marine economic zone of Ukraine PS Russia is the only country in the world where they proudly report that they have stolen .... Melitopol is located in the Zaporozhye region and you habitually think that this is Ukraine. However, it's time to get used to the new reality, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions are Russia. Donetsk and Lugansk regions are independent people's republics of Donbass. All your accusations of stealing Ukrainian grain are baseless insinuations. |
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Let's not forget Russia did not send Kamikaze passenger planes into these buildings, but rockets, which cause a totally different type of destruction.
The nature of the destruction from Russian sea- and air-launched missiles used in Ukraine is fairly well known. Most likely, the photographs show traces of destruction from downed Russian missiles, for which we must thank the Ukrainian missile defense system. Deny, give fake info, repeat all common places about the RF capabilities... RF does not have enough precision weapons to wage this war, nor they care much about the civilian damages. You are bot repeating official propaganda over and over despite massive evidence of how the Psychos that direct the RF army specifically using tactics that destroy cities without any sense. Seen in Aleppo, seen in Mariupol and seen anywhere the orcs set foot. Even the most stupid of Adolf Putin's orc followers knows that the RF army is just a cheese grinder that can't tell their own mouth from their ass when shelling. Yes, yes, I remember that Russia's missiles were supposed to end in mid-March. But for some reason they don't end. Mostly sea-based Kalibr missiles and X101 air-launched cruise missiles work at military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, land-based Iskander missiles are used less frequently. Each such rocket contains approximately 400 kg of explosives in TNT equivalent. I think in six months or a year after the start of this operation, you will also gradually learn to understand Russian weapons. |
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Really depends on what Putin is able to sell as a win domestically. There's a lot of Russian losses, sure, but Ukranians are hurting too, and Putin's territorial gains in the East are non-trivial. If the Donbas is secured + a land corridor to Crimea, and he can get some kind of negotiated promise of Ukranian neutrality re: joining NATO, then that might be enough to sell domestically as a win.
Remember, Russians have historically tolerated leaders that have racked up high domestic body counts, but have been less tolerant of leaders perceived as weak. Hence, Putin's survival lies in being able to spin a tale of victory.
That would work with the French or Germans, but it will never work with Ukrainians. Even if he would manage to control these territories today, Russians will be dying for the foreseeable future, until Ukraine gets its territories back. No matter if it takes 2, 5, 10, or 40 years. Russians will be defeated in those territories. Too many atrocities were committed by the Russian soldiers in Ukraine. There will be no going back to pre-2022 relations with Russia. People who think some sort of territorial succession can be achieved, do not understand Ukrainians, their nationalism, and what exactly happened in Ukraine. Just the same, the nationalism of Ukrainians is very well understood, which is why this operation of demilitarization and denazification is being carried out. In the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, the queue is a month ahead for obtaining Russian citizenship. In September, children in the liberated territories will go to school and follow the Russian curriculum, including the Russian anthem and the hoisting of the Russian flag every morning. I think after 20 years of continuous efforts, only vague memories will remain of Ukrainian nationalism. |
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Do not complaint after for the payback. Killing a POW by deciding that he is a "terrorist" calls for equal terms for the captured RF orcs. Not that you care about them, I know, I am just saying this for those who may be considering joining the RF army.
Exactly, this is payback - for the murders and torture of Russian prisoners of war who were captured by Ukrainians. Just so that I am clear: Anyone joining the RF army must know that their government is executing POWs and that is likely to end badly for any RF soldier captured.
Russian soldiers have no illusions, they know what awaits them in Ukrainian captivity. Pretty hypocritical considering the Nazi Wagner group, which isn't part of the official Russian military, has been deployed to fight in Ukraine.
The mercenaries of the Wagner Group also have no illusions. They know what awaits them in Ukrainian captivity. BTW, these POWs were members of the Ukrainian Army. You draw your own conclusions.
Don't worry so much. They have been covered enough in the media space to count on a pardon from the President of the Donetsk People's Republic or on an exchange for a Russian soldier who was sentenced in Kyiv to life imprisonment for the murder of a civilian. I also want to note that the mercenaries were tried in the DPR, not in Russia. |
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This is a very old article from the beginning of March, the information in it is not up to date at the moment. Today, Putin canceled the mandatory sale of foreign exchange earnings for exporters, yesterday the Central Bank of Russia increased the export limit from $50,000 to $150,000. Russia is trying in every possible way to weaken the rapidly strengthening ruble, because it is unprofitable with a large positive trade balance. So far, it is not working out very well, apparently the Central Bank will again reduce the key rate in the near future. |
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