Wars & Rumours of Wars

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THE KYIV INDEPENDENT

To combat Russia, Ukraine invites foreign fighters. Here’s how to apply

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Ukraine, as it combats Russia’s full-fledged invasion, is rapidly creating its own International Legion, a military force composed of international volunteers enlisting to help defend Ukraine.

Three days after the start of Russia’s further invasion, on Feb. 27, Ukraine’s leadership announced the opportunity for foreign volunteers, expecting the dire need for manpower to combat the offensive.

As soon as on Feb. 28, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry had received “several thousand” applications from foreign nationals willing to join Ukraine in war.

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine is expecting as many as 16,000 foreign volunteers to join the legion.

To make it easier for foreigners to enlist to defend Ukraine, on March 5, the government launched a website which provides guidelines for potential legionnaires.

In many ways, Ukraine’s International Legion revives the legacy of the International Brigades, the much-romanticized volunteer formations fighting for the Republican Government during the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1938.

The legion is expected to be part of the country’s Territorial Defense Force, a newly established branch of the Armed Forces. The legion will start with two newly formed battalions."

To combat Russia, Ukraine invites foreign fighters. Here’s how to apply
 
nivek

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Atomic watchdog loses contact with SECOND Ukraine nuclear site: Captured Zaporizhzhia power station goes offline after it emerged Chernobyl could be just 48 HOURS from leaking radiation

Nuclear safety watchdogs have lost contact with the captured Zaporizhzhia power plant, just hours after warning of a potential unfolding disaster at Chernobyl. The International Atomic Energy Agency said warning systems at Zaporizhzhia had stopped broadcasting updates in the days since Russian forces shelled the site.

Earlier Ukraine said Chernobyl could be 48 hours away from leaking radiation, and called on Russia to observe an urgent ceasefire to allow for repairs to be made. The country's nuclear company Energoatom earlier warned that radioactive substances could be released if an electricity outage at the site continues any longer, as it makes it impossible to cool spent nuclear fuel.

Russian forces captured the plant and cut the power in the early days of the invasion. It has not been possible to make repairs at the plant since, and the plant is currently running on emergency back-up generators that are powered by diesel.

The French government said it was in contact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and was urging Russia to co-operate. 'Reserve diesel generators have a 48-hour capacity to power the Chornobyl NPP,' Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a warning on Twitter. 'After that, cooling systems of the storage facility for spent nuclear fuel will stop, making radiation leaks imminent.'

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nivek said:
Atomic watchdog loses contact with SECOND Ukraine nuclear site: Captured Zaporizhzhia power station goes offline after it emerged Chernobyl could be just 48 HOURS from leaking radiation

Nuclear safety watchdogs have lost contact with the captured Zaporizhzhia power plant, just hours after warning of a potential unfolding disaster at Chernobyl. The International Atomic Energy Agency said warning systems at Zaporizhzhia had stopped broadcasting updates in the days since Russian forces shelled the site.

Earlier Ukraine said Chernobyl could be 48 hours away from leaking radiation, and called on Russia to observe an urgent ceasefire to allow for repairs to be made. The country's nuclear company Energoatom earlier warned that radioactive substances could be released if an electricity outage at the site continues any longer, as it makes it impossible to cool spent nuclear fuel.

Russian forces captured the plant and cut the power in the early days of the invasion. It has not been possible to make repairs at the plant since, and the plant is currently running on emergency back-up generators that are powered by diesel.

The French government said it was in contact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and was urging Russia to co-operate. 'Reserve diesel generators have a 48-hour capacity to power the Chornobyl NPP,' Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a warning on Twitter. 'After that, cooling systems of the storage facility for spent nuclear fuel will stop, making radiation leaks imminent.'

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Now the question is is this circumstantial or by design?
Do the Russians want the plant to leak radiation inside Ukraine or will a lot of it also end up in Russia ???
 
Kchoo

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Oh no! Not the 'Create a disaster zone so enemies will be afraid to stay and fight' plan! That may sort of work, but the wind may blow any leaking radiation back in Putin,'s face...

The wind is most often from the north for 3.7 months, from April 27 to August 18, with a peak percentage of 36% on July 10. The wind is most often from the west for 7.5 months, from August 18 to April 2, with a peak percentage of 42% on January 1.
 
pigfarmer

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Had Fox and CNN on last night. Saw an impassioned and utterly mindless plea for Polish MiGs and an incredible amount if ill informed cackling. Speaking of which, Kamala is cackling her way through Poland.

Interesting that the Russians seem to have a habit of calling out the Ukrainians for actions they do themselves. Genocide, civilian deaths etc. Now they've been making chemical and biological threats. Blame your enemy for what you are about to do or have already done. Gee - any of THAT sound familiar in American politics as of late?

Russia needs an off ramp - a way to get out of this that puts a fig leaf over the fact that they F'd up big time. Since they've indiscriminately blown the living **** out of any number of noncombatants I really doubt they would flinch at doing something truly heinous and then attempting to justify it. The longer they blunder and the longer the Ukrainians hold out the more likely this is.

Maybe when Kamala gets on the world stage and reminds us of our special powers and purpose and destiny and kittens and puppies then the big Red Bear will get the message. C'mon, man. We should be building betterness back and forth, assuming we can get enough fuel from various enemies to do so.
 
Dejan Corovic

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pigfarmer said:
Had Fox and CNN on last night. Saw an impassioned and utterly mindless plea for Polish MiGs and an incredible amount if ill informed cackling. Speaking of which, Kamala is cackling her way through Poland.

Interesting that the Russians seem to have a habit of calling out the Ukrainians for actions they do themselves. Genocide, civilian deaths etc. Now they've been making chemical and biological threats. Blame your enemy for what you are about to do or have already done. Gee - any of THAT sound familiar in American politics as of late?

Russia needs an off ramp - a way to get out of this that puts a fig leaf over the fact that they F'd up big time. Since they've indiscriminately blown the living **** out of any number of noncombatants I really doubt they would flinch at doing something truly heinous and then attempting to justify it. The longer they blunder and the longer the Ukrainians hold out the more likely this is.

Maybe when Kamala gets on the world stage and reminds us of our special powers and purpose and destiny and kittens and puppies then the big Red Bear will get the message. C'mon, man. We should be building betterness back and forth, assuming we can get enough fuel from various enemies to do so.
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War will not end till Russians take over all the border cities, like Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kharison etc. These are parts of Ukraine with large Russian minority population.

Reports in media are misleading because its not their job to understand things. One needs to listen what retired NATO generals are saying. They are experts in this field and they understand Russian military doctrine. Practically Russians are fighting WWII style battles of encirclement and isolating pockets with defenders. And they are doing it very methodically. Importantly, Russian army doesn't fight like Western armies. Russian army takes casualties, including generals. Human life is cheaper over there.

There is a handy Google Map that shows war progress timeline day by day:

Russo-Ukrainian War - Google My Maps
 
nivek

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Putin's puppet Sergei Lavrov says Russia 'DIDN'T attack Ukraine' and dismisses 'pathetic outcry' over maternity hospital bombing atrocity after peace talks collapse in Turkey

Sergei Lavrov has made the extraordinary claim that Russia 'did not attack Ukraine' and dismissed the Mariupol hospital bombing as a 'pathetic outcry' as peace talks broke down in Turkey today. Vladimir Putin's attack dog met with Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, who vowed his country 'will not surrender' to Russia as the negotiations made no progress towards a ceasefire. Speaking after the failed talks, Lavrov said: 'We are not planning to attack other countries. We didn't attack Ukraine.'

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AD1184

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Dejan Corovic said:
War will not end till Russians take over all the border cities, like Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kharison etc. These are parts of Ukraine with large Russian minority population.
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Particularly as Ukraine will not even acknowledge the territories that it has lost forever since 2014. In 2016 it created the ministerial post for "Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories", meaning Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk. Ukraine's struggle against Russia is portrayed as one of self-determination. However, it ended up with places and people that shouldn't have been included when the country was formed 30 years ago, and Ukraine will not entertain their own desires for self-determination.

I think if we are going to be piling weapons into Ukraine for this conflict, then these should be supplied with conditions attached that the country seeks a compromised peace with Russia, at the very least acknowledging that it is never getting these areas back. Instead, Ukraine is going all-in on a policy of bleeding the Russians dry until they are forced to capitulate, or there is a palace coup in Russia forcing regime change against Putin (not to say that whoever comes after Putin will be any better for Ukraine, or for us), and we are enabling this strategy at great risk of escalation into a broader regional conflict (and eventual nuclear war). I for one am not willing to risk a nuclear war over Ukraine.

Reports in media are misleading because its not their job to understand things. One needs to listen what retired NATO generals are saying. They are experts in this field and they understand Russian military doctrine. Practically Russians are fighting WWII style battles of encirclement and isolating pockets with defenders. And they are doing it very methodically. Importantly, Russian army doesn't fight like Western armies. Russian army takes casualties, including generals. Human life is cheaper over there.
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Baghdad was captured on day 24 after ground operations began in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and over 7,000 civilian deaths were inflicted over the course of the campaign, according to the Iraq Body Count organization (not to mention, possibly hundreds of thousands in the aftermath, with some estimated ranges exceeding one million).
 
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Dejan Corovic

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AD1184 said:
Particularly as Ukraine will not even acknowledge the territories that it has lost forever since 2014. In 2016 it created the ministerial post for "Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories", meaning Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk. Ukraine's struggle against Russia is portrayed as one of self-determination. However, it ended up with places and people that shouldn't have been included when the country was formed 30 years ago, and Ukraine will not entertain their own desires for self-determination.

I think if we are going to be piling weapons into Ukraine for this conflict, then these should be supplied with conditions attached that the country seeks a compromised peace with Russia, at the very least acknowledging that it is never getting these areas back. Instead, Ukraine is going all-in on a policy of bleeding the Russians dry until they are forced to capitulate, or there is a palace coup in Russia forcing regime change against Putin (not to say that whoever comes after Putin will be any better for Ukraine, or for us), and we are enabling this strategy at great risk of escalation into a broader regional conflict (and eventual nuclear war). I for one am not willing to risk a nuclear war over Ukraine.


Baghdad was captured on day 24 after ground operations began in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and over 7,000 civilian deaths were inflicted over the course of the campaign, according to the Iraq Body Count organization (not to mention, possibly hundreds of thousands in the aftermath, with some estimated ranges exceeding one million).
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Its just going to end up in a status quo, like Israel vs Palestinians. Probably Russia will hold on on these territories, but Ukraine will keep getting better and better weapons from West.

In long term that will push Russia and China to seek to develop stronger economic and political alliance. So West is going to loose Russia ( weather that was a smart move we'll see ). With Russian commodities and Chinese manufacturing they are quite self-sufficient.

Ukraine war proves that politics is stupid business.
 
nivek

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AD1184 said:
I for one am not willing to risk a nuclear war over Ukraine.
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This ^

One would think the powers that be must understand this very important point, especially the Ukraine president, however he keeps berating the West and asking for things or actions that could lead to nuclear war...

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Spaceman spiff

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I find it funny how everyone is cancelling Russia now, while China has had plenty of human rights violations like genocide with the Uyghur, but who cares about them, right? Good business in China.
 
nivek

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nivek said:
This woman is the most pathetic VP in my lifetime...

Giggling Harris looks to Polish president for help answering question on refugees



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Zelensky's former press secretary tweets and then deletes message saying it would be a 'tragedy' if Kamala Harris becomes President after VP LAUGHS during Ukraine press conference



Volodymyr Zelensky's former press secretary tweeted then deleted a post saying it would be a 'tragedy' if Vice President Kamala Harris were to one day be president after she laughed through questions at a press conference in Poland about the refugee crisis in Ukraine. 'It would be a tragedy if this woman won the presidency,' Iuliia Mendel, who served Zelensky's administration from June 2019 until July 2021, wrote on Twitter before quickly deleting the post. Harris is the first ever woman and person of color to serve as a U.S. vice president - before being selected as President Joe Biden's No. 2, she was running for his spot in the Democratic primary.

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nivek

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AlienView

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Surprised by Russia: 5 things that bewildered Napoleon in 1812

1. Elusive army
The unorthodox behavior of Russian troops was the first unpleasant surprise to greet Napoleon. Hoping to secure a quick victory, the French emperor gathered his enormous and multinational Grand Armée, and entered into Russia without facing any resistance. Later, when in exile on the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon recalled that he had “an an army more numerous than any that has ever fought in Europe… Strengthened by troops from Prussia, Austria and the Rhine Confederation, I had under my command up to 480,000 soldiers…”

Since it was very difficult to supply such a vast army for a long period of time, Napoleon hoped that a traditional field battle would take place soon after crossing the border, somewhere on the territory of present-day Lithuania.

Something very unexpected happened, however. While the Russian army (around 240,000 soldiers) furiously resisted the French invaders, they eluded a general battle, each time retreating after conducting furtive hit-and-run attacks. Napoleon described the overarching French sentiment when in mid-August, after a ferocious battle, he entered the city of Smolensk (240 miles west of Moscow).

“The entire army thought it would be the end of our campaign… My regiments were amazed that after so many hard and deadly marches [two months after the invasion], the results of their endeavors constantly were further away, and they started to worry about the distance separating them from France,” wrote Napoleon in exile.................


5. Determined resistance
Napoleon was deeply struck by the massive popular resistance to his invasion, as already seen by his reaction to the Moscow fire. “The most menacing army cannot successfully wage war against a whole nation that decided to win or die. We did not deal with the Lithuanians, indifferent viewers of events unfolding around them. All the people who were ethnic Russians left their houses when we advanced. On our way, we only encountered deserted or burnt settlements whose dwellers united in gangs that acted against our foragers.”

www.rbth.com/history/327666-surprised-by-russia-napoleon

"GLORY TO UKRAINE" !!!
 
Dejan Corovic

Dejan Corovic

As above, so bellow
AlienView said:
Surprised by Russia: 5 things that bewildered Napoleon in 1812

1. Elusive army
The unorthodox behavior of Russian troops was the first unpleasant surprise to greet Napoleon. Hoping to secure a quick victory, the French emperor gathered his enormous and multinational Grand Armée, and entered into Russia without facing any resistance. Later, when in exile on the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon recalled that he had “an an army more numerous than any that has ever fought in Europe… Strengthened by troops from Prussia, Austria and the Rhine Confederation, I had under my command up to 480,000 soldiers…”

Since it was very difficult to supply such a vast army for a long period of time, Napoleon hoped that a traditional field battle would take place soon after crossing the border, somewhere on the territory of present-day Lithuania.

Something very unexpected happened, however. While the Russian army (around 240,000 soldiers) furiously resisted the French invaders, they eluded a general battle, each time retreating after conducting furtive hit-and-run attacks. Napoleon described the overarching French sentiment when in mid-August, after a ferocious battle, he entered the city of Smolensk (240 miles west of Moscow).

“The entire army thought it would be the end of our campaign… My regiments were amazed that after so many hard and deadly marches [two months after the invasion], the results of their endeavors constantly were further away, and they started to worry about the distance separating them from France,” wrote Napoleon in exile.................


5. Determined resistance
Napoleon was deeply struck by the massive popular resistance to his invasion, as already seen by his reaction to the Moscow fire. “The most menacing army cannot successfully wage war against a whole nation that decided to win or die. We did not deal with the Lithuanians, indifferent viewers of events unfolding around them. All the people who were ethnic Russians left their houses when we advanced. On our way, we only encountered deserted or burnt settlements whose dwellers united in gangs that acted against our foragers.”

www.rbth.com/history/327666-surprised-by-russia-napoleon

"GLORY TO UKRAINE" !!!
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Greatest skill and biggest superpower to acquire in life is to see the problem at hand from the perspective of other person.

If we all had that skill there would never be wars ( maybe ).
 
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