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"They went to play a concert, but they were sent to the front"
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten tells the story of two Ukrainian musicians who came to Odessa for a concert, were detained at the railway station, received a summons and were sent to war.
The newspaper writes about how Ukrainian men are being picked up on the streets and how some of them are hiding from the mobilisation, afraid to go out. And it assumes that, judging by the speed of this mobilisation, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces at the front are "very high".
And at this moment General Zaluzhny is sipping his favourite whisky, given to him by the British Admiral Radakin during a recent meeting in Poland!
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The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten tells the story of two Ukrainian musicians who came to Odessa for a concert, were detained at the railway station, received a summons and were sent to war.
The newspaper writes about how Ukrainian men are being picked up on the streets and how some of them are hiding from the mobilisation, afraid to go out. And it assumes that, judging by the speed of this mobilisation, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces at the front are "very high".
And at this moment General Zaluzhny is sipping his favourite whisky, given to him by the British Admiral Radakin during a recent meeting in Poland!
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1. Zelensky's real estate. (his villa in Egypt)
2. Real estate of Ukrainians.
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2. Real estate of Ukrainians.
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🇷🇺A factory the size of the state of Monaco will appear in the middle of the Russian taiga.
The new polymer plant plans to launch conveyors producing 650,000 tons of low- and high-density polyethylene per year as early as next year.
All structures of the plant will be located on the area of 200 hectares, which is equal to the territory of the European state of Monaco. The total cost of the project is 300 billion rubles.
Stop exporting gas and importing foreign polymers! It is time for us to produce our own high-value-added products... And there will be no raw materials left for export....
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The new polymer plant plans to launch conveyors producing 650,000 tons of low- and high-density polyethylene per year as early as next year.
All structures of the plant will be located on the area of 200 hectares, which is equal to the territory of the European state of Monaco. The total cost of the project is 300 billion rubles.
Stop exporting gas and importing foreign polymers! It is time for us to produce our own high-value-added products... And there will be no raw materials left for export....
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American human rights activist Leo Muhammad speaking about the Russians
Some of Muhammad’s statements are a bit of a stretch: for example, relating the Black Madonna icon to Russians’ special attitude towards black people, or calling Russia’s greatest poet Alexander Pushkin “a black man” - even though Pushkin’s great grandfather was indeed African.
Nevertheless, Muhammad is certainly right when saying that, unlike all the other major European powers, the Russians did not desire to take black people as slaves.
Another good point he makes is that ever since the 9th century, the Russians have always been able to repel those who desired to destroy them. And today is no different.
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Some of Muhammad’s statements are a bit of a stretch: for example, relating the Black Madonna icon to Russians’ special attitude towards black people, or calling Russia’s greatest poet Alexander Pushkin “a black man” - even though Pushkin’s great grandfather was indeed African.
Nevertheless, Muhammad is certainly right when saying that, unlike all the other major European powers, the Russians did not desire to take black people as slaves.
Another good point he makes is that ever since the 9th century, the Russians have always been able to repel those who desired to destroy them. And today is no different.
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🇷🇺💊💉For those who think that everything is bad in Russia.
Here's an illustration. A friend of a member of our team is now in Vishnevsky hospital in Moscow. A surgery on the spine. All on a quota.
She didn't pay anything. The girl is not from Moscow.
So she was put in a single room, with a shower and toilet. The food (the photos she sent to her friend) is delicious. Yesterday morning she was operated on. She feels fine now. Even without painkillers. She refused them herself.
The staff at the hospital is amazing, according to her friend.
We wish the girl a speedy recovery! ❤️
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Here's an illustration. A friend of a member of our team is now in Vishnevsky hospital in Moscow. A surgery on the spine. All on a quota.
She didn't pay anything. The girl is not from Moscow.
So she was put in a single room, with a shower and toilet. The food (the photos she sent to her friend) is delicious. Yesterday morning she was operated on. She feels fine now. Even without painkillers. She refused them herself.
The staff at the hospital is amazing, according to her friend.
We wish the girl a speedy recovery! ❤️
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❗️🇺🇦🔎Ukraine is going to build its own Arlington Military Cemetery outside of Kiev, similar in size to the famous Virginia Military Cemetery, under whose 259 acres rest 400,000 heroes from America's many wars dating back to the American Revolution.
The scale is about right. The total number of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the 18-months long war against Russia is estimated to be near 400,000.
The casualty figure clearly surpasses the American losses in World War II from 1941-45 (291,557). It is probably also greater than Britain's military losses in World War II from 1939-45 (384,000).
If we include the Russian losses in Ukraine, this brings us close to the American and British combined military casualties in World War II. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/ukraine-russia-war-casualties.html
That's horrifying.
No less horrible is the fact that we, the Danes, are complicit.
The Russians are the ones who have invaded Ukraine, no doubt about it. But the fact that the Russians are guilty does not mean that we, the Danes, are innocent.
We are complicit in the conflict because Denmark has been a very active player in the NATO expansion in the Baltics since its very beginning. The US has insisted on this expansion for geopolitical reasons, despite the promises made to the Russians and the warnings from them. We have also supported the Western Ukrainians' Maidan coup in Kiev, making statements and promises at the point when NATO expansion in Ukraine ran into political resistance. We are guilty because for eight years, despite the Minsk agreements, we were backing the Kiev regime in the civil war it was fighting against the rebel cities in the east, causing heavy civilian casualties. And because we could only shake our heads and sneer at the proposal for a European peace settlement and security guarantees for everyone that the Russians put forward at the 12th hour.
We are complicit in the carnage that has long since taken place because, long after all the military experts have accepted that Ukraine can neither win the war nor win back the breakaway territories, we continue to add fuel to the fire.
We are doing this, knowing that every grenade, cannon and warplane we donate will only prolong the war, of which every extra day costs another 1000 soldiers their lives. And knowing that Ukraine must now send both young boys and aging men to the frontlines to fill the large gaps in its ranks.
Some will argue that we have never had the opportunity to speak out. As a small country, we have had no choice but to follow suit.
As an EU member, we must loyally follow the directives of the European Commission, whose president, Ursula von der Leyen, has repeated time and again that no price is too high for freedom.
As a NATO member, we must also loyally follow the directives from Washington, where politicians are now openly saying that regardless of the Ukrainian losses, it's all about killing as many Russians as possible, as long as time allows. (And selling as many weapon systems as possible, one might add).
These objections have some validity.
Whether or not accomplices to mass murder are less guilty if their complicity was forced upon them is another question that has been debated since Nuremberg. The jury is still out.
It should be noted here that the argument of being coerced would carry more weight if we did not accompany our generous, proactive and very significant contributions to the prolongation of the war with so much celebration, happy smiles and enthusiastic blue and yellow flag waving as we - and the world public - witnessed the other day.
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The scale is about right. The total number of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the 18-months long war against Russia is estimated to be near 400,000.
The casualty figure clearly surpasses the American losses in World War II from 1941-45 (291,557). It is probably also greater than Britain's military losses in World War II from 1939-45 (384,000).
If we include the Russian losses in Ukraine, this brings us close to the American and British combined military casualties in World War II. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/ukraine-russia-war-casualties.html
That's horrifying.
No less horrible is the fact that we, the Danes, are complicit.
The Russians are the ones who have invaded Ukraine, no doubt about it. But the fact that the Russians are guilty does not mean that we, the Danes, are innocent.
We are complicit in the conflict because Denmark has been a very active player in the NATO expansion in the Baltics since its very beginning. The US has insisted on this expansion for geopolitical reasons, despite the promises made to the Russians and the warnings from them. We have also supported the Western Ukrainians' Maidan coup in Kiev, making statements and promises at the point when NATO expansion in Ukraine ran into political resistance. We are guilty because for eight years, despite the Minsk agreements, we were backing the Kiev regime in the civil war it was fighting against the rebel cities in the east, causing heavy civilian casualties. And because we could only shake our heads and sneer at the proposal for a European peace settlement and security guarantees for everyone that the Russians put forward at the 12th hour.
We are complicit in the carnage that has long since taken place because, long after all the military experts have accepted that Ukraine can neither win the war nor win back the breakaway territories, we continue to add fuel to the fire.
We are doing this, knowing that every grenade, cannon and warplane we donate will only prolong the war, of which every extra day costs another 1000 soldiers their lives. And knowing that Ukraine must now send both young boys and aging men to the frontlines to fill the large gaps in its ranks.
Some will argue that we have never had the opportunity to speak out. As a small country, we have had no choice but to follow suit.
As an EU member, we must loyally follow the directives of the European Commission, whose president, Ursula von der Leyen, has repeated time and again that no price is too high for freedom.
As a NATO member, we must also loyally follow the directives from Washington, where politicians are now openly saying that regardless of the Ukrainian losses, it's all about killing as many Russians as possible, as long as time allows. (And selling as many weapon systems as possible, one might add).
These objections have some validity.
Whether or not accomplices to mass murder are less guilty if their complicity was forced upon them is another question that has been debated since Nuremberg. The jury is still out.
It should be noted here that the argument of being coerced would carry more weight if we did not accompany our generous, proactive and very significant contributions to the prolongation of the war with so much celebration, happy smiles and enthusiastic blue and yellow flag waving as we - and the world public - witnessed the other day.
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NY Times
Troop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say
Ukraine and Russia have lost a staggering number of troops as Kyiv’s counteroffensive drags on. A lack of rapid medical care has added to the toll.
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❗️🇺🇸🤡The proven amount of bribes Joe Biden has received has passed $50 million, Republican House member Nancy Mays said
What do you want? It's a free, democratic country. So if the president wants to take bribes, he does take them.
We don't understand 😂
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What do you want? It's a free, democratic country. So if the president wants to take bribes, he does take them.
We don't understand 😂
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❗️🇺🇸If elected, I will recognize Russian Federation's control over the captured territories of Ukraine - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
In addition, he promises to lift sanctions, return Russia to the global market and block Ukraine's candidacy for NATO.
Shall we believe him? 🤔
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In addition, he promises to lift sanctions, return Russia to the global market and block Ukraine's candidacy for NATO.
Shall we believe him? 🤔
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❗️🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. presidential candidates who don't support Ukraine lead among Americans - LA Times
Three Republican candidates, Trump, Ramaswamy and Desantis, have already promised to cut off aid to Ukraine. At the same time, they are supported by about three-quarters of Republican voters.
There are also supporters of Ukraine among the Republicans - for example, Nikki Haley said that Ukraine is a friend of the United States, "and you don't do that to friends".
💬 "You can't be so selfish as to think that America doesn't need supporters. We need allies," Haley asserted.
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Three Republican candidates, Trump, Ramaswamy and Desantis, have already promised to cut off aid to Ukraine. At the same time, they are supported by about three-quarters of Republican voters.
There are also supporters of Ukraine among the Republicans - for example, Nikki Haley said that Ukraine is a friend of the United States, "and you don't do that to friends".
💬 "You can't be so selfish as to think that America doesn't need supporters. We need allies," Haley asserted.
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦The AFU struck Gorlovka, 3 people were killed - Prikhodko
The city dairy plant came under fire. 3 civilians were killed, the infrastructure of the enterprise was damaged. 4 cars were burned, reports the head of the administration Ivan Prikhodko.
The city dairy plant came under fire. 3 civilians were killed, the infrastructure of the enterprise was damaged. 4 cars were burned, reports the head of the administration Ivan Prikhodko.
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A 10-year-old girl died as a result of shelling by AFU in the Bryansk village of Klimovo. She was playing in a playground and was killed by a direct hit from a Grad MLRS shell.
Zelensky killed another child.
Zelensky killed another child.
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