Yeah these 'rebels' are not good dudes, and they certainly don't like Western countries or Israel. They are not allies (in fact they are designated as terrorist organizations) and the only good thing about them is they are also against Russia and Iran. But that's not saying much since Russia and Iran have many state and non-state opponents in the region.
Russian ruble is collapsing, I think they have run out of mechanisms to support its value.
Whether Russia wins or loses the war in Ukraine, their economy has been set back to 1991, maybe worse. Strategically I would suggest in some ways the war is over - Russia is potentially permanently diminished as a power, its economic strength is withering.
It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for Ukraine assuming the U.S. is just going to acquiese to Russia in terms of frozen frontlines. That is effectively waving the white flag on illegal annexation.
I think Europe, Canada, Austria, and Asian allies are going to need to step up as the U.S. departs in both leadership and support. Russia having the means to re-arm and likely attack again in a few years time would be even worse than what they're doing today.
It's probably time for some serious, old school European espionage too.
What exactly can Canada provide to Ukraine? Our military is a rusted out joke, we can’t even provide the necessity’s for our own military. We can’t support Ukraine at all, unless they want some rusted out junk to use as cannon fodder?
What exactly can Canada provide to Ukraine? Our military is a rusted out joke, we can’t even provide the necessity’s for our own military. We can’t support Ukraine at all, unless they want some rusted out junk to use as cannon fodder?
Money. And as a bonus, financial assistance for Ukraine counts towards the NATO 2% target for military spending.
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What exactly can Canada provide to Ukraine? Our military is a rusted out joke, we can’t even provide the necessity’s for our own military. We can’t support Ukraine at all, unless they want some rusted out junk to use as cannon fodder?
Snowballs. And if we mist them before putting them in the freezer they'll be icy enough to fire with slingshots.
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Russia: Putin regime enforcers raided 3 largest Moscow nightclubs on Friday night — Simachev, Mutabor/ARMA and Mono. Many men taken to the military conscription offices.
Russian sources write that the commander of the Russian Group of Forces in Syria, Lieutenant General Kisel, has been removed from his post. Previously, he was defeated in Ukraine (Karkhiv) and exiled to Syria. https://twitter.com/user/status/1862931499697271228
They say Russian war ship Morgunov sank. The large landing ship "Pyotr Morgunov" may have been damaged or destroyed in the port of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai Russia last night. https://twitter.com/user/status/1862772009131811260
In order to make it clear to everyone how bad things are about to get for all of us if the pro-Russian Calin Georgescu takes control of Romania, EU's 7th largest country and a vital NATO member, I've translated just enough of his statements for you to get a taste https://twitter.com/user/status/1862517542046028040
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It's not the first time they have raided night clubs in Moscow to round up men for recruitment, but last time they were places where LGBTQ+ people were known to hang out. You would have to think now that they are tapping in more to Moscow recruits in the main stream, public resentment might start to become more of an issue. I hope so anyway.
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In order to make it clear to everyone how bad things are about to get for all of us if the pro-Russian Calin Georgescu takes control of Romania, EU's 7th largest country and a vital NATO member, I've translated just enough of his statements for you to get a taste https://twitter.com/user/status/1862517542046028040
This is fearmongering and ignoring most of the story. First of all, the president does not "control the country" in Romania, most of the power is with the parliament, and like in most of Europe, the single most powerful person in politics is the PM.
The decisive 2nd round of Romanian presidential elections were originally supposed to be held December 8th. Sure, Georgescu "won" the first round with ~23% of the vote, but the polls currently favor the center-right pro-European candidate Elena Lasconi.
Much more importantly: the results of the 1st round are currently in question. Romanian authorities have reported that there is evidence of election meddling, a recount is under way, and might lead to an annulment of the first round results. ( Georgescu massively outperformed his polls.)
The Romanian parliamentary election will be held today (December 1st). Romania has a multiparty system with coalition governments, and the center-left social democrats are predicted to remain the largest party with a comfortable margin. The far-right AUR is predicted to make large gains, but for context this
likely means going from 4th largest party to either 2nd or 3rd place, which wouldn't even guarantee a seat in the next coalition government.
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Ukraine getting ready to accept defeat and let Donald Trump negotiate for peace.
First, framing this as "accepting defeat' is a weird take, when what we're really talking about is giving up on total victory.
Second, Zelenskyi has long been willing to negotiate on soil, it's even a part of his Victory plan. It's however worth noting that Zelenskyi can't make that call without a national referendum, at least not according to Ukrainian constitution.
Third, when you dig into the details of what Ukraine means they are "willing to negotiate", it doesn't mean what a lot of people seem to think it means.
For more, I suggest the section of this video starting at about 47 minutes. The key thing to understand is that Ukraine has been defining victory as a return to 1991 borders, which means they would end with more land than at the start of 2022.
So when Ukraine says they are willing to give up some land in exchange for peace, the land they typically mean is they are willing to officially give up on the land they already lost control of back in 2014.
(Also: if it's in the Telegraph, it's never accurate and rarely news.)
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The commander of the Russian 13th Guards Tank Regiment is reported to have been arrested with several of his subordinates for extorting tens of millions of rubles https://twitter.com/user/status/1863174568665362811
The Ukrainian intelligence (GUR) released that the Syrian blitz offensive caused some significant Russian losses.
The Syrian forces’ spectacular collapse in Aleppo shows exactly how Russia will fall one day Ukrainian Kharkiv offensive in 2022, Kursk offensive in 2024, and Prigozhin offensive in 2023 prove a pattern https://twitter.com/user/status/1863165745460400433
The russian Federation can now destroy Kharkiv with the help of the artillery it received from North Korea, - Forbes Orks received M1991 howitzers. They fire 240mm rockets weighing 85 kg at a distance of up to 60 km. Kharkiv is located about 40 km from the russian-Ukrainian border. https://twitter.com/user/status/1863145847401156660
It's not the first time they have raided night clubs in Moscow to round up men for recruitment, but last time they were places where LGBTQ+ people were known to hang out. You would have to think now that they are tapping in more to Moscow recruits in the main stream, public resentment might start to become more of an issue. I hope so anyway.
Yup, cruel to say but a light at the end of the tunnel appears for this conflict when men from specifically Moscow and SPB start getting sent. Having said that, I don't think this means they are tapping into the Moscow male fighting group quite yet. This is simply another group of "undesirables" getting rounded up.
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