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Russia will gain eastern Ukraine territories and hold them, as it has Crimea

5 (45.5%)

Russia will temporarily gain eastern Ukraine territories before being forced out of them

2 (18.2%)

Efforts to confront the Russian forces and get them out of Ukraine will lead to Putin's escalating and attacking NATO countries directly with missiles or other destructive measures

0 (0%)

The NATO/World response will be so mild that Putin will go ahead and take the rest of Ukraine

3 (27.3%)

Today Ukraine, tomorrow Moldova and who knows where else

1 (9.1%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Voting closed: March 01, 2022, 01:18:43 PM

[FlyingVProd]

Vatican News

3 hours

Pope Francis expresses his satisfaction that grain ships have been allowed to leave Ukrainian ports, saying the deal offers a sign of hope that a just and lasting peace can be found.

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The first ship brought wheat to Lebanon, which is a good start. The people can eat bread and fish.

I hope that this is the first sign of a chance for peace and diplomacy.

Salute,

Tony V.

[Holly Martins]

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-suggests-partisans-behind-blasts-russian-airbase-crimea-2022-08-10/

Ukraine would win a lot of large stuffed bears at the State Fair.  Some precision shooting.

Exactly how the attack was carried out remains a mystery. Some Ukrainian officials have been quoted suggesting it may have been sabotage by infiltrators. But the near identical impact craters and simultaneous explosions appear to indicate it was hit by a volley of weapons capable of evading Russian defences.

The base is well beyond the range of advanced rockets that Western countries acknowledge sending to Ukraine so far, but within range of more powerful versions that Kyiv has sought. Ukraine also has anti-ship missiles which could theoretically be used to hit targets on land... 

[Holly Martins]

Blowing up the Kerch Strait bridge would be a nice setback for Russia.  Good luck, Ukraine.

https://archive.ph/kzvt0#a-bridge-to-crimea-is-a-vital-russian-link-and-a-potential-ukrainian-target

(screenshot, NYT coverage)

I'll be whistling the Colonel Bogey March. 

[bambu.]

This Pope seems like a nice man...friend to all...unlike the one in recent times who ...

Article:

"If it isn't Roman Catholic then it's not a proper church, Pope tells Christians".
Non-Roman Catholic churches were described as "defective".
Said churches were outraged.

[bambu.]

California to require all new cars to run on electricity by 2035.

. Where will all the electricity come from?
. How are motorists going to afford the batteries?

[facilitatorn]

Russia will hit 50k dead and another 150k to never fight again in the next week. It is a month or two away from being effectively out of shells and missiles. Not a good look when your war machine is largely moving backwards.

[facilitatorn]

California to require all new cars to run on electricity by 2035.

. Where will all the electricity come from?
. How are motorists going to afford the batteries?

The batteries will be based on hydrogen, or sulfur, or salt and carbon, or a combination of the above.

A good vehicle now, small but affordable can get you between 300-500 miles. Some do more and are slippery enough that solar on the vehicle, not your home, in a sunny area or season entirely replaces the energy used in normal daily driving.

Moores Law is hitting batteries hard.

Old man, keep up!

[Hairy Lime]

It appears Putin is turning to the tried and true .ethod of defenestration to silence critics.

Russian Oil Executive Falls Out Of Hospital Window And Dies, Reports Say
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russian-lukoil-oil-executive-dies_n_63109b1ce4b063d5e6223887

[Holly Martins]

Fall six stories, is merely symptom of serious illness, tovarich.

[LarryBnDC]

Wish I had taken bets on Russia catching hell in Ukraine when the war began.

[LarryBnDC]

Like I said six months ago the Russian Bear is choking on the Ukraine porcupine.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/world/europe/russia-ukraine-retreat-putin.html

[Holly Martins]

Is this a real turning point, one wonders.  If western supplies (drones, LR missiles, etc.) keep coming, and Russia keeps recruiting raw kids whose only other option was jail, we might see more reclaimed territory.


https://archive.ph/ZMz0Y

[facilitatorn]

Russia is working from fear outward from Putin. Russians probably except Wagner, but contract, conscript, convict, snatched up Ukrainians, and all including North Koreans soon stay put or move forward mainly out of fear of being shot by the guys behind them. If at some point the guys in front are more scary and dangerous than their own ranks behind, they break and break extra disorderly.

Ukrainians have a reasonable expectation not to be deliberately shot by other Ukrainian soldiers. This turns out to be a huge advantage when it comes to holding ground.

[bambu.]

Have "the Assassins" lopped off Putin's head yet?
Seems like they mean business. I'd be very concerned if I were Putin.

[facilitatorn]

http://www.thebulwark.com/ukraines-momentum-putins-fears/