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[Right_in_Virginia]

OK, just slip it into the first [img] bracket ... thx

Now how do I call up a member name, like you did with BobfromWB? I don't see the member # if I go to the profile.

To ping someone, start to type in the member's name in your post  right after (no space) @.    A list of names will drop down.  Keep typing until the name appears and tap on it.  It will drop into you post automatically and be included as a ping.

@Canuck Conservative

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks @Right_in_Virginia

  @BobfromWB

[Canuck Conservative]

Thanks for the help!

@bigheadfred
@Right_in_Virginia

[bigheadfred]

Thanks for the help!

@bigheadfred
@Right_in_Virginia

You are welcome.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks for the help!

@bigheadfred
@Right_in_Virginia

Welcome @Canuck Conservative   

[FtrPilot]

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1900569094799122650

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https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1900581099161481712

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https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1900598375508029672

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https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1900636314245951725

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https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1900570341509845487

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https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1900585890113613993

[berdie]

That's not going to fly with Trump; I have more faith in our President than that.

I truly hope you are right @libertybele and I am wrong. I don't mind being wrong at all.

[libertybele]

I truly hope you are right @libertybele and I am wrong. I don't mind being wrong at all.

@berdie I trust neither Z nor Putin and my heart goes out to those that live under their rule.  They are the ones that are suffering through the horrors of war.

[MeganC]

NSFW: Vladimir Solovyov responds to Trump's ceasefire proposal

Note, due to some vulgarity I am labeling this NSFW. Use discretion if you wish to listen to this.

Synopsis:

Vladimir Soloyov, Russia state media's equivalent to Tucker Carlson, is denouncing Trump's proposed ceasefire as "absolutely untethered from reality, All of it is totally meaningless".

The rest of the diatribe is more of the same.

Given that Soloyov is a personal friend of Putin's and a mouthpiece of the Soviet Russian state media it is pretty clear that Putin is not going to go along with any plan to cease hostilities let alone end his stupid war.

See for yourself:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dwS4CVzcBA

Selected comments from You Tube:

@oneoldmanontheroad9034
23 hours ago
When offered a peace deal they respond with hate, lies and apocalyptic threats. A true sign they are looking for peace and not war lmfao 😂

@oconnem1
19 hours ago
"Ukro Nazis". I always laugh at the Russian capacity for reverse projection. They do it all the time without seeing the irony.

@ValensBellator
16 hours ago
Someone please show this to Trump 😂

@hybridarmyoffreeworld
1 day ago
There is a reason why in Finnish verb "Ryssiä" (Muscovy ) , roughly meaning "to totally fail something".

@walkwithpurposevideos
1 day ago
Putin: Zelenskyy won’t agree to a peace deal because then he might have an election where he steps down as President.
Zelenskyy: I agree to a peace deal.
Putin: WE WILL NEVER AGREE TO A PEACE DEAL!

@Port-j2h
15 hours ago
Rudeness and lies are the foundation on which Russia stands.

[berdie]

@berdie I trust neither Z nor Putin and my heart goes out to those that live under their rule.  They are the ones that are suffering through the horrors of war.

I hear what you are saying. But freedom doesn't come cheap. There appears to be one country willing to fight for freedom. I can only dream that we would fight that hard if the situation were similar. What's the Franklin saying about the tree of freedom needing to be watered?

[jafo2010]

Russians are not civilized by western standards.  They do not value life at all.  They have no tolerance for strangers.  They are an isolated nation for a reason.  They have ZERO integrity as a people.  They steal and cheat with every opportunity in the country, despite the potential threat of imprisonment.

NEVER trust a Russian.  I say Trump is not approaching them correctly.  He needs to use the big stick and knock their legs out.

[FtrPilot]

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1900652635348176898




Port of Novorossiysk on Google Maps

[MeganC]

This just in:

Ukraine hits Moscow in huge drone strikes on Russia after Putin rejects ceasefire


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WYRO1-esMs&t=402s

[FtrPilot]

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1900874600969289915

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https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1900899085135098262

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https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1900896808429068476

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https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1900886279165772176





Neptune is a sea-skimming missile.

I believe the ruzzian radars on Crimea never saw the missiles.

[BobfromWB]

@MeganC
@FtrPilot

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 14, 2025
ISW has observed no geolocated evidence to indicate that Russian forces have encircled a significant number of Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast or elsewhere along the frontline in Ukraine. [ edit: they are in fact withdrawn from Kursk, except for volunteers that stayed behind to cover the withdrawal - their fate is unknown - they may be KIA, POW, or murdered. ]

US intelligence reportedly continues to assess that Putin is unwilling to end the war in Ukraine and remains committed to conquering Ukraine, which is consistent with ISW’s long-term assessment of Putin's objectives in Ukraine and unwillingness to negotiate in good faith. The Washington Post, citing unspecified people familiar with the matter, reported that classified US intelligence reports assess that Putin remains committed to his goal of dominating Ukraine, and reported that a US intelligence assessment dated March 6, 2025, concluded that Putin remains determined to “hold sway” over Ukraine.

Current and former US officials told the Washington Post that if Putin did agree to a temporary ceasefire, Russia would use the ceasefire to rest and refit Russian forces and that Putin would likely break the agreement and falsely blame Ukraine for violating the ceasefire. Four Western intelligence officials and two US congressional officials told NBC on February 18 that intelligence from the United States and US allies shows that Putin still aims to control all of Ukraine and that there is no intelligence suggesting that Putin is ready for a peace deal. ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin maintains its long-standing goals in Ukraine, which amount to Ukraine's full capitulation, and the Kremlin has maintained its expansionist rhetoric despite recent talks with the Trump administration about peace in Ukraine.


https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-14-2025

[BobfromWB]

The “Moscow Rules”: Ten Principles for Working with Russia
https://icds.ee/en/the-moscow-rules-ten-principles-for-working-with-russia/

1. Don’t say “they wouldn’t do that, it doesn’t make sense”.
2. Don't confuse understanding Russia with excusing Russia.
3. Don't ask binary questions.
4. Don't be distracted by bluster, bravado and bluff.
5. Don't forget that Russia does not consist of just one man.
6. Don't just hope for “change”.
7. Don't expect Russia to respect values and standards that were invented elsewhere.
8. Do not hope to appeal to Russia's better nature. It doesn't have one.
9. Don't assume that there must be common ground.
10. Don't think that you can choose whether to be at war with Russia or not.

[BobfromWB]

Rob Dannenberg: The Art of Negotiating with Vladimir Putin
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/the-art-of-negotiating-with-vladimir-putin

President Trump's team should also keep in mind the basic principles of negotiating with Russia that have been true from the establishment of the Soviet regime in 1919, if not before.
1) Never let Russia believe it is negotiating from a position of strength.
2) Never concede any of your opponent's key negotiating objectives before negotiations have even started.
3) Make apparent before negotiations begin the cost of failed negotiations to your opponent.
There is an old Russian adage about negotiations: what is ours is ours, what is yours is negotiable.