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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #300 on: March 31, 2025, 08:28:16 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 31, 2025, 03:59:43 pm
This ⬆️ is not at all what I'm saying.  I'm saying the world has significantly changed since 1945, not the least of it the rise of China.

You've never linked the Ukraine war with China before.  Until now.  What changed?


Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on March 31, 2025, 03:59:43 pm
We are the counterbalance to China militarily and economically .  .  .

OK.


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.  .  . and can no longer waste our treasures in ongoing European misadventures.

The second premise has nothing to do with the first.  In fact, it has nothing to do with reality.  Misadventures?  Seriously?

Again, I can understand the isolationist position in regards to foreign policy.  But isolationism is not what you are advocating.
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« Reply #301 on: March 31, 2025, 09:12:04 pm »
Putin's 'Peace Plan'


Putin Calls Up 160,000 Russians in Latest Mobilization Drive

With a new presidential decree, Russia hopes to replenish its forces. The decree also says that soldiers finishing their conscription would be released from service.

Kyiv Post | Mar. 31, 2025, 7:02 pm

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set to conscript 160,000 Russians for the upcoming summer in a twice-per-year conscription drive.

The fresh troops are set to replace at least part of the troops finishing their mandatory service in Russia, which is 12 months for men aged between 18 and 30 – increased from 27 with a decree in July 2023.

The latest decree, issued on Monday, March 31, said 160,000 men aged 18 to 30 who are not reservists would be called up for service during this year’s spring mobilization drive between April 1 and July 15.

“To carry out, from April 1 to July 15, 2025, the conscription of Russian citizens aged 18 to 30 years who are not in the reserve and are subject to… conscription for military service, in the amount of 160,000 people,” the decree says, according to Interfax Russia.  .  .  .

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« Reply #302 on: March 31, 2025, 09:25:55 pm »
Tuberculosis crisis hits Putin's army as hospitalized soldiers surge

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The Russian military is facing a significant issue: Putin's army is being heavily affected by tuberculosis. Soldiers are not receiving proper treatment; instead, they are simply being sent to the front line. How did this epidemic spread?

The problem was highlighted by the independent Russian service Tochka. According to journalists, the Burdenko hospital in the town of Pushkino, located in the Moscow region, is bursting at the seams. The hospital mainly accommodates soldiers suffering from tuberculosis, with reports indicating that over a thousand military personnel are being treated.

The Tochka service provides the example of 38-year-old Yevgeny, who has been fighting in the war since 2022. Yevgeny had previously suffered from tuberculosis. Initially, his commanders were unwilling to consider his hospitalization. For three months, the soldier insisted on the need to be examined.

- The command did not respond to complaints. They explained: you're a coward, you just don't want to go on a mission - TVP Info cites the Tochka service.

When Yevgeny finally received a diagnosis, he was sent to the Burdenko hospital for four months.

- There was overcrowding, so they implemented a strict regime. Those who started drinking alcohol were simply thrown out. If someone violated the rules, it meant they did not want to be treated and were automatically sent back to the front - Yevgeny explains.

According to the 38-year-old, tuberculosis began to spread when prisoners from the gulags were recruited into the Russian army. Tuberculosis is a very common disease in penal colonies.  .  .  .

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/tuberculosis-crisis-hits-putins-army-as-hospitalized-soldiers-surge/ar-AA1BWJI7
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« Reply #303 on: March 31, 2025, 09:27:13 pm »
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« Reply #304 on: March 31, 2025, 09:43:07 pm »

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1906643249152061767


"The war in Ukraine is bigger than Democrats or Republicans, the Left or the Right. Whether you dislike President Trump or President Zelensky, real people are dying here.  20,000 children have been kidnapped and stolen to Russia. 300 women were recently raped, as reported by multi-faith religious leaders. 700 religious buildings have been destroyed on purpose because they are often the only source of hope offered to the Ukrainian people. Innocent non-soldiers shot in the back of the head with their hands tied behind their backs....
These soldiers on the front lines are not asking for money. They are asking for 1,000 tanks, 300 F-35s, anti-air weapons to shoot down the drones that still fire at civilian buildings, and killing people."
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« Reply #305 on: March 31, 2025, 09:48:14 pm »
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« Reply #306 on: March 31, 2025, 09:57:40 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #307 on: March 31, 2025, 09:57:43 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on March 31, 2025, 12:49:47 pm
Your new strategy of shifting the focus to China over the last few days is duly noted since your "liberators and protectors" strategy clearly is not working.  However, our encounters with China have absolutely positively nothing to do with our decision to support Ukraine and our European allies in their battle against overt Russian aggression.

Bottom line, this war ends when Russia gets their army the hell out of Ukraine.  And the US should stand firm on that diplomatic point.

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« Reply #308 on: March 31, 2025, 11:10:48 pm »
Not surprised with the tuberculosis outbreak.  Russian prisons are loaded with folks with TB.  The prisons were emptied and the men sent to the front.  BOOM!  Massive outbreak of TB.  No mystery.  And the Russian version of TB is extremely virulent too.
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« Reply #309 on: March 31, 2025, 11:17:50 pm »
Ukraine wants 300 F-35s?  Does the USA military even have that many?
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« Reply #310 on: March 31, 2025, 11:20:32 pm »
Just checked, the US has 630 F-35s currently, with plans for 1,800 more.
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« Reply #311 on: March 31, 2025, 11:21:50 pm »
The point is that they are asking for weapons, not cash.
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Re: Ukraine 6
« Reply #312 on: March 31, 2025, 11:23:22 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on March 28, 2025, 11:18:38 am
Selling out Ukraine to Russia doesn't advance that goal.
Exactly what part of what I said sells out the Ukraine to Russia?
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« Reply #313 on: March 31, 2025, 11:29:53 pm »
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« Reply #322 on: April 01, 2025, 09:23:52 am »
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 31, 2025
The Kremlin continues efforts to sow division between the United States and Europe.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused “almost the entire European West” of attempting to prolong the war in Ukraine and contributing to the “rehabilitation of Nazism,” and continued to falsely portray the Ukrainian government as neo-Nazis during an interview on March 30.

Russia is reportedly struggling to restore what few tanks remain in its stocks.
Ukrainian research outlets Resurgam and Viskovyi Vishchun published an analysis of satellite imagery on March 28 and concluded that Russia has 3,463 tanks at its main open air storage bases and 1,253 tanks at armored vehicle plants and that restoration rates have dropped from 120 tanks per month in 2022 to 30 to 35 tanks per month in early 2025. The analysis estimated that Russia has an additional 2,000 tanks in closed (not open-air) storage warehouses.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on March 31 authorizing Russia's regularly planned semi-annual military conscription, which will conscript 160,000 Russians between April 1 and July 15. The decree states that men aged 18 to 30 are subject to a 10-month conscription and that conscripts will not serve in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, or Kherson oblasts and will not conduct “special military operation tasks.” The decree exempts men in 54 regions of Russia's far north due to inclement weather. Russia continues gradually increasing the number of men conscripted in its spring conscription cycles. Putin previously signed decrees conscripting 134,500 Russians in Spring 2022, 147,000 in Spring 2023, and 150,000 in Spring 2024. Russia conscripted 133,000 Russians in the Fall 2024 conscription cycle.

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« Reply #323 on: April 01, 2025, 09:27:37 am »
Кремлевская табакерка

The retirement age in Russia will be raised, as we said. Among the reasons are mobilization and “dozens of years of wars”.  Back in January, we wrote that the authorities were planning to raise the retirement age. The channel's insider information was confirmed at the official level. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Mikhail Delyagin allowed for the possibility of raising the retirement age in Russia to 70 years and above. This fully confirmed our information. The deputy saw plans regarding the retirement age in the intentions of the Ministry of Health to raise the age of youth to 44 years. But it turned out that the reason is not only that the country needs to increase the number of workers and reduce pension payments.

Philosopher Alexandr Dugin, citing plans being developed in the Kremlin, claims that it is a matter of mobilization. “I have said more than once that Russia has several decades of wars ahead. Soldiers are needed for wars. The army needs to be replenished globally. Therefore, the authorities are taking wise steps. They are raising the age of youth (”War is a matter for the young,” remember?) and are going to raise the age up to which citizens can be mobilized. Those who cannot join the army now will eventually join it. Both at the front and in the rear, if fighting is absolutely impossible, the rear also needs soldiers. I would rephrase and say: “War is everyone's business,” Aleksandr Gelyevich said in a conversation with us.

The Kremlin did not comment on these words, noting only that they are considering “dozens of different solutions to strengthen Russia.” And the Ministry of Defense does not know about plans to raise the mobilization age and even extend it to some of the current pensioners. But they believe that such an idea “has its pros and cons.” After all, according to a source in the ministry, at some point those willing to sign contracts will run out, and the army will need to be actively replenished for a long time. And it's good that even now, when there is no mobilization in Russia, plans are being developed for what it will be like.

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« Reply #324 on: April 01, 2025, 09:30:14 am »
A significant watershed has been achieved in demilitarizing Russia.


Disarmed forces: Putin has “ground down” nearly all Soviet military stockpiles, reducing the intensity of the war in Ukraine, Veaceslav Epureanu 3 February 2025

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« Reply #325 on: April 01, 2025, 09:35:21 am »
Cats at The Front

Cats provide warning for UKR troops:
There are 17 cats in the Quick Death strike drone company of the Kharkiv Border Detachment
They’re the most sensitive sensors:as soon as the enemy launches a KAB bomb,the cats disappear into the dugouts with lightning speed.Their reaction is an unmistakable alarm signal. Cats also help relieve stress

46 second video with translation and kitties:
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« Reply #326 on: April 01, 2025, 10:33:09 am »
Moscow orders another 160,000 servicemen to be conscripted - Russia's largest increase since war began in Ukraine - as Putin continues to delay ceasefire

By ED HOLT 17:06 31 Mar 2025, updated 17:24 31 Mar 2025

Russia has ordered the largest increase in conscription since the Ukraine war began as a further 160,000 servicemen are called up to the frontline.

The planned draft size has increased from 150,000 in 2024 and 134,500 in 2022, when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.

It comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia to boost the size of its army to 1.5 million active servicemen - an increase of some 180,000 troops over three years.

This is despite growing efforts from the United States to bring forward a ceasefire to the three-year-old conflict with Putin being accused of delaying the peace process.

Despite the Kremlin's claim that those called-up are not linked to the war in Ukraine, Kyiv has said throughout the conflict that it has taken Russian conscripts captive and Putin previously admitted that some had been sent to fight by mistake.

Russian men are eligible to be drafted for mandatory military service through bi-annual call-ups.

Apart from its conscription drives, Russia has recruited hundreds of thousands of men for its offensive on Ukraine as paid contract soldiers, offering high salaries and massive sign-up bonuses.

Russia traditionally holds waves of conscription in spring and autumn, with men aged 18-30 eligible to be called up.

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« Reply #329 on: April 01, 2025, 12:26:49 pm »
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« Reply #330 on: April 01, 2025, 12:36:02 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 01, 2025, 12:26:49 pm
I guess we have no other choice.  Impeach Trump.

LOL, I support the President but I also think he's way out of his element thinking that Putin is going act by the rules of civilization. Putin is a sociopath who does not care about other people except to the extent that he can exploit them.

Pardon me if I confuse you with my views it's just that I'm not one of these idiots who adheres to one issue as a tenet of faith and can't abide anyone dissenting from that view.

I also apply my perspective on the forum and just because I may disagree with someone on one topic doesn't mean I'm so damned dense that I have to oppose them on other topics where in fact I agree with them or where in fact they are simply right.
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« Reply #331 on: April 01, 2025, 12:46:34 pm »
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LOL, I support the President but I also think he's way out of his element thinking that Putin is going act by the rules of civilization. Putin is a sociopath who does not care about other people except to the extent that he can exploit them.

Pardon me if I confuse you with my views it's just that I'm not one of these idiots who adheres to one issue as a tenet of faith and can't abide anyone dissenting from that view.

I also apply my perspective on the forum and just because I may disagree with someone on one topic doesn't mean I'm so damned dense that I have to oppose them on other topics where in fact I agree with them or where in fact they are simply right.

I get testy at times.   22222frying pan
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« Reply #332 on: April 01, 2025, 12:52:18 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 01, 2025, 12:46:34 pm
I get testy at times.   22222frying pan

I do too.  wink777

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« Reply #333 on: April 01, 2025, 12:52:40 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis007 on April 01, 2025, 10:51:45 am
Love this picture:

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If Reagan destroyed the USSR 40 years ago, why are so many around here so spooked by Russia today and demanding we bankrupt ourselves by helping the Borderland?   After all, Germany and Japan were destroyed 80 years ago, and they're still allies today. 

Did Reagan inflate his accomplishment and mislead the world?




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« Reply #334 on: April 01, 2025, 12:54:58 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on April 01, 2025, 12:52:40 pm
If Reagan destroyed the USSR 40 years ago, why are so many around here so spooked by Russia today and demanding we bankrupt ourselves by helping the Borderland?   After all, Germany and Japan were destroyed 80 years ago, and they're still allies today. 

Did Reagan inflate his accomplishment and mislead the world?


Cause there is a former KGB agent trying to bring back the Soviet Union.  Also, that said country is allied with China and Russia. Too bad Washington isn't with Reagan beating the snot out of Trump in that picture.
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« Reply #335 on: April 01, 2025, 01:03:40 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on April 01, 2025, 12:52:40 pm
If Reagan destroyed the USSR 40 years ago, why are so many around here so spooked by Russia today and demanding we bankrupt ourselves by helping the Borderland?   After all, Germany and Japan were destroyed 80 years ago, and they're still allies today. 

Did Reagan inflate his accomplishment and mislead the world?

Reagan defeated the USSR as a superpower and as an imperialistic regime. Rebuilding the US military to levels that the USSR could not compete with helped. This in hand with the Star Wars SDI program that was never deployed but which did produce some neat cartoons and sleight of hand Reagan bankrupted them.

In doing so Reagan freed Eastern Europe from the parasitic Russians. For a time he also freed the Russians from being parasites and instead they started to produce things again. Putin reversed most of this in Russia because Putin loved the Soviet Union and he wants to restore the fallen Soviet Empire.

There are valid comparisons here between defeating the USSR and defeating the German Reich of World War One. The Reich fell but then an attempt at resurrecting a German Empire was carried out by the Austrian fellow. Had that resurrection been stopped when the price to do so was low then that would have saved millions of lives.

The USSR fell and we are now seeing an attempt to resurrect a Russian empire by the diminutive gangster. And we can stop him now when the price is low or we can stop him after he thinks he can get away with starting a major war.

At which point the cost in blood and flesh will be high.
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« Reply #336 on: April 01, 2025, 01:10:24 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis007 on April 01, 2025, 12:54:58 pm

Cause there is a former KGB agent trying to bring back the Soviet Union.  Also, that said country is allied with China and Russia. Too bad Washington isn't with Reagan beating the snot out of Trump in that picture.

Japan hasn't had a Kamikaze pilot roaming the skies and Germany hasn't had a nazi running its government in 80 years.  I guess if the KGB is still alive and well after 40 years, Reagan fell short of destroying the USSR ---- bless his heart.  happy77




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« Reply #337 on: April 01, 2025, 02:23:56 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on April 01, 2025, 01:10:24 pm
Japan hasn't had a Kamikaze pilot roaming the skies and Germany hasn't had a nazi running its government in 80 years.  I guess if the KGB is still alive and well after 40 years, Reagan fell short of destroying the USSR ---- bless his heart.  happy77


Japan has been our friend. Not Russia your favorite country run by Trumps puppet master
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« Reply #342 on: April 01, 2025, 05:45:43 pm »
Reporting From Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU/videos

Today [ Apr 01, 8 pm ], there are a lot of interesting updates from the Kursk direction. Russians launched a new offensive into Ukrainian territory, trying to cut off the remaining Ukrainian forces in Kursk. However, as their fallen soldiers piled up along the border, it quickly became clear that any hope for the Russians to launch their own incursion was too far-fetched ... the Russians suffered from a massive drawback; catastrophic losses sustained in Kursk severely undermined their ability to launch a follow-up offensive into Ukrainian territories. According to various estimates, Russian forces suffered up to 55,000 casualties during the seven-and-a-half months of intense fighting and multiple failed counteroffensive attempts in Kursk.

Ukrainian sources also report that Russians have lost up to 2,100 vehicles in Kursk, including over 750 armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and tanks, resulting in a significant deficit in the Russian forces' armored reserve at Kursk ... it is clear they do not have the ability to launch their follow-up offensive to encircle even a part of the Ukrainian Kursk forces

Despite the lack of proper vehicles, Russians sent forth a continuous wave of assaults, hoping to overwhelm Ukrainians and accomplish their objectives through sheer numbers. Unfortunately for the Russians, the unarmored nature of the vehicles Russians used allowed Ukrainians to leverage their artillery to inflict even more devastating losses on the Russian attacks.  The devolving nature of Russian military capabilities in one of their most important sectors that is Kursk, highlights the desperate conditions the Russian military finds itself in.

However, as dead Russian infantry pile up on the approaches and forests leading into Sumy, the prospect of any large-scale Russian offensive into Ukrainian territory becomes increasingly unfeasible.


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« Reply #343 on: April 01, 2025, 06:22:10 pm »
"Despite the lack of proper vehicles, Russians sent forth a continuous wave of assaults"

I've been seeing video on Rumble of Russian troops trying to run assaults with civilian vehicles. It looks like something from Mad Max, not something from a one-time superpower.
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« Reply #344 on: April 01, 2025, 09:38:42 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on April 01, 2025, 01:10:24 pm
I guess if the KGB is still alive and well after 40 years,  .  .  .

No one here said that.  No one.

(See:  Logical fallacies - Strawman argument)
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« Reply #345 on: April 01, 2025, 09:40:25 pm »
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why are so many around here so spooked by Russia today and demanding we bankrupt ourselves by helping the Borderland?

No one here is demanding we bankrupt ourselves.  No one.

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« Reply #346 on: April 01, 2025, 09:43:10 pm »
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In addition, Finland intends to increase defense expenditure to 3% of the GDP by 2029.

That would be a higher percentage than the US spends.
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« Reply #347 on: April 01, 2025, 09:47:12 pm »
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Latvia will send another batch of 1,500 drones to Ukraine.

According to the country's Minister of Defense, two Latvian companies will deliver a total of 12,000 UAVs to Ukraine in the first half of this year, worth €17 million.

For that original $40 billion that Biden handed to Anthony Blinken and Samantha Power in 2022, Ukraine could have had over 26 million UAVs instead.
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