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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #958 on: April 28, 2026, 08:37:08 pm »
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Satellite imagery shows a Russian An-72P aircraft destroyed in the April 2 drone attack. The aircraft was said to be used by Russian forces for maritime border patrol and monitoring of the sea area. #Russia



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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #959 on: April 28, 2026, 08:41:35 pm »
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Russian media say a blast hit a Russian military garrison in Knyaze-Volkonskoye-1 in Khabarovsk Krai, targeting Major General Azatbek Omurbekov, who commanded Russian troops in Bucha in 2022. One person was killed, several were wounded, and his condition remains unclear. #Russia



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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #960 on: April 28, 2026, 08:46:43 pm »
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A massive plume of smoke from the burning oil refinery in Tuapse is visible from the Krasnaya Polyana mountain resort, located 105 km away. A state of emergency has been declared throughout the entire Tuapse district.



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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #961 on: April 28, 2026, 08:50:05 pm »
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #962 on: April 28, 2026, 08:52:16 pm »
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For the first time, no military vehicle column will take part in Russia’s May 9 parade, according to the Ministry of Defense.

“Due to the current operational situation, the military equipment column will not participate in this year’s parade,”



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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #963 on: April 28, 2026, 08:53:39 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #964 on: April 28, 2026, 09:01:51 pm »
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #969 on: April 28, 2026, 09:56:06 pm »
I know I've said this before, but I feel for the 'innocents' on both sides.  Prayers for peace.
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #970 on: April 28, 2026, 11:50:52 pm »
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Speaking of 'innocents':

Bakhmut


Vovchansk


Chasiv Yar


Mariupol


Klishcheevka


Pokrovsk


Avdiyivka


Soledar



Still looking for the first Russian city to suffer anything even remotely similar to this.  Still waiting for the first mass grave to be located and dug up in Russia.  Still waiting to see the first hypersonic missile attack on a Russian school, hospital, or playground.  Or those FPV drone videos where Russian civilians are hunted down on the streets by drone operating sadists.  Watch four years of videos of average Russians talking about the 'Special Military Operation' [sic].  Every last one of them cheered this war on, stating that Ukrainians deserved to be wiped off the map.  Even the video above, from Tuapse in 2022.  Russians gathering in the street voicing their support of ridding the world of Ukrainian criminals, drug addicts, and nazis.  Yet now a few drones strike oil targets with the entire city left intact, and they somehow can't come to terms with why this is happening.  Innocents?  There is only one side here that is innocent.  And they currently have an invading army sitting on their soil committing atrocities against Ukrainian civilians day after day after day.

No, this isn't a 'both sides' situation.  Russia alone is the aggressor.  Russia alone is waging a war against a civilian population.  Russia alone is committing genocide.  And Russia alone can end this by withdrawing their troops from Ukraine.

And until that happens, Ukraine has two choices: 1) Continue to defend THEIR COUNTRY;  2) Cease to exist as a nation.

If the United States was faced with this choices, as an American, I know which choice I would make.
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #971 on: April 29, 2026, 02:11:59 am »
Thank you @Hoodat
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #972 on: April 29, 2026, 11:22:49 am »
@libertybele

Speaking of 'innocents':

Bakhmut


Vovchansk


Chasiv Yar


Mariupol


Klishcheevka


Pokrovsk


Avdiyivka


Soledar



Still looking for the first Russian city to suffer anything even remotely similar to this.  Still waiting for the first mass grave to be located and dug up in Russia.  Still waiting to see the first hypersonic missile attack on a Russian school, hospital, or playground.  Or those FPV drone videos where Russian civilians are hunted down on the streets by drone operating sadists.  Watch four years of videos of average Russians talking about the 'Special Military Operation' [sic].  Every last one of them cheered this war on, stating that Ukrainians deserved to be wiped off the map.  Even the video above, from Tuapse in 2022.  Russians gathering in the street voicing their support of ridding the world of Ukrainian criminals, drug addicts, and nazis.  Yet now a few drones strike oil targets with the entire city left intact, and they somehow can't come to terms with why this is happening.  Innocents?  There is only one side here that is innocent.  And they currently have an invading army sitting on their soil committing atrocities against Ukrainian civilians day after day after day.

No, this isn't a 'both sides' situation.  Russia alone is the aggressor.  Russia alone is waging a war against a civilian population.  Russia alone is committing genocide.  And Russia alone can end this by withdrawing their troops from Ukraine.

And until that happens, Ukraine has two choices: 1) Continue to defend THEIR COUNTRY;  2) Cease to exist as a nation.

If the United States was faced with this choices, as an American, I know which choice I would make.

Yes the pictures are horrific. Of course Ukraine has the absolute right to defend their country.  I never insinuated otherwise. 

The attacks that Ukraine has experienced over decades has not just been from Russia.  Yes, I agree that Russia did escalate this existing conflict and that was Putin's decision.   However, there are Russian people as well as Ukrainian people that are suffering.

The overall number of estimated deaths in the war in Donbas from 6 April 2014 to 31 December 2021 was 14,200–14,400. This included about 6,500 pro-Russian separatist fighters, 4,400 Ukrainian fighters, and 3,404 civilians.   ...... in late August 2015, according to a reported leak by a Russian news site, Business Life (Delovaya Zhizn), 2,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in Ukraine by 1 February 2015

Again, I pray for the innocents on both sides. Both Russia and Ukraine have suffered mass casualties. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #973 on: April 29, 2026, 11:51:24 am »
As for waiting for pictures of a Russian city that has been damaged or destroyed by Ukraine -- none to post.  I did a Google search and after inputing  'Russia' it changes it to 'Ukraine'. I find it interesting that with all the drones and bombings from Ukraine on Russia, that no damage has been done to Russia.

Again, yes Russia is the aggressor who started this particular conflict. Yes, Ukraine has the absolute right to defend itself. 

From my understanding Putin wants Ukraine to give up territory in order for this conflict to end. Putin feels entitled I suppose?

Putin needs to be stopped.  How?  By whom?   

So again, I pray that the conflict ends,  period.
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #974 on: April 29, 2026, 03:25:53 pm »
in late August 2015, according to a reported leak by a Russian news site, Business Life (Delovaya Zhizn), 2,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in Ukraine by 1 February 2015

Two thousand Russian soldiers INSIDE UKRAINE.  Let that sink in.  Russia started a war inside Donbas in 2014.  They alone are the instigators.  They alone are responsible for every Ukrainian death.
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #975 on: April 29, 2026, 03:36:02 pm »
As for waiting for pictures of a Russian city that has been damaged or destroyed by Ukraine -- none to post.

Thank you for proving my point.


I did a Google search and after inputing  'Russia' it changes it to 'Ukraine'. I find it interesting that with all the drones and bombings from Ukraine on Russia, that no damage has been done to Russia.

That's because Ukraine doesn't target civilians.  Again, thank you for proving my point.


From my understanding Putin wants Ukraine to give up territory in order for this conflict to end.

From what Putin has actually said, he isn't interested in ending this conflict.  Period.


Putin needs to be stopped.  How?  By whom?

Putin will stop only when he has no army left or no funds to fund one.  Ukraine is working on both.  All while Putin is using his army to kill Ukrainian civilians.


So again, I pray that the conflict ends,  period.

I pray it ends, too.  But I will not equate the two sides.  One side is right.  The other wrong.  And any resolution that results in Ukraine losing its sovereignty would be a travesty.  Because that would mean a continuation of the wholesale subjugation and destruction of the Ukrainian people.
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #976 on: April 29, 2026, 05:10:57 pm »
Russia (Putin) has made no secret  about helping out the Iranian mullahs.

Time to reciprocate, and let the Ukes punish 'em.  This is one of my rare 180's.  Still.....
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #977 on: April 29, 2026, 11:34:24 pm »
Russia's war against Ukrainian civilians continues.




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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #978 on: April 29, 2026, 11:37:02 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #979 on: April 29, 2026, 11:37:45 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #980 on: April 29, 2026, 11:39:02 pm »
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #981 on: April 29, 2026, 11:41:17 pm »
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #982 on: April 30, 2026, 02:14:22 pm »

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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #983 on: April 30, 2026, 11:15:53 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 8
« Reply #984 on: April 30, 2026, 11:17:52 pm »
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Russian media report that the leaders of only four countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Slovakia - have agreed to attend the parade in Moscow. This is a sharp contrast to last year, when leaders from 27 countries, including China, Serbia, and Brazil, took part in the event.



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« Reply #985 on: April 30, 2026, 11:21:38 pm »
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VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝

🔥 Perm, hit by UAV "Lyuty" on LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez plant

💥 A new tank also caught fire at the Perm LPDS.

‼️ BAVOVNA in Melitopol and Crimea and Tuapse again!

💥 The Navy hit the Russian boats guarding Kerch Bridge       

🦅 BAVOVNA in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod

🇺🇦 Soldiers will be on the front line for no more than 2 months. Syrskyi signed an order on rotations.

🇺🇸 The Pentagon has unblocked $400 million in military aid for Ukraine, which was previously approved by Congress, — Pete Hegseth

✈️ Fedorov: Ukraine Receives Mobile F-16 Simulators — Accelerating Pilot Training and Strengthening Sky Defense.

🇮🇱 Ship with stolen Ukrainian grain leaves Israeli port into neutral waters

💥 In addition, enemy Mi-28 and Mi-17 helicopters were hit near Babky (Voronezh region).

🔥 Ukrainian soldiers also hit Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system near Oleksandrivka, Zaporizhzhia region.

💥 The enemy artillery brigade control point in Lysychansk (Luhansk region) was also hit.

🔥 An ammunition depot in the Kremenivka area (TOT, Donetsk region) and the enemy boat base in the Black Sea were also hit.

🔥 Ukraine launched at least 21 strikes on Russian oil facilities in April, the highest number since December 2025, - Bloomberg

❗️Russia may agree to a truce in exchange for lifting Western sanctions on individual enterprises, - Zelensky

🔥 ATESH: In Tuapse, a communications station near the 338th Radiotechnical Regiment was set on fire.

🔥 ATESH: In Sochi, a transformer substation near 1721st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment was destroyed.

🇪🇺 The European Defense Fund has allocated 180 million euros for the expansion of defense enterprises, - Militarnyi



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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

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« Reply #986 on: April 30, 2026, 11:23:54 pm »
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

Jim Jones was a socialist Democrat.

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« Reply #987 on: April 30, 2026, 11:26:34 pm »
"Liberators and protectors", according to one poster.



https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/2049813355267784709
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

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« Reply #988 on: April 30, 2026, 11:28:36 pm »
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

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« Reply #989 on: April 30, 2026, 11:30:21 pm »
"Innocents"



Anton Gerashchenko
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Dnipro 💔

The bus burned down completely.
Russia hit a busy area of the city in the middle of the day. Just because.

My heart breaks for my bleeding Ukraine.



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« Reply #990 on: April 30, 2026, 11:31:26 pm »
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

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« Reply #992 on: April 30, 2026, 11:36:50 pm »
Russia’s Largest Steelmaker Reports Fivefold Increase in Losses

Katherina Popilnichenko  |  Apr 30, 2026  |  22:40


Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Russia's largest steelmaker and one of the top 20 globally, аnnounced a significant loss for the first quarter of 2026.

The facility reported a net deficit of 5.9 billion rubles ($64.1M), nearly five times higher than the 1.23 billion rubles recorded during the same period last year, according to The Moscow Times on April 30.

The plant, which dates back to the 1930s and has a production capacity of 17 million tons of liquid steel annually, saw its revenue drop by 10% to 145.57 billion rubles ($1.58B). Operating losses reached 6.1 billion rubles ($66.3M), marking a 3.2-fold increase compared to the first quarter of 2025.

Industry experts from Russian Alfa Bank noted that market conditions for metal producers are continuing to decline. Other major producers also reported sharp declines.

Severstal lost nearly all of its profit in the first quarter, while Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) saw its steel production hit a 10-year low and reported a net loss of 14.9 billion rubles ($161.9M) for the previous year.

Kirill Chuiko, an analyst at BCS, stated, “The Russian steel industry is entering a difficult period, and this trend may continue for many years.” He added, “Without further state support, there is a risk of returning to the conditions of the early 2000s.”

Russia’s domestic demand for steel has fallen by 15% as the economy contracted for the first quarter in three years.  .  .  .

https://united24media.com/business/russias-largest-steelmaker-reports-fivefold-increase-in-losses-18385
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

Jim Jones was a socialist Democrat.