Russia has asked China for military help and aid, US officials tell multiple news outlets The Chinese embassy in Washington said Beijing is focused on keeping the war from getting "out of control" Ukraine war: Russia asked China for weapons, says US - BBC News
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All the time I have been wondering why the key bridge at Cherson fell/was not blown by the Ukrainians. This might give the answer: The engagement was almost entirely filmed by a drone: Cherson bridge under fire?
In the meantime the russian troops north of Kiev get another beating, even the forests offers no concealment: Probably some older images, but still ... also look at the terrible state of the road.
An age old theme. Certainly cropped up a few times here re WW2 Germany. Not everyone's blameless, obviously, but not everyone's entirely guilty either. Conscription. Citizenship. Authoritarianism. Etc. Spare a thought for the Russian squaddie | The Spectator
The chinese dictatorship are more deluded than the russian dictatorship stating the Americans working with Ukraine on biological weapons and spreading pathogens through animals. talk about pot calling kettle black
I liked this military analysis: .... a 'giant on clay feet'. Over here, in Holland, people scornfully compare Poetin/Putin with the Italian dictator Mussolini, who likewise was looking back to the past, with ambitions to restore the 'Mare Nostrum' ... but had the bad habit for always doing the wrong thing ... and failed utterly.
Back in January 2018... Lots of stories about a gripe between Putin and Paddington... Vladimir Putin in bid to ban Paddington film from Russian cinemas Russia wants to ban Paddington 2 because it’s too popular and considered Western propaganda Russia tried to BAN Paddington 2 branding popular film Western PROPAGANDA Zelensky did the voice for Ukrainian Paddington Bear movie before standing up to the Russian Bear | Daily Mail Online Though I think the imdb - at least - has a date for a Russian release that says 18th January 2018 Paddington 2 (2017) - Release Info - IMDb
Stay on Ukraine, please. Mentioned elsewhere to Jeff/Slipdigit & Owen about how many of us still say 'The Ukraine'. Odd one. Presumably disliked by them of late as it implies a sub-region/administrative district.
