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Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
Saturday, November 4, 2023 4:02 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote: Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, General Valery Zaluzhny, says the battlefield reminds him of the great conflict of a century ago. “Just like in the first world war we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate,” he says. The general concludes that it would take a massive technological leap to break the deadlock. “There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough.” . . . he urges innovation in drones, electronic warfare, anti-artillery capabilities and demining equipment, as well as in the use of robotics.
Quote: ‘Nobody Believes in Our Victory Like I Do.’ Inside Volodymyr Zelensky’s Struggle to Keep Ukraine in the Fight https://time.com/6329188/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-interview/
Quote: Ukraine Will Lose Avdiivka, Zelensky's Former Aide Predicts https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-avdiivka-donetsk-1837675
Quote: Opinion: Zelensky’s inescapable new reality https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/18/opinions/zelensky-israel-palestine-ukraine-russia-ghitis/index.html
Quote: U.S., European officials broach topic of peace negotiations with Ukraine, sources say https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-european-officials-broach-topic-peace-negotiations-ukraine-sources-rcna123628
Saturday, November 4, 2023 6:16 PM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Just keeping it real, folks.
Saturday, November 4, 2023 7:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Just keeping it real, folks.The Russians threatened on many occasions to nuke the USA if a Red Line Was Crossed. Russia has so many Red Lines but nothing happens when crossed. That is reality. Nothing happens. It is time for the USA to destroy the Crimean Bridge because Russia's Red Lines are not real. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Saturday, November 4, 2023 7:37 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Well, since you constantly misquote (i.e. lie) about Kremlin policy, you will constantly be confused about what's happening.
Saturday, November 4, 2023 7:45 PM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Saturday, November 4, 2023 8:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Nah. Fuck Ukraine.
Saturday, November 4, 2023 8:21 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Well, since you constantly misquote (i.e. lie) about Kremlin policy, you will constantly be confused about what's happening.There have been so many Russian Red Lines that have been crossed without consequences that a Wiki article was written to keep track: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_lines_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War It is time for the USA to destroy the Crimean Bridge because Russia's Red Lines are not real. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Sunday, November 5, 2023 4:49 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Ukraine joining NATO was a red line, and -in your delusional state- you misjudged Russia badly. You CONTINUE to misjudge Russia bc you haven't learned. Now you want to try again, with the USA in the balance?
Sunday, November 5, 2023 4:53 AM
Sunday, November 5, 2023 5:42 AM
Sunday, November 5, 2023 1:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: US officials have no indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to negotiate with Ukraine or doubts that Russia can continue its war until Western aid for Ukraine falters.[5] ISW has also not observed any indications that Russia is prepared to enter peace negotiations with Ukraine in good faith. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov expressed the Kremlin’s disagreement with the characterization of the war in Ukraine as a “stalemate” on November 2, stating that the war in Ukraine “has not reached a dead end” and that the Russian military continues to conduct offensive operations.[6] Russia’s offensive operations around Avdiivka indicate that the Kremlin continues to believe that it is possible to achieve its objectives with military force and is unlikely to enter peace negotiations with Ukraine, except to buy time to reconstitute for future offensive operations. Pressure on Ukraine to negotiate an end to the war will likely remain meaningless if not harmful as long as Putin believes that he can achieve his objectives on the battlefield. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-4-2023 The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Monday, November 6, 2023 7:54 AM
Monday, November 6, 2023 8:00 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: When the west is willing to negotiate in good faith, Russia will. The problem is that since the west broke all of its contracts with Russia, blew up Nordstream, backed out of most previous treaties, diddled Russia on Minsk I and Minsk II - and openly bragged about it afterwards - and reneged on the agreement to end the conflict in Ukraine, which was initialed last March... is there ANY indication that the west is "agreement capable" now? No, there isn't. The west will do only what it's forced to do, and abide by its agreements only if forced to. That leaves Russia the only option: demilitarize Ukraine and setv up a puppet government (or take over Ukraine completely) and demilitarize NATO. DOOD, just like the two (potentially four) aircraft carrier groups in the Mideast couldn't POSSIBLY be there for Hamas.. I mean, that would be overkill X20-40 ... Russia is not building up it's military and nuclear deterrence just for Ukraine! Once again, you're wallowing in complete misjudgement of Russia. Ya gotta stop reading and re-posting boneheads.
Monday, November 6, 2023 1:47 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SECOND: Signym, how many Russians did Russia kill because of politics if the number is not 64,000,000? How many Ukrainians did Russia kill because of politics if the number is not 4,000,000?
Monday, November 6, 2023 1:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by SECOND: Signym, how many Russians did Russia kill because of politics if the number is not 64,000,000? How many Ukrainians did Russia kill because of politics if the number is not 4,000,000? Seriously dood, who the fuck CARES? That was then. This is now. You keep harping on historical grievances, like you can make somebody "pay". Not gonna happen. The people responsible for whatever happened in the past are DEAD and you are beating a truly dead horse. The people in charge now are different. Russia was a monarchy, then a revolutionary government, then a tyranny, then a stultified bureaucracy, then a gangsta capitalist nation, and now... believe it or not... a multiparty democracy with a mixed economy. So stop grinding on and on, and stop trying to derail the topic with your off-kilter obsessions.
Monday, November 6, 2023 4:22 PM
Monday, November 6, 2023 8:58 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SECOND: Signym, how many Russians did Russia kill because of politics if the number is not 64,000,000? How many Ukrainians did Russia kill because of politics if the number is not 4,000,000? SIGYN: Seriously dood, who the fuck CARES? That was then. This is now. You keep harping on historical grievances, like you can make somebody "pay". Not gonna happen. The people responsible for whatever happened in the past are DEAD and you are beating a truly dead horse. The people in charge now are different. Russia was a monarchy, then a revolutionary government, then a tyranny, then a stultified bureaucracy, then a gangsta capitalist nation, and now... believe it or not... a multiparty democracy with a mixed economy. So stop grinding on and on, and stop trying to derail the topic with your off-kilter obsessions. SECOND: Many empires have foundations built on mounds of corpses, as do the last three empires in the land now called "Russia". The Inevitable Fall of Putin’s New Russian Empire What history tells us about collapsed empires trying to restore their former possessions.
Monday, November 6, 2023 10:08 PM
Quote: Ukrainian military officers investigated over awards ceremony at which 19 soldiers were killed Ukraine on Monday launched a criminal investigation into military officers who organized a troop-honoring ceremony that was hit by a Russian missile strike, killing 19 soldiers in one of the deadliest single attacks reported by Ukrainian forces. The State Bureau of Investigation said it aims to hold military officials accountable for the Rocket Forces and Artillery Day event held Friday near the front line in Zaporizhzhia, where Russian reconnaissance drones could see them The carnage sparked a wave of criticism among Ukrainians who questioned on social media the planning of an event so close to the battlefield. President Volodymyr Zelensky lamented the deaths of the men of the 128th Separate Mountain-Assault Brigade of Zakarpattia as a “tragedy that could’ve been avoided.”
Monday, November 6, 2023 11:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Russia is not trying to create an "empire", it's trying to secure its border. So the whole article is a waste of words. Now, if you want to talk about the dangers of a crumbling empire trying to remain world hegemon, just look at our foreign and military policies, which are equal parts flailing, stupidity and arrogance. Exemplified by your posts.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 1:21 AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 1:36 AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 5:27 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 5:40 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Nah ... Even as Rome crumbled, not many people fled Rome. As the British Empire dwindled, who fled Britain? Anyone flee France, or Spain, as THEIR empires broke? As long as you an convince people that theirs is the best, people won't leave, no matter how horrible it is. BTW, I see youre trying to derail the topic from the fact that Russia is beating NATO in Ukraine.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 7:07 AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 7:18 AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 10:15 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 10:22 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: If Putin really desired land, he would have gone 'all in' on obliterating Ukrainians. As it is, he's being very sparing of civilians. Unlike Israel. You have many fixations, and they're leeping you from seeing the truth. I think you're a lost cause. Not even reality will wake you up.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 10:24 AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 10:34 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom. You say that, but boy do you talk about it a lot for a guy who says it isn't his problem. One might even call it an obsession. Get some help.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 10:45 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom. You say that, but boy do you talk about it a lot for a guy who says it isn't his problem. One might even call it an obsession. Get some help.Have you stopped smoking, 6ix? Rush Limbaugh died of smoking, but he said in the end that it wasn't his fault he got lung cancer. Trump agreed and gave Rush the Medal of Freedom. When Trumptards die young, it is never their fault. Just ask a dying Trumptard and they will tell you it was the Democrats' fault. Those warning labels about cigarettes are part of a plot by Democrats to take away the freedom to kill yourself, or as Trumptards formulate it: The Right to Live As You Please Without Government Interference. Even the high taxes on cigarettes is a plot by Democrats. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:05 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... There's more of that worrying about shit that doesn't matter to you again.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... There's more of that worrying about shit that doesn't matter to you again. Medicare can't be expanded to people younger than 65 because the Trumptards overuse the healthcare system. How? Well, since Trumptards believe what they do is nobody's business but their own, the Trumptards are gluttons, smokers, drunks, drug addicts, rotten teeth, etc. Name a bad lifestyle and Trumptards will make doing it their Flag of Freedom. And the result is a tragedy for everybody who is not a Trumptard and can't get the low-priced healthcare that those 65 and older get.
Quote:Since Trumptards hang out mostly with other Trumptards, they see tragedy as "normal" and the fault of Democrats, who wisely avoid contact with those assholes. I'm an exception since I work with them all the time, but these asshole Trumptards are grossly increasing my costs for providing health insurance.
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: I'm struggling these days to even understand the point of Second's existence.Trumptards are self-destructive but it is not my problem when they suffer and die in vain. The same goes for Russians killing themselves. It is their problem. Godspeed them to their doom.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: Oh. So it IS your problem then. I see. That wasn't hard. You are so easy to manipulate. That's a character trait of stupid people.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:34 AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:10 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: If Putin really desired land, he would have gone 'all in' on obliterating Ukrainians. As it is, he's being very sparing of civilians. Unlike Israel. You have many fixations, and they're leeping you from seeing the truth. I think you're a lost cause. Not even reality will wake you up. SECOND: Obliterating Ukrainians? How, short of nuking Ukraine?
Quote: But Putin did blow up the Kakhovka Dam,
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:13 PM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 6:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: BTW, I know you toss Trump! and TRUMPTARDS! and Stalin! as distractions from the ever-preent reality that Ukraine is getting it's ass handed to it. So, back to real news...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 6:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: If Putin really desired land, he would have gone 'all in' on obliterating Ukrainians. As it is, he's being very sparing of civilians. Unlike Israel. You have many fixations, and they're leeping you from seeing the truth. I think you're a lost cause. Not even reality will wake you up. SECOND: Obliterating Ukrainians? How, short of nuking Ukraine? Jeez, you're stupid! How about carpet-bombing Kiev, Karkhiv, Odessa, and Lvov? Russia can do it. You know they can, but they haven't . Quote: But Putin did blow up the Kakhovka Dam, Stupid again! The Dneiper is -or was- part of Russia's defenses against attack from the west in Kherson. With the river at low levels Ukrainian troops can cross the river more easily, which is what they're doing now.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 7:11 PM
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:15 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6ixStringJack (October 10th): Not a lot of news about Russia or Ukraine today, huh? Poor Zelensky. I hope he stocked up his bunker and has his go bag ready. That dude is a dead man walking now.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 5:06 AM
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 1:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: A prominent pro-war Russian milblogger who is typically optimistic about Russian capabilities expressed a relatively pessimistic assessment of the war and emphasized the need for the Kremlin to fully mobilize the Russian economy and defense industrial base (DIB) to a wartime footing to win. The milblogger claimed on November 7 that Ukraine is committed to an “exhausting war” against Russia and that Russia needs “enormous combat potential” and an “accurate calculation” of its capabilities to beat Ukraine.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 1:49 PM
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 2:10 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Zaluzhny may be committed to a positional war, but he's limited by munitions and, more importantly, manpower. He's as delusional as Zelensky, just in a different way. The west using Ukraine as a proxy protects the west from large manpower losses, but it also limits the west to Ukraine's transportation, anti-air, air, and (especially) manpower resources. As a chemist, like chemical reactions, I think of war as having a "rate limiting step" or potentially several rate limiting steps. There are many things you need to successfully wage war. And war can only be waged at the rate that you can apply resources to the front. If you can't replace X, Y, and Z faster than you're losing them, or you can't move them to where you need them, then ultimately you'll lose the war. A blogger, Andrei Martyanov, who has attended Soviet war college, explains that at upper military levels the Soviets, and now Russians, can model war as a series of differential equations. I don't know what the terms would be in those equations, but I can "get" how that would work.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 3:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by second: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Zaluzhny may be committed to a positional war, but he's limited by munitions and, more importantly, manpower. He's as delusional as Zelensky, just in a different way. The west using Ukraine as a proxy protects the west from large manpower losses, but it also limits the west to Ukraine's transportation, anti-air, air, and (especially) manpower resources. As a chemist, like chemical reactions, I think of war as having a "rate limiting step" or potentially several rate limiting steps. There are many things you need to successfully wage war. And war can only be waged at the rate that you can apply resources to the front. If you can't replace X, Y, and Z faster than you're losing them, or you can't move them to where you need them, then ultimately you'll lose the war. A blogger, Andrei Martyanov, who has attended Soviet war college, explains that at upper military levels the Soviets, and now Russians, can model war as a series of differential equations. I don't know what the terms would be in those equations, but I can "get" how that would work.There is an abundance of chemicals that can fall into Ukraine and cause every Russian to burst into flames and burn to ashes. Every European country can fight on Ukraine's side. Russia's threats to go nuclear? It made that too many times. Russia's threat to invade countries coming to help Ukraine? Russia can't even handle Ukraine. But fortunately for Russia, most Europeans are cheese-eating surrender monkeys. Russians can model war as a series of differential equations. I don't know what the terms would be in those equations, but I can "get" how that would work with frightened monkeys. The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Quote:;Marching Toward a Night of the Long Knives in Ukraine In fact in an article from only a couple months ago, Politico seemed to be laying the groundwork of who would take control if Zelensky’s presidential tenure happened to suffer an ‘unscheduled rapid disassembly’:
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 4:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Every European nation COULD, but they haven't yet and, most likely, won't. European nations have given Kiev as many weapons as they can spare, and sometimes more. They shot themselves economically in the foot by cutting themselves off from cheap Russian energy and the USA blowing up Nordstream kind of blew up Germany s economy. So popular feeling is drifting against further involvement in Ukraine. How far the governments will go is anyone's guess, but I expect we'll see a few electoral "regime changes" over the next 6-9 months, and by then the war will be over.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 5:38 PM
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 5:59 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Meanwhile, Zelenskiy extends martial law for another three months. If he extends it for another three months after that, he will have delayed Presidential elections beyond its scheduled date.
Thursday, November 9, 2023 5:10 AM
Friday, November 10, 2023 2:44 AM
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