andrei-1 wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:23 am Rolls-Royce sales in Russia increased by 40% despite the crisis
In Russia, sales of luxury British brand Rolls-Royce cars increased by 39% to 99 units sold in the first nine months of 2024.

Not bad

A Delta Airlines plane has overturned at Toronto Pearson Airport.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
54 min ·
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 18.02.25 amounted to /
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 18.02.25
personnel ‒ about 861090 (+1170) persons,
tanks ‒ 10101 (+12) units,
armored combat vehicles ‒ 21075 (+12) units,
artillery systems ‒ 23275 (+53) units,
MLRS ‒ 1285 (+2) units,
anti-aircraft systems ‒ 1068 (+1) units,
aircraft ‒ 370 (+0) units,
helicopters – 331 (+0) units,
UAV operational-tactical level – 25586 (+181),
cruise missiles – 3064 (+1),
warships / boats – 28 (+0) units,
submarines - 1 (+0) units,
vehicles and fuel tanks – 37679 (+74) units,
special equipment – ​​3751 (+1)

How it's all likely to work out:

Russia/US Peace deal;

Normalisation of relations (Rus/US), US stops Ukrainian aid, US lifts all sanctions against Russia. Russia allowed to return to global monetary organisations, Swift, etc.

Russia offers US some kind of monetary incentive, goodwill, recompense eg. future trade contracts?, money ($100B) from the frozen Russian Swift assets?

Allowing Russia to resume oil exports will lower world energy costs, decrease global inflation and push a US (and global) economic recovery.


That's it.


Ukraine will be left to deal with Russia on it's own and without US aid will be forced to take the least worse option (Putin's June 2023 deal). Neutrality, lose the 4 oblasts and Crimea, small army, Ukr elections, no peacekeepers, no security guarantees.

And the EU will have to roll over as well as there is nothing else they can realistically do (unable to provide troops or security guarantees without the US).


Russia gets what it wants.
US gets what it wants (knows it won't really be getting any Ukr mineral money).

And Ukraine and Europe get reality.











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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
3 hours ·
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 19.02.25
personnel ‒ about 862390 (+1300) persons,
tanks ‒ 10120 (+19) units,
armored combat vehicles ‒ 21098 (+23) units,
artillery systems ‒ 23347 (+72) units,
MLRS ‒ 1288 (+3) units,
anti-aircraft systems ‒ 1072 (+4) units,
aircraft ‒ 370 (+0) units,
helicopters – 331 (+0) units,
UAV operational-tactical level – 25861 (+175),
cruise missiles – 3064 (+0),
warships – 28 (+0) units,
submarines – 1 (+0) units,
vehicles and fuel tanks – 37825 (+146) units,
special equipment – ​​3752 (+1)

Ogee wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:20 pm How it's all likely to work out:

Russia/US Peace deal;

Normalisation of relations (Rus/US), US stops Ukrainian aid, US lifts all sanctions against Russia. Russia allowed to return to global monetary organisations, Swift, etc.

Russia offers US some kind of monetary incentive, goodwill, recompense eg. future trade contracts?, money ($100B) from the frozen Russian Swift assets?

Allowing Russia to resume oil exports will lower world energy costs, decrease global inflation and push a US (and global) economic recovery.


That's it.


Ukraine will be left to deal with Russia on it's own and without US aid will be forced to take the least worse option (Putin's June 2023 deal). Neutrality, lose the 4 oblasts and Crimea, small army, Ukr elections, no peacekeepers, no security guarantees.

And the EU will have to roll over as well as there is nothing else they can realistically do (unable to provide troops or security guarantees without the US).


Russia gets what it wants.
US gets what it wants (knows it won't really be getting any Ukr mineral money).

And Ukraine and Europe get reality.

Great post and analysis Ogee, I can see this happening now. Wow

Rubio Lavrov meeting topics discussed;

4 and a half hour meeting.

Rus/US moving towards normalisation of relations.
Return of staff to both Rus and US embassies.
No ceasefire in Ukr until final settlement.
No European troops into Ukr.
No return of territory to Ukr (4 oblasts).
Early Ukr elections (get rid of Zelensky).


Europeans in a state of shock that it will soon have to start defending itself if US pulls out of Europe.


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Yes, former US Vice President during Trump’s first term, Mike Pence, also came to the defense of Ukraine after Trump’s shameful statements. He stated that “peace must be built on truth.”

He supported his text with a link to a Fox News article from February 24, 2022, which directly states that the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine.