The dagger ricocheted off the Patriot on Putin's already holey reputation

There is no commander-in-chief in the Russian Federation, but only a self-satisfied loser who dreams of returning Ukraine to the Moscow yoke.

Mega breakthrough named after Lavrov - Russia and Uganda signed a memorandum on the non-deployment of weapons in space

Stability is over. Cracks on the Kremlin walls

The conflict in a nutshell...

Putin calls his troops to leave Ukraine... and the war is over!

Marco_Sousa wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 7:12 am The conflict in a nutshell...

Putin calls his troops to leave Ukraine... and the war is over!

Be careful. You will immediately be attacked by half-wits arguing that the Ukrainian people have no right to self-determination because:
- according to them there is no such thing as a Ukrainian nation
- NATO bases
- Russia's attack on Ukraine is an act of self-defense
- protection of the russian-speaking population
- Ukraine is occupied by Nazis/LGBT fighters
- russians are the saviors of the civilized world
- russians are fighting NATO at the moment
- corruption in Ukraine is just reaching a new level
- the greatest threat to the world order is the US
- US attacked other countries, so Russia is justified to do so as well
- Ukraine has always been Russia's sphere of influence and therefore must remain in it
- ect...

This topic is one big joke.

The list is endless, I could add:

-Labs in Ukraine are creating new virus and biological weapons
-Russia only targets military buildings, all those cities totally destroyed are AI meant to discredit the mother Russia
-Trump would end that war in 24 hours (during 4 years he couldn't make Russia leave Crimea)
-It's not an invasion, it's a territorial dispute

Mystery in Ukraine

Zelensky has not set foot in the Ukraine since April and Valeriy Zaluzhny (Commander-in-Chief of the AF) has not been seen for the last 10 days, there is speculation he has been killed.

The last communique from him (supposedly) was to inform he was not going to participate in a NATO meeting with generals of the alliance.


https://www.algora.com/Algora_blog/2023 ... ine-killed

'Zelensky also denied the deaths of Zaluzhny and Syrsky. He repeatedly stated that he had communicated with them, but did not provide any specifics or evidence.'

Meanwhile,

Russia has changed the vector and main targets of missile strikes on Ukraine, - speaker of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

"Now the Russians have certain goals, each has its own priority - these are our military facilities, critical infrastructure facilities, important strategic facilities, defense enterprises, warehouses, troop concentrations, and especially Western equipment and ammunition," said Yu. Ignat .
He added that the tactics remain the same - a combination of various methods of destruction in order to disperse the attention of Ukrainian air defense.

Zelensky in Saudi.

Vladimir Zelensky was invited to the Arab League summit due to the fact that Arab leaders seek to resolve the Ukrainian crisis and have relations with Moscow and Kiev, said Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.

Zelensky came to Saudi Arabia and attacked countries from the Arab League.
-> The west calls this "Talking Tough" ... the global south calls this arrogant and annoying.

That's 4 sets of peace talks now, China, Saudi, African nations and the Vatican but Zelensky still holding out for one that lets him get back the 4 eastern provinces and Crimea so no hope there, especially given the US response - peace is a threat apparently.


Meanwhile,

The west have figured out why Ukraine missiles and drones rarely hit their targets, Russia is jamming their GPS.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida at the G7 summit in Hiroshima Hiroshima, Japan – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his attendance at the Group of Seven summit, Japan’s foreign ministry has announced.

Zelenskyy will also join a meeting on peace and security with the G7 leaders and other country representatives during the summit in Hiroshima, Japan’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.

The Ukrainian leader is expected to arrive in Hiroshima on Saturday after wrapping up a surprise visit to an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, where he called on Middle Eastern leaders to “help protect our people, including [the] Ukrainian Muslim community”.

Earlier in the week, Zelenskyy conducted a whistle-stop trip to Italy, the Vatican, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, where political leaders pledged to help restock Ukraine’s depleted supplies of missiles, tanks and drones.

Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, confirmed reports on Friday that Zelenskyy would attend the G7 summit in person after early indications the Ukrainian leader would only attend the gathering online.

Zelenskyy’s trip to Japan will be his first visit to Asia since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.


Kishida, the host of the G7, has taken by far the strongest stand against Russia’s war in Ukraine among Asian leaders, imposing sanctions on hundreds of Russian entities and pledging billions of dollars in aid to Kyiv.

Kishida is implementing Japan’s biggest military buildup since World War II and has repeatedly linked Ukraine’s plight to the fate of Taiwan, which China has threatened to “reunify” with the Chinese mainland by force if necessary.

In March, Kishida visited Ukraine where Zelenskyy described the Japanese leader as a “powerful defender of the international order” and “a longtime friend of Ukraine”.

Nick Bisley, a professor of international relations at La Trobe University in Melbourne, told Al Jazeera that Zelenskyy’s attendance would be a “big boost” for the summit and help to “mobilise a unity ticket on Russia”.

In Hiroshima, Zelenskyy is expected to rally the member nations of the G7 – Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the United States – to ramp up pressure on Moscow to end the war and increase their support for Ukraine.

Zelenskyy is also expected to hold bilateral talks with G7 leaders, including US President Joe Biden.

On Friday, the G7 leaders pledged to tighten sanctions on Russia further to degrade its ability to continue its “illegal aggression” against Ukraine. The club of rich economies is expected to unveil a range of coordinated measures targeting the Russian economy, although there are divisions among members about how far punitive measures should go.

The US and the UK on Friday announced new unilateral sanctions, including a ban by London on imports of Russian diamonds.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/2 ... ns-kishida