#politics #Ukraine
Something for MAGA supporters to consider should they succeed in returning Putin's pawn to the White House, abandoning Ukraine, and igniting war with NATO.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-us-cities-russia-strike-war-nuclear-1880758
With the GOP's betrayal of #Ukraine, might Putin not even wait to complete annexation of Ukraine before moving on to invade Moldova?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/europe/transnistria-russia-protection-moldova-intl/index.html
#Ukraine news: Avdiivka falls to Russian invaders.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/1st-ukrainian-city-falls-us-deadlocked-sending-military/story?id=107314399
Fake news: City to be renamed Johnsongrad in honor of Mike Johnson.
(That's the only time Johnson and honor could be used in the same sentence.😉)
The cost of Republicans doing Putin's bidding against #Ukraine
the risk isn’t stalemate. It’s defeat
GOP, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian Federation.
See Russian media praise Republicans for helping them defeat #Ukraine
No, Republicans, causing US soldiers to die in Finland and Poland is NOT a good way to "own the libs".
#Ukraine #israel #politics #nopaywall
An Aid Package That Invests in American Security Goals https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/opinion/ukraine-aid-border-security.html
Even before the invasion Russia had planned another Holodomor against #Ukraine
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-war-crime-starvation-ukraine-1844574
Lest the utter depravity of Hamas in #Israel make us forget the utter depravity of Russia in #Ukraine . One seeks to annihilate Israel the other seeks to annihilate Ukraine.
Meanwhile the House GOP seeks to protect billionaire tax cheats from consequences of their theft.
(Unlocked gift article)
https://wapo.st/3FKxqNs
I heard on NPR that Johnson said he wanted to separate Biden's aid request for #israel from #Ukraine and humanitarian aid for Gaza civilians. This to me suggests that GOP will make Israel aid contingent on abandoning Ukraine to Russia, and abandoning compassion for Palestinian civilians. All three could now likely be lost.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/mike-johnson-sean-hannity-speaker-00123925
It's not just American MAGA trying to tear down society and bow to Putin. What the Kremlin cannot win on the battlefields of #Ukraine it hopes to win through continuing election interference and propaganda.
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Europe’s right-wing drift takes its most alarming turn in Germany
https://wapo.st/48GOelB
85 years ago today British prime minister Neville Chamberlain acquiesced to Adolf Hitler’s annexation of the Sudentenland, a key move in Hitler’s rise.
Liz Cheney:
“Members of the House and Senate who are voting to deny #Ukraine assistance ... should read some history. Appeasement didn’t work then. It won’t work now.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/september-30-2023
MTG and the Kremlin caucus ensure longer war, more civilian deaths, and renewed Russian attacks in #Ukraine
(Unlocked article)
https://wapo.st/48NvPE3
Russian hopes to annex #Ukraine rest, in Slovakia as in US, on online disinformation supporting far right populists eager for surrender, to attack gays and immigrants, and to derail prosecution of its extreme corruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/slovakia-election-polls-open-in-knife-edge-vote-with-ukraine-high-on-agenda
How important is Sevastapol attack to liberation of Crimea, #Ukraine ?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2023/09/13/why-ukraines-strike-on-sebastopol-naval-infrastructure-is-a-big-deal/
An error I'm sure. But next time the #Russia ambassador returns to Moscow, be careful not to be underneath the plane's flight path, in case a rapid unplanned disassembly should cause flaming debris to rain down.
Yes, Crimea is part of #Ukraine
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-embassy-releases-map-recognizing-crimea-ukraine-1822820
#Ukraine
DW has an interesting segment on Russia's disappearing generals and (my interpretation) thus how their army is falling apart. It's followed by an analyst who asserts Russia's conscription and resources are in good shape to outlast the West in a war of attrition and resolve. (Gloomy)
Watch "How the fate of Putin's generals reveals cracks in Russia's army | DW News"
https://youtu.be/q_Usix3nyGA
#Ukraine The tranquility of an idyllic beach, the adventure of a war zone. Visit Crimea. Be a human shield. Parts of you may never leave. 😉
As war nears Crimea, Russian occupiers are trying to lure tourists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/03/crimea-tourism-ukraine-russia/
Why #Ukraine is not now the #3 nuclear power. Why Moscow #russia is not now glowing.
the United States, Russia, and Britain committed “to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine” and “to refrain from the threat or use of force” against the country.
Kyiv gave up 1,900 strategic nuclear warheads. Peace in our time, to quote Neville Chamberlain.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-care-about-ukraine-and-the-budapest-memorandum/
...and is this why Russia's ally China suggests #Ukraine could have all the stolen territory back, including Crimea? Or is a senior Chinese diplomat really going rogue, unaware of official policy?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/27/dont-see-why-not-china-envoy-on-backing-ukraines-91-borders
Negotiating with Prigozhin is like negotiating with my cat. He purrs and I forgive him trying to kill me yesterday if he promises not to kill me today. Same bargain we made yesterday and the day before. Same bargain Prigozhin made with Putin. Same bargain the West made with Russia after invasion of Crimea. Same bargain offered now for a cease fire.
#russia #ukraine
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