Is Ukraine about to have a war?
I see also what looks like cloth coming out of the filler nozzle. Maybe there was an intention to torch it.
Of course it is would be relatively easy to get it moving again but not quite so easy to get it "into service".
i have to ask if you have ever been involved in negotiations ? Having spent decades negotiating with major companies, I would say that asking for something ridiculous and impossible ( NATO retreats out of E Europe ) just makes you look like a fool and loses you all credibility before negotiations start. Under such circumstances i would refuse to participate on the basis that even talking about ridiculous demands gives them some credibility.
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Update on the situation of #Kyiv It appears that the Ukrainian forces have cut off the Russian column also from west side and created a strong foothold in the area. Encirclement is inevitable. Also they have recaptured #Gostomel airport. https://scribblemaps.com/maps/view/T...Ukraine/091194
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What does Russia's economic outlook look like? An English translation of Maxim's
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insightful commentary in Russian. Maxim was a brilliant phd student of mine at Chicago ... so I quote tweet this with great pride!
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Fascinating thread from Prof. Maxim Mironov on what sanctions are likely to mean for the Russian economy. "My scientific conclusion... is that the Russian economy is f*****d. Double **********, because most Russians don't know what's coming." Image is my amateurish translation. twitter.com/mironov_fm/sta…
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What does Russia's economic outlook look like? An English translation of Maxim's
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insightful commentary in Russian. Maxim was a brilliant phd student of mine at Chicago ... so I quote tweet this with great pride!
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Fascinating thread from Prof. Maxim Mironov on what sanctions are likely to mean for the Russian economy. "My scientific conclusion... is that the Russian economy is f*****d. Double **********, because most Russians don't know what's coming." Image is my amateurish translation. twitter.com/mironov_fm/sta…
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It makes interesting reading on the outcome of sanctions now imposed, with their reliance on the west for just about everything they are as described...
His credentials
https://www.ie.edu/business-school/f...maxim-mironov/
I wondered when these honourable sons of the steppes would revert to the WWII behaviour of their grandfathers and start the time-honoured Russian tradition of raping and murdering young girls. It seems we didn’t have to wait long. #animals
Russian Soldiers Rape Ukrainian Women
Russian Soldiers Rape Ukrainian Women
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Regarding those 2.700 Strela munitions Germany is to send.
It seems they are largely kaput ... https://uk.news.yahoo.com/anti-aircr...092853540.html
Never the less the report does say that UKR specfically asked for them
It seems they are largely kaput ... https://uk.news.yahoo.com/anti-aircr...092853540.html
Never the less the report does say that UKR specfically asked for them
i have to ask if you have ever been involved in negotiations ? Having spent decades negotiating with major companies, I would say that asking for something ridiculous and impossible ( NATO retreats out of E Europe ) just makes you look like a fool and loses you all credibility before negotiations start. Under such circumstances i would refuse to participate on the basis that even talking about ridiculous demands gives them some credibility.
There was a Russian tank closing in to her village and everybody was scared running to the basement awaiting the worst. But still there was no gunfire. The tank was running in circles again and again without any action. After a while one "babushka" (grannie) couldn't stand it anymore and ran out to the tank. It stopped and hatch opened so she started to shout: "Go away, blyat, either shoot or leave, but I can't bear this anymore!" A young commander, almost a boy told her: "Mama, don't be afraid, we don't want to shoot or kill anyone, we just ride around the village until there will be no fuel left."
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You thought Farmers having tanks away was strange, how about three guys on a motorbike sidecar combo towing away a Russian mortar. 
You can see more military aircraft on https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ including E-3, E-8, C-12, E-8 etc.
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There is a pair of B52 over the east of Budapest .
^ this. Negotiating is not a zero-sum game. The aim is to share information in order to reach a mutually-beneficial outcome. Very often, one party is able to concede something at low cost to themselves that is of greater value to their counterpart, and vice-versa, and one aim is to flush out these opportunities. We're not buying carpets in the Souk...
Seriously though, there was no negotiation to be had; Russia's initial list of demands made that crystal clear. Vlad wasn't interested in Finlandization, neutrality, denazification or any of that bollo*cks. His wanted his dominion back, pure and simple. The "negotiation" such as it was had two purposes, to buy time to build up its forces and its central bank reserves, and to see if there was any weakness in the West's resolve. Looks like he f*cked up on all of these fronts.
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Pilot equipment from shot down Russian Su-25 - note the carbine in addition to a pistol
(1) Liveuamap on Twitter: "General Staff of the Ukrainian Army: Our military is holding the skies over Ukraine. Another enemy SU-25 together with the pilot was destroyed. A total of 34 enemy planes and 37 helicopters were shot down during the open war https://t.co/K4XwIpDymg via @GeneralStaffUA https://t.co/S4bhboTW9p" / Twitter
(1) Liveuamap on Twitter: "General Staff of the Ukrainian Army: Our military is holding the skies over Ukraine. Another enemy SU-25 together with the pilot was destroyed. A total of 34 enemy planes and 37 helicopters were shot down during the open war https://t.co/K4XwIpDymg via @GeneralStaffUA https://t.co/S4bhboTW9p" / Twitter
