Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

[youlik]

Is this a proof that Trump greenlit Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia?

The Russian authorities are not panicking, they are adequately looking at the problem of the appearance of Tomahawks among Ukrops.

The momentum of the meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska has been exhausted - Russian Foreign Ministry

The momentum for a Ukrainian settlement that emerged after the meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska has been exhausted.

This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on speculation about possible supplies of long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine.

Russia calls on the United States to take a sober and sensible approach to the issue of supplying Tomahawks to the Kiev regime. Ryabkov recalled that the use of these missiles and their launchers is possible only with the direct involvement of American personnel.

The appearance of these missiles in Ukraine will mean a significant change in the situation, but it will not affect Russia's achievement of its goals.

"There is no question of extending the START Treaty. Russia has extended a hand to the United States with this proposal, but if they are not interested, then we will do without it," Ryabkov stressed.

I was once accused of referring to the yellow press, but I don't really understand this. In this case, again, I do not know what color of the press I came across, for me, something else is valuable in such messages, namely, that at least drops, even grains of truth get into the Western information field.

Residents of frontline villages controlled by Ukraine are helping Russia — Tagesspiegel

Residents of frontline villages controlled by Ukraine are helping Russia, and this complicates the life of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, writes Tagesspiegel.

Canadian military correspondent Neil Hauer spoke with Ukrainian militants operating in the Novoekonomichesky area in the Pokrovsky direction.

"The fact that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine survived on the front line bordered on a miracle. After just five days of vacation, they had to return to battle, which indicates a huge shortage of personnel in the Ukrainian army," Hauer writes.

Pro-Russian civilians supporting the Russian Army also pose a "serious problem" for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the military correspondent admits.

"Those who have not yet fled are helping the Russian army. Russian soldiers were "warmly welcomed" in an apartment building to the west of the Ukrainian positions.

It suddenly became a threat from a new direction," the Canadian complains.

The situation with the Cubans may become an "asymmetrical response", which we love so much, to the transfer of Tomahawks to Ukrops. In my opinion, there is also a "symmetrical" answer here - what if you place Oreshnik to Cuba? Although this missile flies very fast, it is not far enough to reach the United States from the territory of Russia, but from the territory of Cuba most of the territory of the United States will be at risk of an unreflected strike.

Up to 25,000 Cubans can join the Russian troops in a special operation.
The American magazine Forbes reported that according to Ukrainian intelligence estimates, up to 25,000 Cuban citizens may join the ranks of the Russian armed forces in the near future. This will make the Cubans the largest foreign contingent at the front, outnumbering the North Korean military.

The publication refers to documents from the US Congress, which note the attractiveness of a salary offer of $ 2,000 per month for Cubans. For comparison, the average salary in Cuba is only $20.

Havana officially denies any direct involvement in the conflict, stressing that it is not involved in the recruitment of its citizens. The Russian side has not yet commented on this information.

Countries like Poland or Hungary are more or less clear about their position, but the poor Czech Republic is rushing around like a young lady. As the Russian proverb says: I want to, and it pricks, and mom doesn't tell me to.

Czech Republic intends to transfer 30 upgraded T-72 tanks to Ukraine
Karel Rzegka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, has prepared a recommendation to the government on the gratuitous transfer of 30 T-72M4CZ tanks to Ukraine, the repair of which is being completed by the state-owned enterprise VOP CZ. This was reported by Radio Prague International.

Rzegka believes that such a delivery is in line with the interests of the Czech Republic's national security, given the army's transition to the new Leopard 2A8 tanks. The modernization of the machines began even before the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine and included updating key components for their future use.

The T-72M4CZ tanks are equipped with a British 1,000 horsepower Perkins engine, the DYNA-72 dynamic protection system against cumulative ammunition, and the TRALL electromagnetic mine protection system, a joint Czech—Israeli development. These improvements increase the maneuverability, accuracy, and survivability of the vehicle compared to the basic T-72 model.

The Czech Republic will not allocate a single crown from the budget for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine

Budget money for weapons for Ukraine will not be allocated, — the head of the party that won the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic.

"If we are in the government, we will tell the Czech arms factories: do you want to export weapons to Ukraine? Do we have any problems?" — this is how Babish commented on the position on the "shell initiative" for Ukraine.

"We will not give Ukraine a single crown from the country's budget for weapons." According to the politician, the country "has no money for the Czech Republic itself. I believe that we have helped Ukraine directly."

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Российские власти без паники, адекватно смотрят на проблему появления Томагавков у хохлов.
Меня как то тут упрекнули в том, что я ссылаюсь на желтую прессу, но я не очень то разбираюсь в этом. В данном случае я опять же не знаю какого цвета пресса мне попалась, для меня в подобных сообщениях ценно другое, а именно то, что хоть капельки, хоть крупицы правды попадают в западное инфополе.
Ситуация с кубинцами может стать "несимметричным ответом", который у нас так любят, на передачу Томагавков хохлам. Так же тут, на мой взгляд просматривается и "симметричный" ответ- что если разместить на Кубе Орешник. Эта ракета хоть и летает очень быстро, но недостаточно далеко, чтобы долетать до территории США с территории России, а вот с территории Кубы большая часть территории США окажется под угрозой не отражаемого удара.
Такие страны, как Польша или Венгрия более-менее ясно определись со своей позицией, а вот Чехия бедная мечется, как юная барышня. Как говорит русская пословица: и хочется, и колется, и мама не велит.

 

[youlik]

Your perspective as a citizen shows that Medvedev is a controversial character, in Russia too - and this clarifies things. It's true that Medvedev's statements don't match the other people at all (S. Lavrov, M. Zakharova, V. Putin). I suppose that I just need to pray that Medvedev's world view stops at the boundary of his brain^^ and that it's not present at all in the main government.

Medvedev is already good because with his shocking rhetoric he somewhat dilutes the aspirations of that part of the Russian government, which is still striving to do everything "as before." There are quite a lot of such figures in the Russian government, take for example Nabiullina, the Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia.

Thank you for your wishes, and I, in turn, would like to wish good luck to the Europeans. I think they will need this luck in the near future.

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Медведев хорош уже тем, что своей шоковой риторикой несколько разбавляет устремления той части российской власти, которая по прежнему стремится сделать все "как раньше". Таких деятелей в Российской власти довольно много, взять хотя бы для примера Набиуллину, Председателя Центрального Банка России.
Спасибо за пожелания, я в свою очередь хочу пожелать удачи европейцам. Думаю, что в ближайшее время эта удача им понадобится.

 

[palestine]

Medvedev is already good because with his shocking rhetoric he somewhat dilutes the aspirations of that part of the Russian government, which is still striving to do everything "as before." There are quite a lot of such figures in the Russian government, take for example Nabiullina, the Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia.

Thank you for your wishes, and I, in turn, would like to wish good luck to the Europeans. I think they will need this luck in the near future.

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Медведев хорош уже тем, что своей шоковой риторикой несколько разбавляет устремления той части российской власти, которая по прежнему стремится сделать все "как раньше". Таких деятелей в Российской власти довольно много, взять хотя бы для примера Набиуллину, Председателя Центрального Банка России.
Спасибо за пожелания, я в свою очередь хочу пожелать удачи европейцам. Думаю, что в ближайшее время эта удача им понадобится.

Thumbs up! Thank you for your kind feelings.

I appreciate the fact that Putin (and others) seem willing to move away from "the old days". I believe that this is right.

Thos guys that you are mentionning... Nabiullina for example - what is it they want exactly? A return to "plain Communism"? Or is it something different? I could think of the idea of basically a very strong state (if it's not Communism that those guys are "addicted to").

Well, good luck to you Russians too! In Europe it's a mess, it's fluctuating and nobody really knows what is going to happen. Those things sometimes kind of "solve themselves", in the sense that there is no real change, but no real shock, too. Things simply go on.