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Hugo Stiglitz

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  1. And the ceasefire has been broken https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/05/russia-ukraine-war-latest-news-nato-gives-green-light-to-bombing-with-lack-of-no-fly-zone-says-zelenskiy Mariupol officials say Russian troops not observing ceasefire Mariupol’s city council has said Russian forces were not observing an agreed ceasefire along the entire length of a planned route for the evacuation of civilians, Reuters reports. “We are negotiating with the Russian side to confirm the ceasefire along the entire evacuation route,” it said in a statement. The route of the corridor is Mariupol - Nikolske - Rozivka - Polohy - Orikhiv - Zaporizhzhia. Authorities had previously urged civilians to leave, with mayor Vadim Boichenko saying on Telegram: “When our home city is constantly under the ruthless fire of the occupiers there is no choice other than to allow residents – us – to leave Mariupol safely.”
  2. What Russians are hearing from their state run media: On Soloviev’s show—an Orwellian environment, typical of the Russian state media—the host and every panelist repeatedly denied the obvious, attempting to disprove the notion that Russia is at war with Ukraine. Soloviev asked: “Are we de facto at war with NATO?” Kartapolov concurred: “De facto, we are at war with NATO, because all of Ukraine’s military formations are carrying out NATO’s tasks... NATO is also solving another problem, getting rid of Europe’s excess migrants by sending them to fight in Ukraine.” He pompously concluded: “God is not in power, but in truth.”…… “On Soloviev’s show, political scientist and professor of history Elena Ponomareva asserted: “We’re fighting not only against NATO, but also against the Nazi European Union.” Two days earlier, on a state TV show 60 Minutes, journalist Andrei Sidorchik rode the concept all the way down the hill when heexclaimed: “Joe Biden is a Nazi. The U.S. Congressmen⁠—Democrat and Republican⁠—are Nazis... German Chancellor is a Nazi... EU leaders are Nazis... because their sanctions are attempting to preserve Neo-Nazism in Ukraine.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-state-tv-just-blew-up-putins-nazi-ukraine-bullshit
  3. Russian journalist escapes totalitarian shit hole, on foot, with dog.
  4. I pray we will never have to find out
  5. He’s going to go after the Baltics if not stopped in Ukraine. He’s been using the same Nazi narratives there for decades. Trump could be President by then too. He doesn’t give a shit if they’re NATO nations. He’ll threaten nuclear Holocaust again and then what? We’re going to end the world over Lithuania? You see how this goes.
  6. This read is not for the faint of heart but so good. https://eand.co/is-this-world-war-iii-eed6d0e2dec1
  7. He’s going to say that’s what’s happening even if it isn’t. I swear y’all are overthinking this. We’re not doing a no fly zone but if we did and it made the difference in the outcome of Ukraine, why does the narrative matter? If Putin loses the war without NATO intervention, he is still going to blame NATO and people will believe him because, that’s the most logical explanation for the lose. If Putin wins the war, he’s going to move onto Estonia or another Baltic and then we get to do this exercise all over again “Are we really going to risk everything for Estonia?” I’m also curious to learn more about all this supposed support he’d rally if NATO intervened. Seems like that’s a wildly dubious assumption considering the genocide and war crimes.
  8. Putin is weaker right now than he’s ever been. Losing the war would make him weaker, capturing Ukraine would do the opposite. I’m not a smart man but any effort to accelerate to the former would be better than allowing the latter. If we could do it without NATO intervention, that would be great.
  9. These aren’t NATO planes. These are NATO Olympic Committee planes.
  10. So what? The Russian people either know Putin is bad by now or they don’t. Plus his credibility can’t be great as he’s closing every newspaper and banning any vocal criticism. We’re way past him having any narrative advantage. He lies constantly too.
  11. I hope Putin is reading these polls
  12. Another innocent Yacht taken into custody
  13. Pretty sure I’ve read 95% of the stuff out there on Manafort and among Trump’s clown car of criminals/associates, Manafort was both the most intelligent and dangerous. His indictment and charging documents are great reads on what he was doing in Ukraine. Dude is on another level of sinister. I can’t believe he’s just out there somewhere walking around a free man.
  14. Set some parameters, restrictions on rules of engagement, get creative. Maybe limit the zone to the western half of the country. Some ideas are out there on how to give willing pilots Ukrainian citizenship/passport as to avoid overt NATO/foreign involvement. This is a unique situation which requires unorthodox approaches. I pray we are doing some of this behind the scenes. The Russians having less than zero credibility at the moment also helps. Whatever can be done to lessen the massacre, intercept those missiles, and contain the conflict. Don’t focus on what Putin is thinking, just do what needs to be done without risking damage to the NATO/EU alliance/credibility.
  15. The “don’t fuck with me or I end all life on earth” narrative is bullshit. We just wrecked his economy and frozen his assets, he can try to nuke us anytime he wants. If you think he’s going launch over some pieces of hardware destroyed, I have a bridge to sell you. There’s plenty that can be done. Send drones, planes, a no fly zone shouldn’t be off the table either. The largest country on earth just invaded the largest country in Europe. It’s naive to think this isn’t going to escalate. Additionally, we’ve been in battlefield dust-ups with the Russians a few times in recent history, namely Syria, it didn’t lead to nuclear war.
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