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TheFinnFan
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True. We are not. And probably wont be in long time. This attack has naturally made many people go on panic mode and are now screaming "join NATO NOW" but doesnt work like that.
Bluerover
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Back in the day I loved tuning into Radio Moscow and Radio Tirana. Passed the time on long winter evenings listening to comedy ?
Unconfirmed reports from Ukrainian defence ministry that Ukraine had regained control of the airport. In his own words Russian forces holding the airport have been “liquidated”.
Depends what you mean by "our". Its not that difficult to find more than one source of independent reporting. Tbf, today there has been a lot of misinterpreted or wrong reporting and thats by design as well, of course.
RT has never been anything other than a propaganda tool. It rarely reports on anything internal and certainly not anything negative towards the state or government despite massive internal economic issues. A pension crisis looming for Russian citizens - not a dickie bird on it from RT.
There's a reason its offered in HD for free on any broadcasting platform that will take it.
TheFinnFan
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Uncle Earpiece thinks Ukraine is cow breed.
I imagine Al Jazeera is as close as one could get to a non partisan account of what is happening.
I haven't, because... well, age really, but my parents (and their parents etc.) have told me about it. However, we didn't really have a choice to switch to many other stations lol
Also these stations are now the butt of many jokes, they have a little, er, type? Genre? I guess? that goes down quite well usually. As with jokes about S(ch)tirlitz.
magicjuan
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We have governance that knowingly harms its own people, for many,many years. We live by a system that pays off debt with lives.
It's the fake morality about defending the people of Ukraine that is nauseating. No one batted an eyelid 8 years ago. And wars like this only exist because capital is made available either through accrued savings or loans from banks, and despite the embargoes money will still be available, and the 'investors' will want a return. This is strategy over resources and nothing else, the 'propaganda' on both sides istgeatre, a bit of garnish to drum up the tub thumpers. It's clickbait.
Mrk
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Not really 'sort of' - Ukraine has zero ability to utilise any kind of nuclear weapon. There's no way they could have maintained and paid for the upkeep and delivery mechanisms needed to do that without the west/Russia being acutely aware of it.
AP are also more or less impartial, or at least report on everything.
At the risk of sounding pedantic, it most certainly IS an option.
Dozens of NATO countries, including the USA, possess well-equipped armed forces - we have been told repeatedly that many of these countries have shipped high-tech weapons and munitions to Ukraine in advance of this horrific development, so it's safe to presume that this equipment is at least as good as the best already present in the Ukrainian military.
The troops and equipment exist. The will to use them however, is absent. Macron, Johnson, Trudeau and Biden, amongst dozens of other leaders, are very happy to talk about how unacceptable Putin's naked aggression is... But actions speak louder than words, and the actions taken thus far demonstrate to Putin that actually, provided he essentially pays a cash penalty, his annexation of Ukraine is acceptable to "the West", because the major players in NATO don't feel the urge to go any further than that.
Ghost Rider
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It's whether you see this then as desperate times? Ukraine falls but would they want to kill millions to save themselves?
Like I say , the circumstances to push that button are far deeper than any of us could comprehend.
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