Current Affairs Ukraine

[Cecil]

Interesting article:

Ukrainian Artillery Just Blew Up A Russian Ammo Train Near Tokmak. Kyiv’s Troops Fought For Months To Make That Possible.

To strike that ammo train, the Ukrainians needed good, fresh intelligence, possibly from drones or local partisans. But they also needed to bring to bear their best guns.

www.forbes.com

T-62s??? Is it the 1960s again?

 

[davek]

Barentsburg: the Norwegian town feeling the chill of the Ukraine war

Relations sour between Svalbard town’s Russian and Ukrainian communities while local tourism company is accused of being ‘arm of the Russian state’

www.theguardian.com

 

[davek]

Russia’s ambassador to the UN has claimed that “neo-Nazis” and men of military age were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier that was hit by a missile strike on Thursday.

The strike, which hit a cafe in the village of Hroza, killed 52 people, including women, children, and in some cases whole families. The death toll amounted to 15% of the village’s population.

Speaking at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council called by Ukraine on Monday, Vassily Nebenzia claimed that the soldier was “a high-ranking Ukrainian nationalist” and that the wake had “a lot of neo-Nazi accomplices attending”.

He added that “if the Kyiv regime concentrates soldiers in a given place they become a legitimate target for strikes”.

Russia has repeatedly sought to justify its invasion of Ukraine by saying the country needs to be “denazified”. At least one paramilitary regiment fighting Russian forces in Ukraine – the Azov Battalion – is known to have origins on the far-right, but claims neo-Nazis have broader influence within the Ukrainian government or military have been widely discredited.

 

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[Yarrgh]

She is probably right though. Look at how this thread has dropped off and the Israeli-Palestinian thread has gone haywire.

If this becomes a forgotten war and afterthought in people's minds, Russia will take that as their advantage.

There's major trouble in West and North Africa, the Middle East is kicking off, China is being belligerent, and I wouldn't want to predict what will happen in the Balkans. The world is seriously in a problem position right now. If too many threads are pulled, then places like Ukraine are likely to suffer as their support is stretched thin.

Ukraine needs a breakthrough quickly to eliminate the risk of being forgotten. Russia will be happy to let it stretch out.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

She is probably right though. Look at how this thread has dropped off and the Israeli-Palestinian thread has gone haywire.

If this becomes a forgotten war and afterthought in people's minds, Russia will take that as their advantage.

There's major trouble in West and North Africa, the Middle East is kicking off, China is being belligerent, and I wouldn't want to predict what will happen in the Balkans. The world is seriously in a problem position right now. If too many threads are pulled, then places like Ukraine are likely to suffer as their support is stretched thin.

Ukraine needs a breakthrough quickly to eliminate the risk of being forgotten. Russia will be happy to let it stretch out.

Aye, I am sure Russia are thrilled with this. The west needs to ramp up its support of Ukraine IMO, Russia has its fingers on most of the current global trouble.

 

[davek]

She is probably right though. Look at how this thread has dropped off and the Israeli-Palestinian thread has gone haywire.

If this becomes a forgotten war and afterthought in people's minds, Russia will take that as their advantage.

There's major trouble in West and North Africa, the Middle East is kicking off, China is being belligerent, and I wouldn't want to predict what will happen in the Balkans. The world is seriously in a problem position right now. If too many threads are pulled, then places like Ukraine are likely to suffer as their support is stretched thin.

Ukraine needs a breakthrough quickly to eliminate the risk of being forgotten. Russia will be happy to let it stretch out.

The reaction of Zelensky giving his support to a genocidal backlash by the Israeli fascist state will sicken those on the left who have up to this point handed Ukraine their support. That's the main way this will impact on the Ukrainian War not because the events in the Middle East distracts from it.

 

[Tramps_mate]

I give it a week before G.O.T gets the hump and burns this place to the ground.

Yes, I think the end is nigh for the CA forum again..

 

[Yarrgh]

Aye, I am sure Russia are thrilled with this. The west needs to ramp up its support of Ukraine IMO, Russia has its fingers on most of the current global trouble.

Probably the last thing that will be ramping up for Ukraine is support unfortunately for them.

It would be crazy to not keep back resources that potentially will be required elsewhere in the world. If the Russian forces in Africa push that over the edge I can see direct involvement from the west. If the middle east erupts then we'll be forgetting all about Ukraine.

 

[Tramps_mate]

She is probably right though. Look at how this thread has dropped off and the Israeli-Palestinian thread has gone haywire.

If this becomes a forgotten war and afterthought in people's minds, Russia will take that as their advantage.

There's major trouble in West and North Africa, the Middle East is kicking off, China is being belligerent, and I wouldn't want to predict what will happen in the Balkans. The world is seriously in a problem position right now. If too many threads are pulled, then places like Ukraine are likely to suffer as their support is stretched thin.

Ukraine needs a breakthrough quickly to eliminate the risk of being forgotten. Russia will be happy to let it stretch out.

The map posted earlier somewhere about which countries support Israel and which support Palestine was telling..

You could certainly split that into what sides would be for WW3.. Like was predicted many years ago (by who I forget), that WW3 will be fought against Islam!

Frightening thought. And we appear to be edging closer...

 

[Yarrgh]

The reaction of Zelensky giving his support to a genocidal backlash by the Israeli fascist state will sicken those on the left who have up to this point handed Ukraine their support. That's the main way this will impact on the Ukrainian War not because the events in the Middle East distracts from it.

He was in lockstep with most EU and NATO countries. How much that harmed support from the left I don't know, but anyone looking for a reason to bail on Ukraine... well they got an excuse.

 

[ramacca]

Russian and Donbass forces are attacking Avdivka. They launched their attack when Ukrainian forces were rotating in the city. This could well turn into another Mariupol and Bahkmut.

 

[dublinbluenose]

Probably the last thing that will be ramping up for Ukraine is support unfortunately for them.

It would be crazy to not keep back resources that potentially will be required elsewhere in the world. If the Russian forces in Africa push that over the edge I can see direct involvement from the west. If the middle east erupts then we'll be forgetting all about Ukraine.

If the middle -east eurupts then the US will give Ukraine whatever it needs to quickly end that conflict.

 

[peteblue]

Yet Russia also said they didn’t make the attack. I wish they’d make their mind up. Even China is now calling out Russia over this…..

Edit…don’t know what happened here, this was in response to Davek’s post….