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davek
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Hello Mr Putin
davek
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WTF are these people doing to each other now?
The whole discipline of the UAF has been shattered.
These are army top brass sending each other grenades!!!
www.theguardian.com
The whole discipline of the UAF has been shattered.
These are army top brass sending each other grenades!!!
‘Grenade among birthday gifts’ kills adviser to Ukraine’s military chief
Gennadiy Chastiakov, aide to commander-in-chief of army, died in explosion on his birthday
davek
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Democracy in action. Good job the Ukrainian people don't live under a dictatorship like the Russians have to endure...hold in, they're having elections in the spring.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he did not believe the time was right for the country to hold elections, amid a brewing debate on the possibility of a presidential vote in 2024.
All elections including the presidential vote due to take place next spring are technically cancelled under the martial law that has been in effect since the war began last year.
“We must decide that now is the time of defence, the time of battle, on which the fate of the state and people depends,” Zelenskiy said in his daily address. He said it was a time for the country to be united, not divided, and added: “I believe that now is not the time for elections.”
Ukraine’s foreign minister said last week that Zelenskiy was weighing up whether it would be possible to hold elections next year, given the invasion. He cautioned that polling would be difficult to hold due to the large number of Ukrainians abroad and soldiers fighting on the front.
Parliamentary elections that would have taken place last month have already been cancelled because of the war.
Zelenskiy, who was elected in 2019, said in September he was “ready” to hold elections if necessary and was in favour of allowing international observers to monitor the vote.
The Ukrainian leader’s approval rating soared after the war began, but some divisions have emerged. Former presidential aide Oleksiy Arestovych announced this week that he would run against his former boss after criticising the slow pace of the country’s counteroffensive.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he did not believe the time was right for the country to hold elections, amid a brewing debate on the possibility of a presidential vote in 2024.
All elections including the presidential vote due to take place next spring are technically cancelled under the martial law that has been in effect since the war began last year.
“We must decide that now is the time of defence, the time of battle, on which the fate of the state and people depends,” Zelenskiy said in his daily address. He said it was a time for the country to be united, not divided, and added: “I believe that now is not the time for elections.”
Ukraine’s foreign minister said last week that Zelenskiy was weighing up whether it would be possible to hold elections next year, given the invasion. He cautioned that polling would be difficult to hold due to the large number of Ukrainians abroad and soldiers fighting on the front.
Parliamentary elections that would have taken place last month have already been cancelled because of the war.
Zelenskiy, who was elected in 2019, said in September he was “ready” to hold elections if necessary and was in favour of allowing international observers to monitor the vote.
The Ukrainian leader’s approval rating soared after the war began, but some divisions have emerged. Former presidential aide Oleksiy Arestovych announced this week that he would run against his former boss after criticising the slow pace of the country’s counteroffensive.
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They'd be stupid to enter an election cycle at this time. Big Z would be a cert to win, and so opening that door would simply be an unneeded distraction from a country fighting for its survival; it would open the door to more Russian disinformation and interference; and would be an unnecessary drain on resources. Only a vatnik stooge or a complete plant pot would be pushing for this, IMHO.Democracy in action. Good job the Ukrainian people don't live under a dictatorship like the Russians have to endure...hold in, they're having elections in the spring.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he did not believe the time was right for the country to hold elections, amid a brewing debate on the possibility of a presidential vote in 2024.
All elections including the presidential vote due to take place next spring are technically cancelled under the martial law that has been in effect since the war began last year.
“We must decide that now is the time of defence, the time of battle, on which the fate of the state and people depends,” Zelenskiy said in his daily address. He said it was a time for the country to be united, not divided, and added: “I believe that now is not the time for elections.”
Ukraine’s foreign minister said last week that Zelenskiy was weighing up whether it would be possible to hold elections next year, given the invasion. He cautioned that polling would be difficult to hold due to the large number of Ukrainians abroad and soldiers fighting on the front.
Parliamentary elections that would have taken place last month have already been cancelled because of the war.
Zelenskiy, who was elected in 2019, said in September he was “ready” to hold elections if necessary and was in favour of allowing international observers to monitor the vote.
The Ukrainian leader’s approval rating soared after the war began, but some divisions have emerged. Former presidential aide Oleksiy Arestovych announced this week that he would run against his former boss after criticising the slow pace of the country’s counteroffensive.
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Another strike on Russian airbase.
Looks like they hit Taganrog which is interesting as this airbase is located in Russia proper!
Looks like they hit Taganrog which is interesting as this airbase is located in Russia proper!
Ukraine looks to be consolidating ground on left bank of the Dnipro. Looks like they’ve started to transfer armour across for the first time.
What the hell are Ukrainians doing in Sudan? Firing RPG's with no care for other innocent people living in the apartment block..
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Wartime elections are a messy issue. The UK didn't hold an election between 1935 and 1945 due to World War II, for some of the reasons you specify. The United States had a real weird one in 1864 during the Civil War, which included oddities like Louisiana and Tennessee (original members of the Confederacy) choosing electors after being recaptured by the Union and having their electoral votes rejected by Congress, even though they were for Lincoln. We also held an election in 1944, but that one was like the rest of our wartime elections in the sense that the war was prosecuted well away from prospective polling sites at the time.
We want elections to be sacrosanct, but there are some real problems here. From a constitutional perspective, Zelenskyy is well within his rights to postpone elections. Polling sites make wonderful terror targets that are a nightmare to defend. Guaranteeing the physical security and integrity of polling sites is a basic expectation in an election, and I would agree with Zelenskyy's assessment that it's a problem Ukraine is not well-positioned to solve right now. I could also argue that holding elections would disenfranchise a bunch of refugees, as well as the people who live in occupied and contested regions.
If, say, Western nations were willing to put together a coalition of the willing to solve the physical security problem, then leave, they could hold the election. However, the House of Representatives in the US is balking at appropriating money to aid Ukraine in any way right now. I'm sure that Putin would also see this as a provocation, and there's the risk that attacks on polling sites could draw the West into the war.
This one doesn't have a clean answer one way or the other.
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Back to that grenade that exploded killing Major Gennadiy Chastyakov. He was the aide of Gen. Zaluzhny who was assumed to be attending Chastyakov's birthday party held at his colleagues house - where the bag of grenades were handed over 'as a present'...then opened later in Chastyakov's flat.
The speculation now is that Zaluzhny was the intended target - he was the Zaluzhny was the General recently who spoke out saying that the war was at a stalemate.
Maybe it was meant as a message by hard liners to others considering speaking out - they either set out to kill him or send him a massive message by killing his chief of staff.
www.bbc.co.uk
The speculation now is that Zaluzhny was the intended target - he was the Zaluzhny was the General recently who spoke out saying that the war was at a stalemate.
Maybe it was meant as a message by hard liners to others considering speaking out - they either set out to kill him or send him a massive message by killing his chief of staff.
Ukraine war: Grenade birthday gift kills army chief Zaluzhnyi's aide
Maj Hennadiy Chastyakov was opening presents at home near Kyiv with his son at the time of the blast.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Russian reported losses in Adviivka, 250 mechaised units/vehicles and 7000 troops!
kyivindependent.com
Military: Russia loses almost 7,000 soldiers killed or wounded near Avdiivka
Russian losses near Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast have included almost 7,000 soldiers killed or wounded, 100 tanks, and 250 other armored vehicles in the past three weeks, the 47th Mechanized Brigade said on Nov. 6.
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