The Belarussian govt. is indeed complicit in letting Putin use it to launch an invasion of a sovereign state.In general the peoples of these 2 nations seem to have a fondness for one another. The people of Belarus hate their leader and no doubt don't want war w/Ukraine,and as long as Belarussian troops remain on the sidelines I don't think Zelinsky nor the rest of Europe will have the stomach for more hostilities once this war w/Russia ends. I certainly wouldn't want to see any more carnage and suffering in this region.
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BudmanTX
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hmmm....kinda always said RF should loose there seat at the UN....looks like people are talking about it
foreignpolicy.com
Congress Wants to Boot Russia From U.N. Security Council
The Biden administration is also interested in watering down Russia’s influence at the United Nations.
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Russians turn to George Orwell’s 1984 to make sense of Putin
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“One of the things that's very appealing about the book is not just the ideas, but the sense of paranoia and forbidden knowledge. And it's a secret diary.” George Orwell’s 1984 is this year’s most-downloaded book in Russia. Author Dorian Lynskey explains the appeal on
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Belarus is effectively under Russian occupation with a puppet government, they have a real government in exile. They get a lot of western Russian language news from Europe and Ukraine by broadcast. They had large scale protests, have an internal resistance group and people training and fighting in Ukraine. Russia tried to get their army to commit suicide as cannon fodder to distract Ukraine from other fronts, then took all their arms and reserve ammo for the war in Ukraine. Russia has large numbers of it's internal security police in Belarus keeping the lid on. Poland and the Baltic states want regime change in Belarus as does Ukraine, it would make defending the country much easier. It could start with a chat on the border between Ukrainian and Belarus commanders over Russia firing missiles from there into Ukraine and it would go something like this. Either you go to Minsk and clean house with our help support and ammo, or we will after killing you! Here are some of your countrymen in our country who will help you and the government in exile will support you too.
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The Russians are in Belarus like everywhere else, the Belarussian troops are at the front and there are a couple of lines of Russians behind them to shoot them if they retreat. What happens if HIMARS and artillery suddenly make them disappear? Cut the bridges out and slaughter them with artillery and drones rather than fight them all the way to Minsk. The Belarusians can roll right to Minsk with Ukrainian support a few miles behind them. The Russian internal security police are not troops and the last time they tried they were slaughtered outside Kiev. Blowing the rail lines and bridges inside Russia leading to Belarus would prevent resupply and reinforcement, if they had any to send. Changing the regime in Belarus would isolate Kaliningrad even more, putting it hundreds of miles from Russia's border and more enemies on Vlad's doorstep. Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states would instantly recognize a new government in Belarus and they could be in Minsk inside 12 hours with a coup on the border and Ukrainian help.
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Once the Ukrainians fight the Russians to their border, they can use HIMARS or other means to keep them there by destroying the rail brides inside their borders. The Russian army cannot operate in force more than 25 miles from their railheads and if the few vital rail bridges are cut 100 miles inside their borders they can't project force. So keeping the Russians inside Russia should not be an issue, once they get them there by destroying the road and rail bridges on their turf leading into Ukraine. It means greater operational flexibility for their army with no need to station masses of forces near the border. Any Russian build ups near their borders will be slow and easily detected and a large mobile reserve force and dug in territorials can deal with it. Rockets and drones will be up against the best air defense in the world and Russia will begin to feel the pain as military targets are struck deep inside Russia to impede their military production.
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I hear China is distancing itself from Russia and the war, perhaps Xi catches a change in the wind and I don't just mean the war in Ukraine. The idea of liberal democracies uniting to enforce international and human rights law while actively promoting liberal democracy and the rule of law must be frightening to them. It is frightening to authoritarians and fascist everywhere, even in America and they won't like the forgien policy shift, especially when it comes to taxes and tax havens for corrupt money. FREEDUMB, big government and creeping "international socialism", they don't like the rule of law at home, let alone internationally. Corrupt money is as much an enemy as the fascism and the political corruption it often finances.
How China and Russia exploited the West's trust | Brett Bruen
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“I don’t think we can take our eye off the ball…we’ve seen in the past both with China and with Russia how providing them that leeway and flexibility has led to them becoming more aggressive.” Former White House director of Global Engagement under President Obama Brett Bruen talks to #TimesRadio about why there’s “so much trouble in the world.” He discusses the Biden administration, why he’s “hawkish” about Russia and China, and Elon Musk.
How China and Russia exploited the West's trust | Brett Bruen
2,950 views Dec 15, 2022
“I don’t think we can take our eye off the ball…we’ve seen in the past both with China and with Russia how providing them that leeway and flexibility has led to them becoming more aggressive.” Former White House director of Global Engagement under President Obama Brett Bruen talks to #TimesRadio about why there’s “so much trouble in the world.” He discusses the Biden administration, why he’s “hawkish” about Russia and China, and Elon Musk.
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'1984,' George Orwell's novel of repression, tops Russian bestseller lists
George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984," set in an imagined future where totalitarian rulers deprive their citizens of all agency in order to maintain support for senseless wars, has topped electronic bestseller lists in Russia.
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War in Ukraine: Is Eastern Europe leading the continent's response? | To the Point
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Heavy fighting continues in eastern Ukraine – with drone and missile attacks on major cities and infrastructure. Russia's President Putin is leading his war of aggression, no matter the cost. The war is bringing death and destruction to Ukraine, but it is also changing power structures in Europe. Poland and the Baltic states are gaining influence in the EU and NATO, many Eastern Europeans are taking responsibility and display leadership, while Western Europe appears hesitant. We ask: War in Ukraine: Is Eastern Europe leading the continents response?
Our Guests:
Frank Hofmann, Eastern Europe correspondent at DW,
Vendeline von Bredow, Berlin Correspondent and Berlin Bureau Chief for the Economist magazine, and joining us from Bonn, another DW colleague, Roman Goncharenko, from our Russia desk.
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General Zalyzhny The Economist interview, will russians attack Kyiv again? Vlog 249: War in Ukraine
BudmanTX
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i read something along those line, problem is Ukraine already saw that as a possibility, so what did Ukraine do....blow the bridges crossing and fence and dug a trench all along that border, any choke points are maned and ready if it happens, plus the disidents will start blowing the rails inside and mark positions of troop movements inside to give Ukraine the heads up, and i'm pretty sure the Legion of Belarus is stationed there as well.....
BudmanTX
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there are just something that just go boom in the night.....especially ammo dumps......
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These guys look like territorials manning defensive positions and they have been training constantly and are as good as regular troops, but older. Young guys are in the regular army and are used on offensive drives, they can stay awake for 3 or 4 days, and move a lot, older guys can man defensive positions and do lot's of other jobs though and these guys would be no pushovers.
Belarus is not a choice for Russia: Ukrainians are getting ready for their offensive from Belarus
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The Ukrainian defenders are ready for possible scenarios of Russian aggression. The military personnel of the territorial defence forces, the police and the national guardsmen have held joint training in Volhynia, in case of a breakthrough of the state border from Belarus. They worked out the legend, according to which a convoy of Russian armorued and automotive vehicles is trying to enter Ukraine. More details – watch our report.
Belarus is not a choice for Russia: Ukrainians are getting ready for their offensive from Belarus
124,730 views Dec 12, 2022
The Ukrainian defenders are ready for possible scenarios of Russian aggression. The military personnel of the territorial defence forces, the police and the national guardsmen have held joint training in Volhynia, in case of a breakthrough of the state border from Belarus. They worked out the legend, according to which a convoy of Russian armorued and automotive vehicles is trying to enter Ukraine. More details – watch our report.
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It kinda looks like he is getting that, both from the Russians and allies. Politicians and military leaders are taking this guy seriously and he appears to know his business. It will be interesting to see what lengths the magats in congress will go to to block funding for Ukraine. If they do the UK and others will probably supply long range weapons to strike deep inside Russia to stop or slow war production and cut rail lines into Ukraine. If they thought they were doing Vlad a favor they will be mistaken.
Yeah,heard last night that Ukraine is preparing for a possible 2nd Russian attempt to drive on Kyiv from the north,last time cost them many Spetznaz and a highly trained Airborne regiment,the pride of the Russian army erased trying to hold the airport for Russian transports to fly in more troops and equipment to take the capital. Have no idea how they can do this now,they certainly can't do something similar,no way have they replaced those highly trained special forces and paratroops. Probably a diversion hoping to force Ukraine into diverting manpower away from other lines. Putin is also throwing threats at the US over deploying a Patriot AA/ABM battery to Ukraine,vowing there will be "consequences".
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Oh holy giggle gas, Batman! “Elon Musk denazifies Twitter!”
By removing democratic voices of dissent. Nice to get some clarity on the stated purpose of conquering Ukraine.
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FUCK PUTIN AND FUCK HIS CONSEQUENCESYeah,heard last night that Ukraine is preparing for a possible 2nd Russian attempt to drive on Kyiv from the north,last time cost them many Spetznaz and a highly trained Airborne regiment,the pride of the Russian army erased trying to hold the airport for Russian transports to fly in more troops and equipment to take the capital. Have no idea how they can do this now,they certainly can't do something similar,no way have they replaced those highly trained special forces and paratroops. Probably a diversion hoping to force Ukraine into diverting manpower away from other lines. Putin is also throwing threats at the US over deploying a Patriot AA/ABM battery to Ukraine,vowing there will be "consequences".
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He is fucking with a vital national security interest and ally, the CIA and national security community are taking notice and will know why and how it it happened. Elon is being viewed more and more as a national security risk in many quarters and his company does top secret government work with SpaceX.
With control of a twitter turned into magavision, he could replace Trump as a power broker between the GOP and its base. Basically own and control them like Trump using fear and intimidation and far right allies on Twitter. If they should gain power again Elon would own America, if his plan worked out, perhaps that was the "vision" that drove it all, the primary motivation that got him in over his head.