Civil war in Ukraine

[bhramos]

Interview with Chief of Staff of the howitzer battalion: KHokhlov never knew how to fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvY2MlGdOyk

 

[bhramos]

"The militia brought to the position of SPG-9, AGSy and ATGM and gave heartfelt greetings Punisher" fragmentation-reactive. "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9iB8Yaglc

 

[bhramos]

Statement volunteer Givi. "unit commander" Somalia "explained why the militia soldiers were allowed to spend the APU rotation in Donetsk airport. The commander of the army DNR Givi in an interview LifeNews asked everybody to stop criticizing his comrades Motorola for the rotation of soldiers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine Donetsk airport. Givi said that the airport is still under the control of the DNI, and the meeting with the battalion commander Motorola DSR Dome at the airport in Donetsk - a manifestation of respect for the enemy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RElmouDCIiE

 

[bhramos]

"Working Grads militia near Donetsk in several positions Ukrainian punitive."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJ8vYvN98Y

 

[bhramos]

Interview with Margaret Seidler: "In Europe, the situation for the better is very difficult to change, there is a process satanizatsii." "German, whose grandfather fought two against Russia, Russian is ready to defend the world in Donetsk and Lugansk.

 

[jouni]

The aggressive interface between Russia and the EU cannot be termed as War. The very idea is fallacious.

War is a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country.

If it were any other form, then it requires a qualifying term. Like an 'economic war' etc. Even then it would not technically qualify to be termed as 'war'.

I fail to understand how having two Finns heading Intelligence agencies qualify as being comprehended as the sole possessor of intelligence skills.

Alafuzoff is an interesting person. He is also credited with this

Alafuzoff later said that he was partly wrong: he did not know that Russian military intelligence officers were there at the start. He is quite interesting person indeed, grandson of a Russian emigrant, Studied at Frunze academy. It is pretty incredible that Finns are in charge of both civilian and military intelligence of the EU. Our population is less than 1,5% of EU.

Maybe it is because at WWII we cracked codes of Soviet Union, Great Britain and United States among others. Quite an achievement.
Christos military and intelligence corner: The Finnish cryptologic service in WWII

 

[asianobserve]

The Russian gas station economy is badly battered and there appears to be no respite in sight...

"‹Sorry, Putin. Russia's economy is doomed - The Washington Post

"‹Sorry, Putin. Russia's Economy is Doomed

And this is only going to get worse. Russia, you see, is stuck in an economic catch-22. Its economy needs lower interest rates to push up growth, but its companies need higher interest rates to push up the ruble and make all the dollars they borrowed not worth so much. So, to use a technical term, they're screwed no matter what they do. If they had kept interest rates low, then the ruble would have continued to disintegrate, inflation would have spiked, and big corporations would have defaulted—but at least growth wouldn't have fallen quite so much.

Shocking Russian Ruble Crash! | National Inflation Association

Ironically, after today, the Russian Ruble is down more this past year than the Ukrainian Hryvnia.

The Russian Ruble crashed today by 13% vs. the USD – with the USD/RUB exchange rate rising 8.56 in one day to 65.60.

The Russian Ruble is now down 49.89% over the past 12 months vs. the USD.

The Ukrainian Hryvnia is only down 47.53% over the past 12 months vs. the USD.

The Russian ruble is in free fall: Thanks, North Dakota.

Low Oil Prices Are Absolutely Killing Russia's Currency

Battered by economic sanctions and low oil prices, Russia's currency is plunging yet again today. The ruble has lost 18 percent of its value just this month, and as this chart from Jeroen Blokland tells us, if the slide continues it might just end up as the worst performing currency of the year—even worse than the Ukrainian hryvnia. Oh, the sweet, sweet irony.

Ah, Putin, the Emperor with no clothes...

 

[arpakola]

The Russian gas station economy is badly battered and there appears to be no respite in sight...



Ah, Putin, the Emperor with no clothes...

try this one then..

 

[arpakola]

UKRAINE .. the definition of a protectorate !!
Ronald Glensor | Lamar Associates
5th of December, 2014. Kiev, Ukraine.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports that the U.S. citizen Ronald Glensor has been appointed as the Head of traffic police of Ukraine !!!.

Ronald W. Glensor is a retired assistant chief of the Reno Police Department in Nevada. He has more than 35 years of police experience and has commanded the department's patrol, administration and detective divisions. He is recognized internationally for his work in community policing and has provided instruction for more than 500 agencies throughout the United States and in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.

 

[bhramos]

U.S. Army sending 100 tanks to Eastern Europe to deter 'Russian aggression'

U.S. Army sending 100 tanks to Eastern Europe to deter 'Russian aggression' - Washington Times

 

[arpakola]

U.S. Army sending 100 tanks to Eastern Europe to deter 'Russian aggression'

U.S. Army sending 100 tanks to Eastern Europe to deter 'Russian aggression' - Washington Times

serbian girls sing ..against NATO thugs..

 

[militarysta]

More or less russian economy is killed.
UE and USA are superpowers - tanks, and conventional war to defend Kiev is not needed - economy is enought.

ps. @arpakola posting funny videos doesn't change a fact: the West is punishing Russia from invasion and anshluss Crimea penisula.
And it's done not by armour, war etc but using pure economy. Russia will pay a lot for it's dreams about imperium renovatio.
Till now russia budget was cut down on 10% and today they is planned next cut -up to 20%.

 

[arpakola]

More or less russian economy is killed.
UE and USA are superpowers - tanks, and conventional war to defend Kiev is not needed - economy is enought.

ps. @arpakola posting funny videos doesn't change a fact: the West is punishing Russia from invasion and anshluss Crimea penisula.
And it's done not by armour, war etc but using pure economy. Russia will pay a lot for it's dreams about imperium renovatio.
Till now russia budget was cut down on 10% and today they is planned next cut -up to 20%.

good .. so why NATO is worring about and is sending troops..

 

[asianobserve]

U.S. Army sending 100 tanks to Eastern Europe to deter 'Russian aggression'

U.S. Army sending 100 tanks to Eastern Europe to deter 'Russian aggression' - Washington Times

Putin has worked long and hard to compartmentalise Europe to isolate the Americans. The ultimate goal was to weaken NATO, and he succeeded. But all his hard earned divide and rule tactic in Europe vanished in an instant by his own folly. Now not only are the AMericans back in vogue among major European powers but NATO is also being revitalized.

As I said earlier Mr. Putin is like a compulsive gambler who has pushed his luck too far. He got drunk by his own success.

 

[asianobserve]

good .. sowhy NATO is worring about and is sending troops..

Because they like to tell Putin that his bluff has been called...

 

[sgarg]

Putin has worked long and hard to compartmentalise Europe to isolate the Americans. The ultimate goal was to weaken NATO, and he succeeded. But all his hard earned divide and rule tactic in Europe vanished in an instant by his own folly. Now not only are the AMericans back in vogue among major European powers but NATO is also being revitalized. Indeed Mr.

As I said earlier Mr. Putin is like a compulsive gambler who has pushed his luck too far. He got drunk by his own success.

Total BS. It is the Americans that are pushing the envelope in this crisis.
EU is only the blind man following the bully.

Russia is trapped in this situation as it cannot back out without significant damage.

The fx value can only go so far. It is possible that Russian companies default on loans. People forget that these are commercial loans. The bulk of Russian fx loans are commercial loans. So what if Gazprom cannot pay its loans? such things happen all the time.

The living standard of all Russians will go down for a while. There will be a change in lifestyle and unemployment will rise.

How much that affects military affairs remains to be seen. The military is a strange animal. It rises in the times of trouble. The key is how Russians view the situation.

My impression is that domestic opinion stays with Putin, as Putin has been very careful with his moves. He never makes sudden or rash moves. He makes a small step and then consolidates his position.

The USA is NOT invincible.

 

[militarysta]

good .. sowhy NATO is worring about and is sending troops..

Baltic States ask for that, becouse they are worry.

Remember my post:
today is first day semi-open economic war between Russia and UE+USA. And Russia will loose this battle.

 

[sgarg]

@militarysta, can you define how Russia will lose and define a time-frame for it??

I mean can you define what is "lose" for you?

 

[militarysta]

Devisen | Währungen | Devisenkurse | finanzen.net

 

[arpakola]

Baltic States ask for that, becouse they are worry.

Remember my post:
today is first day semi-open economic war between Russia and UE+USA. And Russia will loose this battle.

why they worry ?
-because they have sponsored also fascism inside their sosciety?
-because depresse ethnic Russians as minority?
-because they have sent merces to Ukraine?
-because they are happy to enerything NATO is planing against Russia ?

Then ok .. they must worry a bit.. I would say