The Eastern province are majority Russian. I know everyone thinks the Russians have the worst possible motives at all times but to me it looks like theyre clearing out the children in the area before they start a major counteroffensive. Common Soviet/Russian policy going back to WW2.Right because they care so much about about civilians.
Well, duh.... What else would you expect the Russians to say? It is a highly controlled society, where it is dangerous to oppose those in power. They will allow criticism, but only if it fits the desired narrative. In this case, the need for all-out war.
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so how does Russia consider this a Ukrainian terrorist attack?Truck bomb hits bridge to Crimea, hurts Russian supply lines
KYIV, Ukraine — An explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting an unmistakable symbol of Russian power in the region. Nobody...
You'd think they would have learned that after the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam
'Close to the limit': The US is running out of essential weapons to send to Ukraine
Washington is "learning lessons" from the conflict about ammunition needs in a great power war, which are "far greater" than expected, a US military official says.
Totalitarian regime? Maybe somewhat authoritarian but far from Totalitarian. I suppose if you have never been there and dont know many Russians it would be easy to be led to believe it was a totalitarian state from watching US news sources but thats really far from the case. They have normal elections that Putin and his party actually do win by a landslide every time. They dont have a lot of patience for multiple party systems. Russians like a strong leader and they keep electing Putin believe it or not. When we hear of opposition leaders you're hearing about fringe parties with 5% of the vote. Yeah, the economic pain of a losing war may cause some reexamination of that. The Russian economy is pretty well insulated from the worlds economy so while it might seem like they cant afford years of a major war they do have the capability to run a pretty big deficit to do it. Remember we are the country thats $20 trillion in debt and we keep spending like drunken sailors. They have a pretty good nest egg saved up from continuing international oil sales.
More likely an opportunistic move than a planned one. I think that the Ukraine War is an example of political posturing going too far. It came about from diplomatic/clandestine maneuvering that created a crisis, and a Ukrainian population that wanted out from under the Russians.
Free elections in Russia where the opposition has no access to public media and is often arrested and jailed (or assassinated) seems a poor description.
Scary thing is, many of the weapons systems and munitions have had their production facilities closed years ago.
Yes the US media would have you believe that.
What do you call a state where calling a war, a war, will result in arrest and imprisonment?
and don't forget the free referendums in the occupied areas of Ukraine at gun point
