Ukraine

**hater** · 09-26-2022

Alastair Crooke:

Russia is preparing for an escalation in this war. She is augmenting her forces to the minimum level that could deal with a major NATO offensive. This decision was not precipitated by a significant attrition in the existing force. The facts are clear: The militias of Donetsk and Luhansk represent the majority of the Russian allied forces fighting in the Donbas. The militias have been reinforced by contract soldiers from the Wagner Group and Chechen fighters however, rather than by regular Russian forces.
But this is about to change. The number of Russian regulars fighting in Ukraine will rise dramatically. However, the referenda in the Ukrainian oblasts come first; and those will be followed by the Government of Russia and the Duma accepting the results and approving the annexation of these territories. After that is concluded and the territories assimilated into Russia, any attack on the new Russian territories would be treated as an act of war against Russia. As former Indian diplomat, MK Bhadrakumar, notes, “The accession of Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye creates a new political reality and Russia’s partial mobilisation on parallel track is intended to provide the military underpinning for it”.

Clearly, we – the world – are at a pivotal moment. ‘Collective Russia’ has concluded that the former low-intensity war is no longer viable:

Unimaginable flows of western $ billions; too many NATO fingers in the Ukraine pie; too wide a ‘Ho Chi Minh Trail’ of ever more long-range and advanced weaponry; and too many ‘delusions’ that Kiev can still somehow win – effectively have undercut any ‘off-ramp solution’ and portend inexorable escalation.

Well, ‘Collective Russia’ has decided to ‘get ahead of the curve’, and to bring the affairs of Ukraine to the crunch. It is a risk; that is why we have reached an inflection point.

**hater** · 09-26-2022

Indian Punchline:

The point is, the accession of Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to the Russian Federation is an irrevocable step that cannot and will not be undone for as long as Russian Federation remains an independent state, as Medvedev underlined. The US — and the “Collective West” and NATO — would know it. Plainly put, the NATO’s proxy-war algorithm has become obsolete and becomes a museum piece.

The CIA’s analogy of the Afghan jihad of the 1980s does not hold good anymore — ie., if it ever did at all. In effect, Russia has avoided a “quagmire” in Ukraine and is on its way to turn the table on the NATO.

**Ef-man** · 09-26-2022

Putler's buddy says "Nyet!"

**Ef-man** · 09-26-2022

**DMX7** · 09-26-2022

Originally Posted by Ef-man

**Ef-man** · 09-26-2022

Go Joe Go!

**velik_m** · 09-26-2022

Originally Posted by DMX7

Are these numbers the fake turnout percentages or the fake positive vote percentages?

It's worth pointing out that over 40% of population of Zaporozhye region is living in a town of Zaporozhye which is Ukrainian held.

**ChumpDumper** · 09-27-2022

Originally Posted by hater

great Q&A from amazing expert

enjoy ma nigs

you think this convicted pedophile is amazing.

**Ef-man** · 09-27-2022

It is coming down to this.

**hater** · 09-27-2022

. Eurotrash

Bloomberg:

Energy Crunch Will Hurt Like 2009 Crash

The economic damage from the shutdown of Russian gas flows is piling up fast in Europe and risks eventually eclipsing the impact of the global financial crisis.

With a continent-wide recession now seemingly inevitable, a harsh winter is coming for chemical producers, steel plants and car manufacturers starved of essential raw materials who’ve joined households in sounding the alarm over rocketing energy bills.

Building on a model of the European energy market and economy, the Bloomberg Economics base case is now a 1% drop in gross domestic product, with the downturn starting in the fourth quarter. If the coming months turn especially icy and the 27 members of the European Union fail to efficiently share scarce fuel supplies, the contraction could be as much as 5%.

Adolf Scholz

Ursula Panzer Meyer

**hater** · 09-27-2022

Hater call line:

Adolf Scholz wont be in power by spring

**hater** · 09-27-2022

Germany will be a Potato farming country soon thats it

**horseshue** · 09-27-2022

Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

you think this convicted pedophile is amazing.

Maybe hater is convicted pedophile?

**hater** · 09-27-2022

Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

you think this convicted pedophile is amazing.

Bill Klinton fanclub member talking about pedophiles

**Brazil** · 09-27-2022

does Hater think those elections are legit ?

**hater** · 09-27-2022

RT:

Russia is expected to reap its largest grain harvest ever in 2022, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, citing preliminary data on crops.

“According to experts, the total grain harvest could reach 150 million tons, including about 100 million tons of wheat. This will be a record in the entire history of Russia,” Putin said, noting that previous estimates had ranged from 140 million tons to 147 million tons.

The president recalled that Russia’s biggest grain harvest ever was recorded in 2017 – 135.5 million tons, including 86 million tons of wheat.

“Thus, in the current difficult situation, we are completely guaranteed to cover our own needs for the most important items and receive an additional resource for increasing exports,” Putin said.

Europeons