Hamas released the hostages yet?
I would absolutely love it. Used to be an FLO and all I can say is carrying a stack of HE Shells would be stress free. Nobody rushing you or even being remotely discourteous. A team of escorts tackling anyone that even looks in the direction of my path, let alone attempts to walk in the way...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia committed rights violations in Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow occupied and annexed in violation of international law in 2014...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia committed rights violations in Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow occupied and annexed in violation of international law in 2014...
See also: Russian parliament votes to break with European Court of Human Rights - June 7/24
Fact: WWII was almost 8 decades ago. Japan, France, Italy, Brazil all are not Nazis.
Every nation has an element of Far-Right wackadoodles in their midst. To call Ukrainians nazis is as racist as calling Poles communists because they were a part of the USSR 40 years ago.
What evidence? I see zero reference to any evidence other than the word in the title. Nonsense. Reading the NYT article (which should have been the actual article not this blog post BS) the closest you get to anything Western related for breaking the negotiations is their advice that the initial tentative agreements 'were tantamount to capitulation'. Negotiations proceeded long after that point and 2 key issues with them are attributed to their breakdown:
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Putin's micromanaging of his negotiation team led the Ukranian side to doubt the negotiations were anything but a stall tactic, and
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A deal-breaking Russian amendment to Ukraine's Article 5-esque 'guarantors will come to the aid of Ukraine if they are attacked again in the future' which essentially gave Russia a veto.
;tldr the only evidence provided by this blog post BS is for Russia not negotiating in good faith, and definitively being the one that spoiled the talks with a garbage ally defence veto amendment which strongly indicated they had every intention of doing all this again anyways no matter what the agreement said (their SOP.
For anyone wondering, this sort of blatant Russian propaganda is evaluated using a higher level of scrutiny but will be tolerated so long as the content can be reasonably interpreted as not intending to incite or belittle Ukrainians.
In this specific example, the claim 'an Ukrainian assault by untrained and inexperienced prisoners was annihilated with ease' would be in violation if it wasn't so absurd, unsupported by the footage, and laughable.
Why allow it? Ukrainian ideals include things like 'freedom of the press/information'. In times of war this has significant limitations ofc but I for one am interested in hearing 'their side' of events as they happen so long as it is done in a neutral voice. Many truths can be gleaned from lies for people savvy enough to read between the lines.
Rest assured this is not an open invitation for Russian bots to start spamming propaganda. This community will NOT become a Tankie Hellhole.
Ukrainian authorities have opened an investigation after Russian soldiers beheaded a serviceman of Ukraine’s Armed Forces in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukraine has not been able to reach an agreement with a group of bondholders over restructuring some $20 billion of international debt during formal talks, it said on Monday, raising the spectre that the war-torn country might slip into default...
India says it has urged Russia to return Indian citizens recruited by Russia’s army after two were killed recently in the war in Ukraine.
India says it has urged Russia to return Indian citizens recruited by Russia’s army after two were killed recently in the war in Ukraine.
They said while wasting even more time typing about it.
Several hundred LGBT Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched in central Kyiv Sunday to demand more rights and highlight their service to their country in its war with Russia.
Several hundred LGBT Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched in central Kyiv Sunday to demand more rights and highlight their service to their country in its war with Russia...
but but... mUh LeGaCy!
The Romanian authorities have refused to issue visas to Russian and Belarusian delegations to attend the annual session of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly (PA), which will be held in Romania from 29 June to 3 July.
The tragic irony of so many chickens coming home to roost but still being unable to feed the "martyrs of the future".
Summary
- Summit aims to pressure Russia to end Ukraine conflict
- Draft communique condemns Russia's 'war' in Ukraine
- Absence of China, Russia seen limiting potential impact
- Putin outlines conditions to end war on eve of gathering
- Potential next host Saudi Arabia: difficult compromise needed
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected what he called an ultimatum by Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and start negotiations if Kyiv began withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected what he called an ultimatum by Putin to surrender more territory...
IF it was forced to be in the 66% CG bracket $16.5k would be taxed at the previously posited 20% resulting in $3300 paid to government so it is a respectable jump in tax owed for those being subjected to it.
A better way to think of it is <$250k 50% of the profit is tax-free. >$250k only 34% of it is tax exempt.
First, the bump to 66% only happens after 250k that year so $25k would not trigger the extra 16% eligibility. So standard 50% CG only would be applied. $12.5k taxed at your rate means the min rate which may be something like 20% (this number is a wild guess) so say $2500 paid to the gov. Not as bad as it sounds.
Summary
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West
- Ex-president Medvedev: Response needed against sanctions
- Calls for Western society, infrastructure to be targeted
- Western officials have accused Russia of sabotage
- Moscow has publicly rejected those allegations
Streisand effect too: hadn't heard of this until now. Git downloads immediately get flagged as Trojans tho
Because imprisoning terrorists is what it is correctly called
You understand 'imprisoning terrorists' /= 'holding hostages' right?
"We are now an enemy country for them, just as they are for us," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
The country is only a few decades behind current technology.
