Ukraine Russia War #14

[Doctor_Wibble]

For an old guy that’s quite ambitious ! He’s 71 I’d doubt that would happen in his lifetime, look how far he’s advanced in two years…

Though he can stay awake for two hours at a time and doesn't base policy on random brain farts, so for as long as his doubles can maintain a pretence and he can still issue 'fenestroika' orders then he's likely to be around for a while.

Poland don’t seem to care?

They might want to re-check their stats, anything Ukrainian passing through will now have dropped to minimal levels since sea traffic via the safe channel is now back up to near pre-2022 2023 levels - so the problem should be just about over.

Ukraine's grain exports back to 2023 levels thanks to Black Sea route - Euractiv

Grain and oilseed exports from Ukraine have returned to the same levels as in March 2023, when the UN initiative was securing food trade through the Black Sea corridor, according to data from the International Grain Council (IGC).

www.euractiv.com

AIUI the farmers in Poland are mainly protesting about the same things as the French farmers i.e. costs/consequences of EU regs but with the handy addition of blaming Ukraine for what was a significant market upheaval that shouldn't have happened but which equally should now be very much reduced.

Current figures now have quantities of land-transported grain down to about 5% of total which it still a lot but easier to ensure it all goes through instead of any being sold off cheap along the way.

 

[monga]

Though he can stay awake for two hours at a time and doesn't base policy on random brain farts, so for as long as his doubles can maintain a pretence and he can still issue 'fenestroika' orders then he's likely to be around for a while.


They might want to re-check their stats, anything Ukrainian passing through will now have dropped to minimal levels since sea traffic via the safe channel is now back up to near pre-2022 2023 levels - so the problem should be just about over.

Ukraine's grain exports back to 2023 levels thanks to Black Sea route - Euractiv

Grain and oilseed exports from Ukraine have returned to the same levels as in March 2023, when the UN initiative was securing food trade through the Black Sea corridor, according to data from the International Grain Council (IGC).

www.euractiv.com

AIUI the farmers in Poland are mainly protesting about the same things as the French farmers i.e. costs/consequences of EU regs but with the handy addition of blaming Ukraine for what was a significant market upheaval that shouldn't have happened but which equally should now be very much reduced.

Current figures now have quantities of land-transported grain down to about 5% of total which it still a lot but easier to ensure it all goes through instead of any being sold off cheap along the way.

We’re only missing an army and weapons …I might have flat feet so conscription’s out of the question don’t think many are interested in defending their nations anymore there’s more pressing issues to contend with.

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

The official version of the glorious Russian army unparalleled triumph at Avdiivka

Which as far as anyone is aware, Putin will be taking as truth.

And then there's this as if any further evidence was needed

Navalny's death: Putin promotes Russian deputy chief jailer

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promoted Valery Boyarinev, First Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, to the rank of Lieutenant General of the Internal Service, three days after reports emerged of the Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's death in prison.

news.yahoo.com

Putin's Russia, it's like a WTF episode of some weird dark satire thing.

 

[Laughingforlife]

The official version of the glorious Russian army unparalleled triumph at Avdiivka

Which as far as anyone is aware, Putin will be taking as truth.

And then there's this as if any further evidence was needed

Navalny's death: Putin promotes Russian deputy chief jailer

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promoted Valery Boyarinev, First Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, to the rank of Lieutenant General of the Internal Service, three days after reports emerged of the Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's death in prison.

news.yahoo.com

Putin's Russia, it's like a WTF episode of some weird dark satire thing.

Unfortunately this is Putin's way of saying he was directly involved in Navalny's murder. Murder, not death. There is no way anyone can just call it death.

 

[monga]

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

Written version of the above

British firms' exports are almost certainly bolstering Russia's war machine in Ukraine, Sky data analysis finds

Items including drone equipment and heavy machinery are being sent from the UK to countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Uzbekistan and are then being moved to Russia, analysis indicates. Exports to former Soviet satellite state Kyrgyzstan have risen by over 1,100%.

news.sky.com

And goes hand in hand with this one from the other day

North Korean missile relies on recent electronic components

Ukraine Field Dispatch, February 2024

storymaps.arcgis.com

about recent western components found in debris from downed missiles supplied to Russia by North Korea.

Back on the Russian playbook, Belarus complaining about a provocation that isn't happening


And totally coincidental I'm sure

Opozant transnistrean: Congresul așa zișilor deputați de toate nivelele de la Tiraspol va cere Moscovei alipirea Transnistriei la Rusia

deschide.md

Translated opening bit thereof:

Transnistrian opposition: Congress of so-called deputies of all levels in Tiraspol will ask Moscow to annex Transnistria to Russia
...
At the congress of the so-called deputies of all levels from Transnistria, which will take place on February 28, a request to Moscow regarding the accession of the separatist region to the Russian Federation would be adopted.

Noting Putin's address to the Russian Federal Assembly is set for the 29th, looks like they are angling to be one of the big news items in it.

Yesterday on one of the Russian political/propaganda shows the suggestion that the treaty on the unification of Germany doesn't count because it wasn't signed by the USSR. (ref vid clip on Anton Gerashchenko twitter)

With (ref vid clip on NOELreports twitter) a bonus "Odesa, come back home. We have longed for Odesa in the Russian Federation ... This is our Russian city," from Dmitry Medvedev before stating that Kyiv is Russian too, and that "from there comes the threat of the existence of the Russian Federation. It is an international threat, because even though Kyiv is a Russian city by its roots, it is controlled by an international brigade of Russia's opponents headed by the United States of America."

See also 'the west has always been attacking russia'...

 

[monga]

Navalnys mother thinks they’ve already buried him.
Update…

Ukraine war latest: Russia suffers 'record daily losses' since war began; Kremlin addresses Putin's 'missile duel' proposal

Ukraine's deputy prime minister says Russia has carried out one of the largest mass cyber attacks in recent times on its state registries. Elsewhere, airstrikes have hit the cities of Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih.

news.sky.com

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

Navalnys mother thinks they’ve already buried him.

It wouldn't surprise me if they had, or if they had already cremated him just to make sure there was no damning evidence to be found.

(edit, OK seen update now)

 

[Laughingforlife]

It's inhumane. I can't fathom it. Poor family. It's so upsetting

 

[monga]

It wouldn't surprise me if they had, or if they had already cremated him just to make sure there was no damning evidence to be found.

(edit, OK seen update now)

Strange they won’t let anyone near the body, could be someone that looks like him if he’s been viewed from afar ? People look different in death.

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

Strange they won’t let anyone near the body, could be someone that looks like him if he’s been viewed from afar ? People look different in death.

It's going to be a combination of making sure evidence of foul play is harder to spot and more significantly, showing who's in control and how little they care about what anyone on the outside has to say.

People within the 'listened-to opinion' boundaries will all be falling in with the 'leadership involves killing people' philosophy and seeing it all as the actions of a strong leader, with trivialities like morality and ethics being things of total irrelevance.

 

[Laughingforlife]

 

[monga]

Hasn’t he always had a hit squad

 

[Laughingforlife]

Hasn’t he always had a hit squad

There's many of them. It depends which branch of the FSB. Kara- Murza is a British citizen by the way. We cannot ignore this.

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

I was reminded of questions over funding the other day, David Sacks complaining about how nobody was watching where the money was going, echoed by Mr Elon himself, to which Readers helpfully added context

The claim that there is no effective oversight is false. There is extensive oversight on Ukraine aid spending.

Report here

Operation Atlantic Resolve Special Inspector General Quarterly Report to Congress October 1, 2023–December 31, 2023 | Office of Inspector General

oig.usaid.gov

Last week's news surely enough time for the great and the wise to have spotted before offering his great wisdom...
Published 15/2/24

 

[monga]

 

[Laughingforlife]

It's just gets worse. It's so upsetting. Damn Putin

 

[VC10]

Dictatorships love causing their society members anguish and misery. Control.

 

[Laughingforlife]

Dictatorships love causing their society members anguish and misery. Control.

I think they're punishing Yulia. It's just unbelievable. Medvedev had a go about Yulia. They were all angered by her video.
Poor Lyudmila Navalnaya, Alexei's mother. What a strong woman she is though.

Here's Yulia's video. English subs available:

 

[monga]

Is this to stop a public show of support at his funeral ? Or conceal how he died?