🇷🇺🇺🇦 Discussion: Relations with Russia and the war in Ukraine

[blueharvest]

North Korea preparing to send more troops to Ukraine war, says South Korea

Pyongyang said to be planning to increase support despite high casualties among estimated 11,000 already sent

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

North Korea preparing to send more troops to Ukraine war, says South Korea

Pyongyang said to be planning to increase support despite high casualties among estimated 11,000 already sent

www.theguardian.com

More meat for the grinder,

 

[squeekness]

 

[Hobgoblin]

Yes, Mr. Zelenskyy. We know.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky makes Trump demand as Kyiv downs missiles

Comes as South Korea’s military says North Korea is preparing to send more troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine

Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine, as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s industrial heartland.

apnews.com

 

[Iceman]

North Koreans 'blow themselves up with grenades rather than risk capture', say Ukraine soldiers

The commander, who goes by the codename "Puls", said Kim Jong Un's men were likely either learning lessons from mistakes made during their first, bloody clashes with Ukrainian soldiers, tending to their wounded or waiting for reinforcements. Interviews with several Ukrainian troops reveal...

uk.yahoo.com

 

[squeekness]

North Koreans 'blow themselves up with grenades rather than risk capture', say Ukraine soldiers

The commander, who goes by the codename "Puls", said Kim Jong Un's men were likely either learning lessons from mistakes made during their first, bloody clashes with Ukrainian soldiers, tending to their wounded or waiting for reinforcements. Interviews with several Ukrainian troops reveal...

uk.yahoo.com

That's completely depressing. Life shouldn't be so cheap.

 

[squeekness]

 

[blueharvest]

The oil crisis fuelled by Russia’s war is evaporating – and so are the profits

Results from Shell and Exxon this week will be weaker – and Trump’s desire to drill may result in oversupply

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

 

[squeekness]

 

[blueharvest]

Woman accused of stealing Ukrainian soldiers’ mobile numbers, court hears

Prosecutor at Old Bailey says Katrin Ivanova was only member of Bulgarian spy ring able to pull off plot

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

 

[Iceman]

North Korea preparing to send more troops to Ukraine war, says South Korea

Pyongyang said to be planning to increase support despite high casualties among estimated 11,000 already sent

www.theguardian.com

More meat for the grinder,

Neither of these guys has a single care for their people getting slaughtered in huge numbers, as long as it furthers their aims.

 

[Iceman]

Hopefully Europe are still still committed to supporting Ukraine. We'll have to wait and see what Trump does with this situation for the US side.

 

[squeekness]

Trump can't be counted on for anything. Ukraine is going to need Europe more than ever.

 

[Sithborg]

I mean, it was always unlikely the N Korean troops would be allowed to return to N Korea.

 

[squeekness]

I mean, it was always unlikely the N Korean troops would be allowed to return to N Korea.

Yes, but I was hoping a lot of them would defect to Ukraine and free themselves.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid

USAid pause affects projects such as veteran rehabilitation, independent media and humanitarian assistance

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Hitler wanted to kill me – don’t let Putin, says Ukrainian Holocaust survivor

Roman Schwarzman, 88, tells German MPs that Russia is perpetrating ‘another war of extermination’; more Ukrainian strikes damage Russian oil targets. What we know on day 1,072

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid

USAid pause affects projects such as veteran rehabilitation, independent media and humanitarian assistance

www.theguardian.com

Zelenski wasn't actually expecting Trump to play nice, did he? Trump made it pretty clear he didn't want to give Ukraine another dime.

 

[blueharvest]

At least 11 Baltic cables have been damaged in 15 months, prompting NATO to up its guard

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters.

apnews.com