AntoMaria7
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After last’s ursula von der leyen words i’m afraid putin will get so frustrated ww3 will start. Am i 100% wrong? Because i hope i am. Last videos from kiev are terrifying.
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GOP senator dodges question over whether Trump should condemn Putin
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Republican campaign arm, dodged questioning on Saturday regarding whether former President Trump should condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a brief interview with CBS News’s Robert Costa at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Scott was asked if Trump, who is scheduled to speak later Saturday, should condemn Putin.
“Well, clearly, we all ought to be condemning what's going on in Ukraine. I mean, Putin is a thug. We need to hold him accountable. I hope the Biden administration, hope everybody, you know, holds — does everything they can to hold the Biden administration —” Scott said before Costa interjected to ask if that included Trump.
Scott said that was a decision Trump needed to make.
“Putin is a thug. It's despicable. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine. I'm gonna do everything I can to help the Ukraine citizens. We need to make sure we provide all the resources we can,” Scott continued.
“So it's up to him whether he condemns Putin or not?” Costa asked Scott.
“Of course, it’s always up to him,” the Florida senator answered.
Costa pressed the Florida Republican again, asking if wanted to hear the former president issue a “strong message” against the Russian invasion.
“Well, I talked to President Trump. I talked to Republicans all over the country. We're all focused on making sure we get the Senate back,” Scott answered.
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Republican campaign arm, dodged questioning on Saturday regarding whether former President Trump should condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a brief interview with CBS News’s Robert Costa at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Scott was asked if Trump, who is scheduled to speak later Saturday, should condemn Putin.
“Well, clearly, we all ought to be condemning what's going on in Ukraine. I mean, Putin is a thug. We need to hold him accountable. I hope the Biden administration, hope everybody, you know, holds — does everything they can to hold the Biden administration —” Scott said before Costa interjected to ask if that included Trump.
Scott said that was a decision Trump needed to make.
“Putin is a thug. It's despicable. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine. I'm gonna do everything I can to help the Ukraine citizens. We need to make sure we provide all the resources we can,” Scott continued.
“So it's up to him whether he condemns Putin or not?” Costa asked Scott.
“Of course, it’s always up to him,” the Florida senator answered.
Costa pressed the Florida Republican again, asking if wanted to hear the former president issue a “strong message” against the Russian invasion.
“Well, I talked to President Trump. I talked to Republicans all over the country. We're all focused on making sure we get the Senate back,” Scott answered.
GOP senator dodges question over whether Trump should condemn Putin
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Republican campaign arm, dodged questioning on Saturday regarding whether former President Trump should condemn Russian President Vladimir Puti…
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Putin’s Aggression Leaves His Right-Wing Fan Club Squirming (Published 2022)
The Russian strongman has for years been idolized by a Who’s Who of populist, nationalist leaders. They are now stumbling over what to say.
Putin’s Aggression Leaves His Right-Wing Fan Club Squirming
The Russian strongman has for years been idolized by a Who’s Who of populist, nationalist leaders. They are now stumbling over what to say.
ROME — For years, a global choir of right-wing politicians have sung the praises of Vladimir V. Putin. They looked up to the Russian strongman as a defender of closed borders, Christian conservatism and bare-chested machismo in an era of liberal identity politics and Western globalization. Fawning over him was a core part of the populist playbook.
But Mr. Putin’s savaging of Ukraine, which many of his right-wing supporters had said he would never do, has recast the Russian president more clearly as a global menace and boogeyman with ambitions of empire who is threatening nuclear war and European instability.
For many of his longtime admirers — from France to Germany and the United States to Brazil — it is something of an awkward spot. The stain of Mr. Putin’s new reputation threatens to taint his fellow travelers, too.
“It will be a decisive blow to them,” said Lucio Caracciolo, the editor of the Italian geopolitical magazine Limes, who considered Mr. Putin’s invasion an irrational, and potentially, a politically suicidal move. He said that members of the international ultraright who enjoyed a special relationship and financial support from Mr. Putin were “in serious trouble.”
“They put all their eggs in the same basket,” Mr. Caracciolo said. “And the basket is collapsing.”
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Mr. Putin’s supporters are by no means limited to Europe.
In the United States, former President Donald J. Trump, whose term in office was marked with solicitousness to the Russian leader that confounded his Western allies, said on Wednesday that Mr. Putin was “very savvy” and made a “genius” move of declaring regions of Ukraine as independent states as a predicate to move in the Russian military.
Those remarks left Mr. Trump an outlier in the Republican Party of which he is the de facto leader. But he was not totally isolated.
Mr. Trump’s media cheerleader, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson, urged Americans to ask themselves what they had against Mr. Putin and echoed the Kremlin as he denigrated Ukraine as not a democracy but a puppet of the West and the United States that was “essentially managed by the State Department.” After the invasion, he too moderated, warning of “a world war” and saying “Vladimir Putin started this war, so whatever the context of the decision that he made, he did it.”
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Satellite Shows Russia Massing Helicopters, Ground Forces in Belarus
Satellite images released Friday by a private U.S.-based company are showing several large deployments of Russian ground forces, almost 150 ground attack and transport helicopters, as well as support equipment amassed in southern Belarus.
The equipment and troops were revealed in satellite images shared with Newsmax by Maxar Technologies, a company that has tracked the Russian forces buildup for weeks. The images were taken about 20 miles from the Belarus-Ukraine border and less than 100 miles from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
The images show one large helicopter deployment near the Belarussian town of Chojniki, containing more than 90 helicopters, which are parked in a line on a road with the deployment stretching out for more than five miles.
Further, to the northeast of Chojniki, a "large deployment of ground forces with several hundred vehicles is seen in convoy position in several fields, and another set of more than 50 helicopters, as well as more troops and equipment, were shown at the V.D. Bolshoy Bokov airfield near Mazyr, Belarus.
Maxar said its images shared so far only come from a small part of the overall deployment, which extends over a large area, and that they all come from the company's WorldView-1 satellite, which produces images in back and white.
The images were released after the Kremlin on Friday said Russia's President Vladimir Putin is willing to send a delegation for talks with Ukraine in Belarus, hours after he spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, reports Fortune and Bloomberg.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday that Putin is willing to discuss a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss neutrality through a delegation to Minsk, the Belarusian capital.
Kyiv has not yet responded to Moscow's announcement.
Chinese state TV reported earlier that Xi urged Russia and Ukraine to negotiate, and claimed Beijing supports the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty.
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Satellite images released Friday by a private U.S.-based company are showing several large deployments of Russian ground forces, almost 150 ground attack and transport helicopters, as well as support equipment amassed in southern Belarus.
The equipment and troops were revealed in satellite images shared with Newsmax by Maxar Technologies, a company that has tracked the Russian forces buildup for weeks. The images were taken about 20 miles from the Belarus-Ukraine border and less than 100 miles from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
The images show one large helicopter deployment near the Belarussian town of Chojniki, containing more than 90 helicopters, which are parked in a line on a road with the deployment stretching out for more than five miles.
Further, to the northeast of Chojniki, a "large deployment of ground forces with several hundred vehicles is seen in convoy position in several fields, and another set of more than 50 helicopters, as well as more troops and equipment, were shown at the V.D. Bolshoy Bokov airfield near Mazyr, Belarus.
Maxar said its images shared so far only come from a small part of the overall deployment, which extends over a large area, and that they all come from the company's WorldView-1 satellite, which produces images in back and white.
The images were released after the Kremlin on Friday said Russia's President Vladimir Putin is willing to send a delegation for talks with Ukraine in Belarus, hours after he spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, reports Fortune and Bloomberg.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday that Putin is willing to discuss a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss neutrality through a delegation to Minsk, the Belarusian capital.
Kyiv has not yet responded to Moscow's announcement.
Chinese state TV reported earlier that Xi urged Russia and Ukraine to negotiate, and claimed Beijing supports the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Satellite Shows Russia Massing Helicopters, Ground Forces in Belarus
Satellite images released Friday by a private U.S.-based company are showing several large deployments of Russian ground forces, almost 150 ground attack and transport helicopters, as well as support equipment amassed in southern Belarus.
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Hungary's Orban Opens Border With Ukraine, Clears Sanctions on Russia
Hungary has announced it has opened its border to all citizens and legal residents of Ukraine, even those that might have been subject to military conscription in the Ukrainian armed forces.
"We're letting everyone in," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a Saturday news conference. "I've seen people who have no travel documents, but we're providing them too with travel documents. And we're also allowing in those who have arrived from third countries after the proper screening."
The news is noteworthy, because Orban has been opposed to all forms of immigration in his country, and he has never made any secret of his desire for warm ties with Russia and President Vladimir Putin, according to Reuters.
Hungary has five border crossings along its 85-mile border with Ukraine and thousands of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion have crossed in recent days, according to The Associated Press.
Orban has been Putin's closest ally in the European Union, but he said Russia's invasion of Hungary's neighbor will likely change his stance.
Hungary will now support all European Union sanctions against Russia and will not block anything, Orban said Saturday, speaking on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border.
"Hungary made clear that we support all the sanctions, so we will block nothing, so what the prime ministers of the European Union are able to agree, we accept it and we support it," he told reporters in English.
"This is the time to be united, it's a war," he said, adding that peace efforts were the most important.
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Hungary has announced it has opened its border to all citizens and legal residents of Ukraine, even those that might have been subject to military conscription in the Ukrainian armed forces.
"We're letting everyone in," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a Saturday news conference. "I've seen people who have no travel documents, but we're providing them too with travel documents. And we're also allowing in those who have arrived from third countries after the proper screening."
The news is noteworthy, because Orban has been opposed to all forms of immigration in his country, and he has never made any secret of his desire for warm ties with Russia and President Vladimir Putin, according to Reuters.
Hungary has five border crossings along its 85-mile border with Ukraine and thousands of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion have crossed in recent days, according to The Associated Press.
Orban has been Putin's closest ally in the European Union, but he said Russia's invasion of Hungary's neighbor will likely change his stance.
Hungary will now support all European Union sanctions against Russia and will not block anything, Orban said Saturday, speaking on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border.
"Hungary made clear that we support all the sanctions, so we will block nothing, so what the prime ministers of the European Union are able to agree, we accept it and we support it," he told reporters in English.
"This is the time to be united, it's a war," he said, adding that peace efforts were the most important.
Hungary's Orban Opens Border With Ukraine, Clears Sanctions on Russia
Hungary has announced it has opened its border to all citizens and legal residents of Ukraine, even those that might have been subject to military conscription in the Ukrainian armed forces.
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Back At It: Anonymous Declares "Cyber War" Against Vladimir Putin's Government!
Hacking group Anonymous has declared 'cyber war' against Vladimir Putin's government after he mounted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They had taken down the website of the Kremlin-backed TV channel RT, which broadcasts in Britain and has been heavily criticised for its coverage. he cyber war...
Oh boy. Others coming out to play.
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Being occupied by the Russians for decades has a motivating effect on certain NATO members, even ones with authoritarian right wing governments. I wonder if Tucker will criticize him for it, speaking of Tucker...Hungary's Orban Opens Border With Ukraine, Clears Sanctions on Russia
Hungary has announced it has opened its border to all citizens and legal residents of Ukraine, even those that might have been subject to military conscription in the Ukrainian armed forces.
"We're letting everyone in," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a Saturday news conference. "I've seen people who have no travel documents, but we're providing them too with travel documents. And we're also allowing in those who have arrived from third countries after the proper screening."
The news is noteworthy, because Orban has been opposed to all forms of immigration in his country, and he has never made any secret of his desire for warm ties with Russia and President Vladimir Putin, according to Reuters.
Hungary has five border crossings along its 85-mile border with Ukraine and thousands of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion have crossed in recent days, according to The Associated Press.
Orban has been Putin's closest ally in the European Union, but he said Russia's invasion of Hungary's neighbor will likely change his stance.
Hungary will now support all European Union sanctions against Russia and will not block anything, Orban said Saturday, speaking on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border.
"Hungary made clear that we support all the sanctions, so we will block nothing, so what the prime ministers of the European Union are able to agree, we accept it and we support it," he told reporters in English.
"This is the time to be united, it's a war," he said, adding that peace efforts were the most important.
Hungary's Orban Opens Border With Ukraine, Clears Sanctions on Russia
Hungary has announced it has opened its border to all citizens and legal residents of Ukraine, even those that might have been subject to military conscription in the Ukrainian armed forces.
From the articleAnother nightmare taking over where Trump left off fucking up my head.
Putin Chooses a Forever War - The Atlantic
Putin is a madman that will not be going away soon.
What to do?
Pray?
or kill yourself?
The latter seems more attractive every time I read the news
Anyway, I am whistling/singing this tune thinking about how everyone can get on Zoom playing instruments & see how far we can get around the world.
There's a show that does it & it's pretty cool.
We could YouTube it & get billions of viewers & sell it for beaucoup bucks!
I can play tin whistle & I remember reading somewhere that @schuylaar play's a mean banjo
Just a thought
Good song
Putin left no room for negotiation with the Biden administration. He is prepared for sanctions, which he says will come no matter what Russia does. He asserts that Western hostility is permanent (perhaps because it would be too painful to his ego to admit that most people in the West, if given the choice, would not think about Russia or its leaders at all).
Isn't that the fucking truth^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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US, allies to kick certain Russian banks out of SWIFT banking system
The White House on Saturday announced that the United States and allies will kick certain Russian banks out of a major international banking system, a significant step in a bid to cripple the Russian economy in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden administration and European allies agreed to cut Russia out of access to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a rapid shift from just days ago when it appeared such a move was unlikely in the near future.
The U.S. and European nations also committed to imposing measures to prevent the Russian Central Bank from using its reserves to undermine sanctions.
The announcement came via a joint statement from the leaders of the U.S., the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada. The leaders called Russian attacks on Ukraine "an assault on fundamental international rules and norms that have prevailed since the Second World War, which we are committed to defending."
"We stand with the Ukrainian people in this dark hour. Even beyond the measures we are announcing today, we are prepared to take further measures to hold Russia to account for its attack on Ukraine," the nations said in the statement.
Banks across the world use SWIFT to finalize transactions and transfers. Cutting Russia off from SWIFT would make it incredibly difficult for its banks to operate efficiently, but could also wreak economic havoc for European nations that depend on Russian oil and natural gas exports.
Biden on Thursday had indicated kicking Russia out of SWIFT was not part of the initial rounds of sanctions because not all European allies were on board with the measure. But as fighting intensified in Ukraine in recent days and Russia moved close to the capital of Kyiv, pressure grew for Western nations to offer a tougher response.
Additional measures announced on Saturday included limitations on the use of so-called "golden passports" that allow wealthy Russians with connections to the Kremlin to become citizens of other countries and access their financial systems.
The U.S. and its allies also said they would announce a task force to ensure the effective implementation of the coordinated sanctions being imposed on Russia.
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The White House on Saturday announced that the United States and allies will kick certain Russian banks out of a major international banking system, a significant step in a bid to cripple the Russian economy in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden administration and European allies agreed to cut Russia out of access to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a rapid shift from just days ago when it appeared such a move was unlikely in the near future.
The U.S. and European nations also committed to imposing measures to prevent the Russian Central Bank from using its reserves to undermine sanctions.
The announcement came via a joint statement from the leaders of the U.S., the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada. The leaders called Russian attacks on Ukraine "an assault on fundamental international rules and norms that have prevailed since the Second World War, which we are committed to defending."
"We stand with the Ukrainian people in this dark hour. Even beyond the measures we are announcing today, we are prepared to take further measures to hold Russia to account for its attack on Ukraine," the nations said in the statement.
Banks across the world use SWIFT to finalize transactions and transfers. Cutting Russia off from SWIFT would make it incredibly difficult for its banks to operate efficiently, but could also wreak economic havoc for European nations that depend on Russian oil and natural gas exports.
Biden on Thursday had indicated kicking Russia out of SWIFT was not part of the initial rounds of sanctions because not all European allies were on board with the measure. But as fighting intensified in Ukraine in recent days and Russia moved close to the capital of Kyiv, pressure grew for Western nations to offer a tougher response.
Additional measures announced on Saturday included limitations on the use of so-called "golden passports" that allow wealthy Russians with connections to the Kremlin to become citizens of other countries and access their financial systems.
The U.S. and its allies also said they would announce a task force to ensure the effective implementation of the coordinated sanctions being imposed on Russia.
US, allies to kick certain Russian banks out of SWIFT banking system
The White House on Saturday announced that the United States and allies will kick certain Russian banks out of a major international banking system, a significant step in a bid to cripple the …
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A few hours ago, the Ukraine elite SpetzNaz "Alfa" eliminated the top Chechen forces commander, Gen. Magomed Tushaev and his entire regiment of "kadyrovtsi" who landed in Gostomel area near Kyiv. Confirmed.
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The sky is on fire
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Why have energy resources been such a big talking point during the Ukraine crisis, seeing as they’re not the impetus for Russia’s invasion? Much of it stems from concerns that the nations imposing retaliatory sanctions on Russia are also dependent on the federation for ample oil and natural gas resources. If countries, especially from the European Union, rush to cut Russia out, that could further raise the high gas prices that have plagued the Eurozone for months. As a result, both the EU and United States are acting cautiously with economic policy right now, choosing not to punish existing Russian energy sources too strongly, and stocking up on fossil fuel supplies.
Activists and scientists concerned about climate change are unhappy with this state of affairs and are pointing to various factors that have made Europe more dependent on Russian energy. Some decry Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power after Fukushima, and other countries’ hesitancy to build more nuclear sources; others blame fossil fuel subsidies. Meanwhile, there are still more officials proclaiming that Europe needs to get more and more gas in order to be “energy-independent,” especially from Russia.
Noah J. Gordon, an adviser at the Berlin-based, climate-focused think tank Adelphi, thinks there’s an opening here for Europe to take a different route—to pursue more energy self-sufficiency not by building out gas reserves, but by expanding its renewable energy sources at a faster pace. I recently interviewed Gordon about where he thinks the issues with Europe’s energy market actually lie, what actions the EU should take in response to energy shocks, and how Europe can wean itself off Russian gas and prepare for climate challenges down the line.
Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
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AntoMaria7
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A balistic missile just hit Vasilkob, it is a massive explosion
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Putin was also abandoned by Viktor Orban: We need to get back to the pre-war situation
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told the BBC that his country fully supports EU sanctions against Russia.
"It is not the time to do tricks, it is time to be united. It is war and we must return to the pre-war situation and restore peace," he said.
Orban was considered one of Vladimir Putin's strongest allies in the EU.
He visited the eastern border of Hungary, where many Ukrainian refugees come, on Saturday, and said all European countries, including Hungary, condemned Russia's invasion.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told the BBC that his country fully supports EU sanctions against Russia.
"It is not the time to do tricks, it is time to be united. It is war and we must return to the pre-war situation and restore peace," he said.
Orban was considered one of Vladimir Putin's strongest allies in the EU.
He visited the eastern border of Hungary, where many Ukrainian refugees come, on Saturday, and said all European countries, including Hungary, condemned Russia's invasion.
Putin a fost abandonat și de Viktor Orban: Trebuie să revenim la situaţia de dinainte de război
Premierul Ungariei Viktor Orban a declarat, pentru BBC, că ţara sa sprijină în totalitate sancţiunile Uniunii Europene împotriva Rusiei. "Nu este timpul
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AntoMaria7
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Amd another breaking news:500 russian tanks are coming to kiev from 3 locations, it is beyond crazy
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They are testing out all their toys. Watch the video above of the fellow with the beard.