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Posted: Jun 4, 2025 - 4:34am

 deltaindia wrote:


Thanks! We are great, really. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union is dying for a very long time, destroying us in the process(



 

good to see you
stay safe
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Posted: Jun 4, 2025 - 4:32am

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

  
  Hiya!   Hope you guys are doing ok!  
Dunno about you,  but I'm feeling increasingly optimistic that Russia's days as an imperialist power are about to come to an end. 


Thanks! We are great, really. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union is dying for a very long time, destroying us in the process(
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Posted: Jun 3, 2025 - 1:37pm

 deltaindia wrote:
9v3fnl


    Hiya!   Hope you guys are doing ok!  
Dunno about you,  but I'm feeling increasingly optimistic that Russia's days as an imperialist power are about to come to an end. 
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Posted: Jun 3, 2025 - 1:13pm

9v3fnl
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Posted: Jun 3, 2025 - 11:29am

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Interesting sidenote: The UK has two of those carriers, but enough funds, personnel and aircraft to operate only one at a time.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2025 - 10:27am


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Posted: Jun 2, 2025 - 5:20pm

So it seems as if Ukraine has destroyed 1/3 of Russia's strategic bomber force for the price of a relatively small investment in drones and munitions. Brilliantly done.

Not only does this compromise Russia's strategic nuclear triad, they now have to be paranoid about every single the truck in the country.

I'm impressed.
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Posted: Jun 1, 2025 - 9:21am

Ukraine drones 'emerged from trucks' before strikes on bombers during major attack in Russia
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Posted: May 11, 2025 - 11:03am


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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 4:05pm

Throwback Saturday

"European leaders on a joint visit to Kyiv have issued an ultimatum to Vladimir Putin: sign up to an unconditional ceasefire by Monday, or face increased sanctions and weapons transfers to Ukraine."
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Posted: May 9, 2025 - 12:15am

Trump’s peacemaking was always doomed
The Ukraine war is intractable
(...) Overall, the US approach to the negotiations amounted to a textbook case of strategic and diplomatic incompetence. This is in part due to the inclusion on Trump’s team of figures like Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio, who lack diplomatic experience and underestimated the complexity of the conflict.

However, the failure of Trump’s peace initiative also reflects deeper realities within American foreign policy thinking. While his rhetoric may appear to break with the bipartisan interventionist orthodoxy of the past, his “America First” doctrine remains grounded in a belief in US global supremacy — as evidenced by his aggressive trade tactics. This is why Washington could not engage seriously with Russia’s broader demands. As noted, Moscow does not merely want recognition of territorial changes; it seeks an acceptance of the multipolar reality of the international landscape. For the US foreign policy establishment — even under Trump — that remains an unacceptable proposition.

Thus, even though Trump may have been genuinely committed, on a rational level, to ending the war in Ukraine, the institutional culture that helped initiate and sustain the conflict remains deeply entrenched. As a result, Trump has not only failed to end the war — he has, to some extent, deepened US entanglement. This leaves him politically exposed. He cannot claim the mantle of peacemaker, yet he clearly has no appetite to serve as Biden 2.0. Walking away entirely might have preserved some consistency. But by staying in, he has made the war his own. Paradoxically, the much-criticised mineral deal may turn out to be more advantageous for Ukraine than the US. It ensures continued American involvement and shields Kyiv from complete abandonment, even if the mineral wealth in question ultimately proves illusory.

But lukewarm US military support will not reverse Ukraine’s battlefield fortunes. A Russian breakthrough remains likely, and with it, a potential Ukrainian collapse. Whether this outcome would force the West back to the negotiating table, or else drive further escalation, is uncertain. In either case, a fundamental problem remains: all parties understand that whatever is agreed on today could be overturned tomorrow. This mutual distrust means that Russia, Ukraine — and by extension, the West — are likely to remain locked in embittered relations for years to come, even if a formal deal is eventually reached.

At the same time, Russia is likely to maintain a robust military posture in the region for the foreseeable future — especially in the context of Europe’s rearmament plans and aggressive rhetoric. This, in turn, will provoke a response from Europe, prompting yet another round of Russian countermeasures. All this will unfold within a deeply toxic political environment, where distrust runs deep and the cycle of escalation remains difficult to break.

For now, then, the most likely scenario remains prolonged conflict, rising costs and deepening divisions — not only between Russia and the West, but within the West itself. The war will not end until Washington and its allies are willing to confront the core issue: the persistence of a hegemonic doctrine that brooks no rivals. Until that happens, peace will remain elusive and the bloodletting will continue. And Donald Trump, whether he likes it or not, risks being remembered not as the man who ended the war — but as the one who inherited it and let it burn.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2025 - 5:49pm

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Protection insurance. Cause you don’t want something bad to happen to you if you don’t.  




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Posted: Apr 30, 2025 - 4:43pm

 steeler wrote:

Seems extortionary.


Protection insurance. Cause you don’t want something bad to happen to you if you don’t.  
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Posted: Apr 30, 2025 - 3:31pm

 steeler wrote:

Seems extortionary.



Of course it is.
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Posted: Apr 30, 2025 - 3:23pm

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24 hours
US and Ukraine sign natural resources deal
Agreement comes after weeks of negotiation and tensions between Kyiv and Washington


Seems extortionary.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2025 - 3:21pm

24 hours
US and Ukraine sign natural resources deal
Agreement comes after weeks of negotiation and tensions between Kyiv and Washington
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Posted: Apr 28, 2025 - 7:35pm

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Posted: Apr 25, 2025 - 5:53am

 deltaindia wrote: 
{#Meditate}{#Pray}
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Posted: Apr 25, 2025 - 5:43am

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Posted: Apr 25, 2025 - 12:04am


The day before yesterday my friends sent me a photo, it's near my house in Kharkov. Everything is intact in our house. I don't know when this will end! I believe that love will save the world, not Trump or anyone else


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