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    Russia and Ukraine Current Events

    UN Resolution on Aggression against Ukraine The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on Wednesday demanding that Russia immediately end its military operations in Ukraine. The resolution demands that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its...
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    Ukraine National Guard dip bullets in pig fat

    because its inhumane and gets you into your hell
  3. Mendel

    Russia and Ukraine Current Events

    Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/FilippoGrandi/status/1499156937644118022 At least 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russian forces invaded the country on Feb. 24, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. The big picture: It's the "swiftest exodus of refugees...
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    Is there an "out" for Putin ?

    A European diplomat told reporters at a briefing yesterday: "It's like the Sun Tzu thing of giving someone a golden bridge to retreat across. How do you get him to go in a different direction?" "I think the door to diplomacy remains open," the diplomat continued. "Putin ... doesn't normally...
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    Claim: Putin's approval ratings soar

    It comes from my OP, and it's referring to FOM (who claim the sudden surge) and not Levada.
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    Need Debunking: US & Ukraine oppose UN Resolution condemning Nazism

    Well, logically, them showing a NATO flag means they endorse NATO; to see NATO endorsing them, you need to look elsewhere: Kuzmenko said that the Military Order Centuria has ties to the international Azov movement, The report says the Military Order Centuria members describe themselves as an...
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    Russia and Ukraine Current Events

    That's the literal meaning. "Bogged down" is used both literally and figuratively, as the dictionary attests.
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    Ukraine National Guard dip bullets in pig fat

    If the UNG says, in effect, "our neonazi batallion are xenophobic assholes", why would they lie about that? Do you suppose the Azov is actually tolerant of other religions, and only pretends to not be for propaganda reasons? That said, it may well be that it's only one guy doing it as a camera...
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    Claim: Putin's approval ratings soar

    Yes. Except that 71% isn't much of a rallying effect when it looks like 60% was an outlier or a statistical fluke. I think they've been cherry-picking to upsell this poll, if it's actually an honest poll.
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    Russia and Ukraine Current Events

    "to prevent someone or something from moving on or progressing" ( https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/bog-down-someone-something ) If you're stopped because you're waiting for something you need to progress, I think it's fair to use the phrase: "On Tuesday, Pentagon...
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    Claim: Putin's approval ratings soar

    Russia's support for Putin has seemingly soared amid the invasion of Ukraine Putin's approval rating went from 60 to 71 per cent in less than a fortnight The poll was conducted by FOM, a Russian state-owned research company Other polls show his popularity rising more slowly, still falling...
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    Large orb on security camera

    @johne1618 , how are you selecting the MUFON cases you're reposting here? What are your criteria?
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    Large orb on security camera

    If I wanted to hoax this, I'd use a flashlight to create a reflection on the monitor. Why isn't the guy uploading the security camera footage?
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    Claim: Ukrainian air force destroys Russian convoy made up of 800 vehicles

    The original source for the claim seems to be the chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council. https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3417460-kolona-vorozoi-tehniki-znisena-na-mikolaivsini-nalicuvala-800-odinic.html Mykola Lukashuk, the chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council...
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    Two distant orbs on ring camera

    We don't even know what this scene looks like by day. I'm unable to confirm these are 'orbs' or even two separate objects. There are stationary bright dots in other parts of the scene.
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    Russia and Ukraine Current Events

    MOSCOW, March 1 (Reuters) - Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy was taken off air on Tuesday, its editor Alexei Venediktov said, in a blow to one of the few remaining liberal media that the Kremlin has tolerated until now. The move came shortly after the prosecutor general's office demanded that...
  17. Mendel

    Russia and Ukraine Current Events

    Russian forces are completing the reinforcement and resupply of their troops north and west of Kyiv and launching an envelopment of the capital likely aimed at encircling and ultimately capturing it. This effort will likely accelerate in the next 24-48 hours. Russian operations against Kyiv are...
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