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Russia's economy is taking a beating due to the invasion of Ukraine. The International Monetary Fund now says that a Russian default on its debts is no longer "improbable", and sanctions are having a "severe" impact on the Russian economy and would trigger a deep recession there this year. Fitch, Moody's, and S&P Global have all downgraded Russian debt to effectively junk bond territory. Fitch Ratings said in an explainer on its decision to downgrade Russia that the "C" rating "reflects Fitch's view that a sovereign default is imminent."
Yes, the entire Russia economy is already falling apart to embarassed humiliation. And what a nightmare for the Russian citizens psychologically to reach such vast Russia became the enemy isolation. Probably, don't even know it from your own failed news media. They are going to find out when visiting other countries. If they are even able to enter...And when lots of them lost paid work with a drastically reduced paycheck, cost of living getting expensive. Can't even trust your own police officers. A sad situation all of a sudden.
It's good that you can tell us about life in Russia. We really appreciate it.
And come on, come on, tell me what can burn in high-explosive fragmentation charges?
If you were at least a little versed in the issues that you are discussing and wanted to justify another military crime of Ukrainian military in the Donbass, then you would say "Russians shot down a flying Tochka U and fell it on the city center." But you chose the most absurd version. As in other questions, you choose the most absurd versions full of hatred. Good luck, I'm not going to have discussions with you in the future. Once again .
Yep, Russian nazi operatives blew something up but windows remained intact. Do you even look at the pictures you post? I was following this story, and now it is clear that it is a russian propaganda setup not a missile strike, not even missile debris striking the ground . As a russian nazi you know well that sacrificing a dozen or two people means nothing in the Russian frame of mind. Here is an image of missile debris hitting Kyiv. Compare that to almost pristine pavement in Donetsk and no damage to upper floors. Why do Russians kill people for a photoop? Aren't the Russians rabid nazis already, you do not need this photop to get more rabid and murderous.
If Ukraine has any tochka U missiles left there are plenty of military targets out there. Ukraine shooting a few remaining missiles at Donetsk makes as much as sense as Ukrainians waiting for Putin' to assemble 200k troops to attack Donetsk. That's what Russian propaganda says.
I am glad my government of Australia is now having legal action against Russia in its role of downing the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 that killed dozens of Australians from that flight. As after all I have seen enough evidence it was a Russian missile that hit that plane. This legal action is well over due. Yet now is the ripe conditions due to Putin decision to invade the Ukraine.
I am glad my government of Australia is now having legal action against Russia in its role of downing the MH17 flight over Ukraine in 2014 that killed dozens of Australians from that flight. As after all I have seen enough evidence it was a Russian missile that hit that plane. This legal action is well over due. Yet now is the ripe conditions due to Putin decision to invade the Ukraine.
Yes, it was the Russian army, firing this Russian missile from an area they controlled inside eastern Ukraine that downed the airliner. And still the Russians have denied that their army has been fighting there, for 8 years!
A US official interviewed on the PBS Newshour tonight, said that among the things Russia had asked China for, were MRE's Meals Ready to Eat. If that is correct Russia is in trouble.
A US official interviewed on the PBS Newshour tonight, said that among the things Russia had asked China for, were MRE's Meals Ready to Eat. If that is correct Russia is in trouble.
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Wishful thinking has the upper hand in the battle to shape Western perceptions of the war in Ukraine.
Sympathy for the outnumbered and outgunned defenders of Kyiv has led to the exaggeration of Russian setbacks, misunderstanding of Russian strategy, and even baseless claims from amateur psychoanalysts that Putin has lost his mind.
A more sober analysis shows that Russia may have sought a knockout blow, but always had well-laid plans for follow-on assaults if its initial moves proved insufficient.
The world has underestimated Putin before and those mistakes have led, in part, to this tragedy in Ukraine.
Propaganda riven with sympathy for the plucky defenders has dominated the early days of the Ukraine war. This purposefully created a false sense of Russian setbacks and a misunderstanding of Russian strategy. The Russians are executing a standard mechanized warfare maneuver in line with their goals, attacking south from Belarus to link up with forces attacking northward from Crimea. When they link up south of Kiev, Ukraine will be split into two. Kiev may be bypassed, or it may be destroyed, but that is secondary to the larger strategic maneuver. Another Russian thrust from east to west seeks to cut the nation into quarters so Ukrainian forces cannot reinforce one another.
Forget all the silliness about the Russians running out of gas; their supply lines are short (many Russian forces are within 70 miles of their own border), protected, and over decent roads. This is what is happening on the ground and Ukrainian forces are in no position to do anything but delay it. Watching war through a smartphone from a peaceful country may help you believe the Russian assault is going poorly, but that is at odds with the facts.
Yes, it was the Russian army, firing this Russian missile from an area they controlled inside eastern Ukraine that downed the airliner. And still the Russians have denied that their army has been fighting there, for 8 years!
Well the Russians did mistaken the flight for a Ukrainian military transport and that why it was shot down. Here is the Russian back rebels inspecting the site and realising it is a passenger plane going through the the passenger bags while the phones from passengers are ringing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPJUDOnMfgWhole families were lost in this. Yet these troops just scavenged the passenger items such as clothes and phones. I felt sick when one of the troops went through the personal items of a bag. I guess he was looking for weapons in the bag. Those personal items from the passengers are just treated like garbage by those troops. Justice needs to be served. Of course there were 3 Americans on that flight, however most of the passengers were Dutch and Australian citizens.
He was elected by people who you and Putin call Nazis. That's an insane thing to say or think. Nazis don't vote for Jews. It's not complicated.
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