Why would I want to leave a place that invents more useful technology in a day than all of Europe invents in a year?
Society, politics, environment, open-mindedness, food, sport, healthcare, balanced media, fewer natural disasters, fewer guns and school shootings, less religious dominance. I could be here all day.
Why would I want to leave a place that invents more useful technology in a day than all of Europe invents in a year?
Society, politics, environment, open-mindedness, food, sport, healthcare, balanced media, fewer natural disasters, fewer guns and school shootings, less religious dominance. I could be here all day.
I don't even know what you mean by half of those things... "society"? What does that even mean in this context? "Environment"? Umm... yes, there is one in Europe. "Food"? I have no problem finding plenty of food within a 15 minute walk of where I live. "Sport"? You can keep rugby and cricket. "Less religious dominance"? Ha. "Politics"? Seems like a Europe-wide clusterf*ck. "Open-mindedness" - like Lolly referring to Afghans as cavemen?
Russia is merde at war. They only win when they can simply pummel the other side to death committing war crimes after using russian soldiers to absorb all the enemies’ bullets.
the Ukrainians have apparently tricked the russians into a likely major defeat. stolen from the Twitter:
The Ukrainian move to draw Russian forces into Kherson is clearly one of the great strategic moves of the war. It brought some of the best Russian units into Kherson where they cant be supplied and are being methodically attrited. And made the Russians thin the line in Kharkiv.
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I might have been wrong to say there won't be a traditional UKR advance....it seems to be happening right now, as we speak. And RU seems to be melting away.
Amazing stuff - to see a smaller nation totally take it to the 'mighty' red army.
@yarotrof Lots of videos of Russian POWs (including a lieutenant-colonel) and abandoned Russian positions coming from the Balakliya-Izyum front as Russian military bloggers and analysts remain in doomsday mode. The speed of the Ukrainian advance seems to have stunned everyone.
Leaked Russian defense docs show payouts for dead Russian soldiers and suggest that Ukraine estimates of 48,000 dead Russian soldiers could be spot on. Reports from the counteroffensive indicate that Russian forces are badly depleted and scrambling to get more manpower to fight against Ukraine advances in Kherson and now Kharkiv.
Putin is threatening to cut off Europe from gas supplies if price caps are put into place on Russian oil and gas. Putin is also threatening to pull out of the grain agreement. Putin also admitted that the Nordstream pipeline was down due to turbine failure.
EU is reporting successes in stockpiling oil and gas for the winter and obtaining alternative supplies. Russian natural gas imports were 40% of Europe's gas imports at the beginning of the war. It is now down to just 9%. If EU members are able to hit conservation targets of about 15% this winter, they may be able to completely cut off Russian natural gas imports. Gazprom is raking in record profits. So the pinch on Russia losing the EU market will be a price that Russia may be able to afford to pay. But Russia is counting on using its gas exports as leverage to get the EU and US to force Ukraine to capitulate and give up territory and recognize Russian annexation of Crimea and Donbas. If that plan fails, Putin will either have to declare war on Ukraine and call for a draft/general mobilization or hope that Russian forces can hold on long enough to force a stalemate with Ukraine.
For all those who have been giving me h--l for saying the Ukrainians have always undercounted Russian deaths & casualties.
EU is reporting successes in stockpiling oil and gas for the winter and obtaining alternative supplies. Russian natural gas imports were 40% of Europe's gas imports at the beginning of the war. It is now down to just 9%. If EU members are able to hit conservation targets of about 15% this winter, they may be able to completely cut off Russian natural gas imports.
would be amazing if necessity is the mother of invention and europe finds lots of ways to save energy this winter, then institutionalizes them. Could be a real catalyst to a greener future. And more profitable if less energy is needed.
In another note, RU basically just took all its own leverage away. It can't threaten the EU with anything economic anymore because it has withdrawn its nat gas already. RU is out of chips.
