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📰 What do Trump’s team picks mean for Ukraine-Russia war?

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/what-do-trumps-team-picks-mean-for-ukraine-russia-war/

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#🤨 #Zelensky says #Ukraine war will end 'sooner' with #Trump in office—AFP

Why do I find it unlikely that #Putin is interested in any truce at this stage? Because a truce without recognising the occupied territories and removing sanctions is a death sentence for the Russian economy. And not only that:

1. the end of the war (truce, ceasefire) is the end of ‘war communism’ with its euphoria and moral boosting in the media
2. a million men return from the front with PTSD and - above all - first-hand knowledge of the crimes of Russian commanders against their own soldiers, corruption, looting and crimes against Ukrainians; dozens of their relatives, acquaintances etc. learn about it first-hand
3. these people are returning to cities with failing infrastructure and widespread corruption, and it is highly doubtful that they will let any official yell at them
4. the attitude of civilian Russians towards the participants of the “SMO” (special military operation) is ambiguous and far from the myth of the ‘hero’ spread in the media

In conclusion, the participants of the ‘SMO’ would return …. to what? To an USSR with its economy as it was in 1970-1980, with galloping inflation, an economy dominated by military industry and a ‘hydrocarbon bonus’ belonging to a long distant past. Those who survived will probably return, and have a sigh of relief…. but what next?

The belief in the inevitability of a truce at this stage stems, in my opinion, from the Western perception of the Russian economic and military situation, which is objectively dire. Any rational government in this situation would seek to save statehood, if only through a truce. But rationality means using logic to deal with the facts in a specific conceptual grid. The fact that the very decision to launch an ‘SMO’ was irrational for us and fully justified for Putin means that he lives in a drastically different conceptual grid in which the preservation of statehood in general is not necessarily the highest value. As Putin himself used to say, ‘why would we even need a world without Russia’ - and he means that Russia without a victorious leader, personified by Putin, is not a ‘proper Russia’ anymore.

The above means, in my opinion, that regardless of the hopes of some of the world’s leaders, no truce will take place any time soon, primarily because in the formula I described above (without the removal of sanctions) it would benefit everyone except Putin in the long run. And Putin does not want a formula that benefits anyone but him. In his conceptual grid, win-win does not exist.

Unless Trump’s and the EU/NATO’s intentions include some actually treacherous towards Ukraine plan for the allies to capitulate to Moscow in order to force Ukraine’s surrender (after a long and extremely bloody resistance on its part) then the war, even with the current, relatively ‘lukewarm’, level of military and economic support for #Ukraine, will have to drag on for a few more years, but will end in the actual collapse of Russia as it did in 1991.

This is me listening to americans gaslight themselves about how the Trump administration is suddenly going to be a magical wildcard for #ukraine? 🙄

Sorry, but this american optimism is of the toxic variety. #Trump explicitly required loyalty and an anti-ukraine position from people as prerequisite to be on his government.

Trump still hates Zelenskyi for not giving him dirt on Hunter Biden.

So please. Don’t.
#NAFO

The opposition has demanded that the president of Russian-occupied unrecognized Abkhazia resign.

A representative of the opposition coordination headquarters said he has taken time to think about it.

Protesters continue to remain in the parliament building, and almost all law enforcers have left it.

Local authoriries say they are preparing a document on withdrawal of ratification of the agreement on investments with Russia
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"With the Devil's trident (Trump, Putin, Un) in power, we desperately need Europe to take the reins for the next 4 years and lead the world through this ungodly mess. This is Europe's time to shine!"
- Aure

Germany's Scholz calls for peace in Ukraine in first phone call with Putin in more than two years
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https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/15/scholz-calls-for-peace-in-ukraine-in-first-phone-call-with-putin-in-more-than-two-years

#Ukraine war briefing: #EU cements first ever joint arms purchases in boost for Ukraine - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/ukraine-war-briefing-eu-cements-first-ever-joint-arms-purchases-in-boost-for-ukraine crazy that it's taken this long...

For the idiots who still don't get #Putin after 24 years in charge of an expansionist russian colonial empire (aka russian federation), if they start calling him now, without simultaneously INCREASING military supplies to #Ukraine as winter sets in, and doubling down on #sanctions as russia+DPRK #fascism is strengthened, Putin will interpret those calls as proof of a successful campaign of #terror, sabotage and subversion, and intensify his colonial imperialist #war

#NeverAgain #ArmUkraineToWIN

CAPTION THIS...

A picture worth 1,000 words

This photo explains things, doesn't it?

Left: Russian PM Mishustin.
Right: UN Secretary-General Guterres.
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In Abkhazia (the Russian occupied territory of Georgia) locals are protesting because of the "parliament's" attempt to approve an agreement with the Russian Federation on "investments", according to which Russian oligarchs will be able to take land for themselves in the occupied territories.

The video shows a riot at the "parliament".
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This paper tries to estimate how much more it would cost Germany to NOT support Ukraine, versus the current support. The authors estimate it’s 10 times the current support.
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/fis-import/92541751-97c2-4c8f-9067-730998a3fa07-KPB_179_DE.pdf
#germany #ukraine #geopolitics @geopolitics

Israel is bombing areas near Beirut’s International Airport as planes filled with civilians prepare to take off. Imagine the global outcry if a similar scene were happening in Ukraine. But since it's happening in Lebanon, hardly anyone notices.

#lebanon #israel #FuckIsrael #Palestine #usa #uk #europe #genocide #fediverse #ukraine #russia

#Nafo
#Russiaisaterroriststate
#ukraine
#StandWithUkraine

Opinion: How #EU nations can prevent the worst-case outcome for #Ukraine https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-how-eu-nations-can-prevent-the-worst-case-outcome-for-ukraine/

📰 Ukraine is facing a ‘hammer blow’ of 50,000 Russian troops in Kursk – can they hold out?

🔗 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-russia-troops-kursk-north-korea-b2645654.html

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⚠️🇷🇺Russian foreign minister complains “friendly” countries refuse to refuel his plane due to sanctions (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11/14/7484489/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine
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#10yrInvasionofUkraine

⛔️⚠️Russian war criminals execute civilian woman in Donetsk Oblast (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11/14/7484492/ #Ukraine #ECHR #OSCE #NukesForUkraine
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#10yrInvasionofUkraine

#Ukraine and #OSINT community is migrating to #Bluesky

I don't know what happened in #X lately but something

#Twitter #TwitterMigration

DEAD BODIES EVERYWHERE!

Since Putin's Kursk offensive started after Trump's election win, Putin has been averaging nearly 2,000 Russian war losses PER DAY!

Putin had amassed 50,000 Russian and North Korea troops to take back the Kursk area in Russia.

These are the estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 14, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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OF DAYS GONE BY....

A Ukrainian soldier practicing piano therapy somewhere in Ukraine
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