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Russia being unable to secure Crimea will always make it open to dispute, and Ukraine will always be able to invade and retake the territory when they like.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:20
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Don't worry Zelensky is at a European security summit in Spain and the Ruskies, in their infinite evil, used a bomb or missile to kill 50 civilians at a grocery store according to the AFU, similar to how during Blinken's visit the Russians tricked the Ukrainians into firing a missile at that market and then tricked the Ukrainians into lying about the source. They'll get their funding
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Oct 5, 2023 17:21
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Zelensky had previously promised that the AFU would take 3 cities by year's end - Bakhmut, Tormak, and a third he's keeping secret. Curious if he actually had a third in mind when he said it. Also curious why he would say that, at this point it's kind of a bold claim. I mean, probably for PR as usual. Gotta keep the NAFO high going.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:22
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Bad news for Ukraine - Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has slammed the possibility of Ukraine joining the EU, lambasting the country as massively “corrupt.” https://www.politico.eu/article/jean-claude-juncker-ukraine-corruption-eu-accession/ Juncker: Ukraine is totally corrupt By Laura Hülsemann October 5, 2023 12:51 pm CET 3 minutes read Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has slammed the possibility of Ukraine joining the EU, lambasting the country as massively “corrupt.” “Anyone who has had anything to do with Ukraine knows that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society. Despite its efforts, it is not ready for accession; it needs massive internal reform processes,” Juncker said during an interview with German outlet Augsburger Allgemeine published Thursday. “Making false promises” to Ukrainians regarding EU accession “would be neither good for the EU nor for Ukraine,” added Juncker, who was boss at the Berlaymont in Brussels from 2014 to 2019. “You shouldn’t make false promises to the people in Ukraine who are up to their necks in suffering,” Juncker said. “I am very angry about some voices in Europe who are telling Ukrainians that they can become members immediately.” Kyiv has been fending off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion which began in February 2022. EU membership for aspirant countries like Ukraine and Moldova must be connected to “internal reforms” and be backed by a “qualified majority,” Juncker argued. Ukraine has faced questions for years over its track record on fighting corruption. Current European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council boss Charles Michel are both much more bullish than Juncker on Ukraine’s accession to the bloc. On Tuesday, POLITICO reported that the EU is gearing up to open negotiations with Ukraine on its future accession with a formal announcement expected as soon as December, according to three diplomats. During German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s visit to Kyiv on Tuesday — part of the first-ever informal meeting of EU foreign ministers outside of the bloc — she underlined that “the future of Ukraine lies in the European Union. In our community of freedom, which will stretch from Lisbon to Luhansk.” In September, Baerbock also noted on a trip to Kyiv that Ukraine needed to do more to root out corruption. Von der Leyen has been positive on Ukraine’s case for membership and pushed for an expanded European Union of 30 countries during her State of the Union speech in September. In August, two high-ranking Ukrainian officials were named as suspects in an embezzlement scheme involving the procurement of humanitarian aid, while then-Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov came under fire in January over a military catering contract. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been leading the anti-corruption crackdown in Ukraine, has been criticized for his decision to equate corruption with treason, which officials and watchdogs have warned would give more power to the state security service. “We have had bad experiences with some so-called new members, for example when it comes to the rule of law,” Juncker said. “This cannot be repeated again.”
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Oct 5, 2023 17:22
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Ardennes posted:A few pages back there were already polls showing enthusiasm was dropping among Democrats. It isn't the only factor but it is going to be a major drag. I think we're in agreement that it will only hurt Biden, just to what extent if any. It won't help Biden at all unless there's a string of miracles leading to Ukraine driving Russia out of Crimea.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:23
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РИА Новости posted:Odessa is a Russian city and a little bit Jewish, Putin said
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Oct 5, 2023 17:25
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Frosted Flake posted:The Marine brigades are Political, from what I understand. Well thats a shame to hear since my friends cousin, who was killed was apparently in a Marine unit
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Oct 5, 2023 17:26
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Two weeks after the surrender of Nagorno-Karabakh following a lightning-fast military offensive, on Tuesday, October 3, Azerbaijan re-issued a map of the capital of the former Armenian separatist enclave (Stepanakert in Armenian, Khankendi in Azerbaijani), with street names in Azerbaijani. One of these streets is named after Turkish military officer Enver Pasha, one of the main instigators of the Armenian genocide of 1915. The map was first published in August 2021.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:27
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VoicesCanBe posted:I think we're in agreement that it will only hurt Biden, just to what extent if any. It won't help Biden at all unless there's a string of miracles leading to Ukraine driving Russia out of Crimea. At the moment, the effect is probably pretty small, but if things did turn south for the Ukrainians in a big way, it could suppress enthusiasm among Democrats. Afghanistan really didn't help Biden.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:29
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Has there been any analysis of how the pro-Ukraine guys keep believing that Russia is on the verge of collapse? I can understand believing that when the initial invasion went way worse than anyone expected and Ukraine was able to push Russia back in places. But that was a long time ago, they've been pushing on that door for over a year now and so far that rotten edifice refuses to collapse. How do they keep the faith that something has been about to happen any day now for so long?
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Oct 5, 2023 17:29
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mawarannahr posted:gotta stop the fascist from getting into office  We're building a wall and
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Gripweed posted:Has there been any analysis of how the pro-Ukraine guys keep believing that Russia is on the verge of collapse? I can understand believing that when the initial invasion went way worse than anyone expected and Ukraine was able to push Russia back in places. But that was a long time ago, they've been pushing on that door for over a year now and so far that rotten edifice refuses to collapse. How do they keep the faith that something has been about to happen any day now for so long? They don't have to provide reasoning; it just is. Russia is always defeated, no matter what.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:32
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supersnowman posted:Russia isn't ethnically cleansing the Ukrainians in Russia proper but will do it in the new regions because? I mean, there's going to be a difference between "people who've been living in our borders for decades and decades," versus, "people living in newly acquired territory who could be using Ukrainian as a sign of defiance of the new rule." From a Machiavellian point of view, it'd make sense. But this also isn't a prognostication hill I'm willing to die on, just a potential concern. I hope I'm wrong.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:35
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Gripweed posted:Has there been any analysis of how the pro-Ukraine guys keep believing that Russia is on the verge of collapse? I can understand believing that when the initial invasion went way worse than anyone expected and Ukraine was able to push Russia back in places. But that was a long time ago, they've been pushing on that door for over a year now and so far that rotten edifice refuses to collapse. How do they keep the faith that something has been about to happen any day now for so long? It's questionable whether NAFO contains any actual real people but it's certain that if it does they are not connected with reality.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:39
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Gripweed posted:Has there been any analysis of how the pro-Ukraine guys keep believing that Russia is on the verge of collapse? I can understand believing that when the initial invasion went way worse than anyone expected and Ukraine was able to push Russia back in places. But that was a long time ago, they've been pushing on that door for over a year now and so far that rotten edifice refuses to collapse. How do they keep the faith that something has been about to happen any day now for so long? By the beginning of March 2022, they completely bought the idea that Russia is about to totally collapse and have quite simply never updated that prior with any new information. They sincerely believe that Russia is throwing human waves and losing troops en masse in an act of sacrifice, but also that Russian soldiers are cowardly and run away at the earliest sign of any remote danger. Basically anything that happens or Ukraine claims to happen is fit into the prior of "Russia will collapse imminently".
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Oct 5, 2023 17:39
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Well, Ukrainian is an official language in those areas, so I think they could keep on doing their thing. Also, Surzhyk (hybrid Ukrainian-Russian) is a thing and probably most people are going to know how to communicate with each other. Even in Western Ukraine, most people knew Russian as well. Back in the 2000s, I think something like 80% of the books printed in Ukraine were Russian. ---------------- I think NAFO is going to call it a victory even if Ukraine completely collapses. It just doesn't matter.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:42
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You can implement official bilingualism like Canada. Or you can fight a war over it and see where that gets you. But it doesn't look like it's anywhere good.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:47
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To put it even more simply, NAFO will believe any Good News for Ukraine because they want to believe it.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:50
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Ardennes posted:Well, Ukrainian is an official language in those areas, so I think they could keep on doing their thing. Also, Surzhyk (hybrid Ukrainian-Russian) is a thing and probably most people are going to know how to communicate with each other. Even in Western Ukraine, most people knew Russian as well. Zelensky's show used to be in Russian, lol.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:51
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Lostconfused posted:You can implement official bilingualism like Canada. How different are Ukrainian and Russian? If you know one you can basically get by with the other, or at least you could if using one or the other wasn't a political statement at this point, right?
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Oct 5, 2023 17:52
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Probably Magic posted:Zelensky's show used to be in Russian, lol. Has anyone here watched it? Is it pure Slava or is there something to it?
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Oct 5, 2023 17:52
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It’s like someone from New Jersey trying to talk to someone from Louisiana
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Brееgе Timе ZÖZZ🇷🇺 posted:
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Montreal is bilingual but that’s about it afaict is there anyone here from Canada ?
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Oct 5, 2023 17:56
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euphronius posted:Montreal is bilingual but that’s about it afaict Like, someone who posts huge info posts every other page even??
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Oct 5, 2023 17:56
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Servant of the People has characters that speak in Russian and Ukrainian. The language division is a regional and class distinction, but the show also has political message and a bias. So you would have to analyze it very carefully and not just draw conclusions directly from it.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:57
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Gripweed posted:Has there been any analysis of how the pro-Ukraine guys keep believing that Russia is on the verge of collapse? I can understand believing that when the initial invasion went way worse than anyone expected and Ukraine was able to push Russia back in places. But that was a long time ago, they've been pushing on that door for over a year now and so far that rotten edifice refuses to collapse. How do they keep the faith that something has been about to happen any day now for so long? One of the defining mindsets of neoliberalism is "I'm one of the good guys. Because I believe a thing is good, it will happen because someone else will do it for me. However, I must relentlessly police that someone else should they appear to ensure the job is done in a way that does not affect me, or more importantly, my standing as a good guy." Since Putin is a bad guy, he will obviously fail on his own, and a collapse of his regime is the most dramatic scenario of Putins defeat that would not personally affect them.
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Oct 5, 2023 17:58
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euphronius posted:Montreal is bilingual but that’s about it afaict no, famously no-one who regularly posts in the thread is Canadian
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Oct 5, 2023 18:00
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Megamissen posted:good job speng
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euphronius posted:Montreal is bilingual but that’s about it afaict 
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Gripweed posted:How different are Ukrainian and Russian? If you know one you can basically get by with the other, or at least you could if using one or the other wasn't a political statement at this point, right? Supposedly literary Ukrainian has like 600 words that are completely different or something. Otherwise it's a similar language with a turkish influence to it, according to one linguist anyway. It's also a dubious political statement because a large portion of the people fighting on the frontlines speak primarily russian.
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Oct 5, 2023 18:05
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Lostconfused posted:You can implement official bilingualism like Canada. And not really offer service in the second language in the majority of the country? 
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Oct 5, 2023 18:06
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VoicesCanBe posted:Has anyone here watched it? Is it pure Slava or is there something to it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JceiIUTMvD0 pretty dark and prescient in retrospect
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Oct 5, 2023 18:07
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euphronius posted:Montreal is bilingual but that’s about it afaict Jesus lol come on man
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Oct 5, 2023 18:08
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VoicesCanBe posted:The only way Russia takes Odessa is through the Zelensky government collapsing, and then installing a puppet government which then signs over Odessa (and other oblasts) over to them. I’m thinking someone in US govt had that thought recently and asked their friends at RAND about it   If I survive WW3, I’ll ask the IWGC to engrave this alongside Overextending Russia on the Melnyk Gate
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Oct 5, 2023 18:09
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i bet Zelensky speaks Russian in private
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John Charity Spring posted:no, famously no-one who regularly posts in the thread is Canadian Is Canada even real
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Oct 5, 2023 18:11
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euphronius posted:Montreal is bilingual but that’s about it afaict the most euphronius post yet
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Frosted Flake posted:I’m thinking someone in US govt had that thought recently and asked their friends at RAND about it Russia believes it can win a war of attrition
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gradenko_2000 posted:Is Canada even real many such questions!
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