Raskolnikov38 posted:

so what’s the solution for these having absolute poo poo visibility? does the rest of the squad have to warn the shed if there’s a threat not directly in front of it

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/Idlib_Chicken/status/1783564647938891874

Raskolnikov38 posted:

so what’s the solution for these having absolute poo poo visibility? does the rest of the squad have to warn the shed if there’s a threat not directly in front of it

Raskolnikov38 posted:

so what’s the solution for these having absolute poo poo visibility? does the rest of the squad have to warn the shed if there’s a threat not directly in front of it

Isentropy posted:

I feel like the only anime or Japanese thing we can get FF to like is FFTA which is just the Wars of the Roses

quote:

https://www.ft.com/content/dd1d3074-61af-4edb-9ed4-a3530158623e

The defence ministers of Poland and Lithuania have pledged to help Ukraine repatriate its men who are of fighting age but have left the country to avoid being sent to the battlefield.

Kyiv needs to raise hundreds of thousands of men for its army, which is struggling to contain Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine. But the number of volunteers has dwindled and the government has recently adopted a new law to expand mobilisation, including for those abroad.

Poland is the main haven for people escaping the conflict and there are an estimated 200,000 Ukrainian men in the country, according to Eurostat and the Polish central bank.

Ukraine earlier this month suspended consular services for men of military age living abroad, including in Poland, making it harder for them to extend their stay.

“Ukrainian citizens have obligations towards the state,” Poland’s defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday. “We have long suggested that we are also able to help the Ukrainian side in ensuring that those who are obliged to perform military service go to Ukraine.”

He said those Ukrainian nationals would be transported and their right to stay in Poland not renewed. Asked whether Poland would agree to transport them back to Ukraine, he said: “Anything is possible.”

According to martial law imposed by Ukrainian authorities in February 2022 when Russia launched its full-scale invasion, most men between the ages of 18 and 60 are banned from leaving the country and are obliged to register with military recruitment offices.

Lithuania on Thursday said it was ready to take steps to return Ukrainians of fighting age. Defence minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas excluded deportation but said various options could be considered in co-ordination with Poland.

“It is possible [to restrict] social benefits, work permits, documents, there are options that I’ve also heard from the Polish side,” he said. “I think it is the correct way.”

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said “staying abroad does not release a citizen from his duties towards his homeland”.

“If anyone thinks that some will fight far away on the front and risk their lives for the country, and others will stay abroad and use the services of the state, they are wrong,” Kuleba said.

Under the newly implemented mobilisation law, while Ukrainians of military age will not automatically receive draft notices, their access to consular services will be contingent on their registration for military service. Without the necessary registration, they will be unable to obtain passports.

Ukrainians in Poland queued for hours to receive their documents earlier this week, but consulate workers were unable to hand them out.

The restrictions triggered a backlash among Ukrainians abroad, with many accusing the government of infringing upon constitutional and human rights.

“It would be better to create training centres in Poland, where professional training could be provided for those who fear being sent to the front unprepared, like cannon fodder! That would be more useful!” one Ukrainian national wrote on his embassy’s Facebook page.

Poland’s defence minister said he understood Poles who were outraged by the sight of young Ukrainians of military age “in hotels and cafés”. He expressed solidarity with Ukrainians fighting on the front and their grievances against compatriots who left the country.

Bar Crow posted:

An explosion rips off my shed revealing a second shed underneath. The entire frontline groans at my bullshit.

Weka posted:

I haven't been keeping up so sorry if it's been covered but

It's finally happening, they're going to try and conscript Ukrainians abroad l

mawarannahr posted:

Nix Panicus posted:

My memory is bad and my comprehension is terrible, so help me out

Out of the $60 billion $20 billion is going to replenish US supplies already sent, meaning new orders for the already maxed out MIC to be delivered TBD

Nix Panicus posted:

E: What did that Czech shell initiative end up digging up? A few hundred thousand shells?

Sanlav posted:

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/31697

"At their congress in Strasbourg, Austria, the Parliament adopted a resolution “On Russia’s undemocratic presidential elections and their illegitimate extension to the occupied territories,” specifying that the election was “neither free nor fair,” by a vote of 493-11, with 18 abstaining. The resolution means that the EU does not officially recognize Putin as Russia’s president, and it called on the international community to declare the same."

What the heck is the EU posturing so hard right now for? Between this and the theft of reserves we are going for a speedrun on how to destroy the legitimacy of demcracy. More useless sanctions, more training symbolic division, more IOU's? The only escalation on the table is sending troops into armed conflict with Russia.

Sanlav posted:

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/31697

"At their congress in Strasbourg, Austria, the Parliament adopted a resolution “On Russia’s undemocratic presidential elections and their illegitimate extension to the occupied territories,” specifying that the election was “neither free nor fair,” by a vote of 493-11, with 18 abstaining. The resolution means that the EU does not officially recognize Putin as Russia’s president, and it called on the international community to declare the same."

What the heck is the EU posturing so hard right now for? Between this and the theft of reserves we are going for a speedrun on how to destroy the legitimacy of demcracy. More useless sanctions, more training symbolic division, more IOU's? The only escalation on the table is sending troops into armed conflict with Russia.

Sanlav posted:

https://twitter.com/nocomment/status/1783123625597391120

Ardennes posted:

Things aren't going well and they are throwing whatever they can into the mix even if it is self-defeating.

Sanlav posted:

How do the people running Germany, England, and France's economies feel about shutting off energy from the east permanently? How stable is Europe gonna be 5 years down the road buying american LNG and saudi oil at absurd premiums.

Sanlav posted:

How do the people running Germany, England, and France's economies feel about shutting off energy from the east permanently? How stable is Europe gonna be 5 years down the road buying american LNG and saudi oil at absurd premiums.

Sanlav posted:

https://twitter.com/nocomment/status/1783123625597391120

Spergin Morlock posted:

haha just realized zelenskyy natively speaks Russian and has been taking Ukranian language lessons to get better SINCE TAKING OFFICE. what the gently caress

Sanlav posted:

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/31697

"At their congress in Strasbourg, Austria, the Parliament adopted a resolution “On Russia’s undemocratic presidential elections and their illegitimate extension to the occupied territories,” specifying that the election was “neither free nor fair,” by a vote of 493-11, with 18 abstaining. The resolution means that the EU does not officially recognize Putin as Russia’s president, and it called on the international community to declare the same."

What the heck is the EU posturing so hard right now for? Between this and the theft of reserves we are going for a speedrun on how to destroy the legitimacy of demcracy. More useless sanctions, more training symbolic division, more IOU's? The only escalation on the table is sending troops into armed conflict with Russia.

Sanlav posted:

How do the people running Germany, England, and France's economies feel about shutting off energy from the east permanently? How stable is Europe gonna be 5 years down the road buying american LNG and saudi oil at absurd premiums.

Nix Panicus posted:

The outpouring of grief for Navalny, a man considerably worse than Putin, was such a wild thing. People are so stupid

Nix Panicus posted:

Yeah a bunch of Ukrainians speak Russian as their first language, particularly in the east. Ukraine's language laws are a very real attempt at the kind of ethnic genocide the west keeps accusing China of doing, except nobody in the west gives a poo poo

Spergin Morlock posted:

like, even the guy presiding over it doesn't have native fluency. lmao