How was that not re-drawing the borders and what is the difference between Kosovo being stolen from Serbia and Russia trying to do the same ?

What a courageous defense, indeed!

But I also liked the discipline of that platoon on your first clip, and the great commander, who made sure the risks are minimized (while still facing death every second), and at the same time pushed his team ahead, relentlessly.
I have the feeling that this is how the war is won, rather than with wreckless Rambos and Hollywood-type superheroes.

Slava Ukraini!

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 05, 2023, 04:56

2/3 of the population of Russia (if not all 90%) support Putin and the killing of Ukrainians.

It looks like you took these figures from "Russian propaganda"). In fact, in my environment, I see  absolutely the opposite picture. Of course, my scientific environment is very specific, but nevertheless, I observe a different situation from the inside. None of my close friends and relatives are happy with the current situation and human deaths.

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 05, 2023, 04:56

I think that Russian stockers should be banned from all stocks so that they do not finance the terrorist and fascist regime.

Could it be more effective to ban Biden for buying Russian uranium? The share of Russia in the supply of uranium for the needs of the US nuclear power industry is about 20%. This is not comparable to the small money from taxes on Russian stockers (6% tax on the self-employed, which goes to the regional budget at the place of residence).

I have spoken.

Canadian regulators have launched a public consultation on calls to ban Fox News from cable packages after receiving complaints saying the network has aired hateful content about LGBTQ2S+ people.

The public consultation, which began earlier this month, was triggered by an open letter from advocacy group Egale Canada.

"People in Canada deserve to know that the news broadcast on Canadian airwaves is reliable and objective, and marginalized groups must be protected from malicious propaganda," the group's executive director Helen Kennedy wrote.

"Canadian regulator launches public consultation on banning Fox News from cable packages"

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 05, 2023, 04:56

2/3 of the population of Russia (if not all 90%) support Putin and the killing of Ukrainians.

It looks like you took these figures from "Russian propaganda"). In fact, in my environment, I see  absolutely the opposite picture. Of course, my scientific environment is very specific, but nevertheless, I observe a different situation from the inside. None of my close friends and relatives are happy with the current situation and human deaths.

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 05, 2023, 04:56

I think that Russian stockers should be banned from all stocks so that they do not finance the terrorist and fascist regime.

Could it be more effective to ban Biden for buying Russian uranium? The share of Russia in the supply of uranium for the needs of the US nuclear power industry is about 20%. This is not comparable to the small money from taxes on Russian stockers (6% tax on the self-employed, which goes to the regional budget at the place of residence).

I have spoken.

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 06, 2023, 16:15

Quote from: Annie on May 06, 2023, 15:19

"Canadian regulator launches public consultation on banning Fox News from cable packages"

Great news! This channel is the mouthpiece of Russian propaganda in America, and not only Russian. It would be even better if this channel were closed in the US as well.

Not sure whether they can ban it in America because of the USA 1st Amendment (where the government cannot interfere with the expression of free speech, free press, etc), which we discussed earlier. Canada, of course, does not have that first amendment.

But depending on how much income Fox News makes from Canada, it may make them more accountable. Like I said, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Quote from: RalfLiebhold on May 06, 2023, 17:20

But if I were Russian and against the war, I would do everything I could to get that across to the rest of the world. I know that this is not easy.

There are no normal or "good" Russians, it's a myth that they exist. All these "good" Russians fail at the 5 questions I asked above. This is a test of a person's democracy. Almost all Russians are happy with Putin's results, but some just don't like the methods. This is the so-called "opposition" there.
Any normal person - a citizen of the Russian Federation, regardless of his nationality, would have either left a fascist country a long time ago or joined partisans and blew up military trains, fuel depots, warehouses with fuel, ammunition, or would have joined the Ukrainian army and fought on the battlefield with the Russian fascism. By the way, not much, but there are Russians who left Russia and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Quote from: Wilm on May 07, 2023, 15:01

Quote from: stoker2014 on May 07, 2023, 02:29

Quote from: RalfLiebhold on May 06, 2023, 17:20

But if I were Russian and against the war, I would do everything I could to get that across to the rest of the world. I know that this is not easy.

There are no normal or "good" Russians, it's a myth that they exist. All these "good" Russians fail at the 5 questions I asked above. This is a test of a person's democracy. Almost all Russians are happy with Putin's results, but some just don't like the methods. This is the so-called "opposition" there.
Any normal person - a citizen of the Russian Federation, regardless of his nationality, would have either left a fascist country a long time ago or joined partisans and blew up military trains, fuel depots, warehouses with fuel, ammunition, or would have joined the Ukrainian army and fought on the battlefield with the Russian fascism. By the way, not much, but there are Russians who left Russia and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

stocker2014:Sorry, but the world is not like that! I hate this pigeonholing, because it is exactly what is not true.Not all Germans are *, not all soccer fans are hooligans, not all US Americans are fat and not all Russians are monsters. And not all Ukrainians are nice people either.I am very sure that a great many people in Russia would wish with all their hearts that the war in Ukraine had never taken place.

Wilm, in principle I'm right there with you - concerning other nationalities 

I would still like to know what makes Russians tick.

I think that none of us plans to travel to Russia to meet Russians. But you don't have to go that far.
Russians have rediscovered their love of travel during the war. In Thailand, Turkey, Sri Lanka, UAE and Egypt, Russian tourist numbers are almost at normal levels.
Indonesia is probably just overrun, and there they have restricted visas for Russians again.

Here 2 quotations from Indonesian newspapers:

"In Bali, 22,500 Russians arrived in January 2023, making them the second most frequent visitors after Australians. Some of them are a nuisance in their own right. They get drunk and make a ruckus, dress inappropriately for temple visits, post pictures on social media of themselves showing their bare behinds at holy sites, ride motorcycles in shorts and T-shirts, fall and cause traffic accidents."

"When we receive reports of foreigners behaving badly, they are almost always Russians," a local police officer in the city of Kuta told CNN, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue."

And on the start of the war from Egypt from ukrainian tourist:

"On the first day of the war, "in the hotel you could see exactly who was from Ukraine and who was from Russia," Volodimir Bilov said. "The Ukrainians were crying, sitting by the phone, following news, trying to contact family. The Russians, on the other hand, were in high spirits. They were singing, dancing and enjoying life. I heard from them things like: Our army will show the Ukrainians. Ukraine will soon be ours. I am very angry with Russia and with the Russians. I will never forgive them, even my son will not forgive them."

But that certainly doesn't apply across the board to all Russians - that's what I was trying to say.

Well, as I already wrote, in Russia there are only two cities in which luxury is maintained for advertising and lies, but in other cities everything is exactly as in the photo.