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Is Russia as isolated as Ukraine's allies hope?
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“Two months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden's claim that Moscow is more isolated than ever looks more like wishful thinking.”
Joe Biden appears to have made a risky bet on our behalf. NATO may be more unified than ever but the rest of the world has been reticent to climb aboard Biden's so-called democracy train. Large portions of the world only tolerate the United States out of economic need or pragmatic weakness....
Ukraine uses domestically-produced Stugna-P against Russia; here's everything about it
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 21 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“What is Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile?”
Ukraine manufactures its own high-tech weapons. Of course, the Russian invasion has interrupted manufacture but some production is still underway. Ukraine is seeking foreign supplies of weapons because it cannot produce adequate supply for its own military. But the Ukrainian weapons are as...
Putin refuses to give Ukraine security guarantees before decisions on Crimea and Donbas | Ukrayinska Pravda
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“President Vladimir Putin of Russia said that Russia cannot sign Ukraine's security guarantees before the territorial issues around Crimea and...”
Unsurprisingly, the issues of Crimea and Donbas are central to the negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Both sides appear to have adopted a hardline position over the issues of Crimea and Donbas and, it appears, the war will continue until that impasse is broken. Ukraine...
Smithsonian exhibit explores intersections of science and religion
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 40 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“Science and religion are cultural lenses for understanding the world - and they often conflict. But a new Smithsonian exhibit aims to show where...”
Our separate and different paths are important to each of us. But where those paths cross and intersect bring people together on common ground.
Putin orders troops not to storm final Mariupol holdout
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 39 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“I believe the suggested attack at the industrial zone to be not necessary”
At least there is still some sanity remaining. Clearing the Azovstal steel plant would be nothing but senseless slaughter to achieve an unimportant objective. As long as Russian forces can control the Ukrainian separatists then the killing may come to an end in Mariupol. No doubt Volodymyr...
Putin's Pollock: US seafood imports fuel Russian war machine
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 4 Likes • 2 years ago
“A U.S. ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin's war machine.”
The tangled web of globalism. A Japanese owned company in Massachusetts is selling Chinese processed fish caught by Russia. Cue Joe Biden telling us that we don't understand how supply chains work. Maybe Joe Biden can explain how the US will enforce sanctions in an interconnected global...
Possible escape route coming for Mariupol as Russia keeps hitting key Ukraine battleground
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“Due to the very difficult security situation, changes may occur during the corridor”
The biggest problem with these humanitarian efforts is that neither the Kyiv government or Russia have complete control over the fighting in Ukraine. There are so many unorganized groups and militias fighting in Ukraine that negotiated cease fires are almost impossible to enforce. Negotiated...
Joe Biden's Approval Rating Falls Around the World
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 9 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“Biden still enjoys significantly higher global approval than former President Donald Trump ever had.”
US leadership took a hit because of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Biden enjoyed higher approval because of the change from the Trump administration. Trump's approval around the world declined steeply during his last year in office. Apparently the world saw the 'Big Steal' for...
IMF cuts global growth forecasts on Russia-Ukraine war
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“The Washington-based institution is now projecting a 3.6% GDP rate for the global economy this year and for 2023.”
Oh, come on. We're supposed to believe this tripe? According to the World Bank, , the Russian Federation is ranked 11th with a GDP of $1.48 trillion and Ukraine is ranked 56th with a GDP of $155 billion. The combined economic output of the Russian Federation and Ukraine wouldn't cover the...