Shrike502 @ Shrike502 @lemmygrad.ml

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Is your party taking a stance in this? How popular is it (in your opinion) with the general public?

Idk, I just vaguely recall OP to mention being in one

You're in the communist party of India, right?

Thanks!

My comments started showing up in vomit yellow, as do comments from some others. Anyone know what the issue is?

There's been a video posted by Shariy (Ukrainian liberal journalist, currently in opposition to Zelensky) with a deputy in Zakarpatye tossing live grenades into a government session. Anyone has more info on this?

Thanks!

How do you mean?

Raise a glass for the real ones

What about worldwide capitalism

I'm surprised it didn't just fall off, given how quick those drones are

That's the joke

I'm curious what would happen after the current war-time surge of jingoism cools down in Russia and people notice their material conditions do not improve

liberal hat on

"Akschually this is GOOD, because they're pro Russia and Russia is evil so they're pro-evil. You wouldn't allow a pro-nazi party so you shouldn't allow pro Russia and pro China parties! I am very intelligent"

Liberal hat off

Was talking to this fellow yesterday (distant relative, we don't interact much). He's been going from time to time to Donetsk region, hauling humanitarian aid. Showed some disturbing stuff.

Apparently he went to Yasinovataya recently to help distribute aid - macaroni, buckwheat, you know the stuff provided to civilians. Mind you, the town went down from about 70-80k population to about 10 by his estimate (wikifedia says 30).

When they returned home, the vehicle base they went from got attacked. Cluster munitions. He showed me a video from the balcony, you could hear the telltale multiple boom of the clusters. And another one, which he said was a drone - meaning the strike was directed from the sky, and not just blind. So the AFU knew exactly what they were attacking.

There weren't any military vehicles in that base. Even if there were - they'd be impervious to shrapnel from the clusters. Civilian vehicles - not so much. Freshly delivered bus had its windows smahed out. The driver was wounded. Dump trucks had tires torn to shreds, windows smashed, several had engines sliced. Hydraulics, fuel lines, brakes - you name it, all sliced by shrapnel. There was a tractor - now it has a hole in the bloody dozer. Water tank truck - holes. There was a Niva parked next to the office building of the base - it caught fire. Burned out entirely, fire spread to the building and torched the first floor. And as a final insult, there was a cat living there - it hid under one of the trucks when the shelling began and got killed.

But nah, the western media keeps screeching about heroic Ukraine and heroic west. Russian media thumps about all going to plan, and little to no casualties. Meanwhile, this is the norm over there.

or capitulation on Russia’s terms

Yeah, fat chance. I'm more inclined to believe in betrayal by Russian national bourgeoisie than that. Let's not pretend situation in Russia isn't difficult and that it's not getting more difficult due to aforementioned bourgeoisie. Gas prices keep rising, food prices keep rising (basic stuff, like buckwheat or macaroni). The talking heads keep talking about needing to expand industry and ramp up military production, but in the same breath admit a deficit of trained personnel (guess what, someone has to operate the machinery), and in the same breath still refuse to raise salaries. Why would someone go to be a welder or CNC machine operator, when they could go be a yandex food courier for the same money, with the same hours, and relatively less hassle? Capitalism, baby. Likewise the bourgeoisie - why not tear down the production line for short term profit? Why not demand more funds for existing lines? It's not like the government could refuse.

And now there's the threat of UAVs and bombs and whatnot. There's word that the ATACMS provided by the USA will have cluster warheads - as opposed to "normal" ones, that could be used against hard targets, like bunkers. Then why clusters? They're terrific at tearing apart unarmoured vehicles and human flesh. That's why.

Apologies for the rant. Point is, the west is unlikely to capitulate. Instead we'll just see more terror weapons. Them trickling down in such a meager fashion seems to also be on purpose. It's going to be jets to lob missiles at Crimea (look at the recent Sevastopol strike), long range missiles to murder civilians in Belgorod and Tver. AFU has already used chemical weapons on small drones - big warheads are the next step. White phosphorus. Dirty bombs. No cost is too great to maintain the hegemony.

IIRC the pro-nato channels that did mention it, claimed it was Russia shelling Ukrainian humanitarian corridors

X-22 with pigeon homing device

Never been there (on purpose). Heard it was some junk about "the establishment of democracy" and shit

Daily reminder that the Yeltsin Center "museum" is still open and running in Yekaterinburg