1/ Russian soldiers say they are facing a "catastrophic shortage" of fuel at the front lines due to Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries. Far less is available now, it's more expensive, and it's only being issued for vehicles owned by the army – excluding vast numbers in use. ⬇️
Michael Clarke: When people in the States say, "Oh, look how corrupt Ukraine is," I’d say, "First of all, pal, I think Ukraine, objectively, is less corrupt than United States is these days."
You can construct sensible argument, which says: "Ukrainians talk about corruption because it bothers them. You guys have stopped talking about it because it doesn’t bother you anymore. You’ve normalized it."
I think there’s sensible argument to say that Ukraine is less corrupt than the United States.
Achevé. Une somme foisonnante, plusieurs centaines d’entretiens menés par @martelf, une mine avec beaucoup de pépites, un travail unique et remarquable.
Selon une source israélienne citée par la chaîne saoudienne Al Hadath, le guide suprême, Mojtaba Khamenei, ne se trouverait pas en #Iran & les messages qui lui sont attribués seraient rédigés notamment par le commandant du Corps des gardiens de la révolution, le Ahmad Vahidi.
Actually, I can give you a very simple and comprehensive explanation of what lies at the heart of the current major political crisis and the protests against the dismissal of defense minister Fedorov in Ukraine.
The reason is that Fedorov's brief time in office, together with the impressive successes of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the air and at sea, gave the Ukrainian people one thing above all else: HOPE.
Hope that this horrific war, with its appalling sacrifices and monumental heroism, might end in something far better than, at best, the bitter and humiliating "peace" for heroic Ukraine that would certainly be nothing more than a short respite before an even greater nightmare.
It is the hope that good will ultimately triumph over evil, that life will overcome death and light will overcome the dark, that justice truly exists in this world, and that the great vile evil embodied by fascist Russia will be punished for its crimes.
And who knows how history may yet unfold -- perhaps that hope will one day lead us back home, to Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol, Melitopol, Berdyansk, or Crimea, so treacherously stolen from us.
And hope is a tremendous force.
I strongly advise no one to stand in the way of Ukrainians who have finally seen a light at the end of the tunnel of darkness and a source of genuine good hope.
Syrsky may or may not be a great military commander, but it is no longer relevant. In a war where the nation as a whole is fighting and the army is made up of a million of yesterday’s civilians, the commander cannot be unpopular to the extent of sparking protests across Ukraine— including by veterans and even serving troops.
Trump: Would you go to Moscow?
Zelensky: It's difficult. There are a lot of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous
Absolute banger, it's legendary to be speaking with former BEST Ukrainian commedian 🤣🤣🤣
Ormuz : "Les Iraniens ont la main sur le bouton. Mais si Trump les arrose de dollars, ils peuvent jouer le jeu pendant un an ou, en tout cas, jusqu’aux midterms. Ils sont en train de monnayer ce levier à un prix très élevé". @ilasserre et @a_bellanger dans #cdanslair