Russians hit the sarcophagus of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.
This is a peace signal. Putin simply wants peace. Look, russia is for peace. Peace, isn't it clear?
This is a classic of the Lex tweet genre, so let me break it down. He starts by emphasising his pure motivations and offering a reminder of how his family directly suffered from the Nazi's occupation of Ukraine in WW2. If the tweet ended here, this wouldn't be a Lex classic.
It appears that Putin gave Fico the order to open the second energy front against Ukraine at the expense of the Slovak people’s interests. Fico's threats to cut off Ukraine's emergency power supply this winter while Russia attacks our power plants and energy grid can only be explained by this.
The only reasons Ukraine now needs to import electricity are Russia's occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and its use of missiles and "Shahed" drones to purposefully destroy a large portion of Ukraine's heat and hydroelectric power generation.
Thanks to the heroic efforts of our energy workers and the life-saving cooperation with the EU, the U.S., the UK, Norway, Japan, and other partners we have managed to prevent a blackout in Ukraine. And now Fico is dragging Slovakia into Russia's attempts to cause more suffering for Ukrainians.
We need to remind Fico of three things.
First and foremost, supporting Russian aggression is completely immoral.
Second, Fico's shortsighted policy has already deprived the Slovak people of compensation for losing Russian gas transit. It now risks depriving the Slovaks of another $200 million per year, which Ukraine pays for the imported electricity. Yes, this critical import does not come free, and the cost is significant.
Third, everyone in Europe, including the people of Slovakia, will find it much more profitable from every perspective to work with neighbours and the EU to increase Europe's energy resource supply, including gas from America and other partners. Only this can reduce energy costs for the majority of families.
Slovakia's share of Ukraine's electricity imports is roughly 19%. The government of Ukraine is working with our EU neighbours to sustain the required volumes of electricity supply.
Slovakia is part of the single European energy market and Fico must respect common European rules. Any arbitrary decisions in Bratislava or Moscow's orders to Fico regarding electricity cannot cut Ukraine's power supply, but they can certainly cut current Slovak authorities' ties to the European community.
Christmas should be a time of peace, yet Ukraine was brutally attacked on Christmas Day. Launching large-scale missile and drone attacks on the day of the Lord’s birth is wrong. The world is closely watching actions on both sides. The U.S. is more resolved than ever to bring peace to the region.
The warheads are coming straight down, this is a missile that was launched on a lofted trajectory because it's being used at a much shorter range than intended. Whether it's an ICBM, MRBM, or IRBM doesn't matter, it's being used against civilian targets in a nation who refuses to be part of Russia's control.
North Korean troops joining Russia in its war against Ukraine: not WW3.
Russia barraging Ukrainian cities with North Korean missiles and Iranian drones: not WW3.
Lifting restrictions on long-range weapons for Ukraine: definitely WW3.
For a start, let's double our own support for the defence of Ukraine. And for our own. And pressure the Europeans to do the same.
*Then* persuade the Americans of the dangers of isolationism.
@fab@Twinmotion Guys, your 3D viewer for 3D models has strange bug. For some reason it triangulates all quad meshes and then detriangulates them. It all leads to quite a distorded view of model's mesh. 1st picture is how it shows the mesh and 2nd - how mesh should look like.
Deliveries of HIMARS, Western tanks, Storm Shadow missiles, ATACMS, and F-16s did not start a nuclear war. This is an undeniable fact proven over time. The excuses for delaying or denying these deliveries were bullshit, regardless of how some people tried to spin it.
I’m a conservative. I voted for Ronald Reagan twice, for GW Bush twice, for John McCain, Mitt Romney, & Nikki Haley.
I’m voting for #KamalaHarris because we need to defend the free world and can’t do it with a corrupt treasonous Putin-allied lunatic pervert in the White House.