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Toč viss kā Krievijas pilsoņu kara laikā un kā 2PK
Kad kādam sāk iet labāk un rodās panākumi, tā sāk bremzēt un ļauj otrai pusei gūt panākumus
Psec. Neenu no vienas puses itkā logična - ukraiņi spridzina naftas rūpnīcas, krievi - ukraiņu elektrostacijas. Jā ukraiņi nespridzinās naftas rūpnīcas, tad krievi neapsaudos elektrostacijas? Kautkāds jocīgs karš. | | Offline | | |
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22 Mar 2024, 11:08:25 @RSAWorkshop rakstīja:
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Toč viss kā Krievijas pilsoņu kara laikā un kā 2PK
Kad kādam sāk iet labāk un rodās panākumi, tā sāk bremzēt un ļauj otrai pusei gūt panākumus
Psec. Neenu no vienas puses itkā logična - ukraiņi spridzina naftas rūpnīcas, krievi - ukraiņu elektrostacijas. Jā ukraiņi nespridzinās naftas rūpnīcas, tad krievi neapsaudos elektrostacijas? Kautkāds jocīgs karš.
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RU mafija gan apstāties negrasās, bet ja nebūs naudas, tad viņi apstāsies.
RU cīnās par godu, bet kāds tur gods, ja 1/3 cilvēku dzīvo necilvēcīgos apstākļos?
Tīri miljons cilvēku RU tagad čakarē simts miljonus ar domu, ka mūs vairs necienīs, ja zaudēsim.
Dzīvo suņu būdā, nekā nav, bet kā es izskatīšos pasaules acīs?(PU vēlētājs)![ Šo ziņu laboja kaprons2, 22 Mar 2024, 12:26:46 ] | | Offline | | |
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Toč viss kā Krievijas pilsoņu kara laikā un kā 2PK
Kad kādam sāk iet labāk un rodās panākumi, tā sāk bremzēt un ļauj otrai pusei gūt panākumus
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ASV prasa nebombīt krievu naftas pārstrādes rūpnīcas.
Toč viss kā Krievijas pilsoņu kara laikā un kā 2PK
Kad kādam sāk iet labāk un rodās panākumi, tā sāk bremzēt un ļauj otrai pusei gūt panākumus
Es domāju, ka fake news. Bet - nē. Usa izpratnē godīga klope laikam ir, ja vienam ir aizsieta roka aiz muguras. Brīvajā rokà rīkste ar ko atsisties, kamēr pretiniekam abas rokas brīvas un viņās ,,kuvalda,, sviests pilnīgs
Sniegpārslu ASV!
ASV varenību būvēja gudri un atjautīgi prāti, ne sniegpārslas
Interesanti ko šādi politiķi darītu 1960 gada Kubas krīzē?[ Šo ziņu laboja kaprons2, 22 Mar 2024, 12:31:57 ] | | Offline | | |
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Civilians who gather dead Russian soldiers face many of the war’s perils along the front, where death is ubiquitous.
Tyler Hicks and Marc Santora traveled with civilian body collectors and the Ukrainian military to several hot spots along the front to report this story.
March 22, 2024
Oleksii Yukov spends many of his nights dodging drones, navigating minefields and hoping not to be targeted by Russian artillery as he races to collect the remains of fallen soldiers from the battlefield.
In just three shattered tree lines around the ruined village of Klishchiivka outside Bakhmut, where Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought seesaw battles for well over a year, he collected 300 bodies. They were almost all Russian, he said, left behind in maelstrom of violence where the struggle to stay alive often outweighs concern for the dead.
Mr. Yusov has been collecting bodies from the bloody fields and battered villages of eastern Ukraine for a decade. He is now the head of a group of civilian volunteers called Platsdarm, and has witnessed more death than he would care to remember.
But as Russia presses a slow-moving offensive at great human cost, Mr. Yusov says the toll is still shocking.
He said he had recovered bodies stacked four or five deep in trenches. Men who died wearing summer uniforms are buried under men in winter gear.
Sometimes Russian soldiers take the bodies, lay them in large pits and “wrap them up because you can’t breathe around them,” he said, alluding to the stench. “They don’t know what to do with them.”
The willingness of the Russian military to sacrifice thousands of soldiers in a blunt-force effort to gain territory has been a defining feature of the last year of the war — exhibited in the steep losses that marked the capture of two Ukrainian cities: Bakhmut last May and Avdiivka in February.
In order to get a sense of the scale of death, The New York Times traveled with Mr. Yukov’s team of body collectors, interviewed Ukrainian soldiers about living amid death and embedded with military drone units that allowed an unedited view of some of the deadliest killing grounds.
The best time to collect the bodies is in bad weather, with fog and rain, Mr. Yukov said, because Russian drones don’t fly in it. He likes to move close to where he needs to be at night, but the final move has to be very carefully timed. Often, it’s called off.
Viewed from drones over the battlefields across eastern Ukraine, Russian soldiers can be seen frozen in the moment of their deaths, motionless on frost-covered fields pockmarked with craters. They are sprawled atop the blasted out armored vehicles or alongside destroyed tanks.
Many Ukrainian soldiers have also died in the bloody battles that play out every day, but Mr. Yukov said most of the bodies he collects are Russians left behind.
“We deal with the realities of war, not a war on paper,” he said. “I’m saying specifically what I see: for every five or six bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, we find almost 80 Russian bodies.”
Russia’s ministry of defense did not respond to a request for comment.
With American military support halted and Ukrainian forces running low on ammunition, there are more Ukrainian soldiers dying under relentless assaults by a better-equipped army with more men.
“For the past two to three months, we have been noticing serious changes,” he said, alluding to Ukraine’s growing casualty toll.
The recovery of the dead is not always possible as fighting rages along the front, sometimes for weeks or months. But repeated visits to areas near the most violent pockets of fighting — along with the testimonies of Ukrainian soldiers, medics and volunteers who tend to the dead, the accounts by Russian military bloggers and visual imagery released by soldiers on both sides — offer a searing window into how death looks on the battlefield.
After Mr. Yukov collects the bodies, he brings them to the local morgue if they are civilians. If they are soldiers of either army, he turns them over to the Ukrainian military, with whom he works hand in hand.
There are no reliably precise estimates on how many Ukrainian and Russian soldiers have died over the past two years. President Volodymyr Zelensky said last month that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
He also claimed that Russia had suffered 500,000 casualties, including 180,000 troops killed in action. His figures cannot be independently verified.
Mr. Zelensky’s accounting of Ukrainian casualties differs sharply from estimates by U.S. officials, who, this past summer said that close to 70,000 Ukrainians had been killed and 100,000 to 120,000 wounded.
In Russia, following a Soviet-era playbook that has been well documented, the staggering amount of losses has been carefully hidden from public view by an authoritarian government that controls major media outlets.
Estimates from various Western intelligence agencies have put the toll of dead and wounded for Russia at somewhere between 300,000 to 350,000, with most estimating that well over 100,000 have been killed.
With the ranks of the Russian military having been bolstered by conscripts from poor villages, ethnic minorities forced into service and convicts released from prison in exchange for fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin has so far managed to keep the cost of its war from touching the most privileged parts of its society.
“I think people understand, but are afraid of the truth,” Mr. Yukov said of the Russian public. “It’s easier for them to believe in propaganda,” he said. “But what we see are huge losses on the Russian side, catastrophically huge.”
With tens of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers killed over the past two years, the toll can feel overwhelming and abstract. But for the soldiers on the front, death is a part of daily life.
Ukrainian soldiers sometimes struggle to put into words what it is like to kill wave after wave of attackers only to see more coming behind them.
Junior Sergeant Pavlo Zinenko, 36, was servicing fiber optic cables when the Russians invaded. He raced to join the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade after seeing the atrocities Russian forces committed in Bucha.“I was ready to give my life to ensure that no more civilians on our side would die,” he said. “But over time, when you see so many deaths, especially when your close friends die before your eyes, it really breaks a person.”
“Now, death is not frightening,” he said. “It’s just sickening.”
When he comes across dead Russian soldiers, he said, he has “no feelings, no emotions.”
“The only thought that crosses my mind is that if they’re dead, it means they won’t be able to kill anyone else here,” he said. “Death, in general, is not a pleasant phenomenon, and when it surrounds you, the impact is even more profound.”
Vitalii Sholudko, a 20-year-old machine-gunner with the 128th, said he didn’t think about death until a Russian rocket crashed into a building near his home in Dnipro two years ago.
“I saw my mom crying, and my sister,” he said. “What can a kid do? I could do nothing else but take up arms and defend my family.”
Now, he has slept in trenches filled with dead Russian soldiers, he said.
“We slept, ate and stood guard next to the bodies,” he said. The battle was too intense to worry about moving them.
“There was no time to contemplate, and you couldn’t afford to think about someone dying or feeling sorry,” he said. “It’s either you or them.”
Mr. Yukov has collected the dead from the battlefields of the Donbas for over a decade, working both sides of the front line until the full-scale invasion in 2022 made it impossible to go to the Russian side. As a civilian, he does not need to adhere to military restrictions regarding discussing Ukrainian casualties.His dedication to his mission — regardless of what uniform the dead wore in life — has earned him the broad respect and trust of the Ukrainian military. His work is financed by private donations.
Mr. Yukov, who lost an eye after a mine exploded during a mission last year, said he is often asked why he risks his life to recover bodies.
“It’s important for me to bring them all home because we are humans, and we must remember to remain human,” he said.
Knowing that his work allows grieving families a small measure of solace, and some closure, helps him sleep at night. But something deeper drives him.
“When we talk about humanity and human rights,” he said, “we must remember that even the dead have rights.”
Tyler Hicks is a senior photographer for The Times. In 2014, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the Westgate Mall massacre in Nairobi, Kenya. More about Tyler Hicks
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Kur aug kājas? OPEC presē ASV vai kas?
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22 Mar 2024, 11:08:25 @RSAWorkshop rakstīja:
ASV prasa nebombīt krievu naftas pārstrādes rūpnīcas.
Toč viss kā Krievijas pilsoņu kara laikā un kā 2PK
Kad kādam sāk iet labāk un rodās panākumi, tā sāk bremzēt un ļauj otrai pusei gūt panākumus
Es domāju, ka fake news. Bet - nē. Usa izpratnē godīga klope laikam ir, ja vienam ir aizsieta roka aiz muguras. Brīvajā rokà rīkste ar ko atsisties, kamēr pretiniekam abas rokas brīvas un viņās ,,kuvalda,, sviests pilnīgs
Sniegpārslu ASV!
ASV varenību būvēja gudri un atjautīgi prāti, ne sniegpārslas
Interesanti ko šādi politiķi darītu 1960 gada Kubas krīzē?
Tie bij laiki kad eliti veidoja cilvēki kas piedzīvojuši ww1 un ww2,tur bij cita domāšana,tagad citi laiki,ilgi dzīvojuši mierā un komfortā,tāpēc lēmumi ir kādi ir | | Offline | | |
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Par tu naftas rūpnīcu spridzināšanas aizliegumu var, lūdzu, sīkāk pāris vārdos?
Kur aug kājas? OPEC presē ASV vai kas?
Stulbākais, ka būs jau vien jāklausa, pie munīcijas bada nav dižu variantu, joprojām ASV diktē noteikumus
Bet FT rakstu neatradu.  visi atsaucas uz to. Bet uzspiežot nav saites uz FT rakstu nekur.
Reuters, Israel news un vēl pāris postulē šo. Varbūt pīle tomēr. Vai atkal kas izrauts no konteksta.[ Šo ziņu laboja Lafter, 22 Mar 2024, 12:53:00 ]
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Par tu naftas rūpnīcu spridzināšanas aizliegumu var, lūdzu, sīkāk pāris vārdos?
Kur aug kājas? OPEC presē ASV vai kas?
Stulbākais, ka būs jau vien jāklausa, pie munīcijas bada nav dižu variantu, joprojām ASV diktē noteikumus
Tad Tev jānopērk FainanšalTaims raksts.
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Par tu naftas rūpnīcu spridzināšanas aizliegumu var, lūdzu, sīkāk pāris vārdos?
Kur aug kājas? OPEC presē ASV vai kas?
Stulbākais, ka būs jau vien jāklausa, pie munīcijas bada nav dižu variantu, joprojām ASV diktē noteikumus
Bet FT rakstu neatradu. visi atsaucas uz to. Bet uzspiežot nav saites uz FT rakstu nekur.
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22 Mar 2024, 11:08:25 @RSAWorkshop rakstīja:
ASV prasa nebombīt krievu naftas pārstrādes rūpnīcas.
Toč viss kā Krievijas pilsoņu kara laikā un kā 2PK
Kad kādam sāk iet labāk un rodās panākumi, tā sāk bremzēt un ļauj otrai pusei gūt panākumus
Es domāju, ka fake news. Bet - nē. Usa izpratnē godīga klope laikam ir, ja vienam ir aizsieta roka aiz muguras. Brīvajā rokà rīkste ar ko atsisties, kamēr pretiniekam abas rokas brīvas un viņās ,,kuvalda,, sviests pilnīgs
Sniegpārslu ASV!
ASV varenību būvēja gudri un atjautīgi prāti, ne sniegpārslas
Interesanti ko šādi politiķi darītu 1960 gada Kubas krīzē?
Tie bij laiki kad eliti veidoja cilvēki kas piedzīvojuši ww1 un ww2,tur bij cita domāšana,tagad citi laiki,ilgi dzīvojuši mierā un komfortā,tāpēc lēmumi ir kādi ir
Kas būtu ar ASV, ja Microsoft, Apple, Amazon īpašnieki dzīvotu tikai mierā un komfortā?
Bizness nav nekāds komforts un miers.
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US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries
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The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, warning the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices and provoking retaliation, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
The repeated warnings from Washington were delivered to senior officials at Ukraine’s state security service, the SBU, and its military intelligence directorate, known as the GUR, the people told the Financial Times.
Both intelligence units have steadily expanded their own drone programmes to strike Russian targets on land, sea and in the air since the start of the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
One person said that the White House had grown increasingly frustrated by brazen Ukrainian drone attacks that have struck oil refineries, terminals, depots and storage facilities across western Russia, hurting its oil production capacity.
Russia remains one of the world’s most important energy exporters despite western sanctions on its oil and gas sector. Oil prices have risen about 15 per cent this year, to $85 a barrel, pushing up fuel costs just as US President Joe Biden begins his campaign for re-election.
Washington is also concerned that if Ukraine keeps hitting Russian facilities, including many that are hundreds of miles from the border, Russia could retaliate by lashing out at energy infrastructure relied on by the west.
This includes the CPC pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan through Russia to the global market. Western companies including ExxonMobil and Chevron use the pipeline, which Moscow briefly shut in 2022.
“We do not encourage or enable attacks inside of Russia,” an NSC spokesperson said. The CIA declined to comment. In Kyiv, a spokesperson for the SBU declined to comment. Officials at GUR and Zelenskyy’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
Ukraine has stepped up its air attacks in recent weeks, as its drone programmes expand and the ground war shifts in Moscow’s favour. It also follows growing discontent in Kyiv over what is seen as the west’s ambivalent approach to curbing Moscow’s energy revenues.
There have been at least 12 attacks on major Russian refineries since 2022, and at least nine this year, along with several terminals, depots and storage facilities, according to a military intelligence official in Kyiv.
Helima Croft, a former CIA analyst now at RBC Capital Markets, recently noted that Ukraine had shown it could strike most of the oil export infrastructure in western Russia, putting about 60 per cent of the country’s exports at risk.
The US objections come as Biden faces a tough re-election battle this year with petrol prices on the rise, increasing almost 15 per cent this year to around $3.50 a gallon.
“Nothing terrifies a sitting American president more than a surge in pump prices during an election year,” said Bob McNally, president of consultancy Rapidan Energy and a former White House energy adviser.
Ukraine has steadily increased drone strikes as its technologies have advanced. Ukrainian officials claim to have developed drones with a range in excess of 1,000km and payloads capable of inflicting severe damage.
Kyiv launched two of its largest and most widespread drone attacks last week, with operations by both the GUR and SBU successfully targeting seven Russian energy facilities in consecutive days.
Over the past year, GRU and SBU sea drones have also struck Russian ports, destroyed several Russian warships in the Black Sea and hit Moscow’s prized Crimea bridge connecting Russia to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula.
The aim of the “special operations” is to hamper the supply of fuel to Russia’s troops and cut funding for the Kremlin’s war effort, according to one Ukrainian official involved in planning and conducting the attacks.
Kyiv also wants to deliver a symbolic blow by bringing the war closer to Moscow and showing its air defences — including those around the Kremlin — can be penetrated.
The air campaign is also seen by some officials as a means to spur Washington into approving the $60bn military assistance package held up in Congress that is critical for Ukraine’s defence.
[ Šo ziņu laboja Lafter, 22 Mar 2024, 13:04:53 ]
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