Ukrainian Tank factory demolished by Russian missiles in Zhitomir
Ukrainian flag removed from the building of Ukrainian Security Service
Ukrainian flag removed from the building of Ukrainian Security Service
Ukrainian War Developments
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I don't want to get into any further discussion but people in every nation on earth have done horrible acts through out history. I could probably fill additional 1000+ pages of this thread with just as horrible photos. Doesn't make the US as a nation evil (or good) - just flawed like the rest. This is just too simplistic a way to look at the world, past and currently.
Ukraine is a lot closer to Europe had better roads and railways to get people out. It's population is also much bigger. If you're in Ukraine you are one country away from Poland, a safe EU country. With Syria, each of it's neighbours dealing with varying levels of problems and refugees often had to migrate through several to get to somewhere safe.
Numbers have varied from official organisations, the UNHCRs estimates are on the higher end. I'd be surprised if it actually was that high at this point, but many people are stuck and still trying to get out so that number will likely be exceeded.
The biggest concern would a new COVID variant emerging. The Spanish flu killed more people than all the fighting in WW1. Not to mention the societal effects on the host countries of such a large number of foreign migrants.
This has all the potential to be the biggest humanitarian disasters in Europe since WW2.
Not sure transferring money to your wife is safe.
World Bank is an American entity.
The Arabs copied the Soviet's doctrine, not learned it. The Russians focus a lot on manuevering and adapting to situations, but the Arabs just stuck to their roles. The enemy could be flanking them, but the Arabs would never reorient themselves to meet the threat. Plus, the Arabs were never able to fully utilize their equipment. The Arabs' performance is much worse than the current Russian one.
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"Borodino, Stalingrad, Ukraine."
Please keep in mind that the USSR's military had people from many 'nationalities', including many Ukrainians.
The Stalingrad Front's commander was Андре́й Ива́нович Ерёменко, a Ukrainian.
Soviet victories should be not be considered synonymous with Russian victories.
Unfortunately, many Russian films give the misleading impression that, in various battles of the Great Patriotic War,
all or almost all the Soviet soldiers were Russians, at least Slavs, definitely whites. In reality, some of the toughest
Soviet soldiers were of Muslim or even Buddhist heritage from central Asia or the Caucasus.
At the Battle of Borodino in 1941 (not the more famous one in 1812), the Germans encountered 'fanatical' Soviet
Asian soldiers who refused to surrender even when they noticed a Flammenwerfer approaching to kill them.
At the Battle of Berlin in 1945, a Soviet officer (a Buryat from around Lake Baikal) was given the 'death or glory'
mission of leading his men to clear out a building held by desperate Waffen-SS determined to fight to the death.
Severely wounded, he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union. He was sent to Moscow to recover from his wounds.
The authorities appealed to patriotic families to let recovering soldiers stay in their homes in order to free hospital
beds for the more seriously wounded. While staying with a well-educated Russian host family, he fell in love with
a daughter who cared for him. She agreed to marry him and move to his native village in Siberia.
An Ukrainian An-124 has been tracked several times since the conflict started, traveling from Tekirdag Corlu Airport in Turkey [Where TB-2 Bayraktar(s) are delivered to the Turkish Military] to Rzeszów-Jasionka Poland.
Ukraine has most likely been covertly acquiring and operating drones from outside their borders since the conflict started; avoiding Russian air defenses in the process; which could explain why they’ve been used to great effect thus far against Russian ground forces.
Ukraine has most likely been covertly acquiring and operating drones from outside their borders since the conflict started; avoiding Russian air defenses in the process; which could explain why they’ve been used to great effect thus far against Russian ground forces.
You don't have to go that far back Sergei Shoigu the current Russian Defence Minister and former General of the Army is of Tuvan and Ukrainian Russian heritage.
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