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The speaker is a loon himself.. listening to loons, supported by more loons championing the king loon.
Unfortunately all in position of power.
Yeah religious extremist. Sadly there are lots of them over there.
The speaker is a loon himself.. listening to loons, supported by more loons championing the king loon.
Unfortunately all in position of power.
All of this ^^ Its amazing that some people think this conflict started in 2022, it started in 2014, 2022 was just an escalation as Putin tried and failed to take Kiev. .
Starting in mid-April 2014, Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[8][9] including Avdiivka.[10][failed verification] In July 2014 fighting during which Ukraine secured the city from the Russian separatists[11]) damaged the plant, which was hit by 165 mortars rounds during the conflict.[12][13][14] The plant stopped working on 17 August 2014 due to the increasing violence.[15] On 5 February 2015, the workers of the plant published an open letter to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko,[16] accusing the 25th Airborne Brigade and the volunteer Aidar Battalion of opening fire from residential areas, and asking that they be removed from the town. The letter also claimed that the town had been without water, heat and electricity for the previous six months and warned of the ecological catastrophe that could follow from further shelling of the plant. After being recaptured by the Ukrainian military, production resumed, albeit at one third capacity.[12] Much of the plant had been damaged and it was being managed from a Soviet era bunker underneath the site in order to avoid shelling.[12] In January 2017, Russian separatists shelled the town of Avdiivka with BM-21 Grad rockets, causing heavy damage to the plant's generators and disrupting gas production, as well as leaving the town without heat for several days.[17][18] The shelling killed the 10th factory employee to die since the start of the War in Donbass.[19]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces again bombarded and damaged the coke plant.[20][21] In May 2023 it was put on conservation. In November 2023, it was abandoned by last workers.[22
Something else not often remembered by those who weren't following the topic at the time, is that the "separatists" actually managed to captured the Ukrainian city of Artemivsk in 2014. It was liberated by Ukranian forces later in 2014, and in 2016 it was renamed "Bakhmut".Even just reading a bit about the Avdiivka Coke Plant makes you see this started off in 2014
While the Speaker is listening to loons like this nutter, Ukraine is screwed.
I watched the docufilm 20 Days in Mariupol last night.
Obviously a very tough watch, but one that I felt I had to.
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No you saidYes. But that's not what I said.
Now back to my original statement, which I still stand by: I can't think of a single Australian Prime Minsiter who's given an order for someone to be killed.
Can you?
No you said
"I can't think of a single Australian Prime Minister who's given an order for someone to be killed."
Which is a clear and obvious lie because they ordered many deaths.
Or again where those 26,000 soldiers there on a jolly and not killing anyone?
You'd think that but I saidI'm just dipping back into the thread, but hasn't it already been clearly established that the specific question and relevant point was about leaders ordering the deaths of their domestic political opponents? Did anyone say that the challenge was to name a leader who hasn't ever authorised military action of any sort?
ISW is claiming that for the very first time in this war, Russia was able to provide close air support for ground troop assaults during the last 3 days in Avdiivka, indicating that Russia has achieved air superiority this location, which could be another sign that Ukraine has run out of ammunition
You'd think that but I said
"So say "no Australian pm has had a political rival assasinated" less dramatic sure but its actually accurate."
Which he disagreed with and said it again as a blanket statement so no.
Feel free to press the arrow button and see for yourself.
No you said
"I can't think of a single Australian Prime Minister who's given an order for someone to be killed."
Which is a clear and obvious lie because they ordered many deaths.
Or again where those 26,000 soldiers there on a jolly and not killing anyone?
I'm just dipping back into the thread, but hasn't it already been clearly established that the specific question and relevant point was about leaders ordering the deaths of their domestic political opponents?
Did anyone say that the challenge was to name a leader who hasn't ever authorised military action of any sort?
I gave three, let me repute.
Trump decided to blow up a Syrian base full of Russians so told Putin to get his guys out but not to warn the Syrians/Iranians
Destroying Putin's plans for increasing/expanding his weapons industries reach and costing him billions as it was now established that you can't be a US customer and a Russian customer, you have to pick.
Unsurprisingly most of the countries Putin had been courting decided to go/stick with team USA leaving Putin with egg on his face and a hole in his pocket.
Yet under Trump he sat there for four years twiddling his thumbs and watching Ukraine rearm to defend against a potential invasion.