Oorlog in Oekraïne #1036 - Ruzzische "luxe" goederen.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 08:43 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Toon Hermans schreef er al een liedje over:
Bekijk deze YouTube-video

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Putin’s Give-Me-My-S***-Back War’: Trump Defense Secretary Appointee on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

The US President-elect chooses Fox News host, little-known NATO-critic and Trump loyalist as Secretary of Defense over more seasoned party members.

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Hegseth is an Ivy Leaguer, graduating from both Princeton and Harvard, though his website says he sent his degree back to the latter institution, and he has criticized it on-air for its allegedly leftist leanings. The millennial was reportedly considered for Secretary of Veterans Affairs during Trump’s first administration but was ultimately not selected for the position.

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Op dinsdag 12 november 2024 23:05 schreef LXIV het volgende:

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Hij beweert dat deze meat waves de Russische infanterie taktiek is. Dus dat zal hij dan wel ergens vandaan hebben…

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Lt Col Anton Bayev of the Khartia Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard says wave after wave can arrive in just a few hours at front-line positions north of Kharkiv.

“The Russians use these units in most cases purely to see where our firing equipment is located, and to constantly exhaust our units,” he said.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 06:27 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Toch verdedig je het martelen, verkrachten, deporteren en vermoorden van Oekraïense burgers door het Poetin regime.

Dat staat haaks op wat je zegt.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 06:57 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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het regime zoals jij zegt is democratisch gekozen door het prachtige volk net als bij ons

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 10:56 schreef Linkse_Boomknuffelaar het volgende:

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Volgens mij heeft Zelensky de verkiezingen in Oekraine afgeschaft en heel veel politieke partijen die het met hem oneens zijn verboden.
Er is daar ook totaal geen vrijheid van meningsuiting.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 07:36 schreef Erno-BE het volgende:

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Als de Oekraïners niet in 2014 hadden lopen rellen, was er überhaupt geen militair conflict geweest in Oekraïne. Yanukovish is en blijft de enige rechtmatige president van Oekraïne.

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Volodymyr Zelensky faces a power struggle in 2025

As morale ebbs in Ukraine there is talk of a change at the top

ALMOST EVERY day in Kyiv, there is a moment when the war makes a loud entrance in town. This is when the funeral processions appear, rolling down main arteries into Khreshchatyk, the capital’s central thoroughfare. Traffic grinds to a halt. A tannoy broadcasts the fallen soldiers’ stories over rousing, patriotic music. The columns then make their way to Independence Square, site of Ukraine’s many past revolutions. Comrades light flares and say their goodbyes. They plant Ukrainian flags into flower beds that have long become fields of fabric, yellow and blue. In recent days, as Russia’s offensive in the Donbas ramps up, the ceremonies have become more frequent.

The rest of the day, life in the city reverts to normal. Shops function, the restaurants serve food and the politicians gossip. The talk is now all about Donald Trump and the waiting game. Will his new administration tilt Ukraine’s way or Russia’s? Can he impose a ceasefire? Will elections follow? For now, there are two dates on Kyiv politicos’ lips: January 20th 2025, the date of Mr Trump’s inauguration, the first moment for any possible ceasefire and lifting of military law, and May 25th, the earliest mooted date for an election.

The presidential office denies it is preparing for a vote. Most sources remain sceptical that it will happen. It is not the first time the capital has been awash with rumour. There are issues of organisation and legitimacy: how can a splintered nation at war hold elections? The country also has yet to endure what many assume will be a difficult winter. “Engaging in electioneering right now would be suicidal,” says Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak, an opposition MP.

Still, some groundwork appears to have begun. Regional election headquarters are mobilising, and work on candidate lists is beginning. The representatives of one likely presidential rival to Volodymyr Zelensky say that Ukraine needs elections; but they worry about making a public statement to this effect, fearing a fierce backlash from the presidential office.

ALMOST EVERY day in Kyiv, there is a moment when the war makes a loud entrance in town. This is when the funeral processions appear, rolling down main arteries into Khreshchatyk, the capital’s central thoroughfare. Traffic grinds to a halt. A tannoy broadcasts the fallen soldiers’ stories over rousing, patriotic music. The columns then make their way to Independence Square, site of Ukraine’s many past revolutions. Comrades light flares and say their goodbyes. They plant Ukrainian flags into flower beds that have long become fields of fabric, yellow and blue. In recent days, as Russia’s offensive in the Donbas ramps up, the ceremonies have become more frequent.

The rest of the day, life in the city reverts to normal. Shops function, the restaurants serve food and the politicians gossip. The talk is now all about Donald Trump and the waiting game. Will his new administration tilt Ukraine’s way or Russia’s? Can he impose a ceasefire? Will elections follow? For now, there are two dates on Kyiv politicos’ lips: January 20th 2025, the date of Mr Trump’s inauguration, the first moment for any possible ceasefire and lifting of military law, and May 25th, the earliest mooted date for an election.

Read more of our recent coverage of the Ukraine war

The presidential office denies it is preparing for a vote. Most sources remain sceptical that it will happen. It is not the first time the capital has been awash with rumour. There are issues of organisation and legitimacy: how can a splintered nation at war hold elections? The country also has yet to endure what many assume will be a difficult winter. “Engaging in electioneering right now would be suicidal,” says Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak, an opposition MP.

Still, some groundwork appears to have begun. Regional election headquarters are mobilising, and work on candidate lists is beginning. The representatives of one likely presidential rival to Volodymyr Zelensky say that Ukraine needs elections; but they worry about making a public statement to this effect, fearing a fierce backlash from the presidential office.

If elections were held tomorrow, Mr Zelensky would struggle to repeat the success of the landslide win he secured in 2019. Nearly three years into the Russian invasion, he is no longer seen as the undisputed war leader he once was. Internal polling seen by The Economist suggests he would fare badly in a run-off against Valery Zaluzhny, the other wartime hero. The former commander-in-chief was dispatched to be ambassador to Britain after falling out with the president last year. He has not made his political ambitions clear yet, though many are urging him to run.

The president fares better when pitched against other opposition figures, some of whom are actively disliked. But a former colleague of the president says his best move might be to step aside regardless, and keep to his original promise only to serve one term. “Zelensky has only one way out to get out with an intact reputation,” this source says. “That is to run elections [without him] and go down in history as the man who united the nation in war.” The alternative is to risk being associated with a military collapse or an incomplete peace.

The deteriorating situation on the front lines is already rippling through society. Dmytro Povorotny, a military chaplain, sees it in the new soldiers he speaks to. “There are a lot of unmotivated men. They are fighting because that’s the only way they stay alive.” The army is censoring the most negative news to avoid fanning flames back home, he says. A senior military official agrees. Even Mr Zelensky is being shielded from the truth. “It’s not even that he’s being kept in a warm bath,” the source says, using a local idiom to suggest the president was being cocooned by his top officials. “He’s being kept in a sauna.”

As Mr Trump’s presidency looms, Ukraine braces for change; that is the one thing they are sure will happen. On other points officials are less confident. They have taken some heart from the news that Mr Trump is set to appoint two relative hawks to important foreign-policy roles—Marco Rubio as secretary of state, and Mike Waltz, as national security adviser; but they were disturbed when he announced there would be no place for a former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, seen as more sympathetic. “A very negative development,” says one senior security official. The worry now is that Mr Trump’s offer to Ukraine will come to resemble something closer to ideas put forward by J.D. Vance, the incoming vice-president. These would essentially rule out NATO membership, while allowing Russia to keep the 18% of Ukraine’s territory that it currently occupies.

For all the talk in Kyiv and other capitals about an end to war, most of those who spend time on the front lines understand that a lot of fighting is still to be done. Vladimir Putin holds the initiative, and it looks unlikely that he would offer a ceasefire until several battles are resolved. In Kurakhove, Russian forces are outnumbering Ukrainian forces by at least six to one, and a Ukrainian retreat seems inevitable soon. Ukraine is on the back foot in the Kursk region it in turn occupies, where Russia is trying to push its soldiers out with the assistance of thousands of North Korean troops. Fighting is also beginning in Zaporizhia province for what Ukrainian intelligence believes will be an assault on the provincial capital, an important industrial hub. “You’ve got to work within reality,” says Father Povorotny. “You can’t tell war to stop and wait.” ■

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 10:56 schreef Linkse_Boomknuffelaar het volgende:

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Volgens mij heeft Zelensky de verkiezingen in Oekraine afgeschaft en heel veel politieke partijen die het met hem oneens zijn verboden.
Er is daar ook totaal geen vrijheid van meningsuiting.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 11:14 schreef Straatcommando. het volgende:
Ik herken wel een patroon, als het onevenredig veel over (het uiterlijk) van zelensky gaat is er ergens anders stront aan de knikker.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 11:35 schreef phpmystyle het volgende:

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Ik snap wat je zegt.
Maar dat gevoel krijg ik als ik op alle kanalen dezelfde foto zie van een vermeende door de oorlog gewond geraakte NK-soldaat zie. Het heeft iets wanhopigs.

Of de troll dat er 1000+ soldaten sterven aan Russische zijde. Van beiden kant wordt geframed alsof het geweldig gaat bij het eigen leger, en de tegenstander alleen maar verliest. Trap er niet in.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 11:37 schreef over_hedge het volgende:

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Not this shit again

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 11:51 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Maar 1000 dood of gewond of gevangen kan wel kloppen?

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 07:36 schreef Erno-BE het volgende:

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Als de Oekraïners niet in 2014 hadden lopen rellen, was er überhaupt geen militair conflict geweest in Oekraïne. Yanukovish is en blijft de enige rechtmatige president van Oekraïne.

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Op woensdag 13 november 2024 11:40 schreef phpmystyle het volgende:

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Als de helft of 1/3 zou kloppen zouden we al in Moskou staan.