Tag: war

Ukrainian soldier issues warning to Russians in hilarious video

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A Ukrainian soldier issued a stark warning to Russia, urging its forces to surrender and retreat while “they still have this chance.” In the clip, the soldier is shown standing outside, dressed in camouflage, and holding a pistol. Throughout the video, the soldier wears a frightening smile on his face and laughs as he tells the Russian soldiers invading Ukraine that they are “dispossessed.” “I will record this in Russian to make it clear,” he began by saying, according to A Subtitled version of the videoIt started circulating on social…

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Misery on the border as Ukrainians flee Russian invasion

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in Ukraine. I slept late after writing all night and woke up this morning to the sound of a woman nervously knocking on the hotel door. I had slept during the missile strikes which were located five miles from the hotel. In the middle of the night, the Russian Air Force blew up the runway of the old Soviet airport outside the city. A veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan who was staying at the same hotel explained to me that the base had been decommissioned. However, if he…

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The Simpsons are credited with predicting the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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This Simpsons prediction wasn’t funny. Predicting the outcome of the Superbowl is often credited among other tepid events, and The Simpsons has recently been credited on social media for predicting something not so funny: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After the tragic event, Twitter is smart users conflict analog To the 1998 episode of the prophetic series called “The Simpsons Tide”. In it, Homer accidentally launched a submarine captain into Russian waters during a military exercise, prompting the recently revived Soviet Union to deploy troops and tanks to the streets and…

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Sean Penn in Ukraine filming a documentary while Russia invades

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With the battle in Ukraine raging, Sean Penn was in the arena. The politically active actor was seen Thursday in the front row of a press conference in Kiev, where high-ranking Ukrainian officials were discussing the invasion of Russia Today. The 61-year-old “Dead Man Walking” star has apparently been working on a documentary about the country’s escalating tensions since last year, and traveled to Ukraine earlier this week to get a first-hand look at the war. Wearing sunglasses and a bomber jacket, the scruffy-looking Ben seemed to listen to the…

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Putin recorded the declaration of war on Ukraine a few days ago

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Russian President Vladimir Putin recorded a declaration of war against Ukraine days ago, according to multiple reports. Putin pre-recorded the speech broadcast on state television Thursday in Russia on Monday, According to the country’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper. The outlet posted metadata allegedly from the Kremlin’s website indicating that the footage was created at 7pm on February 21. An explosion scene after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine.via Reuters В середине третьего ночи (МСК) 24 февраля ростовскими диспетчерами было опубликовано извещение NОТАМ, закрывающее полёты вдоль границы…

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Pax Americana has served America and the world much better than letting dictators thrive

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Left and Right United: The United States should not be the world’s policeman. Whether it’s Ukraine, the Middle East or China, it’s none of our business to get involved. For the progressive left, this phrase is the same as it has been since at least the 1960s: Who are we to judge? Slandering our country as a racist inferno, they promote at best the moral equivalence between the United States and Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping. Or they go so far as to consider the governments of Venezuela, China and…

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Kamala Harris criticized the “power of words” response to Ukraine and Russia questions

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Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked after appearing unwilling to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a question-and-answer session with reporters at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. At one point, Harris said Sunday in response to a question about how the Biden administration saw the “end game” of the situation beginning. “I mean, let’s really take a moment to understand the importance of what we’re talking about,” the vice president continued. “It has been more than 70 years. And during those 70 years … there has been peace and security.…

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Russia withdraws some troops from Ukraine’s borders

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Russia announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing some of its forces from the Ukrainian border as it criticized reports of the invasion as “bragging hysteria” by the West. We have always said that the forces will return to their bases after the exercises are over. This is also the case this time, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to Reuters. However, it was not clear how many units were withdrawn after the build-up of an estimated 130,000 Russian soldiers in northern, eastern and southern Ukraine. Peskov also accused the…

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13 WWII vets give advice to America’s youth

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This may be a final opportunity to hear from them: men and women of grit, resourcefulness, and courage who saved the world for future generations of Americans.  World War II veterans alive today, 80 years after humanity’s worst conflict, include minority Americans who fought Nazi racism, despite Jim Crow laws in their own imperfect nation. They loved their country, and some, including civil rights leader Johnnie A. Jones Sr., harnessed skills gained overseas to push for change at home.  A number are centenarians. Many stress unity, so essential in achieving…

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Yemenis choose morning exercises in the parks to help cope with the stress of war

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SANAA, NOVEMBER 1 – After dawn prayers, Hatem Ali Hadi put on his tracksuit and headed to a park in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, for group exercise sessions that help distract people from the problems caused by the war around them. “These exercises, running and weight loss have restored my life and health,” said the retired engineer, who lost 40kg and stopped chewing the addictive green stimulant khat. Most men in their sixties and seventies use the lanes and low walls of the public park in Sanaa daily to do…

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