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BBC reports that Russians are jamming GPS systems on commercial airliners. The Reds are probably using jamming tech to disorient Ukrainian drones and it is interfering with the GPS on commercial flights. Apparently airliners have alternate navigation systems they can use but Finnair has cancelled some flights.
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Day 17 or the 44 day election in India, 970 million eligible votes, 5 million voting machines, and 553 seats. The elections happen in 7 phases ie 1 a week over the different states and provinces.
And an important part of it all is India's 32 million people diaspora spread out around the world who have the right to vote if they have reached the eligible age. The Indian diaspora is the biggest in the world.
The ABC has a weekly series on the Vote. This is the last one on the diaspora.
And an important part of it all is India's 32 million people diaspora spread out around the world who have the right to vote if they have reached the eligible age. The Indian diaspora is the biggest in the world.
The ABC has a weekly series on the Vote. This is the last one on the diaspora.
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A good article to understand the new Ukraine, not the Soviet controlled Ukraine of the past.
Here is an excerpt …
www.theatlantic.com
ere in ukraine, we often react very emotionally when we hear people in the West calling for peace with Russia. According to some commentators, this would be achieved by means of a “compromise,” entailing Ukrainian “concessions” that would somehow satisfy the Kremlin and stop the war: major territorial giveaways, armed forces reduced to insignificance, no further integration with the West—you name it.
Most of us see such views as extremely naive, given the totalitarian and militaristic nature of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Having built his rule on war hysteria, land grabs, imperial chauvinism, and global confrontation, Putin is hardly likely to stop even at a deal that most Ukrainians would find entirely unacceptable.
But that leads us to another problem that much of the Western media fail to fully appreciate: Ten years of confrontation with the Kremlin, and especially the past two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, have fundamentally changed Ukraine. These changes are not superficial or easily swept away….
Here is an excerpt …
Ukraine Has Changed Too Much to Compromise With Russia
My generation has tasted freedom and experienced a competitive, vibrant political life. We can’t be made a part of what Russia has become.
UKRAINE HAS CHANGED TOO MUCH TO COMPROMISE WITH RUSSIA
My generation has tasted freedom and experienced a competitive, vibrant political life. We can’t be made a part of what Russia has become.ere in ukraine, we often react very emotionally when we hear people in the West calling for peace with Russia. According to some commentators, this would be achieved by means of a “compromise,” entailing Ukrainian “concessions” that would somehow satisfy the Kremlin and stop the war: major territorial giveaways, armed forces reduced to insignificance, no further integration with the West—you name it.
Most of us see such views as extremely naive, given the totalitarian and militaristic nature of Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Having built his rule on war hysteria, land grabs, imperial chauvinism, and global confrontation, Putin is hardly likely to stop even at a deal that most Ukrainians would find entirely unacceptable.
But that leads us to another problem that much of the Western media fail to fully appreciate: Ten years of confrontation with the Kremlin, and especially the past two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, have fundamentally changed Ukraine. These changes are not superficial or easily swept away….
From the previous post: "My generation has tasted freedom"
I've posted this article before.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
The troubled history of Russian-Ukrainian relations stretches back centuries. It a story of unequal interaction shaped by the politics of Russian imperialism. During the post-Soviet era, the bilateral relationship has been particularly turbulent as Russia has sought to retain its dominant position while preventing Ukraine from asserting its independence. Throughout this period, the Kremlin’s heavy-handed and tone-deaf policies have consistently proved counter-productive, serving only to widen the divide separating today’s Russia and Ukraine.
Millions of Ukrainians with friends and family in Russia have learned from bitter personal experience that many Russians wholeheartedly back the war and refuse to acknowledge the atrocities taking place in Ukraine.
Amid the horrors of today’s full-scale war, the breakdown in relations between Russia and Ukraine has now reached the point of no return.
I've posted this article before.
Putin’s invasion shatters the myth of Russian-Ukrainian brotherhood
Vladimir Putin's genocidal invasion of Ukraine has shattered the myth of Russian-Ukrainian brotherhood and represents the point of no return in the relationship between the post-Soviet neighbors, writes Taras Kuzio.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
The troubled history of Russian-Ukrainian relations stretches back centuries. It a story of unequal interaction shaped by the politics of Russian imperialism. During the post-Soviet era, the bilateral relationship has been particularly turbulent as Russia has sought to retain its dominant position while preventing Ukraine from asserting its independence. Throughout this period, the Kremlin’s heavy-handed and tone-deaf policies have consistently proved counter-productive, serving only to widen the divide separating today’s Russia and Ukraine.
Millions of Ukrainians with friends and family in Russia have learned from bitter personal experience that many Russians wholeheartedly back the war and refuse to acknowledge the atrocities taking place in Ukraine.
Amid the horrors of today’s full-scale war, the breakdown in relations between Russia and Ukraine has now reached the point of no return.
EU moves to give profits from Russian assets to Ukraine
EU ambassadors have agreed in principle to use the profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.
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Ambassadors from EU member states have agreed in principle to seize windfall profits from frozen Russian assets to finance arms supplies to Kyiv.
If the decision is approved at a gathering of EU finance ministers next Tuesday, the interest - worth up to €3bn (£2.5bn) per year - will be used to buy weapons for Ukraine.
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The Oligarchs be spewingEU moves to give profits from Russian assets to Ukraine
EU ambassadors have agreed in principle to use the profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.
Ambassadors from EU member states have agreed in principle to seize windfall profits from frozen Russian assets to finance arms supplies to Kyiv.
If the decision is approved at a gathering of EU finance ministers next Tuesday, the interest - worth up to €3bn (£2.5bn) per year - will be used to buy weapons for Ukraine.
Maybe they will assert some pressure on Putin to get the * out of Ukraine.
