joaocosta

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noelreports, to random
@noelreports@mstdn.social avatar

The moment Zelenskyi awarded Zaluzhnyi and Budanov the title Hero of Ukraine.

video/mp4

joaocosta,

@noelreports

Zelenskyy, Zaluzhnyi, Budanov. Three heroes of and the entire democratic world. Huge respect and gratitude to all three of them.

🇺🇦

hanse_mina, to Ukraine

faces a critical gap in western artillery ammunition needed to withstand attacks, officials have warned, as assistance runs out and fails to hit its own targets for increased arms production.

officials have warned that the coming months will stretch Ukraine’s ability to fight with fewer resources, with already exploiting the resource advantage to make gains in key locations such as around the strategic town of .

https://www.ft.com/content/6594e548-8b2e-4c95-a589-7d9e358062d2

joaocosta,

@hanse_mina

The and failing to match production against three comparatively small, highly sanctioned economies (, , ) is showing the level of incompetence in our Western defence ministries.

Those in charge of such embarrassing and dangerous outcomes for our European continent defence should be sacked and investigated. The fact that, after two years, we are still unable to ramp up production and continue to impose red lines on is utterly pathetic.

joaocosta, to Russia

"Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s aide Mykhailo Podolyak said Russian troops were using about 10,000 artillery shells a day along the length of the frontline while were restricted to using between 1,500 and 2,500 in response. He said the shortage of equipment made long-term planning impossible."

“When you sit here today with a deficit, and with uncertainty, you can only fight a defensive war, and this is a stimulant for .”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/08/us-funding-failure-serious-battlefield-consequences-ukraine-war

kravietz, to Ukraine
@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl avatar

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi appointed as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of .

There’s lots of noise on social networks, both positive and negative, most people concerned about “demoralisation” caused by such a change in the course of war. But Syrskyi is not a new joiner, he had been the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces all this time!

I’d just wait and see.

joaocosta,

@kravietz

Great point. Absolutely. My father always used to say that the best sign that a well-known country is doing well is when you don't hear much from/about their leader. It means society is doing their thing, and the leader just facilitates it all.

@ottona

joaocosta, to Ukraine

NATO says we can't put boots on the ground or close the sky in Ukraine for a pathetically long list or reasons. We leave it to to fulfil NATO's mission alone with weak drip-drip military supplies. Fine.

But what's preventing us from giving a hand by hitting the factories in and that produce the drones and missiles is using to destroy Ukraine and commit ? Is NATO too weak for that too?

What's going on? Why is a sitting duck in this too?

joaocosta,

@benroyce

All this sounds to me like a chasmic lack of preparedness, poor intelligence, corrupt defence budgeting, incompetent leadership and, ultimately, cowardly positioning from us members and in particular the .

It won't end well when is the only brave in the world after two years during which we have all seen tyrants unite to attack us all.

joaocosta,

@benroyce

Exactly! And what frustrates me the most is how politicians in democracies are so gentle about communicating this. The same goes for climate change.

joaocosta,

@picard @benroyce

Absolutely. The main difference today is the smaller number of empires, and how much weaker they are.

Resources today are more limited too, and that could mean a faster, less deadly conflict. But we need to be using the latest technology to make it happen. And only by moving our NATO policy from deterrence to defence could bring this to a quick end. At the moment, we're sort of in between the two. We're taking too long and risk bypassing defence when forced into war itself.

joaocosta, to Russia

Does anyone else find trump's sheep in the and utterly pathetic?

I mean, to sell your own country's security and standing in the world, at a time of and terrorist attacks, for a decrepit psychopath in adoration of a wanted international dictator who repeatedly threatens the US and got his war in to build up hatred for , and rule of ?

And Americans do nothing? What's going on?

joaocosta, to Russia

I guarantee that if traitor is convicted and sent to jail, he'll bribe his way out of the , seek an oligarch-style luxury refuge in terrorist , and try to rule his brainwashed MAGA minions from exile with the help of digital sociopath .

Mark my words.

joaocosta,

@Nazani

Exactly, there's a plan!

joaocosta, to Ukraine

Outstanding interview with Diane Francis for Times Radio, including first-hand stories from Ukraine and Russia.

"The general cannot be blamed for the fact that the counteroffensive didn't work. The counteroffensive didn't work in part because doesn't have the matching manpower. But, the Western aid in technology and weaponry hasn't been as fast as it should have been."

https://youtu.be/gji0IzERcVo

joaocosta, to ukrainian

'Their biggest challenge in the coming months will be attracting foreign partners to the weapons , and securing the licenses needed to build and repair Western arms. “Our model used to be: Give it to us. Now our model is going to be: Let’s make it together.” ... Zelensky needed the country’s arms to start cranking out as fast as possible, in part to hedge against the risk of a decline in supplies from the West.'

https://time.com/6588222/zelensky-kamyshin-inside-ukraines-plan-to-arm-itself/

joaocosta, to Russia

Where's Gerasimov?

joaocosta, to gay

"The 65-year-old former foreign minister, who is hoping to become the country’s first and first president, is second in the ­opinion polls as votes in the first round of the pivotal ­election on Sunday."

"His club nights have been a big part of his campaign. He invites leading names from Finland’s music scene to perform, followed by a set by himself, who goes by the stage name 'DJ Pexi'."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/28/finlands-dj-candidate-hopes-to-become-the-countrys-first-green-and-gay-president

joaocosta, to Futurology

"The images are being revealed for the first time now to mark today’s International and the German research project has made them available on its website. Anyone who recognises a face in one of the scenes should contact the project by email... The German is being run by the Freie Universität in Berlin, which holds a library of hundreds of other photos documenting the expulsions that were carried out by the Nazis."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/27/breslau-1941-clandestine-photos-tell-of-the-holocausts-upheaval-and-terror

joaocosta, to india

“Russia finances its military from oil exports. You can’t persuade countries like and to stop buying it. So you knock out Russian refineries. You can do a lot of damage to the Russian economy.”

"About half of ’s $420bn export earnings last year came from oil."

"The attacks have another advantage for ’s hard-pressed military. They have forced Russia to move some air defence assets away from the frontline to defend newly in-range cities"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/27/ukraine-levels-up-the-fight-with-drone-strikes-deep-into-russia

noelreports, to random
@noelreports@mstdn.social avatar

German Minister of Defense Pistorius announced the following planned support from Germany for Ukraine for 2024.

➡️air defense system IRIS-T SLM
➡️GEPARD anti air guns
➡️additional artillery systems with more than 230.000 rounds of ammo
➡️80+ Leopard 1A5 tanks
➡️additional APC's
➡️additional engineering machines and bridge-layers
➡️450 armored vehicles
➡️Mine clearance systems
➡️drones
➡️radar systems and recon systems

https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/sechs-sea-king-hubschrauber-der-bundeswehr-fuer-die-ukraine-5729832

joaocosta,

@noelreports

Amazing, massive well done and thank you 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦

joaocosta, to Ukraine

’s armed forces shot down the Russian Ilyushin-76 military plane which crashed this morning in , killing 63 people on board.

"The plane was delivering S-300 anti-aircraft missiles used in recent devastating attacks on ... Eighteen people died in a wave of strikes yesterday, including a nine-year-old girl and her mother..."

"The Il-76 is a military transport aircraft designed to airlift troops, cargo, military equipment and weapons."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-latest-news-updates

noelreports, to random
@noelreports@mstdn.social avatar

The European Parliament adopted a resolution that calls on the European Council to examine if Hungary is committing a "serious and persistent breach" of the bloc's values under Article 7.2.

"The EP has done its part, now members states should follow through," MEP Sarvamaa said.

joaocosta,

@noelreports

This is great news. Well done @EU_Commission !! 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

No veto powers and no funds for autocracies in the .

Yell0wbag, to Russia

Funny how there's no demonstrations planned against Russia for attacking many civilian sites in Ukraine including a maternity hospital.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67838428

joaocosta,

@Yell0wbag

That's because anti-Israel and pro-Russian protesters form the same web of deep-rooted antisemitism in society. They call for Israeli ceasefire when Hamas attacks Jews, and Ukrainian ceasefire when Russia attacks Ukrainians, respectively.

Many are peace supremacists who shout from their privileged position of a peaceful society, disregarding the right to self-defence when attacked, and forgetting that peace in their society was only possible after defeating their enemies in battle.

remixtures, to random Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

"It’s hard to find something pithy to say about 2023, a year of dissonant extremes, when wildfires devoured Canadian forests, Twitter withered into X, the Titan submersible imploded into infamy, Silicon Valley’s power players rejoiced over the rise of generative AI, scientists cheered Crispr treatment breakthroughs, peace activists became terrorist-attack victims, and the world despaired over the thousands of children killed in Gaza. It’s not a tidy time. It is, frequently, a painful one.

Appropriate, then, that this was a year for unwieldy, searching, big-swing books. Doorstoppers and sagas rose to the moment, providing insight into an increasingly inscrutable world even when they couldn’t provide comfort. As always, this is an idiosyncratic, incomplete, and subjective list, the result of one person’s avid but disorganized reading schedule. But these are WIRED's best books of 2023. Here’s hoping this list helps you find your next great read."
https://www.wired.com/story/best-books-of-2023/

joaocosta,

@remixtures

You left out the genocide in Ukraine. I wonder why.

noelreports, to random Dutch
@noelreports@mstdn.social avatar

Turkish President Erdogan believes his country is more ready to become a member of the European Union than Ukraine and Moldova, with which the bloc's leaders agreed last week to begin accession talks. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/turkeys-erdogan-says-eu-will-stall-ukraine-moldova-accession-2023-12-19/

joaocosta,

@noelreports

Fortunately for us in the , whatever Erdoğan thinks and says on this matter is completely irrelevant. needs to sort out the autocracy, ruscism and corruption in their own country before lecturing Europeans on accession of new members. Do your homework, Erdoğan.

joaocosta, to Ukraine

The leadership said time and again that it would support for as long as it would take. Small print: terms and conditions applied.

's bet on US terms and conditions is paying off: he knew his minions were in place and ready to act when needed. He saw that the US was too scared of victory to arm Ukraine to win. And now, is stuck.


joaocosta, to random

'Fresh details of what is now being called “a Scholz moment” emerged on Friday... the German chancellor suggested to Orbán that it would be a good moment to grab a coffee as talks over enlargement hit deadlock. Orbán left the room in the full knowledge of what was about to happen, and when he returned, everyone was laughing, said one diplomat. "Someone asked him, ‘How was your coffee?’ He wasn’t very happy and told them he had “used the opportunity to go to the toilet”.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/15/eu-emmanuel-macron-viktor-orban-ukraine-aid

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