Moses

Well, I’m glad to see that you didn’t have any arguments in favor of your “theory”, since instead of a reasoned answer I read a banal switch to my personality.

You don’t think that surgeons wear masks so as not to get infected from the person being operated on, right? Or is that exactly what you think?

They use masks for not to distribute infections from one patient to another. And if you ask any doctor who worked during the peak of Covid, he will confirm that he had Covid several times and not a single mask protected him. If masks protected against viruses, why would this be necessary?

Masks have never protected against infections. They are needed so that sick people, and those who consider themselves healthy, but are actually in the incubation period of the disease, do not spread viruses while coughing/sneezing/talking along with their saliva, and not to protect healthy people. This was especially important when Covid had a 14-day incubation period.

Right. In addition, we drink vodka instead of breakfast, lunch and dinner, and during breaks we play balalaikas and walk our pet bears, wearing bast shoes and ushankas (earflaps).

Nope. It is realism. It is not Russia that catches Ukrainian conscripts on Ukrainian streets, and now on foreign streets, in order to send them to the front. This is the Zelensky regime, sponsored by the West. And the longer the West supplies Zelensky with weapons, the more will die. Let me remind you: it was Boris Johnson who dissuaded Zelensky from peace negotiations in the first months of the conflict. Now your hands are bloody.

Who cares? They aren't Russian speaking Ukraine. There are no huge Russian diaspora. It all started with a Western-inspired coup in Ukraine in 2014, after which the nationalists killed 16,000 Russians in southeastern Ukraine, and Crimea fled completely. In 2022, Russia's patience has run out. The result is known in advance: 145 million versus 25 million does not leave Ukraine a single chance.

I told to you already the same as Fico said: weapon is useless if there is no man, who hold it in hands. And now Ukraine even searching ways to force these who ran from mobilization abroad to came back and fight... because they want 500,000 fresh meat to substitute already utilized.

Heads of states No more. The same Slovakia just announced: no more military aid to Ukraine.

Do you know the results of surveys of Gaza residents? When did Israel care about this? Or maybe we’ll interview residents of Syria, Libya or Iraq? About the USA. Did the US care about their opinion? Do you want to remember more about democracy? Or, maybe about freedom?

“Ukraine does not have enough forces to turn the situation around militarily, and it is not capable of any counter-offensive... Come 2024, and you will see that Russia will begin to dictate the terms of the settlement of this conflict.” PM R.Fico “The development of the conflict in Ukraine indicates that we are likely to see a significant shift in the next year. And, judging by the information available so far, not quite in the best sense of the word, as we imagine it.” President P.Pavel

Andaz is very far from everything and has terribly review on Google about it location, including "not walkable at night because of stray dogs".

According to my statistics, traffic on SGT has increased almost 1.5 times compared to pre-Covid times. But the behavior of visitors has changed: they come, read, follow links, but are not involved in discussions. Perhaps because they have nothing else to say - they are going for the first time. SGT has a mobile version, although not the most modern. Well, a significant fact is that meat hunters have modern tools - mobile dating applications. They come, read about hotels, where to go, what to see, but they call guys from apps, so they have nothing to say about bars and go-go.

The end of that game may be one only. The European Union has already begun to understand this too. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in an interview that even if Ukraine were given all the weapons and all the money in the world, it would not be able to defeat Russia militarily. “Ukraine does not have enough forces to turn the situation around militarily, and it is not capable of any counter-offensive... Come 2024, and you will see that Russia will begin to dictate the terms of the settlement of this conflict.” *Slovakia member of EU and NATO (since 2004)

On your picture number is $48Bln, Xi said 200 Bln. "nothing rebuts"??? NATO promised Gorbachev it would not expand eastward and immediately proceeded to break that promise. All the blame for the current situation lies solely in the West. When the USSR brought missiles to the US side - to Cuba, a world war almost happened. What was NATO counting on when it was planning to move its bases into Ukraine? That Russia will accept this? Well, NATO was wrong. Again.

It s very important for Putin (not). "Please hold on, your call is very important for us" (not) dreams, dreams... Russian export rose this year. BRICKS got new members. Russian GDP grew 3.5% this year. Export of Russian LNG rose. Panama channel has low water level, so EU will have problems with Qatar gas. Xi Jinping and Russia's PM took a victory lap over the US's failure to economically isolate Russia since its invasion of Ukraine. https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-war-china-russia-victory-lap-failed-western-us-sanctions-2023-12 At the meeting, which was part of a two-day visit by the Russian PM, Xi pledged to further strengthen the nations' ties as trade between them surged past $200 billion in 11 months.

It was "effect of low base". By the way: World forgot about Ukraine. https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2023/GLOBAL/?hl=en

For 2023 IMF forecast was -2.4%, real result is +3.5%

Russia took almost all these territories inhabited by ethic Russians without any resistance in 3 days. The only place with significant resistance was Mariupol with Nazi battalion "Azov". And since past autumn 2022 Russia just keeps the same line, fortified it, and now "utilizes" Ukrainian army. Promised summer "Counteroffensive" failed with such significant loses what yesterday they announced next wave of mobilization - next 500,000. Sponsors already spend over $200 mln with zero result. There is ongoing conflict btw president Zelenskiy and Head of army general Zaluzhny, who declared dead end situation in huge article in The Economist (Nov 1st). End of Zelenskiy regime is unavoidable.

I do. This is a cynical view of the situation: since peace negotiations with Russia are prohibited by Ukrainian law, war remains the only option. Since Russia has a global advantage in manpower, and taking into account the fact that the attackers suffer 5-10 times more losses than the defenders, the most correct strategy is to stand still in the fortifications and grind the attackers’ manpower. Zelenskiy will do rest. He doesn't care about own citizens. Yesterday he announced additional 500,000 mobilization. “There are no positions. There is no such thing as an observation post or position,” said Oleksiy. “It is impossible to gain a foothold there. It’s impossible to move equipment there.” “It’s not even a fight for survival,” he added. “It’s a suicide mission.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/16/world/europe/ukraine-kherson-river-russia.html Russia declares its readiness for peace talks almost every week. But these should be negotiations from realistic positions, and not unrealistically arrogant “You must withdraw your troops and pay us reparations.”

Russia don't need to advance. It is enough to stay in fortifications and utilize "meat storms". And from time to time to destroy Ukrainian industry for to force country to live only on sponsor moneys. Soon or late war will be finished in the favor of Russia. Zelynskiy's regime will have end as soon as money or "meat" will ends.

Don't waste your time. There is as maximum half-truth. Do you remember what announced Joe Alzheimer after first set of sanctions? "Rubble will be 200, Russian economic will be ruined". Nothing of that became real. Zero. Russia fixed logistic chains. West since that time implemented already 12 waves of "sanctions". And all medias already agreed: sanctions don't work. Russian GDP is growing every month, currency is stable, export is growing. Even max oil prices $60 are ignored. "Think tanks" lies. Or draw pictures that pleased their bosses. You may choose.

Ukraine can't "fertilize". You already know what Ukraine lose, or for sure will lose. It is war till the last Ukrainian sponsored by West. Ukraine haven't "meat" for to continue "meat storms". Today Zelensky announced, what Ukrainian army requests new doze of war fuel - 500,000 "fresh meat". https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67767246

Oh, I got where you found +50%. It is not enough to translate the picture, you need to understand what you see in it. +50% on the picture isn't "debt", it is "debt service" - interests. In total state debt now is $56.6 billions. Interests are fraction from that number, depends on currency and bonds it is 5-12%. At first 6 months 2023 Russia paid debt service $929 millions (not "billions", just "millions").

everyone seen that "lession" in Iraq, Libia, Syria... The arrogant and shameless American military is storming into the country. I just have no idea why you call it "democracy".