Ahead of Russia’s Victory Day, which that country celebrates with a giant military parade on May 9 of every year to commemorate Nazi Germany’s surrender, it was thought that Putin would declare victory in the besieged city of Mariupol, declare war against Ukraine (upgrading the current &[...]
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Ukraine says it hit another Russian warship
I saw reports of this early today, but couldn’t verify it, so delayed posting about it, and major media still aren’t reporting it. Russia is denying it. Yahoo News said this afternoon (Friday, May 6, 2022) the ship was hit by a Ukrainian missile near Snake Island (of “Go F— Y[...]
Putin can kiss his yacht goodbye
Ownership of this floating palace hasn’t been definitively established — Russians cover their tracks — but it’s believed to be Putin’s plaything. Called the “Scheherazade” (the big boat in the photo below), it’s been laid up for repairs in an Italian p[...]
Don’t judge all Russians by Putin’s behavior
Most of the badness is the handiwork of just one of them, and he doesn’t dance. In Italy this week, Russian and Ukrainian ballerinas danced together in a benefit show to raise money for the Red Cross (read story here; watch video below). A lot of the awful stuff that happens in the world resul[...]
May 3rd, 2022 - 3:27 pm § in Russia
Don’t kid yourself about nuclear war
The handwringing has begun. Michael Christ, writing for CNN, says (here): “The Pentagon response [to Putin’s latest nuclear saber-rattling] appears to be an ‘extra urgency in developing a new generation of doomsday weapons that could maintain deterrence,’ according to David I[...]
What to do if your superyacht is boarded by sanctions police
First, don’t be Russian. If you are, kiss it goodbye. This article probably won’t be of interest to this blog’s readers. But let’s say you’re a rightwing billionaire who came by to read this article, and happen to have $500 million you don’t know what to do with. [...]
April 27th, 2022 - 9:24 pm § in Russia
Does this mean we’re not friends anymore?
Citizens of Kyiv don’t want their Russia-Ukraine friendship monument anymore. You know, messy divorce. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
What’s the U.S. strategy in Ukraine?
I’d say we don’t have one, for the simple reason we aren’t at war. It’s not a U.S. or NATO “proxy war,” either. We’re not at war with Russia, period. So supplying Ukraine with weapons isn’t what I’d call a military strategy. It’s military a[...]
Why Russia is losing (video)
https://youtu.be/wlcC1n_sn3U Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Putting Russia’s war in perspective
A Yahoo News article (here) this morning begins, “From the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and throughout the conflict, Moscow has pursued a strategy of aggressive public dissembling, prevarication and disinformation aimed at creating an alternative reality to explain how events have [...]