Grifman
19198
Russian marriage strategies:
strategy
19199
Don’t know if that is legit, though nothing surprises me when it comes to human greed. I’d think that the risk of the husband in question getting captured by Ukraine would make such strategies not particularly worthwhile though. My understanding is that being captured is basically considered tantamount to desertion (especially for new recruits), and thus = no benefits for the family.
I have read conflicting things on what the benefits actually are assuming they are paid at all. I have read a Lada and I have read stuff like instead of that cooking oil and potatoes. In either case I doubt it is like the SGLI because if it was… there would be a much higher premium on survival.
ShivaX
19201
It’s basically a very cheap snow shovel blade. Someone theorized it’s some sort of stab armor, but I wouldn’t even trust it much for that.
Presumably then they can divorce the “traitor”.
Now trusting that the government would ever pay anything out, is another story.
I imagine that it makes most sense in the context of Russian practice is to consider conscripts who are killed to be missing, presumed deserted and never have to payout. If the Ukrainians return the bodies, then you can accuse the Ukrainians of murdering deserters. It seems win-win for Russian propaganda as well as getting out of compensation to families.
Dejin
19204
Financial Times correspondent on recent attacks in Kiev (excerpts from longer thread):
Dejin
19205
I didn’t make this connection, but it doesn’t seem like an unreasonable guess. Tweeter is chief foreign-affairs correspondent for WSJ
Aceris
19206
Because German politicians and the media groups tied to them have repeatedly told them that concessions must be made to Russia.
The same politicians and media groups tied to industry with sweetheart export and gas deals with Russia.
You like to pretend that this is about avoiding German militarism and germany has been in step with NATO allies up until the war started, but actually it’s been about doing everythign possible to avoid any kind of NATO/Russia confrontation through appeasement, since 2014 if not 2008. And of course the eagerness to build not just industrial ties but actual dependency on Russia, and German foreign policy support for Putin, goes back to Schroeder.
Janster
19207
Buying cheap gas from Russia has been Germanys biggest goal the last 20 years, its not a plan they will give up easily.
From what I can see, support for the war is wavering even in the US where the costs of the war has been negligible, this is a far far cry away from the suffering UK is going through, they are tossing a ton of people into poverty as we speak.
Even my powerbills are insane now, and I use the damn thing to heat the house, something that isn’t optional, sure , I can use wood, but wood prices follow gas/oil prices…so guess what, its just as bad.
You will see little to no support for Ukraine is this becomes the permanent picture, it worries me.
Please, don’t make up data:
Support for the war (support for weapon delivery to Ukraine) in Germany is higher than the EU27 average.
And where do you see this, exactly?
What are you talking about? Support in Germany is increasing. The question was, “Should we continue to support Ukraine even if energy prices rise” 74% in September, up from 70% in Juli. Social media may make you believe different, but the bots and Russian supporters are out in force spreading their bullshit. They are not representative, though.
The question on Tanks is not quite as clear, but it is still in favour overall. With the highest support amongst the Greens and the lowest from the AFD (Expected from those shitheels).
It may not sound like much to you, but a ton of germans are bracing for a cold winter and are committed to helping Ukraine. Every time Putin postures, support for Ukraine increases. We want to stick it to him as much as we can. But sadly, it’s true our military is in shambles and needs refactoring from the ground up. That makes proper military aid difficult. Because I would not be surprised if our tanks are in a similar state to the Russian ones and just not battle ready.
Sounds like no major damage done. Lots of Ukraine accounts comparing it to the futile firing of V1 rockets by Nazi Germany at the end of WWII.
Please don’t feed the troll.
ShivaX
19213
It seems like WW2 AA guns or their ilk would be often enough to deal with a lot of them from the footage I’ve seen.
Like you said they’re basically V1’s (only slower). The RAF was shooting those down back in the 40’s.
Edit: Top speed on wikipedia is 115 mph, which is… slow. Really slow. You could probably drop them with a Bofors or it’s ilk pretty easily. Of course actually having them or the ammo is the issue.
abrandt
19214
I think some people just see what they want to see. Or they are watching Tucker Carlson.
I see Putin’s terror bombing campaign continue and can only thing how weak and desperate it makes him look and how much I want Ukraine to continue to kick ass.
spiffy
19215
Quick googling says these aren’t that expensive (30-50k?), depending on the model, but that kind of attrition doesn’t really make them useful. I’ve thought Russia would want them to drop bombs on tanks, and keep around for repeated use, not throw them away on civilian targets. Especially on an import item…
KevinC
19216
I don’t think anyone here is trolling. I think there have been statements/arguments that aren’t supported by data and misrepresenting sources at times, but I don’t think the intent is to get a rise out of people or piss them off.
I think it’s this. Maybe not “want”, but a conviction of priors that no amount of data or evidence to the contrary seems to make a dent in. So in this case I don’t think it’s “want”, but more like a doomscroller convinced of things being d0med. Saw similar things across the internet with COVID, I’m not sure what feeds it.
JonRowe
19217
I would not agree with this at all, I think if you look at anecdotal evidence or certain outlets, it may appear that way, but public opinion polls have been fairly unanimous in support.
Recent US Poll from Ipsos (10 Oct)
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/americans-agree-us-continue-support-ukraine-despite-russia-threatening-use-nuclear
However, fewer Americans say they are worrying a great deal or a fair amount about the Ukrainian people than earlier this year (64% vs 69% in late April). Despite this, most Americans (66%) continue to support the U.S. providing weapons to Ukraine, although this is down seven points from late April (73%).
I think it is important to note, however, that public opinion on support of Ukraine has softened since the early days of the war, but it is still nearly 70%, which for America is basically unheard of levels of agreement across party lines.
So, yes, support appears to be softening, a bit, but not at any danger of wavering yet.
From August.
It looks like support is still around the 65-70% mark, which is pretty good.
