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Originally Posted by Chris
From Twatter:
“ What happens around Mariupol in the next few days should reveal alot about the state of the Russian Army--in a ghastly way. The 'demand' that the city be surrendered was really a plea. Saying to the Ukrainians, 'we really dont want to send our army into the town.'” - Phillips O’Brien, Professor of Strategic Studies at St Andrews. One of the highly illuminating academics I’ve been following over the past few weeks.
https://twitter.com/phillipspobrien/...403091464?s=21 |
These are the last stories from the final international journalists before they had to flee. The Russians wanted to capture them and force them to say that everything that they had reported thus far was a lie.
Before anyone reads this, it is very upsetting:
https://apnews.com/article/russia-uk...32f82ca351dede
Meanwhile, the staff at the Russian embassy in London have been tweeting that the pictures are of actors.
Presumably we have pulled out our embassy staff, so these people should be imprisoned for what they are doing, at least until the end of the war.
It was on Sky News on Sunday that Russian soldiers are laughing at people who are suffering and that women are being raped for hours on end by soldiers before being executed.
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Originally Posted by Mick
BREAKING: Russia tells U.S Ambassador that diplomatic ties are on the verge of being severed. - Reuters.
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NEW: Russia is considering moving MORE battalion tactical groups into Ukraine, but U.S. has seen no physical movements toward further deployments:- Senior U.S. defense official. - Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy.
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What would be the main problems from severing diplomatic ties?
Why do people think that Russia won't do this, what would be their concern?