What Weaver said was my point. There's no reason to assign war atrocities that might or might not have happened to Russia when there's plenty of obvious to be pointing at.
I agree that Western countries have used similar incendiaries. However, I still consider their indiscriminate use a war crime, even though it is only technically such vs civilians and the International community has failed to police and prosecute it despite widespread use in many conflicts.there's no use pretending it's some transgressive thing or particular to just russia or something.
They can also force you to surrender or ceasefire. Perhaps even to overthrow government. Shelling energy infrastructure is war crime, but looks like it's effective at disrupting logistics and break morale, which should be a lesson for other countries that current power grid structures isn't effective in case of war.Another mass attack on civilian infrastructure today. All power plants stopped. All our cities to my knowledge are in complete blackout. No water, no internet, no heating either. Went to the mall where they have generators and Wi-Fi. I feel like Russia is situating the west in a tight spot in this manner. They either have to give us long range weapons so that we could fight back or they will have to give up on us to put us out of our misery. No third option, unless watching millions of people die of hunger is an option.
I believe Germany donated about 2400 generators last week. (EDIT: Could not find a reliable source for this, so take it with a bucketload of salt)They can also force you to surrender or ceasefire. Perhaps even to overthrow government. Shelling energy infrastructure is war crime, but looks like it's effective at disrupting logistics and break morale, which should be a lesson for other countries that current power grid structures isn't effective in case of war.
On the other hand, i've heard that there are some foreign supplies of backup electricity generators, is that true?
Aren't there already long range weapons being sold/donated? Or are they mostly anti-air?Another mass attack on civilian infrastructure today. All power plants stopped. All our cities to my knowledge are in complete blackout. No water, no internet, no heating either. Went to the mall where they have generators and Wi-Fi. I feel like Russia is situating the west in a tight spot in this manner. They either have to give us long range weapons so that we could fight back or they will have to give up on us to put us out of our misery. No third option, unless watching millions of people die of hunger is an option.
The latest package includes 200 generators, an undisclosed amount of additional rounds for both the advanced NASAMS air defense systems and the HIMARS artillery systems the U.S. has shipped to Ukraine, 150 heavy machine guns with thermal sights to shoot down drones, 10,000 120mm mortar rounds and 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition, among other items, the Pentagon said.
Glad you’re reconnected to power. Sanctions are a long term measure, that won’t stop the war and hopefully won’t be lifted with any peace deal. The West has frozen $300 billion of Russian linked assets, hopefully international law will be altered to allow confiscation to fund rebuilding of Ukraine. https://inkstickmedia.com/confiscating-russian-assets-the-devil-in-the-details/Today I got power and internet back for the first time in three days. On the third day I felt much more adapted to living in darkness and cold without an instant connection with the outer world. Is there anything humans can not adapt to if they steeled their spirit?
Weirdly, this reaffirmed my conviction that sanctions will never stop the war.
Unsolicited advice does not help anyone. Especially when you suggest borderline options in a borderline situation. It's no good.1. Emigrate and find a job to be ahead of the curve.
2. Join the armed forces
Looks like they've run out (or almost run out) of those drones. Have not heard of them being used in weeks.Ukraine won't have electricity and soon means of rail transportation unless there is cease of hostilities. Iranian drones might be worse than contemporary ones (for example warmates) and be not good enough to deal with military targets, but they are good enough to move infrastructure into stone age. So it will be long winter, especially for old and disabled people.
Today I got power and internet back for the first time in three days. On the third day I felt much more adapted to living in darkness and cold without an instant connection with the outer world. Is there anything humans can not adapt to if they steeled their spirit?
Weirdly, this reaffirmed my conviction that sanctions will never stop the war.
On a different note, my company is approaching bankruptcy and the next month I will be let go. I'm considering my options.
This winter will be absolutely terrible. But something tells me there will yet be a worse one.
Thanks for your attention.That's terrible news Weaver, I am very sorry to hear it.
Is there any government assistance available for companies to avoid bankruptcy or is that not on their (the governments) minds right now? How are the economic outlooks for your line of work in the country? Would your company or similar companies be able to quickly recover once the war effort is over?
Thanks for your attention.
I used a wrong word. It is not going bankrupt it is downsizing. They’ll pull through. Cool guys, I’ll miss them.
It was not the job of my dream either. For the last few years I was in this line of work to pay the bills. I was going to quit last spring but changed plans because of the war.
Now I have an opportunity to pursue the job of my dream. Which will yield less money for a while but way more fulfilment.