I believe NYT makes you login, even on a gift link. Here is a TLDR:

President Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike Russian and North Korean forces in Russia, a significant shift in U.S. policy. This decision comes in response to Russia’s introduction of North Korean troops into the conflict and their anticipated assault on Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region.

The move reflects growing concerns over Ukraine’s ability to withstand simultaneous assaults while defending territory. The authorization aims to bolster Ukraine’s defense, target high-value military assets, and deter North Korean involvement. However, it has sparked debate among U.S. officials over escalation risks, as Russia might retaliate against the U.S. or its allies.

President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to reduce U.S. support for Ukraine, is set to take office in two months, adding urgency to the decision. The Ukrainian strategy may include using captured Russian territory in Kursk as leverage in potential future negotiations. Meanwhile, the risk of Russian countermeasures remains a central concern for Biden’s administration and its allies.

My take: I’ve been waiting on this since the US election. It’s sound strategy of we believe Putin won’t want to escalate with NATO before Trump takes office.

How come we don’t call cruise missiles, “suicide rockets”?

You added a zero (to yesterday’s tally).

And is casualties, not deaths. Casualties includes wounded.

They are probably going to come in talking about how great they are for the planet. Spreading the gospel and all that; the Stone Age doesn’t produce as many greenhouse gases as the industrial age, after all.

Someone watched the Garfield movie and said, “This gives me an idea…”

Ugh. I blame it on autocorrect and swipe.

were issued with fake ID cards of residents of the Yakutia and Buryatia, two regions in Siberia

Yes, absolutely Serbian. You can tell because of the way they are.

• Despite sanctions, Russia adapts by engaging with strategic partners like China to circumvent restrictions.

• China has replaced Western nations as a major supplier of goods to Russia, with trade between the two reaching $240 billion in 2023. In 2021, the total trade between the two countries was approximately $147 billion.

• Specific exports from China to Russia include CNC machines, semiconductors, microelectronics, ball bearings, nitrocellulose, drones, and construction equipment.

• The Sino-Russian relationship has deepened, with both nations criticizing the U.S. and increasing their cooperation.

Bottom line: China don’t care. But we knew this already.

Current crowd source intel says 665K:

https://lemmy.world/post/20696449

I think the pentagon’s numbers give this tally significant strength.

For me, it’s the other way around.

Gigity gigity.

Trudeau says Ukraine can strike deep into Russia with NATO arms

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep inside Russia

These are not the same statements.

Why are people who joined on another instance only 30 minutes ago allowed to post? Seems like a fix is in order.

That’s the argument made on one of the interviews in a sky news video on this. That Russia is making their troops “zero” surrendering Ukrainians to ensure they, the russians, won’t surrender in the future.

Because they already made surrendering impossible by murdering Ukrainians.

You can have my coffee over my cold unemployed hands.

Why TF is China talking to Brazil, Indonesia, and SA about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine??

Have they, like, tried talking to Russia?

I have a canon printer, and canon DRM’d the maintenance cartridge so you have to keep buying new ones, even if they aren’t close to full. First and only purchase on ali was a device to fix that little issue.

Some good / some bad. Mostly, I would argue, due to the greed of corporations.

A banana is to a mile as a banana peel is to a square mile.

A banana peel is 181.48 sq cm or 7.007 × 10^-9 sq miles, so…

(386.1 (sq miles)) / (7.00736808e-9 (sq miles)/(banana peel)) =

5.50991464 × 10¹⁰ banana peels.

So 55 billion, give or take.

As is tradition: 386 square miles.

The countermeasure is to bury them with large bulldozers, but this still forces an insurgent army to cross within a focused area, as opposed to anywhere along the border. They buy time, advanced warning, and restrict enemy maneuverability.

Is this guy the motivation behind Run Ronnie Run?

The trailer alone is great: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ-jbVwc4g