The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread

[rsemmes]

It would be interesting compare wartime stimulation of the economy with pre WW2 Germany and present day Russia ,did Germany believe it had no choice to invade Russia because of being unable to scale back its military economy . Similarly how easy would it be for Russia to resume its normal economy without a military focus

No, Germany did not "believe" that and it had nothing to do with the invasion of the USSR. The German economy was still recovering, but Hitler wanted more guns than butter; and he was planning a war around 1942. Also, the "German efficiency" was pretty inefficient.
It would be as easy as the Marshall Plan, but in an inefficient, Russian way. I think that Russia will re-stock, first of all; then, it will try to increase its international arms sales and last, years later, redirect the economy. Obviously, some production will move away form weapons as soon as, a bit after, there is a peace agreement.

 

[seaspear]

Sorry for using wiki the plans involving russia and Germany were interesting

German–Soviet economic relations (1934–1941) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[rsemmes]

RTVE (Spanish BBC):
"La alta representante de la Unión Europea (UE) para Asuntos Exteriores y Seguridad, Kaja Kallas, ha afirmado que, tras la llamada del lunes entre el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, y su homólogo ruso, Vladímir Putin, Rusia sigue sin querer la paz, y que no hay más alternativa a presionarle con más sanciones."

"El presidente ucraniano ha acusado a Rusia de jugar a ganar tiempo para poder continuar la guerra y la ocupación de territorio.
Zelenski ha dicho que Ucrania no tiene dudas de que la guerra debe terminar en una mesa de negociaciones, pero debe haber propuetas claras y creíbles, y ha pedido más sanciones internacionales para presionar a Rusia."

Kallas says that Russia doesn't want peace. (Russia proposed the latest negotiations, Kiev left).

Zelenski accuses Russia of playing at winning time to fight the war on. (There is no need for Russian games, Ukraine, even with a translator, abandoned the negotiations. As an example, the shape of the table was an issue during the Paris negotiations to end the American participation in the Vietnam war; the war ended two years later with a clear NVM victory.)

Zelenski is not asking NATO to fight this war for him anymore, just for more sanctions. I wonder if he is expecting some "divine wind" to end this war in his favour.

 

[KipPotapych]

It HAS been reported. If it hadn't been, how would I have heard it?

A lot has been reported.

The point is that over three years later the “investigation is ongoing”. Or the Odesa fire, over 11 years later crickets is all we hear. Conclusions are rather obvious, as they are to the UN, Ukrainian courts, those who follow even a little bit, etc.

Oh, & in English "rouge" ('roozh') is red cosmetics for the face. "Rouge" is French for "red". The word you want is "rogue".

Rouge (cosmetics) - Wikipedia

Oh, thanks. I had no idea!

Seriously?