On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russia will increase missile strikes on the city of Kyiv in response to alleged Ukrainian attacks inside Russian territory.
“The number and scope of missile strikes on facilities in Kyiv will increase in response to any terror-related attacks or subversive acts by the Kyiv nationalist regime on Russian territory,” Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement, according to Russia’s Tass news agency.
Konashenkov said that overnight, the Russian military struck a “military facility” on the outskirts of Kyiv using Kalibr sea-launched long-range precision missiles in retaliation for alleged cross-border attacks.
“As a result of the strike on the Zhulyany-based Vizar machine-building factory, the workshops of the production and repair of long-and medium-range surface-to-air missile systems and also anti-ship missiles were destroyed,” he said.
Russia on Thursday accused Ukraine of sending helicopters to bomb a Russian village in the Bryansk oblast that’s only six miles from the border. Russian officials said seven people were injured and that the strikes hit residential areas, but Ukraine denied responsibility. The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine rejected Russia’s accusation and claimed that Moscow was staging “terror attacks.”
Earlier this month, Russia accused Ukraine of launching a helicopter attack on a fuel depot in Belgorod, Russia. Ukrainian officials initially denied responsibility, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky chose not to comment on the incident when asked about it in an interview with Fox News.
“I’m sorry. I do not discuss any of my orders as commander in chief, the leader of this state, and there are things which I only share with the military armed forces of Ukraine and when they talk with me,” Zelensky said.
It is about time for Russia to target the Butcher of Bucha Zelensky and his key staff.
Taking out Zelensky is long overdue.
He does flaunt his military role, a much favored Nazi pose; but, probably best not. I don’t think his endless carping and scolding goes down well with the street (notably that prime bourgeois gov’t obsession with opinion surveying has been altogether lacking). He’s got himself into the annoying-little-pain-in-the-ass category.
Why this man or how come ( ethnic Jew) occupied highest office in Ukraine and although so many people died and still dying still Ukrainians not getting rid of him?
American weapons keep coming,it seams there is no light end of the tunnel that this war ends.
And Putin might do the unthinkable becoming more thinkable.
This Ukraine President looking after American deep states higher interest and that is elephant in the room
He occupies the highest office in Ukraine because he was elected to it.
And unless something in Ukraine’s political system breaks, that’s how Ukrainians would “get rid of” him as well.
Those two things would be the case whether he was an “ethnic Jew” or not.
Actually twice. Once on TV.
Actually twice what?
I think he means that Zelensky was elected on TV and in real life.
It seams he is interested to serve US interest than Ukraine.
We all know that Ukraine can not fight Russian Federation,and independent Ukraine would saved all those people died because this Presidents obsession with NATO membership.
So he is puppet, endorsed with Americans and Europeans and we all witnessing Crime against humanity just like witnessed crime against humanity in Iraq Afghanistan Libya Syria by Americans.
It is inconvenient truth that nobody like to mentioned,and it’s huge elephant in the room.
He is fighting for Ukraine, not US. How is that serving US interest?
There there there! All those weapons and billions of dollars help provided by US ; do you think is free? If it’s free,why on earth all these for free? You should ask that question to yourself,but you won’t,because that’s what useful idiots do.
It’s proxy war with Russian Federation and that’s the reason,
Google it, and learn, and “Information War” Google it,
It’s there to learn,and there is newer too late to be released beeing ” Useful idiots ” and learn,
I am just stating the obvious,
You can read the news as it happens on “antiwar.com” it’s worth checking out,
He occupies the highest office in Ukraine because he was elected to it.
And unless something in Ukraine’s political system breaks, that’s how Ukrainians would “get rid of” him as well.
Those two things would be the case whether he was an “ethnic Jew” or not.
He occupies the highest office in Ukraine because he was elected to it.
And unless something in Ukraine’s political system breaks, that’s how Ukrainians would “get rid of” him as well.
Those two things would be the case whether he was an “ethnic Jew” or not.
It’s getting hard to hear because of all the noise.
I wonder if the missiles that struck Vizar machine-building factory were fired by the Moskva. Did firing those missiles give Ukraine the information they needed to target the ship?
Whatever the case, Russia doesn’t need an excuse to target a weapons factory. I’m surprised it took them so long to do it. But, in that part of Ukraine, I assume Russia is trying to prioritize any target that might be used to store or distribute weapons that are headed for the eastern front.
Nope, ship was on the bottom of the sea before those were launched
Ukraine says it will step up strikes in Russia for the 190k troops that invaded Ukraine and are attacking his country since 24 February. Lol
The Kremlin attacks a country and then expects them to not fight back. You cannot make this stuff up 🤣
Almost as funny as you pretending Ukraine is an innocent as a schoolboy in this whole mess.
Of course Because Russia is the victim here. Poor country.
Innocent or not, any invaded country will fight back to defend itself. Do you expect Ukraine to drop guns and let Russia annex land at will?
I didn’t say any of those things. Your reading comprehension is as good as your perception of Ukraine.
I didn’t say you said any of that. I made a statement and asked a question. You are the one saying im pretending Ukraine… but that’s ok. I got poor reading comprehension and you are the smart one in the room.
You made a sarcastic comment in reply to what I said, and I replied to that. It fit. You found it humorous that Russia could be so cocky while being the one who invaded. But, as usual, you left out the reason they invaded making your comment completely one sided. You parrot the MSM, substance and style.
How about everybody stay on their own side of the border?
Like our southern border, for example.
I don’t notice any Mexican Army units on our side, so the problem at our Southern border while described as an “invasion” isn’t quite the same as what the Russians are doing.
You didn’t say military in your post, and the illegals are not staying on their side of the border.
According to the US Constitution (Article I, Section 9; Article V; and Amendment 10), there’s no such thing as an “illegal.” And a civilian crossing your preferred gang’s turf line to go to work making their (and your) life better is a lot different than a soldier crossing that turf line with the intent of killing or enslaving you.
My reply regarding “everyone should stay on their own side of the border” didn’t differentiate between civilian and military, so my reply to him was valid.
Well let’s just invite the whole world’s population here then, with no vetting whatsoever. See how that works out. According to our national laws, which apply to our nation, they are illegal.
Section 1325 in Title 8 of the United States Code, “Improper entry of alien”, provides for a fine, imprisonment, or both for any non-citizen who: enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration agents
When they start killing their own people , as Saddam was accused of, which prompted our invasion and occupation of Iraq, Russia would have a similar “humanitarian” reason to put a stop to it, just like we did. Not that I agree with that rationale in either case. It’s just the hypocrisy 24/7 on our warmongering media and OUR rules based order that seems to give us license to do whatever we want militarily because “_____” is a monster.
“According to our national laws, which apply to our nation, they are illegal.”
The US Constition, aka the “Supreme Law of the Land,” clearly and unambiguously forbids the US government to regulate immigration.
Since, per Madison v. Marbury, laws repugnant to the Constitution are void, there’s no such thing as an “illegal immigrant.”
Congress makes immigration laws. Congress is part of the US government. The laws are signed by the executive.I think that you mean “only the executive of the US government”? Yet, during the pandemic our executive regulated immigration. Was that illegal?
“Yet, during the pandemic our executive regulated immigration. Was that illegal?”
Yes. Article I, Section 9; Article V; and Amendment 10 of the US Constitution (the “Supreme Law of the Land”) make it clear that Congress has no authority to pass laws regulating immigration. The executive and judicial branches, therefore, have no authority to enforce said laws.
I just cited the law above, obviously that has passed muster from our courts. So that is the law.
Section. 9.
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress. Texas wasn’t one of the “now existing” States and that article pertains to the Federal Government not DISALLOWING immigration if a State (when the States still had the power) wanted it, and obviously referred to the movement of people among the sovereign, independent, and united States. Immaterial and non applicable to the illegal aliens coming in now.
Amendment 10 has nothing to do with it either.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Feel free to point to the power to regulate immigration delegated to the United States in the Constitution.
It’s not in there.
The reason it’s not in there is that the Constitution wouldn’t have been ratified if it had been in there. Pennsylvania said no to federal interference with immigration. The slave states said no to federal interference with the slave trade. The compromise was that both would absolutely forbidden for 20 years. After that, Congress’s power to regulate the slave trade would be covered by the international commerce clause, but a constitutional amendment would have been required to create a federal power to regulate immigration.
And that’s exactly how Congress understood it for 90 years. In 1875, an activist Supreme Court miracled up a power to regulate immigration out of thin air, without any reference whatsoever to any basis for that power in the Constitution (Chy Lung v. Freeman). Congress didn’t trust that, so they premised the first immigration act (the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882) on treat obligations with China.
It wasn’t until the 1890s that the feds unconstitutionally took over immigration from the Port Authority of New York, it wasn’t until 1947 that it unconstitutionally required a passport to enter or leave the United States, and even then that didn’t include crossing the borders of Mexico or Canada.
In 1980, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush scrapped during the primaries to see who could be the more “open borders” — in those words — Republican presidential candidate.
It wasn’t until the 2000s that the Republicans started trying to unconstitutionally out-authoritarian the Democrats on immigration, and they didn’t succeed in doing so until they nominated life-long Democrat Donald Trump for president on their ticket for lack of a sufficiently Democrat-like-on-immigration candidate who was actually a Republican.
There are probably hundreds of things not in the Constitution that have been overtaken by later overreach by the Government, but protecting our borders isn’t one of them, because currently there is no doubt that border States oppose unfettered entry by any person who wants to enter, including coyotes, drug dealers and an assortment of other criminals, along with the people who are searching for US government welfare. That money tree can only support so much of a load and the limbs are already cracking with our welfare/warfare state for legal Americans. The prognosis for our fiscal future is already terminal.
It wasn’t until hundreds of thousands of illegals were breaching our national borders that the law as I indicated above, was finally beginning to be enforced.
If nation-state borders mean nothing, well then maybe our UN Rep should demand all nations stop disallowing entry into their nations by anyone who wants to enter without showing passports or any other credentials I guess China would win in that scenario, India too, because with all their people they could out-populate nations with natural resources and Chinese and/or Indian culture would rule. Maybe that’s our destiny. Actually, I’d prefer Chinese ahead of Indian because I like Chinese food better and I’ve been exposed to the Mandarin language.
George Bush and Ronald Reagan usurped their executive powers in taking away powers granted to the States by the Constitution, and the D.C. junta has been doing that ever since. That darn Federal government allowing what Texas is against.
However this is the current law: “Section 1325 in Title 8 of the United States Code, “Improper entry of alien”, provides for a fine, imprisonment, or both for any non-citizen who: enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated.” Is it Constitutional? Maybe not. But when did that ever stop any government enhancing it’s own authority.
Maybe when an illegal is apprehended, released and then maybe shows up for a court date, they should cite the US Constitution and see how far that goes in getting their case thrown out?
“If nation-state borders mean nothing”
Well, of COURSE nation-state borders mean nothing. They’re gang turf lines, and dividing lines between the various gangs’ human livestock claims.
You’re correct that under the Constitution, the states can claim power to regulate immigration. And that power has been suppressed by unconstitutional federal action, as in Arizona a few years back.
But I don’t see any reason not to point out that federal immigration authoritarianism, like all immigration authoritarianism, is evil and stupid. Or that the federal version specifically is unconstitutional. Nobody owes the gang turf lines / pasture fences any respect in any case, but a particular gang not even going by its own rules is fair game to point out.
Nice exchange Thomas, thanks!
But wasn’t Chy Lung v. Freeman precisely a step in the right direction (at least for the people concerned at the time) against “evil and stupid authoritarianism” ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chy_Lung_v._Freeman
“The court was also critical of the lack of due process governing the immigration commissioner’s decisions to mark particular immigrants as lewd and debauched.” so that would be V and XIV amendments, not entirely “out of thin air”.
The V and XIV amendments may have provided justification for being “critical,” but they were not invoked as the basis for declaring a new, unenumerated federal power which had been specifically rejected by the Constitution’s framers any more than “I’m concerned that this guy didn’t get a jury trial” would be the basis for “the official national sport shall henceforth be badminton.”
yes. what I mean is, from the point of view of the Chinese women, the decision is “great, the Federal government is protecting my right to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness against an oppressive local government”. but then later the federal government uses that same power to do the exact opposite. not sure how this can be avoided, I don’t have an answer, just find it interesting.
So what? Ukraine isn’t quite like Iraq either.
We didn’t have “our side of the border” when we attacked Iraq, Afghanistan, Serbia, Syria, and Libya.
Those were crimes, I was opposed to all of that. Whataboutism. Well Afghanistan initially not so much.
Afflicted with Forgetaboutism, John?
I agree. And that would include those who instigate coups in other countries or try to surround a nuclear power with an alliance that is way past its expiration date.
They have been brainwashed continuously for 22 years now and it shows 😵💫
Russia keeps flailing about but its pretty obvious they have no clue they are in a real war, or at least cannot admit they are fighting a real war.
Wiki Maps are extremely accurate; the Russians have been forced to scale back their operations to just the Donbass, and even that may not be enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#/media/File:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg
Ukraine should make some offensive moves into Russia north of Kharkiv, it would be a great diversion and I’m sure there are a lot of bridges and railways they could blow up.
If they could capture a city or two that would be even better. Let the Ruskies taste their own medicine.
Wouldn’t that “ratchet up the tensions”?
“Wouldn’t that ratchet up the tensions”
There is a full scale war going on, if it somehow escaped you.
…… No there isn’t, that’s a skirmish over the borders. Full scale are one of the two “big ones” which warmongers would like to see this skirmish escalate into. Just keep “ratcheting up the tensions” with that “our patience is not unlimited” or “the gun is cocked” which is reminiscent of our dumb ass verbiage when we slaughter innocent weak people in weak nations.
“skirmish over the borders.”
Tell the Ruskies to keep themselves close to the border them.
“Full scale are one of the two big ones”
So you mean there can only be a “full scale” war between China and the US?
You are wrong, the terms refer to two countries attacking each other with their regular armies over time. Just as in Ukraine over the last 8 weeks.
ZelBoy as “commander in chief”…boy Howdy, that notion should worry the Ukrainian people!
The Cokehead of Kiev in charge . What could go wrong?
You scratch a progressive and out of the progressive cocoon comes a war hawk in nearly every case. The textbook example is the pro-Kaiser voting of nearly all Socialist members of the German Reichstag in 1914 to finance the war against France. My grandfather Adolf Geck was one of the few no voters.