The member nation went all out anyway, whats the point of a peaceful venue to talk things out if at least one side has absolutely no interest in using it.
Nobody has the intention to invade Ukraine
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Not to defend the UN's cowardice, but I can kinda see drawing a legalistic distinction between a formally declared war (in which two aggressors attack each other over a casus belli [meaning that both sides publicly acknowledge that they have no grudge against anyone else --including aid workers and unrelated foreign nationals caught in the conflict area]) and an invasion (in which a single belligerent unilaterally attacks/annexes a sovereign neighbour without any formal declaration, provocation, or allowance for non-combatants).
In this case, Russia is the clear-cut aggressor, and Ukraine had no intent to enter into combat or influence/destabilize the Russian government, nor has it displayed any intent to contest or seize Russian sovereign territory (even if, let's face it, they probably could at this point).
They don't want to call it an invasion either.
They don't want to call it anything that would require them to actually act.
They're only war crimes if you lose, and Putin (sadly) hasn't given up yet.
And Russia continues to fail horribly at not f'ing up Nuclear plants:
Specifically, Russia a part of the UN with permanent veto power. Most other UN countries don't have that.
So now power has been knocked out at Chernobyl, and they've got about 48 hours of diesel for backup generators before things get scary. So is this part of Russia's plan? If so seems pretty stupid.
www.huffpost.com
Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Site Knocked Off Power Grid, Generators On, Ukraine Says
Emergency generators are now supplying backup power at the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant.
It probably is part of their plan: scare both europe as a whole and ukraine in specific with nuclear disaster in a bid to blackmail for control. I wouldn't be surprised if russia starts pushing REALLY HARD for negotiations now.
Italy’s far-right former deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini was publicly humiliated by a Polish mayor for his history of wearing Putin t-shirts:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/v...one-matteo-salvini-confronted-in-poland-video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/v...one-matteo-salvini-confronted-in-poland-video
"We aren't going to attack Ukraine with nuclear weapons, but they have a lot of nuclear power plants... sure would be a shame if they all just happened to suffer a catastrophic meltdown at the same time."
Although to be fair, said Polish mayor is himself a member of a populist right-wing party.
Even evil has standards, so to speak!
The world's dumbest orchestra is cancelling a Tchaikovsky concert. Because his music may be too upsetting for audiences right now.
Tchaikovsky loved Ukraine. This is so stupid it's unbelievable.
Tchaikovsky loved Ukraine. This is so stupid it's unbelievable.
Sadly lot of people being stupid about anything that is Russian. Some morons were apparently trying to give Duolingo grief for still offering the language for learning? The hug. Not the first time in American history that we've tried to shame languages out of usage tho
case in point:
www.businessinsider.com
A French restaurant says it received insults and threats from customers who thought its signature Quebecois dish poutine was named after Putin
La Maison de la Poutine said it "seems necessary" to remind diners its name and signature dish are "unrelated to the Russian regime and its leader."
www.businessinsider.com
case in point:
A French restaurant says it received insults and threats from customers who thought its signature Quebecois dish poutine was named after Putin
La Maison de la Poutine said it "seems necessary" to remind diners its name and signature dish are "unrelated to the Russian regime and its leader."
"I wonder if this "House of Poutine" is any relation?"
"Unlikely, sir, they spell and pronounce their names differently."
"Bah! I'll insult and threaten the staff until they tell me themselves!"
~L~