“Paradoxical” is a polite way of saying the world is out of it’s joints. AGAIN.
Boris Zabarko escaped Nazi terror as a child. The memory of the persecution of the Jews is his life’s work. Now the 86-year-old historian has fled to Germany because of the war in Ukraine.
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Together with the Jewish community in Stuttgart, Zabarko is now trying to gain a foothold in Germany. But he doesn’t want to stay here.
Well, he’s somebody’s son.
His mother may not want to believe it, but his girlfriend/wife has gone a few steps beyond just believing it.
While the Russian state purports to be fighting to preserve the Russian language, they are attacking it, murdering Russian speakers, tainting Russian culture by association and weakening the imagined connection between the Russian word and the Russian soil. Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled abroad in the past few months; Russophone communities in neighbouring countries seem to be taking the side of Ukraine, perhaps fearing that they too might be “liberated”. And in Ukraine Putin has, in a stroke, dissolved any tensions between Ukrainians of different linguistic backgrounds, uniting them against a common enemy.
Putin has no other choice. Russia has a choice…
It’s even better - the word they used for “will die” is only used when talking about animals dying. Normally when talking about human “помре” would be used instead of “здохне”. “здохне” is deeply insulting 
Edit: I speak Polish and can understand a bit of Russian, and it’s pretty cool to see how Ukrainian has similarities to both.
Dzień dobry!
That the little bit of Polish I know. My exMiL is Polish.
So if we ship helicopters, and other war materiel, over to give to Ukraine for use against the Russians, would the Russians be justified under international law in sinking/shooting down the transports before they arrive?
‘There Is Such Fuckery Going on Here’: Russian Soldiers ‘Revolting’ as They Get Stiffed on Ukraine Payouts
Also superiors are reportedly taking soldiers care packages from home.
Good luck with that…
Another ‘fuck you’ to a Russian warship.
Ukraine claims it damaged a Russian warship
Ukraine says it struck and damaged a Russian warship in the Black Sea on Wednesday, according to a Telegram messaged posted by Odessa governor Maksym Marchenko.
“Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship. Glory to Ukraine!” Marchenko’s message read.
In a YouTube broadcast, Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych said “a surprise happened with the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet”, AFP reported.
The Guardian could not independently confirm the attack. AFP did not receive any confirmation from the Russian military of an attack on the warship.
The Russian warship.
Russian warship ‘seriously damaged’ after ammunition explosion as crew evacuated, Russian defence ministry says
The Russian defence ministry has said the entire crew of the warship Moskva, reported to be struck by Ukraine in the Black Sea late on Wednesday night, has been evacuated after an ammunition explosion resulted in a fire on the ship.The ship was famously defied by Ukrainian troops on Snake Island at the start of the war
“The cruiser ‘Moskva’ of the Black Sea Fleet was seriously damaged as a result of the detonation of ammunition that occurred as a result of a fire, the crew was evacuated,” Russian state media outlet TASS reported, citing the Russian defene ministry.
“As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged. The crew was completely evacuated,” the ministry added.
Earlier this evening, Ukraine said it struck and damaged a Russian warship in the Black Sea, according to a Telegram messaged posted by Odessa governor Maksym Marchenko.
“It has been confirmed that the missile cruiser Moskva today went exactly where it was sent by our border guards on Snake Island!” Marchenko said.
On the first day of the invasion, the small garrison refused calls from the ship for it to surrender, telling the ship to “go fuck yourself”.
Ukrainian presidential aide Oleksiy Arestovych said the ship could have as many as 510 crew members on board.
