War News Part 4

[ichkeria]

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Ukrainian forces reportedly recaptured Mykolaiv airport

A lot of abandoned military hardware around there

(Mylolaiv is a port up river from the Black Sea, between Kherson and Odesa)

https://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/general/808878.html

[naomi24]

His picture is at the very top of the page.

[jim360]

When I click the link there is a header picture of three people at the top of the page: a tall man on the left, a woman in the middle, and another man on the right. I'm guessing the tall man is Wolfgang.

[THECORBYLOON]

I don't see any of that.

[THECORBYLOON]

This is what I see on my 'phone.

https://ibb.co/KrFRxY4

[jno]

Russia close to defaulting on bonds

///Fitch has downgraded Russia’s sovereign debt to its second lowest level, down six notches to C. That’s just one step above borrowers who have defaulted.
The agency warns: The ‘C’ rating reflects Fitch’s view that a sovereign default is imminent.///

[Khandro]

jim: // I'm guessing the tall man is Wolfgang.//

Yes, I think the other man is his brother, I don't know much about the firm & It isn't really important, I only put in the link to humanise the story.

Making conversation, I once told him I'd had his name blazoned next to my side-window when stuck in a traffic jam on the Autobahn, I asked him how many coaches he had & he said 47 !

[jim360]

TCL: It seems that the pictures Naomi and I are seeing, and that K described, only appear if you have the website open on a non-mobile device, and then only if the webpage is filling something in the region of 2/3 of the screen. Rest assured that the pictures are there, though.

Anyway, all this is beside the point.

[jim360]

In case you're interested, TCL, it's more accurate to say that the pictures of the three people only appear if the webpage (in mobile or otherwise) is specifically 1021 pixels or more across.

[THECORBYLOON]

Cheers, Jim! I reduced the screen size to 33% on mobile and it worked.

[Khandro]

**Amnesty international deem Russian strike in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv which reportedly killed 47 civilians a war crime**

They said in a statement: "Based on new interviews and the verification and analysis of video evidence, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response team has concluded the attack was mostly likely a Russian air strike in which at least eight unguided aerial bombs – known as ‘dumb bombs’ – were used.

"We were not able to identify a legitimate military target at, or close to, the scene of the strike. Satellite imagery from 28 February shows a queue of people outside the building that was impacted by the strike.

"Based on this imagery and testimony gathered from witnesses, we believe the majority of victims were queuing for food when the missiles struck.'

[naomi24]

//We were not able to identify a legitimate military target //

Whatever makes them think the Russians are concerned about attacking 'legitimate' targets'? I've seen no evidence of that.

[douglas9401]

It's all being filed away for the post-war trial, that's all.

[Peter Pedant]

// Whatever makes them think the Russians are concerned about attacking 'legitimate' targets'?//
because it is a war crime if they dont

you really knew that innit

wasnt it 20 for karadjic ? - twenty y in hiding - and nil for Stalin but times change

[naomi24]

PP, have good look at all the threads. There are a few of my posts you’ve missed picking up on today…. but then you have only just arrived so I expect you’ll get around to it.

[RainbowRainbow]

Have some of the British troops gone off to Ukraine?

[naomi24]

No, rainbow. Some people who used to be in the British army have gone, along with others, but that was their choice.

[RainbowRainbow]

Thanks

[Peter Pedant]

// PP, have good look at all the threads.// - thank you - I always call in Ich because well it (he) is so good. And seems to know Russian and Ukrainian ( and it wdnt surprise me if he added in Polish, Lithuanian and Ruthenian )

The Poles too have a lot of barlz - my father met the survivors of the 1944 Uprising in POW camp. They were given POW status and he met Michaelovsky-Bor. And before anyone says "good god were they?" the other one was 1943 Razing of the warsaw ghetto when they were all deaded. Hopelessly confused on Tuesday Antiques Rd thingey - the medals worth £100 000 bit

oh and before I forget - the map showing the flow of refugees into Poland ( v v thick arrow) and the thinner arrows for Hungary and Romania? This is a replay of Minard's map of the Napoleons retreat from Moscow - a million men start - - v v thck and around 10 000 get back ( v v thin arrow)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard

keep up the good work Ich

[Peter Pedant]

// Have some of the British troops gone off to Ukraine?//
no it is against the law and this has been made plain to them ( I think desertion would feature)

the vets who have gone have also been warned they may be indicted ( but of course there is all this ya-ya about if the law is broken then there MUST be a prosecution which in fact is not true)

[Khandro]

In an unlawful war, anyone can join in. They wont be in British Army uniforms or flying under a British flag.

Hungary, The Spanish Civil war etc. lots of Brits went to fight & there's nothing the government can or could do about it.

The authority this government thinks it now has over British free citizens has from its draconian measures on covid gone to their tiny heads.

Good luck to them sez I