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Gấu mẹ vĩ đại chiếm Crimea, Donbas, Gấu trúc vĩ đại chiếm Trường Sa.
Gấu mẹ vĩ đại bị ICC tố giác truy nã. Gấu trúc vĩ đại đi lòng vòng chơi biểu
dương gân bắp.
"Phi đối xứng!".
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Originally Posted by ốc
Gấu mẹ vĩ đại chiếm Crimea, Donbas, Gấu trúc vĩ đại chiếm Trường Sa.
Gấu mẹ vĩ đại bị ICC tố giác truy nã. Gấu trúc vĩ đại đi lòng vòng chơi biểu
dương gân bắp.
"Phi đối xứng!".
"Đời con ăn mặn đời cha khát nước"
Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture flees jail term
Masha's school contacted the police after the 12-year-old drew this picture
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Không thày đố mày mất cha.
Trường là chỗ nhồi sọ con nít và tuyên truyền cho chế độ mà thôi.
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Russian man whose daughter drew anti-war pictures is detained after fleeing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tained-fleeing
Thương tình con trẻ cha giàQuote:
The independent Russian news outlet SOTA Project reported on Thursday that police had apprehended Moskalyov in Minsk, Belarus. Citing an unnamed source, SOTA reported that police had located Moskalyov via a mobile phone in the apartment he was staying in.
Moskalyov and Maria have been separated since he was placed under house arrest at the start of March and she was moved to a state-run “rehabilitation centre” for minors, with the pair denied contact. On Wednesday, Moskalyov’s lawyer Vladimir Biliyenko said he had visited the shelter a day earlier but the girl was not there.
But in a letter published on social media Maria called her father “the bravest person in the world”.
“I love you very much and know that you are not guilty of anything,” the letter read. “Everything will be OK and we will be together. You are my hero,” it added.
Nhìn hình xong đã máu sa ruột rầu
(Đoạn trường phân ly)
Đứ(t) chến!
Germany's military gaps cannot be fully bridged by 2030: Defence minister
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius attend the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on Mar 22, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Michele Tantussi)
01 Apr 2023 01:26PM
(Updated: 01 Apr 2023 01:26PM)
BERLIN: Germany's military cannot completely fill its existing gaps by 2030, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius was quoted as saying, as Berlin seeks to revamp its armed forces after Russia's invasion of Ukraine following decades of neglect.
"We all know that the existing gaps cannot be completely closed by 2030 ... It will take years. Everyone is aware of that," Pistorius said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag newspaper published on Saturday (Apr 1).
Already worn down by decades of underinvestment since the end of the Cold War, the Bundeswehr is in even worse shape than a year ago given weapons and munitions donated to Ukraine have mostly not yet been replaced, say experts.
Pistorius rejected further arms deliveries to Ukraine from the Bundeswehr stocks beyond the announced commitments.
"To put it bluntly, like other nations, we have a limited inventory. As federal defence minister, I cannot give everything away," he said.
The minister, who was appointed earlier this year, said increasing the defence budget to reach the NATO spending target of 2 per cent of national output, from currently around 1.5 per cent, was his highest priority.
"If that is then set in motion at the end of the (legislative) period, then I would be satisfied," he added.
Germany is also planning a naval mission in the Indo-Pacific region next year and is intensifying its partnerships with key countries in the region, such as Japan, Australia, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Singapore, he said, saying Europe's freedom of movement in seas there was "too challenged".
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Vì chiến cuộc bên Ukraine cho nên họ phải tính toán theo nhu cầu quân sự của thời chiến chứ không phải vì nước Đức thiếu thốn. Trước giờ các chính phủ Đức vẫn không được phép thiết lập và trang bị cho một quân đội hùng hậu.
Còn nhớ khi thống nhất Đông và Tây, Helmut Kohl phải đi trấn an các nước láng giềng là nước Đức mới sẽ không trở thành một hiểm hoạ quân sự cho Âu châu. Hiền lành như bồ câu, xem nhau như huynh đệ, tương trợ bất tương xâm, best friends for life…
Chiến tranh xảy ra đã thay đổi lập trường của mọi người, cho nên Đức đang nói về một quy mô quân sự của thời chiến, với tiềm năng tối đa của một cường quốc kinh tế, không còn bị giới hạn bởi dư luận hay chính trị gia.
Quân trung tăng lớn pháo đài
Vệ trong thị lập cơ ngoài song phi
Sẵn sàng tề chỉnh uy nghi
Hoả tiêu chật đất phi đạn rợp sân
(Quân trường tân thanh)
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Welcome cô gái Phần Lan to NATO ( no action talk only :z52:)
Nói chứ Phần Lan nước nhỏ xíu mà có đến 9 trăm ngàn quân trừ bị và một dàn vũ khí đáng nể.
Finland joins NATO in historic shift, Russia threatens 'counter-measures'
By Anne Kauranen
and Andrew Gray
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[1/9] Finnish and Nato flags flutter at the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry, ahead of Finland's accession to NATO, in Helsinki, Finland, April 4, 2023. Lehtikuva/Antti Hamalainen via REUTERS
HELSINKI/BRUSSELS, April 4 (Reuters) - Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday, its flag unfurling outside the military bloc's Brussels headquarters, in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from Moscow of "counter-measures".
Finland's accession roughly doubles the length of the border that NATO shares with Russia and bolsters its eastern flank as the war in Ukraine grinds on with no resolution in sight.
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto completed the accession process by handing over an official document to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at NATO's HQ.
Finland's flag - a blue cross on a white background - was hoisted alongside those of the alliance's 30 other members as a military band played in bright sunshine.
"For almost 75 years, this great alliance has shielded our nations and continues to do so today," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared at the ceremony. "But war has returned to Europe and Finland has decided to join NATO and be part of the world's most successful alliance."
Stoltenberg earlier noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin had cited opposition to NATO's eastward enlargement as one justification for invading Ukraine.
"He is getting exactly the opposite...Finland today, and soon also Sweden will become a full fledged member of the alliance," Stoltenberg said in Brussels.
Finnish President Saul Niinisto said Finland's most significant contribution to NATO's common deterrence and defence would be to defend its own territory. There is still significant work to be done to coordinate this with NATO, he said.
"It is a great day for Finland and I want to say that it is an important day for NATO," Niinisto said at a joint news conference with Stoltenberg.
The Kremlin said Russia would be forced to take "counter-measures" to Finland's accession. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the move raised the prospect of the conflict in Ukraine escalating further.
Russia had said on Monday it would strengthen its military capacity in its western and northwestern regions in response to Finland joining NATO.
The Ukrainian government also hailed Finland's move. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak wrote on Telegram: "FI made the right choice. NATO is also a key goal for Ukraine."
END TO MILITARY NON-ALIGNMENT
The event marks the end of an era of military non-alignment for Finland that began after the country repelled an invasion attempt by the Soviet Union during World War Two and opted to try to maintain friendly relations with neighbouring Russia.
But the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted Finns to seek security under NATO's collective defence pact, which states that an attack on one member is an attack on all.
Moscow, which long criticised the move, reacted crossly.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the NATO expansion was an "encroachment on our security and on Russia's national interests". Moscow would watch closely for any NATO military deployments in Finland, he said.
Since the end of the Cold War three decades ago, Moscow has watched successive waves of NATO enlargement to the formerly communist east of Europe with consternation, and the issue was a bone of contention even before the invasion of Ukraine.
NATO has repeatedly stressed that it is solely a defensive alliance and does not threaten Russia. Moscow says the funnelling of heavy weaponry to Ukraine by NATO countries since the war began proves the West is bent on destroying Russia.
Finland's accession brings NATO significant military capabilities developed over the years as it is one of the few European countries to have retained a conscription army through decades of peace, wary of Russia next door. In addition, Finland's ground, naval and air forces are all trained and equipped with one primary aim - to repel any Russian attack.
On their way to work on Tuesday, Helsinki residents welcomed Finland's entry into NATO, saying they felt more secure.
"I feel it's a good thing that Finland is joining NATO. We have been here next to Russia for ages," said Outi Lantimaki, 59, a designer at a shipyard. "My father was in the war with the Russians so this is like a personal thing to me."
People in the Russian city of St Petersburg, only out 150 km (93 miles) from the Finnish border, said Finland could be making problems for itself by joining NATO.
"I don't think this is a very pleasant thing because we had good, neighbourly relations with Finland for quite a long time. It joining NATO isn't based on anything. But I hope reason will prevail and that there'll be no bad, military conflicts after this," said one resident who gave his name only as Alexi.
Finland and its Nordic neighbour Sweden applied together last year to join NATO, but the Swedish application has been held up by NATO members Turkey and Hungary.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstroem told reporters it was Stockholm's ambition to become a member at the NATO summit in Vilnius in July.
Turkey says Stockholm harbours members of what Ankara considers terrorist groups - an accusation Sweden denies - and has demanded their extradition as a step toward ratifying Swedish membership.
Hungary cites grievances over criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's record on democracy and rule of law.
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Xúi bậy.
Bill Clinton says he feels 'terrible' for pushing a 1994 agreement with Russia that resulted in Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons
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Boris Yeltsin with Bill Clinton, 1998
Former US President Bill Clinton said that he regrets pressuring Ukraine to give up its nuclear warheads in a high-stakes negotiation in 1994.
In an interview with Irish news service RTÉ released on Tuesday, Clinton said that he felt a "personal stake" in Ukraine's fragile territorial integrity. He said he believed that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine in 2014, and in 2022, had the weapons still been in the country — a position that a Soviet historian echoed to Insider.
"I feel a personal stake because I got them [Ukraine] to agree to give up their nuclear weapons," Clinton said. "And none of them believe that Russia would have pulled this stunt if Ukraine still had their weapons."
In 1994, the US helped broker the Budapest Memorandum, with former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, and former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk, with the intention of getting rid of nuclear weapons that were still stationed on Ukraine's territory after the fall of the Soviet Union.
The US also negotiated agreements for Russia to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and borders, which Clinton said was also shortsighted. Specifically, in 2014, Russia violated its promise that it would not challenge Ukraine's borders after the invasion of Crimea.
According to the Wall Street Journal, in 1994, Clinton eventually offered Kravchuk $700 million and "strong security assurances" for the disarmament of the nuclear weapons.
"I knew that President Putin did not support the agreement President Yeltsin made never to interfere with Ukraine's territorial boundaries — an agreement he made because he wanted Ukraine to give up their nuclear weapons," Clinton said in the interview. "They were afraid to give them up because they thought that's the only thing that protected them from an expansionist Russia."
Simon Miles, an assistant professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and a historian of the Soviet Union and US-Soviet relations, told Insider that without the deal, Russia would have thought twice about invading Ukraine in 2014, and in 2022.
"A nuclear-armed Ukraine would enjoy high confidence of territorial integrity," Miles told Insider. "We would not see this invasion, in all likelihood."
He added that thinking about an imminent Russian invasion was not the only US motivation, as US foreign policy became heavily centered around denuclearization more broadly.
"A great deal had to do with the risks of proliferation and the challenges of keeping nuclear weapons secure," Miles said. "That was a big part of the US drive to denuclearize: countries like Ukraine and Kazakhstan had a lot on their plate, and nuclear weapons are expensive."
According to WSJ, after the 1994 deal was signed, Kravchuk said that, "if tomorrow Russia goes into Crimea, no one will raise an eyebrow."
Clinton acknowledged that Putin had foresight into how Ukraine was weakened, plotting his first opportunity to invade Crimea in 2014.
"When it became convenient to him, President Putin broke it and first took Crimea," Clinton said in the interview, referring to Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. "And I feel terrible about it because Ukraine is a very important country."
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