Russian Tensions
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More and more coverage accusing China of being complicit in the timing of the invasion.
Will such claims drag China into the conflict?
China hasn’t shown any taste for what is happening and it doesn’t want to risk sanctions.
Bombs that look like toys. …
What the hell goes through the minds of the soldiers firing such things?
The article doesn’t say the mine is designed to look like a toy, merely that a child might pick it up mistaking it for a toy. That’s unlikely if what they’re referring to as a ‘lepestok’ (‘petal’) mine is in fact the PMA-2 mine described here, as these are designed to be buried, not ‘fired’, and you can’t bury mines in urban streets.
Putin’s threats reminiscent of Khrushchev battering the table with his shoe.
A friend shares my fear:
“if he is humiliated before the whole world he will fly into megalomaniacal rage and set off nuclear weapons to destroy all of us because he has nothing more to lose.”
It would be nice to think that Russian troops were mutinying and refusing to kill their fellow workers but the sources you give don’t seem too reliable. One is a report of a report of a report. The other is reported as a “claim” and is attributed to a retired Ukrainian diplomat. These claims seem more like Ukrainian propaganda lies.
Sad to admit.
Wish it were true.Let’s hope these scenes are real.
One small contribution of solidarity we can make is to draw attention to the anti-war pro-peace movement in Russia.
https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2022/03/stop-war.html
https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-international-ukrainian-russian.html
We can also be critical, too
https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2022/03/no-war.html
The problem of reports of disaffection within the Russian army is difficult to verify but I also think any reports that claim it exists and is spreading should be shared.
Probably more effective is that key Russian industries are exposing the backlash to war
Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil is calling for an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
In a statement on its website, the company said it was concerned by the “tragic events in Ukraine” and supported the negotiations to end the conflict.
Its board called for “the immediate cessation of the armed conflict and fully supports its resolution through the negotiation process and through diplomatic means”.
Putin can ignore the man and woman in the street but when his business leaders are openly against the war, it shows the divide that is widening
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