Saw a similar story. Except the father who went after the son died, was killed in Ukraine as well.
Stupid, incredibly stupid war, created by evil Russian leaders for no reason that anyone in Russia who is not completely brainwashed can explain.
Antonovsky bridge yesterday. You can be pretty sure no military columns are passing this.
Pretty interesting strategy by Ukrainians. They clearly did not want to collapse the bridge because they know they will have to repair it for themselves later. But they 100% prevented any movement on the...
I don't think it is genetic. As I said, it is a combination of things. See my previous post. Add to that an enormous inferiority complex stemming from prior self-perception as a "superpower" that is no more.
As I pointed out before - even Russian railroad cars are falling apart:
The NTK (National Transportation Company) is reporting that more and more railroad cars are sidelined because of lack of bearings. Russians cannot produce nearly enough, and imports have stopped.
Not microchips. Bearings -...
For a Democracy to flourish you have to have a certain tradition of individualism and a law-based society. Neither exists in Russia.
Also, Russian regimes, for generations upon generations, have been killing off and exiling the best, the cream of their society. When you do that for that long...
It's going to be interesting to see how exactly his funeral will be conducted in Russia, and what (and whether) foreign dignitaries will be present. Poses a serious challenge to the current Russian regime.
Finland railroad company VR Group has written off all "Allegro" trains that were used for travel between Helsinki and Russia. There is no more train travel between Finland and Russia.
No, not really. I watch Russia all the time (having been born in it). Unfortunately it never was (and, I suspect, never will be) a reasonably normal Western-like country. Not before Feb 24th and definitely not after.
From what I see in Russian socials, 80-90% hate him with a passion (funny enough, mostly people who were either born after he left the scene or were toddlers during his time in the office).
While 10-20% acknowledge that, while definitely not perfect, he accomplished a lot and ending USSR that...
The bridges - both the Kachovka and the Antonovsky - were hit today again. On the Antonovsky bridge it is being reported that both the pontoon bridge is wiped out and the ferries are hit.
By the way - Russian rocket crews have been instructed to stop painting "Death to Nazis" on their rockets. Because the rockets got very confused.
here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P2i3pexcSos
In Kherson area, an ex-deputy of the Ukrainian parliament that became a collaborator with Russians - by the name of Kovalev - was shot to death today. The fate of dozens of collaborators so far.