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by Kati
22 Jan 2023 06:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 8805
Views: 2477553

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

New Texas Bill will prohibit Chinese citizens / companies / entities to buy local property https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/20/texas-legislature-china-land-ownership/ Also see: Tensions run high over proposed senate bill that could limit foreigners' right to buy property https://abc13.com/senat...
by Kati
21 Jan 2023 23:37
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4093
Views: 2031881

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Exclusive: AWOL Navy SEAL Killed Fighting In Ukraine

https://time.com/6248929/navy-seal-kill ... g-ukraine/


There may be many more hundreds or thousands of such so called "AWOL" US personnel in Ukraine.
by Kati
20 Jan 2023 09:15
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Mystery divers rescued near Polish energy sites in the middle of the night offer dubious explanation, and vanish

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poland-mys ... structure/
by Kati
20 Jan 2023 09:04
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/19/former-swedish-intelligence-officer-receives-life-term-for-spying-for-russia Former Swedish intelligence officer jailed for life for spying for Russia The Iranian-born brothers, :shock: both of whom hold Swedish citizenship, have denied the charges and a...
by Kati
20 Jan 2023 08:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

The Guardian reports: CIA Director William Burns recently traveled in secret to Ukraine’s capital to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a US official told Reuters on Thursday. “Director Burns traveled to Kyiv, where he met with Ukrainian intelligence counterparts as well as President Zelenskiy and ...
by Kati
19 Jan 2023 11:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Russia posts record current account surplus of $227 bln in 2022

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ru ... 023-01-17/
by Kati
15 Jan 2023 12:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Gas pipeline explodes in Lithuania on day marking independence struggle from USSR

https://www.euronews.com/2023/01/13/gas ... -from-ussr
by Kati
10 Jan 2023 23:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7500
Views: 1747328

Re: Understanding the US - Again

So much so about the "free press" . . . Journalist loses her job after reporting about abuse allegations in West Virginia's foster care and psychiatric facilities https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amelia-knisely-loses-job-reporting-abuse-allegations-west-virginias-foster-care-psychiatric-facili...
by Kati
02 Jan 2023 02:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread
Replies: 14441
Views: 2827736

Re: Wuhan Coronavirus Resource Thread

Morocco becomes first country to ban China arrivals as concerns grow over Covid-19 surge

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/24731 ... d-19-surge
by Kati
29 Dec 2022 03:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

U.S.-Trained Afghan Soldiers Angry Over Their Plight Are Ready To Join Russia's War Against Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-soldiers-russia-ukraine-war-vagner-group/32195876.html It has been also reported that RU is deploying ethnic Uzbek and Tajik migrant laborers as new recruits at th...
by Kati
23 Oct 2022 21:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Internal Security Watch
Replies: 6211
Views: 1792792

Re: Internal Security Watch

A news item is making rounds at the local level, that is - MHA is working on a plan to create a new UT by combining four NE Bihar districts and possibly 2 or 2.5 districts on North Bengal. The resultant region is going to cover 120 assembly constituencies. This is to check massive illegal immigratio...
by Kati
01 Oct 2022 03:27
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Massive protests were held all over Czech Republic two days ago.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/th ... 022-09-28/
by Kati
18 Sep 2022 10:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4093
Views: 2031881

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Russia’s Use of Iranian Kamikaze Drones Creates New Dangers for Ukrainian Troops Shahed-136 drones supplied to Russia carried out several devastating strikes in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region over past week, Ukrainian commanders say https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-use-of-iranian-kamikaze-drones-crea...
by Kati
15 Sep 2022 21:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 540257

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

V_Raman wrote:
Kati wrote:A close confidant of the PM made a private statement in the recent past: "Our country (read "administration") is surviving only because of two countries - India and Russia".
You mean bdesh PM?
Yes Saar... (sorry for this late reply).
by Kati
15 Sep 2022 21:24
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Swedish verdict is out:

Right-wing parties win Swedish election in historic political overhaul

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/15/right-w ... signs.html
by Kati
09 Jul 2022 09:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3026135

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

By nominating Draupadi Murmu for the Prez seat NDA has checkmated all the oppositions.
It would be nice to double checkmate the opposition by nominating a female from a minority community for the VP position.
by Kati
08 Jul 2022 15:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

A massive farmers' protest is spreading all across Europe, and the media is pretty much silent.
Desi media outlets, including ToI-let, have no clue either.

GoI should send chai-biskoot to the hungry Euro-farmers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn86w3WXg9g
by Kati
05 Jul 2022 00:43
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

A good read . . . . Dmitri Trenin: Russia has made a decisive break with the West and is ready to help shape a new world order It’s perhaps hard to believe now but – only eight years ago – Russia was a full member of the former G8. Since then, there have been dramatic changes. Full article: https://...
by Kati
01 Jul 2022 02:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3026135

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Gadkari, what I have heard, was kept completely out of the loop by AS and JN as he doesnt see eye to eye with DF. Also, making ES as the CM was done peimarily to blu t Pawar.
by Kati
23 Jun 2022 19:07
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4093
Views: 2031881

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

As death toll mounts, frustration grows among Ukrainian military families

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/as ... li=BBnb7Kz
by Kati
12 Jun 2022 18:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3026135

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Or, the original video / message of what Naveen Jindal said?
by Kati
12 Jun 2022 18:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3026135

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Guru-log,
Is there anyway to get hold of the original video of NS debate which sparked the peace-fools' unrest?
(Sorry, I might have missed it if it had been shared earlier.)
Thanks in advance.
by Kati
09 Jun 2022 11:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4093
Views: 2031881

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

Inside the battle for Severodonetsk, where a Ukrainian unit of 60 was reduced to just 4 soldiers Michael Godwin - Yesterday 3:01 PM https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/inside-the-battle-for-severodonetsk-where-a-ukrainian-unit-of-60-was-reduced-to-just-4-soldiers/ar-AAYeKrM?ocid=mailsignout&cv...
by Kati
09 Jun 2022 11:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Good riddance . . . .

Russian State Duma Votes To Quit European Court Of Human Rights

https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-duma-vo ... 87853.html
by Kati
09 Jun 2022 10:10
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4093
Views: 2031881

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/eastern-ukraine-bakhmut-soldiers-exhausted-1.6278984 no role of infantry, under Russian artillery barrage https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1534636003897618432?s=20&t=Vl6C16SnPBp2UGXDwGuWRw Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of...
by Kati
09 Jun 2022 09:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7500
Views: 1747328

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Slightly OT:

Australian traveller strip-searched, held in US prison and deported over little-known entry requirement

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... equirement
by Kati
07 Jun 2022 21:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

So for all practical purposes, Severodonetsk has fallen. Zelensky Says Counter-Offensive to Recapture Severodonetsk Too Costly https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-says-counter-offensive-recapture-severodonetsk-too-costly-1713297 Jake Thomas - Yesterday 7:43 PM, Newsweek, June 6, 2022 Ukrainian Preside...
by Kati
06 Jun 2022 22:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy
Replies: 4093
Views: 2031881

Re: Russian-Ukrainian War: Combat Tactics & Strategy

High-tech Western Weapons Pose Challenges for Ukraine Military Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak - 1h ago, NYT Staring through the sight attached to an anti-tank gun camouflaged in netting and green underbrush, Junior Sgt. Dmytro Pysanka is greeted with a kaleidoscope of numbers and lines that...
by Kati
04 Jun 2022 23:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 540257

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

A close confidant of the PM made a private statement in the recent past: "Our country (read "administration") is surviving only because of two countries - India and Russia".
by Kati
02 Jun 2022 21:39
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

https://twitter.com/thesiriusreport/status/1531694339314835463 There are now four Turkish banks accepting Russian MIR cards. DenizBank, Turkish Iş Bankası, Ziraat Bankası and Vakifbank. Another breach within NATO Sir, if you visit Ankara or Istanbul airports then you can see the large plackards han...
by Kati
31 May 2022 00:32
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout
Replies: 2716
Views: 683555

Re: Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal democracies, poll shows

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... poll-shows
by Kati
17 May 2022 23:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 965491

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

:roll: :roll: :roll: Troll Alert.....!!! Is there any proof of calling Ukraine nazis ? Would really like to know. Was it not the Ukraine that suffered when Germans and Nazis attacked Russia If someone does not know or living under a rock - I can post the video after video of the military super power...
by Kati
13 May 2022 01:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7500
Views: 1747328

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Biden’s Americas summit is drawing jeers and threats of boycott

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/1 ... s-00031717

[Sleepy Joe doesn't have much clue about what's going around the world.... Also, Kamala-mami is nowhere to be seen lately.]
by Kati
29 Apr 2022 14:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 965491

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

This is just one of the casualties ....
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/28/politics ... index.html

Unkil has been on a hiring spree through private contractors .... and some desis have also signed up.....
by Kati
29 Apr 2022 14:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 540257

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Say whatever you may, but BD's economic spurt in the last three years has been really eye-popping.
Growth rate is pegged at about 8-10%. Economic growth using e-commerce has been really very good.