Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Will Uncle Sam foot the bill?
It was incredibly generous of Musk to provide Starlink to start with. (I mean, has any other private entity made any contribution that compares? It's been more important, vital and timely than many countries help!) It's entirely reasonable for him to decide that as a private business he can't continue to give service away.
Non addicts will not smoke them. For starters, the addicts would not let them get near the good stuffPhilip Morris Donated 500,000 Cigarettes. Now that they're addicted they'll likely have to pay for the rest.
Non addicts will not smoke them. For starters, the addicts would not let them near
2,5k packs - that's what 2k addicts will smoke in a day.
500,000 cigarettes is nothing. Hmmmk - are you sure cigarettes and not packs?
Middle East Eye said:According to the sources, Wagner has sought to replenish its forces by recruiting mercenaries from Turkey, Serbia, Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Canada, Moldova and Latin American countries. The foreign fighters are being lured with higher than usual incomes.
Pre-war, Wagner paid its fighters between $3,000 to $5,000 a month, but the sources said those rates had now been bumped up to $10,000.
Wagner is also believed to have contacted local organised crime groups in Latin America and European nations such as Czechia, Moldova and Hungary.
AP News said:It’s very hard to pin down the exact number of Ukrainian children deported to Russia — Ukrainian officials claim nearly 8,000. Russia hasn’t given an overall number, but officials regularly announce the arrival of Ukrainian orphans in Russian military planes.
In March, Russian children’s rights ombudswoman Maria Lvova-Belova said more than 1,000 children from Ukraine were in Russia. Over the summer, she said 120 Russian families had applied for guardianship, and more than 130 Ukrainian children had received Russian citizenship. Many more have come since, including a batch of 234 in early October.
Lvova-Belova has said these children need Russia’s help to overcome trauma that has left them sleeping badly, crying at night and drawing basements and bomb shelters. She acknowledged that at first, a group of 30 children brought to Russia from the basements of Mariupol defiantly sang the Ukrainian national anthem and shouted, “Glory to Ukraine!” But now, she said, their criticism has been “transformed into a love for Russia,” and she herself has taken one in, a teenager.
More Details On Latest US Military Aid Package. More HIMARS rocket munitions, more 155mm shells including specialized rounds. HARM missiles for destroying enemy radar/air defense, anti-tank weapons, 200 Humvees and small arms and ammunition.
The Four Month Long Battle of Bakhmut in the Donetsk Region... Continues with more Russian Attacks.
Wagner PMC is Reportedly Looking to Recruit Foreigners to Fill Its Depleted Ranks.
Belarus is Sending Russia even more of its Tanks (looks like more T-72A's again) and military equipment Inventory. This comes on the announcement of a strong deployment of tens of thousands of Russian troops to Belarus as a "Joint Regional Grouping of Forces."
First Russian soldiers arrive in Belarus for joint task force
Belarus’s defence ministry says that the mission is ‘exclusively’ to strengthen the protection of its borders.www.aljazeera.com
Ukrainian Forces Operating a Rarely Seen 90mm Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 Recoilless Rifle from Sweden.
Associated Press Article on the Abduction of Ukrainian Children and Making Them Russian
How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement in circles like a trapped animal. For more than a week, the Ukrainian mother had heard nothing from her six adopted children stranded in Mariupol, and she was going out of her mind with worry.apnews.com
Elon Musk Backs Down From Demands for Starlink Funding
Elon Musk said Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will continue to fund its Starlink broadband service in Ukraine in an apparent step back from seeking support from the US Defense Department.www.bloomberg.com
He changed his mind.