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absentbird , 12 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Who started firing first? Russian-led militants took the town of Debaltseve by force six days after the agreement was signed.

The shelling was in response to Russian-led forces in Donetsk launching attacks with tanks mortars and artillery that also killed civilians. It seems like you’re upset about Ukraine defending themselves while hand-waving the role Russia played in instigating and perpetuating the conflict by invading sovereign territory with their military.

absentbird , 12 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Sounds like we’re in agreement that Russia broke the ceasefire by invading.

As for the stationing of troops and equipment, it’s well documented they were sending shipments of equipment in weekly.

In regards to Ukraine arming themselves, no shit, they had just been invaded. There was nothing in the Minsk agreement that said Ukraine couldn’t defend itself from future invasions. Russia was party to the Minsk agreements, and required to remove their forces and military equipment, but did the opposite, sending more. Germany was not forbidden by the agreements to assist Ukraine.

absentbird , 12 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Russia invaded for territory. It’s not unprecedented, it’s one of the most common reasons for a country to invade a neighbor, and they’ve done it before.

absentbird , 12 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Russia broke it by stationing soldiers and military equipment in Donetsk and Luhansk. They also broke the ceasefire by invading.

absentbird , 13 days ago to worldnews in Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid, likely a nonstarter for Kyiv

Russia is the one engaged in ethnic cleansing. Ukraine was strong armed into signing the Minsk agreement, and Russia dissolved it before their invasion. It’s almost like ceding territory to Russia for ceasefires is a futile process of appeasement that will result in piecemeal conquest by the invaders.

absentbird , 13 days ago to technology in Mozilla restores Firefox add-ons banned in Russia

Did you read past the headline? They’re restoring add-ons banned by the Russian government, defying Russia.

absentbird OP , 16 days ago to world in Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war

It’s in the WSJ article: wsj.com/…/gaza-chiefs-brutal-calculation-civilian…

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absentbird OP , 16 days ago to world in Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war

We’ll have to see what Blinken can do about it. He said he has a high confidence Israel will agree to the deal if Hamas does. I’m interested to see if the US can apply enough pressure to get a ceasefire in place.

absentbird OP , 17 days ago to world in Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war

Yes, very exciting news. Now we need to make sure Israel keeps their side of the agreement.

absentbird OP , 17 days ago to world in Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war

I thought this story was interesting. Especially the messages about how the taking of civilian hostages should not have happened. We don’t often get a glimpse into the mind of Hamas leadership like this. It can be hard to know what’s intentional and what’s not. You said the dying isn’t exactly news, which is why I haven’t been posting about that.

absentbird OP , 17 days ago to world in Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war

You are literally the person who suggested I should try posting news about Hamas: lemm.ee/post/34012517/12428169

absentbird OP , 17 days ago to world in Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war

UPDATE: Hamas accepts UN ceasefire resolution, ready to negotiate over details, official says

Hamas accepts a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution and is ready to negotiate over the details, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it was up to Washington to ensure that Israel abides by it.

Hamas accepts the UN security council resolution in regard to the ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli troops and swap of hostages for detainees held by Israel, he said.

“The U.S. administration is facing a real test to carry out its commitments in compelling the occupation to immediately end the war in an implementation of the UN Security Council resolution,” Abu Zuhri said.

absentbird , 17 days ago to news in Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say

It is said that after a long life, Canadians yearn for the Earthly Paradise of Valinor. I assume that’s somewhere in Scotland.

absentbird , 17 days ago to technology in EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them

The Fiat 500e’s battery weighs 295kg.

absentbird , 17 days ago to technology in EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them

150km of range usually requires about 200kg of lithium ion batteries. More for larger vehicles.

What’s wrong with charging? At 350KW you can get 150km of range in 5 minutes.