Russian special military operation in Ukraine #8

Top global chip maker unveils Russia plans

Taiwan wants to continue cooperation on joint projects source

The world’s top chip-manufacturing nation, Taiwan, plans to continue cooperation with Russia despite the current crisis over Ukraine, Minister of Science and Technology Wu Tsung-tsong said on Monday, as cited by news agency CNA.

While speaking at a Legislative Education and Culture Committee meeting, Wu said that Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has 50 ongoing projects with the Russian Science Foundation. Most of the projects are in the fields of science, engineering, and technological development, the minister said.

Wu also praised Russia’s science and space technology as being “very good” and said that bilateral cooperation has benefited Taiwan as it develops its own space capabilities, especially in small satellites.

Taiwan is the unmatched leader of the global semiconductor industry, accounting for 92% of the world’s manufacturing capacity. The government has pledged to support international sanctions against Russia, with its chip producer giant TSMC having stopped the production of Russian microprocessors at its plant. Experts have warned, however, that a ban on tech sales to Russia could spark a global microchip war. Sanctions could backfire on manufacturers of computer processors and semiconductors, as many crucial components for their production are sourced exclusively in Russia, they said.

That must really sting the Murkans ears... Loving it

Have a nice day, comrades..

There really is nothing nice about USA
You go to the hospital you have to pay
The dollar is the language that they all speak
They don't really bother about the radiation leak

**** the USA

They keep their secrets undercover
The rich don't bother about those that suffer
This ain't the land of milk and honey
Cause all they want is money money money

**** the USA

Nuclear bombs are **** all new
You'd better start running when they drop on you
Run into a shelter, play hide and seek
Cause when you die your body reeks

**** the USA

There really is nothing nice about USA
You go to the hospital you have to pay
The dollar is the language that they all speak
They don't really bother about the radiation leak

**** the USA

What´s left from an "elite" brigade after meeting the VDV, Kiev region

Nikolaev admin building had a surprise visitor

Zaporoshye

Aid for Kherson

Moving towards Nikolaev

flamming_python wrote:Anyway I hope somehow the war ends. Talking about geopolitics and Nazis is one thing, but the whole operation is a massive fk-up, that has led to a meatgrinder.

Is it though? Despite the massive and largely successful info war campaign of Nato aligned countries + Ukraine, it looks like this military operation is truly revolutionary in scope and results so far. And face it, Russia already wasn't winning any popularity contests in the West before the invasion, so what's lost in the end? The key battlefield will be Ukrainian perceptions of Russians after the war, and this might indeed get tricky. But the west and north of the country were, again, already a lost cause. The only thing I have to give the Ukrainians is that they managed to solidify their army's cohesion and tactical prowess a lot since 2014, but operationally they are a lame duck. But no mass surrenders so far.

Point 3) Boris/NATO don't want a ceasefire or a deal to be done that's always been the case, they want war.

Point 6) I would imagine that majority and not all AD systems are destroyed, most likely all S-300.

Point 7) ah the EU the land of the free, free speech, right to protest. Seems like it's not so true.

Point 8 ) is this an attempt by USA to goad Russian air defences into a provocation so gives them an excuse to launch NATO into Ukraine?

Updates

1) The meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian delegations at the Dolmabahçe palace ended

2) Ukrainian negotiator: If the new security guarantee system is approved, Kyiv will agree to a neutral situation

3) Boris Johnson: The ceasefire in Ukraine is not enough to lift sanctions on Russia

4) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has arrived in Ukraine. The visit will take place as part of a mission to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities

5) Russian Defense Minister Shoigu claims that conscripts summoned during spring conscription campaign will not be send to the war

6) Russian Defense Minister Shoigu claims that main goals of 1st stage of war against Ukraine have been achieved. Ukrainian Navy, air defense and air forces completely destroyed

7) 8 people have already been charged in Czech Republic with supporting Putin's war in Ukraine. 126 more now being investigated, Police Dpt Informed

8 ) A U.S Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle "CW12" along with whatever Aircraft are flying along with it is continuing to make Rounds near the Polish-Ukrainian Border and the NATO Base in Rzeszow as it has for over 2 Hours now, at points getting within 9 Miles from the Ukrainian Border

Talks have ended

Shoigu said that the goal would be liberation of Donbass

Which was the focus either way right now

Joint statement soon

Russian MoD Decides to Reduce Military Activity in Kiev and Chernigov Directions

"Due to the fact that negotiations on the preparation of an agreement on the neutrality and non-nuclear status of Ukraine, as well as on the provision of security guarantees to Ukraine, are moving into practice, taking into account the principles discussed during today's meeting, by the Russian Ministry of Defence in order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achievement of the ultimate goal of agreeing on the signing of the above agreement, a decision was made to radically, at times, reduce military activity in the Kiev and Chernigov direction", Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin told reporters.

Russia has agreed to meet Kiev half-way and will allow a meeting of its leaders to be held on the same day that the final version of a peace treaty is pre-approved by the two nation’s foreign ministers, Moscow’s top negotiator said on Tuesday, after a new round of talks in Istanbul.

Previously, Moscow had insisted that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky could only be set after the deal would be finalized.

Vladimir Medinsky described the talks in Turkey as 'constructive' and said his delegation had received a clearly outlined position on what it sought to achieve. The proposal will be relayed to Putin, he said.

Coinciding with Medinsky’s statement to the press, the Russian defense ministry announced it was drastically reducing its military operations in some parts of Ukraine, including near the capital, Kiev. The ministry cited “the talks moving into the practical dimension,” as the reason for the change.

David Arakhamia, Medinsky’s opposite number in the Ukrainian delegation, said Kiev had sought a security guarantee from a number of nations that would work not unlike NATO’s mutual self-defense commitment.

He named the UK, China, the US, Turkey, France, Canada, Italy, Poland and Israel as possible guarantors, and claimed some of them have given their preliminary agreement to serve in that capacity.

Getting really tired of so many chicken littles lately... spare us your nonsense please

Maybe the summary from RT is of poor quality.
But this seems really weird.
The Donbass cauldron was set to be obliterated next week.
Mariupol this week.
Then Russia was free to advance across the whole East.

How can you deal with vermin like Nazis?
It was done several times before. They rearmed, got far stronger and far more dangerous.
The concept was that it needs deNazification, deAmericanisation, de-Ukrainian Fascist "nationalism".

RT was pretty scary reading if u ask me.
All those lives just for the Donbass, which could have been taken in 10 minutes a few years ago.
Infact all of Bandera-stan wouldn't have taken long.

What happens with the Nazis? Back to power? Russian language, media, human rights for HALF the population or more? None of this is mentioned!

Putin played "Gandhi" from 2014 to 2022. What happened? It all got far far worse.
Why should a single Ru troop leave?

The hohol guy who was born in Sochi and of "Georgian" descent seemed rather pally in body language terms in the photo, esp the small distance apart. Yet he still wore the Banderite style black.

6yrs ago, Russia could have taken Kiev in a day. 2022 and the Bandera-filth had hostages at the ready before Russia even popped over the border.

This is a very puzzling situation. ANd has been for 8 yrs. I've been a huge fan of Putin, but this job has to be finished as I see it. U dont just go from "complete deNazification" to "Oh lets just have the Donbass free". I could see a hardliner in Russia considering the next steps..

"We have received written proposals from Ukraine confirming their readiness for a neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status, along with a refusal to produce and deploy all types of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and bacteriological ones, and a ban on the presence of foreign military bases and foreign troops on the territory of the country", Medinsky said.

They already "scaled back" operations by Kiev once they established solid pressure there, so they could focus on the south and east. I don't understand where the alleged concessions are.

Arrow wrote:So we already have the first ceasefire near Kiev.  Kyiv is getting stronger in the negotiations.Russia is not achieving its goals.Ukraine will never be neutral.

"a decision was made to radically, at times, reduce military activity in the Kiev and Chernigov direction"

So were do you get ceasefire out of this and the reports over the last 2-3 days of assets being removed from this AO and moved down towards the Donbas were just fake news  

My suspicions in regards to yourself, is that you are just a passive aggressive troll

Arrow wrote:Peace negotiations have started in Istanbul.  What is Roman Abramovicz doing there, however, is taking part in the negotiations

He is used there like a canary in the mines, to see if there will be another poisoning attempt. Other than that, I can't imagine use of him for any side. Surely he wants to save his ass.