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Andrew A. Ray

2 years

On Sunday, RIA Novosti, a #Russian state owned and controlled news agency, published the article about #Ukraine translated below. Please read it in its entirety.

What should Russia do with Ukraine? [Translation of a propaganda article by a Russian journalist]

Disclaimer: What you are going to read is direct translation of the article written by russian journalist. That’s what real #Russia wants…

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@ChrisRuel268 @MrKovalenko Unfortunately, this is why I've felt banning Russian tourists is necessary. Anyone entering from Russia needs to be carefully screened, and ideally sent onward to somewhere like South America, where they won't be a security risk during the war.

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@christogrozev And there was the other with the guy joining to buy a phone for his daughter. At this point, calling RF a gas station masquerading as a country is actually insulting to gas stations.

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@CallMeK1123 Makes sense to me, TBH. Vietnam was a civil war, then Iraq and Afghanistan we were the invaders; now for once the US is backing the overwhelming majority of a country against an invader.

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@francis_scarr My older kids also like shooting guns. I'm sure playing with grenade launchers and mortars is fun, while no one is shooting back.

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@francis_scarr He does understand that the boxes being made from plexiglass doesn't make elections transparent?

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@BethanyCherisse TBH, I haven't heard regret either way, in terms of health effects. I know people who are still angry about being forced to take it to keep their jobs.

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@yewleea Actually, I wonder how many of them, if the government started, say, buying flats or small houses for the homeless (supposedly most effective program used in other countries) would then protest such policies.

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Baby is born. Population of our Slovak village is now 4% Americans.

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@IAPonomarenko @IAPonomarenko look at the post a bit higher, where they use a Netherlands based company to fundraise.

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@EliotHiggins At least they acknowledge that a war is happening. I hit the deepest level of denial this morning:

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@SarahAshtonLV To get behind paygate:

The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker - The New Yo…

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Nie vždy mám pocit škodaradosť, ale dnes, že miting Fico so Šmyhal je prerušenie a musi ist do úkrytu v Užhorodu...

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@reshetz Hitler: male homo sapiens Budanov: male homo sapiens Coincidence?!?

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@AniseNot Good way to learn someone's character!

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@OAlexanderDK @OAlexanderDK do the Japanese produce anything that would help with this?

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@OlgaOfUzhhorod If he would wear some suit, the same people would find a reason to complain-"where does a president in a war torn country find time and money to go buy fancy suits?!"

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@Maks_NAFO_FELLA It is true. S300 system from Slovakia went thru border last year at night. Sneaky Slovaks and Ukrainians, doing stuff under cover of darkness!

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@Maks_NAFO_FELLA I hope the guy who they thought it was yesterday, Timofiy, turns out to just have been captured. Terribly sad, read that Oleksandr has a son. I can't imagine seeing video of my father being killed. 😥

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@Heliodromus_SVK @ostotristo Yet still such confusion in his posts, but step in right direction

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@OlgaOfUzhhorod Communists gonna commie... What city is this in? That's awesome!

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@reshetz We know which army is forcing junior soldiers to give senior ones BJs, and it isn't the 🇺🇸.

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@avmas_world @timkmak Until I drove a woman from Kharkov and her family from the border to train station, and learned that their main language was Russian, I naively thought "Russian speakers would want to be part of 🇷🇺". Looking back, it was as dumb as thinking "Geneva would want to be part of 🇫🇷"

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#podr žbabatko

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"Dr." Ray (Or more precisely, interpreter for my mom while she undergoes a day procedure in Slovakia- yes, shockingly, 🇺🇸 came to 🇸🇰 for medical treatment!)

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@francis_scarr @elonmusk is where I was in 2014. Confusion didn't totally resolve till February '22, when Russian speaking Ukrainian refugees told me how they never wanted to be liberated. Elon should really come get some firsthand experience. What is that cybertruck for anyway?

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@CurpDavid @d0wnunda In the 30s, there was no internet and omnipresent phone cameras and social media. Most Germans legitimately didn't know what was really happening to the Jews, and I suppose same goes for Turks vis-a-vis Armenia. What excuse do modern people have? None.

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@EdgarRamayo @WatchChad Can you even explain what money laundering means? And if so, how money is being laundered in Ukraine?

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@reshetz Is RedBull or Monster sponsoring him? Or is there some good Ukrainian energy drink I should pick up on my next trip to Užhorod? Because I can't imagine 2 straight days of international travel then next morning "let's just pop over to Snake Island"

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"How often you change oil?" "Once every 2 years." "You go so few kilometers?" "What kilometers? I have a stand making french fries in the downtown."

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Christos voskrese!

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1 year

@gl_sk New rule- každý kto hovorí po anglicky je Americký vojak.

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@IAPonomarenko If a few Westerners mixed into the Ukrainian forces was enough to drive out the Russian military, just imagine how the "2nd greatest military" will fare if full on attacked by NATO forces.

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Alza in 🇸🇰 is so much better than Amazon in 🇺🇸. 23:00, realize we don't have good gift for younger son's birthday. 23:05 pogo stick ordered 11:00 tomorrow will be in AlzaBox in town awaiting pickup.

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@Gerashchenko_en They could have just said back on Feb 23rd: if you don't bring us tribute of washing machines, toilets and bathtubs, we'll invade. Would've been much cheaper for the West to just get Russians indoor plumbing as a bribe...

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@OlgaOfUzhhorod Basically, "civilization we care about" starts in Dublin?

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Losing weight would be easier if we avoided ever eating at the in-laws. #SlovakProblems

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@RikardJozwiak TBH, would be better to allow him to come, but ban him any security guards.

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@NikaMelkozerova @NikaMelkozerova I thought a few months ago they'd already destroyed 44 HIMARS

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@reshetz Can Finnish Air Force please restore traditional emblem just to piss off tankies?

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@NikaMelkozerova In Slovak, it would continue "the injuries were incompatible with life"

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@rynkrynk And I thought the "there is no war" trend ended last year.

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As yesterday was our 13th anniversary, and sometimes the question comes up "How did you end up in east Slovakia", time for a quick, personal thread. (tldr: we met on the street in Paris)

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Terrible destruction following hail storm in Zavadka, #Slovakia (okres Michalovce) Every roof of cement-asbestos "Eternit" was decimated.

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It's really funny, but you need to be immersed in Slovak politics to get the joke. 😀

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Pána má poslúchať psík, nie prezident 🐶💼 Ten musí konať slobodne, slušne - a keď treba, tak aj rázne ☝️😐

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@OlgaOfUzhhorod But if you'd go to Congress in that 20€ Zara top, they'll be mad at you for not wearing a $2000 pantsuit.

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@TheEliKlein I believe that the overreaction to COVID was part of a Chinese hybrid war to weaken the West, to the advantage of Xi and Putin. Yesterday there was news that German in interior ministry was also paid by China, he influenced 🇩🇪 C19 policy. How many others are like that?

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Look what's headed to 🇸🇰 border....

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Most Slovak ad ever: Will give hay in exchange for bottle of moonshine

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@sankuperis Wife bought used books online. She thought this would be literally about tractors in 🇺🇦 (which would interest me- talk about a misleading title). 🇬🇧 author of 🇺🇦 descent at least includes Ukrainian character... as gold digger. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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@ceno02 @LibertyCappy Betting many of the Walmart employees have better rifles than Russian infantry.

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@EliotHiggins Let's see if the friend who called me a UkroNazi and blocked me over Bucha writes to apologize. 😃 (He did write last month offering to sell me a sheep, but prefacing the message "no politics")

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@Curiosity00000 Nun in Catholic school asked kids what they want to be when they grow up. Little Suzy: A prostitute! Nun: What?! Suzy: A prostitute Nun: Oh OK, I thought you said a protestant!

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Chvalu Bohu, svokrovcov robili rizke.

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Wife and friends. Lots of #Slovak people asked what the #DontTreadOnMe flag meant 🙂

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Slovaks' famous concern for safety.

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Another few pickups across the 🇺🇦 border.

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Mladší syn sa pytal mna: "what is special about Slovakia?" Čo pozitívne vnímate ako výnimočný na tejto krajinu?

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@reshetz

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Seen on Ukrainian truck in Michalovce Slovakia #BasedCalvin #СлаваУкраїні

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#Slovak friend living #Austria on their quick turn to #covidtotality .

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@myzmak @rynkrynk Being anti-western affects parts of both left, right and libertarians. Focusing on what they see as wrong in western society, they lose sight of all that is good in it. Then: "enemy of my enemy is my friend".

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It's 9:30 PM, do you know where your kids are? (Mine are programming a robot for the Roboticka Liga )

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1 out of every 5 new artillery shells used in Ukraine are made in Slovakia.

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Konštrukta Defence Dubnica nad Váhom: Ukrajinská ofenzíva sa začína na Považí (reportáž) - SME “Každá piata strela ukrajinských delostrelcov bude z Dubnice.”

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@christogrozev I see negative comments sometimes on videos where 🇺🇦 are treating 🇷🇺 POWs with not just humanity, but a bit of kindness. This seems a good explanation for why it's a good way to act.

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Saw a question if there was a depth profile of the Baltic. Yes, there is an entire map. That separate southern location may have been just a gas leak. Main location is ideal if you don't want most of the pipeline to fill with seawater. #NordStream #OSINT

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@HannahDCox Given that all of western society was shut down over orders of magnitude lower risk of dying from COVID, they ought to be treating a 2% risk quite seriously!

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@OlenaHalushka I see now she is helping an orphanage. Last year I sometimes got tears in my eyes seeing her stories on IG as she recovered from her injuries and grappled with her loss of Lizi.

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@ZubyMusic Wait a second- how does it matter if Sergio spoke out against gays and transexuals in the past? There is no Sergio anymore, only Sergia. Isn't that how it works?

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@KyivIndependent When the nurses in the hospital in Užhorod were told to take time off, it was because Kruschev had sent an agent to kill the bishop, Teodor Romzha, who had survived an assassination attempt,

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Musel som zastaviť u predajňa zbrane v Michalovciach. Nemali viac nálepky ak ma na okná, ale aspoň odznak. 🙂

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@dockaurG @hempyhope He would actually feel "safer" in Russia. (Ukranian data not updated after start of war)

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@maria_drutska @DarthPutinKGB He closed the window on way out or not?

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Healthcare, Slovakia, 2023 Baby for second time hearing typewriter.

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@reshetz Ukraine is part of Europe, and I heard about Russian invaders suffering hypothermia there...

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@fancyvyshyvanka @U24_gov_ua You can always just canonically change to Ukrainian Greek Catholic church. That way you can remain Catholic, but be in a church that sees clearly black from white.

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Got a cold from crappy humid, cold but not frozen weather outside while we were slaughtering yesterday. Being a man, this feels like the end and has me in bed all day.

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For years as an ancap, one of my arguments was that we don't need the state for problem X, because voluntary charitable associations would step up and take care of X better than the state.

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@BadBalticTakes The king isn't wearing a robe and crown, so clearly the casual dress code was in force.

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@JoeyMannarinoUS @LindseyGrahamSC You unironically believe 🇷🇺 can pull off a world war? With what allies? Belarus and North Korea?

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2 years

@tatyanaodesssa Did you see that on Yandex Maps they don't show borders of any country now?

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3 months

Given how Haley isn't consistently pro-life and Trump isn't pro-Ukraine, I announce that, having reached the Constitutional age, my entry into the race for 🇺🇸 president. Starting with a campaign to reach American expats in Slovakia. 😉

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@l_seiitbek I live in 🇸🇰. The daughter of one of the villagers lives in Austria with Austrian husband, and her son suffers bullying at hands of classmates, including physical attack as well. I am sorry I have no advice, it makes me think there is something wrong with Austrians.

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@AngryCardio 8 months post COVID, and still high levels of IgG anti-spike antibodies, as well as t-cells reactive to S and N proteins and anti-S IgA. Lady at laboratory told us that she got 💉and it did nothing for her test results.

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@reshetz Aren't Ukrainians mostly Slavs? Seems like it would be a big "own goal". But the there is that "special 🇷🇺 logic", according to which it must make sense!

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@reshetz @alx I remember similar things being said when Jill Biden visited Užhorod. What do people imagine war is like? Soldiers of both sides spread evenly across a country shooting at each other?

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Regarding opsec, sharing videos, etc.- if they'd wanted the transport to be secret, they wouldn't have sent the train in the middle of the day, and at least covered the CV90s with tarps. 🇸🇪CV90 en route to 🇺🇦 thru 🇸🇰

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How's your Friday evening?

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Nakoľko že @tonyfric málokedy ide na X, dam dnesne prospevok z jeho IG ohľadom migrantov. Prečo ludi tu by mal mat strach z tejto rodiny?

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In between Humenné and Vranov is ruins of castle Čičva. Just be sure your kids are mature enough to behave safely - no railings to protect from 10m falls.

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@Mylovanov I find it suspicious that the police put a piece of cardboard on the ground for him to kneel on.

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Som Katolík, ale raz za čas pozerám chráme ine náboženstiev.

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@OlgaOfUzhhorod Given what is known about him, are we sure the intercourse is voluntary? Just the fact that he located in Romania, one of the poorest EU countries, gives a good reason why women might associate with him, then end up trapped in abusive situation.

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Užhorod today

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Surprised this interview with the founder of the field of nonspecific vaccine effects, Dr. Aaby by @StabellBenn has less than 4K view. Fascinating to hear the story of events in those early days.

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Instead, I've seen people I once respected either be silent / take ambiguous positions, or straight up parrot talking points from Russian propaganda (🇺🇸 Libertarian Party, Ron Paul Institute and Ron Paul himself). I don't know how these people can sleep at night.

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Fiat Multipla- 6 passenger, could be ideal for wife to go to Sobrance/Michalovce, and looks so ugly (but in an appealing way) no one would steal it!

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@katecma @Emma_Pike_ I also criticize the Pope for his fantasy positions, despite my being both a man and Catholic like him. What was written millennia ago remains true: Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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@OlgaOfUzhhorod I was in Užhorod, dropping of tourniquets from 🇺🇸 to someone, and he showed me on his phone the news about Kramatorsk (I had data turned off on my phone when going across border). I had some concern that nowhere is safe, but also still went in to Dastor on the way back.

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