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autotldr t1_jcgfton wrote

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> French President Emmanuel Macron shunned parliament and opted to push through a highly unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by triggering a special constitutional power on Thursday.

> The decision was made just a few minutes before the vote was scheduled, because the government had no guarantee that the bill would command a majority at the National Assembly, France's lower house of parliament.

> As lawmakers gathered in the National Assembly Thursday to vote on the bill, the leftist members of parliament broke into the Marseillaise, the French national anthem, preventing Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne from speaking and prompting the speaker to suspend the session.


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matskopf t1_jcfjgw7 wrote

I think russia just wanted to scare them away... ...but they forgot their own incompetence and accidently downed an enemy drone in the process. I believe this incident created more trouble for russia than it did good, so I doubt It was intentional. It solidifies USAs stance, which is pretty bad for them in comparison to the intel that was prevented. Only a dumb leader could make a decision like this... ...but on the other hand, here we are. Ah man, I dont know.

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autotldr t1_jcf15a4 wrote

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> The United States military has released footage it says is of an unsafe interception of a US drone by a Russian jet over the Black Sea.

> The US on Tuesday alleged that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with one of its Reaper surveillance drones in international airspace, forcing it to crash into the sea.

> The Russian defence ministry, in its report of the call with Austin that Shoigu, accused the US of provoking the incident by ignoring flight restrictions the Kremlin had imposed because of its military operations in Ukraine.


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UnsuitableFuture t1_jaf4d59 wrote

Bakhmut is in a dire situation and no amount of propaganda bullshit will change that. Stop pretending like it's a walk in the park for Ukrainian forces in the city, not least because it's an absolute insult to the men and women fighting there right now.

As for a war of attrition, you better hope that isn't Ukraine's goal because right now casualties are approximately 1:1 and Ukraine doesn't have much in the way of potential operational reserves so long as they're facing a three front war.

This isn't being "pro-Russian" or "pro-Putin", it's being realistic: Long term, the situation does not favour Ukraine. Which is why we need to step up arms deliveries by the end of the spring, so they can try and reduce the total frontage exposed to Russian forces.

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