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Ukraine war: Zelensky says Israel-Gaza conflict taking focus away from fighting (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The Israel-Gaza war is "taking away the focus" from the conflict in Ukraine, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted.

He said this was "one of the goals" of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

And he denied that fighting in Ukraine had reached a stalemate, despite a recent assessment to this effect by the country's top military general.

Ukraine's counter-offensive in the south has so far made little headway.

This has prompted fears of war fatigue among Kyiv's Western allies, with suggestions of growing reluctance in some capitals to continue giving Ukraine advanced weapons and funds.

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[-] HotTakesColdUrine@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

How about you try to prove a positive instead of asking for a source to prove something isn't going to happen, debatelord

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

China is not going to go for Taiwan.

source?

How about you try to prove a positive instead of asking for a source to prove something isn’t going to happen, debatelord

True, you can't prove a negative, but at the same time that person made a firm statement, so someone else's totally in the right to ask for citation to backup what they said.

They could have supplied quotes from Chinese leaders stating that they were never going to invade, etc.

[-] HotTakesColdUrine@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Anyone who asks someone to prove a prediction is categorically an idiot

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Anyone who asks someone to prove a prediction is categorically an idiot

Nobody asked for "proof of a prediction", but to back up their opinions that they are expressing as facts with some actual facts.

[-] i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

U.S. top millitary advisor mark milly

"We are taking the Chinese military threat very seriously. And that is the reason why we are making more investment in our own defense capabilities. But we have not been focusing on one timeline only. For example, a lot of people are talking about 2025, some people are talking about 2027, some people talk about 2035, and etc. We take all kinds of assessments in a very serious way. And what we want to be prepared for is no matter when the Chinese are going to launch its military attack against Taiwan, we are prepared. But i think that 2027 is the year that we need to be serious about."

source: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DrfQik/

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