Trump’s government has made the US a village idiot - and if the idiot gets into a fight with the whole village, the idiot will have more bruises.

Why he does that - I don’t pretend to understand.

Yes. Every country on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea has recently left the land mine ban.

Unlike Ukraine, we don’t have hundreds of kilometers of space for a strategic retreat. So if signs start indicating that an invasion might come, border areas will have mine fields.

If it comforts anyone: many modern land mines have electronic detonators. They can be designed to become inert after a set amount of time, or when their battery runs out of juice. Old models had mechanical / piezo detonators, and could survive decades in the right conditions.

Note for medical accuracy: often, renal failure can be compensated for with dialysis and life prolonged until a transplant is found.

After a trauma like a car crash, there might be other issues that prevent some treatment, however.

Basically, despite the headline, I will say that I hope she lives and finds a donor.

Just when one thinks IDF has reached rock bottom depravity, some war criminal finds a way to go deeper.

I hope the pepetrators (and if a command was given, their commanders, and if directions were given, the political leaders) are held responsible.

It will take a lot of time and maneuvering. Politically, Israel must lose status and become considerably weaker before justice can occur. Meanwhile, the ICC must gain status and become considerably more influential. Then…

I think the “dying soon” bit was Zelensky trying to make him more paranoid. Putin seems to already be fairly paranoid and Zelensky giving predictions about his death will probably have effect on his peace of mind and diet. :)

A more realistic counter-proposal: Ukraine will negotiate a trade deal with China, because China is not under Putin’s influence - on the contrary, Putin is heavily dependent on China and under their influence. At this point, they can tell him to stop. He’s very low on reserves.