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US gave us no warning of Russian strikes on Kyiv power plants, Zelenskyy says (www.theguardian.com)
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Ukrainian president accuses Washington of ‘denial of reality’ in ongoing row with Trump over apparent support for Moscow

Ukraine did not receive a warning from the US about an impending Russian missile attack on Sunday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, reviving concerns that Washington is withholding intelligence in order to bully Kyiv into capitulating to Moscow.

Yuri Ihnat, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, said on television on Monday morning that Ukraine had not received a warning before a Russian missile barrage hit power plants in Kyiv at around 11pm. Earlier, a Ukrainian government official had told the Guardian the US had not warned the capital about the impending missile strike.

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[–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That's an interesting mix of acute observation and megalomania. Who wrote it and when?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality-based_community

    It's been widely speculated that Karl Rove said it but nobody knows for sure. Sounds like something that pos would say.

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