Searches are contradictory about HIMARS being destroyed, and about the number of them in Ukraine. Sometimes the number claimed to having been destroyed, far exceeds the number claimed to exist in Ukraine.
I know it's pointless to ask you such questions, but could you give us links to these searches? But at one point you're probably right. Number of HIMARS that Russia is claiming to have destroyed probably exceeds number that was actually supplied to Ukraine. Reports about it from Russian Defense Ministry comes almost on daily basis, though, they never show any proffs.
Don't feel bad. There are lots of folks who don't know how to use a search engine. It ain't my job to be your teacher. But I might consider it for enough pay in bitcoins, in advance.
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I also believe their exclusion from the world cup must have also been one of the reasons for the Christmas decision to negotiate.
How they can be excluded from World Cup when they didn't even got qualified to it? And in general, that would be one of the most ridiculous reasons from all possible to start to negotiate.
Right. As far as setting records, Russia set all kinds of world records in 'cup stuff', back in the '70s and '80s. If they ever started an internal 'cup operation', many other nations would be dying to enter. In fact, that is what is happening to Ukraine right now... pun intended.
Putin has wanted to negotiate for a long time.
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That's what he always SAYS, which is just ridiculous. If he really wanted to negotiate, he would start by withdrawing all the russian troops from Ukraine. There can be no negotiations as long as they get their way and keep invading sovereign countries. Again, if Putin gets to have his way, his genocide won't stop to Ukraine.
You are mixing up the idea of negotiating with the results of the negotiations. Negotiating doesn't mean Putin has to give up the war, pull out of Ukraine, and then we will negotiate. But that is what's being required of him for negotiations to even start... and other ridiculous stuff.
Negotiations means talk, right now. Zelensky is the one who won't negotiate until Putin does some things the Russians won't do, at least without negotiations. If Zelensky would talk with Putin, they might find a way to end the war that both could be acceptable with.