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On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said the Ukrainian army had established control over the Sudzha gas hub - a major gas facility involved in the transit of natural gas from Russia to the EU via Ukraine, which has continued despite the war. It is the only point of entry for Russian gas into the EU.
Although this has not been verified by the BBC, Mr Honcharenko’s comment was the first confirmation of an incursion into Russian territory by a Ukrainian official. Kyiv had previously not commented on reports of a cross-border attack.
Come on. That’s a made up name.
The Governor of Texas isn’t “John Hamburger”.
It could be, if we repost the denials enough
Leave Mr hamburger alone!
The governor of Texas is “Chuck U Farley”.
Professional racing driver Dick Trickle would like a word with you
80s SF Giants player Dick Burns would, as well.
What about the Nazi-sponsored English motor-racing legend, Dick Seaman.
Did you think the alcohol wasnt named after a human? Are u high or somethin?
Als Hamburg is a real city. Its totally normal that things are named after people and cities.
Yes, it’s a joke
Whoosh
Hamburg’s name derives from the Hammaburg whose name is thought to derive from *ham- “angle, angular terrain by rivers, bay”, as well as burg, “elevated fortification, settlement”. Here is it overlaid on the current terrain, constructed in the 8th century, though settlement is attested to the 4th century BC. First mentioned in writing 834, likely previously seat of local Saxon nobility, then taken over. That date matches the direct aftermath of Charlemagne’s Christianisation-by-genocide of the Saxons, with the first church being constructed in 810. Also, the writ it was first mentioned in happens to be the one that sets up Ansgar as Bishop of Hamburg. Republic since 1292.
Smirnoff isn’t Russian.
The brand name literally comes from the Russian name though (Смирнов Smirnov/Smirnoff).