I have no feckin' idea why, but I thought you were @harms. WTF? There isn't even an H in that post
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Thanks! And what about news from the outside? Any idea?
No. In WWII, Britain was supplied by the US before the US ever got into the conflict. There were also wars fought by countries supplied by bigger powers throughout the entirety of the Cold War.
Absolute snakes. Not surprising if this was the case.
No one does land stealing better than Israel.
It was pretty much the defining feature of the Cold War. Proxy warfare was the order of the day. And usually the involvement was a lot more direct than the West in Ukraine today.
Sorry I just meant that Russia stepping into a totalitarian political situation, is that something that's a western narrative whilst the reality on the ground might be different?
We have too many commies in this place.
Disagree with that.
Pretty much this. Both used different tactics too but it’s blatantly obvious Russia is struggling.
Disagree.
The fact Putin is complaining and threatening so much indicates a man under pressure. He knows his country is crumbling.
It couldn’t be more true. And Russia was a pretty totalitarian state already, but this is different.
Well, 2-3 days ago the Russian MOD themselves confirmed 500 casualties while at the same time their Ukrainian counterpart claimed 9000 RU soldiers killed. Whilst we would like to believe the Ukrainian claims, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. That would still mean 25-30x as many soldiers killed than US soldiers during the entire Iraqi war. And that is just after a week after the invasion started. And we have had 2-3 more days of battles since those reports came out. Also you have to take into account the staggering amount of tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters and airplanes lost in just a week. Add to that apparent logistic issues after just 3-4 days right across their own border (I mean, it is now 5-6 days ago we heard about the massive RU convoy on its way to Kyiv, and it still hasn't arrived) and it paints a picture of an invasion force that is struggling massively.
We can't be naïve because it's still early days, but so far Putin has managed to get the Russian army to completely lose their fear factor.
…yes there is.
Is that, er, the door? I'll just be, you know, heading that, er, way. Now. Bye!
They blocked twitter, facebook and youtube. They also approved a law to hand out up to 15 years in prison for spreading "fake" news about the army. BBC journalists have left the country. What do you think?
Fascinating. Hopefully, something good comes out of all this.
Or Bennett was just bored and thought he'd have a tour of Europe.
don't mean to be that guy but surely this could have been done over video conference?
Shuttle diplomacy, I guess.
I would be surprised if one of Russia's requests won't be US removing nuclear weapons from Europe. Which might be ok, considering that US can hit Russia from the US, B2s and subs.
But I also think that most of US nukes in Europe are tactical, which would put the US at disadvantage if Russia uses a tactical nuke in Europe (tit for tat and all that).
Yep they’re good at land grabbing …but nobody fecks with Israel
Dont think US is in the mood to pander to any Russian demands. You also usualy make these demands from a position of strength, not whatever Putin is right now in.
Cheers.
I think UK and France have their own nukes not US nukes that you got in Germany and Italy? Can't see them giving up on those after being threatened with nuclear war for over a week, Russia won't give up on any of theirs.
Fecking hell. My biggest fear is that we need images of an actual genocide to force an intervention of any sort from NATO. We all fecked up by waiting for too long while massacres happened in Bosnia and in Kosovo back in the days.
Sounds like a shit movie
It seems shift has gone completely to the south, with Mariupol being razed to the ground.
Holding out hope, someone will come in last moment, Knights of the Vale style, and annihilate occupants with swords and lances.
Pretty obvious what the Ukrainians were trying to invoke when highlighting Babyn Yar getting some collateral damage too.
It's probably important to note that those are not Russian workers but rather Turkish workers that work in Russia. Hence their disappointment with having their salaries paid according to an old exchange course. I do hope that Russian workers would follow them though.
We won’t intervene militarily even if it turns into a genocide in Ukraine. That’s the protection a massive nuclear arsenal gives you unfortunately.
Perhaps you should get out of there while you can? Long time ago, I read a lot of books about soviet russia, Solzhenitsyn, Bulgakov, Serge, etc. It is not inconceivable that another purge of "Enemies of the People" will happen again, especially since Putin was and will always be KGB. (Yes, back then nobody expected that things will get that bad, either. )
UK and France are nuclear powers on their own, but the US has nukes in Turkey, Italy and Germany. Lavrov already mentioned that it is time for the US to remove their nukes from Europe.
To be fair, I do not understand what is their point nowadays considering that the US can hit Russia from sea, air and the US. On Germany, they are all in the same place and it should take Russia to hit them in less than 10 minutes, which is probably less than it would take the US to decide to retaliate or not.
Not a relation! No Daines outside of the family has ever entered my world until now!
Haha, happens to us all mate. At least you were being friendly!
I have a Russian friend here in Denmark who's been here quite long (went to highschool here etc.). Anyway, she has been critical of the war on especially Instagram. Now she's stopped being that as she knows a Russian guy in Germany who got a letter that he was a traitor after being critical of Russia on Facebook. Following that his parents in Russia had a visit from police or whoever ransacking the place.