I know burger is banned from this thread but have the rest deserted too?
Its different in every sense. Will people stop pedaling this WW3 nonsense, Russia doesn't have the army or allies to wage a war in Europe.
But they are waging a war in Europe.
Lol, you're a true devotee of US perfidy on the world stage.
I'm not saying Russia aren't as bad just that they're not much different.
Time for you to grow up 😉
Surreal to see all this play out in real time.
I'm thinking they'll take over the eastern side to get the Donbass region and Black Sea Ports and then puppet government in Kiev for the rest of Ukraine. Gives them the strategic areas they need and a Belarussian like government in the rest of Ukraine that's there as a buffer zone. Border will be so close to Kiev too at that point, they'll be able to easily keep it in check.
In Ukraine, a country not in NATO, not a nuclear power, not in the EU. In Putin's eyes they have no allies and are on their own.
They are on their own.
Have you swallowed the Gay, Nazi Jew line that comrade Putin has stuffed down your throat you fool?
I don't give a **** about the US because with is happening in the Ukraine has nothing to do with them. It is Russia invading a democracy and the US and NATE have been saying for months that it is not their fight you dimwit.
If they invade Poland we are already at world war 3. If that happens NATO will react with force.
i doubt you are right, they wont try to control the whole of the country, the will settle for an east/south west divide were the west is free to do as they please and east/south is under the yolk of the new iron curtain
I'm not drinking the WW3 kool aid however people are going on about NATO as some sort of iron clad covenant. It's just another agreement among nations.
Action taken on SWIFT might be counterproductive from a Western POV in the long run, by hastening the development of alternative platforms and arrangements.
It sure is. I remember when I was young watching sky news reporting live on the night Iraq invaded Kuwait. They were showing oil fields on fire far far away from the camera’s location.
The footage now of Ukraine is another level. You get a real feel for how scared normal civilians are, how army’s attack each other in the air and on the ground and it’s like you’re there.
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One thing this has ensured is that no country will ever give up their nuclear weapons
My friend just commented "in my school they did!" 😂 She went to a Gaelscoil.
They could incinerate every square metre of western Europe in a couple of hours.
The protests and pressure on politicians will take off over the next 72 hours.
Every single major news desk has a team in Kyiv.
The absolute horror will be broadcast in HD.
Is that the old sig pre site upgrade? What was it, something about "Trump, Farage, Le Pen and Bannon the magnificent ones?" Apologies if paraphrasing! The Russia/Putin appeasement fits perfectly with that.
It feels like their minds are a bit focused on us. This is to include the military drills close by a few weeks ago.
Small country with a big voice.
This is why I never want that country to ever have a proper standing army again.
Here’s hoping the protesters is Moscow, St Petersburg and other cities hold their nerve too.
I truly believe that the only way that this all stops is from within the Kremlin.
This is not a fair judgment. Thousands of people take to the streets in various cities to protest, the police grab people and take them to the police station in a matter of minutes. The law provides for fines of up to 1,800 euros and 30 days in prison for participating in unauthorized protests. With an average salary of 300 euros, mortgage obligations, a high probability of losing one's job, and the need to feed one's children, the amount that goes into the streets does not seem so small.
Maybe Europe needs to think about proper energy alternatives to fossil fuels, that work, such as Nuclear.
And the point of that?
People are watching too many movies. Nuclear weapons are a deterrent to strike on another nuclear power, there is no winners.
Several Eastern EU countries and Finland are dependent on Russia for nuclear power technical support as they use Rosatom VVER reactors btw.
Turkey also has one under construction and Hungary has two in planning stages.
More need to die before NATO or UN can step in. Everyone knows that. They're the parameters of this conflict.
Unfortunately for Ukraine they really had no chance at stopping this. NATO and the west were never going to get involved in this, and risk a much wider conflict which could bring a risk of nuclear weapons being used.
Now if Russia does start building up troops near any NATO country then you can bet your bottom dollar that NATO will bring in massive reinforcements in that scenario.
I really cant see Putin ever trying anything on a NATO country, but even if he did, the attacking forces will be repelled easily and that would be the end of it, Russia would have to retreat.
It is very tragic for Ukraine but Putin knew he was going to have a free run at Ukraine beforehand bar a few sanctions, he will get his puppet government in and this will all probably die down in the months ahead.
More interested in getting PSG the CL trophy than saving Ukraine.
Hardly surprising Germany voted against blocking Russia from Swift. The EU are not interested in the Ukraine and are fucked without the energy supplies from Russia.
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