F#ck off
Where are you from? A Brit?....Johnson has been real tough on his Russian buddies (who just happen to have donated millions to his party) hasn't he... handing out peerages and the like.
Stones...glass houses...
Stoltenberg with some sobering words there.
Thats what Ukraine wants,to keep the fight on the ground,because russia have the air superiority
Look at a regional map and see where Turkey is in relation to Ukraine. Reacting to Russian expansionism has been the main driver of their foreign policy for centuries.
18th and early 19th century - Russo-Turkish wars
19th century - Crimean War
WWII - alliance with Germany in 1941 then switched side when the Soviets invaded Bulgaria. Stalin made territorial claims on parts of Turkey when the war was finished.
Cold War - joined NATO and served as effectively a large aircraft base for the Americans.
Back of a cornflakes packet history but you get the idea...
He lived,
fair play,
Shocking though
Well this is absolutely heartbreaking. Hugely sobering for anyone downplaying what is happening.
could trim back a bit on generational dolers and Hap schemes .. putins actions in ukraine and rest of europe shortly are reasons why it is ludicrous not to defend ourselves
because putin would declare we are run by drug addicted nazis next ..
they must be infested with drug addicted nazis as well one can imagine the kind of scum putin is itching to find in estonia, latvia, lithuania, poland, moldova next ....
Stupid post.
Why does a British person feel the need to come on here to belittle and insult us?
It's a bit sad really.
But won't close the Bosporus straight to Russian warships or impose a no fly zone .
Like the rest of the west all talk no action
Aughinish alumina in Limerick under threat now due to Russian links. This could have serious consequences for Limerick if those jobs are lost. This is the potential impact of sanctions. We may have a heavy bill to pay and that will be just the start.
Erdogan really hates Russia so must have weighed things up!
The convoy with the ammunition that we hand over to Ukraine has already reached our neighbors. We support Ukrainians, we stand in solidarity and we firmly oppose Russian aggression
Translated from Polish.
No wonder we have a debt the same as a big Country like Russia.
https://twitter.com/ww32022/status/1497267470083702787?s=21
The Kremlin’s objectives are not limited to Ukraine, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says.
He describes Putin’s decision to pursue aggression against Ukraine as a “terrible strategic mistake” for which Russia would pay a “severe price for years to come”.
We are facing a new normal in European security.
Nato allies and the EU have already introduced significant sanctions and must stand ready “to do more”, he says.
Even if it means we have to pay a price because we are in this for the long haul
From the Guardian live blog
We spend less than Caribbean islands ,
We're pathetic
The Turks are also a strong power in NATO and I see Erdogan has called for stronger action against Russia. Not what I expected but a definitely a welcome voice.
The guideline defence expenditure is 2% of GDP. I know that's just a guideline, but even 1% wouldn't be justifiable
We need to currently spend 2-3 billion ,
No idea where your getting 9 billion per year ,we currently spend more money helping African countries buy jets and attack helicopters than we currently spend on our defense forces forces ,we spend on average 800 million per year but 400 million goes on wages and pensions
Someone is now keeping a record of incidents on their Trello.
Can't find that video now but I'll post it if I see it again.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/russian-military-commits-indiscriminate-attacks-during-the-invasion-of-ukraine/
Amnesty International mentioning that Russian claims of precision guided weapons as false.
Where did you pull that figure from? Nato set spending targets but it's a national competency how much they choose to spend. Luxembourg spends about .5% of GDP on defence.
I'm not particularly advocating joining Nato, we need to have a serious conversation about defence, but be accurate about what Nato membership would mean. If we were a member, the Treaty organisation can't make us pay a penny more on defence than we want to.
I don't know. I didn't say they would.
During the Cold War Sweden wanted to develop its own nuclear weapons and the US made they commit to not doing it.
Agree about our strategic position but we aren’t in NATO until we are in NATO.
Austria, Cyprus, Ireland, and Malta, Finland and Sweden are not in NATO.
Which country doesn’t have radar, sonar or a military that has admitted it can’t defend themselves while having Russia war games off their coast recently………..
You think Biden would launch a Nuclear counterstrike against Russia over Sweden or Finland? Or Macron or Boris would?
i doubt it.
We didn't have that money either though 🙂
Yes .
And yet we the world sits back
Better used than all those pup payments.
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