To be fair to Trump I think we have seen the last few weeks just how right he actually was in relation to Germany...
Hopefully!
I don't see it happening and I know it's borderline delusional wishful thinking but Jesus Christ how sweet it would be if they can hold on long enough for Putin to die/be made dead.
Kyiv is only small distance from Belarus where the traitor Lukashenka attacked Ukraine. He's also now a part of crime and soon will be trialed, sentenced and convicted for war crimes..
There was talk of a US led cyber attack...
True. But Putins strategy like Hitler seems to have been based on lightning warfare. I would have thought with technological upgrades since 1945 and the sheer size of the Russian Military, they'd have steamrolled the fast majority of organised Ukrainian defence. But so far this does not seem to be the case. Large scale combat operations are ongoing and Ukrainian command & control appears to be intact.
Tonight will be interesting, we may see the full might of the Russian forces to sieze the urban centres, could have been the strategy from day one. Wear down resistance, then strike hard.
Then again, Ukrainians are fighting very hard for their homeland. Easier to defend than attack.
Yes, China was always going to be spooked by this. The know-nots think that the Russia - China relationship has substance. Real alliances are built over decades, have the feature of deep economic integration, people-to-people links, and above all are characterised by trust and a shared political value system. Sino-Russian friendship lacks all of the above. The Russia - China relationship rests on two paranoid men from countries that have historically been at odds leaning on each other because they are scared witless they'll hang for their crimes someday.
I posted it before, but "no honour among thieves" is the watchword for that relationship.
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There fauqed
10 + Aircraft shot down , triple figures on tanks and vehicles ,tons of prisoners of war ,1000 Russian dead
And we're only two days in welcome to Afghanistan 2.0
Wise words
2 days, not a week. Russia progressed far if citizens are describing skirmishes outside Kyiv. That capital is in the heart of the country. You suppose the resistance to impede their progress closer to the border where the tanks rolled in. Fact Russian tanks are this far in means the resistance must be taking a hammering.
Surprised that McCullough went for the jugular, but good on him.
China should be told we're big part of their economy too before they totally support Russia
Ukraine is very very big
Its got twice the land mass as Poland
It took Hitler's army 26 days to conquer Poland using their Blitzkrieg strategy
Its a bit early to be writing off the Russian invasion
I'm loathe to defend a Russian state apparatchik at a time like this, but the man is in an impossible position. Just a week ago he was declaring the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine 'insanity', and a few short days later he has to appear on Irish media with his arse hanging out.
A little tell-tale sign that the Russian state is suffering badly from Hitler in a bunker syndrome. When your diplomatic service doesn't know what the hell is going on and the behaviour of the state is orientated around the whims of a man deep in the throes of a war lust psychosis ruling by diktat, they're in deep trouble.
It's difficult to think of another major country's diplomatic service would be left to hang out to dry like that. The war was signposted clearly to anyone paying attention, but the poor sods in the Russian foreign ministry have to read from the maskirovka script. They must be so bamboozled from all the sh*te coming down from high from the inner circle that in order to stay sane, you have to believe it yourself.
irish anti thanks weapon
Gotta love these guys
“This night will be the hardest. The enemy will go all in. We must withstand. The night will be very hard, but sunset will come,” he said in an address.
“This night will be harder than the day. Many cities of our state are under attack: Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, our boys and girls in the Donbas, the cities of the south, special attention to Kyiv,” he said. We can’t lose the capital.”
Zelenskiy quoted this evening in the Guardian
Is Zelenskiy desperately trying to hold it off on talks though? I haven't seen transcript of his message so don't know.
And possibly re-ignite Kosovo???? Or is that too far fetched???
Do not underestimate the ability of someone dealing with the devil to fool themselves into believing they hold the right cards.
Word that China will abstain rather than vote against the resolution on the UNSC. Doesn't make a material difference straight away but a sign of trouble?
I doubt they will be rushing to join NATO either after it's last experience with them.
I woud't trust them either but diplomacy should always be given a chance. Zelenskiy is now saying that Russia will attack Kiev tonight, so I guess talks are off the table bar some last-minute miracle.
So far Russia hasn't made too many gains look at the map.
This guy is on the ground
Another Russian Aircraft shot down over ukraine ,
Russia hadn't lost that many since Afghanistan
Silly statement perhaps but do Russian allies not realise that if Russia takes over most of the world (big generalisation I know) that eventually it will also screw over its ally in time. People like Putin don't stop and they live for killing.
That's the only play now but it would depend on Ukraine not accepting Putin's first terms (complete demilitarization) and Russia accepting lesser terms.
If it is a genuine attempt at a ceasefire then yes of course. I'm just worried about either a ruse by Russia or just how awful the terms for Ukraine will be. I'm definitely not a fan of war.
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