i am surprised with Brazil. Bolsonaro was in Moscow a few days ago. I thought that was a show of support.
UAE can get the f**k. Shite place that offers nothing to nobody.
Looks like Zelenskiy was right, they are trying for Kiev tonight. Gunfire in the city
But in those 2 day's they have lost a large amount of armour ,men and aircraft , were talking about Afghanistan types loses , If the figure is correct of them losing a thousand soldiers not including prisoners , they have already lost half the soldiers America did fighting in Afghanistan every single day for 20 years,add the figures over the last 8 years in eastern Ukraine thats 8-10 thousand.
How many militaries would be happy with those levels of loses
Ultimately it doesn't really matter wether we think they should fight on or not. It will be up to the people of Ukraine who will decide this.
If enough people continue the fight even past a conventional war into more of a guerrilla type warfare it may make Russia pull back somewhat from their initial objectives.
Maybe they wont end up as much of a pupet state like Belarus is at the moment?
Or maybe the people will have had enough of the bloodshed and decide to accept some form of Russian control again, maybe life goes back to the way it was before 2014, although its hard to imagine that happening.
Absolutely. Felt a chill down my spine as I was reading it. Very proud too and hope we can do more to help Ukraine now financially and in a humanitarian sense
This will only harm the Russian Chinese relationship
China are extremely adept at playing the long game. They do not want some lunatic dictator dragging them into a war that they have nothing to gain from and have not prepared for.
China would hang Russia out to dry in an instant if they felt it was in their interests to do so.
In WW2 China focused almost entirely on defending their interests in Asia against the Japanese. They won't get involved in a European war unless somehow the war escalates and spreads into their zone of influence.
This is starting to look really bad, really fast for Russia.
300 miles is not a short journey from the border. Most have poor defensives set in place for Russia and Belarus troops to get that far.
They've completely lost Ukraine by attacking them that way in the first place..
Jasus hes spot on.
Blood on Germany and the EU hands. All fart and no shite in their response to Russia
So China abstained? Success.
China and Russian have an invariably terrible relationship. Check out the Sino Russian split, the numerous disputes and wars over borders. They couldn’t even agree on socialism. It’s always been a very shaky “keep your enemies close” type relationship. There’s plenty of tension between the two when it comes to China courting ex Soviet’s republics in Eurasia
The numbers aren't completely overwhelming, yet at least. If a decent proportion of attacks are repelled then Putin can start throwing soldiers at it for a while.
It actually seems like the Russian plans didn't expect much in the way of counter-attacking. Getting bogged down this early would mean it'll take a lot longer than planned.
Tinpot operation, at the rate this is going down the Ukrainians will end up gaining Belarus and be scratching their heads wondering what to do with it. 🤣
Jokes aside, it's very David vs Goliath and they seem to be doing ok for now. I hope good prevails here.
That is pretty terrible. Russia has reserves that will eventually overwhelm but they decided how many to go in with. After 2 days that is nothing given Russia's superiority
Mexico too , does that mean no russian missles or bases south of Texas now
UN resolution failed, 11 in favour, 1 against (Russia) and three abstentions (UAE, India and China).
Russia voting against is actually against UN Charter rules and not one person mentions it!
Yes, I'm really fond of their flag.
thought Russia couldn’t Veto as they are a party to the issue.
China abstaining is as good as you will get from them, they will never say anything or do anything
, China is number 1, getting involved either side doesn’t help them.
they might only be abstaining as they know Russia can Veto and so it means nothing really, So the US/EU is appeased and Russia also.
China can sit there smiling at everybody while plotting their demise.
China will suck up every resource Russia has to offer and smile at them while they are doing it
The Gabon have formally come out and announced condemnation of Russia.
I like the Ukrainian flag meaning. Blue skies over fields of wheat. Hopefully the country can return to these peaceful scenes.
The visa waiver for Ukranians at this time is something I am incredibly proud of our government for offering.
We can't do anything for them militarily, but being a safe haven for their refugees is incredibly useful.
Ireland? I would say we are a tiny tiny part of their economy...they are possibly a decent wee chunk of ours though (meat, dairy, seafood, pharma products)
He was right in that he's a moron and couldn't understand that there are things other than confrontation that (usually) work more effectively than war.
This is where Molotov cocktails will do the business on prone tanks.
Interestingly, the name Molotov cocktail was coined during the winter war with Finland, and the Finns named them as such as a little gift to the Red Army because of the Soviet foreign minister's crude propaganda about Finns. Sound familiar?
Those damn rebels again...
Like you said, we'd all love it. But the sheer size of Russian forces (and quite a substantial number has not even crossed the border yet) Kyiv will probably fall. Happy to be wrong though!
But the fall of Kyiv is not the end of this by a long shot. Ukraine will become a tomb for Russian soldiers.
Id also believe their are a few Russian generals who'd love to put a bullet in Putins head right now.
Imagine Putins plane flying to Belarus for talks met a Buk missle on the way
They all end up the same way..
As they kept saying on CNN the other night, China doesn't have allies.
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