Speaking as a former mod, we don't have access to that kind of info at all.
Aka 'Bulls Arse'. Woeful yokes.
I've a couple of Russian made vintage watches and somewhere I have a clock from a MIG fighter. They were going for buttons back in the 90's. Funny enough though I have a few bits and bobs of IT stuff that's "American", they're all made in China. The only actual American made things I have are again a couple of vintage watches(WW1* and 1930's) and a fishing reel I bought in the late 1980's. The company that made the latter has like so many sinced upped sticks to China. That America let their wealthy offshore manufacturing is IMHO nothing short of daft and even economically treasonous.
*Even funnier enough one watch was made by a US company who after the Depression put them in the red sold their machinery lock stock and barrel(30 train carriages full!) to the Soviet Union in the 1930's and sent a couple of dozen American technicians to set up the factory and kickstarted Soviet watch production. Sounds minor today, but before the universal time everywhere we have now it was of vital importance, not least militarily(time coordination, fuses and the like). After WW1 one of the restrictions placed on Germany was they couldn't produce 'military' watches. After they started to rearm they bought loads of them on the sly from Switzerland as 'private' sales.
@Richard Hillman So who is going to police the country? Who will the army be?
They want the Ukrainian military to be dis banded and all offensive weapons returned, a new government will be installed and Russian peacekeepers permanently based in Ukraine to deter Nato aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine will then announced as a neutral state
I honestly think it's scary. Nothing about Putin suggests that hell back away quietly. The only thing is if it gets bad I think the Russians will turn on him.
With reports of 2 big transport planes being shot down last night I though we would of seen some proof today. Surely alot of debris from 2 big planes being brought down.
The more I think of it, the more this doesn't make any sense from the Russian point of view.
They want to take Kiev and the other big cities. Install a puppet government and everything will be fine.
So who is going to police the country? Who will the army be?
Back in 2014 they effectively had to give up because they knew it was either a case of Government stepping down or the police units would have to slaughter the protesters. They were not leaving the Maidan unless it was one or the other. All they had then was bricks, petrol bombs and there were a handful of snipers (who were possibly sabateurs). Now they have guns.
So just say Russia win in a week or a months time. Who are they going to set up as the Ukrainian police force? Who will be their Ukrainian army? The Ukrainians have been handed millions of guns. Who on earth is going to take up a job as a police man?
Russia only a few miles from the centre of Kiev with tanks artillery etc.
Gonna get messy very soon.
They need to give time for non combatants to move out of the way. Create a refugee crisis in neighbouring countries and then the Russian B team that's there at the moment will move over for the A team.
That's my guess.
The Russians that are there at the moment are going in very soft so far.
Or just clear cookies and don't agree to the ads..
It's childishly immature posts like this that only dilutes any gravitas that this forum may have. Can we all try to keep things on the level and on point.
Noteworthy that Shoygu wasn't on the sanctions list.
Could be a low-key message from the West along the lines of: "we know you're a soldier just taking orders, so there's a road out for you here."
Edit: my mistake, I thought he was left off the sanctions list. He's on it.
Maybe. The tyres definitely had 'Made in Russia' on them (embossed). And, hey, Belarus is just another part of Russia nowadays:) Next time I see the tractor in question I'll take a better look
Agromash comes to mind well known in Russia ans eastern Europe not so sure how much vehicles they export to western Europe and here
Nope the mods do not have access that sort of PII on boards.
Normally, I'd say it would cause Poland and as such NATO to be drawn into the conflict but given that there are open arms shipments heading into Ukraine from almost every NATO country at this point, including Polish Army convoys carrying supplies actually entering Ukraine, I'd say that it wouldn't make much of a difference.
The big question is whether Poland still has the necessary support systems to service Russian-built aircraft. They modernised their inventory with US-built aircraft over the last decade and I'm not sure if their only MiG-29 squadron is still operational.
Big decisions for the Russians to make now. After initially abandoning Ukraine it now seems the west are supplying some serious weaponry. If Russia don’t end this quick things could get much more difficult. The Russians may decide they need to end this quick by using nastier tactics.
A very viable question. Its technically possible, especially if transponders are manipulated and mission altitude is basically at treetop level.
Prob "Belarus", they are well known for their tractors
It's possible yes ,
Not 100% sure in reality and if they are they've done a great job keeping it quite
"Russian" tyres are a type of tread pattern, usually used on heavy machinery that is pulled by a tractor. They spread the weight better. I don't think they are necessarily made in Russia!
You can see with these announcements how the resistance wall is beginning to form Geographically. It's evident that they think Putin will keep going further into Europe.
Doubt it, I was thinking more of how much access whoever deleted all the messages here earlier had. Was that person able to sneak a peek at a few user passwords while he was using a hacked mod function.
Naive but I'll ask anyway. Is it possible for Ukranian planes to be based in Poland and come into Ukraine from that side?
I've seen tires on tractors in Kerry that were made in Russia. I mentioned it to the farmer in question and he said it was quite common, they're a big supplier of agri equipment. Fairly new tractor, a blue one not sure the make.
This is Russia after all
Did you score an Asian chick on holidays in Moscow lately? Because it looks like you're expecting.
Been blitzed with dodgy phone calls the last week or so (at home aswell), could taht be connected?
That's hilarious. I've actually never been into a shop, and I've been into shops on 3 continents, and I've never seen a product, labelled, 'Made in Russia'. Is this even a normal economy that produces stuff for export, other than oil, gas, vodka and Kalashnikovs?
My Migraines make sense now
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