Plausible. Historians will tell us, I guess. (In wildly differing accounts.)
In the here and now, it just seems crazy.. the negligence in the Russian military must be massive.
Why did read that in Mark from Peep Show voice.
Oh yeah I would say so big time.
Them and the other NATO members seem to be doing anything they can without actually crossing into Ukraine
There are reports of Belarusian volunteers fighting for the Ukraine side. My new wish: the war Putin started toppling Lukashenko and Putin in one go!
For me, I'll hold on to my moral outrage over what Russia is doing when I see the West introduce much stronger financial sanctions on Russia and Russian elites. Otherwise it feels a bit hypocritical to claim to care so much about the plight of Ukraine while our leaders don't put their money where their mouth is. Cutting off the money will act the same as cutting off the head of a snake. Until we see such actions taken, I find it hard to get behind the tut tutting of our EU leaders.
Worrying if accurate
He should have watched that Netflix documentary, Winter on Fire. It may have shown him just how hard Ukrainians fight for their future.
That would be beautiful karma.
They must have upped their benefits for the roadside assistance!
This really had me going for a minute, even with the heads-up.
It's an oil depot exploding.
Poor quality joke warning: Putin thought Zelensky is a joke.
The info about Tushajew from the Chechen troops got confirmed. Maybe the video was not deep fake.
Latvia Foreign Ministry proposed asylum in the West for Russian soldiers willing to put down weapons.
The harsh reality is that Putin will have to go big or go home very soon.
Nice to see, but the Russian military numbers 1.1million, while the special police force used to suppress internal protests is about 2.2 million, which tells you what Putin is most afraid of.
I would love to watch the Women of Minsk take revenge for the beatings Lukashenko inflicated on them during last years protests.
Problem with this is it is much more likely to end in disaster for the Russians. Thinking they can take a city of 3m people with thousands of high rise buildings in the space of 24 hours seems absolutely bonkers.
Anonymous allegedly hacked the Rus TV networks and aired the truth to the Russian people
i thought cultural sporting boycotts only related to state agencies, are any of these ballet companies, state companies/state agencies if not I think it was terrible decision
Will his troops go big though? Or is there unease in the ranks?
From BBC:
Oil depot. There is a video from a close distance. Hopefully no causalities.
I was watching Russia Today for a bit earlier. Everything was about Donbass and Luhansk. They showed the drone footage of the Russians blowing the dam to bring water back to Crimea.
They even said Chernobyl was being jointly held by Russia and Ukraine 😂
Absolutely zip about the bombardments of Kharkiv or the rogue missiles hitting apartment blocks. This is what I would imagine is also going out on Regular Russian TV.
Swan Lake by Moscow Ballet in Cork Opera House got cancelled.
I know what's involved Mark, I've worked in these Country's and in these conditions, but if you think that the Russian Military fleet is full of the latest EU mod-cons, heated tanks etc. you would be in for a surprise. And Yes, I've lit fires under both the tanks and the engines. ( I'm aware that petrol does not wax, but petrol engined trucks are a rarity, except in the military ) In sub-zero temps -10 to -20+ I've put 220 Ltr barrels full of diesel in a circle around a fire, and left them there for a few hours to get the diesel warm enough to accept the additive. And I'm speaking about military vehs as well as HGV's. Winter means trouble for transport, and even with top of the line servicing, you can still meet trouble. I never mentioned anything about which is the best season to travel in.....frozen land, ideal for Tanks , spring soft ground, bad for tanks...summer ground is again dry and hard in that part of the world, If I remember right. But right at this point in time, I'd be praying for an early spring, with rain, glorious rain, a full monsoon of it, if that was possible,
The Ukrainian army must be getting satellite images real time from the Americans etc. of Russian armour and troop movements and that's why there having such a field day on their armour. Plus all the weaponry from the west of the country there getting. Russia could do with some special forces in the forests there attacking them on the roads etc. Just like Ukraine is doing to the Russians. Should of had them in place from the get go. Major mistake on the Russian side that.
Russian press is the same. It's all about what's happening in the Donbass region and virtually nothing about Kyiv.
Yep I seen that too. You can understand why the protests aren’t bigger. There was a clip on thursday of a russian woman being asked about kiev and she said there is no invasion only peacekeepers in donbass.
treat them like mushrooms is the russian mo.
Anyone got a good live stream link from Kiev? Was watching the full screen version from the main square last night but can't find it tonight.
Javelins & NLAW's are really working out well. The hamster cage on top the tanks doesn't seem that effective!
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