Or the transponders are turned off so can't see them on flightradar.
Grand. I'll just put the earlies down so and forget about the rest of the spuds.
Indeed, you could hardly accuse the EU of 'provoking' Putin. He has already gone and invaded a peaceful and democratic neighbouring state.....the time for diplomacy and niceties has gone out the window (Macron and Scholz tried all this and got absolutely nowhere with him).
Russians are being hammered in Ukraine
If the threat of nuclear weapons is legit and credible, would it not be better for the human race that Putin takes back the soviet union?
I don't want that, I know everyone else doesn't want it..but seriously if they are the two options ( which it seems to be due to him being deranged) ...what option would we all take right now?
Can the west defeat Putin without him launching a nuclear bomb and is that a risk we are willing to take?
He seems to have 3 options. Back down, go nuclear or blow his own brains out.
Does that mean I don't have to go to work tomorrow?
Sadly this might be the case. Putin is scum. He doesnt give a shite about Russia either. The guy could press the nuclear button. Its a real possibilty.
It's a legitimate prospect, though, isn't it?
Putin has (multiple times) brought the spectre of nuclear exchange into this latest wave of the conflict.
Nato and the EU have promised advanced weaponry, and now "fighter jets" to the scenes in Ukraine.
As much as I want the Ukrainians to win, surely this is sufficient to tip Vladimir and his military scumbags over the edge?
Will only tax the car for 6 months so.
But, mustn't grumble, eh? 😋
Thanks for reminding me that Boards gives me a big red button all of my own. Boom!
i don’t know what other posters think but I really like France24 as a news channel.
No. When you see a bright flash in the sky hand in your notice.
The speech last week.
Did you not get sent a transcript?
Instead you repost out of date propaganda lies.
Ukraine crossed the line when it moves away from Russian orbit. Anything else is just smokescreen for useful idiots. Putin will not allow a free Ukraine to join EU.
Do you accept right of free Baltic States and Poland and Hungary to join EU and NATO?
Come on answer up.
Your master Putin does not, he said so last week and only reason he has not invaded is NATO strength.
Russian banks are going to have a very, very bad day tomorrow (and for a long time after that)
That's a secret plot. Ukraine was supposed to be the landing pad for the invasion. With supplies of little green people from Mars.
I'm listening to analysis by one of Polish ex-commanders on TV. He's predicting Russian army to last max 2-3 days more :-D
That 5km long column going for Kiev is 800 men squad and he said it's an extended battalion (my English translation might be crap here).
P.S. Can I ask Mods to check arthursway, Cheerful S and Minorthreat accounts?
And if the other dictators see that they can take what they want, simply by threatening to go nuclear, where does it end? Kim Jung Un taking East Asia?
I cant understand why the Ukrainians don't have IEDs in the roads. They knew which routes the Russians would take once they entered. All they needed was a farmer sitting in a field to decimate 200 soldiers and €200 million worth of equipment
At least the talking heads had the decency to keep their bloody mouths shut when the UN Security Council was speaking earlier.
He can't "take back" the soviet union....it no longer exists. We can't just hand him sovereign countries!
I personally believe there is no chance of him launching a nuke. It is the main threat he still has to use so he is that is all.
Seriously. If this was to happen which is not what country will he want to take next .
It's just woke left boll0xology trying to bring it back to their divisive rubbish, saw they were going on about Zelensky never calling out Israel.
Just because he is Jewish, has he ever even been near Israel.
Divisive, hate filled pricks.
I've gone for the 3 myself. And I'll chance not bothering with the NCT for a couple of months.
Don't forget the other option : the Russians themselves remove Putin from office. They may realise quickly he is now a massive liability and will bring nothing but ruin on the country if left in power.
My contention is that there is a perceived route that type of exchange is typically projected to follow, an escalation process that I believe Putin, riddled with hubris may simply feel he should skip altogether.
Launch everything at what would conventionally be seen as below the threshold of what would typically be perceived as provocation for a nuclear exchange and in doing so eliminate the risk of retaliatory strikes.
Yeah I saw that. There does seem to be a few Irish presenters on the channel.
The guy on the right is thinking "He's screaming-round-the-s-bend-of-the-toilet crazy"
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