The smirk on Putins face throughout. Is that the surgery and steroids? Or is it that he just doesn’t get it?
Looks like the talks have failed and that Russia are upping the ante with airstrikes. They will flatten Kiev before they send in ground troops.
I wonder would it have anything to do with Ukraines natural resources??
Pretty phenomenal way of showing you don't even seem to have the slightest clue what the EU even is. This doesn't even begin to make sense.
As to why leaders are coming out with these statements? I would have thought that was blindingly obvious. It is a gigantic diplomatic "**** you" to Putin.
Fast track EU membership?
So what happened to the long process of ensuring corruption is tackled and economic stability in the candidate country in the EU application procedure?
Ukraine may be a democracy but it is a really corrupt country. There is no way it meets the criteria.
Sane, yes.
But if Putin believes that his project is over, and him with it, any decisions he takes from that point forward will not be entirely rational.
Russia has nukes!!
Also, It's raining in Ireland today
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Ps: PUTIN AND HIS ARMY ARE C UNTS
But I am taking things with a pinch of salt - you clearly are/were not by blindly believing it. And why wouldnt I celebrate the result? Less lives are lost, those men live to see their families.
And the "new information" that came to light, came to light last week when the Russian MoD published photos of captives on Snake Island, but people (not singling you out) refused to believe it. There are clear agendas here to dismiss news that people simply dont want to hear.
I think Belarus will be getting the boot in, nasty regime there, very sycophantic to Putin.
I think she's the head of the Russian Central Bank
round 3 beginning shortly
That's largely what the case was during world war 2 was. Russia Today are banned from broadcasting in the EU but Iranian propaganda networks are also banned, for like a decade. If you're that bothered you're free to go to Russia Today's website and read their propaganda.
Russia has a number of territories in the far east that have "ethnically Chinese" populations in the same way that Ukraine has "ethnic Russians". And likewise China has "ethnic Russian" populations. It's a bit of a sore point. If China wanted to force a Russian withdrawal from Ukraine without being seen to be directly allied with the West, they could easily start making troop movements over there, deliberately leaking rumours, etc.
This would give Putin impetus to withdraw troops from Ukraine, redeploy in the East to protect Russian sovereignty, without losing face.
There's nobody sane on the planet who wants nuclear bombs dropped. Even if their use is limited, the environment, political and economic fallout will be enormous.
Another EU leader essentially saying they want Ukraine fast tracked to EU membership.
Why are EU leaders fanning the flames? Why are EU leaders accepting of a country that has high levels of corruption? Does the EU show as much desire to accept countries like Albania and Serbia who applied for membership a decade ago?
Sky news just reported that the U.K foreign ministers words are what upset Putin and escalated things.
She's giving a statement later.
Also people in London at the foreign legion office trying to sign up to fight in Ukraine.
We get it, can you calm down with this nuclear hysteria stuff, and showing the effects on Ireland
Talks are over. Now wait to see if anything comes out of them .....🤞🙏
That could be a bit of dick swinging knowing the Ukrainian delegation will be flying to and from that border by helicopter
Two more ready states isn't that many, and do we know what system Russia uses - the equivalent of DEFCON? Otherwise we're just guessing.
Furthermore, it's not just about readiness level.
Putin could decide to unilaterally launch nuclear war against NATO and the EU; he doesn't need to wait for readiness levels to increase.
On three occasions in this conflict, Putin has raised the spectre of nuclear war - and we shouldn't take it lightly.
Galway Beo recently published this on their website, showing the scale of the damage that nuclear weapons would unleash in this country. You can wish it away and say there's little to no risk, but the risk is extremely real and very imminent.
That would be him admitting to being scared of covid.
That's the central bank head, she is not having a good day.
From the BBC:
"After some soul-searching, neutral Switzerland will adopt all EU sanctions against Russia."
The Swiss finally found their souls then?
Back to the tried and tested
Source?
Quite a lot of Russians will buy into the lie that Putin will put out that Russia is under attack from the west by the sanctions .The chances of somebody near to putin taking him down seem very remote unfortunately .
She is the head of the Russian Central bank there was a statement from her earlier about the 20% hike in rates.
The photo ops of Putin talking to his ministers, etc at the end of a very, very long table aren't doing much to dispel the whole unstable dictator vibes
It's a misanthropic seating arrangement.
Wouldn't a perspex screen be so much easier that the long table? We have tons of them spare now.
Looking at the size of the ridiculous table some people are claiming its a statement of power but all I can see is a man utterly terrified of covid or other diseases.
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