Comparisons to 1939 are worthless. The rest of Europe is in either NATO or the EU which all have mutual defence clauses.
Huge.
Most people knew that Putin was capable of what we are seeing now, invading another country and threatening to use nuclear weapons. Is there seriously many other countries we need to worry about doing this? It’s an oligarchy run from the top down, if Putin doesn’t press the big red button what stops the next guy being even crazier? The whole system needs changing. Nordstream 2 should never have been agreed in the first place. It puts a lot of money into the Russian military, if the price of oil wasn’t so high recently they couldn’t have funded this incursion. Just look at the arrogance of the Germans here.
I'm baffled as to why you've fallen for this nonsense.
They cut off the pipeline only after Russia's aggressive moves in Ukraine, recognising the regions he deliberately destabilised in Ukraine with 'little green men', part of his gambit to detstabilise Ukraine and keep it out of EU\NATO orbit and as a puppet of Russia like Belarus. This has been coming since the Maidan Revolution.
As for why don't the US don't intervene with boots on the ground, why do you think, because your non madman Putin is acting like a madman threatening nuclear retaliation against such moves. Europe wouldn't just be in ashes then, the world would be.
Even within your post you're all over the shop.
I suppose some people think cheap gas is more iimportant than Ukraine's freedom. Germany thought like that too until they came to their sense and saw the threat Russia represented to European peace. And yes, Ukraine is in Europe.
What does this mean in this case.
Did you miss the part where Putin went on live TV multiple times with his absurd justifications?
You need to emerge from what ever rabbit hole you fell down.
Putin has already lost.
He may take Kyiv for a period of time, perhaps many months but ultimately they can’t control an angry, resentful and willing people.
He has also served to only strengthen the ethos and principles of the EU and NATO, particularly in Eastern Europe.
This has been an absolute disaster for Putin internationally and domestically and his actions will impact Russia for many many years to come.
Sadly many Ukrainians will suffer and pay the ultimate cost but I truly hope in the long term Ukraine will return even greater than before.
They won't do that .
The comparisons with 1939 are about one bad actor invading an independent country, not about current military alliances. It also reminds us of how paranoia and victimhood can suck others in and broaden the theatre of war so yes it is relevant. This is a Putin war just as 1939 was a war of Hitler's making.
Google is and has been for years attempting to stop ISIS from using its services to recruit. That isn't just a ban it is out and out hunting any work around that group uses from getting its propaganda out. That is as much censorship as blocking RT.
I agree with both decisions by google but acknowledge they are not quite the same as each other but they are similar styles. However as someone says the problem with censorship is that eventually they censor something you agree with. It all comes down to how you define extremism.
That was a very brave decision to make for his country given China's position on the matter and it should be acknowledged. China has been militarily aggressive towards Taiwan for quite some time.
The Albanians didn't hold back at the UN
Russia is in the position it finds itself in today not because of some fantastic conspiracy theory but because of the actions of its government and military. They should have been in this position back in 2014 but the West blinked and now a lot of Ukrainians are dying.
We need to persist with this action until Putin and the other criminals are gone.
The world needs to ensure Russia is demilitarised and undergoes denazification. It especially needs to remove nuclear weapons from Russia's arsenal.
If civilians continue to be targeted then I believe neighbouring countries need to be more proactive to protect them. Enforced no fly zone and allowing Ukrainian air assets fly from their territories. At this stage what Russia have done is an attack on Europe and an attack on democracy.
It's a spectacular own goal. He was also counting on the EU being feckless. That looked to be the case in the first 24hrs, but he's done something that no amount of endless meetings has ever done - unite the EU. This lot usually take 20 years to agree a trade deal. In a few days they've acted in almost unison and inflicted harsh sanctions. Credit to the UK who seemed to kick it all off.
He thought he could send limited troops, seize kyiv with minimal resistance, install a puppet government and due to this being so lightening quick and bloodless, Europe and the world would just denounce without much action. He misjudged Ukraine, he misjudged the EU and above all, he misjudged Zelenskyy who he thought was a joke figure that would hightail it out of Ukraine as soon as the Russian trucks rolled in.
China actually has a nuclear umbrella agreement with Ukraine, if one suffers a nuclear attack the other comes to it's aid. Strange, but it's real and signed under Yanukovych
Yeah that is a known downside alright- was still interesting to watch in terms of what tactics they use including:
Some thoughts on the Russian numbers problem.
Where is Putin's out?, it seems rather than backing off he is doubling down. Reports of soldiers going door to door in captured cities with lists of names and addresses - to dissapear people presumably as previously discussed here being the gameplan.
He isnt backing off at all, if anything he is giving the world the two fingers, the longer this goes on the more cornered the rat becomes. I've read that former KGB officers reported him as having a lack of comprehension of danger which helped him take risks others wouldnt have, scary thought in the current situation.
You beat me to it.
The US intelligence has been spot on in this saga, and a lot of people are now seeing the light.
I would strongly disagree. If Putin is successful in the Ukraine where next?
The situation has significant parallels.
https://www.vox.com/2014/9/1/6084029/hitlers-invasion-of-poland-explained
Historically Russia has had a habit of resetting itself and adjusting the leadership. Quite how that might happen nobody knows but it's a clear out to a new leader if they can get rid of him, stop all of this and put the blame firmly on him. Someone, somewhere is seriously thinking about that.
It all comes down to how you define extremism
Quite simple really, in this instance if you are spreading lies to enable an evil cúnt to slaughter children.
Any more questions?
Yes the Russian position is very tenuous in terms of any realistic goal, I think they initially gambled that the Ukraine govt and situation would collapse with 24 to 48 hours and they install a puppet govt inside a completely capitulated country.
Perhaps Russia is moving in the artillery and increasing the civilian attacks to create a mass exodus from Ukraine, a refugee crisis, then negotiate down the barrel of that gun to get a "deal" whereby they get LNR, DNR, Crimea and it's land-bridge at the very least.
Small Russian convoy destroyed NW of Kyiv
If he can't get all of Ukraine under a puppet Russian government, or neutered in some federal agreement where the Russian puppet states have a veto on anything major.
Then, his out is crippling Western Ukraine, withdrawing and occupying Donbass region, maybe more, getting his corridor to Crimea, strategic locations and resources.
And then he'll deploy standard Russian tactics in those zones to root out dissent as you note.
40k Crown forces in the 6 counties for 1.9mn people and a majority against the Irish side.
Putin would need to be sending up to a million.
Reports now that Belarus has officially entered the conflict by sending troops into Ukraine.
The Taliban has a twitter account.
Putin sent you a whatsapp and told you directly aye? 🤣
Except that all of the current sanctions will remain and then there's the almost guaranteed insurgency. It's an out, out, out scenario for him!
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