They haven't the balls to back that statement up. Typical Twitter hardman comment.
Strong is probably pushing it. They were an ally of convenience more than anything else. Tito was not really trusted, nor liked, in the Kremlin and Yugoslavia was never a truly "Communist" country.
They allowed people to leave the region to work in the West, hence the number of Gastarbeiter in Germany coming from Yugoslavia in the 1960's & 1970's.
This looks like the Troubles more so than the war in Iraq or Afghanistan. Which makes sense, the people look like them, speak the language, have ties, can only imagine the horrors when some American from the midwest arrived in the middle east full of hatred after 9/11.
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Oh dear. After promising to do so. A bit of a betrayal.
TBH I think NATO needs to act now and not wait for this to get any worse. If Ukraine falls & Putin survives we are just going to be in same position is a few years time with another country with everyone "clutching their pearls" because Vlad might nuke them.
Call his bluff, take out the forces that have invaded a sovereign democratic Democratic Nation and then sit down at the negotiating table with a far weakened Russia and dictate the terms to them.
Wow, absolute deluded shite from some mental case. He's going to have a difficult time figuring out his new narrative when Kyiv is being shelled. Looked him up, he's banned from Youtube.
The smart Russians have made an absolute fortune on Bitcoin in the past week. Them dumping there assets into bitcoin has driven the price from 35k$ to 45k$ in a matter of days. Easy money for those that could see what impact sanctions would have,
As for the less smart and poorer Russians, their just going to get poorer from the sanctions.
This is beyond awful. Basically because Putin has nuclear weapons he can slaughter Ukrainians indisciminately and won't be stopped. Why on earth can't say, Britain or France bomb that convoy? How is it any worse than what the Russians are doing?
We all know the man to send out there...
EU or US can't get involved in direct military confrontation, that's a world war
In the context of Ukraine one can be both, proud of your Russian heritage and proud to be Ukrainian as well. Some would go back generations. I knew one lady whose grandmother was locked up by the KGB in the 50s for unspecified crimes and they were Russian speakers but also four generations Ukrainian. There will be some who hanker after the old Soviet times but they are a pretty small number.
Lols .. you are so right. Don't even listen to him. Opinion of an Irishman 3000 miles away behind a typewriter in Ireland has more gravitas.
Roll on WW 3 when our opinions will matter even less
Lavrov speaks, and everyone walks out
Sure Dynamo Kiev was basically the USSR soccer team for years.
The parallels between the rise of Hilter as a result of the humiliation of their defeat in WW1 and the rise of Putin as a result of the humiliation of their defeat in the Cold War is eerie, the world can see how this will play out if Putin is not hindered, can the world stop it though!
Emotions are 100% understandably running very high at the moment. We have a muppet in Moscow, or an underground bunker where him and his are safe, who has access to the ability to quite literally end this world for humanity. We're close to or on a knife edge here and cooler heads must prevail. Sanction the Russian state and yes her people into eating grass so they know what the world thinks of them and their great Czar Vlad, but don't give the same muppet the excuse to blow the world to hell. The best outcome is the Russian people depose him. Long shot I grant you, but we live in hope. the EU/NATO barging in - and lord knows the provocation is there - will just hand him more support from the very people who may well want him gone.
He's invading a country thats not part of Nato, not even part of the EU, no, we shouldnt attack Russia because then it is really a WW3 scenario. Calling his bluff, this is not a game of poker FFS. Calm & clear heads are needed not to escalate tensions further.
Even if they manage to succeed in Ukraine, they wont be able to hold it.
Zelenskiy on the other hand..
Some details on what they may be sending, Migs by the looks of it, from Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
Not to question your authority on the subject but what points has he made that constitute "deluded shite" .. so that i may learn something new
Translation: "I can't be any more critical of Putin he might have me or my staff killed"
It just sends out a shocking message to the world: get your hands on nukes, and you can get away with anything.
Why do you think the likes of Iran, NK, Iraq etc had or have been trying to get them covertly for years?
Wibbs I am not being emotional here I am being brutally logical.
If we have learnt anything from history its that you have to face down so called strongmen like Putin. By not dealing properly and decisively with Hitler back in the 30's Europe and the World was condemned to a 6 year world war that killed 10's of millions.
Yes action now may trigger the same as we may have committed "the peace in our time" mistake back in 2014 its time to put it to the test because I have no doubt at all if this continues, Ukraine falls & Putin continues in power we will have the same issue with another country (maybe not a NATO one) in not too long. We have emboldened this evil man by not pushing back against him. That needs to stop now.
I'm not a Chelsea supporter.
Make no mistake, Vlad has all us civilised people held to ransom in this regard.
Same with Abramovic. People expect Russian elites to just come out and denounce the murderous thug. Who will protect their families? Russian dissidents aren't even safe on British streets, let alone in Russia.
Can't wait for this sh!t show
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