No. Ireland is quite specific that no combat operations are to be sortied from Irish territory. It's a policy which dates back to WW2, where those involved in combat operations who ended up in Ireland were interned, but those who were just trying to get from A to B were sent back home. This is why, for example, all those generals who crashed near Athenry managed to return home to the US to finish the war (And not minor ones either, you had the head of US Armored Force, the Head of US Army R&D, and a couple of others) even while other Allied pilots were cooling their heels in the K-Lines in the Curragh.
In theory, yes. The German backlogs in May 1940 were far longer, and that was a far, far less motorised force than the modern Russian military.
I think people are forgetting the definition of 'defeat', by the way. It merely means "Stop the enemy from achieving his objectives". 'Destroy' is a different definition, and much more difficult to accomplish.
They hit the Holocaust monument behind the tower and that family. Funny denazification operation attacking monuments like that and killing civilians.
Piss-poor planning, as well as one of the unescapable truths of war. Every military offensive will eventually run out of steam and be brought to a halt by a combination of the need for rest, maintenance, and reaching the limits of its supply chain. Clausewitz coined the term "Culminating Point" for this point when the friction of war overtakes the ability of an attacker to make any more process. I have a feeling that, for all their massive numbers and violence, the Russian army may be reaching the culminating point of its own offensive, or indeed may already have reached it in points.
Given the ongoing issues on the Russian side, there is now a real chance that the Ukrainians might still pull of a victory by the skin of their teeth, simply due to the Russian invasion force falling apart. It's not massive, but the chance is there. In a leak about a meeting between Putin and a number of oligarchs, it was mentioned that they might be able to sustain the attack for ten days. This looks more and more like it could be the case. Whatever the facts will be, the next couple of days will both bring a resolution and be absolute hell for the pople on the ground, I'm afraid.
That's what the worry is, that Putin will turn much of Ukraine into Grozny, especially if this conflict continues
If he can't "win", then he can turn it into ash and take some future peace deal after it's decimated.
I mostly read forums without posting. The reason why I am posting now is to ask people to look closely at the information they are presented with. It is due to the fact that information warfare is also part of this war.
Regarding civilian casualties and bombing of civilian buildings: as I heard there are NATO planes or surveillance drones closely watching at what is happening in Ukraine from the Black Sea, Poland, and probably other NATO countries nearby. Then there must be some radars observing any missile launches and things like that. I ask myself why BBC/CNN do not publish this kind of information. Probably we will see it eventually documenting "Russian atrocities".
A civilian with a gun pointing at soldiers is arguably a civilian. At least, I doubt that soldiers will consider them that way. There is nothing wrong with giving weapons to anyone who wants it, however, we have already seen reports of friendly fire when an Israeli man was killed by mistake. Then Ukraine also released some of its prisoners, in particular people who were fighting in Donbass:
Additionally, Ruslan Onyschenko, former commander of the Tornado Battalion, has appealed for release for combat duty, along with Semen Semenchenko, a former member of the Donbas Battalion
At least, that is what was reported on Ukrainian site (not sure if it is a Russian propaganda): pravda com ua /eng/news/2022/02/27/7326457/
To understand who those people are, you can google for 'Tornado Battalion'.
Or here is an excerpt from a document from Global Rights Compliance LLP "The enforcemeng of international humanitarian law in Ukraine" as of November 2016 (sorry, cannot post links yet)
I just cite some of their "accomplishments" on page 57:
In particular, according to the allegations advanced by the Chief military prosecutor of Ukraine, Mr.
Matios, Mr. Onishcenko (the commander of the “Tornado” Company) created the illegal armed
formation and between January and April 2015 encouraged his subordinates to commit especially
grave crimes, including the illegal detention of the local population, murder, torture and sexual
violence. This is alleged to have included detaining at least ten people, and torturing, electrocuting,
beating, raping and killing some of the men and sexually abusing a woman.295 Apparently, several
of the crimes were videotaped. 296 On the face of the available evidence, there is no explanation nor
any immediately apparent reason that would explain or justify the absence of war crimes charges
(including wilful killing/murder,297 torture, 298 cruel treatment, 299 inhuman treatment,300 causing great
That is the way people in some of the parts of Eastern Ukraine, Donbass, were treated in 2014-2015. Probably they have their own reasons to love Russia protecting them against those Ukrainian war criminals. Most likely not all Ukrainians fighting in Donbass were like that.
How those people are going to behave in a current situation remains to be seen. It is also worrying that those people were not charged with war crime charges per this report - I wonder if there was any outcry in Western media about it.
In the end, the war will end. I did not cross a border between Ukraine and its neighbours, hopefully, it is well secured. Otherwise, some of the weapons might be used in Europe.
Yeah of @Loafing Oaf dont you know? According to @correct horse battery staple I'm chief Putinbot who also has a direct line to Putin so you should trust my judgement on it. He won't invade NATO/EU members.
Amazing that 1 war mongering dictator can hold the world to hostage with this senseless barbarity.
How bad does it have to get for the people of Ukraine before the west intervenes.
Should start with nuking the Russian army bases and convoys along the way.
Big time. You can bet that in every cat house and honkey tonk from Gdansk to Krakow there are Polish men spoiling to have a go at Ivan. Ironically - and the likes of Moscow Mick would never recognize this - the likes of Poland's Nato membership is actually keeping a lid on a conflagration at this stage of the war.
Not happening, apparently
Ukrainians still matching and often defeating the Russians in closer combat. It's the missiles fired from afar that the Ukrainians can't do much about.
Russians now 'softening up' the areas they intend to go into, since they realised that they're not actually being welcomed with open arms.
Report on news Putin is getting angry with people around him because of slow pace of war.
Don't forget his puppet tin pot dicatator in Belarus who is also facilitating this.
When you say "around him" I assume you mean about 40 foot away from him?
Apparently, he's fairly isolated himself over the last two years. Social distancing might cause WWIII
I agree his days are done but it's the damage he will do in the meantime that is a huge worry for me . It will take quite a while to bring Russia to its knees through sanctions and he still has a hold over the people who many will believe his version of events .
Bullshit how much nonsense are you planning to post
Ditto with their army bases.
Nuke nuke nuke... fcuk them!
I am against civilian losses. I do not condemn fellow Russians killing armed Ukrainians because this is a war.
The exact reason for this war is unclear.
Putin really is taking the mick there. How exactly does he reckon he can hold other countries responsible for aiding a country he's invaded, but that he himself cannot be held responsible for the invasion of that country. And no-one can aid that country, otherwise he'll go nuclear. But its ok for him to use the resources of Belarus to help wage the invasion of Ukraine is truely beyond comprehension.
Not even if he's backed into a corner and he fears his regime and his life are about to end?
Finlands parliament to discuss joining Nato tomorrow ,
Wonder if Sweden follows
So you accept its war and not peacekeeping... careful now.
Has Russia declared war? Why not?
The reason is whether Ukraine will be Russian puppet like Belarus or free to decide its future.
Not even early in the time of Covid was there literally no space for any other news on rolling news channels.
What is happening here does not fit into any normality, it can only be organized by a madman who unfortunately has a red button in his hand and has neither reason nor self-preservation instinct. Better check the expiration date of KI (potassium iodide) in your medicine cabinet. We have never been this close to nuclear war in this century.
Wikipedia already updated. It's the first chuckle i think I've had having followed this thread from the start.
What a **** crazy world.
I have no idea what to believe any more.
A 21-year-old Indian medical student was killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, one of the first foreign nationals to die in the conflict.
The student who died was identified as Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, 21, from the southern Indian state of Karnataka. He was a fourth year medical student at Kharkiv National Medical University.
According to classmates who were with him, Gyanagoudar died when there was an air strike and shelling as he was lining up for food outside of a shop in the city.
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