They shouldn’t leave it to the last minute though- how quickly can EU jets manned by experienced Ukraine pilots take off from Poland I wonder? I think that’s the only option at this stage
Hes trying to twist it against FF and FG not voting for the tax haven stuff which is not good either but its far worse what Luke did imo
Thanks for showing us early what the quality of your contributions will be like.
It's been estimated he's committed around more than 75% of the forces, and that was from 24 hours or so ago, probably higher by now. Also the longer this takes, the more anti-tank and anti-air weapons flow from Europe into Ukraine. The Southern Russia army group seems to be the only one making some sort of progress, but they are still quite bogged down. The Russian military is genuinely struggling.
India historically had deep and strategic ties with Russia. For Russia, India is the largest importer, and for India, Russia the largest exporter when it comes to arms transfer. India imports of Russian armaments include nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, tanks, guns, fighter jets, and missiles.
indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-russia-military-weapons-defence-ties-7795804/lite/
The fact that Russia has just shot itself in the foot in relation to Putins invasion of Ukraine is really a fairly spectacular own goal. That others may benefit from Russia becoming a pariah on the world stage is perhaps not surprising
That India did not condem the Invasion of Ukraine giving their dependence on Russia is regrettable but not perhaps surprising
I think the EU needs to demand a halt, ceasefire and negotiations and if refused declare a no fly zone, enforce it and Putin can say goodbye to his army.
Do we want nuclear war? no, but it might come anyway. Do we want another cold war with the threat of nuclear war for another 50 years? The odds of a nuclear catastrophe increases.
What signal does it give out if Putin gets away with this? Every tin pot will get nuclear weapons and the threat of nuclear war becomes pretty much guaranteed.
I think its time to call Putins bluff
Their loyalty is with BRICS, not NATO/EU/US
Coal futures are way up too - rumours of ze Germans reopening coal plants for energy security
God they are such an embarrassment
The Greens have form here. They voted against measure to stop atrocities in the former Yugoslavia too. They seem to like leaving bully nations in peace to do their thing. I swore after that I'd never vote for them again but I did last time round - from desperation and the paucity of alternatives on the menu. This recent development, combined with their determination to inflict pain on people when the energy market has already achieved their carbon taxes for them, means they'll never even make the arse end of my transfers from now on.
Oh, and Eamonn Ryan saying that everyone had to get back into the office. Carbon taxes out of one side of his mouth, demanding that people up their carbon footprint out of the other...
We can't risk a third world war, certainly not a nuclear war, not going to happen.
On the contrary. Ukrainians will not surrender, and the Russian armed forces, such as they are in the theatre at the moment, a pretty surmountable.
Last night was to be the kicker, but it has not happened. Just watch what happens the long convoy over the next few days. Remember, the convoy is primarily made up of logistical support, not tanks and artillery.
The only thing that bothers me at the moment is the Russian Airforce. Ukraine still has jets operating in-theatre and, according to UK defence analysts, are daily rocketing and straffing Russian forces, which is incredible as the 1st thing everyone expected Russia to do was to take out the Ukranian aircraft on the 1st day. However, analysts say that Russia are only using about 75 of their thousands of aircraft in the campaign. The question is, why only 75 and where is the rest of the Airforce?
What the world needs is a JFK
Listening to a podcast interview with an Indian bloke who's explaining it. He says one reason is India is terrified of China (they've had small skirmishes recently) and India needs to choose between Russia and China and they've chosen Russia.
Yeh this. It's amazing really. I knw two Russians and they are fully supportive of Putin. Trying to justify it by saying it's like the brit occupation of NI.
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if only 75 of the Russian aircraft are operational, or it was someone's first day in the airforce and they filled some jets with petrol.
Great site here detailing losses on both sides of vehicles and aircraft, they only list that which has photographic or video evidence
There is no doubt that Russia is losing a significant amount
Have Sky pulled their crew from Ukraine? One reporter than was in Dnipro is now on the Polish border and usually at this time Mark Austin is live from Kiev but instead they are reporting live from Polish border this morning.
What would they leave behind though? They simply cant hack like that and there are also easier ways of bringing down services etc. I think it's silly to think that the Russians were out looking out cables.
One of Putin's mates....good riddance
The Russians can’t take the entire country. When the territorial lines are redrawn in the coming weeks the west should supply Ukrainian forces with far more serious firepower and start the process of reclaiming their land. The Russians won’t have the stomach for this long term.
Ah. The disputed 2014 election makes it an easy argument to make. We assume the other guy was Russian backed, they assume the other guy was western backed.
I'd be surprised if both aren't true to an extent. It wouldn't be unlike the US and Russia to get involved in other countries elections l
Geez. I do think you'd have to either be a madman or a fool to be a cameraman or journalist in things like that.
Now I am no expert, but if a tank shoots a shell in your direction, as you have your nice shiny camera lens on show.... you don't stick around in a room while the next tank shot may be leveling that room. But here he just hangs around.
Good to see this Putin loving scumbag get what was coming to him. Another champagne Putin crony living it up in the west too. Need a major purge of these lot back to Moscow with full investigation of their wealth. No pussy footing around.
I've heard it said by wildlife and war photographers that looking through a lens can make a photographer forget that he's there with what's being photographed. Ironic that what can bring you up close to a subject can detach you from it at the same time.
If US sanctions and intelligence sharing does help Ukraine fight off the Russian invasion, the Ukraine will be able to continue their oil and gas exploration and potentially become the main the supplier to Europe. Is that good or bad in the long term for the US ?
The mighty Russians, so mighty they have to go cap in hand to the excrement in Belarus to give their military support a dig out. It's like having a Bentley in the driveway but having to go to your neighbour to get a lift in their clapped out 1990 fiesta because the Bentley is broken down.
Good if Ukraine is a USA ally. Which the legitimate Ukrainian government clearly are
I don't want to read too much into it but at the end of Bidens address to the nation he went off script and said " go get him" meaning putin. Hopefully somebody will.
If you allow your opponent to continuously bluff you, you will loose all your chips. You have to meet aggression with aggression. That’s poker theory anyway.
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