Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I may be totally off the wall here but why the fk didn't they turn the car around at speed after the first round and put the foot to the floor. They pulled over an opened the doors...?

They probably saw the Sky video - do these guys get danger money for this kind of reporting does anyone know?

Just got sent this by a Polish friend. If you copy and paste the phone number and text on your mobile phone you can deliver the news to some random individual in Russia.

For those that are curious, the translation of the text is as follows:

Putin may have to think about shutting down the Russian telecom network. 🤔

There is going to be no nuclear war, it can't happen because there is no winner this way. So get that fantasty out of your head. I don't want to watch the TV every day seeing innocent people children and babies getting killed by constant shelling because of the ego of a bully boy from Russia. What do nato actually do if he says I'm going to strike Poland with a nuclear strike if I can't capture it? With NATOs thinking they will say yeah no problem take it, its only Poland.

Disappointing to see such large pro Russia demonstrations in Serbia tonight.

Unfortunately NATO/US can't intervene directly, that would be WW3.

There is a lot of equipment going Ukraine's way. Keep in mind they have a standing army of 125,000, national guard of 60,000 and almost million reservists with some form of military training. Relatively high morale. Equipment isn't the best, but they have experience in the form of an 8 year hybrid war with Russia already, so they aren't all completely green.

They've already destroyed/captured at least 620 tanks, infantry vehicles, artillery pieces, aircraft, helicopters of the Russian military in 9 days.

Yes the odds are stacked against them, and despite low morale, lower pay, the Russia military is bigger and more advanced but I wouldn't say it's completely lost yet

So much for your username then!

No surprise. Those lads got done over by NATO. Any anti-NATO type stuff goes down well there.

Intervention may be the quickest way to end this, the damage globally is going to be Much more significant than the damage in Ukraine, not to minimize that.

I wanted to sound tough. Actually after a couple of drinks I'm usually more confident. So give me whisky, an AK and some knee & elbow pads (to look a bit more special forces) and I think I could do some damage........to my own unit probably

If you can't control the battle then control the narrative - he can then spin this in to the West is attacking and we need all able bodied people to fight for us

fantasy? Maybe in your head.

If NATO enter the war Putin is backed into a corner as he knows the Russian army would be crushed by NATO and to “not lose” he only has one option left

If that happens we better all hope there are fail safes built into the Russian nuclear launch system that putin hasn’t managed to find a way around since he has been in power. (For example making sure the three people he needs to ok the command are as sick and crazy as him).

You seem to have no problem ignoring this potentially happening.

Sergei Sulemmny has an extremely optimistic post on Twitter. He is an expert on Russian affairs. Seems to feel if Ukraine can hold on for another few days the Russian campaign will begin to crumble.

It looks like it would take a nuclear strike on Ukraine for NATO to intervene and even then who knows. The Ukrainians are some people. Hats off to them. Would love to see the Russian people rise up and overthrow Putin.

Its trump - we live in the post truth world. He is an isolationist, (with dodgy ties to Putin too of course) and this is, in my view, an attempt to float a boat. 'Throw an idea up a flag pole and see if anyone salutes' -

Not going to happen IMHO - Americans are every bit as stunned by what they are watching - Kiev's PR Campaign will soon silence these isolationist fools