At least they were honest about it.
We've all felt the pinch at the pump this week and we have to recognize that going forward our transportation is not something we can take for granted, running a car was expensive enough before this war began, we're not suffering like the Ukrainians but it's not life as normal for anyone as long as this continues.
To be fair, the use of the word "whataboutery" is often because (a) the poster is out of their depth or (b) to stifle debate that doesn't suit their position. It can be valid but is usually quite simplistic.
Do we have to start with the nonsense of alleging that people who express concern about something actually want it to happen? The covid threads were full of the same bs, accusing people of getting turned on as cases rose, etc.
And I wish I shared your giddy optimism, but the fact that nukes would be a clusterfuck is no cast-iron guarantee that Putin won't opt for them. Especially if his chances of winning without them are so slim.
I don't think stingers will work on those :(
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pretty sure this has already been posted, but this just some of what the Ukrainian people face when trying to flee the cities
ABSOLUTE DISGRACE
I'm not sure....for one thing newer younger conscripts might be easier to order around and turn themselves into cannon fodder. Older more experienced troops might not be so easy to manipulate. I'm not saying hats what's happening, just guessing. But for sure, there are units refusing to obey orders and abandoning their weapons and vehicles, and these would be the more experienced ones. Also, according to what we are hearing, this whole plan depended on only taking a short time, but its way behind schedule. Imagine you are a Russian soldier, and told that you will be welcomed as liberators, with open arms,,,,or its just a drill. Disillusionment wont be long setting in.
SHELL BOUGHT RUSSIAN OIL YESTERDAY
BOYCOTT - inexcusable behavior
Oddly enough on rte news earlier they showed a maternity hospital operating and delivering babies in their basement ,rte choose to Blur the mothers faces but didn't blur anyone else.
To be honest that's a standard tactic employed the world over. It's an attempt to get an upper hand or extra card to play in the next round of negotiations.
I’m the last person to buy into conspiracy theories, but all the bizarre foliage behind him could be props to disguise any green screen reflection on his back! That used to be so obvious and distracting on the Vincent Browne Show on TV3.
That's absolutely true. I'm someone who's always had a keen interest in Cold War/Current political and military matters, so on the surface, having this insight seems like a godsend for nerds like me. However, the flip side of this is that we're also exposed to the ugly side of war, the violence, death and suffering, as well as a seemingly endless shrieking crescendo of propaganda from both sides... well, primarily of one side in this particular conflict. This is definitely not healthy in any way, shape or form and we need to watch out for ourselves and our mental health. I've had struggles with my own mental health, so I know just how easy it is to slip into a doom spiral.
I shared the below link in a chat group with some friends who are following the war earlier today. It's a guide on preventing or limiting lasting effect from being exposed to this type of violence. It was made for those engaged in OSINT, but I think we should all take a good look at it. After all, our mental health is just as fragile as our physical health can be.
Yes. Very like her
Looks likes Jodie Comer in Killing Eve. Life imitating art.
Greenscreen? WTF
He was never there. Think about it. The closest he gets to his team is about 15 feet away at a table..apparently paranoid of catching covid..or a knife on the back, and now surrounded by people
Posted earlier, the video was shot separately..his hand can be seen pass through a microphone multiple times
Does have the look of a green screen there and this isn't video compression lmao
Over the last couple of days I’ve begun to think he knew this was not going to be a popular war, with the troops or the home crowd. Could this be part of the plan, send in inexperienced troops into the city outskirts with little support so the resulting carnage would harden the minds of the rest of the armed forces and people at home?
I would usually agree with the blurring of the faces but I think the use of video is not to only document for them selfs but to illustrate how they treat their pow's. I haven't seen a video of a Russian being mistreated but I have seen many Ukrainians being mistreated by the Russians, especially from Putins little pigs, the Chechens. Both are guilty of propaganda especially when it comes to fake snuff videos. Telegram is like watching combat ultras in real time
No happy faces. Almost as if they didn't want to be there.
Better start smiling.
No idea what was said but...
This was the top story tonight. Car crash TV. (He also went on a flight simulator and some flowers where handed out)
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has just concluded a meeting in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
So what was all this bullshit about Putin being holed up in a bunker in the Siberian mountains?
People need to learn not to believe every rumour they find on the Interweb.
I'm sure that he has, and at this stage, he is winning by sheer brute force, but even at that, he is way behind schedule and has had to resort long range missiles and bombing in an effort to reduce the body bag nrs. So even in the places he tentatively holds presently, he will have an ongoing problem in holding them, and the longer it goes on the harder they will be to hold. He is in for a long drawn out war, with his forces being continually ground down as they were in Afghanistan and Chechnya, but possibly in an even worse fashion.
In my opinion this war is very tough on the mental health side of things beyond any current affair I’ve ever experienced before.
Our grandparents living in Ireland in 1939/1940 did not endure anything like we are enduring at the moment. Nuclear didn’t exist. The true evil of the Nazis had not become apparent. War news consisted of a few news bulletins and grainy black and white pictures in daily and heavily censored newspapers . Bar the hardships of the emergency it was pretty much business as usual.
We are being bombarded with up to the minute info. There are videos and pictures just a few clicks away of the most horrific and graphic nature coming in a torrent every day constantly reminding us of the true hell of war. It is intense it is brutal. And then the helplessness watching a country fighting alone. The last week feels like 10 years. Everything that was before nearly irrelevant now. And to know that there is more to come tomorrow and the day after. And it’s hard/impossible to switch off from it.
Cue for martial law in Russia
Seen that on the other thread ,I'd be very sceptical ,I'd say that NATO has the Ukrainians on a tight leash to prevent them dragging more Russian forces into the fight
Dramatic much? You'd swear some people want this.
It's incredible isn't it? It's been a long time since I've heard such chickenhawk gobshitery said about a war. Some people really do think that this is all just some LARP'ing XBox game or something. It really amounts to little more than something for them to yap about or try to score some cheap points on.
Russia's big scary 'military might' has shown its many weaknesses in this invasion.
I don't believe that the Russians had a solid plan for this and I also don't think that they've gone in hard against the Ukraine yet. Their ops have been...confusing...to say the least, and a lot of things seem to be very ad hoc. I also don't think that the average Russian, be they citizen or military, are fully behind it either. It all appears to designed on the hope that Russia could toss a few missiles in and the Ukrainians would just buckle and bish, bash, bosh..regime change. Unfortunately, for Putin, the rest of the world has rallied in behind Ukraine's plight. I reckon Vlad thought he'd have a free hand after the west had spend the last 20 years cosying up to him. Especially in the last few years with his best buddy in the White House saying nice things about him.
The main thing is, there are probably very few people outside of the top echelon of Russian government who actually know WTF this is all about and what the actual end game is, leading to what seems to be a very bizarre and unfocused campaign. That can lead to some very serious issues with the conduct of the war, as you'll have some real resentment building up amongst servicemen and women who'll be wondering what the hell they're supposed to be fighting for, with a danger that they'll end up taking it out on whomever is the easiest target.
Exactly. Also, the amount of assistance the E-8's, Global Hawk and E-3 Sentrys are giving, through secure Data communications, to the Ukranians is incredible. Most people are not aware of this. For example, within an hour of today's E-3 coming online in Poland, 3 aircraft were shot down. Their radar can see far into even Russia and they are giving the troops the heads-up on enemy movements in real-time. ( Jet heading North West, ETA your position 15 minutes, warm up a MANPAD)
apparently our friend wasn't even there
he was edited into a prerecorded video with a bunch of actresses
One idea I've seen touted thinking outside the box is for multiple countries to literally saturate the sky with aircraft above the areas of concern in Ukraine, so that Russia would be unable to fly sorties and any incursion would be met with a wall of military airplanes with Russian fighters being escorted out of Ukrainian airspace. Logistically I imagine it would be a nightmare. Could it be done if there was enough international support?
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