Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Put the airstrip right on the border (unpopulated area). The Russians better be damn sure that all there missiles land where they aim

Russia have taken unilateral action in invading a sovereign state, it's been condemned by the vast majority of states in the UN. It's not straightforward like taking sides in a dispute, Russia have carried out an unjustified act of aggression and other nations have valid reasons for showing support to the violated state. There are no sanctions on Ukraine so there is no valid reason to object to the continued sale of arms to it, other than it makes the illegal invasion more costly. The system is working normally.

If the Ukrainians continue flying jets at tree top level they will make it very hard to track and launch SAM defences against them, unlike the fate of Russian helicopters.

Ukraine had nuclear weapons and gave them up on an assurance from Russia it would recognise it's sovereignty and guarantee it's security. Ukraine gave them up in good faith. Would you agree that was a mistake and that Russia has acted in bad faith and can't be trusted?

What are these lethal weapons the west gave Ukraine that threaten a nuclear state, and why are they worse than the hundreds of nukes in missile tubes in nuclear submarines that can wipe out Russia from almost anywhere? Horseshit.

Good night Mick.

We had a population increase of 2.9% in 2007, so it's not something new to us. Maybe ask those people feeling for their lives, living for days under constant bombing if they would rather a quiet little holiday home out in the west of Ireland or stay put?

Comprise with Putin.... it was the lack of action back in 2014 which contributed to this war. You can't appease a dictator because we'll be having the same discussions in years to come when he invades another country.

Are you kidding me, they would happily destroy their own people to achieve their agenda, it means nothing to them.

You need to keep in mind that people in this part of the world are always used to get things their way, hence why they don’t really understand how the world really functions.

what is happening with Russia is a precedent for them.

give them time.

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concerning Putin,

i think his objective is to simply destroy the military infrastructure of Ukraine,

take kiev and take out their government

then move all his troops to the south and occupy the whole black sea shoreline.

what saddens me is that the whole thing could’ve been solved with proper diplomacy but nobody really cared

the goal right now is to make sure to deliver as much blows as possible to the Russians making sure the price will be heavy not for occupying Ukraine but for challenging Nato/west at their game.

we’re entering a new Era.

Show them a map of Ireland.

Didn't work out to bad here in the end

There will be no peace in Ukraine. They will be shelling each other for 20 years. The Ukrainians will never accept loss of access to the black sea.

The airstrip would be right on the polish border (not the Russian), meaning any missed Russian strike could hit Poland.

WE could really do with an Icelandic Volcanic eruption right now, hopefully it could keep Russians planes out of the skies for a while possibly

The mig 29 is a very capable ground attack aircraft ,it's all down to the munitions it's loaded with ,the SU25 primary role is ground attack, but the mig29 has a multirole capability,

I don't believe so. I think it will cause the west and non NATO countries to reconsider their options.

What Russia has shown, is they can invade a non NATO country and the only response from the west is sanctions (I'm not downplaying the sanctions)

There was a belief in Ireland that if we were invaded, the UK or USA would come to our rescue, that's now show to be false.

If Russia decided to bomb or invade Ireland tomorrow, there's very little more sanctions they would face, but they would have a nice foothold in between 2 major NATO areas on the map (US/Europe)

Covid caused us to consider out health spending, this war will cause us to consider our defense spending.

As someone who was 100% against any kind of EU army, I would certainly reconsider it in light of what's happening in Ukraine.