the Ukrainians have come too far too trust anything the russians say. Unless such a truce was backed by UN troops or NATO it would be meaningless
To kill or maim civilians
THey also have a muslim as their first minister and crimean tatar muslims are fighting for ukraine (native ukrainian muslims).
It's more comments made about the state of the Russian equipment and that corruption is supposedly all the way down, including those starving kids who legally should not be fighting. Putin et al at the top seemingly were unaware of the poor state of things.
Actually that's how dictatorships work in simplistic hollywood films. Meanwhile back in the real world... Autocrats delegate, they have to, and the 'best' of them know how to do that very very well. They're uber managers and pyschologists. The best don't surround themselves with just idiots either. If your chain of command is made up of useful idiots and yes men you're screwed. Stalin tried that and it nearly did him and Russia in. He changed tack. He had to.
Thank you. Who are by and large women ...and even more CHILDREN
Allegedly. Propaganda goes both ways. Confirmation required.
I'm hoping in this case it ends with Self-immolation.
Have seen a few military experts interviewed, several have said that Russia seems to be having a problem with combined arms logistics. Basically moving a large army is exponentially complicated, and the Russians haven't done so since the 1940's. So on paper this might have worked for them, in reality they seem to be struggling with the logistics.
I find it hard to believe putin fell for his own propaganda but how ironic.
Yeah, that's the IEA 10 point plan, officially published tomorrow. A lot of it aspirational on things like energy efficiency and an increase in alternative sources of gas, which are not really that promising at present.
You cannot save the world by destroying it. You are willing to permanently destroy the future, and inflict a gruesome death on all the babies, toddlers, the 4 and 5 year olds alive today, and deprive all the billions yet to be born, stretching out over future millenia, of existence; all for standing up to an elderly bully in the here and now. I think you are in a psychosis. You cannot possibly have young children, and if you do, you need to change your mindset. Talk about becoming the very thing you seek to destroy.
I don't know, would have agreed with you before all the trouble moving the army into place for war + negotiations with Biden etc. started last year.
This whole catastrophe hasn't made much sense at all to me unless he's come to believe at least some stuff he's been coming out with as justification to launch a war (and saw now as a good time to do it). Or perhaps some of the ideas Wibbs expressed in his posts about Ukraine sliding toward potential EU accession + giving a very "bad" counter-example of how to manage affairs to Russians made him angry and fearful about what it could mean for his own rule into the future.
Most of it doesn't seem to have anything with money (well I suppoose 2nd could be self-preservation).
I have/had read about how wealthy Putin is alright (and sheer size of Russia and the natural resources wealth it has, which he is a sense in control of with a small clique are just mind boggling anyway). How could one man actually want or need any more money!? The huge risky undertaking of launching a war to get it really does not make sense. edit: Anyway will stop waffling, better informed and smarter people than me try and fail to know what is going on in minds of dictators and their circle when they do something outrageous like what Putin has done.
Peaceful diplomatic mission?
I've heard about people being harassed by agents attached to that peaceful diplomatic mission in this country for having the audacity to question the Russian regime over the years.
Russian diplomatic staff are by all accounts operating with the same type of impunity within Ireland as they do in other countries.
When you believe that Ukrainians are peasants who should be fiefs of Russia and grateful for the Russian intervention anything is possible! All in his head. They do say that all political careers end in failure.
He was just widning the the gates to make sure the ambassador didn't get stuck as he was leaving
Anything else that crosses the Ukrainian border at this point will represent forces that were not earmarked for the initial invasion.
Hmm
i see no mention of the term 'Russophobia' in their statement
apparently they did not yet receive the most up to date talking points.
Sure Russia say they are not shelling civilians .
But we know they are lying
Hysterical much?
They should have got a bulldozer and went further. There is no end to the destruction Russia deserves right now.
I'll give it a couple more weeks ... by then Russia will have lost crimea and the east
I've read your posts and I don't think there's much processing power behind them to tbh, but no, it's not hysterical. I asked if the poster was willing to have his loved ones die in a nuclear war over this, and he said he would, so he could stand up to a bully. I just want to spell out what a nuclear war actually means for those who are smooth of brain. You think I'm being hysterical; I'm actually just walking through some of the unsexy real-world ramifications of this guy's beliefs.
We've learnt from history we cannot stop strongmen by being weak. All the talks with Putin over the last 8 years meant zero. Putin has invaded Ukraine, he has started a new Cold war. That's our new reality.
Also confirmed by a red cross official ..
https://www.businessinsider.com/land-mines-proposed-ukraine-evacuations-humanitarian-corridor-red-cross-2022-3?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter&r=US&IR=T
In the Dublin Russian Embassy a man crashed the gates with a lorry!
At least in a good number of cases the Ukrainian propaganda has had some sort of supporting evidence; or some sort of logical foundation. They do tend to embellish things for sure.
Pretty much everything that comes through official Russian channels is deeply misleading if not outright fabrication with zero supporting evidence.
Also it was the Red Cross who made the claims about the evacuation corridor being mined: they also didn't say who might have mined it either.
Are you prepared for your loved ones to die in a nuclear war, then? In your view, would the deaths of your loved ones in a nuclear war be worth it,
I can't believe that two people have seriously answered yes to this question. Either they have no kids or their kids need to take them aside and give them a long hug.
The ambassador also called it a war the other night in an interview before correcting himself to say military option. Obviously he doesn’t rehearse very much.
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