Yes I would say those numbers are probably closer to reality. Still extraordinary numbers. For perspective, around 2,500 US soldiers died in two decades in Afghanistan
It doubly admirable because the Poles and the Ukrainians have their own historical and ethic "disagreements" themselves.
An elderly couple in their 60's. A **** disgrace.
Would've been better not banning them from airspace, they would have run out of jet fuel last Friday. 🤣
Dirty 🤬🤬🤬
For that one act alone of deliberately targeting civilians, Putin who is responsible for the invasion of Ukraine should be hung by his bollics from a lampost with rabid dogs for company.
Eh, what was the point of that? I was expecting him to go back to the supermarkets on the 8th of March also... Or did he, and they were the exact same?!
One of these was related to a rigged election (including jailing a political opponent) and the other was related to a "rigged election". Funny how the same names show up in the background of both of these events.
Effect of sanctions beginning to hit Russia. Or not.
We'll survive but people need to be prepared for some big changes.
I can't remember if it was this thread I banged on about it before but even if you go back to 2007, things have been remarkably stable til recently. Food was already cheap and got stupid cheap. You can earn enough on minimum wage in 3 or 4 hours to feed yourself very well for a week but you'll need to work 3 days to rent a place yourself could use 80+% of minimum wage. The "most vulnerable" in society and the people who have bought have been insulated from the massive increases in cost of living that have come from rents in the last 3-4 years. Consumer electronics are stupidly cheap. You can order something on Amazon now and have it 36 hours later. It might only cost a fiver but some guy will drop it to your door.
There's been inflationary pressure building since before Covid. Covid unleashed a bit of it but then created more with shortages and supply chain issues. The constant call from chipmakers was "3-6 months" but now it's a couple of years. Fuel has jumped, food would jump due to this and will far moreso with fuel price increase. I really think inflation is just getting started (wouldn't be surprised if it touches double digits in some places) meanwhile the Central banks are still giving money out at 0 cost.
We'll survive and things will still be pretty good but I think we could be entering into a restructuring of how the "everyday" economy plays out for a lot of people.
Are you Rintaro Okabe?!
Seriously though, all those things are hypothetical. There's no actual hard evidence of these phenomona actually occuring, so I'd say a nuclear war is much, much more likely than what Martin Rees suggested in his book. The overall topic of which is doomsday scenarios, I might add. It's not like he studied the LHC and raised a red flag with how it is operating, he looked at it in the context of world ending events.
Yes, I've seen 'The War Game'. It's very good too. I think 'Threads' is the better representation though, as it has a less old timey Auntie Beeb feel to it. BTW, 'The War Game' was effectively banned for years. I remember when it was released on DVD in the early 00's.
The claim there was a "coup" in Ukraine in 2014 is Nazi level propaganda.
There was no coup.
Yanukovych ordered mass murder and was impeached on a 328-0 vote by the Ukrainian parliament.
When posters claim a "coup" that never happened, just remember on whose side they are on.
They are on the side of the mass murderer.
Imagine, in some parallel universe, a Taoiseach ordering the Irish Army to slaughter a hundred people on the streets of Dublin. And posters here defending them. That's what we're dealing with with the "coup" conspiracists.
Yanukovych bolted for Russia after over 100 protestors were murdered in the streets by the Kremlin sponsored Berkut and articles of impeachment were instituted. He was removed from the presidency following parliamentary assent congruent to the Ukrainian constitution having abandoned his office and fled the country.
Do you feel any shame in your heart posting disinformation? Where did your life take this wrong turn?
A reminder about Russia's key ally in all this
Lol, I said credible and independent doofus!
*Filed under gloop*
Did you not get a twinge of sadness in your soul posting that knowing you are unironically peddling propaganda?
Cato Putin is all over the place with his demands. I think that he is throwing things out that comes into his head. IMO I think that muddling up his demands is a sideshow - as long as he he keeps bombing he is happy. For example , is it not a contradiction that he does not want Uk never to join NATO or the EU but did not add in CSTP membership also
. also , he wants to wants to reinvent the USSR again BUT with the oligarchs in place which would be an out and out contradiction
They'll be using horse and carts in a few weeks at this rate.
Great morale boost for the Ukrainian effort there.
A Russian fighter-bomber strayed close to, or ever so slightly inside, Turkish airspace in 2015. They sent up a couple of F-16s and blew it out of the sky, leading to the deaths of one of the pilots and one marine sent to rescue them. Russia's response was to ban some Turkish imports and stamp up and down. No nukes were launched.
My first thought was 'balls' this will make the ground harder, allowing their tanks to travel on, but reading that article it seems the Russians may be having their own Napoleon/Nazi invasion problems.
I know that, which is why I am saying Putin will look weak if he doesn't react to Poland sending jets to Ukraine. Poland is part of NATO so would trigger a joint effort from NATO if they were attacked. We would see then how far Putin really would go.
They are defensive but they offensively intervened in Kosovo.
Weather may play a part in the Kyiv bound convoys progress, getting extremely cold there from tomorrow until Sunday .
And a transition to a crisis/war time economy willl save manufacturing and renew focus on food security. There are always positives, even in the darkest times. I just hope we (as in Europe) don't lose ourselves and our values on the the path to er... 'victory'.
And while the response to the pandemic showed that people are, in the main, remarkably flexible and considerate there is a rump of people that will resist change as a matter of principle.
Are they going to subsidise consumers by reducing VAT etc?
NATO is not an offensive force, it is defensive. Ukraine is not a part of NATO. The only way NATO and Russia will go head-to-head is if Russia strikes against NATO. Russia is not stupid, they will not engage NATO if they don't have to. Same applies for NATO.
This will remain a proxy war for NATO
I heard lat last night that 30 helicopters were destroyed in Kherson. I didn't post. I didn't believe it was true, It wasn't true it was 45 helicopters destroyed at the airport when Ukrainian solders took it back from the evil aggressor. Still not 100% convinced.
Tweet: Is from Ukraine’s Ambassador to Austria (2014-2021)
I presume you mean weeks let alone months
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The last tiome the Brits said they would stand with Poland, they lost over 5 million of their population, had their country moved Westwards and spent 46 years living under ruthless Soviet occupation.
Can anyone imagine any of our politicians doing likewise ?
Not sure I understand the question, but this is from the article:
The invasion has forced the bloc to rethink its most basic energy needs, as more than 40% of EU gas imports and one quarter of its oil come from Russia. On Monday, Moscow threatened to cut gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. But as the EU transitions away from Russian gas, it will have to turn to other, more expensive, sources.
While the bloc can still boost imports of liquefied natural gas from countries such as the U.S., such purchases will be more expensive. And refilling storage to an average level will be challenging due to soaring prices: The price tag could reach 70 billion euros compared with 10 billion in previous years, according to a report by Belgian-based think tank Bruegel.
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