If he diod use tactical nuclear he would have a total pariah state, the chinese would have to disassociate themselves from him or be sanctioned.
Much and all as the Chinese mickie wave with their military their economy needs Westerners buying the shyte they produce.
If a tactical nuclear weapon was used on Ukraine, Putin would not last long as some one would dispose of him before he brought all out ruin to the country.
When you to think about, Putin could invade Ireland and nothing and no one would be able to stop him.
Christ that's idiotic stuff, why would you think the "foreign girl" would have the slightest idea where their petrol from, she's on minimum wage dealing with clowns like you every day, I hardly think she has any say in where their fuel gets sourced, this sort of shìt only makes you look like a wanker, but you should probably go in again tonight as surely by now she's rang the ceo of circle k to confirm where its sourced in case you call back with a placard and form a picket line
There is no deal for Russia to withdraw, they want the 2 separatist area , Crimea ,and puppet government installed and the Ukrainian military and police dispanded and Russian peace keepers Permanently based in ukraine to prevent foreign aggression against ukraine,
What the Russians want ukraine back inside Soviet borders
This invasion has gone terribly for Russia. There is no way they'll be back in a year or two. Look it's easy for us to say "keep fighting" - but we're sitting on a comfortable couch whilst they do the fighting and dying. There is never a guarantee of no future invasion, but given that Russia obviously miscalculated and they now realise the scale of the international response - Ukraine will be safe for awhile. Putin is getting on too and reportedly not the healthiest bloke.
The situation in Donbas is not just on the Russians. That area is an ethnic sectarian nationalist clusterfúck of epic proportions and both sides have been fighting and supporting their side to get the upper hand. If anything the Ukrainians have been worse.
It would take weeks to get here and to what end? Article 42 of Lisbon allows us to ask for aid from other EU members anyway.
But we would be funding Iranian terrorist proxies all over the middle east
we're trading a devil with another, but what can we do, it appears only devils sleep over massive oil reserves.
Oh you're right. Russia will keep performing as they are, won't change any tactics or repair supply problems. Sure thing mate.
How did you work that out .
"If Anything the Ukrainians have been worse"
Like they did in Afghanistan lol.
Makey uppy claims
Gary Kasparov, who was really going places politically against Putin until arrested, made great observation about Putin.
He doesn't play the chessboard, but the opponent.
In other words he looks for weaknesses in the opponent he can use.
Maybe it is the old KGB training where they tried to blackmail and bully people using any weakness they had be it sexual orientation, children, gambling, etc, etc.
Very interesting listening to Kasparov and how Putin railroaded him.
The sticking point for me would be NATO/EU membership: one of these two is essential to avoid a repeat in the future
This is essentially all I'm saying too. I was just using the 'might as well fight to the death' line to underscore the worthlessness of any deal for the Ukranians that doesn't incorporate some guarantee of their future security along these lines.
There would be little point. Russia would just move in thousands of "residents" to vote in their favour. It wouldn't be the first time this has been done
The Ukranians don't need to win, they just need to make it impossible for Russia to win. Same thing happened in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam etc etc etc.
If your feelings are that this 'deal' will cause a war, you're right. It will.
What your failing to comprehend or understand is that the Ukrainians fighting right now on this day are fighting for their futures.
They aren't fighting for this faux fluffy what if nonsense you are peddling. This happenened in 2014. Putin is simply not trusthworthy. Fight now because the opportunity won't come around again.
You've an awful naieve view of what's actually going on here frankly.
Snore..
It never actually happened. The lad is waffling for responses.
Then it could be €2.50 a litre coming our way! There are no easy decisions here, all about the trade-offs.
The idea that someone would possibly think that the cashier of a petrol station would know where its oil supply comes from is so absurd, that it would probably be a good idea to stop and ask yourself if the poster's making a po-faced joke.
That may be true, but it's going to take a lot of dead Ukrainians to get to that point.
Allow me to amplify your nightmares
just last month they were performing naval 'exercices' off the irish southern coast
Draw your own conclusions 😱
Many of the "parts" in S.E Ukraine weren't actually pro-Russian. Polls taken in LNR and DNR in 2014 showed a majority didn't want to join Russia, they just wanted more autonomy. Moscow however had other plans and manufactured a conflict using extreme elements. At a push, perhaps Ukraine would allow intl. monitored referendums in those regions (although I doubt Russia would get the result they want, so that would be a no-go)
Crimea could have a monitored international referendum (no BS 3-weeks-after-annexation Russian "referendum") to decide it's fate. And get the water turned on.
I think Zelensky could go for a pledge not to join NATO. However EU membership would be completely up to Ukraine, I very much doubt they would forgo that no matter how much Russia batters the country.
There’s actually only 1 Russian in the FIDE top ten ranked chess players on the planet. I’d say they used to be good at chess but their days of dominance are long gone.
Russians modifying their tanks for protection against AT missiles, not going so well
Wow, big move by McD's
Do you think the Ukrainians will ever be in a position to get such terms though? It still looks to me that the Russians will grind them down. The terms of any deal might get worse over time.
Mostly lies and bull....
It fits Putin's agenda.
Are there some that are, certainly.
Why pretend it is bigger than a tiny, tiny scene.
I wonder are a lot of the people who go on about fascists everywhere and nazi this and that over the last few years in receipt of funding that ultimately goes back to the Kremlin.
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