Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I agree with some of that to an extent but the facts still remain Russia wasn't there to control roads they were there for a quick victory and have completely failed in that regards there military capabilities have been completely shown up they are boarderline embarrassing. If the Russians were having any such success they would be broadcasting it to the high heavens.

Supply is key to a Ukrainian victory, if they get completely cut off from the west its gonna be tough, but I think the will of the Ukrainian people is being drastically underestimated here they will literally fight to the man what ever putin takes he will never hold.

You should check out "Winter on Fire" on Netflix great documentary about the Ukraine in 2014 and a good insight into how resilient a people they are.

@Talisman

Looks like this,

I wonder if lushenko is considering his military future in the Russian army

She's Russian. I'd say you were a pleasure to teach at school. "Does not read or fully comprehend the question" was undoubtedly a common comment at your parent-teacher meeting.

Did you even watch the piece?

I cant be the only one who blanks reading a post once I see someone using the phrase Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Like when I see someone post Woke as a pejorative... It's just, Whoosh. The post might as well not exist.

Anyway.

Surely the Russian people have access to the internet, and know full well what is going on? I haven't heard Russia blocks internet access like China does?

In any case, I wouldn't let the Russian people completely off the hook. The idea that the Russian people are all subjugated and would just love to overthrow Putin doesn't ring true to me.

The Russian people are complicit in this war. Make no mistake about that.

And I think they should be held to account when this is over, by whatever way we can hold them to account.

Even she's not safe when this goes tits up

We don't want that, she'd probably make a better fist of it.

This is true for the most part.

I think a lot of the younger Russians are clued in to what's happening right now but still overwhelmingly support Putin.

I've watched several online news clips from BBC to France24 and the majority of the Russians interviewed support the war in Ukraine.

The most depressing was the BBC report on the day McDonalds announced it was closing, 2 young Russian women stood outside with 1 saying Putin was 100% correct while the other chimed in with "No. He is 200% correct".

So fcuk Russia, as they slide into oblivion we won't miss them!

I would have thought it is inevitable that Poland are going to get dragged into this, not immediately but by the summer. Presuming Russia eventually take over Ukraine the next steps will be Russia flying fighter jets up and down the Polish border and them diving into Polish airspace to try to provoke them. If Putin succeeds in Ukraine what will follow is him locating Russian military infrastructure on bases in western Ukraine and beginning a war of attrition with Poland that could last years or could also develop into full scale war if one of his fighter jets got shot down. You can already see the inevitable campaign of disinformation from Russia saying their jet wasnt in Polish airspace.

I think its one thing to attack Ukraine but another to attack at fully tooled up Poland backed by NATO.

Besides, I think they have a pretty good idea of his capabilities at this stage. Any sort of incursion into Poland would be a few years away yet.

The black wagners ...

thought the Russians hate blacks?

Russias first domestically designed and made cell-phone will be something like:

That Russian teen brat smashing her iPhone and cutting up decadent western clothing is going to be regretting it in 4 years time when the going price for a working iPhone 8 is 10m roubles.

I remember the cold war well. I was acquainted with an amazing young lady - tiny, blonde - who in the early eighties flew to Vladivostok and got on the trans-siberian express and crossed all of communist USSR - solo. She recounted that the food was, er, off-putting and that she had to carry several rubber bath plugs because not a single bath in any hotel or accommodation had one, as they were a treasured item and very sought after and much stolen. Some of hers were nicked.

Amazing courage.

I doubt Putin has a short memory or forgets the empty shelves and general depravtion. He isn't even kidding himself and is just putting on a brave 'I havent really screwed the pooch' face.