And the cracks get bigger
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1502723221371731976?s=20&t=iPBstchsYtFzagPwANoSwQ
Hopefully the cracks continue to get wider and deeper. It will take revolt from within to bring this to some sort of an end.
It's a matter of time, putrid will choke on Ukraine. How he is removed, and who replaces him, who knows, but he's done for.
Could be waiting a very long time for a uprising from within Russia, if it ever happens at all.
Look at assad in syria, still in control after 11 years war.
Aside from the few wealthy in Russia, I imagine a lot of the population are otherwise poor anyway & will just knuckle down with even tougher circumstances from sanctions & a invasion of their neighbour.
Reports that the Ukrainians have retaken Volnovakha and have the highway open to Maripol.
Contraversial I know, but would the Ukrainians be better off surrendering their big cities to avoid Putin grinding them to dust? There's no chance the Russians can hold Ukraine n their country won't be wrecked.
Have their lads that are defending the cities out in the countryside blowing up every truck n tank in hit n run attacks.
Depends on what defines better off. Surrender or withdrawal would destroy morale. Also, as grim a fact as it is, urban warfare goes against russian forces and is in favour of Ukrainian forces. It takes many, many times more attacking forces to defeat a defensive force in an urban setting. This is why russia has seen "gains" in the South of Ukraine, due to it's flat nature, makes it hard to defend so largely Ukraine has chosen not to commit forces out in the open. If countryside is mountainous or heavily forested it helps, but I think they need to hold the cities for a variety of reasons. Yes, a lot of people are going to die, but (not being snarky) there's no sense in victim blaming, the Ukrainians themselves say they want to defend their country.
If russia is allowed walk in, it'll be damn hard get them out. Radek Sikorski said before the war if russia wanted to invade they'd get a kick in the balls, and that's what they're getting.
The only way he can be removed is from the inside. Ordinary people are under the thumb of the regime for years with no real voice or freedom. Look at how the demonstrations in Hong Kong were quashed, it's all quiet there again, most of the protest leaders have emigrated to northern China to join government sponsored stone mining operations
Bit late for that now. Any city they have take they have basically been reduced to a pile of dust and rubble, so at this stage it's too late for that. Besides why should anyone give up there freedom to a dictator, and a very corrupt one at that.
The cities in Syria were wrecked by the Russians and Hassan, they are still wrecked hell holes and will never be rebuilt. Ukraine cities face the same fate under Putin.
Ah I had a long post written then the internet went....
"Choking on Ukraine", his external action of invading Ukraine is, as you know, what is causing trouble for him at home. You know the Tesco line, every little helps.
Consider a few things. Over 10,000 people have been arrested for protesting in public. They continue to be arrested yet, the latest one for holding a BLANK placard. An army choir was arrested early in the war for singing about peace. Signs from the soviet era talking of world peace have been removed from buildings as they're now illegal. russia has a fairly draconian "police" system, a protester is likely to get beaten and thrown in jail, even long prison terms. The retort is, well 10,000 but 140 or so million population. Yes, but people will dissent in other ways so as not to get arrested.
The army mothers, I believe they first appeared around the time of the sinking of the Kursk - who putrid is **** scared of, are on the warpath again and not against Ukraine. This is why we see him announcing this BS investigation into WHO sent conscripts to war.
The armed forces themselves, deserting in numbers in Ukraine, alleged refusal of marines to conduct an amphibious landing at Odessa earlier in the war. Going into the theft and corruption would take too long, have posted many links on it.
Sanctions have castrated this great war chest putrid has amassed. russian gold has been discounted 20% yet there are still few to no buyers. The new rumour is russia is to raid private safe deposit boxes of it's own citizens. Border guards have been confiscating any valuable equiptment like cameras from people fleeing the country.
russia isn't Syria, Venezuela, or North Korea, they don't have a "sponsor". China is at the same time nervous of what russia is doing but also laughing at them as they're a captive market now. We'll buy from you but for **** money, and we're not sending you smart phones or plane parts because we don't want to be sanctioned ourselves.
They just can't replace the equipment they're losing as they rely on Western technology. We're into what, day 16/17 of the 3 day war 🙄
At least one russiam duma mp has fled the country.
Remember the public dressing down putrid gave one of his spy chiefs? More understanding has come of that since. 007-ski wasn't nervous because he was being told off. He was AFRAID. The reason for his fear is the security services had been asked for reports on hypothetical scenarios of war. They hadn't been told russia really was going to war. So, they painted a rosy picture for the boss, Ukraine will welcome us with open arms, drug addles nazis, and we'll crush the West if they intervene. At the point of the TV spectacle 007-ski KNEW they were going to war, and KNEW they'd sent so much bullshit up the line to putrid that they would lose before they ever fired a shot.
Yesterday we see rumours of putrid arresting at least two senior spy chiefs. That's a good sign for the rest of the world, how will it work out when one starts arresting the very people who push other people out of windows for you?
Look at putrid in the teleconference with shoigu, or lavrov the liar in Turkey. The body language is awful, shifting in seats, constantly fiddling. They know they've buried themselves.
The much vaunted russian self sufficiency is another nonsense. Great story during the week of a politician who had a tractor factory in their constituency. The order was passed down to produce russian tractors! So off she toddled to the Czech Republic (now Czechia for those who didn't notice - no one did tbh) and bought 100 boxed tractor kits, shipped them home. They assembled them in the factory in russia and stuck a sticker on them. Great success comrades. So, point of this story? The manager of the tractor factory couldn't stop gushing about the success so the politician got promoted. To what job? Now over seeing that money spent in russia is spent for the actual purpose said on paper 😂
The greatest fiction writer couldn't make russia up.
And.... there have already been photos of empty supermarket shelves in russia.
This is who he is
https://drb.ie/articles/this-is-who-he-is/
It gets interestinger and interestinger
russia has asked China for military and economic assistance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/us/politics/russia-china-ukraine.html
How to defeat putrid
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1503053699798769666?s=20&t=DHZzUbmB0dJyzdrD_VZcUg
Oh dear, play **** games, win **** prizes, never mind.
https://twitter.com/business/status/1503120732976467983?s=20&t=jYQuWEclpeGd2wx0aYkFnQ
As Churchill said
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender,
The cities are actually where the Russian will shed men and machines. It's the reason that Putin will not allow civilian's to leave. Even bombing them after civilian's leave would turn them into fortresses. Artillery shells cost money. He has not got the precision artillery or guided weapons that the West has. When he attacks cities his tanks will r hit with the javelin rickets that Ukraine now had. Stinger missiles mean his airforce is neutralised. Already he is losing 3 or 4 to one that losses Ukraine has. If the ground hardens it may actually hamper him now
If estimates are right and he has losses of 5k+ killed you would expect 3-4 times that injured that 15-20k, will 30-40% of them be serious injuries. Up until now he has managed to keep a lid on it. How long he can continue is the question.
There used to be tradition on the USSR when a politburo member was going to be denounced he wiuld be delayed going into a meeting. Normally the chairs at that long desk you see in the photos were placed around the top of the table.
The delayed member arrived in to find one vacant chair at the end of the table and a couple of army offices inside the door. They were there to escort him out to where ever he was send, exile, a gulag or down to the yard to be shot.
Putin needs to be careful. The funny thing is it seems he has a tradition of being last into meetings having cabinet members waiting for him
Brilliant article below of why China especially can't go throwing stones in glasshouses, they're debt obligations re their 20 year housing bubble are frightening
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-age-of-Great-China/Concrete-ghost-towns-make-China-s-real-estate-bubble-visible
I will read that, came on to post this view from inside China. Makes for encouraging reading.
https://uscnpm.org/2022/03/12/hu-wei-russia-ukraine-war-china-choice/
Russian funny money and funny Russian elite gangsters make Biarritz their home.
Funny how the EU is the enemy while it provides a safe haven and preferred location to live in for these.
https://unherd.com/2022/03/how-russias-elite-bought-biarritz/
I have never agreed escalation is only for one side in this war.
Americas hesitation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/ukraine-united-states-nato/627052/
His security chief it seems siphoned of billions of dollars with his buddies ment for black-ops inside ukriane , it explains why the b**tard was on the verge of a stroke
https://mobile.twitter.com/akoz33/status/1503092710089052174
Former foreign minister (90-96) in the Yeltsin years, widely respected.
On a similar hymn sheet, basically running away from confrontation is counter productive.
https://twitter.com/andreivkozyrev/status/1503404009142423558?s=20&t=afsOAVRvtej8zv9abc4Lvw
Ukraine must keep fighting, it's going poorly for russia. They haven't the stamina to stay the course and some critical part of their machine will fail, be that economic, military, social.
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1503340301112467456?s=20&t=afsOAVRvtej8zv9abc4Lvw
Well done that lady
https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1503452610770214912?s=20&t=mK5H7jJmn3DqJOjQmajTgQ
God Help that lady. It's a long road she's on now unfortunately.
Bravery. 14,000 arrested for protesting last figure I heard. Braver again in Kherson with a lady kicking a russian truck on the way by, at another protest after protests being "outlawed" russians fired into the air, the protesters kept protesting.
Are the authorities losing their grip......... get arrested for protesting the war, get arrested for supporting it !
https://twitter.com/nikorepi/status/1503097117987979266?s=20&t=mK5H7jJmn3DqJOjQmajTgQ
The points he makes are all correct, the West is cowardly
https://twitter.com/newsburko/status/1503506936117010437?s=20&t=UzwRJXv838c4yuTzDSkGVQ
Micheal, Simon, lads...... lads?........
https://www.politico.eu/article/leader-poland-czech-republic-slovenia-visit-kyiv/
Busy week this week with Patricks Day for them, no need for them to go as they are being represented by those fellas anyway. Might be best not send them over either after all the bad Anti Russia publicity our small neutral island nation has gotten in the last week.
Neutral you say...
https://www.newstalk.com/news/were-not-neutral-says-coveney-as-he-sends-ready-meals-and-body-armour-to-ukraine-1321839
I dont remember a referendum or even a public discussion being held on our neutrality status so unless youre more well informed than me or ive been asleep the last few weeks and missed something as far as im concerned were still neutral and it should be kept that way.
You have been asleep.
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