Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I've talked to a Russian living in the UK. Sadly, totally supportive of Putin. She even has family in Ukraine. She went through a litany of anti-western grievances that didn't even have to do with Ukraine. Even Napoleonic wars.....

Basically Russia has historically been a victim of the west and the free market capitalism created gangsters in their country.

Is there currently a way to take out hyper sonic cruise missiles? I know the US is working on it, obviously.

Do you think that if laser interception of missiles is achieved, that laser could effectively deal with hypersonic given that laser is the speed of light.

Don't mind if I do! 😁

I really must get to an optician - I have no idea what that little red emoji is. It looks like a tomato that someone started to cut and didn't bother to go all the way through...

Heard something mentioned online today- apparently 97% of the Belarusian public oppose becoming involved in this invasion and conscription there is a toxic word- mothers with young sons being sent to slaughter is very emotive, Lukaschencko doesn’t want to push it too hard as he knows the public might lynch him despite the apparent stranglehold he may have. As we saw in the past in Romania, the army switched sides and ceacescu got his just desserts with a shower of bullets

These people never cease to amaze me- hate the west but flock to live here, turn their backs in truth on the countries they supposedly “love”. We are taken for absolute mugs over here. Firmly of the opinion you must show a demonstrable loyalty to your chosen adopted country- else here’s the door and thank you. We really are victims of our moral standards and freedoms sometimes

I was hoping someone could help me. Somebody posted a video on this thread from an American in Kyiv a few days into the invasion "explaining" the russian tactics....

Basically he said russias strategy was to encircle cities and not destroy much......a very pro russian spin on things

Id be interested to see how is bullshìtting his way out of what is happening now....levelling mariupol, blowing up shops and theatres etc...

Has anyone a link?

I’d be having a word with the Authorities, no question. The U.K. take espionage seriously. Be no harm to see her feathers ruffled at the very least.

She said about living here in the UK that her "heart was in Crimea". I did think about telling her to f*ck off back there then, but she's actually a nice person to talk to. And this is the difficulty in that it just doesn't register with her about what Russia is doing. She's also a Stalin fan as was her mother. If you can somehow justify mass starvation and gulags, then you can justify the Ukraine war too.

She did say at the end that it was nice talking to me even if we didn't agree.

Optimistic article. Kind of interesting. Makes the argument that Ukraine is winning.

Not necessarily, Russian friend of mine I was speaking to over the weekend, and has always been skeptical of anything from Govt controlled media ( which is the only medial available now) and believes them even less, and is pretty well aware of what's happening in Ukraine, yet cannot convince her Mother that what she is being fed by Govt media is all lies. Generational brain washing.

Why do you have to always play the man and not the ball. What I think is irrelevant (and I support CAP by the way) and I agree that globalisation has resulted in wastelands in the West. What you consistently fail to acknowledge is the reasons behind those changes: it is cheaper to manufacture in China than the west which allows companies to price their products lower and thus sell more of them. Reshoring will result in the price of products rising, thus denying more people from having those goods.

It can be argued that this would be far more sustainable from an environment, social and resources perspective, but ultimately you are asking people to have a lower standard of living. It's the same problem that green policies consistently run into. If people can't tolerate a carbon tax, they are hardly going to tolerate an oil shock are they?

If you think people should have less stuff, then just say that. Saying we should suffer "economic pain" is just language used to hide the enormity and severity of the ask.

Have we heard anything yet from the likes of Mattie McGrath, Mark MyCherry and other Tds seeing as they were fighting against the dictatorships of Covid Vax certs and the like afew weeks ago? No doubt they'l do like that Jamie Bryson up north and make out this war is like an attack on Rural Ireland or somesuch guff!

The political fall out from this will be interesting as people will be distancing themselves from Putin and Putin-esque policies. Escpecially in Ireland politicians will see the abuse Wallace+Daly are getting and will be thinking of the next election, and aswell the outpouring of support and solidarity the people are showing the refugees.

Belarus is interesting. It’s not Uber loyal to Moscow as sometimes portrayed and there’s been a high level of dissent within the country that has of course been brutally crushed and the opposition crushed or exiled to the EU. Given the right set of circumstances it could be ripe for a revolution like Ukraine. Hence lukashencko’S “caution”.

That video seems to be showing a targeted assassination. It follows a dark SUV which seems to be being driven at very high speed to the point it even slides around a corner, it pulls up to the mall entrance, where presumably someone gets out and enters the mall then the overkill munitions streaks down and takes out the mall in order get the person/s from the SUV. It's like something from a game or movie.