He probably realises a trip to The Hague or a Dutch courtroom is more likely now after Vlad's illegal jaunt into Ukraine.
Talking of contracts do you honestly believe that the multi billion euro pipeline contract for Nordstream 2 had a get out clause for one party to unilaterally suspend it once it had been completed ?
We've written a winner!
Australia is the worlds largest exporter of LNG. Most of it currently goes to China, but with relations between them and Australia being very frosty for some time now, this would be a golden opportunity for Australia to give some epic grief to China and to wean itself further from their economic influence. If the Japanese could be persuaded to re start their nuclear reactors and so reduce their very large intake of LNG from Oz, Australia might be able to completely supplant Russian gas in Germany. This could possibly be done in a very short time frame that woud be mostly dependent on how fast Japan can switch back and the import capacity of existing LNG terminals in Germany and Europe.
RT network own goal: Interview with John Bolton
Now the Millions Russian People know's whats really going on
Can't see it happening.
They've put up an unreal defence, but it'll be quite another thing to take on a better equipped opponent who are well entrenched and in friendly territory. Ukraine will have no air or sea support whatsoever. They are likely running low on fuel, ammo and spares for their vehicles with only limited resupply. Not to mention their troops are likely to be exhausted given the intensity of the fighting already.
https://xkcd.com/936/ explains it I'd say
edit: beaten to an explanation I see
Man, there's some increasingly desperate reaching you're going to on this thread to steer conversation back to the EU and no one biting.
Bullseye !
https://youtu.be/pKYg0WULPms
Time for Ukraine to claim back Donbas and Crimea
Asylum is a big thing and should be promoted more. Most of the Russian troops are from **** poor villages and towns in the middle of nowhere. And when they get back, or should I say IF they get back, they'll be associated with a failed war and in a Soviet economy.
As I said before, offer them 10k and political asylum/passport in the EU for whatever countries want to step up.
That offer would be very very tempting for those in the Kyiv convoy or around Kherson. It's not far to go to surrender. They can even offer them a new identity if they are worried about repercussions.
As "tourist" visa can be arranged for the wife and kids too.
There's nothing wrong in Donbas some cluster bombs and a few thousand barrels of napalm won't fix.
Unreal. That's badass.
Running out of ammo sounds straightforward enough on a personal level - I have no more ammo for my gun, so I can't shoot. On the level of more than 100,000 men it can't really mean literally the same kind of thing, just given how sprawling an operation that is.
Is it that there is no more ammo coming after this, or that they're out of ammo in certain key areas like precision bombs, for example? I thought I heard one expert on SKY news saying that in the transition to attrition warfare, Russia will be able to shell areas Ukraine continually for a few months. If that assessment is true, then obviously they're not out of shells.
**** that, they're all willing to act like poor unwilling conscripts when things go pear shaped but no problem with murdering Ukrainians and looting when they have the upper hand
**** 'em.
I'm simply impressed that 10 days ago he said they would "culminate in 10 days" and lo and behold, today is the day they "revise" their plans.
My understanding is that he's referring to the amount of supplies that travelled with them initially to their pre-invasion positions.
I'm not saying anything, but he did, and he seems to have been on the money.
Spot on. They are losing territory now. The Russians announced the "new phase" to the war and look to have downscaled their ambitions.
I am currently reading a book on the Battle of Stalingrad and am in the build up to it, mostly Operation Barbarossa.
The shades are near exact to this one. Nobody thought it was a good idea at the time. Nobody believed it would happen until it actually did. It as a one man operation. They underestimated the fight in the defenders. The importance of supply lines underestimated. They over stretched themselves too thinly. Balding leader with self esteem issues against a man with a fine set of hair.
So you want to offer passports and 10,000 euro to Russian soldiers now? You do realise that will include those who have committed atrocities in Ukraine and then decide, ok, that was fun, I'm off to Ireland now with my 10,000 euro?
Did you have the same plan for ISIS soldiers?
Never ceases to amaze me at the utter destruction inflicted on Russia's heavy artillery.
Its like a can opener has been taken to those tanks.
Yep. Corrib due to run out in 2025 which leaves a big of a problem for ourselves.
TBH the only bit of "Russia" that Ukraine can aim to do damage to is Crimea. If they get the chance they should and likely will do as much damage as they can to it, maybe take a bit of it back. Then in the peace talks hand it back over as goodwill gesture having ruined it like Russia are trying to ruin Ukraine.
Are attacks on Saudi Arabia common? Russia fighting a country with NATO behind them while Iran attacks Saudi Arabia? Are they just trolling?
A Russian was arrested in Kiev carrying a machine gun and several hundred rounds of ammunition, Ukrinform reports.
The head of the Ukrainian intelligence announced that "spring will soon come, the forests will turn green and a real hell will begin for the Russian occupiers." He added that a network of partisans in the rear of Russian troops is being intensively built to launch targeted attacks.
So you will have Ukrainian refugees living in one flat and 4 ex Russian soldiers living next door.
What could possibly go wrong?
According to "Nowa Gazeta", the first 200-strong group of Lebanese Hezbollah fighters will arrive in Belarus next week. They are to be sent to a military base in the Gomel region, and on March 29 they are to travel to Ukraine to fight for the Russian side. "In total, we are talking about employing 800 fighters. The fee for hiring one fighter is $ 1,500 per month," emphasizes NEXTA.
Some really f*cking stupid stuff is being suggested on thread tbh.
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