I'm getting images of Hitler in 'Downfall', screwing up the piece of paper into a ball and hurling it against the bunker wall in a rage....
Russia is a fantastic country with world class cities and a public transport system that puts most of the world to shame.
Such a pity its ruled by a tyrannical autocrat who thinks its the 1930s
Been outside the cities at all?
Indeed! I was about to ask the same. Outside their cities it is still 1930s. 😂
interesting how the Russian media 'haven't' seized on Biden's comments about Putin on Saturday. I get the feeling that any talk about regime change in Russia is something that has them very nervy and anxious and something they don't want to dwell on.
I'll be impartial here, Ukraine is similar, however, the change in Ukraine from when I first went there many years ago to what it was a month ago is hard to describe. Fabulous country and people. Russia however.... off topic
I know the fog of war has well and truly descended but is there any reliable summary of the military situation? Mariupol must surely be close to surrender, which may at least allow the civilians to get some aid.
Not if our boy and his friends have any part of it.
Our boy?
Some rollercoaster this Rouble is on
The Ukrainian military intelligence announced that on April 1, a mass clandestine mobilization would be launched throughout Russia. Undercover reservists are to be sent to fight in Ukraine. According to information from Ukrainians, about one hundred criminals serving a sentence in a colony in Chechnya are to be delegated to fight, and this may only be some of the prisoners engaged by the Russian army.
I'm sure you think you're right. Gonna leave now. No point in talking to someone who is just throwing populistic speculation slogans up in order to get more likes. No discussion here, just personal insults from self made-up know-all experts on one or the other nation's history, culture and people's minds. None of yous are helping to stop the war, contrary, people like you are relishing in someone's pain and keep fuelling hatreds for personal profit of self promotion and narcissism. You can reply to this to get your word to be the last one as I'm sure you're very used to but I'm already tired of this. One man will not change anything and I'm tired of trying and getting burned again. I hope I'll die soon so it all fkn ends for me.
Ok Google.
Show me the definition of self indulgent.
Some advice, if I may. Switch off the phone and go for a long walk. Get out and interact with real people. Some folks are just not cut out for Internet forums and everything they entail. This is not real life.
Most people that post here are not " know it all's". They simply have either an interest in, or are/were involved in the fields pertaining to the subject. Some people know more than others, but information and knowledge is digested and shared. You may not agree with some of it, but that's the point ofba discussion forum. To discuss. Iif anything offends you, well, that's what the X is for. You can't switch off real life, but you can turn this off. That's a good thing.
I don't think the US would choose to have this conflict drag on; it is currently and will continue to impact the global economy for some time. In addition the longer it drags on the higher the possibility of some escalation which can't easily be rolled back.
I'm also not sure they actually want a drastically weakened and introverted Russia; because that could also lead to various consequences they do not have the stomach for.
My feeling is more that the US in particular is taking a "suck it and see" approach hoping that the current measures will slowly erode Russia enough to bring them to some sort of compromise with Ukraine. It doesn't went to escalate with more potent military aid or sanctions unless it's a direct response to some further Russian escalation.
I dunno; it just feels a bit like the West reacted quickly and with determination but have now started to fall asleep behind the wheel as Ukraine struggles on.
Yeah I imagine anyone discussing Putin's demise or regime change is put on a big list somewhere irrespective of the context; and they will get visited by several unpleasant individuals at some point.
Incidentally I haven't seen any NATO aircraft over Europe over the past few hours: I wonder if they have they stopped flying with transponders on?
The US also announced today they were sending additional electronic warfare and anti-radar craft to eastern Europe; which some have claimed is notable because in the past they have only ever deployed to Europe when air missions were imminent.
Maqriupol mayor says the city has fallen. Does Russia now try to push west to capture Odessa and cut Ukraine off from the coast?
Dunno, what happened the Ukrainian counter offensive in Kherson a few days ago? I'm assuming that because we haven't heard any 'news' that it hasn't gone well?
Disturbing post sportloto, but not about your political views but about your state of mind, assuming that you are genuine. Please disengage from Russia v Ukraine and look after yourself. You deserve it.
Putin's been worried about regime change for at least the last decade. Whatever organisations like the CIA do or do not have cooking, I believe that Putin believes they are plotting against him. The American journalist, Julia Loffe, was on the latest PBS frontline about Russia claiming that Putin was obsessed with the video of Gaddafi dying in rebel hands and was also really spooked by the 2011 protests in Russia. It was these events which spurred Putin to put a plan together to, if not effectuate regime change in the USA, then at least destabilise the country, and the plan got even better results than he thought when Trump got elected (something Russian officials didn't think was likely but saw Trump as a useful agitator to put the USA at war with itself).
Putin has since seen the deep political division in the U.S., along with the bickering in the E.U., and thought the West would be paralysed with indecision when Russian forces moved on Ukraine. However, it appeared that he slightly overestimated the level of division, and the campaign in Ukraine has been placed under extra strain due to a pretty forceful response from the West, and here we are.
The Russian military looking more ridiculous with each passing day.
Seems Putin is prepared to dig in for the long haul.
Slowly taking land inch by inch.
Mauripol will slowly fall, then onto the next.
New aircraft to Germany from US.
The strategy for Mariupol appears to be to pound the city to rubble and starve the population. Going about things that way, it would be less a case of a city falling and more a case of it no longer existing. It's not only terrible for the victims but also slow, agonising and costly to the invaders.
That's not to mention that the strategy falls apart when Ukraine gets enough anti-artillery weapons into its hands.
Despite the sanctions they are still able to defend their currency because the world keeps buying their oil and gas.
Yes, maybe it might give people idea's. ( or add to the ones already there.. ) There's another point I was thinking about as well, Putin is well used to issuing death sentences without fear of retribution, but now (at least to his mind) he has been issued with a death sentence, and by no less than the President of the United States. Who definitely has no fear of retribution either. So for Putin, this is serious, and coming on top of all the other bad news he is contending with...
Buildings 90% fucked, population decimated. Pretty much a city wiped off the face of the planet.
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