Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Looks like to the UK won't be going to part of any security guarantees for Ukraine

It isn't ok to kill Russian civilians because of the atrocities committed by Russian forces.

On the other hand it's ridiculous that rules should be adhered to when dealing with Putin, his regime, and his army.

Suppose the "West" had Putin assassinated, either remotely or by proxy, possibly even by arrangement - who would care?

Fooks sake looking at some of the posts here one might actually believe that the soldiers on the battlefields shouldn't be killed because after all most of them don't want to be there, are actually being forced and that the Russian population should not be seen as the enemy because they are all against the war.

There appears to be this widespread belief that almost the entire Russian population are anti war, but just too afraid to say or do anything.

Oh and nobody in Russia wants Putin never mind this war.

That is delusion. Putin has a support base, there are a lot of Russians who dream of returning glory to their country.

And there are some so entrenched that much like the Germans they will only change their minds when they are faced with utter devastation.

Putin is another in the long line of Russian/Soviet strong men and for some unknown reason Russians seem to tolerate if not actually like these guys.

Hell Stalin is still fooking revered by some. STALIN FFS.

China, India, Iran, North Korea, most of the Russian intelligence services/military/parliament and people would all care.

And sure if its fair game to assassinate a Russian world leader, then its obviously fair game for them to retaliate. Biden perhaps? Von der leyen? Good old Boris?

Why would they care?

Dangerous psychopath gone.

He's going to find out May the 9th when the whole parade is going to consist of WW2 Vehicles 😉

Wasn't that video debunked?

It wouldn't surprise me considering there's been a lot of chatter about supplies and fuel being sold on the black market over the years, resulting in this awful performance.

There appears to have been a major failure of intelligence. They underestimated the Ukrainians to a great degree (probably through their inherent arrogance and racism towards their neighbours) and overestimated the Russian capabilities, not realising their own army was second rate and not fit for purpose.

Good piece here in the WP about Russian logistics and their issues during this war

Sort of a partnership. One will provide the energy and raw materials the other will make the goods and sell the goods 70% cheaper to the other 80% of the world.

No just Russians facing the consequences of their war on Ukraine,

Or is this it's ok because the Russians say they are only denazifing Ukraine ,

So it's all good as long as it's not Russians getting bombed in their beds and hospitals

From the Guardian:

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings surged in March to levels not seen in five years as the war in Ukraine enters its second month, according to an independent survey published Wednesday.

According to the Levada Center, which is Russia’s main independent pollster, Putin’s job approval grew to 83% in March from 71% in February. The last time Putin reached similar approval ratings was in 2017, prior to the introduction of an unpopular pension reform that raised the country’s retirement age.

The past month also saw increases in Russians’ trust for the country’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and the country’s ruling party United Russia, the pollster said.

The share of those who said Russia is moving in the right direction has also grown to 69%, a jump of 17% from the month before.

Independent sociologists have questioned the logic of polling public opinion in a country where information about the war is carefully curated by state television which has portrayed the country’s invasion of Ukraine as a defensive “special military operation” aimed at “de-nazifying” Kyiv. Sociologists have also said respondents in the country could be afraid to tell pollsters they are opposed to the war. Russia’s parliament earlier this month passed a far-reaching law imposing a jail term of up to 15 years for spreading intentionally “fake” news about the military.

Still, the latest Levada polling appears to indicate that the Kremlin has so far managed to galvanize support for its invasion of the country.

The Levada Centre has not released a poll of public opinion specifically on the war since the conflict began. Plans to publish results of an earlier poll were scrapped by the centre’s employees because of concerns that their results would promote the intensification of the conflict. State-run opinion polls have indicated that around 70% support the country’s actions in Ukraine.