Russia invaded a sovereign state, and using the most brutal savagery imaginable attempted to subdue it, cold bloodily killing men women and men. Now just suppose that Ukraine had the same type and amount of weapons that the Russian's had ( if they had, then there may not have been an invasion in the first place !!! but I digress. ) you can be sure that the first Russian missile / bomb to fall on an Ukrainian city, would be answered in kind. And no one would criticize them for that. But they did not have these kind of weapons, and so the bombing is a one way street. None the less, the overall effect is that Ukraine has the moral high ground, and that's a powerful weapon in itself.
Why does Macron keep talking to Putin? He's only legitimising his existence.
Don't forget he assassinated one would be political rival Boris Nemtsov and threw the world famous chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in jail when he was gaining momentum in his presidential race.
Then he first tried to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny and when that didn't work he threw him in jail on trumped up charges.
He tried to poison a former leader of Ukraine because he wouldn't play ball.
Also it might be personal because supposedly Yushchenko used to pull the pi** out of Putin.
There's a whole thread on here basically saying the opposite because the U.S. president indicated that he should be removed, so it might not be as popular a move as you think.
The latest threat from Putin: keep on bombing Mariupol until Ukrainian forces surrender. Macron talked with Vlad(again) this week and said that Vlad would consider a humanitarian evacuation; however Vlad seems to think otherwise; See https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60926470
What scumbags. Biden is right: no peace until Vlad goes.
This is interesting if not a little scary
Still need a clear alternative to NATO membership as a security guarantee for Ukraine that is acceptable to both sides...
All settled.
Indeed.
And that it's the Ukranians that are doing all the understanding.
Such a predicable script from this man.
If you are at war with a country, that means you have to consider everyone in that country as a possible enemy.
Fair enough if like the US in Vietnam you have widespread descent amongst the population then you know some of them are not in favour of the war.
Ah yes the Geneva convention.
How many armies have totally ignored it since it came into being ?
The Germans, Romanians, Soviets totally ignored it on the Eastern Front.
The Japanese thought it was a laugh. And yes I know they hadn't signed up.
Even after WWII and 1949 convention, the Chinese and Vietnamese ignored it.
It was ignored throughout Africa in all their revolutionary wars both by the colonialist signators and the native rebels and in all the succeeding civil wars on that continent.
It was totally ignored in Yugoslavia and by the looks of it it was also in Gulf Wars and Afghanistan when it suited.
And then you reference terrorist attacks when you know that terrorists have never subscribed to the Geneva convention or Hague conventions.
Well, with the whole Country about to go green, maybe these vehs are destined for use in forested areas?
He's nothing left to threaten ,he's gone down invading other countries , sanctions and nuclear weapons ,
Between him and the UN ambassador they have truly become the laughing stock
Let them prove to the world what cowards they are,it shows what real losers do
That's been suggested as an endgame proposal quite a few times on this thread. They "gave up" NATO a good while back, Crimea is probably gone and those enclaves might be a small loss. Still a way to go IMO but common ground is starting to emerge. Makes a change to see him not threatening things.
But the Geneva convention .........
Only mentioned to protect Russians from Ukrainan missles ..
Some people......
Russia have never cared for any international laws,and have proven it time and time again.
I was thinking going to become the new copycat
Yes, agreed, but ironically, that's exactly what Putin feared and went to war over. Russian's know and have known for a long time who is stealing the wealth, but unfortunately have been able unable to do anything about it. Putin had driven a coach and four ( and possibly several tanks too) through the Russian Constitution. And once he demolished Khodorfsky, the wealthiest of all the oligarchy's, that was it. No further opposition materialised.
Putin, Russia and the West
9pm BBC4 Today Wednesday - if people missed it the first time it was shown.
Yes it's called war ,
You know the war started in Ukraine for no other reason than putin wanted it .
Now explain why you don't want to see any Russians getting killed in a war they started ,
I wonder 🤔
This is exactly what I said
I'd be happy to see hundreds of missles to hammer Moscow ,st Petersburg and any other population centers in Russia. But first the Ukrainians need to push to take all of Ukraine back before turning Crimea into Mariupol flatten it
Has no one told them all the software engineers/developers have left the country.
What good does bombing Russian civilians do to the Ukrainian defensive effort of their country? Honestly?
Other than satisfying your apparent bloodlust for russians
Oh I know tactically it is not the way to go, but I don't have this aversion some have to simply because they are civilians.
They are citizens of an aggressor state and the enemy.
Besides it is moot point since Ukraine don't really have the capability to launch strikes on say Moscow, Khazan, St Petersburg.
Putin has ordered bombing of Ukrainian cities simply because it is his usual fall back plan.
He did it in Chechnya and Syria so revert to type when Plan A didn't work.
Looks like it's all settled according to lavrov .....
When it comes to dealing with mines, unless you are a professional, the rule is keep away from them. And its the best way. I remember seeing a mine clearance operation one time, and thought that it was the ideal solution. It consisted of a tank, with two long arms mounted on it, pushing a big heavy roller in front of it. So the roller rolls over a mine and triggers it. big BOOM. The roller, because its mounted on hinged arm's, jumps 6 ' in the air before flopping back down, and on to the next one. Great. and the roller can handle several mines before it needs replacement. This worked very well until the mine layers came up with a solution. Instead of one mine, they started to use two, about 15 feet apart. The first one was set not to explode on contact, but linked to the 2nd one, and when the 2nd mine blew, it triggered the first mine. So both roller and tank was destroyed. There is a variant of the roller, where flails are used and for cluster bombs or the Russian variety, it work well. Unfortunately, for most mines, its a slow and painstaking job,,,mine by mine. And every year, even professionals get injured or killed.
You're missing my point. Take a screengrab of the Russian embassy diplomatic list on the DFA website. Refer back to it in a month or so when the names are updated and the missing names are the people (at least the Special Branch have determined) that were the spooks.
These were (presumably) the SVR/FSB people under diplomatic cover. If they were on your Ukrainian list, I don't know. Perhaps, perhaps not.
I'm wondering if this is Putin's way of walking back on this and saying "Oh I didn't have a full view of what was happening, those responsible will be dealt with" yadda yadda yadda. Next he'll be saying he was unaware of the extent of destruction the Russian Army has caused, or the war crimes or anything else. He'll try to wring his hands of all and hang some in the MOD out to dry.
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.
Jesus lads that Geneva convention is really working in Ukraine.
International red cross hq in Mariupol after being Bombed by Russia..
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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
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