I am sure they are fully aware of what's happening in Ukraine having regular contact with their Irish families.
Personally if it was me living there id be driving over the border to Finland and getting a flight home from Helsinki.
But like I say they have a choice to make of their own free will.
no one has sent tanks, only armoured vehicles. big difference despite the media calling anything armoured a tank
HRW report detailing harrowing reports of rapes and murders from those who witnessed them
It seems to me that a higher concentration of targets in the east will make it easier for drones to find them.
No, It's not as easy as that. They have their economic/social lives built around living in Russia, children going to Russian schools... and where do they move to in Ireland, buy a house?! get a job, move kids to English speaking school.
It might be the best thing to do, but it's anything but easy.
absolutely nothing on that list that isnt available from a western country or at worst from a mine in S American or Africa.
But all of it is found in Australia. Some deposits arent mined until they are economic. It is time to price in security and defence. Cut Russia off and use alternatives. Preferably Western sources.
They are the product of force fed state propaganda. But for sure, they do not represent the majority of Russians. And I don't believe the polls showing figures like 80% supporting Putin are true and valid polls either.
the 20 Turkish Bayraktar drones they purchased are destroyed by all accounts unless they can source more
100% correct, they can't be allowed lose now after all they've been through, that would be evil.
However, it looks like mass protests in Western Europe will be needed to pressure governments to do more.
Surely they will get more, or similar.
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What all accounts would they be?
Russian bots and sympathisers on twitter are already claiming the "Nazis executed their own" or it's a "false flag" operation and claim they can see one of the bodies moving and that they're "arranged too neatly for the cameras". Yup. That's the level of disconnect and denial lunacy we're dealing with.
All while so called leaders stood by and were too afraid to anger that rat Putin.
Re NATO saying they are reluctant to give offensive weapons... surely its still defensive weaponry if you are still fighting within in your own country. Defending while repulsing.
On something of a tangent, I'm very impressed by the UK Sec. of State for Defence, Ben Wallace. He strikes me as genuinely compassionate towards the Ukrainian peoples' plight. During House of Commons sessions, he has the demeanour of a person bearing responsibility.
So they are not vulnerable then….they have everything they need. We shouldn’t be keeping the ambassador and his staff here just to cater for Irish who have permanently located to Russia and have their whole support network there
Stop making excuses for the Germans. South Africa produces more Palladium than Russia. Australia could supply all the aluminium, nikel, copper, iron ore they could eat and replace most, if not all, the gas. I understand Germany used to refines Titanium metal and suspect they still can. Ironically, they used to get the raw material from Ukraine, but again, Australia could supply it.
Lets face some brutal German truths here; it's not getting these materials they are worried about, it's getting them at Russian prices and their profit margins they are concerned about. look at a large proportion of the military gear they were prepared to send - mostly outdated scrapings from the bottom of the barrel that wouldn't cost them anything to replace and much of it inherited rather than paid for, while The UK sent the latest greatest and highly effective stuff that will cost them a bomb to replace.
Germany places wealth and the smug lifestyle it buys them above principle and morality. They are basically Switzerland without the neutrality, but thats only because they are in the EU, but they clearly pine for it.
That was never the purpose of the Irish ambassador.
I can understand the argument of breaking off diplomatic relations. I can't condemn Irish people staying there though. Its effectively their hone... I'm also going to go out on a limb here, and say they probably aren't fans of the Russian regime and may be of some use 'getting the message out'.
Well they do support a country that would/ has actually done similar, so for them it's not so mental
I’m not condemning them for a second. It’s their home. But they shouldn’t expect that diplomatic relations be maintained just for them.
For what purpose do we need to allow the ambassador and his staff to stay
No, they (exactly Kaczynski) are asking for this. NATO has never suggested it. You must be watching polish TV propaganda.
And NATO would be lunatics risking that nukes could fall into Kaczynski's hands. The first thing PiS did, when got into power 7 years ago, they broke illegally into NATO's headquarters in Poland.
They don't need an Irish embassy to carry on their lives either.
They may be vulnerable, but still wish to see it out. Do we supply diplomatic support. That's debatable. I know your position.
I suspected as much as we have seen hardly any dronestrike footage for a couple of weeks, comparatively.
The war is on the upswing for Russia...
How long has it been since they lost a General ! 🙃
I vaguely remember wasn't there someone affiliated with a GAA club in Moscow defending Russian actions at the beginning?
No balls
Source? Russia has claimed that have destroyed these many times over, but footage keeps coming out of the drones striking targets
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