I have a more appropriate image version for that customer update:
The toll has now reached 57 dead for that incident, 5 of them children.
I wonder how many in that convoy would also feature in the honor role of trolls listed on the first post?
Well after doing some outmanoeuvring north of Kyiv. They trekked back to Belarus shedding equipment as they went. Sent a few pillaged parcels to wives and mammys back in Russia before starting the next clever manoeuvre of travelling around 800 km to Belgorod or some other Russian holding area to be refitted and sent back to the meat grinder.
I've seen reports of an 8 mile convoy being hit outside of Kharkiv yesterday, which might contain some of that crafty rabble from North of Kyiv. So possibly some more fantastic outmanoeuvring by the Russians for you here.
It's fascinating that many Russians abroad still support the regime and the war. From what I can gather, they consume a lot of state regime media wherever they live and think that nonsense is giving them the 'real' view on what is happening in Ukraine.
Virtual Poetry in motion 😂
Good riddance.
Like i said before,arrest them and send them in jail for «fakenews» and protestsfor 15 years and they will feel just like home
This review gave me a giggle.
Heard on radio ireland banning russian vessels from our ports
Out manouvered nearly 7 weeks into a 3 day war?
I find it extraordinary and grotesque at the same time. I’ve already admitted having a recently acquired bias against the Russian people in general as a result of this war but it has grown exponentially over the weekend
The strange thing is Russians that I have worked with in the past were the first ones to question things and point out issues (it was one of their strong points) yet they can't analyse this and see what the regime is doing is destroying their reputation and raising the prospect that Russia is going to slither into total isolation and obscurity.
There is an inherent double standard at the heart of Russian society. They want the western way of life but also need to have the oppressive regime as well. It just does not compute to me.
Do we now need to view these people as potential threats to our democracy and as they don't share our values should we be allowing them residence in our country?
What the hell is the Austrian Chancellor going to Russia for
What a propaganda win for Putin
**** sake, what is the hell is the point isolating the Russians
When I see this, I'm all for interning every bloody russian!
Hopefully wrong again but got a feeling we will be seeing the Russian air force unleashed soon enough.
You would think the Austrians would recognise that associating with Nazis might be a bad look...
No shortage of 1 star reviews since this morning!!!
I'd imagine very very few myself.
It's as if driving around Dublin with pro RuSSian Z symbols and supporting Putins genocidal invasion in somewhat abhorent or something?
I've only come across one Russian supporter here since this kicked off, but my experience with Russian folks living here before this war would concur. They're very much in contact with home and their media. Though that's hardly a major shock as no matter where they're from first generation diasporas the world over do the same. I've had a couple of exes from outside Ireland living here that would read and watch their home media as much as ours. The second and third generations tend to stay much more "local".
Ah yes, all your previous posts are starting to make sense now.....
That's fine, but my opinion remains.
Instead Abrams M1A1s, they are getting ancient T72s
Instead of Patriot, Iron Dome and Sky Sabre, they got a single S300. Poland got the Sky Sabre while Ukraine got short range Stingers, when what they really need is something that can intercept and down cruise missiles .
Instead of Mig-29s, they get Switchblades.
I am sick to death of hearing claims of 'All that Ukraine needs' and 'we will do everything necessary'. Neither is close to being true.
What is being supplied is great and very usefull, but it's not much bloody good in the face of 35 SU-34s incoming, and wave after wave of cruise missiles at 05:00 every morning.
Ukraine is working absolute wonders with what they are getting, but instead of magic wands they are being sent packs of toothpicks to fight Voldermort with.
Hopefully this will actually happen:
I wonder how long it will be before either an actual or false flag terrorist attack takes place in a Russian city? I can't see those war crimes passing without spurring someone into picking up an AK-47 or home made bomb and going berserk.
Yes, however you're forgetting training and ammunition. The Abrams requires far more of the former and entirely different in the latter. The Ukrainains can drive the T72's off the truck and use and shoot them. They couldn't do that with the Abrams. Mig 29's would be much easier of course, but you have to get them there, which means a NATO member violating Ukrainian airspace even if it's a delivery run. They can get many many more Switchblades across the border far more easily and they cost less and a couple of hundred of them is worth more than one Mig.
And, those Switchblades are lethal in skilled hands. They're also cheeky little bast*rds you can hide in a rucksack. You want the Russians to be terrified of going near Ukraine infantry, if they have in their heads that half those troops might lob a remote controlled smart bomb at them at any moment.
Any possibility of putting up on boards all those businesses that are run/ owned by a Russian in Ireland . And let each of us decide how to ‘.react’. Every Russsian is entitled to their opinion / beliefs BUT there are potential consequences in each case.
They make it very easy- the more I see of them the more I see they are indeed very representative of their government and foreign policy behaviour.
I’ve a major issue with Russian visas to here and Europe tbh. Zero trust earned or indeed justified
Ukrainians are/were in the US getting training on operating the Switchblades, which I suspect they have finished with. It could as easily have been Abrams and there are nearer and the Mig 29's could be ferried in by Ukrainian pilots. Mig-29s are hopefully reusable and serve multiple functions, Given Zelenskyy's previous comments, I think I know which he'd prefer, though of course both is the right answer to defeat the Orcs.
TBF some of the kit is not practical for them, take the M1A1 Abrams. Their crews aren't trained on them, they don't have the ammo for them and thats before you looks at the mechanics and spare parts for them. The T-72s are something their crews and mechanics are familar with, they have plenty of ammo and a lifetime supply of Spare parts thanks to the Russian Child Rapist Army.
The Switchblades could be a very good addition to their arsenal but I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the MIG29's may be there already. I have a feeling that we aren't been told everything that is happening accurately 😉
The SAM situation isn't great alright. They have plenty of the low level MANPATS but the bigger systems are a problem, Again comes down to training and maintenance.
At end of the day there is no point in supplying them with weapons they can't use properly or maintain. I'd low them to get a few A10's because they'd cut the Russian Armour to pieces but their is scant chance of that happening.
In addition to that:
"a team of technical and scientific gendarmes from France arrived in Ukraine to investigate war crimes committed by the Russian invaders in the Kyiv region."
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