All through history, despots always get their comeuppance. Putin and his supporters will not get away with it forever. Russia will lose that much is a given. I just don't know what will become of those kids that were kidnapped and shipped off to some godforsaken place in the Russian badlands. We will find out in time that much I do know. Things always come out. Current Putinlites will live to rue the day they even supported his madness. In their dreams, they will be haunted forever by the dead.
It's not NATO's remit to trace and rescue civilians that will surely be pushed by the UN
Which isn't saying much really is it.
Putin is more popular than ever in Russia. The half arsed half baked sanctions won't make any difference. He's actually as expected using the sanctions to further increase the us vs them narrative.
NATO's done better than Ireland.
And some people think NATO has done a great job standing up to Putin because we've given the Ukrainians a few missiles with limited range.
Jesus Christ this is horrific. The world needs to put getting these children safe no.1 priority. This is pure dystopian nightmare fuel.
I don’t get why Russians are still able to travel to Europe. We need to lock that down. Lock the Putinistas into their little (figuratively) country
I still think Putin is digging in and now happy to play the ultra long game. Western support will hold up through this winter, in the face of energy prices. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the front lines this time next year are exactly where they are right now. And I don’t think that western support will hold coming into a 2nd winter. Certainly public support will waver if there’s no end in sight
does anyone actually believe, not wishful thinking, that Russia will be pushed out of Ukraine?
what’s the end game here?
Russias human rights commissioner confirmed they deported 557,000 Ukrainian children to Russia,
Meanwhile Russian tourists can happily enjoy their European holidays
Russia can afford a stalemate more than Ukraine
It is using the captured nuclear plant and turning off the gas threat to blackmail Europe.
Even with the plant in a fully occupied uncontested area it sould be safe, the gas is to avenge the sanchioners
Hope Ukraine can do a kerson offensive soon and successfully but it needs to get it right
Russian continued will to fight a ridiculous war is as baffling as its public support for it.
More likely neither option, just more of the same for the next long while.
If Russia goes for full mobilisation we’ll know within a few days if Putin is going to be taken out internally. If not it will drag on. But he’ll be under more intense threat of being taken out by the next ambitious wannabe.
You’d think no further visas for Russians would be granted.
It’d be a couple of months before the cannon fodder get transferred to the front lines. That’s a lot more targets and body bags/mobile crematoriums required. High stakes poker from the master strategist.
Ah comrade!
Yes bring your own clothes and you will be supplied an rusty ak probably with gone off ammo.
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To add that if in fact all the supply bunkers have stuff in them.
It's good point in that even if Russia do mobilize, will they have enough equipment for a major offensive?
They'll be living in World War 2 times if they thing men will go running into a city 2-3 men to one gun.
200,000 troops started off. 40,000 dead. Multiples of that injured. Nobody is signing up for the army. Nobody is electing to do military service. There was even talk a few days ago of North Koreans entering the fray.
Surely even the most adamant Russians must be sitting at home watching Russia1 and thinking, jeez it's been 6 months and the still haven't taken the whole of the Donbass, let alone Ukraine. Surely it must be clicking in their heads?
Most well off Russians idea of culture only extends as far as buying latest handbag or CK newest gear in south of France
the death of brand name or hotel chain name these days is to be associated with Russians, just ask Adidas or Chanel
Especially hilarious how someone who broke every rule possible, talks about rules.
Russia tried to stop zelensky appearing at the un security council , how hilarious is this ,
No politics, just a matter of procedure 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It says "You don't understand, it's not the same!' A crap excuse every escrement from ruZZia uses.
I spent a short time in Ukraine in 2011 and still keep in contact with a few through Facebook and Instagram. One of the guys was telling me how his neighbours 8 month old grandchild was taken in the first few weeks of the war. Horrific stuff and hard to imagine, I didn't sleep that night thinking of how I'd feel in that situation as I've a baby the same age. It still gives me nightmares thinking of it.
Belarus say no more
Look at his choices he's left himself,
Death at the hands of the Belarusian population or death at the hands of putin,or death at the hands of Zelensky
He has no friends or allies
It's that or they surrender to Ukraine.
Putins choice
conscription wont be popular domestically
Some amount of smoke bombs in that small building.
Photos from Chaplyne station, at least 15 killed in Russian missile strike
NPP
Yes, now put him in Russia and let him criticize the Russian government..see how he will get on then.
Fence sitter...foot in both camps. Wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.
Russia stuck a railway station in the town of chaplyne In the dnipropetrovsk oblast 15 dead so far and another 50 injured,
And in Moscow an extraordinary duma council meeting has been called for the 25th for a special statement on ukraine.
Likely full mobilisation of the Russian military.
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