I certainly don’t think they would. They are stating it day in and day out in their propaganda outlets that the entirety of Europe is fair game.
Historically when countries are invaded and defeated in this region it has been the case that surrounding countries are given their pound of flesh to bring them into the fold. Hungary would no doubt be induced by being gifted territory in western Ukraine and Belarus could be further induced likewise. A successful strong Russia would have no trouble getting some former Yugoslav states to back them and would probably flip the Bulgarians on to their side too. Possibly even the Greeks if they played them off against the Turks or vice versa. It is vital that Russia are seen to be a failure and a shambles as some of these countries ,bizarrely have a lot of latent and vocal Russian sympathy.
Russia has an army and a large conscription base if it wishes. It also has a large land border and several states/ quasi states to watch over. And regions within that might revolt. So it has a few balls in the air and hasn't brought it's full military might to bear in Ukraine. If it succeeds in Ukraine though, the Russian leadership has openly stated that it consider several other Baltic and other states are properly part of their territory/ empire and would seek to expand further. That's what has Sweden & Finland having a major volte face and seeking to join NATO. This is about stopping imperialism and the expansion of the Russian empire as they see it.
Simon "cop out" Coveney strikes again
More weakness from the west whilst Ukrainians are slaughtered.
Steve is good to follow, he’s been in Russia for decades for bbc and always has interesting takes when interacting with locals as he speaks Russian well
Russian forces targeted the red cross this morning,
Not unexpected being orcs don't care who or what they target
These must be the HIMARS the Russians 'destroyed'.
What did he cop out of? He said we're not part of Schengen so any discussions on banning Russians to that area have no impact on us. We have to deal with the UK on that one due to the CTA
He's correct though, any via restrictions would need to be agreed by the Irish and UK government as it's a common travel area. No point in the Irish government restricting visas for Russians if they could freely travel into the UK and onwards to Ireland.
CTA only applies to Irish/British citizens. You can already get a visa that allows you access to one country but not the other.
However, it would nonetheless be good diplomacy to work on it together.
To be fair that alone is a win as it would add extra cost and uncertainty for Russians even if relatively easily avoided.
I could see UK banning tourist visas as they already had many people killed by Russian tourists in cruel ways including use of radioactive and chemical weapons on UK soil
Tell that to the Ukrainian children being raped and kidnapped.
It shows an unwillingness to adapt to the situation from Coveney.
Where is the unwillingness? He's not part of the group discussing i as Ireland isn't part of Schengen. He can't do anything here. He has to work with the UK on it which he says he will
Maybe do your homework first
“defend the motherland comrades!”
sits back and sips the mojito cocktail
If and hopefully when Kherson is liberated, what do you think Vlad will do? He will have to strike back somehow in a big big way. Will he do something with nuclear plant ? Or tactical nuke ?
Just looking for opinions
Nothing, every-time Putin is “humiliated” he disappears for a while, probably kills a puppy or something
He only understands a punch to the face, this war wouldn’t have happened if states bordering Russia were listened to and Putin was not given a green light by appeasement
So you want to him to ignore the fact we are in a common travel area with the UK?
Then what?
Bring in laws to restrict Visa access only to later discover the law is unenforceable?
Essentially you are asking him to be incompetent, when what he is currently doing is being competent and discussing an issue which may later prevent us taking effective action.
You know ,I think you are sort of right, when Khersan falls ,I think he will go quiet, a fee days later an indiscriminate target will be hit like a train or hospital . Finally he will say the withdrawal of khersan was tactical as it has been "de natzified " or some other waffle
Any orders he gives to fire nukes will be ignored by generals and Putin found face down in a river. He is a pathetic specimen of a human being. I doubt Russia's nukes are functioning anyway.
Where's a building collapse when you need one 😥
Unfortunately there is no guarantee that any order to launch a tactical nuke would be ignored ,one thing is guaranteed the generals In powerful positions are 100% loyal to Putin
There is no way nuclear weapons, "tactical" or otherwise will be deployed. It is pure hysterics pushing that line that there will be tactical nukes retaliation etc etc
In fairness when it comes to Ukraine there should not be much disharmony between Ireland and the U.K.
It's noticeable that Kremlin talk of nuclear weapons has completely died down in recent weeks. I think they were getting feedback that such talk was making them seem completely unhinged (even the Putin supporters in the West would find it very hard to defend the regime detonating a nuclear weapon, even a small one).
Again- how do you know this for certain?
Are you actually a spy in the Kremlin or something?
How are you so certain?
Im genuinely interested and I’m not saying your wrong- but why do you think you are correct?
I don't see how it's a weak cop out. We have very open border policies with the UK as well as Europe. A europe wide visa ban would have to be backed up by the UK otherwise Russians could fly to London and then on to Ireland then the rest of Europe. It would need to be sorted out and probably won't happen with how Russian influence has infiltrated the UK government.
Their mistake was to raise the threat early on and then hint at it a few times afterwards. Like the boy crying wolf, it loses it's effect after a while.
otherwise Russians could fly to London and then on to Ireland then the rest of Europe
That's not true, they will be unable to check in and board the plane, and even if they pass the relaxed checks of Ryanair (who occasionally have people boarding the wrong plane) they will be stopped at the border of the destination country. So if the UK doesn't support an EU visa ban the only EU country that they can reach is Ireland.
100% for sure they are loyal to Vlada, the ones who were not were found floating face downwards in the river, which proved to be powerful incentive to be loyal to Putin.
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