The Greenies are busy cheering for Putin, see “green policies” thread here in parallel. Disgusting.
I think that's an inaccurate generalisation. Perhaps some of the "fundie" wing of the party are since they'd have more in common with the likes of PBP/SOL.
Mariupol garrison consisted of marines, border guard and azov national guard, not fanatics just determined not to surrendergiven Russian history of treatment of pows
It's also very easy to shut down from a Ukrainian POV. Use of artillery as demand for supplies grows will limit the airport's use. Targeting of helicopters as they get nearer Kearson will mean the area would be impossible to supply
Apparently Bayraktars can now kill tanks.
Delighted to see the public backlash to this misguided piece of graffiti:
"What would people think if a mural featured a rapist and a victim hugging?" co-chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, Stefan Romaniw, said in a statement.
Leftist art types with a Russian based slant, well i never...
A lot of Green's would be ex hippies, leftists, socilaists, commies etc... not just here but throughout Europe.
It's a real and present danger to us all.
One of our drivers in work is a Green warrior and speaking to him around the time the war started all he could do was refer to America, "what about Iraq/Afgan/Vietnam" etc... Complete knobhead
There are elements of the Environmental movement that and absolutely creaming themselves at the thought of Europe de-industrialising and people dying hence reducing carbon footprint.
You just have to look at the perma smirk on Eamon Ryan’s face to see the thrill he gets at thought of people suffering while he plays the fiddle.
There are other elements that are directly funded by Putin such as the several hundred million that went into German “climate” group from Gazprom
This is just completely stupid. Hard to take anything you say about the Greens seriously if you genuinely believe this nonsense.
There are fringe elements, as there are in most political leanings, and the anti-nuclear stance is indefensible and Russia has certainly played them to their advantage - as they have with many movements. Of course the Green Party in Germany is now the most vocal in their support of Ukraine and anti-Russia stance, as one incredibly obvious counterpoint to the "cheering for Putin" crap
The German Greens were against Nord Stream 2, even citing Russia's human rights record as a reason, since well before the war started
It might be a completely stupid statement about the continental Green parties (I don't know enough to say) but IMO there is a grain of truth in there about the Irish greens even if it is totally exaggerated + over the top. I think from listening (to Ryan), he doesn't seem very fussed about all this, perhaps sees it as a kind of necessary & timely shock therapy (courtesy of Putin's warmongering) that will drive forward renewables here, and I get the impression there is no way in hell Irish Greens are going to stand over any investments in fossil fuel security (LNG terminals, storage, new explorations). They will collapse this govt. and/or see Ireland just disregard any EU directives on energy security etc. first.
They (Irish Green Party) do seem to be different IMO, quite right wing + conservative which is odd (a sort of FF-FG for people that care about nature and the environment + will vote on their beliefs), also kind of luddite - they see the main answer to environmental degradation (including climate change) in rejecting high technology and complex infrastructure and simplifying + a return to a lower intensity, lower population ideal past rather than new technologies. They are suspicious of these IMO, that is the instinct (to look for all the risks/dangers of things like [to give 2 examples] nuclear power generation, waste incineration).
You are mixing up our greens and German greens
instead of admitting to a disastrous energy policy of building renewables WITHOUT grid storage which resulted in reliance on gas as backup, they are busy blaming Putin for exposing the disaster that blindly following Germanys energy transition policy has been
You are right the German greens to their credit have acknowledged the issue, our lot on other hand are at the denial stage
We still have zero gas storage and no LNG terminals being built (opposed by Eamon not to long ago) and no discussion about extraction of several hundred bcm (10-20 years) of gas right here in Ireland
Kherson referendum on joining Russia has been "paused"
A mistake frequently made is that Russia actually cares about the public message of the European group or party they choose to support. In fact they will gladly support any party with any anti-russian public message when, for example, that party campaigns against fracking and nuclear.
Eamonn Ryan is at it again today.
This country will be in serious trouble in a few years. Corrib/Kinsale gas is a finite resource and is already starting to run down. We currently have no new sources lined up to replace it.
Energy security is national security, and our government are asleep at the wheel.
It's been like this all my life. The leftie types have generally always been blind to imperialism carried out by Russia. Chomsky's still at it, for example.
Nowadays though, the right is also at it. I know how that all came about but still, it's mad to see.
There are genuine policy disagreements you can have (though worth noting they have not been in government for long), but those are a far cry from claiming that the Greens are cheerleading for Putin and getting a giddy thrill out of people's suffering.
Do the Ukrainians have any medium range SAMs? It will be a while before the airport is in MANPAD range.
As long as teachers are allowed to run their class as a madras for Eco warriors you'll always find a new wave of gobshites voting for Eamonn and the loons
Russians reporting Bayraktar are being actively used in the northern part of Kherson that they occupy. Ukraine wouldn't deploy TB-2 here if there wasn't a hole in air defense over the region.
Big question over the next few days is whether Russia will try to re-enforce the area, or whether they pull back to more defensible lines.
I don't believe they could hit those helicopters when they are in flight from where they are now (especially since they would likely be flying at low altitudes). Instead the targets would likely be what is being dropped off at the airport using drones to guide HIMARs and artillery.
There's an entire thread dedicated to weird fever dreams about the environmental movement. Let's keep this one to discussing Ukraine.
The Czech government suspect that Russian agitators were heavily involved in that protest in Prague at the weekend too.
Interesting too that many Russian trolls online (including in Ireland) seized on the protests.
It's one of Russia's best weapons. And for that reason, every Russian VISA should be carefully scrutinised... before rejection 😁
They have several options available , depending on what and whats deployed, there's been at least 8 helicopters downed over the last few days,from the latest attack helicopters and mil- 8s I believe.
It's possible they are using helicopters to drop supplies,I personally haven't seen any evidence of it ,but if you look at Siege of Mariupol the Ukrainans were flying helicopters in with supplies and taken out casualties, right up to the Azoztal surrender,
A lot of the protesters where there for cost of living others were demanding a withdrawal from the EU and Nato while signing back up to Russian gas supplies bit of a tell there .
This is one of the worst videos I've seen 😥
can we now block all Russian banks and seize all Russian assets now? And block Russian visas??
Ignoring the N word, is that the last major hand they can play, now played?
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