It doesn't really matter if it is a bluff, when you're playing the world's most dangerous game of poker.
A bluff is enough!
Only one word can describe Putins game,russian roulette
I also found this interesting. But I guess the government response is pretty predictable if they want to crack down: any woman protesting against mobilisation will have all eligible male relatives drafted immediately....
Ireland doesn't answer moral questions, the standard practice is to bury them as deep as possible.
That's true but I don't understand why people here engage with them so much and fill 5 pages arguing pointlessly back and forth. Flag obvious trolls like that house bloke or CeCe and the mods will ban them in a day or two. In fairness, they can't be policing the place 24 hours a day
Attaching a tourniquet to your vest/armour with cable ties so you or a squad member can bleed out while trying to work out how to get it off.
Every day, many Ukrainian soldiers give thanks that the Orcs are so thick.
CeCe was gone in 4 hours because he was challenged. Had he not been challenged he would still be here spewing shite.
Fair enough. I accept sometimes you've to challenge the initial posts to see who you're dealing with.
But with the house fella it went on and on when it was already clear he was just stirring trouble and was going to get banned.
I never found asking morality questions too popular in Ireland, maybe that's why I'm not popular 😏
Absolutely, I had been thinking the same
How many Russian personnel are in the Orwell Road gaff? 25?, 30? As far as I know the Irish representation in Moscow is about 5. Just demand that the Russian representation in Dublin is cut to parity with Irish representation in Moscow. It would be fun to watch them bitch about that.
So when do you think Ukraine will declare victory?
Will they get this thing wrapped up before Christmas?
How could they fail, with their vast superiority on the battlefield?
There appears to have been a withdrawal on the front lines by the Russians since yesterday in this area:
This tweet is claiming that that has since expanded even more:
I would imagine the main goal here is to cut off Lyman and force the remaining separatist forces to withdraw or be captured. They can also take large swathes of lowly populated Western Luhansk.
"The total losses of the Rashists according to the General Staff for the week (September 19-September 25).
▪️personnel — minus 2220.
▪️aircraft — minus 8.
▪️helicopters — minus 3.
▪️tanks — minus 65.
▪️OTR UAV — minus 48.
▪️ACM (armored combat vehicles) — minus 114.
▪️Air defense — minus 3.
▪️MLRS — minus 16.
▪️art systems — minus 59.
▪️automotive equipment and tanks with fuel and lubricants — minus 123;
▪️special equipment (radar) — minus 8.
And this is not counting the wounded and captured katsaps + trophy equipment. "
That is quite a rate of attrition. Long may it continue.
Not for want of trying.
But the Russians are the equivalent of a nutcase with a grenade in their hand threatening to pull the pin.
Also, the regime is threatening to use nuclear weapons in pursuit of their aim of colonising a neighbouring country. Nobody has ever threatened Russia with invasion. They're effectively saying "Let us wipe out Ukraine or we will nuke everyone".
But would you call someone's bluff, if you thought they were a nutcase holding a live grenade in front of you?
Those orange dots indicate fires that were captured by NASA's satellite 12-24 hours ago. During summer these can often by wildfires but now they are most definitely strikes by the Ukrainian army on Russian positions.
Searching Twitter for that city name it appears to have been a strike on either a Wagner base or an ammunition depot.
Either way, given how far that is from behind the front-line it was almost certainly the work of HIMARs
How will all these 300k troops enter the battlefield, can they be wiped out on route, or is that not in the spirit of war.
This happens, there's no point at all in having a threat if you're not willing to implement it. It's how major conflicts start, people make mistakes, there are red lines. The alternative is equal chaos.
All right I will compromise, I won't bother with the latest re-incarnation to appear.
What 'spirit of war'? I would think the Ukrainians maybe planning a very fiery welcome for new conscripts arriving - to get the message back that really this ain't a great idea and 10 years in jail might be preferable. Reported today that new law also passed of 10 years for surrendering. You'd have to see the actual wording, but if it applies to soldiers surrendering against the odds in battle, it'd be completely daft. Who would serve under those conditions of obligatory death/ serious injury?
Is Sweden sending the Archer artillery system to UAF?
No, but they have been considering it officially since 1st September.
I've been hoping and waiting for a potential breakthrough since the start of the weekend. Would love to see another defensive line collapse and Lyman encircled.
Well I suspect 50% of them will die of alcohol poisoning before they even make it Ukraine judging by the videos posted since the call up.
That’s because the cost of fertiliser has quadrupled in price in the last year. That’s why the value has gone so high. Russia and bell aria were two very significant suppliers of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
If these new recruits could meet a really hot welcome wonder what the chances are of a fair degree of panic that might make the rest think twice about what is happening and revolt I know that is a long shot but I do think the army and people have to turn on Putin in big numbers to maybe bring him down .
May as well reply since comments that agree with your own past thoughts on this issue are nice to see (joke).
...IMO they really missed the boat after killings of civilians + various war crimes committed around Kyiv by the Russian occupying forces got exposed when they were forced to retreat. All EU countries were downsizing the Russian embassies and expelling the "diplomats" in giant bactches of 10s and 20s in response, I think we booted 2 or something! The embassy should have been cut right down to the top man and and a few lackeys then. As you say a similar representation to what Ireland has in Moscow.
To do anything now they now have to do it on their own (since other EU countries have already acted when we did not out of fear or self interest). Lets face it, that's not the kind of thing Ireland ever does and Irish people would probably blame them if they did it now and it attracted some specific attention from Russia.
I wonder if the Russians are going to try for Kyiv again with their extra manpower.
As much as a mess the 40km convoy was, it did mean that the Ukrainians were tied up with a potential assault on the city. And it's not as if the Russians give a crap about high personnel losses.
One of the biggest problems I see for the Russians is that they are clearly low on transport vehicles. We keep on seeing videos of ancient Z emblazoned buses being blown up.
Maybe they have notions of the new recruitsbmarching across Ukraine on foot?
Tbh at this stage I believe the Russian ambassador and all the staff in the embassy should be expelled. The embassy should be seized and the whole compound be repurposed to house Ukrainian refugees.
The government excuse is they can't do that because they want to keep the line of communications open but tbh the EU will be negotiating on our behalf with them anyway. They are not needed or wanted here.
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