100%. Would like nothing more than to see a hit on the fancy architecture around the Kremlin. It would really hit home for them then. Right now, most Russians are ignoring what is happening
I'm hoping that if they do enter the war, the Ukrainians will destroy them and Lukashenko will have an up rise on his hands and no military to stop it
Nope if the Ukrainians are given the means to strike inside Russia's borders it has to be strategic. Air bases, logistics hubs, railway bridges.
Whilst the temptation is there to engage in revenge attacks to reciprocate a body count the real goal should be to degrade Russia's ability to occupy Ukrainian territory and us is by degrading their militaries ability to resupply.
Russia is losing this war badly hence the terror tactics today. If the Ukrainians do get involved in any "behind the lines operations" they should target individuals like they did (or didn't) with the Dugin bombing.
Didn't he make an arrangement with the Revenue to pay a certain figure and then claimed that he couldn't pay it anyway, while at the same time enjoying his TD's salary? I'm sure someone will correct me if I've gotten that one wrong.
Osama bin Laden was/is not a country himself
Russia is. That is the role of embassies and ambassadors. If you kick out the Russian ambassador here, they will retaliate by asking Irish equivalent to leave. Then if anything happens to Irish citizens in Russia, without a proper diplomatic presence there we have little way to help them.
I genuinely feel sorry for Belarusians... Imagine having that cuck running the country.
Time to expel the Russian ambassador. I’ve thought otherwise up to now, but there can be no doubt that Russia under Putin is a terrorist state. We didn’t have an ambassador for Osama Bin Laden so why should we treat the murdering criminals in the Kremlin any different?
Throw the bums out
They're not refusing to supply them. That's a false narrative.
They are however exceedingly complex and expensive systems. You need extensive training. Unfortunately the Pentagon can't just click their fingers and, lo and behold, Kyiv is ringed by anti-air missile defences.
There is a lead time, they are coming though and several deliveries have already been confirmed. For example, these 8 NASAMS systems.
Dont you ever get tired of supporting the wrong side of every argument you've ever made?
To be fair to Daly, on NT this morning she did explicitly say that there can be be no peace as long as Ukraine is not happy with any potential settlement. And Ukraines position, as we we know, is pre 2014 borders. Which I thought kind of defeated her whole argument
Some are reluctant to supply cutting edge tech to Ukraine in case it fails to do what they say. This is the same reason Turkey has been sanctioned by NATO in the past, as they acquired Russian S400's and NATO members did not want a member state to have Russian air defence and NATO aircraft
While Ukraine is a great proving ground for military hardware, it goes both ways. If it's known that Ukraine has modern NATO air defences for example, and then Russia are still able to get their missiles on target, it may embolden them to do more knowing air defences cant cope.
Belarus enters the war...
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Belarus and Russia will deploy a joint military task force on the country’s western borders in response to what he called an aggravation of tension, the state-run Belta news agency reported. (The Guardian)
Russia didn't look like they were running out of missiles this morning, but yes it's bizarre that the west are refusing to supply air defence systems that could at least minimised the damage we saw today.
When is Dalys position up for for vote again? I'd happily join a movement where we actively canvas not to have her or Wallace elected again.
A race to the bottom with the pair of them. Putin fanboys.
Congress has voted overwhelmingly to support Ukraine with military aid. The November elections wont change that dynamic at all.
Spent fuel rods also require active cooling in ponds for years (before being transferred to caskets etc), they don't just sit in still water, the water needs to be continuously circulated and run through heat exchangers, these are known as FCP systems, loss of power to the cooling pools was one of the many crisis faced at Fukushima NPP.
I can not say I understand in the least the likes of Daly and Co. They do seem to live in some kind of crackers alt-reality world. Its not uncommon unfortunately they're Dalys all over the world. Maybe we should ask a shrink to look into them. We might get a fright by that report!
Can you be any more of a shill for the Kremlin?
Russia is going to lose this war, there is no way out for them now. The only question is, how badly they will lose it?
EU and US leaders are pissing themselves with laughter at the incompetent way the Kremlin has conducted this war.
I'd love to get a good, hard look at their financial history. Mick in particular.
That's a good point josip.
Keeping the level of international support high is of even greater importance to Ukraine. Attacks like today serve to increase this (you can just imagine how the flow of anti-missile defence systems like NASAMS will now be speeded up). Responding in kind by launching missile attacks against Russian civilian targets would be incredibly counter-productive.
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly would make you ashamed to be Irish. Disgusting. Shame on anyone who voted these clowns into representing us in Europe. A holy show as usual.
This is RuSSia though. No rules.
It's all very easy for her. He let her off. Very disappointed in him. He gives Luke O'Neill a bigger challenge.
Without a doubt. I'm sure rule number 1 is all military targets are valid, civilian targets must be avoided at all costs.
Targeting Ukrainian civilians does nothing but increase Ukrainian support to remove the Russian invaders from their country.
Were Ukraine to do likewise to Russia, it would probably have a similar effect on the Russian population who up to now have been largely ambivalent about the Russian invasion. Keeping the level of domestic Russian support low, is of greater strategic benefit in the long term to Ukraine, than resorting to tit for tat.
Talk of it being changed from a "special military operation" to a "anti terrorist operation".
Fúck knows what the difference is. 🤷♀️
This is why I'm glad you're not in charge of anything that requires strategic thinking. 😉
This is a terrible idea. It would change the entire narrative of a just war been fought against a vicious dictatorship. Western support would dissolve.
I'd be quite surprised if there isn't some 'rules of engagement' type protocol that has been agreed at the very top level between Ukraine and its Western supporters. With one of the main topics being what you are and aren't allowed to do outside the borders of Ukraine.
There's still a lot more they can do to the Ukrainans ,
The glove's need to be removed and Target Russian cities in direct retaliation every time a Ukrainan city gets hit and Russian city should be hit in direct response
Agreed they shouldn't attack Russian civilians for the moment but the point is that Russian administration must realise that anywhere can be struck if Ukraine starts using guerilla war tactics in Russian cities.
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