this is what Russians are reading today
he really does look like an orc….
The "Orc" craic you use is cute, but it doesn't really make much space for rational thinking when you turn a real war and geopolitics into a LotR fantasy.
If we put the battle for middle earth to one side for a moment, we can see that real world repercussions are still taken into account when humans (not orcs) are in the mix. Putin is one mad man who has taken his country's armed forces on a rampage across another country, it is wrong and he won't prevail in the end. Saying that, your comparison to every single individual human on that side as an orc, is about as small minded as small minded can be.
A melting radioactive mess that close to Russia serves no purpose at all. The environmental and health consequences on both sides of the border would be tremendous.
Holup! Are you calling me an orc or was it a quote in error?!
i tend to agree, it makes light of the myriad issues also, are we calling the Ukrainians Elves or hobbits now?
Where would Ukraine use this supposed dirty bomb.....drop it on Ukraine itself? History would suggest that countries very rarely engage in 'false flag' operations in the middle of an actual war.
I know plenty of Russians who wear glasses, so I doubt very much the truth of that statement that Russian children were left out in the cold to die because they were myopic. And while I was lived there, I never heard of that.
nice guy
This isn't just an army fighting another army. The Russian army is extraordinarily unprofessional. They are systematically pillaging, raping, looting and destroying Ukraine. It's not just a few isolated cases, we know from countless reports and footage that these soldiers have horrendous discipline, are constantly stealing household items, vandalising everywhere they occupy, living in filth, brutally violent, murdering pets and even people for fun, often drunk. It's completely understandable the Ukrainians have a negative term for them.
Ukraine can count themselves lucky they're not bordering Russia in the middle of nowhere and in areas primarily populated by ethic minorities Moscow doesn't care about.
Too many major cities would be affected by the fallout not to mention the occupied areas.
Also the fact Russia is raiding Belarus, north Korea and Iran for weapons and supplies has to be a good sign. It shows their own resources are getting dangerously low and they won't be long until their allies run dry also.
It's also clear that without this new mobilisation the Russian army would have collapsed. These guys were rushed to various front lines after 2 weeks because there was nobody else. It halted the rout but their losses remain extremely high. So does this buy Russia another 6 months before they've to force another 200k to the frontline? Not sustainable.
It's very frustrating seeing the liberation held up but it's only delayed the inevitable.
I'm not denying any of that, these atrocities are happening and the Ukrainians on the ground have every right to call those who commited them whatever they want. Not every Russian soldier falls into the same category as the rapists etc. that you mention.
The overuse of the term here is tiring though, and it is often used to describe Russians as a whole, not just the military. It seems to serve no purpose here other than a big foam finger.
Its probably soviet stuff that NATO cant really replace Or a need too.
Of course it does.
It would benefit the orc's,they are already sowing the seeds for it ,
Its the stupidest idea I have ever hard of though. Wind blowing the wrong way irradiate your own people. Mindset seems everyone should die for the fatherland.. sorry mother.
Today, the Armed Forces launched a rocket attack on the building where the Tiktokers were based.
According to preliminary information, Kadyrov residents have about 40 disposed of and more than 60 wounded.
Looks lik Alah was taking a nap this afternoon.
A lovely photo of Kyiv without power.
Definitely Elves.
Seems like a city with plenty of power to me.
He assured that Russian accusations about Ukraine's "plans" to use a "dirty bomb" are disinformation, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have any type of weapons of mass destruction. The only weapon of "mass destruction" that we have is our pride, courage and thirst to defeat the enemy. - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
If I remember my LOTRO lore. Ukraine would be Gondor. Polish probably Rohan.
World football organisations caring about human rights? Dream on. That the world cup is taking place where and when it is tells you all you need to know
On the positive side, it may just give the Russian Population at home cause for concern, if they believe that Ukraine has access to a "dirty Bomb"
And yet, Putin has no hesitation in threatening Ukraine with nuclear weapons, and he is the one who definitely has them.......so much for rational thinking.
Oh they have plenty of power,but with a number of power generations sites down they are reducing power usages to prevent loss of more electric, when they need it most
And Putin is Sauron and Lukashenko is Saruman (but a lot less competent)?
I think they might have meant the power of the people, carrying on life despite all of Putin's evil directed at them.
A dirty bomb is not a conventional nuclear weapon - nuclear weapons are extremely efficient uses of fissile material in order to give a better explosive yield, very little radioactive material actually remains compared to what it starts with.
A dirty bomb is conventional explosives + radioactive material tacked on, with the goal of the explosive distributing the radioactive material over a wide area. All you need for the latter is access to radioactive material (such as from a nuclear plant), for the former you need a weapons-grade uranium enrichment process. Not saying its likely, but it is well in the realms of possibility that Ukraine can make a dirty bomb. Detonating one in Russian held crimea, or donbas would throw their whole regime into disarray, and their logistics for moving military goods to southern front.
It would be interesting if China actually took a chance here. They'd likely succeed, since the logisitics to fight on that border is several times more difficult for the Russians than China....and that's if they can even do that since their logisitcal performance has been so piss-poor in nearby Ukraine. China's pre 1860's border includes the whole area north of North Korea including Vladivostoc and north to include Sakalin Island (which would be a worry to nearby Japan, Hokkaido is only 50km away).
If they are equipped for it, they could likely push further north towards the Baring Straights and then border Alaska. If Russia were ever likely to use nukes, it would probably be in reaction this potential Chinese invasion. If they didn't, then we would probably know that Russia either lacks the will or ability to use nukes. But then we'd would probably be into a conventional World War at that stage (worst case), as all bets are likely off without MAD.
It doesn't matter what FIFA etc think re Iran. It's what the other participating nations think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_B
They are scheduled to play England, USA and Wales.
Given their support of Russian atrocities, never mind the crackdown on women - there must be deep unease in these countries in their group with sharing a pitch and propaganda with them.
Fully expect this to escalate and we'll see Iran rightfully ejected from this tournament. Otherwise there could be well be boycotts.
Yep I've been saying the same. The best thing for China to do is sit back and let Russia collapse. Then "protect" the Chinese diaspora in eastern Russia where there just happens to be massive gas, oil and timber resources. Nobody will even care.
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