"Ukraine had a large NATO-trained and equipped army when this all kicked off, and despite it being replenished with weapons over and over it's still not able to resist the Russian invasion 3 day special military operation"
Fixed that for you
even the language they had to steal from others.
Ukraine had a large NATO-trained and equipped army when this all kicked off, and despite it being replenished with weapons over and over it's still not able to resist the Russian invasion, so to me it isn't logical to presume the Russians are lacking in weaponry and are incompetent. I feel this is a narrative that's being created and disseminated by the US & Co.
The war is largely one of artillery and given its on Russia's border then there is a vast supply of shells. The Ukrainians will soon run out.
What do you think Putin will do if Western missiles able to target Russia are supplied to and used by Ukraine to do so?
Yes I think the Ukrainians will be determined enough to rid themselves of the moskovyte terrorists and criminals putin has sent to their country. They have already made progress in regaining some of the territory they lost when the moskovytes attacked last year. Seen a report claiming some moskovytes are already running away and if they have any sense it will be running straight back to the kremlin to remove the dictator putin from power.
Do you really believe this is possible without direct Western intervention?
I think it should be possible for Ukraine to regain its internationally agreed borders by driving out the moskovyte invaders occupying parts of their country.
is this a 15 rubles, 100 rubles, or 800 rubles question?
Oh look Another one
What is orcish?
Does anyone here think Ukraine can drive Russia from the annexed territories including Crimea? Because this is the US/British/Ukrainian goal.
Read a report (Asian) that some Russian units were now repositioning and that airstrikes were being made on Ukrainian units to their rear. Expecting the start of an offensive very soon?
For those who understand orcish...
to create hundreds of newregs here on Boards to ask questions 'whatabout Amurica', 'whatabout Iraq, Israel, IRA and NI' and posting 'good articles to read from credible authors' about economic collapse of Europe and America, and , of course, neverending prosperity of mighty holy ruSSia. You know, the ususual rinse and repeat.
Mariupol seems to be taking an absolute battering from those Storm Shadow missiles in the past week. You'd think the Russians would realise by now that they need to distribute their assets within its effective range. It was announced the the UAF had it 18 days ago. That's just sloppy.
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Might be the second time Graham said something I'd agree with. Then again, he's said some things reasonable people agree with
That feeling good feeling is coming upon me...
Rats fleeing the sinking ship?
Someone posted a tweet about it earlier and the crying, wailing and gnashing of teeth that was going on under it among the pro Russian filth and "bots" [on twitter] over the "best money we've ever spent" remark was mad and very funny.
He really seems to have triggered them all, which is surprising if the "special operation" is all going wonderfully and these US/Western weapons are useless, a waste + have no effect on Russias military plans!
Stupid in fairness, will only galvanise the Russians.
Calls to assassinate him now
I find it hard to defend Mr "Use My Words Against Me" Graham.
The matter has been well covered already on this thread - it's possible but quite unlikely as even supposed Russian allies are opposed to such a course. And it would spell disaster for Russia's conventional forces and possibly many citizens.
Some people can't think beyond binary terms. It's part of the reason that the media does this thing where they try to act "balanced". The person that you're responding to appears to be exactly what they are catering to - they seemed annoyed that the covid coverage was stacked with too many scientists and not enough 5g crackpots for balance. In that worldview, there are two sides and only two sides for everything.
What bothers me about Clare Daly is that her only qualification is a willingness to shill for authoritarian regimes and high media availability. She has no expertise on international affairs and her knowledge of these places comes from stage-managed junkets financed by the regimes that she ends up shilling for. Her views don't represent some sane block of people here. She's not putting forth the view of constituents. She's not providing truthful information. All she's doing is using the media to promote whatever view Putin wants her to.
I'd have some concerns about the whole tactical nuke shpiel of last week followed by a significant increase in air attacks on Kyiv. It's still madness to think they'd drop a nuke on Kyiv but there's no reason to think they won't considering there's the potential that Russians are slowly running out of supplies and they can't replenish quick enough. It's entirely possible that these strikes are a means of running down Ukranian equipment to clear the airspace for high impact attacks, or it's simply scumbaggery as usual.
You’re absolutely wasting your time with that one. He compared SF goal of a United Ireland to Russia actions in Ukraine in a different thread the other day. The absurdity is off the scale. Not all there. Historically Ireland and Ukraine have lots in common vs a brutal neighbour
It's most likely something to do with how they approach their target. Russia will try to figure out where Ukraine's air defense are on a given night, then they will try to come up with a missile flight path that avoids these defenses, or gives them the lowest reaction time. That might involve approaching from the Black Sea for example, because missiles can fly very low over water (no buildings or mountains to crash into).
Without more details I can only speculate.
One tactic Russia appear to be using is taking off with a large number of planes, sending a wave of Shaheds in to probe for weaknesses, then launching missiles only from a few of the airborne planes.
Indeed. If people force a middle ground then it just benefits whichever side is the more extreme.
We certainly do have very different viewpoints. And your comparison to our friends up in NI and across the water is utterly facile. These are mostly our friends and neighbours - they are not trying to crush us, kill our people, kidnap our children, rape our women, take over our resources and they are not raining missiles down on our cities.
naive - maybe delusional might be more appropriate ?
Would that list include “ ass assination?
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