Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I agree that it is beyond question that the winter presents a totally different scenario because of the ground conditions but iritis not to say that the UKr can do nothing to keep upsetting the Ru ‘appletart’ Ukr cannot allow Ru any time to lay more mines/ defences or at least keep that aspect to a minimum . I understand that The UKr engineers/ innovative farmers , etc are genises at coming up with innovative solutions - By way of a very simple example a very , very light vehicle on very wide rubber tracks / tyres that can negotiate the mud and are very fast and versatile. I have never been there so I can only speculate like a lot of us . I had experience of extracting/ driving out a large vehicle from some serious quicksand

The Polish have been the standout ally for Ukraine in continental Europe.

Not necessarily no , according to propaganda maybe ,but Russian artillery is still inflicting serious damage despite the repeated claims that Russia is out of guns and barrels ,and ammunition

Oddly enough they are producing a mix and older and new equipment, despite various claims they wouldn't be able to ,and only recently they announced an 68% increase in military spending over the next while,that's a big increase even for them, I'd hazard a guess that a good bit of their budget will go on foreign weapons systems,

For sure will not go down easily, but it is also noguarantee of victory, as the poster claimed.

The early years of the Syrian uprising was also about people fighting for freedom and liberation from dictatorship. They fought with heart and heroism. Look how it ended (in no small part due to Russian involvement).

Ukraine needs continued massive Western backing or has no hope of outright victory. Let's hope they retain it

It's pure envy isn't it

The mask has come right off since he bought Twitter. Little or no critical thinking, far right views, anti-vax, falls for conspiracies, fake pictures on social media, the whole 9 yards. Desperate to be liked and to be contrarian, it's unsurprising he's gone down the "I support Ukraine but" rabbit hole.

Which hate is that?

Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣

@pixelburp "Like Jordan Peterson, I wish Musk would fúck right off."

50% of Jordan Peterson is AI.

Few posters here showing their colours. As if we didn't already know.

You think it's funny when a president has to approach the global community hat in hand so that he can protect his people from being murdered, raped and its children stolen to be brainwashed? That's a joke that has you rolling around on the floor?

Ireland hosts almost 94,000 Ukrainian refugees. That's a little under half of what the UK is doing and our population is 14 times smaller. We're par or exceeding the likes of Germany per capita.

We have no military to speak of and are banned by our constitution to send direct military aid anyways. But we've still donated millions to the cause. Sent mine clearing instructors and non military aid in the form of ambulances and kit.

It could be argued that we're doing well beyond what could reasonably be asked of such a small country. And if Zelensky wants to hand out a medal to one of our representatives for that then why f**k not? What sort of miserable gowls would bemoan it?

We are not banned from sending direct military aid. There is nothing in our constitution about neutrality.

However we are giving significant aid to Ukraine as well taking a significant number of there population into our country. Rather than going head to head with people who are against military aid we train there troops in mine clearing which we are very good at. As well we are training them in combat medicine.

We do not have a significant military or have weapons development expertise so not much point in us going down that roi

Without wanting to derail the thread, I have to say that I'm very disappointed in what he has become. As a casual student of aeronautical and space engineering, I have been following his career from the very moment he went to Russia to buy up some old Russian engines shortly after Spacex was formed. While his drive and achievements with Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, the Dragon capsule, starlink and of course the soon-to-fly-again Starship and the Super Heavy Booster, not to forget the incredible Raptor closed-cycle engine, is to be lauded, he does undermine the work of his engineers and technicians with the absolute nonsense he comes out with. It's little wonder Gwen Shotwell has taken over at Boca Cica.

Some here have described his projects as "vanity projects", however Nasa and almost every western country and company that now look to space, beg to differ. Spacex' s Falcon rockets ( plus Dragon) are currently the only method for the US and European astronauts to get to Space, ( Boeing have yet to fly a crew in theirs), since the war in Ukraine. Plus, the Artemis Project, which is humanities return to the moon, is relying on Starship ( in development in Texas) to work. People forget that there are almost 24,000 people working for Musk and they're not all nutcases.

He's an important individual, but is beginning to believe his Messianic hype and is in serious danger of destroying decades worth of advancements in engineering for the good of humanity. If the Artemis program fails, or if the support for SpaceX's and NASAs endeavours evaporates, he only has himself to blame.

It is widely known that he has serious back pain issues over the last number of years and has been self medicating with some seriously strong pain-killers. His erratic and moronic behaviour coincides with this long period of self medicating. In my opinion, he's better off retiring and allowing his executive engineers and managers to get on with their work before he does something idiotic. Or worse, some idiot does something to him.

Also, while the Ukrainian armed forces were very quick to recognise and exploit the power of Starlink, the US Government have been asleep at the wheel in this regard.