Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Oh no! Not another one.

Another battle where hundreds Russians died to get 300m2 of Ukrainian lands. The poor families that won’t see their sons, brothers or husbands again. It must be horrendous for them to know they died to win a few rubbles and lose them in a few days. It must have horrendous consequences in Russia. I m concerned that the country may not be able to recover from this.

And yes, nasty things happened but it is disingenuous to dig into history to justify Putin's crimes

So why name streets after him, so much so that Israel complained. Fwiw, I'd see it as a reason just to piss of the Israeli's but Ukraine has supported Israel. I'd be ashamed if we celebrated the schoolhouse massacre from the 1798 rebellion. Why honour Banderas?

Putin isn't my leader.

Of course Zelensky will be involved

Does that make them a de-facto member anyway??

Or what happens if Belarus invades, with Little green soldiers, on crutches and in Lada's….?

A Putin verbalk guarantee is not worth the paper it's written on…

Some people are saying that Russia is winning. Russia has already lost much more than just the fight for Ukraine, though it haven't felt the pain yet. Russia's demographic situation was dire before 2022, now it is catastrophic. Everyone knows now that the Russian army isn't a that great. Now China can apply any pressure on Russia for concessions in the Russian Far East with an indirect threat of a military action and all Russia can do is to wave its aging nuclear rockets. Syria, as a base in the Middle East, is lost. All the money squirrelled away for the rainy day are gone, the budget has a huge deficit and no one will lend Russia money. The enormous stocks of ammo and tanks are spent.

If Trump were a smart negotiator he could squeeze Russia dry and make it accept defeat. Will he realize that Putin is playing him like the idiot he is, or will he persist in his adoration of dictators and make the life difficult for everyone? I have no idea, though I am not very optimistic. But I am cautiously optimistic about the EU/UK collaboration on security matters which might be the results of Trump's actions.

If Trump can win the Daytona 500 in the Beast, he can find peace in Ukraine

'' this Putin guy is going down Harry ''

Putting British and other European soldiers on the Russian borders but with extremely strict controls on them, to avoid any conflict with Russia is a debacle for Europe imo. This is turning into such a mess that it could endanger the survival of Europe as a cohesive force. Trump has upended the situation beyond any redemption.

Well that's just it, if it happens there can't be "strict controls" if you mean by that they are to sit tight there and hope for the best, like a kind of UN peacekeeper force, keep out of the way and never respond to any Russian provocation.

if they do go it'll be a very large, expensive, and dangerous undertaking, with understanding for start that if Russia ever tests them seriously and breaks the peace, they will have to respond, and a lot of soldiers could die.

It would not be peace keeping, more like peace enforcement/very uneasy standoff, maybe like the mission the US has had in S. Korea since armistice there.

Is this even possible?

Ukraine is huge, if the UK were to put boots on the ground you'd need a significant number to make an impact. Let's say a commitment of 10k troops plus support personnel. Does such capability even exist today, with the weapons, logistics, etc to support such an operation? What about the money? The UK budget is running at a deficit. Troops in Ukraine would be a long term commitment, could the UK sustain this for a decade?

any independant evidence that this actually happened . Are you quoting somebody else ? Did you read it someplace? Is it a suggestion by you? . I find it UNBELIEVABLE

The Scullabogue barn house massacre was carried out as retailation for a massacre of a United Irishmen field hospital earlier in the day in the Battle of New Ross by loyalist forces. Hundreds also died in that atrocity, injured men burned alive when the building was set alight from the base.

Retaliations happen in war by both sides & the winners always hide their own terrible deeds to glorify their victories.

Read Daniel Gahan "The People's Rising"

Danish intelligence (Finnish site): Putin could be ready for a new war after Ukraine in 6 months. A large scale war in 5 years.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20010573/64-3-258887

If Trump leaves NATO (or even if he doesn't), Putin will constantly seek to push and fracture Europe.

At the moment the Ru military is ramshackle relative to Ukraine, where there is a grinding stalemate - however if that is put on pause, the Russians still massively outnumber militaries in the e.g. tiny Baltic states. Any deal with Ukraine will leave his military free to play all sorts of games on borders. As a dictator he will 100% rebuild and reform his military after the Ukraine debacle (if that ever ends)

Keep in mind everything we are seeing today was an unthinkable scenario 5 years ago.

Yet another wake up call for Europe.

Overnight, the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai was attacked. It is one of the key refineries in the south of Russia, Andriy Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, reports.

The refinery's capacity is about 6.6 million tons of oil per year. It specializes in producing:

fuel;

fuel oil;

bitumen;

gas oil and other petroleum products.

"Its significance for the Russian army lies in supplying fuel for military equipment, especially in the southern region and on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine," stated Kovalenko.

Also, the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai was taken out of operation. It is the largest oil pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) which provides the main export of oil from Kazakhstan.

Refinery in Krasnodar Krai attacked on February 17 - Details | RBC-Ukraine

Waiting to see any footage of potential damage.