Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

I really dislike having to repeat what the orange s**mb*g in office in the USA says but he is quite clearly parroting putin sponsored disinformation:

Crimea being annexed by putin's forces in no way simply involved it being handed over. Saying they took over without a shot being fired is really lapping up to the kremlin version of history and it is a stain on the USA to vote in to their highest political office someone either as malicious enough to lie about this or gullible enough to swallow putin's lies so readily. As one example of how this is just another Trump lie:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Simferopol_incident

Imagine if you wake up tomorrow and Putin has died from a heart attack, wouldn't it be a grand day

Huge strikes by Russian terror forces last night right across Ukraine. Seems even naval units from black sea also involved. Time for Ukraine to go hunting again.

Another few months and his idiocy will be legendary. The BS alarms are going off on a daily basis now…

Not sure how strong the appetite is in the EU for active military involvement. Putin has done a very good job of destabilising the social fabric in the West through incitement of culture wars leading to the rise of political parties and leaders who seem intent on undermining what had been key tenets of European freedoms. See further the increasing struggles against right leaning/ Putin sympathising parties in France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Hungary. It's easy to call for boots on the ground, but I'd say Putin would in a way welcome that as a) it would give him something concrete with which to galvanise his population and cement his power and b) he's probably confident that in time it would lead to the fracturing of the EU from the ground up as the appetite among the populace for war and their willingness to endure any deprivation of privileges just wouldn't be there.

Could it be just as simple as Biden being pro Ukraine and Trump just wanting to be the opposite of that? Nearly every Trump presser, no matter what topic, seems to have a negative statement on Biden/Democrats…

This is not just about Ukraine though. There is a very real fear in the likes of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Georgia etc that Putin will invade in the next few years. This is not just paranoia or hysteria - they reckon Putin is nuts enough to do it, especially if he views Europe as too fractured to respond militarily. A full scale military invasion of Ukraine and attempt to take Kyiv would have sounded utterly bonkers four or five years ago.

A mate of mine is Lithuanian, told me everyone got a gun licence in the post recently. Government has heavily subsidised shooting ranges and are opening up more every week. They're taking the Russian threat seriously.

They know they're history.

Merely an unfortunate they're/their confusion there, I hope…

Ah jaysus. Fcuk it. Both could end up true if Europe doesn't get it's sh1te together!!