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Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

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  • #16022
    Dohnjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,147 ✭✭✭✭Dohnjoe


    Interesting piece here from 2017 on the Russian national psyche by a Russian writer

    https://granta.com/russia-verge-nervous-breakdown/

    In Russia, the opposition will not stand in opposition. Citizens will not stand up for civic rights. The Russian people suffer from a victim complex: they believe that nothing depends on them, and by them nothing can be changed.

    ‘It’s always been so’, they say, signing off on their civic impotence. The economic dislocation of the nineties, the cheerless noughties, and now President Vladimir Putin’s iron rule – with its fake elections, corrupt bureaucracy, monopolization of mass media, political trials and ban on protest – have inculcated a feeling of total helplessness. People do not vote in elections: ‘They’ll choose for us anyway;’ they don’t attend public demonstrations: ‘They’ll be dispersed anyway;’ they don’t fight for their rights: ‘We’re alive, and thank god for that.’

    A 140-million-strong population exists in a somnambulistic state, on the verge of losing the last trace of their survival instinct. They hate the authorities, but have a pathological fear of change. They feel injustice, but cannot tolerate activists. They hate bureaucracy, but submit to total state control over all spheres of life. They are afraid of the police, but support the expansion of police control. They know they are constantly being deceived, but believe the lies fed to them on television.



  • #16023
    thatsdaft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭thatsdaft


    Russia yet again (how many times it been now) shows it doesn’t want peace and put up a middle finger to Trumps deadlines, humiliating him again

    https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-shrugs-off-trumps-threat-says-ukraine-war-will-go-on-10246


  • #16024
    Paddigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123679654#Comment_123679654

    I shouldn't LOL… but…



  • #16025
    Paddigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680086#Comment_123680086

    His sticking his middle finger up at Agent Orange is about the only thing I can give Putin credit for. Pretty much the only global leader of any standing outside of China willing to tell him to go f**k himself.



  • #16026
    amandstu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,332 ✭✭✭amandstu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680086#Comment_123680086

    I thought Trump's criticism of Russia was just performative and that really he was asking for Putin to just give him a little that he can put out as a reason to go easy on Russia and talk up the unworthiness of Ukraine's cause.

    Does anyone think that after this "10-12 day deadline" that anything will actually happen ?(aside from something possibly to give the impression it has)



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  • #16027
    keeponhurling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,659 ✭✭✭keeponhurling


    Always hard to know with Trump.

    But he has now doubled down in the secondary sanctions, almost backed himself into a corner a bit.

    Putin won’t give him any off-ramp, so he’ll have to do something. And the sanctions do have bi-partisan support.

    (The risk is it leads to higher inflation in the US…. but hopefully China and India just stop buying Russian gas and so no sanctions are actually needed)



  • #16028
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭Polar101


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680256#Comment_123680256

    Sure, he'll blame Ukraine for not accepting Russia's peace "terms" or something equally absurd.

    I'm sure everyone has noticed by now that international diplomacy isn't Trump's forte.



  • #16029
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,833 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Cant mount your offensive if you cant move your pieces around.

    https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1950210096794849449

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #16030
    jmreire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,168 ✭✭✭jmreire


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680256#Comment_123680256

    Yes, if Trump feels that Putin is deliberatlyy making a fool out of him, his ego wont accept it! And he (Trump) will lash out. Putin needs to reign in Solovyov and Simonyan ect.



  • #16031
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,833 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680722#Comment_123680722

    Putin needs to reign in Solovyov and Simonyan ect.

    Hopefully ‘reign’ them out a window…..



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  • #16032
    Paddigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680722#Comment_123680722

    Who would you back in a game of poker… the orange idiot or Darth Putin…

    The status quo will just rumble on… Putin will see through the hot air emanating from Washington and I can't see Trump doing anything.



  • #16033
    aidanodr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,093 ✭✭✭aidanodr


    Latest video from Irish Journo, comentator in Ukraine - Caolan Robertson - He is currently back at the front lines. THIS IS A MUST WATCH:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f9zbT1e1lA

    At the end of this he says:

    "As the Russians come closer, darkness follows, everything degrades, life leaves"

    ME: The closest this world has been to the fiction that is Lord of the Rings and a place called MORDOR. Dark, Evil, the upside down.

    This is rússkiy mir .. russian world - https://dgap.org/en/events/russkiy-mir-russian-world - Frightening concept

    I find Caolans reporting excellent shows things as they are .. the reality.

    THIS VISIT SHOULD BE ON RTE NEWS DAILY

    This is what the MAGA crowd need to see because TBH they may think they are safe at the other side of Atlantic BUT this new type of war - The US army is no where at the races ( this is discussed also in this video - about 3:50 in ). No experience. Only 2 countries with experience is UKRAINE and RUSSIA and maybe add North Korea who have just added 30k more NK troops to Putins army



  • #16034
    Bitcoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Bitcoin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680591#Comment_123680591

    orc logistics likely completely fucced. A lot of that stuff is pre Soviet and not made anymore. Once the Ukrainians blow it up, it's not getting replaced.



  • #16035
    brickster69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭brickster69


    Sounds like the US has got some volunteers to form a boomerang alliance and go along with threatening sanctions on countries buying Russian oil. I wonder who would be stupid enough to do that ?

    https://twitter.com/LiveSquawk/status/1950250089349582948

    "if you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station, the longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be."



  • #16036
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,897 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    I’m struggling to understand what trump could do to Russia at this stage.

    Surely the Russians are just expecting the US to hand over as much ammo as they can. Can’t see the Americans sanctioning India and China for buying their oil tbh.



  • #16037
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,833 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681324#Comment_123681324

    what time each night are the Kremlin talking points issued to y’all?



  • #16038
    thatsdaft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭thatsdaft


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681324#Comment_123681324

    Another 124 🇷🇺 😵 meet the d***o boomerang of consequences on camera in a day

    https://bsky.app/profile/andrewperpetua.bsky.social/post/3lv4qwilroc2k


  • #16039
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,422 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681115#Comment_123681115

    i mean, the US doesn't fight a war devoid of aerial dominance and competent combined arms. Ukraine is fighting the way they are because they can't fight the way the US does. That's not to denigrate them, or take away from their incredible innovation with drones. They are the leading innovator in that field, and the US is miles behind in drone employment at the tactical level. That's why there's so many observers over there, taking notes.



  • #16040
    jmreire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,168 ✭✭✭jmreire


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123680775#Comment_123680775

    Given previous Putin history, I'd say that they all have windows or "other" exits from this life in their future. Old age does not even enter into the equation.



  • #16041
    combat14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,533 ✭✭✭combat14


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681405#Comment_123681405

    thats exactly what Trump will do in 2 weeks if Putin doesnt play ball

    Chinese/indian banks etc may face severe sanctions if they facilitate russian war



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  • #16042
    jmreire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,168 ✭✭✭jmreire


    I think that Trump, being the bully that he is, and narcissist as well,,like a small child, he will take any questioning of his power personally, and he will respond. We will soon see in any case. I read some where that Trump has already asked Zelensky if he would be prepared to test some US prototype advanced drones on the front lines. So if true, things will get very interesting very soon. Hell hath no fury like a Trump scorned….



  • #16043
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,236 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681115#Comment_123681115

    NAZI ****.



  • #16044
    jmreire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,168 ✭✭✭jmreire


    TirBit re Trumps reaction to Putin..

    Donald Trump, speaking with British Prime Minister Starmer in Scotland, announced that he is not interested in meeting with Putin, and the Russian leader appears indecisive and unfit for serious negotiations. The USA is preparing a strike at the most vulnerable point of the Kremlin's economy.



  • #16045
    jmreire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,168 ✭✭✭jmreire


    TitBit 2

    The attack on Aeroflot has already become the first black swan forthe regime. Russian authorities say recovery will take at least sixmonths. For Russian aviation and logistics, this is a fatal blow. But there is a high likelihood that the next swan is alreadypreparing—and not in the sky, but in other spheres: IT and publicservices: a failure in Gosuslugi or payment systems would paralyzethe country’s governance. Railways: a strike on RZD would haltmilitary supplies and freight flows. Energy: cyberattacks on powerplants or pipelines would create chaos and panic. Communications andinternet: a large-scale outage or network infection would deprive theregime of control over information. If such strikes occursimultaneously, several black swans will take flight at once, and theregime will find itself in a state of systemic collapse.



  • #16046
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681115#Comment_123681115

    The US Army post has been rightfully lambasted and whoever posted it should be given some wall-to-wall counseling, but it is in no way reflective of some new revelation in US Army thinking.

    What other military was talking about this sort of training in 2019?

    “In addition to fighting an armored opposing force (OPFOR), BCTs will soon have to face a greater drone presence here.

    "We are going to test out drone swarms -- so 40 drones by one operator flying overhead dropping grenades," Col. Carl Michaud, deputy commander of NTC, recently told Military.com”

    (will add the source link when not on iPad. Boards doesn’t seem to like it)

    It was certainly part of the standard training rotation by 2022, as footage was released back then.



  • #16047
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,833 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    utter devastation in Kamchatka this morning after the earthquake/tsunami

    IMG_6455.jpeg IMG_6454.jpeg IMG_6453.jpeg IMG_6451.jpeg IMG_6450.jpeg

    oh wait sorry these pictures are from before the tsunami…..

    My mistake!!



  • #16048
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,833 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    I believe the Russian equivalent FEMA is already en-route to the disaster zone…

    IMG_6574.png

    Oh….. no, not to help the locals, but rather to loot them of their possessions and young men.



  • #16049
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,833 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    “Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich” videos incoming from Kamchatka in 3…. 2….. 1……..

    IMG_6576.jpeg


  • #16050
    Paddigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681917#Comment_123681917

    so that would put to bed the accusation that Putin has dirt on him or that he’s in bed with Russia then?

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123682011#Comment_123682011

    Sounds too good to be true! Fingers crossed…



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  • #16051
    brickster69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭brickster69


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123681915#Comment_123681915

    They don't care, they just stop using the USD and trade with everyone else in the world for a while, apart from the US and Europeans who will get 100% slapped on them in return. Or maybe they take the knee also.

    "if you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station, the longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be."



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