Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

That law on allowing more emigration was incredibly dumb. Zelensky needs to realise that electoral popularity with young men won't do any good if Putin ends up running Ukraine. This is an existential war for Ukraine, and democracy is being defended

Quite frankly, I despair that if a Western country were attacked, there would be the same willingness to sacrifice that Ukraine has shown. We have decades of pacifism and defence cuts. Stalin saw the people that admired the Soviet Union in the West as "useful idiots" and I feel the same way about those who like Putin.

It was nothing to do with electoral popularity.

Families were leaving Ukraine before their sons reached 18. Imagine colleges in Ukraine, empty of young males. It has a very negative impact on Ukraine as a country and society. At least now those families can stay and their sons finish college without the fear of not being able to leave the country.

Europe has only two actual leaders, Zelensky and Orban , rest are snowflakes, and that's why we are where we are. Bring back Boris

Shady as fck, not a great help to Ukraine, but tough.

I don't think you can call someone who bends over to Putin 'tough'.

Just look at the people running the world today; Gobbles, Eichmann, Goring, Mussolini, Bormann, Himmler, Corbyn…(I may have got some of the names mixed up a bit but you know what I mean…)

Ukraine is holding on

Starting to look like only by their fingernails though. If this talk of them running out of soldiers is borne out on the battlefield the Russian advance could pick up very rapidly…

So why did they recently let so many young men leave? If they reach a point where they conduct a full mobilisation you don't want young men rushed to the front. Start training 22 year olds now and you might get a few years under their belt before they're needed.

I also disagreed with allowing Ukrainians to leave with children of 14/15 who are now military fighting age. The war was going on from 2014 you don't let your youth disappear into the generous social system of the EU which are created in a way to keep people in Europe. Even if the war ended today a huge chunk would never return.

To add balance a lot of military aged men also fled Russia so it wasn't all one way.

When Ukrainians in Europe are of mobilisation age and Ukraine wants them back they should be deported. The only person we're helping with that is Putin.

Soviet stockpiles are exhausted but unfortunately they have 2 important allies. China and North Korea. 70% of Russian artillery ammunition is north Korean. They are receiving massive amounts. I'm sure South Korea is relieved.

Russia is giving them a lot of resources and neighbouring countries are helping Russia to purchase western products from the West.

Russia's army has dramatically changed since 2022. They now use more fibre optic drones than Ukraine. A concept they pioneered. Their missile production hasn't slowed either and their air force adopting glide bomb warfare in huge numbers has proven very successful.

Makes it extremely frustrating seeing the West hold back in the quality of fighter jets and the quality of missiles they're sending. Still no Taurus.

No thanks. I think you're conflating leadership with being load, lying and oafish. It's not just about who spreads their legs widest when they sit down and shouts loudest. Leadership, in a liberal democracy, should require a minimum competency on the moral compass test, which the two buffoons you reference would fail spectacularly at.

Exactly. It's capitalism without the regulation, rules, order or democracy. Another horrible regime.

Move young men to the front after 6 months?! 90% of soldiers are not used at the front at any given moment. Why would you sacrifice young inexperienced soldiers like this?

Yeah engage the enemy. Or even have 250k more drone operators in your service. They can be a few km from the front lines.