kirku 1,332 Posted October 9, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63190844 russia attacked "russia" and killed 17 people 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleyellowbirdie 2,550 Posted October 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, kirku said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63190844 russia attacked "russia" and killed 17 people Russia's its own worst enemy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted October 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, kirku said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63190844 russia attacked "russia" and killed 17 people Tut, tut! Kirku. They didn't kill them, they merely liberated them from a life under the Na*zis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted October 9, 2022 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/wheelchair-bound-russian-man-ordered-to-ukraine-front-line/ar-AA12LD0X?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=1b1c277d2694425ebc630a17e3ab8dca Awheelchair-bound Russian man with spinal muscular atrophy has been ordered to mobilise for the war in Ukraine amid the chaos of the Kremlin’s military draft. Oleg Vasiliev, from Moscow, received a summons to report to his local draft board. “He is not able to report to the military commissar because he moves around in a wheelchair and the appointment is scheduled for the fourth floor,” the Sota news agency reported. Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic condition that wastes away muscles and makes movement hard. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, ordered a mobilisation of men last month after his army suffered a series of defeats in Ukraine. His forces have lost roughly 80,000 men since the war began, but the mobilisation process has humiliated the Kremlin instead of generating a new supply of soldiers for the front line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 9, 2022 2 hours ago, littleyellowbirdie said: Russia's its own worst enemy. 1 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 10, 2022 russia launched multiple missile attacks this morning at various cities, including Kyiv, during the morning rush hour. No military value to the target, just callous rage - which has been their MO for generations 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 10, 2022 Here, they strike a footbridge in Kyiv with their highest precision missile - which they don't have many of left Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted October 10, 2022 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russia-s-ukraine-offensive-absolutely-senseless-ex-military-leader/ar-AA12Mf34?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=788cc817565b4305aa0aecb53b94b2d7 Russia's Ukraine Offensive 'Absolutely Senseless': Ex-Military Leader Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 10, 2022 Ukrainian military say that 75 missiles were launched with 41 being shot down. 75 missiles at non-military targets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,785 Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, kirku said: Ukrainian military say that 75 missiles were launched with 41 being shot down. 75 missiles at non-military targets. Almost certainly an over exaggeration but the point still remains these are civilian non-military targets - much the same as happened in Syria (of which we did nothing). Edited October 10, 2022 by Yellow Fever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,785 Posted October 10, 2022 So Russia attacks indiscriminately all those supposed Russian citizens it claims that it wants to liberate living in Ukraine in tantrum of spite because its loosing face. Hmm. Seems a rum way of liberating them to me unless of course it was always a BIG LIE. But then we always knew that. Best way for Ukraine to answer is simply to carry on kicking the Russians out of Ukraine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted October 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, kirku said: The honesty of that is truly chilling. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KernowCanary 214 Posted October 10, 2022 Destroying places he claims are his. Putin is utterly thick and deluded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1902 1,167 Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 19:13, KernowCanary said: Destroying places he claims are his. Putin is utterly thick and deluded. He doesn't give a ****. He would bomb Vladivostok if it kept him in power. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,300 Posted October 15, 2022 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/newly-mobilised-russian-soldiers-already-returning-in-coffins/ar-AA12Y7jR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8cfa3549394046efb0d4c6fc86429cc5 Newly mobilised Russian soldiers already returning in coffins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheva 123 Posted October 19, 2022 News blackout in Ukraine, UK defence secretary rushing to US, Putin declaring martial law in Ukraine. Unfortunately the signs look bad, the feeling in Ukraine is that nuclear war is going to happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,785 Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Sheva said: News blackout in Ukraine, UK defence secretary rushing to US, Putin declaring martial law in Ukraine. Unfortunately the signs look bad, the feeling in Ukraine is that nuclear war is going to happen. I think the 'evacuation' of Kherson is a bit ominous - but stay the course we must. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
If wed kept Howie.. 208 Posted October 21, 2022 On 19/10/2022 at 13:33, Sheva said: News blackout in Ukraine, UK defence secretary rushing to US, Putin declaring martial law in Ukraine. Unfortunately the signs look bad, the feeling in Ukraine is that nuclear war is going to happen. nope... not because of any ethical concern.. but mostly for military reasons - what could the Russians target with a tactical nuke? There are no Ukrainian troop concentrations to target (one of the excellent tactics the Ukrainians have used is dispersing their forces and bringing them together at the point of actions - i.e. very close to Russian forces - hence not presenting targets for conventional Russian bombers).. Nuking a city would be utterly disastrous - and the country is too big to present a clear infrastructure target (ironically such as the Crimea bridge) - they can't target other infrastructure because of its proximity to urban areas. Additionally its obvious any use of nukes would result in 1) political impact - the Chinese, Indians maybe even the Iranians would turn their backs on the Russian. 2) domestic reaction - even the fascists in the Kremlin might not be able to control the reaction. 3) Depending on the nature/location of the nuclear strike - may result in direct NATO military response. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted October 21, 2022 Rumours abound on Twitter that Putin wanted to push the nuclear button but was rebuffed. https://mobile.twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1583449853862244353 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted October 22, 2022 Yes, seems very sensible because another European gruond war looks very unlikely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) https://9gag.com/gag/awZxBv1 russian attitudes.. Edited October 27, 2022 by kirku Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheva 123 Posted October 27, 2022 Putin talking some sense, then we have Biden who is advanced in dementia. How was he ever allowed to the highest office in the world! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 27, 2022 36 minutes ago, Sheva said: Putin talking some sense, then we have Biden who is advanced in dementia. How was he ever allowed to the highest office in the world! Which part do you claim is "sense"? The bit where he's accusing Ukraine of planning to detonate a dirty bomb? Maybe how russia isn't a "bad country"? Or perhaps it's the tired old diatribe about western hegemony and how russia is merely defending itself from the "cosmopolitan elite"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
It's Character Forming 1,161 Posted October 28, 2022 9 hours ago, Sheva said: Putin talking some sense, then we have Biden who is advanced in dementia. How was he ever allowed to the highest office in the world! Can you tell us which part of what Putin said made sense? Cos to me it was entirely nonsense. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 28, 2022 "To be honest, I just now thought about this: frankly, the only real, such a serious guarantor of Ukrainian statehood, sovereignty and territorial integrity could be only Russia, which created today's Ukraine." -Putin, today, talking more "sense". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleyellowbirdie 2,550 Posted October 28, 2022 3 hours ago, kirku said: "To be honest, I just now thought about this: frankly, the only real, such a serious guarantor of Ukrainian statehood, sovereignty and territorial integrity could be only Russia, which created today's Ukraine." -Putin, today, talking more "sense". Ironically, that's what Russia signed up to in the Budapest memorandum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirku 1,332 Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, littleyellowbirdie said: Ironically, that's what Russia signed up to in the Budapest memorandum. Key part being "only". In their eyes, russia giveth and russia taketh away. **** Edited October 29, 2022 by kirku 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ron obvious 1,502 Posted November 1, 2022 Good level headed interview here: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,767 Posted November 1, 2022 The title makes me avoid it like the plague. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
