Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

Washout · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:19

LabR@t said:
Can you imagine the generation woke being conscripted and shipped off to fight on the eastern front?

Imagine what are pretty much kids getting shipped off to fight and die in a meat grinder? So, presumably, middle aged men can chuckle about it on their keyboards.
Rather hoped we’d be beyond that crap by now

matthewhotdude · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:19

Iraklis F.C. said:
videos circulating showing russian soldiers, most of them born in 2000, crying , i feel pity for them. Also worried if the plan of vlad was to sent in the rookies to take the grunt, weaken the ukranian army and THEN send the more capable ones.

Where can I see this

SPG · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:20

Might as well use your old stuff first with a bunch of noobs and save the good stuff when that's gone.

Iraklis F.C. · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:20

matthewhotdude said:
Where can I see this

are we allowed to post twitter videos? dont think so

SPG · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:21

g67575 said:
Interesting how Zelenskyy keeps mentioning joining the EU, I hope it's seriously being considered.

They can't meet the targets required for the EU.

woppy101 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:21

Azza said:
Possibly, same could be said about their equipment though. But the more and more videos that surface their stuff just looks like junk. Like they haven't done anything with it for the past 40 years and just dusted it off for this.

I don’t know about other people that served, but for my 16 years we trained to combat Russia and I’m actually quite disappointed at the capabilities of the Russian military if this is genuinely all they have.

chrismscotland · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:22

Iraklis F.C. said:
videos circulating showing russian soldiers, most of them born in 2000, crying , i feel pity for them. Also worried if the plan of vlad was to sent in the rookies to take the grunt, weaken the ukranian army and THEN send the more capable ones.

I think this was exactly the plan; he would have been better sending in experienced troops.
There’s also been some talk that Russian forces made the error of just going along highways and roads (instead of cross country) thinking that resistance would be minimal.

Roar87 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:22

delta0 said:
Putin is probably going to face war crimes after this.

What do you mean "face war crimes"? lol. Is someone going to go arrest him?

dowie · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:22

g67575 said:
He's keeping busy, ain't he:

https://news.sky.com/video/digi-1037sa-zelensky-12551951

It's pretty cool they've held out and he's stayed in Kyiv rather than fleeing to Lviv (or at least I'm assuming he has). That's presumably some sort of collapsable screen behind him and a lightweight stand so he can set up literally anywhere, any basement and have a proper-looking "press conference" style background. It's quite likely transporting that around with his media team in an armoured vehicle.

Freddie1980 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:22

matthewhotdude said:
Where can I see this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Exjv_VMkNw

Jono8 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:22

Entai said:
Carefull with rational realistic talk like that, you will be labelled a Russian sympathiser.

Ruskie bad

West good

That is the only rhetoric allowed on here.

Russia are objectively the bad guys/side in this.

They have indiscriminately invaded and attacked another country for zero reason beyond their own absurd paranoia.

StriderX · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:22

SPG said:
They can't meet the targets required for the EU.

It's mostly to keep the spirits of his military and people up by trying to acknowledge a normal future.

chrismscotland · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:23

SPG said:
They can't meet the targets required for the EU.

To be fair its never stopped other countries joining

Freddie1980 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:24

Roar87 said:
What do you mean "face war crimes"? lol. Is someone going to go arrest him?

Not now but should senior Russians either in his party or in the army come to their senses and overthrow him they can offer him up to the west as a bargaining tool to get sanctions lifted.

g67575 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:24

SPG said:
They can't meet the targets required for the EU.

I hope they make an exception, under the circumstances. Perhaps a partial agreement.

delta0 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:25

Roar87 said:
What do you mean "face war crimes"? lol. Is someone going to go arrest him?

He would have to hide in Russia forever and so would anyone that helped with this invasion.
https://www.forces.net/ukraine/news/pm-suggests-putin-could-face-war-crimes-charges-over-ukraine

Puzzled · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:25

Washout said:
Imagine what are pretty much kids getting shipped off to fight and die in a meat grinder? So, presumably, middle aged men can chuckle about it on their keyboards.
Rather hoped we’d be beyond that crap by now

Conscription age in WW2 was 18 to 51 so those mocking "generation woke" shouldn't get too comfortable.

delta0 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:26

Freddie1980 said:
Not now but should senior Russians either in his party or in the army come to their senses and overthrow him they can offer him up to the west as a bargaining tool to get sanctions lifted.

Exactly. It would be part of the negotiation because Russia will be completely screwed if these sanctions stayed in place.

Roar87 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:26

Freddie1980 said:
Not now but should senior Russians either in his party or in the army come to their senses and overthrow him they can offer him up to the west as a bargaining tool to get sanctions lifted.

Yeah that'd be great if it happened, it'd be great if he suffered a cardiac arrest, but we're just talking hypotheticals. Realistically this hasn't happened and probably won't.

g67575 · 26 Feb 2022 at 11:27

Roar87 said:
What do you mean "face war crimes"? lol. Is someone going to go arrest him?

Got a license for that war mate, cheeky w*****.