Worth reminding that UK was also first on the bandwagon who overthrew the previous (democratically elected, less corrupted, not killing civilians) ukraine government, starting the current s-itshow.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Oh, anyone is fair game now. They don't care.
I should probably phrase it as I think he will be happy to bait nato if he feels he is losing. So I'll retract him literally trying to bait nato.
I guess we really don't know. He probably is in unplanned territory with what he will do next also. That's how it feels
I guess I'm expecting something new in escalation within Ukraine that will have the side effect of baiting nato.
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What the West are clearly wanting to happen with sanctions but unless we immediately stop the demand of gas and oil it’s going to take to long to do .
Like I’ve said , NATO have to decide where the Red line is and what they do when Putin crosses it . That line could be crossed very soon ..
NATO forces are now reinforcing eastern borders - this really is not looking good .
Arty range isn't that great and once firing starts counter battery is a problem, the days of park and bark artillery are limited.
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I think that solution would be the best outcome.
However after everything he has done, I don't think we could ever trust Putin, to keep to his word, ever again.
The tactic of the German tank commander Michael Wittman from WW2, remarkable that its still such a well taught tactic 80 years later. Just goes to show that no matter the hardware or tech, some battlefield tactics stand the test of time.
With these sanctions rising it's war of every sort apart from militarily.
That will be the very last thing, but so many of these other roads lead to it. Bad times ahead at this rate.
I'm guessing they have a red line. I expect all options have been explored. After all. They need to react instantly to a whole range of scenarios.
The most difficult being anything internal to Ukraine that is considered to be the ultimate of war crimes.
Could well be empty trucks or full of latest tech....and the roofs pulled back A team style.
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Slavic people in general are way, way more racist than what we are here in Britain.
In other news, my mother-in-law in Latvia went into her local Maxima supermarket (like our Tesco's/Asda etc) and took some Griķi (buckwheat) to the check out but the lady at the check confiscated it and said that because it was produced in Russia she couldn't have it as they had stopped selling anything that was Russian produced.
The alcohol shelf was pretty bare to the chagrin of quite a few!
This is what i mean
Things are escalating not in a good way
https://twitter.com/i/status/1498613062525407232
Things are escalating not in a good way
https://twitter.com/i/status/1498613062525407232
Ah ok fair enough, thanks.
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found these quite interesting
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Absolutely. I dont think theres any reason to expect Putin would stop and not keep creeping into Europe. There was no valid reason to invade Ukraine, morally he is corrupt and no amount of civilians casualties or opposition back home seems to be an issue.
We've been here before with Hitler.
Political and cultural influence =/= a brutal military invasion
Russia and Putin are just terminally jealous that they lost the cultural and political battle over the former Soviet States and that western democracy won.
Yes absolutely, it's prime artillery meat. Maybe they are indeed just waiting to do so and biding their time. I just thought they would have done it sooner but I'm not on the ground so can only assume from the outside.
Every day this situation seems more bizarre. It's become a proxy war in all but name.
We're basically all banking on Putin being deposed at this point, he won't back down. The longer this goes on - the more Russia's economy dies, the more losses the Russian army take, the more likely Putin is to lash out within Ukraine and raze cities to the ground.
Or, the West is going to have to call his bluff, but then we stand on the brink of WW3, who wants that?
We're basically all banking on Putin being deposed at this point, he won't back down. The longer this goes on - the more Russia's economy dies, the more losses the Russian army take, the more likely Putin is to lash out within Ukraine and raze cities to the ground.
Or, the West is going to have to call his bluff, but then we stand on the brink of WW3, who wants that?
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