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These jets that Ukraine are asking for are they going to be enough to make a big difference in Ukraine's tactical capabilities? Does anyone know if these aircraft can be used to drop guided bombs or are they strictly used only for aerial combat?
 
steve45 said:
Absolutely! A mans true colours are shown in times of extreme pressure and hardship, Zelensky has shown himself to be a truly inspirational leader, I could only wish we had someone like that.
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Different horses for different courses

Who knows how another leader in Ukraine could have been better or worse. But from what I can tell most people are very impressed with Zelensky right now.

I've been far from a fan of Boris since he took on the PM role, even as an actual Tory. But IMO for him (I have low expectations in regards him now) hes actually done ok as well
Its required what hes good at, being a face, saying stuff and persuading, and left the rest to other capable people to deliver (eg military to get the arms over there and do training etc)
As ever I find politicans often can make the right decisions, but then they should step away, once they start to get involved their generally utter lack of competence torpedoes delivery.
I mean its literally the point of a professional nonpartisan civil service right...

When you compare to Patel and Truss both yet again failing harder than the Sinclair C5. Both utterly incapable and embarrassing the UK on the international stage.
 
robfosters said:
Not being able to get Maccies, Starbucks, coke, kfc etc is gonna seriously **** the young generation off
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That's the thing, it doesn't sound like much but they've grown up with basically a western lifestyle, and going back to the USSR isn't going to appeal.
 
Puzzled said:
No Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, twitter etc

Hasn't Microsoft pulled out as well so no xbox live? Not sure on that one.

Could back fire and just send a load of angry teenagers into "Putin Youth" clubs
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Should be clear that they can just use a VPN to access them. The youth in Russia are probably already pretty used to this.
 
Freddie1980 said:
These jets that Ukraine are asking for are they going to be enough to make a big difference in Ukraine's tactical capabilities? Does anyone know if these aircraft can be used to drop guided bombs or are they strictly used only for aerial combat?
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And where are they going to land them without being targetted by cruise missiles. Putin's already said he's willing to target bases outside of Ukraine that host Ukrainian aircraft, so could be the blue touch paper he needs to kick off WWIII
 
ltron said:
Why the sanctions are unlikely to work to stop Putin or remove him from power :(: https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ions-vladimir-putin-kremlin-russian-oligarchy
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Don't think that was ever the point of the sanctions beyond being a possible bonus, I think one of the reasons for this is to stymie Russia's development so that by the time they can mount any response the West will have sorted itself out.

The main reason is of course to provide a severe consequence to irritating the rules-based order.
 
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lookitsjonno said:
And where are they going to land them without being targetted by cruise missiles. Putin's already said he's willing to target bases outside of Ukraine that host Ukrainian aircraft, so could be the blue touch paper he needs to kick off WWIII
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say he bombs some airfield in Poland or Germany…. Then what? If it’s an isolated one off retaliation for Poland/US giving planes would we actually do anything? if so then what exactly?
 
Lima said:
say he bombs some airfield in Poland or Germany…. Then what? If it’s an isolated one off retaliation for Poland/US giving planes would we actually do anything? if so then what exactly?
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War; keep up
 
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