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Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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This all feels really nuts.
It feels like both sides are purposely escalating out of sheer stubbornness regardless of real intentions. Like someone else said in the thread, two kids in a playground slowly walking toward each other windmilling telling the other to get out of the way.
It feels like both sides are purposely escalating out of sheer stubbornness regardless of real intentions. Like someone else said in the thread, two kids in a playground slowly walking toward each other windmilling telling the other to get out of the way.
More like one big kid doing that while the other, smaller, one is backed into a corner. Some other bigger kids are watching from a distance telling the smaller one to hit the big one in the nuts if they come close.
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Hmm. I was expecting a lot cheaper than that!
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This is not 10-20 years ago when everything was silly cheap.
I think I paid £30 for one rib eye premium steak and that wasn't the most expensive.
Chanpagne is expensive, in supermarket/stores you might be paying £60-£100 for what you can buy in tesco for £30-40.
On the other hand a small bottle of zubrowka vodka like maybe 150ml or abit more was about £2 or so.
So basically imported stuff is expensive local ischeaper and they don't have sugar tax or unit alcohol tax as far as I can tell.
30-40 minute taxi for foreigners about £20 (Airport transfer for example)
No but they did quietly pass some legislation about the use of mass graves during peace and war time'
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I can't tell fromm kyiv apartment
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One annoying thing is that ukraine is effectively outside the EU data roaming for themajor mobile operators.
I'm with Smarty, and someone else and I'm effectively pay as you go.
I'm with Smarty, and someone else and I'm effectively pay as you go.
Whenever I'm there, I'll go through a few bottle of Shustoff Chocolate and Cherry Congac. I know it's considered a bit low rent but I like it.
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At those prices, kiev is off my list!
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Zubrowka vodka is imported from the EU.
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I guess yes maybe from poland
The @The Running Man going to be running from the gulag 
I joke Kyiv a decent city I recommend visiting the monastry and going under neath it was like going back in time with loads of popes praying make sure you light a candle I didnt.
It quite a cheap city I thought beer was cheap and food scaled up to whatever you like but generally was cheap.
Also recommend visiting the churches very good for photos as they are beautifully designed, If it open I also recommend visiting the war museum it very detailed has a lot in it I was very surprised.
I joke Kyiv a decent city I recommend visiting the monastry and going under neath it was like going back in time with loads of popes praying make sure you light a candle I didnt.
It quite a cheap city I thought beer was cheap and food scaled up to whatever you like but generally was cheap.
Also recommend visiting the churches very good for photos as they are beautifully designed, If it open I also recommend visiting the war museum it very detailed has a lot in it I was very surprised.
This stuff is so nice it's lethal, can drink it neat without a chaser no issue. As you say, so cheap we bought enough that during our wedding in Poland, no one had to pay for a single drink the whole weekend (we did a Polish 3 day wedding).
How much is the Bison Grass green Zubrowka over there?
Have to wonder how bad its going to get. I mean it's Russia. They control the gas I Europe.
Not really much we can do with sanctions.
I mean at what point would eu/USA be dragged into an actual full scale war? How far could Russia get?
They hold a lot of cards
Not really much we can do with sanctions.
I mean at what point would eu/USA be dragged into an actual full scale war? How far could Russia get?
They hold a lot of cards
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Russia would have to declare war for us or the US to go to war, even if Russia "accidentally" shot at our aircraft or ships, I doubt our leaders would have the balls to declare a war or retaliate militarily in some form without declaring all out war
It's a sad state of affairs how weak Western leadership is at the moment and Putin knows this better than anybody
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If they're going in might they as well take the lot would be Putin's thinking I imagine, and intelligence of installing a puppet in Kiev suggests occupying the western portion as well as Donbas not much point in leaving a rump fermenting dissent may as well nail down the lot.
A full on attack on a NATO member would be crossing the line at least in theory, the US is in full on isolationist mode at the moment though so who knows whether they'd step up to the mark
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