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

cheesyboy · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:48

Good stuff from the EU. Being the international good guys and global moral compass we recognise ourselves to be, I'm sure we'll be stepping up similarly any time now...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1498017173792514051

thenewoc · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:48

The_One said:
they already are being sanctioned was announced today

Oh good, thanks, I missed that bit.

steve45 · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:49

WTF are Sky News smoking? Its gone from Putin "reminding" the west that he has Nuclear deterrent and putting them on heightened alert, most likely just scare tactic. Now they are talking about russia nuking kyiv... :confused:

Scaremongering at its best...

ltron · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:50

robfosters said:
I feel like we’re deliberately provoking Putin now

Putin is provoking us, we've been extremely restrained. Perhaps too much.

LabR@t · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:50

steve45 said:
WTF are Sky News smoking? Its gone from Putin "reminding" the west that he has Nuclear deterrent and putting them on heightened alert, most likely just scare tactic. Now they are talking about russia nuking kyiv... Scaremongering at its best...

They haven't got the covid bogeyman anymore.

Uther · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:50

steve45 said:
WTF are Sky News smoking? Its gone from Putin "reminding" the west that he has Nuclear deterrent and putting them on heightened alert, most likely just scare tactic. Now they are talking about russia nuking kyiv... Scaremongering at its best...

Probably reading this thread.

Malevolence · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:50

Poland and Slovakia both fly the MiG-29, probably going to donate a few of them each.

NickK · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:51

banbom44 said:
Ruskies will have to learn that they are not a super power they are a third world country with first world weapons about time they got it through their thick heads.

this is putin’s war.

potatolord · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:51

Uther said:
Yeah pretty much. Handing out AK47's to civilians and pointing them in the direction of Russian soldiers is not always going to go their way.

The focus on kiev means the press is not showing what is happening in mariupol. That has to be a key early objective.

If the Russians take that, they improve their logistics considerably.

To the people wondering how long kiev can hold out: the siege has not yet started. Once the city is ringed, that is a siege.

arknor · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:51

Putins only option to stay in power soon will be to drop a nuke surely (not on Ukraine but as a warning to the world)

Colonel_Klinck · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:52

Minusorange said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1498024449098096647

2022 guys a year to remember

No way they go nuclear and even if he did give the order I think the military would step in and oust him.

Iraklis F.C. · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:52

We have to let the enemy a way out if he is cornered, it is a grave mistake to corner him and not let him back down, especially if he carries nukes

LabR@t · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:53

"escalate to de-escalate".

If he uses small nuke in Kiev how does the west respond?

touch · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:53

ubersonic said:
I'm glad the EU are committed to helping, but how exactly is that going to work? I'm not even trying to be comical here but surely the conversation would go like:

EU: We're going to buy you fighter jets!
Ukraine: Great, can you go to Russia and pick us up some Su-27, and maybe some MiG-29 if you have time?
EU: Er, no we just sanctioned them and anyway I don't think they would sell you them right now, we-
Ukraine: Okay, can you go to China and pick us up some Shenyang J-11 please? It's the same plane just made from recycled Coke cans.
EU: Look we're going to send you Eurofighter Typhoons, they're really good honest!
Ukraine: Dunno how to use em mate, we fly Sukhoi and MiG.
EU: We can train you!
Ukraine: Yeah, we're gonna be dead by then mate. You think maybe you could give the Typhoons to Poland and they can send us their MiGs or something?

How about:
EU: We're going to buy you fighter jets!
Ukraine: We don't know how to fly these.
EU: You don't need to fly it. Just sit someone in it and an EU pilot will fly it remotely for you.

Begbie · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:54

Damn that was a big explosion!

ubersonic · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:54

Begbie said:
All their jets are SU era, I doubt theres many kicking about that the EU has available?

Poland still has 30+ MiG-29 in operation, I'm sure they would part with them on the promise of free Typhoons or something.

touch said:
How about:
EU: We're going to buy you fighter jets!
Ukraine: We don't know how to fly these.
EU: You don't need to fly it. Just sit someone in it and an EU pilot will fly it remotely for you.

Because this isn't a computer game.

LabR@t · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:54

Begbie said:
Damn that was a big explosion!

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steve_c · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:54

cheesyboy said:
Good stuff from the EU. Being the international good guys and global moral compass we recognise ourselves to be, I'm sure we'll be stepping up similarly any time now...

Like we've never taken in any refugees or migrants before? Grow up.

potatolord · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:54

a1ex2001 said:
Why would Russian bots not be filling social media platforms across the world with stories of their glorious victories? They seem to manage to fill it with positive doing on Boris and Trump!

Why would they disclose sensitive military information during operations? That would be stupid, don't you think?

Scougar · 27 Feb 2022 at 20:54

Begbie said:
Damn that was a big explosion!

Chersasky? Looked enormous