Soldato
I was saying "so" because I have no idea what he was implying.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Caporegime
Have they actually done this, or has the designated knobber just mouthed off in Parliament? We've seen many examples of this through the conflict. I'm not sure why they do it, but it seems to be a practised routine.
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It's not confirmed, just rumoured that they may do this right now, I think it's more tricky for Russia publicly & politically on the domestic side because it's Azov and how they've been portrayed as the personification of Nazi's so it's a bit weird invading to kill nazi's to then let nazi's go in a prisoner swap
Soldato
Not done it yet. So far, just threats. They are going hard with the line that the azov battalion is nazi.
It would be for the internal audience though.
Russia - at least while Putin and Lavrov, etc. are at the top are past caring what the rest of the world thinks.
There is a chance they will sell the defeat of Azov as a victory and move to consolidate existing gains, in an attempt to wind down the war, but I'm not very confident Putin is looking for an off-ramp here as some want to believe.
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Seeing how the Russian playbook works since 2014 the first thing the Russians will do is tourture those Azov commanders until one of them admits on camera they are Nazi's and confirm everything the Russian propaganda machine has been saying since February.
Ukranian government has put together virtual tours of war torn cities using drone footage.
It's pretty horrific, but you can view the virtual tours here:
Irpin: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/irpin1
Bucha: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/misto-buca
Hostomel airport: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/gostomel
Borodyanka: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/borodanka
Horenka: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/gorenka
Hopefully they can add some others like Kharkiv and Mariupol
It's pretty horrific, but you can view the virtual tours here:
Irpin: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/irpin1
Bucha: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/misto-buca
Hostomel airport: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/gostomel
Borodyanka: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/borodanka
Horenka: https://kyivregiontours.gov.ua/en/war-tours/gorenka
Hopefully they can add some others like Kharkiv and Mariupol
War in the modern era is very very weird.
Ukranian forces in Sumy sitting on the border say they are ready and willing to enter Russia to destroy the sites that are shelling Ukrainian cities but say they are waiting for an order to do so
dont buy a house on the main road.
That's mainly because Russians are idiots who think driving columns of tanks down a main road is a good idea. It would be a good idea if you weren't in a freakin war with an enemy looking to blow you up
Soldato
Its quite interesting how some right wing parties seem to have links to Russia and/or Russian money, like the Tories, Trump and Marine le Pen. All seem to like using fake news and telling lies in much the same way
Soldato
Well it ain't worked well for Putin in the UK. We have done more to ruin his day than most. Ukraine is still our friend too.
If there was a scandal to be made, I am sure Lavrov would be all over it.
It is and it isn't. Up until the invasion, rightly or wrongly Russia wasn't perceived as the enemy, pretty much as China isn't who has also donated to our political parties.
The more I look at this situation with stories of Putin being "drained of fluid," and "operations," the man is dying. The Russians clearly are going to let him have one last chance of creating a legacy then look to normalise relations with the west when he carks it in a few months by blaming him for all the madness.
18-May-2022 07:07:25 - Finland, Sweden Submit Application to Join NATO
18-May-2022 07:28:42 - UK Foreign Minister Truss: We’re Looking at How to Use Russian Assets to Fund Rebuilding In Ukraine
18-May-2022 08:12:32 - China Foreign Ministry: BRICS Foreign Ministers to Meet on May 19
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-sweden-submit-application-join-nato-2022-05-18/
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk...ssets-can-fund-rebuilding-ukraine-2022-05-18/
18-May-2022 07:28:42 - UK Foreign Minister Truss: We’re Looking at How to Use Russian Assets to Fund Rebuilding In Ukraine
18-May-2022 08:12:32 - China Foreign Ministry: BRICS Foreign Ministers to Meet on May 19
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-sweden-submit-application-join-nato-2022-05-18/
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk...ssets-can-fund-rebuilding-ukraine-2022-05-18/
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Caporegime
Everyone has links to Russian money... Politics is politics.
When labour win next election I hope they get raked over too.
When labour win next election I hope they get raked over too.
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Sadly it seems my earlier posted concerns in here that the rushed and I'll thought out legislation for accommodating Ukrainian refugees had some merit, as British hosts are having high rates of contratemps with many of their charges. To the extent, it is being alleged, that furtherance of the scheme could become unworkable.
The six month minimum period of hospitality has been broken umpteen times as claims of serious personality clashes, unforeseen rising food prices, excessive use of household energy supplies, bringing back newly found male friends and even insistence on bringing meat into vegans homes are just some of these disputes cited recently.
As I said, "A Ukrainian is for at least six months, not just for Easter". I suspect this situation will deteriorate further, which is a shame but people have rushed into offering accomodation, either through ill thought out generosity they find they can now not afford, or a failing means of making a quick buck for the dubiously entrepreneurial.
Sharing your home with strangers from a different culture is fraught with potential problems at the best of times, in a recession those hosts that aren't very well heeled may find they've overburdened themselves unless their guests themselves are financially able and willing to cover all the bills.
One has to wonder when the first court cases will start, egged on by the less savory elements of our legal profession seeing an easy way to milk this developing situation.
The six month minimum period of hospitality has been broken umpteen times as claims of serious personality clashes, unforeseen rising food prices, excessive use of household energy supplies, bringing back newly found male friends and even insistence on bringing meat into vegans homes are just some of these disputes cited recently.
As I said, "A Ukrainian is for at least six months, not just for Easter". I suspect this situation will deteriorate further, which is a shame but people have rushed into offering accomodation, either through ill thought out generosity they find they can now not afford, or a failing means of making a quick buck for the dubiously entrepreneurial.
Sharing your home with strangers from a different culture is fraught with potential problems at the best of times, in a recession those hosts that aren't very well heeled may find they've overburdened themselves unless their guests themselves are financially able and willing to cover all the bills.
One has to wonder when the first court cases will start, egged on by the less savory elements of our legal profession seeing an easy way to milk this developing situation.
Soldato
As ever the devil is in the detail, the cases you describe seem like they would mainly be that the host thinks they have some kind of control that they never would nor should have.
Personality clashes, expected, in fact they may well be traumatised
Food prices, again they are getting enough to cover this, did they see it as a way of making money?
Bringing back mainly male friends, so they are supposed to put their lives on hold, probably more chance old male in UK thought he may get some Ukrainian totty and is butt hurt they have looked elsewhere
meat in a vegans home is laughable, if your an extreme vegan you would if you had more than 2 brain cells ensured that anyone you put up was of similar mindset
Seems a load of pumped up fluff if you ask me.
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