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[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
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jakarta
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Putin’s one man mission to expand NATO continues apace.
Well done
Well done
jakarta
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Ah those lovely Chechens...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63118050
As Clint would say - Get 3 Coffins Ready
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63118050
As Clint would say - Get 3 Coffins Ready
The ‘5th’ oblast of Kharkiv rarely gets a mention. On war maps it’s shaded differently as “Ukrainian reclaimed through counter offensive”. It was targeted by Russia in the early months, but over the last 6 weeks they’ve been forced out in an almost total collapse.
It’s a great example dispelling a myth put out by pro Putin trolls. Kharkiv oblast is 44% Russian speaking / 26% ethnic Russian, yet only 4% of the total population support joining Russia. Don’t allow the ill informed to wrongly use language or ethnicity demographics to claim “The Donetsk and Luhansk are essentially Russian”.
It’s a great example dispelling a myth put out by pro Putin trolls. Kharkiv oblast is 44% Russian speaking / 26% ethnic Russian, yet only 4% of the total population support joining Russia. Don’t allow the ill informed to wrongly use language or ethnicity demographics to claim “The Donetsk and Luhansk are essentially Russian”.
jakarta
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Watched it again the other day with the kids. They're not into westerns, but I'd like them to be.Well Done Sir, you clearly know your Spaghetti Westerns...
A few years back I bought my teenage son the best Eastwood (Morricone) movies on DVD after he’d expressed an interest. He looked bored as we watched the first, so they ended up in my collection
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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Maybe I’ve missed it,but I can’t recall hearing much recently about the wonderful Russian airforce. Are they being saved, already lost too many or scared of being shot out of the sky by superior western weapon types?
- Aug 24, 2020
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There are a number of reasons. Anti-aircraft systems are a big one.
See this video from 15 Sept. It's got a bit of sponsorship advertising.
'Where Is Russia's Air Force? Shouldn't it be Dominating?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geSvbR9io3c
Also see the video below from 00:30 onwards.
'Ukraine: Where is Russia's Navy and what is it doing?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xiqa52GmFTA
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
Poland are well not pleased with this sort of Russia... there's a lot of history there.
Polish contributions of military support to Ukraine top the charts, adjusted for their size.
An informative read.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-russia-failed-to-dominate-the-skies-over-ukraine
Made worse for Russia because Ukraine now has operational NASAMS batteries, with far more on order.
GT49er
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Shitting itself in case Putin goes for tactical nukes? Then waiting to be sunk?
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Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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Thanks for posting this and thanks to others for posting similar - clearly Russia is on the back foot more than I thought.
Icy Gull
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Sounding like a veiled threat that the USA intends to take Putin out if he uses tactical nukes?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=d5e4fc87144b43368ff5197fc6f9a475
When asked what the US response might be, Mr Bolton said: "I don't think it needs to be nuclear, depending on what the Russians actually do.
"But I do think we should say it would be Vladimir Putin signing a suicide note if he authorised even a tactical nuclear weapon.
"It's very important that we deter the use of a nuclear weapon.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=d5e4fc87144b43368ff5197fc6f9a475
When asked what the US response might be, Mr Bolton said: "I don't think it needs to be nuclear, depending on what the Russians actually do.
"But I do think we should say it would be Vladimir Putin signing a suicide note if he authorised even a tactical nuclear weapon.
"It's very important that we deter the use of a nuclear weapon.