[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

[dazzer6666]

Interesting piece on China's position in all this.

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[pb21]

Interesting piece on China's position in all this.

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I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Jinping throws Putin under the bus. I suspect China was 'happy' with Russia's intent before the invasion (as long as it was delayed post Olympics...), not so much now.

 

[Icy Gull]

Interesting piece on China's position in all this.

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Getting scarier by the day, complete cluster **** with no winners unless Putin is ousted/assassinated and replaced by a more reasonable and sane President. There is no good outcome for Russia in any case, there may not be for any of us

 

[portslade seagull]

Does this mean we should expect some captured Ukrainian mayors to appear on TV soon, 'confessing' to be Nazis?

After a bit of water boarding and minus their fingernails to persuade them.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

It could be that Putin actually now wants a short limited conflict with NATO so that he can get the Russian people behind him - an everyone is against us but I will defend you narrative - before negotiating a peace deal. No real military objective, just the need to unite Russia behind him before a "face saving" conclusion.

 

[Fritz the Cat]

An alternative from someone who knows - definitely worth watching !
https://youtu.be/XOGOKI-1Sl0

 

[A1X]

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[Green Cross Code Man]

Possibility of a breakthrough that offers a hope for peace?

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[Green Cross Code Man]

Interesting piece on China's position in all this.

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An excellent read and thanks for that. I agree with all that analysis and it is interesting that it has come from an academic. One only hopes that the Chinese leadership pays attention to his and other pragmatic voices in their ear.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I like this persons style

In Surgut, in Siberia, reports said that police had tracked down and fined an unnamed person 40,000 roubles (£320) for posting a message on a social media site monitored by Russian government officials, which said: "Z stands for assholes.

 

[A1X]

I like this persons style

In Surgut, in Siberia, reports said that police had tracked down and fined an unnamed person 40,000 roubles (£320) for posting a message on a social media site monitored by Russian government officials, which said: "Z stands for assholes.

Unusual surely in that the longer it took to find him the less his fine became worth, presumably?

 

[danielson81]

[emoji298]️Ukrainian General Staff: Russia is bringing fighters from Syria, Serbia, Nagorno-Karabakh to replenish troops in Ukraine.

Russia is regrouping its troops for an offensive, Ukraine’s General Staff said on March 13.

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1503003351172235267?t=1abm1mJl5lmHBUj3tOKtaA&s=19

If this is true, there goes Serbia's EU bid...

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[Triggaaar]

Indeed. As things are now.

But the hypothetical rabbit hole we were going down in that part of this thread was that Trump could well have pulled USA out of NATO and at that point an invasion of the Baltics backed up with nuclear threats would be a different prospect.

I don't think the nuclear threats change anything re whether the USA were in or out of Nato. If the US were out of Nato, Russia still couldn't compete with Europe in a conventional war, and if they used Nukes then France and Britain would have more than enough to destroy Russia, and it's not like Russia would allow a European nuclear war without sending any to the US, so you're simply talking about WW3 whether the US were in Nato or not.

 

[Triggaaar]

Possibility of a breakthrough that offers a hope for peace?

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No complaints with you posting that, but I won't hold my breath

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

No complaints with you posting that, but I won't hold my breath

I know. It would be suited to the 'Ukraine Invasion Good News Thread'.

 

[Eric the meek]

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Arrested for holding a blank piece of card eh?

What should we expect next?

Standing still doing nothing in particular in a public place?
Loitering with intent to greet others with a knowing wink?
Standing too close to others you have winked at, thereby forming a protest group?

 

[dangull]

She is a NAZI apparently

 

[timbha]

Arrested for holding a blank piece of card eh?

What should we expect next?

Standing still doing nothing in particular in a public place?
Loitering with intent to greet others with a knowing wink?
Standing too close to others you have winked at, thereby forming a protest group?

I guess the next step is being arrested for not showing support and allegiance to Putin, a throwback to Nazi Germany.

 

[Motogull]

Arrested for holding a blank piece of card eh?

What should we expect next?

Standing still doing nothing in particular in a public place?
Loitering with intent to greet others with a knowing wink?
Standing too close to others you have winked at, thereby forming a protest group?

Patel likes that.

 

[dazzer6666]

Long thread, but stick with it, worth a read

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