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[stipe]

Comrade Jinping and China should remember old German saying from WW1 of being "Shackled to a Corpse" when describing their alliance with dying empire of Austria-Hungary.
Because if they are not careful their alliance with Russia could end up the same, rock around the neck pulling them in conflict that doesn't benefit them

 

[Paris]

"Я сделал ужасную ошибку"

 

[PhilM]

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Since the March 18 report a fair few have been removed from the tabulation.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Putin says Russia ‘will respond’ if UK supplies depleted uranium shells to Ukraine

Russian leader reacts to comments by UK defence minister that Britain will supply armour-piercing rounds to Kyiv

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mrk]

Presumably Russia "will respond" in the same way they threatened the day of the war. Or like they threatened the week after when aid started to be sent to Ukraine. Or like they threatened a few months after when the subject of tanks was raised etc etc

Putin is all fur coat and no knickers. Cant wait until somebody puts a bullet in his bloated head.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Putin says Russia ‘will respond’ if UK supplies depleted uranium shells to Ukraine

Russian leader reacts to comments by UK defence minister that Britain will supply armour-piercing rounds to Kyiv

www.theguardian.com

Prob use NCB weapons on UK soil now.
Wut - he’s already done that in Salisbury & the west end of London you say?!?

 

[Taifi gorm]

Presumably Russia "will respond" in the same way they threatened the day of the war. Or like they threatened the week after when aid started to be sent to Ukraine. Or like they threatened a few months after when the subject of tanks was raised etc etc

Putin is all fur coat and no knickers. Cant wait until somebody puts a bullet in his bloated head.

Terrible thing to say. That's the sort of thing that stops poor Vlad from being confident enough to clean the windows of his penthouse....

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Terrible thing to say. That's the sort of thing that stops poor Vlad from being confident enough to clean the windows of his penthouse....

Stay away from the windows Vlad. Especially on the second floor and above. We don’t want another soiling incident.

 

[tsubaki]

This is a truly stupid and needless move from us, by the way - there is alternative ammunition that could be sent, the toxic effects of it are fairly well established and no-one else (at least as far as I am aware) is sending this sort of ammunition anyway.

 

[Rita_Poon]

This is a truly stupid and needless move from us, by the way - there is alternative ammunition that could be sent, the toxic effects of it are fairly well established and no-one else (at least as far as I am aware) is sending this sort of ammunition anyway.

Maybe they know they'll only be fired in parts of Ukraine expected to he handed over to russia in exchange for peace? Let them clean up a little more mess? Or maybe putin is just sour 'cos he doesn't have the expenditure to compete with the heavy artillery if it's rolling in from all sides.
This is almost a play for play parallel with what was the soviet state, their trying to match American spending eventually bankrupt them. So he's blagged some supplies out of the chinese for cut rate gas and oil he's not allowed to sell elsewhere.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/uk-depleted-uranium-putin-ukraine.html

 

[PhilM]

This is a truly stupid and needless move from us, by the way - there is alternative ammunition that could be sent, the toxic effects of it are fairly well established and no-one else (at least as far as I am aware) is sending this sort of ammunition anyway.

I think it’s a naive move by the UK based on its propaganda value and the fact the US won’t provide any, but CHARM 3 ammunition is very effective.

I suspect when handling Challengers over, they’ve looked at balancing our stockpiles while ensuring the UA get the ammunition they need.

I expect they’ll get a mixture of standard APFSDS rounds and some DU to get it off our hands, while helping knock out lots of Russian armour.

They come with toxicity risks, but those in the vicinity of these rounds will be facing much greater risks, including toxicity from their own weaponry .

 

[ds3000]

This is a truly stupid and needless move from us, by the way - there is alternative ammunition that could be sent, the toxic effects of it are fairly well established and no-one else (at least as far as I am aware) is sending this sort of ammunition anyway.

I’m ignorant as to the reason for using depleted uranium, could somebody enlighten me?