roydo
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Paranoia aside, I would love to know what Putin was so scared of so he invaded a democratic nation.
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Paranoia aside, I would love to know what Putin was so scared of so he invaded a democratic nation.
Kev The Rat
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well he had a very large area filled with Russians, on his own doorstep, that was being shelled daily for years, and whose inhabitants desperately wanted to join Russia
So theres that.........
but apart from that, no, nothing I can think of really...
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Shelled by who?
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Spadge Vernacular
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I have been of the opinion that this would be Russia's Vietnam of sorts, an unwinable war that drags until an innevitable withdrawl. That said it looks like Ukraine may have had a better handle on the plan and progress than some give them credit for.
From November 2022 defense lines broken through by Christmas, Crimea retaken by spring
Todays intel from the US, who now say that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is increasing and that the Armed Forces have a chance to break through Russian defense lines by the end of the year aligns with what Ukraine had forecast last year.
The training by our Marines and Commandos of a couple of thousand Ukrainian troops for beach landing and raids and amphibious operations can only be for a southern offensive as per the missions this week to Crimea. It may be that the likes of longer range missiles and F-16 have been held back until there is a belief that a finishing blow is on the table.
From November 2022 defense lines broken through by Christmas, Crimea retaken by spring
US intelligence: Ukraine may break through Russian defense by year-end
US intelligence says the pace of Ukraine's counteroffensive is increasing and there is a chance to break through Russian defense lines by the end of the year
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Todays intel from the US, who now say that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is increasing and that the Armed Forces have a chance to break through Russian defense lines by the end of the year aligns with what Ukraine had forecast last year.
The training by our Marines and Commandos of a couple of thousand Ukrainian troops for beach landing and raids and amphibious operations can only be for a southern offensive as per the missions this week to Crimea. It may be that the likes of longer range missiles and F-16 have been held back until there is a belief that a finishing blow is on the table.
roydo
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Why?
edit. Bentz, my Hungarian mate, did tell me that hardly anyone in the West had a clue about the stuff you allude to, nor the ethnic mix after decades of strife since WW2. He never mentioned shelling though. Persecution? Yep.
Kev The Rat
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ask them, the Nazis.
Ostensibly they didnt like the idea of these people self-determining their futures. In reality there may have been some raical purity/ethnic cleansing type activity going on.
Kev The Rat
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and that was no longer the case by 2014
roydo
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Edited my post before you replied.
Kev The Rat
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Well they could have done, if they had done some research, but the media here has been complicit since 2014 with a wall of silence on the issue - as it suited the anti-Russian narrative.
Based on what, I means actual stuff, not made up stuff.
Kev The Rat
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lets start with the Crimean vote to join Russia for example. Then the referendums in the newly acquired areas subsequently.
You will claim all those voters in these illegal elections were held at gunpoint, and that I am afraid, is where my discussion with you on the issue ends.
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10 facts of Russian aggression in Ukraine.
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