Current Affairs Ukraine

[devogue]

lol

 

[sbbefc]

Sochi is class also, well worth a visit.

Going a bit off topic here but I've been to Georgia, not a million miles away. Loved it there. Would love to do another trip to the Caucasus Mountains. Did you go to Sochi in the winter?

 

[CharliePotato]

Going a bit off topic here but I've been to Georgia, not a million miles away. Loved it there. Would love to do another trip to the Caucasus Mountains. Did you go to Sochi in the winter?

No mate I was there in Summer, once in August once in Sep, absolutely roasting there. People where sound as too.

 

[carolinablue232]

Russia would only use nuclear weapons if its existence is threatened, Kremlin says​

Russia would only use nuclear weapons in the case of a "threat to the existence" of the country and not due to the current Ukraine war, the Kremlin's spokesman has told America's PBS.
"But any outcome of the operation (in Ukraine), of course is not a reason for usage of a nuclear weapon," Dmitry Peskov said.
"We have a security concept that very clearly states that only when there is a threat for existence of the state, in our country, we can use and we will actually use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat for the existence of our country," added Mr Peskov.
There were fears over Russia's intentions on nuclear weapons early on in the war when President Putin ordered his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-...hs-jets-12541713?postid=3629912#liveblog-body

One month ago…”We’re not planning to invade Ukraine.”

 

[The Gueye Science]

Russia's GDP per capita is about three times higher than Ukraine. Ukraine is 20% poorer now than it was during the Soviet Union. If any Russian soldiers have been surprised by what they've seen in Ukraine, it will have been the poverty, corruption and underdevelopment.

It is generally wise to ask oneself, when twitter propaganda is rampant from all sides: "Hmmmmmm is this true?"

 

[devogue]

Russia's GDP per capita is about three times higher than Ukraine. Ukraine is 20% poorer now than it was during the Soviet Union. If any Russian soldiers have been surprised by what they've seen in Ukraine, it will have been the poverty, corruption and underdevelopment.

It is generally wise to ask oneself, when twitter propaganda is rampant from all sides: "Hmmmmmm is this true?"

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[bluebud]

Russia's GDP per capita is about three times higher than Ukraine. Ukraine is 20% poorer now than it was during the Soviet Union. If any Russian soldiers have been surprised by what they've seen in Ukraine, it will have been the poverty, corruption and underdevelopment.

It is generally wise to ask oneself, when twitter propaganda is rampant from all sides: "Hmmmmmm is this true?"

GDP per capita doesn’t account for distribution of wealth though, there are lots of wealthy Russians that live in Russias big cities but that’s not where most of their soldiers come from, The majority of Russian soldiers come from poor rural areas, mostly in the east, wealthy or even middle class Muscovites don’t join the army, someone posted a distribution map on here a few days ago , I’ll try to find it.

 

[PeregrineT]

Russia's GDP per capita is about three times higher than Ukraine. Ukraine is 20% poorer now than it was during the Soviet Union. If any Russian soldiers have been surprised by what they've seen in Ukraine, it will have been the poverty, corruption and underdevelopment.

It is generally wise to ask oneself, when twitter propaganda is rampant from all sides: "Hmmmmmm is this true?"

Thank you for alerting us to the dangers of lying propaganda such as, your propaganda. I have discerned it is not in fact true that the rural russian soldiers are surprised by the underdevelopment of Mariupol.

 

[coollino]

Russia's GDP per capita is about three times higher than Ukraine. Ukraine is 20% poorer now than it was during the Soviet Union. If any Russian soldiers have been surprised by what they've seen in Ukraine, it will have been the poverty, corruption and underdevelopment.

It is generally wise to ask oneself, when twitter propaganda is rampant from all sides: "Hmmmmmm is this true?"

cheers brianiac

 

[Bluerover]

Ireland has expelled four Russian diplomats. Unclear of their rank. The Sinn Fein leader has mentioned it may include the ambassador.

I hope to God this disaster comes to an end quickly.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Going a bit off topic here but I've been to Georgia, not a million miles away. Loved it there. Would love to do another trip to the Caucasus Mountains. Did you go to Sochi in the winter?

Been there too
Karabachi (sp) glacier in the Caucasus
Amazing place

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

Russian forces now actively withdrawing from positions (N and NW) of Kyiv.

Moving back into Belarus where they are being loaded onto trains for onward shipment (probably to Donbas and the south).

Looks like a major re-positioning of forces under the guise of peace talks/ceasefire.

I hope Ukraine realises this and mallets the crap out of the Russian convoys heading north.

 

[tsubaki]

Russian forces now actively withdrawing from positions (N and NW) of Kyiv.

Moving back into Belarus where they are being loaded onto trains for onward shipment (probably to Donbas and the south).

Looks like a major re-positioning of forces under the guise of peace talks/ceasefire.

I hope Ukraine realises this and mallets the crap out of the Russian convoys heading north.

I think the complete opposite. If this is a move in line with what the peace talks have agreed today, I think it’s got to be constructively engaged with on that basis (that this is a move to build confidence in talks).

It might not be, but Ukraine attacking them as they withdrawn would almost certainly strip away a lot of the Western waverers and do nothing to build the global support they need.

 

[verreauxi]

Russian forces now actively withdrawing from positions (N and NW) of Kyiv.

Moving back into Belarus where they are being loaded onto trains for onward shipment (probably to Donbas and the south).

Looks like a major re-positioning of forces under the guise of peace talks/ceasefire.

I hope Ukraine realises this and mallets the crap out of the Russian convoys heading north.

You wonder though that if Ukraine did attack, Russia would probably use this as a pretext for deploying chemical/nuclear or some crazy stuff.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

You wonder though that if Ukraine did attack, Russia would probably use this as a pretext for deploying chemical/nuclear or some crazy stuff.

Can’t see that. Unless a ceasefire had been officially declared then those convoys are fair game imo, that is unless the ukes have agreed to not attack during the Russian withdrawal