The fact that you *somebody actively living in a War zone, can suggest that we in the UK are having problems, ONLY proves what a terrible, terrible job hes doing.
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Ти такий же українець, як Алекс івобі
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Yeah, his karma's great.Here you can push everything on his zodiac sign, but still enjoys success with women, another plus in his karma
‘Tottymeter’ and ‘girly swots’: how Johnson shows women respect
As PM confirms his commitment to women’s rights, his previous dubious comments tell different story
man, I don't know what to say about that and I will not impose my thoughts on this matter, I think the citizens of the UK know much more about him than I do here in Ukraine.
у мене дядько мігрант з танзанії та двоюрідний брат мулат, тому тут ти маєш рацію на сто відсотків.
Гаразд, досить справедливо, ви просто вибрали неправильне, більшість людей тут не підтримують Бориса М'ясника через те, що він вбиває власний народ.
Але я сподіваюся, що все піде добре для вас і залишиться в безпеці.
Go ed Chico lad
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Andy Murray 'not supportive' of Wimbledon ban of Russian players but has no 'right answer'
Andy Murray says he is "not supportive" of players from Russia and Belarus being banned from Wimbledon but adds that there is no "right answer" on the issue.
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Russian forces are setting conditions to establish permanent control over the areas of southern Ukraine they currently occupy, either as nominally independent “People’s Republics” or by annexing them to Russia. Russian sources reported that stores in occupied Melitopol and Volnovakha are beginning to transition to using the Russian ruble.[1] British Defense Intelligence reported that the ruble will be used in Kherson City starting on May 1 as part of a 4-month currency transition scheme enacted by the occupation administration.[2] These measures, which are not necessary or normal in military occupation administrations, indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely intends to retain control over these areas and that his ambitions are not confined to Donbas.
Western and Ukrainian sources claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin may announce a “general mobilization” of the Russian military on May 9th. British Defense Minister Ben Wallace claimed that Putin may make this announcement, although Wallace admitted this was a personal opinion and not based on intelligence.[3] Advisor to the Ukrainian President Mikhail Podolyak amplified Wallace’s claims and stated that a general mobilization on May 9 would be consistent with the economic imperatives faced by Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.[4] ISW has no independent verification of these claims, which would not in any event generate large numbers of usable soldiers for many months.
The Kremlin likely seeks to leverage its partners in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to evade Western sanctions. The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that Russia is courting CSTO members to procure input goods and materials for dual-use technologies that Russia cannot directly purchase due to Western sanctions.[5] The GUR stated that this effort will increase CSTO members’ economic dependence on Russia and enable Russian sanction evasion by using third-party countries to re-export Russian products to international markets.[6] The GUR stated that the Russian Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant is attempting to obtain German components needed for the production of Buk surface-to-air missile systems and Tunguska missiles via Kazakhstan. Western sanctions may need to target Russia’s partners in the CSTO and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) customs union to prevent Russian sanctions evasion.
Russian forces are setting conditions to establish permanent control over the areas of southern Ukraine they currently occupy, either as nominally independent “People’s Republics” or by annexing them to Russia. Russian sources reported that stores in occupied Melitopol and Volnovakha are beginning to transition to using the Russian ruble.[1] British Defense Intelligence reported that the ruble will be used in Kherson City starting on May 1 as part of a 4-month currency transition scheme enacted by the occupation administration.[2] These measures, which are not necessary or normal in military occupation administrations, indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely intends to retain control over these areas and that his ambitions are not confined to Donbas.
Western and Ukrainian sources claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin may announce a “general mobilization” of the Russian military on May 9th. British Defense Minister Ben Wallace claimed that Putin may make this announcement, although Wallace admitted this was a personal opinion and not based on intelligence.[3] Advisor to the Ukrainian President Mikhail Podolyak amplified Wallace’s claims and stated that a general mobilization on May 9 would be consistent with the economic imperatives faced by Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.[4] ISW has no independent verification of these claims, which would not in any event generate large numbers of usable soldiers for many months.
The Kremlin likely seeks to leverage its partners in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to evade Western sanctions. The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that Russia is courting CSTO members to procure input goods and materials for dual-use technologies that Russia cannot directly purchase due to Western sanctions.[5] The GUR stated that this effort will increase CSTO members’ economic dependence on Russia and enable Russian sanction evasion by using third-party countries to re-export Russian products to international markets.[6] The GUR stated that the Russian Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant is attempting to obtain German components needed for the production of Buk surface-to-air missile systems and Tunguska missiles via Kazakhstan. Western sanctions may need to target Russia’s partners in the CSTO and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) customs union to prevent Russian sanctions evasion.
A lot of noise around the Black Sea area, Snake Island. All pointing to a possible attempt by Russia to get additional troops into Tiraspol airport in Transanistra.
There’s a Global Hawk up now going mental. It’s obviously trying to evade something.
Those 2 patrol boats destroyed by TB2 drones last night were obviously Recce units for the main incursion.
Could be an interesting night ahead
There’s a Global Hawk up now going mental. It’s obviously trying to evade something.
Those 2 patrol boats destroyed by TB2 drones last night were obviously Recce units for the main incursion.
Could be an interesting night ahead
A thread about Russia's nuclear arsenal.
Also, more suspicious fires in Russia. Now, I don't believe their safety standards are the highest so it may be a common occurrence, or...
Also, more suspicious fires in Russia. Now, I don't believe their safety standards are the highest so it may be a common occurrence, or...
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That nuclear weapons thread is perhaps the daftest thing posted so far during this crisis; he ends up appearing to say that we should call their bluff that "only "25%" of their nukes work fully.
That is a thousand warheads by the way, more than enough to destroy the entire world/
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Sensible post mate - but apparently we are scaremongering. Putin is a maniac and is capable of anything
Could also be Putin employing Nixon’s old madman theory
Ignore a lot of the nonsense he mentioned, but the point that only a reasonably small percentage of their arsenal being operational isn't a bad one.
I remember @john jako mentioned something similar much earlier on. Nuclear weapons degrade over time unless maintained and that costs - a lot.
Maintaining our Vanguard class submarines and SLBMs is between 3-4.5% of our annual defence budget, so you're talking a min. £1.2-1.9bn per annum.
That's for four submarines, 200ish warheads on 60ish SLBMS - what would that work out per warhead as a conservative figure? It's far from cheap.
When you look at the US spending on their nuclear arsenal including ICBMs, I was told it comes to about £10m per weapon, maybe @Dylan will know more.
If you then consider the size of the Russian economy and their defence spending versus their arsenal number, can we expect they've maintained the pile?
So yes, they do have enough weapons to cause such mass destruction, but the point is that they are likely significantly outnumbered in reliable weapons.
You can then factor in the cost of the design and building of new missiles, submarines and missiles, which again are to be costly to maintain over the life.
That alone will be something the Russians will be aware of, and perhaps says a lot about the readiness and capability of the Russian armed forces.
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