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Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)

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jcrossan said:
Best hope if that those oligarchs with their London and Paris property and kids in Swiss schools get royally pissed that the lives they once led is under threat..Money talks..suddenly Putin's a hindrance
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This. Say it again. Hit their rich & he's history. All this patriotic shite goes away if you need to move back to nowheregrad & your visa card doesn't work at the Gucci store.
 
Kevj said:
I said this to a colleague only yesterday. China has profiteered from covid. Russia <could> profiteer from war. I don’t believe the public statements made by Putin, but I also struggle to reconcile why he has chosen to do this. Revenue is high on his agenda. IMO obviously.
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Russia can’t profit from war.
 
Yer da claims JSA said:
What are you doing? Have you picked up a weapon or just expecting everyone else to do something
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Nothing. I don't want this country to get involved.

There is an awful amount of people on here itching for military action when they have been fuming at any type of military spending over the past few years. Best to face facts n admit the West can't do fuck all because we got soft.
 
Suggestions by journalists on Twitter that the Ukrainian army retreated from Sumy earlier and are now launching a counter attack under the cover of darkness. This seems to be what analysts were saying was their best chance. Engaging the Russians in urban guerrilla warfare. Some saying Russia look to have sustained some high losses

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Kevj said:
Perhaps conceivable. It appears this is years in the making and it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest of they’ve been pre conditioned to believe they are serving a welcomed justice.

Might actually be an advantage to Ukrainians.
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There's this too.

The site is from a charity based in Moscow that promote social issues.
The article claims that new recruits are being flown into the frontline, against their will.

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Kevj said:
They profit from the sale of gas. Conflict raiseds the price of gas.
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Which the working class of England will end up paying more for. And we've just had our energy bills dramatically increased.

Because Russian gas has become too hot to handle, other gas suppliers will raise their prices with the new influx of demand.
 
Horatio Pugwash said:
Stop all russian bound/ inbound flights. stop all russian shipping using western ports, stop all business deals with russian companies
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This. Do everything. Put them on a path to the Stone Age. Profit from war? My arse. Everything lost will need replacing and it’ll cost trillions to get it anywhere near the standard of US gear.
 
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