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Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)

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Reubens tasche said:
For what? Absolute waste of young lads with probably young kids losing their life because of an unnecessary battle that is only happening to feed someone’s ego which like all dictators ends up being their downfall
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You'd have to be a bit of an arsehole to volunteer for Putin's army TBF.

I don't believe any of these official tweets from the Ukraine govt, they are clearly on war footing and trying to motivate the people to resist.
 

safcforever said:
Slightly off topic but I don’t know how the American president can say Putin made up a story about Ukraine having chemical weapons just to invade.
Does his team not see what they’re saying? The world is watching ffs
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Because putin hasn’t lied throughout this whole thing?! Has he?

We’re on training not going to attack Ukraine”……..they have
“The tank are returning to the bases”- they weren’t
“It a limited incursion into the east of Ukraine” - its a full scale invasion

Putins regime has constantly lied to the world
 
PTID said:
Some facts - Since the dissolution of the USSR, Russia had a large military / naval base in Crimea. In 2014, the US overthrew Ukraine's government, aiming to make Ukraine an outpost for NATO or NATO's interests, and to kick Russia out of Crimea, which is an exceedingly valuable strategic point on the Black Sea.
In response to the US-orchestrated coup, Crimea, which had tried to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia for decades, lawfully chose to join Russia. And the heavily Russian-ethnic regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine declared their independences from Ukraine and also sought to join Russia (but Russia didn't accept them).
This infuriated the US and NATO, which then proceeded to funnel weapons into Ukraine and train Ukrainian troops and also Nazis, and encourage Ukraine to not stop trying to take Donetsk and Lugansk back by force. Years ago, Ukraine also signed the Minsk accords, under which Ukraine agreed to grant Donetsk and Lugansk autonomy within Ukraine. But Ukraine never upheld the agreement and continued to try to retake Donetsk and Lugansk by force.
After 8 years of Donetsk and Lugansk being brutalised by Ukraine, Russia decided it'd had enough and finally recognised the independence declarations of Donetsk and Lugansk, and agreed to protect them, from Ukraine's attacks.
As Russia moved forces into Donetsk and Lugansk a day or two ago, the shelling of those regions by Ukraine's army stopped for a while. That was the first calm those regions had had in years. But then, for who knows what reason, Ukraine started heavily shelling those regions again, and shelled them all last night and today. And this time, Russia's military was in those regions. In response, Russia had launched missile strikes and some other operations against Ukraine, taking out Ukraine's air defences and airforce, as well as other military targets.
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Jesus wept have you been receiving RT direct to your brainstem for the last ten years?
 
Baloo said:
his lass is ex KGB, so I’m guessing on the side of the Russians.
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My wife can't go back to Russia. She refused to spy for them any longer in the late 1980s and she had to sign a declaration that she was a traitor to the Soviet union..she managed to defect, went back lots on the 90s..but once Putin got real control she was too scared. That form is no doubt still floating around. Not sure i would have had the balls to tell the KGB Im not doing it any more.

Maybe this will end the Putin regime and she can finally go back..missed her father's funeral a few years back. It is very sad. And so no, she is far from a Putin fan
 
safcforever said:
Slightly off topic but I don’t know how the American president can say Putin made up a story about Ukraine having chemical weapons just to invade.
Does his team not see what they’re saying? The world is watching ffs
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If they can't comment because of similarities in history nothing would be said at all.
 
smoker said:
You'd have to be a bit of an arsehole to volunteer for Putin's army TBF.

I don't believe any of these official tweets from the Ukraine govt, they are clearly on war footing and trying to motivate the people to resist.
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Russian army is made up of two sets of people.

1. Well paid officers (relatively) who don't question anything as they have status, impunity from basically anything within reason & have a solid career. Fuck em.

2. Conscripts. Bullied young lads who not uncommonly commit suicide.
 
jcrossan said:
My wife can't go back to Russia. She refused to spy for them any longer in the late 1980s and she had to sign a declaration that she was a traitor to the Soviet union..she managed to defect, went back lots on the 90s..but once Putin got real control she was too scared. That form is no doubt still floating around. Not sure i would have had the balls to tell the KGB Im not doing it any more.

Maybe this will end the Putin regime and she can finally go back..missed her father's funeral a few years back. It is very sad. And so no, she is far from a Putin fan
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Wow what an interesting person she must be
 
jcrossan said:
My wife can't go back to Russia. She refused to spy for them any longer in the late 1980s and she had to sign a declaration that she was a traitor to the Soviet union..she managed to defect, went back lots on the 90s..but once Putin got real control she was too scared. That form is no doubt still floating around. Not sure i would have had the balls to tell the KGB Im not doing it any more.

Maybe this will end the Putin regime and she can finally go back..missed her father's funeral a few years back. It is very sad. And so no, she is far from a Putin fan
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Respect for her mate. Got balls. Not literally hopefully 😉
 
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