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Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)

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DoctorMick said:
Behave man woman man, if you’re going to make a threat at least be prepared to back it up (unless you’re putin! :lol:)
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i got a random PM, from a far right loon that I’ve never engaged with, via PM and wouldn’t want to.
It wasn’t a threat, but it was out of the blue and unnecessary.
 
cluffy said:
This is the politics forum. This is the biggest political event for decades. All bets are off and everything is open for discussion, it's not some cosplay thread simply about tactics of war ffs!
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What a load of crap, it's a thread about Russia invading Ukraine and not just a free for all posting any old political crap due to their own personal political opinions or the petty personal poster attacks towards each other.

I think most of us get it, Johnson is a **** and the refugee offering isn't anywhere as good as other countries (bearing in mind someone mentioned Ukraine didn't want them going to far so they could return easily) but to see it constantly regurgitated isn't what we want to see repeated.

Many people in this thread and no doubt many more lurkers who don't even post in the Politics forum will be looking for updates on the latest news on whether this shit is going to escalate even further. The Boris/Brexit/Tory etc bitching posts along with needless tit for tat doesn't really help them does it? Surely you've seen the numerous posts about people who come to this thread to get updates so why can't people not help other posters with valuable input into the thread rather than hinder it?

As you see, I've edited my post as there are 2 other threads about 2 subjects that keep being commented on here and cause friction but here they are again for those who missed my edit.

Refugee thread

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threa...refugees-and-threatens-to-deport-them.1573480

Johnson thread

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/the-johnson-thread.1480040/
 
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EchoMan said:
As a way of calming things down here, can I point out that we are lucky to live in a democracy, unlike the Russians. We are lucky to be in NATO and choose whether or not to be in the EU, unlike Ukrainians. Some of us may not like Johnson and the Tories but we have the opportunity to vote them out.

So, please, can we stay on topic.
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Isn’t the current government rushing through a bill that aims to restrict the right to protest? Pretty sure it gives police the power to arrest people who cause “mild annoyance”

It’s a slippery slope
 
Lankester Merrin said:
I'm just not sure how common that sentiment is

I here lots more stories about Russians who have bought into Putin's "clash of civilizations" narrative. I'm just not sure

It could be that the Russian regime is hollow like the old Soviet Union, but I don't know
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You’re right, I’ve been speaking to my friend in Kiev, she’s saying that there’s still people who support putin even in Ukraine and way too many who support him in Russia.
 
Julio_Schwarz said:
Lukashenko has apparently come out saying that all this Western reaction will simply push Putin to WW3

"Now there is a lot of talk against the banking sector, gas, oil, SWIFT," he said.

"It's worse than war. This is pushing Russia into a Third World War.

"We need to be restrained here so as not to get into trouble. Because nuclear war is the end of everything."

Obviously towing the party line of try to scare the west into backing down. EDIT - also the brilliant hypocrisy of him staying "restrained", aye like using your borders and resources to support a pointless illegal invasion. Alreet Alexander.
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and Minks is only about 100km from the LIthuanian and Polish borders... we'll be there by teatime :lol:

fuck Belarus, dirt poor, got fuck all to offer, it's a f***ing peat bog. once putin goes he's toast
 
MackemX said:
What a load of crap, it's a thread about Russia invading Ukraine and not just a free for all posting any old political crap due to their own personal political opinions or the petty personal poster attacks towards each other.

I think we get it, Johnson is a **** and the refugee offering isn't anywhere as good as other countries (bearing in mind someone mentioned Ukraine didn't want them going to far so they could return easily) but to see it constantly regurgitated isn't what we want to see repeated.

Many people in this thread and no doubt many more lurkers who don't even post in the Politics forum will be looking for updates on the latest news on whether this shit is going to escalate even further. The Boris/Brexit/Tory etc bitching posts along with needless tit for tat doesn't really help them does it? Surely you've seen the numerous posts about people who come to this thread to get updates so why can't people not help other posters with valuable input into the thread rather than hinder it?

As you see, I've edited my post as there are 2 other threads about 2 subjects that keep being commented on here and cause friction but here they are again for those who missed my edit.

Refugee thread

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threa...refugees-and-threatens-to-deport-them.1573480

Johnson thread

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/the-johnson-thread.1480040/
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:lol:

Wew lads. The thread police have turned up
 
Lankester Merrin said:
I'm just not sure how common that sentiment is

I here lots more stories about Russians who have bought into Putin's "clash of civilizations" narrative. I'm just not sure

It could be that the Russian regime is hollow like the old Soviet Union, but I don't know
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I also have no idea. I can only tell you that my friend called me because he was so upset. He is a very very intelligent man who has lived in the west. He is getting no information that he trusts.
 
Pete the Pirate said:
You mean the Euro-Atlantic, hate to be tedious but...

India, 1.3 billion people, China 1.4 billion, Indonesia 250 million people, Pakistan 225 million people, Bangladesh 164 million.

None of these countries are condemning Russia yet compromise almost half the world's population.
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Commonwealth countries ?
 
MackemX said:
What a load of crap, it's a thread about Russia invading Ukraine and not just a free for all posting any old political crap due to their own personal political opinions or the personal poster attacks towards each other.

I think we get it, Johnson is a **** and the refugee offering isn't anywhere as good as other countries (bearing in mind someone mentioned Ukraine didn't want them going to far so they could return easily) but to see it constantly regurgitated isn't what we want to see repeated.

Many people in this thread and no doubt many more lurkers who don't even post in the Politics forum will be looking for updates on the latest news on whether this shit is going to escalate even further. The Boris/Brexit/Tory etc bitching posts along with needless tit for tat doesn't really help them does it? Surely you've seen the numerous posts about people who come to this thread to get updates so why can't people not help other posters with valuable input into the thread rather than hinder it?

As you see, I've edited my post as there are 2 other threads about 2 subjects that keep being commented on here and cause friction but here they are again for those who missed my edit.

Refugee thread

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threa...refugees-and-threatens-to-deport-them.1573480

Johnson thread

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/the-johnson-thread.1480040/
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Nonsense. We can't have people dictating what we're allowed to say about political leaders and their choices in this matter which this thread is about.
If the mods decide different then fair enough but up to then I'll continue talking politics in this thread about a very political matter.
 
Julio_Schwarz said:
Lukashenko has apparently come out saying that all this Western reaction will simply push Putin to WW3

"Now there is a lot of talk against the banking sector, gas, oil, SWIFT," he said.

"It's worse than war. This is pushing Russia into a Third World War.

"We need to be restrained here so as not to get into trouble. Because nuclear war is the end of everything."

Obviously towing the party line of try to scare the west into backing down.
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Odd how he's always 'forced' into being a complete **** by a third party.
 
MonkeyLove said:
Military convoys. There are 4 NATO countries on the Western Ukraine border through which they can be transferred to the Ukrainian MOD.

Then typically they would be transferred around the country in military trucks. I’d imagine as those will be a target in the current climate they may well be transported in civilian trucks
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I prefer the Amazon Prime scenario, a load of missiles being hurtled around the pot hole ridden roads of Ukraine in knackered old Mercedes’ sprinters with not one fuck given for the contents inside
 
Asian markets about to open. Going to be a bloodbath one way or another. So much for tightening monetary policy. the Fed, B f E and ECB will be flooding the world with liquidity once again. Unknown territory here, removing a major country from swift and freezing assets of central bank.
 
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