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Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)

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Can someone explain the significance and consequence of Ukraine joining the EU?

Article 5 pertains to NATO iirc, so what does joining the EU achieve short term for Ukraine?

Also has Ukraine wanted to join the EU or has the EU wanted Ukraine to join in the past or would it be that both sides flirted with NATO membership?
 
Absolutely incredible to see what the international community are capable of if they choose to be. Never seen anything close to this sort of thing in my lifetime and I doubt many people twice my age have either.

Flip side is that on issues like Carbon emissions, green energy and basically all the things we were told weren't possible- manifestly they are if they want them to be.
 
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Hugh Gains said:
There isn't a conceivable reality in which they've purposefully targeted civilians.
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Yes there is. I can conceive of it. I can also watch it on twitter as tanks turn to run over occupied civilian vehicles and similar Russian-style niceties like short-range rocket barrages being fired into residential districts and the like.
 
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brandon said:
You’re now doing more than anyone else to derail the thread.

Seriously, as @chrismisterx says, just skim past anything you don’t like FFS. It’s what normal people do.
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What have you added today that is thread topic relevant that others may find helpful?

Ignoring our personal tit for tat, along with others I've added a little bit today that I know others will be interested in whereas you were involved in tit for tat that nobody really wants to skip past. That other poster had the decency to realise that wasn't really thread relevant and left it at that.

That's if for me as you'll clearly keep coming back with more crap just like you did in the COVID forum previously.

Carrville Mackem said:
Serious question, why come on to a football forums political sub forum to get updates on an international crisis. Surely there are better sources of credible information out there?
I come on here because you get the broad spectrum of truth, untruths, comedy, tragedy and community. Sometimes you have to take the rough with the smooth.
Just my view, peace and love....
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Good point though I come here to read, correct and share info on the latest just like I did during the early months of COVID.

I have to come onto this thread as it's in the Politics forum and a minority think this thread is a free for all and anything goes whereas this isn't really a subject just for the politically minded at all because it's in this forum.

It's a thread for just about everyone who uses RTG who probably don't even venture into the Politics forum at any other time but have to come here. A few have even posted within this thread that they don't bother with other places as this thread is a collection of the latest goings on.

That is testament to this place but personally I think at times this thread is just used by some to vent their political anger towards something as it's got a bigger soapbox to stand on and that sometimes ends up with personal bickering.
 
sonson said:
Absolutely incredible to see what the international community are capable of if they choose to be. Never seen anything close to this sort of thing in my lifetime and I doubt many people twice my age have either.

Flip side is that on issues like Carbon emissions, green energy and basically all the things we were told weren't possible- manifestly they are if they want them to be.
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Yes - people often talk about the 'capitalist system' like it's evil itself

But actually - its a club you can be effectively excluded from and that is very powerful indeed

Just watching the EU press conf in sky news - Swiss totally signed up to sanctions & asset freeze

Guess the 2nd most popular place ( after Londonstan) to store ill gotten gains ....
 
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