Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)


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They really have. What is happening now is directly linked to 2014, and it has been going back way longer than that.

Big investment in agricultural tech and resource hoarding, they have a small economy because they deal little (comparatively) in way of export/import.
Well his plan went awry quite quickly. He had royally shafted his country and his people.
 
The issue is who is going to tell him?
when Khrushchev took over from Stalin his first speech to the politburo was a scathing attack on his reign talked about the murders starvation corruption etc someone shouted 'why didn't you say something back then' he screamed back 'who the fuck said that' absolute silence followed then he said 'that's why'
 
Full credit to the New York Times

And his outburst highlighted anew the question, coursing through the American intelligence community, about the state of mind of the Russian leader, a man previously described as pragmatic, calculating and cunning. The former director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr., said in public today what some officials have been saying in private since the Russian leader began accusing Ukraine of genocide and claiming it was developing nuclear weapons of its own.

“I personally think he’s unhinged,” Mr. Clapper said on CNN. “I worry about his acuity and balance.”


Others wonder if Mr. Putin wants to create that impression, to add to Washington’s unease. Similar concerns drove the decision not to have Mr. Biden, in Delaware for the weekend, respond to Mr. Putin’s threats.

It was the second time in a week that Mr. Putin has reminded the world, and Washington, that he has a massive arsenal and might be tempted to use it. But what made the latest nuclear outburst notable was that it was staged for television, as Mr. Putin told his generals that he was acting because of the West’s “aggressive comments” about Ukraine. Russia’s most senior military officer, Valery Gerasimov, sat stone-faced as Mr. Putin issued his directive, leaving some wondering what he was thinking, and how he might respond.

“It was bizarre,” said Graham T. Allison of Harvard University, whose study of the Kennedy administration’s handling of the Cuban missile crisis, “Essence of Decision,” has been read by generations of international relations students — and many of the national security staff surrounding Mr. Biden today. Mr. Putin’s citation of “aggressive comments” as a justification for putting one of the world’s largest nuclear arsenals on alert status seemed both disproportionate and puzzling, he said. “It makes no sense.”

Professor Allison, who worked on the project to decommission thousands of nuclear weapons that once belonged to the Soviet Union, which centered on Ukraine, said the incident is “adding to the worry that Putin’s grasp on reality may be loosening.”





Thanks mate.

It’s just a huge concern really. Just have to hope and pray it doesn’t come to the worst. Or as other posters have said, we don’t feel it if it does.
 
Putin looked incredibly weak insinuating the nuclear card half a week into an invasion of his much smaller neighbour.

Ukraine have already said pre negotiation that they won't give up a centimetre of their land. Putin must be regretting this by now after no real progress in the war so far and has underestimated the Ukrainians willingness to fight and the West's resilience in supporting Ukraine.

If Putin even contemplates taking Russia down with him like Hitler did with Germany then surely cooler heads prevail, he get's taken out and the new leaders blame him for everything.
There's a huge amount of NATO weaponry being poured into Ukraine, there's talk of sending jet fighters to defend Ukraine, which means more NATO forces fighting Russians within Ukraine territory and it has first strike capability within range of Russia.

Let's hope today's talks get something sorted out because when everyone involved is breaking international law, then anything becomes justifiable by any side.
 
Thanks mate.

It’s just a huge concern really. Just have to hope and pray it doesn’t come to the worst. Or as other posters have said, we don’t feel it if it does.
Yes, I agree but it's pointless getting over stressed by something that's beyond our control.

We should also bear in mind, from past history of conflicts, us punters are just seeing a tiny proportion of what's actually going on.

I suspect the USA and her allies will have opened other channels of communication that we'll never hear of.
 
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