Russian invasion of Ukraine

[bluethrunthru]

can you imagine being a Russian infantryman getting in a hand to hand combat situation and looking up - coz you'd have to - and seeing a Klitschko brother waiting for you lol?

Klitschko brothers, former heavyweight boxing champions, to take up arms for Ukraine

Vitali Klitschko, now mayor of Kyiv, says he will join his brother Wladimir in a ‘bloody war’ against Russian invaders

www.theguardian.com

 

[cleavers]

Was a suicide mission, sent them deep into Ukraine without supply lines and they were countered within hours. Desperation and underestimating their enemy by the looks of it.

They expected the Ukraine army just to lie down, a terrible misjudgement.

 

[bluethrunthru]

They expected the Ukraine army just to lie down, a terrible misjudgement.

Do you think they were thinking Afghanistan? I mean if so they were half right in that the "allied" response has been feather duster but unlike the ANA the Ukrainian Forces are not gonna melt away

 

[eyalluvitt]

Taking down Putin one pornstar at a time :)

Every little helps

 

[nmc]

Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy just posted that the disconnection from SWIFT and the introduction of personal sanctions against Putin and the provision of defense weapons were approved. Thanks to France.

Really hope this is true. It’s key.

 

[eyalluvitt]

I once worked at a property maintenance company with an asthmatic Russian plumber, he had the best nickname ever “Vlad the inhaler“

 

[cleavers]

Do you think they were thinking Afghanistan? I mean if so they were half right in that the "allied" response has been feather duster but unlike the ANA the Ukrainian Forces are not gonna melt away

I've no idea to be honest, but when it gets to guerilla warfare in all those high rise blocks in Kyiv, then it's going to become a bloodbath, the russians in the streets, the citizens in every block with ammunition and advantage over those below.

They'll need to carpet bomb the place, and that won't go well with the russian people imho.

putin thought this was easy, he'll soon find out it's a terrible mess (hopefully).

 

[BlueMoonday]

Was a suicide mission, sent them deep into Ukraine without supply lines and they were countered within hours. Desperation and underestimating their enemy by the looks of it.

Fuck em, hope they all get slotted. Murdering c*nts

 

[bluethrunthru]

I've no idea to be honest, but when it gets to guerilla warfare in all those high rise blocks in Kyiv, then it's going to become a bloodbath, the russians in the streets, the citizens in every block with ammunition and advantage over those below.

They'll need to carpet bomb the place, and that won't go well with the russian people imho.

putin thought this was easy, he'll soon find out it's a terrible mess (hopefully).

which if you bear in mind Russian WW2 experience defending places like Stalingrad against the Germans makes the miscalculation all the more puzzling

 

[grunge]

They expected the Ukraine army just to lie down, a terrible misjudgement.

Even if Russia managed to take out half of the Ukrainian army and reserves before they break off into cells. You would still have enough for probably 50k 10 man cells all over Ukraine.

if the west can manage to feed them all weapons then it’s going to get extremely damaging for Russia.

hopefully this doenst then come back to bite the west like the Taliban did.

 

[BlueMoonday]

which if you bear in mind Russian WW2 experience defending places like Stalingrad against the Germans makes the miscalculation all the more puzzling

They experienced a bloodbath in Afghanistan during the 80s.

Putin has lost his marbles with this move. Not that he had marbles before, the bloke is a bad nonce.

 

[bluethrunthru]

They experienced a bloodbath in Afghanistan during the 80s.

Putin has lost his marbles with this move. Not that he had marbles before, the bloke is a bad nonce.

I was listening to an analysis of him on the radio earlier and the guy said that when you have been in power for 22 years - done the shit he has done - you start to think "I am always right because it always works out for me anyway"
Then because you are "always right" in your view you surround yourself with acolytes who are just yes men which reinforces your self confidence and in the end you fail - maybe he is heading that way

 

[bluethrunthru]

The counter attack is on? Citizen power in action?

 

[SWP's back]

If it's at that point already where they need to get random blokes off the street to take up arms, then they should just stand down and make an agreement with Russia.

Particularly as no help is coming from the west on this.

There is a point where this pivots from being brave, to idiotic and reckless. If the president of Ukraine wants kids to fight, then he should be taking up arms himself.

Thank fuck people like you weren’t around during the last century.

 

[cleavers]

if the west can manage to feed them all weapons then it’s going to get extremely damaging for Russia.

I've been watching flightradar24 this evening, numerous interesting flights into Poland close to the Ukraine border from NATO member air forces, including ours.

 

[SWP's back]

Good luck with that. Do you think the US will alienate their only ally in the sub-continent. ?

Some ally when you do fuck all and can’t even criticise Russia. What good are India?

 

[Octavian]

Every man aged 18-60 is forced to stay and take up arms to fight.

Kind of makes a mockery of that “white male privilege” bullshit trotted out for years.

God bless those fighting.

 

[west didsblue]

which if you bear in mind Russian WW2 experience defending places like Stalingrad against the Germans makes the miscalculation all the more puzzling

When you think of Putin as a narcissistic fantasist rather than a proper military leader it becomes less puzzling.

 

[cleavers]

Some ally when you do fuck all and can’t even criticise Russia. What good are India?

Abstaining is better than voting against, governments have other issues to think about as well as Ukraine, so they choose to say nothing, UK has done it plenty in the past.

 

[MCFC1993]

Yes should have been unanimous, Russia shouldn't even have got a vote, never mind being the presidents of the security council.