Not necessarily - If some hero was to act now - remove the mad lunatic, assume authority and say he/she wants to repair things with the West and of course Ukraine. It's actually an ideal opportunity, albeit in tragic, terrible circumstances.This is not going at all well for Russia, militarily or politically which will be a huge surprise to Putin and the governing elite. Would not be surprised to see Putin overthrown as a way of out of the shot he has created. Only chance they have got to save some grace and move on. M
Set Russia back for decades this will
That version of “truth” is also your opinion. It does not matter what term is used. Not 1 country in the world will stop taking Russian money.Actually it's called ratcheting up the sanctions bit by bit. Don't let the truth get in the way of your opinions.
That's essentially a dictatorship.
What good is someone who is terrified and has no idea how to fight, they are basically cannon fodder.
I can’t see any way out of this that doesn’t involve his removal (either by arrest or assassination). He doesn’t seem the kind to accept defeat, and if backed into a corner doesn’t seem the kind to worry about anyone else. I hope someone in Russia takes the opportunity.This is not going at all well for Russia, militarily or politically which will be a huge surprise to Putin and the governing elite. Would not be surprised to see Putin overthrown as a way of out of the shot he has created. Only chance they have got to save some grace and move on. M
Set Russia back for decades this will
You realise the UAE has been involved in bombing Yemen for the last decade don’t you ?There are different ways of playing politics. Just because the U.A.E. decided to abstain does not mean they support the tyrant. Don't let idiots like Delooney use this as a weapon against the club and its owner.
What a way to go.You realise the UAE has been bonging Yemen for the last decade don’t you ?
Has he got a season ticket.....? Just asking......Had a blazing row with my youngest boy this morning, him talking about his friend and him going to help Ukraine as part of this 'foreign legion'.
He has no military training whatsoever, he's studying law at Uni ffs, what would he do, read to them ????
I'd imagine it's all talk & just young mens bravado, well i hope it is.
Then i think about Ukrainian parents & their children taking up the fight.
Not sure i can stop him if he's determined to go, hopefully he'll calm down
Brings a new vision to stoning them to death, I guess.You realise the UAE has been bonging Yemen for the last decade don’t you ?
There will be SF guys over there.Ukraine is isolated in terms of boots on the ground. That said, Ukraine are getting a lot of intelligence help and would have been informed of Russia’s plans to invade and surround Kiev, weeks ago. Commentators have tried to make out that Russia’s invasion was a surprise but it was nailed on.
it’s been reported in the press that the Ukrainian army has destroyed a convoy of Chechen special forces / Russia’s kill squad. If that is true then I think the Ukrainians would have benefitted from military intelligence from NATO countries. These things don’t happen by chance.
Weapons support to Ukraine is increasing but it might be too late.
whose SF?There will be SF guys over there.
From it's specification, the T-14 is a step change in tank design. Probably exceding the capabilities of Western MBTs. However it looks like the Javelin long range and NLAW short range anti tank missiles are taking a very heavy toll of Russian armoured vehicles.Main battle tanks (MBT) have practically reached a dead-end in their development.
The Russian T-90 (a development of the T-72) has had some incremental upgrades since it’s introduction 30 years ago. It is Russia’s MBT.
It’s supposed successor, the brand new design T-14 has been in development hell and general production limbo since 2016. Though reasonable production and deployment has started.
the US Abrams has been incrementally production upgraded since its introduction in … 1980. There doesn’t seem to be a brand new replacement on the horizon.
the uk challenger II is from 1998 and some will be upgraded in near future to III specification, the rest used as spares/scrapped.
there’s also the German Leopard 2, the French leclerc , and iirc quite a few other homegrown ones - Japan, India, Brazil …
I think the tank , or at least the MBT, is at the end of its life.
I’m surprised there isn’t a MBT drone from anyone in the works… or a medium tank drone at least. But perhaps there is at some skunkworks.
Why is it? If you are abled bodied and the correct age, then you should stay and fight or be seen as a conscientious Objector
It’s a time of war and their country has been invaded. I’m sure even the most experienced army general doesn’t want to be in this situation, and sure many privates who have previously voluntarily signed up to the army are terrified.That's essentially a dictatorship.
What good is someone who is terrified and has no idea how to fight, they are basically cannon fodder.
and lied to,that statement about it being a training mission i can see being 100% true,so most if not all these Russinan solders had no idea there were going to a conflict zoneHe looks like what he is...a kid.
Some things never change unfortunately, power hungry old men sending young men to die on behalf of their own ego.
Special forceswhose SF?