Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Serious question; what is it with all the African countries abstaining or voting against? Too much Russian ‘investment’?

Chinese money too. Big concern their influence in Africa according to my senior army pal.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It's a sad state of affairs that almost half 'the world' won't effectively say Fuck Off to Russia.

I really hope we aren’t still sending aid to India. They have really shown their true colours recently.

 

[i kne albert davy]

I really hope we aren’t still sending aid to India. They have really shown their true colours recently.

£55 million in this financial year we must be potty.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

£55 million in this financial year we must be potty.

Nuts. They send rockets to the moon while we are paying that. It’s scandalous.

 

[Thorin Oakenshield]

Once it’s in the system I hen it may well have been.

If you give me a tenner and I spend £8 that day on a bottle of cheap Cab Sav, it doesn’t matter if I used that exact ten pound note or not, I can rationalise the fact you bought me the bottle.

But if I gave you 10 euro and you had other bills to pay, would you buy the bottle of cab sav?

My point is Russia got money it kind of is owed whereas Ukraine is receiving additional payment

 

[Blue Mist]

The chezchs are sending Tanks, Bo jo is considering sending armoured vehicles. Which means we will, he can't keep anything secret can he.

Why should it he a secret ? It might force the europeans to do more. It might frighten the shit out ofvthe Russian soldiers.
I'd be telling the world we are sending hundreds of tanks, guns, soda streams and Haribo. Mis information in a war us a great weapon.

 

[Blue Mist]

Widely reported:
The EU has paid €35 billion for Russian energy since the start of the war compared to the €1 billion it has sent to Ukraine in the form of foreign aid, Josep Borrell, the EU's top diplomat, has said.

So about 1Bn euros a day.

Eh ? I was replying to a poster who said the eu had sent a billion pounds of aid per day. They haven't. That is the total amount.

 

[St.Pauli support]

If you rely on another country to source your energy, then you are always vulnerable to pressure. The obvious solution is to remove or lessen reliance on fossil fuels. As I said, no one is invading anyone for their wind farms.

Renewable energies sadly need a much higher amount of rare metals like Neodym, Palladium, Scandium, Iridium and guess where a lot is already coming from - Russia, China...
Out of the pan into the fire. Nice times ahead.

 

[domalino]

This is something Zelenskyy has brought up in the past, but I think it's worth repeating.

No one is ever going to be able to claim "never again" again with a straight face or talk about preventing atrocities. We know what's happening in Mariupol, we know what's going to happen over the next few weeks.

 

[Gabriel]

Peskov, Putin’s spokesperson, admitting on Sky to ’significant losses of troops’ but that they were pulling out of areas as some form of ‘goodwill’ gesture.

Been watching some reporting from Russia in recent days, including interviews in the streets, and you can sense that some people are starting to realise that things have been going horribly awry.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Eh ? I was replying to a poster who said the eu had sent a billion pounds of aid per day. They haven't. That is the total amount.

I know it wasn't you who said it. May have replied to the wrong post - if so, apologies!

 

[sandinista]

Good interview with Zelensky on republic world

Its an Indian news channel

Sorry , struggling to link

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Peskov, Putin’s spokesperson, admitting on Sky to ’significant losses of troops’ but that they were pulling out of areas as some form of ‘goodwill’ gesture.

Been watching some reporting from Russia in recent days, including interviews in the streets, and you can sense that some people are starting to realise that things have been going horribly awry.

He appears to be straying off the party line, there, somewhat.
I think we can safely assume he'll never be able to touch a door handle, again.

 

[Gabriel]

He appears to be straying off the party line, there, somewhat.
I think we can safely assume he'll never be able to touch a door handle, again.

My eyebrows went up,the moment he said it, but as I mentioned, it’s the kind of information they just can’t hide from the Russian people. Their ‘narrative’ is starting to unravel.

 

[blueish swede]

It's been reprted on the news here this evening that the Ukranians have captured some launchers with thermobaric bombs of the retreating Russians and turned them against them. so the losses might have gone up a notch.

 

[hilts]

Russia suspended from the UN for human rights. Funny how the oView attachment 39837riginal communist states voted against

Well that’s 82 shit holes I needn’t visit

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Why should it he a secret ? It might force the europeans to do more. It might frighten the shit out ofvthe Russian soldiers.
I'd be telling the world we are sending hundreds of tanks, guns, soda streams and Haribo. Mis information in a war us a great weapon.

Fair point, I suppose I meant shoot from the hip?

 

[dickie davies]

Herr Merkel made Germany reliant on Russia for energy and fuel.

Now politicians are dressing up this disaster by pushing for "green initiatives" using climate change as an excuse to move away from her balls up.

Germany has sent circa £30bn to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

We continue to buy diesel from Russia and will do so until at least December

 

[1961_vintage]

No point in pussyfooting arround with Putin.

Could be a job for Galloway.

 

[Delboy352]

Simply because it’s getting his approval ratings up in France.

And of course he hopes that the French have forgotten that he’s responsible for who knows how many deaths in France/Europe when he slagged off the Astra Zeneca vaccine, while hoping that a French vaccine would come along and be adopted in Europe…