Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Protein Junkie]

On politics show this morning Admiral Sir Tony Radakin was on and said Ukrainian and Russian estimates cannot be verified at all so not to take any figure as fact.

I mean are Ukraine or Russia going round counting? Are they fuck, both will inflate and deflate the numbers for morale purposes, only at the end of this will the real figure be known

I much prefer listening to Sir Tony Radakin or his like than any politician.
Just a personal choice.

 

[meltonblue]

Have they banned all protest or just anti war protest? As can see plenty of things like that happening.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

B52's and now U2. Are they planing a festival?

We just need the Japanese to mobilise their Foo Fighters.

 

[Vic]

No I never asked if you trust Rees Mogg figures where's that from dear God you were prattling on about the UK having more Russian money to Seize is it true I doubt it very much but prepared to hear if you know better. I'd Check how much Cyprus, Malta and Switzerland have first though.
but I feel rather than slagging off the UK it would be better to concentrate on the atrocities being committed in Ukraine by our former Russian friends.

I'm not sure at what point you've dropped in to this sideline, but it was claimed that "The UK has sized 10x the Russian financial assets as the whole of the rest of the EU combined". It's even more than Rees-Mogg claimed in his tweet (which gave no source).

It's simple enough.

1. What's the source of the claim?

2. If even remotely accurate, is that because the UK has 10x as much Russian money to "seize"? (And nothing has been "seized", has it? Unless there's 300 billion pounds in a vault somewhere.)

And see separate post about "sanction".

 

[domalino]

It's not Russia that's pushed Ukraine to the brink of war | Seumas Milne

Seumas Milne: The attempt to lever Kiev into the western camp by ousting an elected leader made conflict certain. It could be a threat to us all

www.theguardian.com

‘When the Ukrainian president was replaced by a US-selected administration, in an entirely unconstitutional takeover, politicians such as William Hague brazenly misled parliament about the legality of what had taken place: the imposition of a pro-western government on Russia's most neuralgic and politically divided neighbour.’

It’s so insulting that these people think no one knows about the Euromaidan revolution and they can just characterise it as they wish.

 

[Vic]

Sanction.

A stupid word, when it means to penalise someone for doing something, or to permit them to do something.

 

[Elbow beards]

We just need the Japanese to mobilise their Foo Fighters.

Wouldn't they come form Mars mate? It's the original name for UFOs. :)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I'm not sure at what point you've dropped in to this sideline, but it was claimed that "The UK has sized 10x the Russian financial assets as the whole of the rest of the EU combined". It's even more than Rees-Mogg claimed in his tweet (which gave no source).

It's simple enough.

1. What's the source of the claim?

2. If even remotely accurate, is that because the UK has 10x as much Russian money to "seize"? (And nothing has been "seized", has it? Unless there's 300 billion pounds in a vault somewhere.)

And see separate post about "sanction".

Think it’s similar to “Now is not the time to talk about gun control” in the US following another mass shooting in a school.

 

[Bluewonder]

It's not Russia that's pushed Ukraine to the brink of war | Seumas Milne

Seumas Milne: The attempt to lever Kiev into the western camp by ousting an elected leader made conflict certain. It could be a threat to us all

www.theguardian.com

‘When the Ukrainian president was replaced by a US-selected administration, in an entirely unconstitutional takeover, politicians such as William Hague brazenly misled parliament about the legality of what had taken place: the imposition of a pro-western government on Russia's most neuralgic and politically divided neighbour.’

Seamus Milne = useful idiot

 

[Bazzmand Show]

Trump: We should take our F-22 planes, put the Chinese flag on them and bomb the shit out of Russia. And then we say – China did it, we didn’t do, China did it, and then they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch

Gotta love how consistent he is with brain dead comments lol.