Russian invasion of Ukraine

[The Future’s Blue!]

So much wrong with this.

Russia haven’t been voted out of the UN. Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council and would have to not veto any vote to get rid of them.

There was no mention of the SC, just talking about HRC and HA.

Therefore, nothing wrong and, as mentioned, a personal opinion.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Another point of leverage Of course, wheat isn’t a staple in all African countries, but some are hugely dependent.

Most of the world are very dependent on Russia/Ukraine for things like wheat and sunflower oil - I imagine we'll all start feeling this in terms of shortages or (more) price rises soon :-(

 

[Gabriel]

Most of the world are very dependent on Russia/Ukraine for things like wheat and sunflower oil - I imagine we'll all start feeling this in terms of shortages or (more) price rises soon :-(

There was an interesting interview on Radio 4’s Farming Today this morning. A Dutch farmer in Ukraine was explaining how they simply cannot transport the wheat out of the country, and 75% of its crop is exported. There are just no ships in the ports, which aren’t functioning anyway, and it’s just not feasible to shift the tonnage to Europe via truck or rail, the latter of which runs on a different gauge. Prices will inevitably increase this year, and if crops aren’t planted and harvested this summer, they’ll only rise further next year.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

There was an interesting interview on Radio 4’s Farming Today this morning. A Dutch farmer in Ukraine was explaining how they simply cannot transport the wheat out of the country, and 75% of its crop is exported. There are just no ships in the ports, which aren’t functioning anyway, and it’s just not feasible to shift the tonnage to Europe via truck or rail, the latter of which runs on a different gauge. Prices will inevitably increase this year, and if crops aren’t planted and harvested this summer, they’ll only rise further next year.

I'm guessing as world supplies get choked wealthier countries will mop up what there is and poorer ones will sadly starve.

 

[Blue Mist]

No sings, yeah sure.
1 hour ago (via n-tv news ticker):
"German industry intensively prepares for stop of russian oil imports. Most difficult will be the substitution for East-German refinery supplied by a russian pipeline."

Many people seem to forget that some details of energy politics or weapon supports for Ukraine are not being discussed publicly and more developments are going on behind the scenes.

As Germany wont/can't stop using Russian gas they could at least send decent up to date arms to help Ukraine defend itself. 40 year old equipment that cannot be used isn't much good, or is Germany afraid that if they do that putin will turn the tap off ?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The max range of a HARM missile (used to destroy SAM sites by homing in on the radar emissions) is about 110km. What pilots do on a SEAD mission is fly very low and fast and get into range then pull up and ‘throw’ the HARM missile at the SAM then immediate turn 180km and hit the afterburner.

For taking down something like an S-400 you'd be looking at using 5th generation fighter jets with multiple aircraft support and throwing the kitchen sink at it. Ukraine have got low end 4th generation aircraft. Unless it offered them a significant enough tactical advantage to justify using up a large amount of resources they'd be best leaving it well alone.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

BBC News have just reported that Russia has bombed one of the train stations being used to evacuate Ukrainian refugees.

40 killed, 100+ wounded.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

BBC News have just reported that Russia has bombed one of the train stations being used to evacuate Ukrainian refugees.

40 killed, 100+ wounded.

Awful if true. Removes any doubts on whether war crimes my or may not have been committed.

 

[domalino]

Seems they’re not that cut off from the outside world after all

 

[domalino]

Awful if true. Removes any doubts on whether war crimes my or may not have been committed.

“removes any doubts”?!

What? There hasn’t been any doubts for weeks, and if you’re still doubting it after Bucha then a train station bombing isn’t going to change it.