Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

You’re right it’s very hard to believe anything.

If Ukraine’s numbers are true 1 in 30 of Russias entire invasion force is dead or injured.

Sounds too good to be true (for want of a better expression), doesn’t it?

yeah it sounds too good to be true. I don’t believe the numbers. I think it’s an exaggeration

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Just watching CNN now with the excellent Jake Tapper.

Lovely footage of the smouldering wreckage of a whole convoy of these “elite” Russian forces.

 

[Grassland Blue]

China need to be having a quiet word with the Russians. Putin threatening nukes concerns them as much as anyone else on the planet.

I agree.
But will president Xi?

 

[Metal Biker]

Your average Grunt/Ivan on the Ground knows sweet FA as to what is going on -always has been and always will be -you are told nothing whatsoever

Probably told they were "great liberators in a new Patriotic War against nazis that were subduing the good people of Ukraine and threatening to invade Mother Russia".

I can only imagine their shock when they see ordinary civilians throwing molotovs at APC's and confronting tanks.

 

[BobKowalski]

‘Patel has told ITV Peston that the government will announce ‘further changes’ to the policy of accepting Ukrainian refugees in the next few days.

In terms of extended family members, she said “So let me just be clear with you now - we're absolutely working on this” @ITV

Not sure exactly what they are working on that takes days - apart from the fact she can’t bring herself to do what others are doing.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I agree.
But will president Xi?

Xi isn’t an idiot. These guys (like Mansour and the UAE leaders) think in decades and centuries.

He’s probably sat watching all this unfold and quietly grinning.

Russia and the west going at each other is a good thing for China.

But if they had to back a horse in this it sure as fuck wouldn’t be Russia and everyone knows it.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Sad to see blatant racism from polish and Ukrainian border guards - not allowing international students through. Still a big issue in the eastern countries

 

[i kne albert davy]

yeah it sounds too good to be true. I don’t believe the numbers. I think it’s an exaggeration

Its possible Russia's military leaders have never been over concerned with losses as long as they achieve what they set out to do.

 

[andyhinch]

No but they're launching strikes from there, knowing no one can offer a counter strike.

That’s why I said they won’t blow it up, they’re shit scared of another leak, it’s kind of my area of expertise.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Its possible Russia's military leaders have never been over concerned with losses as long as they achieve what they set out to do.

They were in Afghanistan, and Chechnya.
We can hope.