Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Sir peace frog]

i think the reality is belarus is just a "place" in russia, they won't have a say,they will do as russia tells them.whatever belarus is it will be fucked after all this.

 

[Scottyboi]

I’m a fairly optimistic person so looking on the bright side, if it does go MAD it could be the reset the planet badly needs and I’ve had a pretty good life, hopefully that’s cheered you all up.

I'm hoping Mercia arises from the ashes.

 

[SWP's back]

I’ve said this from the start, it was inevitable before the Russians invaded. NATO should have caved into Russia in my opinion when she mobilised troops, in regards to NATO membership and prevented all this. Obviously they’ve not and said they won’t be bullied and if you do this we’ll ruin you financially, which has partially happened, but ultimately they still paying the Russians billions a day for gas. Ukraine and her citizens have been caught in the middle with nothing to gain, as far as I can see. Sure some people will say they’re fighting for their right to join a military alliance, but unfortunately, in this case, it was always going involve a military battle, and a battle they couldn’t win.

As far as I can tell, the Russians are currently demanding recognition of the two areas in the east and Crimea, a change of government and demilitarisation, I assume that means permanent Russian troops for “protection” from NATO.

I assume once this is over we’re going to see a demand for current NATO members to leave, hopefully the financial impact is going to dissuade them from that (and it’s why it’s so important to ramp up renewables now) or it’s going to be WW3.

Traitor fuck.

 

[mosssideblue]

I have, and they are nonsense.

It's academic however, because they aren't holding out for 10 days.

Id be very surprised if they didn't

 

[Protein Junkie]

It’s the end game I fear, he’s sent in the elite troops and the children are terrified unless you can threaten Russia with a nuke then you have no chance of saving your country. He now wants all nuclear weapons out of Europe or else!! he can use cruise missile but we can’t

To put some context on wanting all nuclear weapons out of Europe.
Lavrov is speaking at a Disarmament Conference.He is talking about strategic stability and not to build facilities on the former USSR.
It’s US weapons they want out.

 

[KS55]

every day this just seems to esculate,has WW3 actually started

It can't have done. History ended with the final triumph of western liberal democracy. Remember?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man

 

[Keith Moncrieff]

‘The damage is done’: Russians face economic point of no return

Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble

www.theguardian.com

The Russian people won’t stand for it

 

[KS55]

We have sarted a financial war. Depends how desperate they get. Don't think Putins generals or oligarchs are happy with their boss. Only issue is he doesn't use door handles.

He drinks tea, though.

 

[SWP's back]

He raised a valid point. Seriously who in England gives a toss whether Ukraine is in NATO or not.

99% of people on here would have had no fucking clue whether Ukraine was already in NATO or not. 3 months ago.

What is key is that they don't get invaded and subsumed into Russia. Well look how that is working out.

Why do you project your ignorance on to others?

 

[Bill Walker]

i honestly don't believe a lot of the twitter stuff,there's tons of propaganda , all i see in that video is a staged event, a random car trying to be stopped by people in the streets who just happen to have a camera at the ready and lots of ukrainian flags, maybe its me being to cynical

49 million accounts on Twitter are bots. Thats why I don't bother with it.