Russian invasion of Ukraine

[bluemoon32]

Be careful what videos you watch about this. I ended up seeing one of a blown up Russian tank with a dead Russian soldier lying next to it so there's some grim stuff out there at the moment.

The more dead Russian soldiers i see the better, fuck 'em

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

The more dead Russian soldiers i see the better, fuck 'em

Do you think they’re doing this for fun?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Hitler taking on the Soviets did us a favour

Of course it did, but Germany having to fight on two fronts with the US also in the mix, even they couldn't manage that.

 

[argyle]

No

Thought they did under the Budapest Memorandum?

 

[goalmole]

No, what is a possibility, if this goes unchecked, is China invading Taiwan, very very worrying times.

That is exactly what will happen.
The Chinese will be watching very closely.
The Chinese takeover of Taiwan, is in any case, a matter of when and not if.

 

[daveiw01]

My overriding fear is sort of borne out of the current pandemic?

Western society, or should I say, a significant cross section of it, will think, 'I'm alright, Jack', it's only Ukraine?

You are correct, but it's definitely pre pandemic, Trumpism and Johnsonism have been part of that.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Meanwhile, guess who said this just the other day?

"The US has decided that it is necessary to send US and other Nato troops to Russia’s borders.

"As I have said elsewhere, this alone should tell us that the claims that Russia is the aggressor here should be treated very sceptically.

"The destabilisation of the entire region comes from the continued eastward expansion of Nato.

Corbyn probably.

 

[Scottyboi]

Let’s see if the poster I quoted, who seemingly can only harp on about Tories in this thread will tell us all who said it?

My guess is they won’t.

This thread should be about Putin, not political point scoring, we have enough of them for that but if you want to go down that line constantly then at least appreciate what your own side is saying before going on about the other in a subject like this.

Putin is to blame here, no other fucker and he is busy murdering innocents.

Was it Corbyn? He came out with some shite the other day. Putin must have laughed his cock off at our last general election it was a win win for him.

 

[mexico1970]

An explanation of why the word the is used when describing countries or regions.

Ukraine or the Ukraine: Why do some country names have 'the'?

As Ukraine prepares to co-host one of football's biggest tournaments, Euro 2012, why do fewer people these days say "The Ukraine"?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Be careful what videos you watch about this. I ended up seeing one of a blown up Russian tank with a dead Russian soldier lying next to it so there's some grim stuff out there at the moment.

Nothing shocks or offends me. I can take seeing dead bodies or extremely wounded bodies. I’m not squeamish at all.

Don’t know why I’m like that. Whether it’s just seeing so much gory stuff on the internet over the years that you just become desensitised. I’ve seen a video of a lad who committed suicide in India after he jumped off a water storage tank about 60feet up and the video shows what state he was in afterwards, another was a video of a woman who had a freight container fall and land on her legs with someone coming over to video her… as awful as you could imagine, but I’m one of those who was trying to zoom in and see more closely.

The only thing that’s ever come close to making me look away was Two Girls One Cup.