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Russia Invades

Post by TsarBomba » Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:39 am

The Russian invasion has begun.

Air strikes across Ukraine including Kiev and Lviv.

Airports severely damaged.

TASS reporting Ukraines air defences completely neutralised.

Reports of paratroopers being dropped above Kharkiv

Ukraine reporting hundreds likely to be killed already.

Would expect the air assault to continue for some time before ground forces move in.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by superdimitri » Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:47 am

I just don't understand their motive if I'm being honest. Usually behind war there is greed but the parallels to this and WW2 are scary.
Putin just comes across as a mad dictator.

I hope we don't see the start of WW3 but honestly this has me more scared than ever.
Those poor people caught in the conflict.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by TsarBomba » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:04 am

Reports of deep penetration of Russian troops towards Kharkiv and Chernihiv.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by RVclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:07 am

He’s an absolute t*** is Putin. If people haven’t had it hard enough over the past 2 years with the pandemic, the idiot decides to kick off a war for no good reason. Not sure how far this goes and to what extent the west gets involved.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Pearcey » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:08 am

It’s terrifying! He knows the only way to stop him is by a World War. What a vile creature he is. Grim day.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by TsarBomba » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:14 am

Unverified videos of Russian troops on the outskirts of Kharkiv.

Russian troops advancing along seven main axis, towards Kiev.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:26 am

Hope Russia have a different economic plan to one they currently have, because it won't be viable after today

Which of course brings its own dangers, but if he gets away with this, then its going to embolden him more

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Buxtonclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:26 am

superdimitri wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:47 am
I just don't understand their motive if I'm being honest. Usually behind war there is greed but the parallels to this and WW2 are scary.
Putin just comes across as a mad dictator.

I hope we don't see the start of WW3 but honestly this has me more scared than ever.
Those poor people caught in the conflict.
They don't want Ukraine in nato.
Putin has weakened USA international resolve via Trumps ego and now, the time is right.
A very over simplified view, but roughly along the road to where Russia is at.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by The Enclosure » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:31 am

It is very worrying,why can't people live in peace wih each other.?
This I fear is not going to end well.Feel so sorry for all the innocent people who will lose their lives.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by CombatClaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:31 am

Freeze them out of Swift. Ban any commercial flight from European airspace that has Russia as a destination or departure. Full import/export embargo.

Nothing measures can be harsh enough. Should matter if it hurts us too so long as it impacts them more.
Too much Russian money in this country & politics to see us properly take a stand though.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by CombatClaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:33 am

Buxtonclaret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:26 am
They don't want Ukraine
Fixed that for you.

Putin does not consider Ukraine to be a legitimate county.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by TsarBomba » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:34 am

Kalibr cruise missile strikes at Ivano-Frankivsk airbase, which is in the far west of Ukraine, around 100km from Polish border.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:36 am

superdimitri wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:47 am
I just don't understand their motive if I'm being honest. Usually behind war there is greed but the parallels to this and WW2 are scary.
Putin just comes across as a mad dictator.

I hope we don't see the start of WW3 but honestly this has me more scared than ever.
Those poor people caught in the conflict.
Expansionism is his motive.

Anyway, this is a useful site/map to follow what's going on. https://liveuamap.com/

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Holmeclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:37 am

US Republicans are divided on whether to support Putin or not. If even the US is not unified in its response to this, very little chance of much happening.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by bfcjg » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:39 am

Be interesting to see what the anti war coalition do.....oh that's right it's not America or the UK so nothing.
Dreadful time,as alluded to the man is insane God knows how this will play out.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by clarethomer » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:39 am

Problem with sanctions is that Putin has spent years building the country’s reserves. This has been done by reducing their reliance on the $ and other currencies.

They are stable enough economically to let this run for a while.

I think the NATO thing is the reason too in that I believe they wrote it in the Ukraines constitution that they could opt to join if they wanted to.

He is just mad and wants to do what he wants. He doesn’t recognise the Ukraine as a sovereign state so he doesn’t care.

God knows what is going to happen but power clearly
does crazy things to people.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by RVclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:41 am

clarethomer wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:39 am
Problem with sanctions is that Putin has spent years building the country’s reserves. This has been done by reducing their reliance on the $ and other currencies.

They are stable enough economically to let this run for a while.

I think the NATO thing is the reason too in that I believe they wrote it in the Ukraines constitution that they could opt to join if they wanted to.

He is just mad and wants to do what he wants. He doesn’t recognise the Ukraine as a sovereign state so he doesn’t care.

God knows what is going to happen but power clearly
does crazy things to people.
Correct, they’ve dramatically decreased their US bond holdings and have been stacking gold.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Top Claret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:43 am

This would never happened if Trump was still POTUS Biden is weak and Putin knows this just like Obama was when the Russians took the Crimea.

Putin is a dictator like Hitler and Stalin before him and will eventually fall on his sword as they all do, he will leave a trail of misery and destruction at home and abroad, before the weak, woke West comes to its senses, regains its pride and fights back.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:44 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:26 am
Hope Russia have a different economic plan to one they currently have, because it won't be viable after today

Which of course brings its own dangers, but if he gets away with this, then its going to embolden him more
The sanctions for this need to be absolutely crushing. Even if it means they have to harm the entire population severely, and even if it risks his throwing caution to the wind and moving on NATO countries. The punishment for this has to be so severe that his country is incapable of financing any future invasions, and also to deter the likes of China from moving on Taiwan. And god knows China will be more vulnerable to these kinds of sanctions than Russia is.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:46 am

Top Claret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:43 am
This would never happened if Trump was still POTUS Biden is weak and Putin knows this just like Obama was when the Russians took the Crimea.

Putin is a dictator like Hitler and Stalin before him and will eventually fall on his sword as they all do, he will leave a trail of misery and destruction at home and abroad, before the weak, woke West comes to its senses, regains its pride and fights back.
Are you saying the guy who tried to blackmail Ukraine, and who is praising Putin for invading Ukraine, would have prevented this? What a crock of crap.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Colburn_Claret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:46 am

It's a battle we can't possibly win, but we can't afford to lose.
Sanctio s aren't going to bother him, he has to have already planned for that.
Personally, I'd give him a deadline and nuke him. I'm aware that that will have catastrophic consequences for this country, and I wouldn't take the step lightly, but if he isn't stopped now he'll just continue swallowing country after country, until the old iron curtain counties are back in subjugation.
To dither and talk while he acts would be a big mistake, bullies only understand one thing.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Bordeauxclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:49 am

Colburn_Claret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:46 am
It's a battle we can't possibly win, but we can't afford to lose.
Sanctio s aren't going to bother him, he has to have already planned for that.
Personally, I'd give him a deadline and nuke him.
No you wouldn’t.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Top Claret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:56 am

PeterWilton wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:46 am
Are you saying the guy who tried to blackmail Ukraine, and who is praising Putin for invading Ukraine, would have prevented this? What a crock of crap.
The only crock of crap is the crap you read and believe in your lefty woke rags
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:56 am

Estonia and Lithuania have triggered Article 4 of the NATO treaty
Article 4
The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/of ... _17120.htm

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Terrier » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:56 am

Who are we to talk.......SIR Tony Blair!

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:58 am

Top Claret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:56 am
The only crock of crap is the crap you read and believe in your lefty woke rags
:roll: trying to get the thread pulled or something? Grow up plz. Let us discuss this.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by RVclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:58 am

Funny that Biden was promoting himself as the only candidate who was prepared to go 'toe to toe' with Putin prior to the elections. Yeah right, weak as p*** and Putin knows it.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by TsarBomba » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:59 am

As of 1 hour ago, very heavy fighting in Luhansk.

Ukraine reportedly recapture Schastia, inflicting heavy losses on the Russian side.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by CombatClaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:03 am

RVclaret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:58 am
Funny that Biden was promoting himself as the only candidate who was prepared to go 'toe to toe' with Putin prior to the elections. Yeah right, weak as p*** and Putin knows it.
Damned if you do damned I'd you don't. What's the US (regardless of party in power) meant to do, put troops on the Ukrainian border and make Putin's false narrative of a Russia surrounded closer to reality.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:04 am

RVclaret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:58 am
Funny that Biden was promoting himself as the only candidate who was prepared to go 'toe to toe' with Putin prior to the elections. Yeah right, weak as p*** and Putin knows it.
What the hell do you expect him to do, put the US military into Ukraine? And what do you think the other guy would do? That guy's bloody cheerleading the Russians right now.

Unless you're willing to put our militaries into Ukraine to prevent this then sanctions is all we have. You're calling him weak (before you even know his response) so i'd be genuinely interested in what you think he should have done/be doing to prevent this?
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Top Claret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:04 am

PeterWilton wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:58 am
:roll: trying to get the thread pulled or something? Grow up plz. Let us discuss this.
I know who you are, didn't you used to be Imploding Turtle?
The only discussion you know is abuse and I certainly don't want to get into a slanging match with our own UTC Putin

So sling ya hook

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by joey13 » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:05 am

RVclaret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:58 am
Funny that Biden was promoting himself as the only candidate who was prepared to go 'toe to toe' with Putin prior to the elections. Yeah right, weak as p*** and Putin knows it.
Trump supports Putin though

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by TsarBomba » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:07 am

Top Claret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:56 am
The only crock of crap is the crap you read and believe in your lefty woke rags
Don’t start.

For once, can we not get a thread pulled for pettiness.

This is potentially huge, for all of us.

Stock markets down 3-4%.

Crude oil up to $102.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:09 am

TsarBomba wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:07 am
Don’t start.

For once, can we not get a thread pulled for pettiness.

This is potentially huge, for all of us.

Stock markets down 3-4%.

Crude oil up to $102.
tbh, Oil price going up is a good thing. Maybe now we'll take seriously our over-reliance on it as a source of energy. Especially when it (and gas) comes from Russia.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by HahaYeah » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:15 am

Haven't watched the news propoganda yet but should imagine Russia will be making sure Donetsk and Lugansk are protected from Ukraine.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:17 am

HahaYeah wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:15 am
Haven't watched the news propaganda yet but should imagine Russia will be making sure Donetsk and Lugansk are protected from Ukraine.
Well, they're invading the whole country, so i suppose that would be included in their plan.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Hipper » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:20 am

PeterWilton wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:44 am
The sanctions for this need to be absolutely crushing. Even if it means they have to harm the entire population severely, and even if it risks his throwing caution to the wind and moving on NATO countries. The punishment for this has to be so severe that his country is incapable of financing any future invasions, and also to deter the likes of China from moving on Taiwan. And god knows China will be more vulnerable to these kinds of sanctions than Russia is.
'Even if it means they have to harm the entire population severely'.

I can't believe any government of ours would put the people of Ukraine above our own population. They will be punished at the ballot box if they did. The average UK resident is more concerned about inflation (especially energy but food too) and their own world. Sure, we'll make good sounding noises but no more.

I also cynically suspect that 'severe sanctions' employed by our current government are more tokenism then real hurt for Russians or our financial sector. We're not really interested.

Like Crimea, once the dust settles, it will be back to normal and Putin will know they can do what they like in their region. He has the measure of us.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by CombatClaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:20 am

HahaYeah wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:15 am
Haven't watched the news propoganda yet but should imagine Russia will be making sure Donetsk and Lugansk are protected from Ukraine.
You've clearly been watching RT then...

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Inchy » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:21 am

If the world was absent of nuclear weapons we would already have troops on the ground, and Russia would quickly be defeated.

As it stands there’s nothing we can do without the threat of a world ending war.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:22 am

Hipper wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:20 am
'Even if it means they have to harm the entire population severely'.

I can't believe any government of ours would put the people of Ukraine above our own population. They will be punished at the ballot box if they did. The average UK resident is more concerned about inflation (especially energy but food too) and their own world. Sure, we'll make good sounding noises but no more.

I also cynically suspect that 'severe sanctions' employed by our current government are more tokenism then real hurt for Russians or our financial sector. We're not really interested.

Like Crimea, once the dust settles, it will be back to normal and Putin will know they can do what they like in their region. He has the measure of us.
I was referring to the Russian population, not ours.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by CoolClaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:29 am

Never condone war but ‘understand’ Putin’s concerns regards Ukraine/NATO


I just find it a bit hilarious when the UK/USA are acting like moral arbiters after destabilising countless regions around the globe for the past 70 years or so

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by KefkaClaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:34 am

Top Claret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:56 am
The only crock of crap is the crap you read and believe in your lefty woke rags
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russ ... s-12549418

Yeah, Trump definitely would have sorted Putin out.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:43 am

He's been planning this for years and Ukraine won't be the last one, he wants to rebuild/restore the boarders of the former USSR.

Russia has been paying off its debts, so any financial sanctions from the west won't bother them as much.
Countries like China and India will ignore western sanctions, they value Russia as a trading partner.
Russian Oil/Gas is a big stick for them to use when dealing with Europe/EU and they've done well manoeuvring themselves into that position.

Russia were never really dealt with after Crimea, so they basically tested the water and knew what they'd get away with and have now decided to go all in to take Ukraine.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by joey13 » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:43 am

KefkaClaret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:34 am
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russ ... s-12549418

Yeah, Trump definitely would have sorted Putin out.
Exactly this , another right wing loon Farage also is a supporter of Putin

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by CombatClaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:46 am

CoolClaret wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:29 am
Never condone war but ‘understand’ Putin’s concerns regards Ukraine/NATO
Are you saying Russia has a legitimate reason to believe NATO aggression on Russian sovereign territory is likely or even possible under current treaty articles?

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by PeterWilton » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:48 am

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:43 am
...
Russian Oil/Gas is a big stick for them to use when dealing with Europe/EU and they've done well manoeuvring themselves into that position.
...
It has certainly helped that we've bent over for them to rodger us with that stick by choosing to rely on them for oil and gas instead of moving to renewable energy as a primary source of our needs. Oops.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by JohnMcGreal » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:49 am

Tragic for the people of Ukraine, they must be absolutely terrified. I hope Europe (including the UK) does all it can to help resettle as many people as possible. There could be millions of refugees as a result of this and they will need help.

Hopefully the West hit Russia with crippling economic sanctions as a result of this.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by RVclaret » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:50 am

Oil was heading north of $100/b even without this situation, it’s just accelerated it.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by TsarBomba » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:55 am

Russian stock market is down 50% from yesterday.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Inchy » Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:55 am

On the plus side, if this ends in nuclear war, at least all those hours playing fall out 4 were not wasted.

Anyone know where I can get some radaway?
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