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Russia begins Invasion of Ukraine

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nemiroff

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M1chl said:
Wonder what Boris Johnson resignation means for Ukraine...
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I guess Johnson became some kind of symbol of European leaders supporting Ukraine, but it's not going to change much. A prime minister usually can't do fuck all without political support. The new leader will be from the same party, and from what I understand there's a majority support in the house of commons (? don't know much about the uk politics system) for the Ukraine effort anyway?
 
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Tams

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HoodWinked said:
It's probably not a good thing hard to quantify the impact. If you were Putin you'd want infighting among your adversaries. Distract the populace on domestic politics and makes them forget about the war.
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The UK are going to back Ukraine no matter what. It's pretty much in the hands of the armed forces now.

So it's not going to make any difference. Corbyn isn't even allowed to be in Labour anymore.

And I'll leave that there as we're in forbidden territory.
 
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FunkMiller

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M1chl said:
Wonder what Boris Johnson resignation means for Ukraine...
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Nothing. Less than nothing.

Our response to Ukraine would have been exactly the same whoever was PM, or whichever of the main two parties was in power. Don't let his bullshit fool you. Ben Wallace has been primarily responsible for the action we've taken, and even Liz Truss hasn't done too bad a job. Johnson was a figurehead who got on well with Zelensky. Nothing more.
 
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BlueAlpaca

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Anybody having problems loading page 330 of this thread? Strange, nothing wrong with this page or any other thread.

FunkMiller said:
Nothing. Less than nothing.

Our response to Ukraine would have been exactly the same whoever was PM, or whichever of the main two parties was in power. Don't let his bullshit fool you. Ben Wallace has been primarily responsible for the action we've taken, and even Liz Truss hasn't done too bad a job. Johnson was a figurehead who got on well with Zelensky. Nothing more.
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Yeah I'm sure that vermin comrade corbyn would've been just as supportive of Ukraine... :lollipop_expressionless:
 
FunkMiller

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BlueAlpaca said:
Yeah I'm sure that vermin comrade corbyn would've been just as supportive of Ukraine... :lollipop_expressionless:
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You mean the fucking idiot that hasn't been Labour leader for three years and got chucked out of the parliamentary party two years ago?

Completely agree.

...you're right about page 330. It's fucked.
 
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Tams

Tams

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BlueAlpaca said:
Anybody having problems loading page 330 of this thread? Strange, nothing wrong with this page or any other thread.



Yeah I'm sure that vermin comrade corbyn would've been just as supportive of Ukraine... :lollipop_expressionless:
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He's done mate. Not even in the Labour Party anymore.

It's because of other issues than Ukraine, but his involvement in Stop the War and comments on Ukraine would likely mean he won't be remadmitted if he didn't go back on them.
 
NoLootBoxDev

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Putin ally warns U.S. Russia could start military fight over Alaska​


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Ozriel said:
The US needs to send 30 more, ASAP. You can be sure Russia will be targeting them.

Also, hope the Ukrainian operators are passing on the training to even more and more troops. So there’s a decent sized group of trained personnel.
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The U.S. just announced another $400 million aid package that includes 4 more



So Ukraine will soon have 13 total in service. The UK and Germany are also sending a few, though I have no idea when those are expected to arrive.

But yeah, they still need a lot more. I remember this retired general on Fox News mentioning that the U.S. was at one point using between 80-90 of these during the height of the Gulf War and they were extremely effective. I think Ukraine can really put the hurt on the Russians if they can end up getting at least 30-40 by the end of the year with sufficient ammo.
 
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Gp1

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Russia, Wagner and DNR recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine

And some one said that grinding Russia in attrition would not work...
 
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Gp1

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Sakura said:
Do they get their freedom if they fight or something?
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in the same thread

"Wagner is also reportedly recruiting prisoners. They are reportedly offered amnesty, 6 month contracts of 200k rubles a month, and 5 million ruble compensation to their families if they are killed. 3/"
 
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Kazakhstan has really been giving Putin and Russia the finger recently. I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing more countries in that region who have always had close ties with Russia also start to pull away.
 
Sakura

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TwinB242 said:


Kazakhstan has really been giving Putin and Russia the finger recently. I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing more countries in that region who have always had close ties with Russia also start to pull away.
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Not surprising. Russia has questioned Kazakhstan's statehood before. Seeing what is happening in Ukraine I imagine they might be worried.
 
Tams

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It's not looking so hot for Russia now. It looks like Luhansk might end being their last desperate offensive. Ukraine are pushing in other fronts so Russia will need to reinforce them.

Who knows, though, they might think they can get Ukraine to agree a truce if they push further in the east before they lose toouch in the south amd north-east.

But of course there's still much of Ukraine free and if the Ukrainians smell blood, especially with their increasing numbers of Western heavy weapons, they will simply continue to give up some territory to push the weaker parts of the Russian line.

Also, Germany's aid eventually is helping. Better late than never.

 
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sinnergy

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Gp1 said:
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"Wagner is also reportedly recruiting prisoners. They are reportedly offered amnesty, 6 month contracts of 200k rubles a month, and 5 million ruble compensation to their families if they are killed. 3/"
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Russia in a nutshell 😅 all portraits of Russia in movies seemed real .. specifically in the 80s .. wtf
 
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Dr.D00p said:
Yest there are...Fucking Russian Pigs.
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Russia tried to spin some BS story recently about how Kharkiv residents are ready to join Russia. Yeah, im sure they're eager to become apart of the country that's been destroying their homes and families every day for the past 5 months. Most Pro Russia sentiment in that region has undoubtedly disappeared by now.
 
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Gp1

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TwinB242 said:
Seems that Japan might have secretly dropped some military aid on Ukraine



Makes you think what other countries have delivered weapons/equipment without saying anything
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From what I know, Brazil provided more than 300,000 rounds of 35 mm for the Gepard AA tanks that Germany donated. Since Switzerland, the main German supplier, vetoed their ammo on the business.

It's more common than you think,I believe.
 
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