Russia Vs Ukraine (Part 1)

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Reading off his phone, texts directly from putin I say.

[PasqualePaoli]

You’re an auld lad so, good man

[carryharry]

You’d dress those soilders so well that bullets would be irrelevant.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I’ve been at three funerals in 3 weeks. I’m awful maudlin tonight.

[PasqualePaoli]

I might have a few onboard myself

[TheBird]

@PasqualePaoli

You’d get a perverse sense of pride to see Ukrainian soldiers fighting like dogs. Going down swinging while giving the middle finger with both hands

For the blue and gold

[Cheasty]

@carryharry

The Russian delegate had frenzied panicked enough looking advisors in his ear throughout.

It all screams that Putin is losing the room and more worryingly he is probably an extremely loose cannon right now.

He is an appalling representative. I wonder does Putin now regret bumping off (possibly) his predecessor Vitaly Churkin.

[carryharry]

Sorry to read that, lad

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Raging Babe

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Ah all good ages. Cheers though.

They are the best and worst days. I sort of enjoy them (if they’ve lived a good long life) as there’s so much goodwill and camraderie and a lot of barriers come down and lads get really fucking honest with their friends and maybe with themselves.

[TheBird]

@Heyyoubehindthebushes

Imho and I am only and international affairs expert on the Internet for 4 days, is China is eying up a mass of land in Eastern Russia. A collapse of Russia and further break up of the final remnants of the soviet Union. Have we any geological experts here that know what minerals are in Eastern Russia?

From what I recollect of my reading of the bear and the dragon by Tom Clancy, I wanna say 15 to 20 years ago. There’s considerable untapped mineral and precious metal wealth there.

[carryharry]

@TheUlteriorMotive

I sort of enjoy them (if they’ve lived a good long life) as there’s so much goodwill and camraderie and a lot of barriers come down and lads get really fucking honest with their friends and maybe with themselves.

Very true. Sort of occasions where stubborn fucks drop shields

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Massive area. Bigger than Europe if draw a line directly north from china’s west border. Surely there is something something there. Of not a lot of farming land to feed the Chinese

[TheBird]

Hon our lads

• Posted at 23:51 25 Feb23:51 25 Feb

Ukraine says it shot down large Russian plane

Ukraine has shot down a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 aeroplane with paratroopers aboard, according to the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces.

The BBC cannot independently verify the claim. The Il-76 is a large multipurpose four-engine aircraft.

A statement posted on Facebook said Ukrainian air defence forces had brought the plane down near Vasylkiv, close to Kyiv.

The statement called it revenge for when a plane with Ukrainian paratroopers was shot down at Luhansk airport in 2014.*

[TheBird]

@Heyyoubehindthebushes

Massive area. Bigger than Europe if draw a line directly north from china’s west border. Surely there is something something there. Of not a lot of farming land to feed the Chinese

Tis fairly bleak by all accounts

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware...

[PasqualePaoli]

The Irish funeral is one of the best things we do, especially a rural one. You would be hard pressed to see anything like it the world over. Cathartic

[TreatyStones]

I’d say the Ukrainians might have gotten a few high end surface to air missile systems shipped in over the last few weeks. They seem to be doing pretty well.

[PasqualePaoli]

Javelins, all off the showlder. Great tech but not exactly the iron Dome. No fixed air defences worth talking about thanks to obomber

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I used that exact word earlier. Covid was particularly cruel for people who had to go through it alone.

[PasqualePaoli]

Yeah, terrible. Thankfully they are back in full swing, long may it last