Russian Ukraine War

[DJC]

You are not wrong DJC. 

Id probably grow my own veggies, then offer some up in a trade, along with an offer of a BBQ at my place or bringing some drinks over and having a chill at theirs.

It’s bad luck Putin doesn’t have a similar mindset!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Some people I know are taking the threat very seriously and have actually stocked up on Iodine tablets. Amazing! Well to me it is.

People we know from Krasnodar have left and gone on a long holiday to Turkey.....they are conscripting men outside the ages specified and with no military training. The news theme is Ukraine attacking Russia supported by their Western Nato Allies and the population are fed that dribble and a lot are oblivious to the truth and believe the propaganda.

[cookie2]

People we know from Krasnodar have left and gone on a long holiday to Turkey.....they are conscripting men outside the ages specified and with no military training. The news theme is Ukraine attacking Russia supported by their Western Nato Allies and the population are fed that dribble and a lot are oblivious to the truth and believe the propaganda.

Yep, from what I've heard the Ukrainian military casualties are horrendous. Unfortunately no let up yet in sight - tragic.

[Gointocarlton]

People we know from Krasnodar have left and gone on a long holiday to Turkey.....they are conscripting men outside the ages specified and with no military training. The news theme is Ukraine attacking Russia supported by their Western Nato Allies and the population are fed that dribble and a lot are oblivious to the truth and believe the propaganda.

If you take a moment to stop and truly imagine about what life would like being fed lies, its almost unbelievable and yet...

Its 2022 and to think that some of the largest nations on the planet live in the "dark".

[LP]

The problem is in war you very rarely get the truth from either side, be it our own or the opposition!

If our man Elon Musk had the balls, he could open up something like Starlink making it impossible for anyone like Putin to control the web, but it's a closed system requiring Starlink hardware and encryption. That highlights another problem, it may be that "our side" do not want something like the Starlink genie out of the bottle either!

For example I understand China has already threatened to jam / destroy his satellites if they transmit in Zhongguo, and also place trading constraints in place affecting Tesla.

The very thing that the public perceive as giving ultimate freedom, extreme wealth, is actually making Musk a prisoner to various regimes. You can bet Putin is up to his eyeballs in some of this, and also leveraging influence over the likes of Murdoch and others with influence and power.

In the meantime, Australia keeps on selling off infrastructure and large scale rights to China, Singapore(China), Hancock (USA and China!), Saudi Arabia, etc., etc..

[ElwoodBlues1]

If you take a moment to stop and truly imagine about what life would like being fed lies, its almost unbelievable and yet...

Its 2022 and to think that some of the largest nations on the planet live in the "dark".

The young dont believe the propaganda and dont want to fight especially on foreign soil but when you can convince the rest that its Russia under threat and invasion is imminent you can draw on National Pride to bring the nation together and thats what Putin would love to do. He would love to taunt Ukrainian or Nato troops to enter Russian borders to justify his actions and call on his people to defend their country and be the new Stalin and a war hero.
Hopefully the West can dampen Zelensky"s urge for revenge and let Putin perish as a failed aggressor...

[Lods]

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/rus...57f1f7fb2a

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday it was extremely concerned about a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile that was shot down after flying into the air space of its close ally Belarus on Thursday.

Well here's a tip.
If you're so bloody concerned, stop firing your own missiles into Ukraine. Then they won't need to use their anti-aircaft missiles.

Whatever you might think of the rights or wrongs of the situation, missiles that target the infrastructure that allows folks to keep warm in a freezing winter and disrupts essentials like water supply is appalling.

[Professer E]

Total war Lods, just like 39-45. All citizens and any location is a target.

[LP]

I suppose that is Russia trying cause ethnic tensions between Ukraine and it's neighbours.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I suppose that is Russia trying cause ethnic tensions between Ukraine and it's neighbours.

Belarus is a puppet state of Russia, Lukashenko is a lap dog of Putin and if I was Ukraine I'd be happy to send a few missiles in the Belarus direction.
Largest drinking culture I have seen in Belarus, they all love Russian post war culture and their grandma's could drink the boys in bay13 under the table. Every village seems to have it's own brewery and most of their offerings are horrendous...