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Revan

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The delusion and propaganda has even reach my local Australian online forums.

Someone in a thread posted this :lol: :lol:



I never knew just how far the propaganda had spread.
Give a salary to certain people to post 20 posts per day in 10 forums. With a few hundred/thousand people you cover the majority of big forums.
 

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This plus a total embargo should happen.

But then I'll freeze to death here in Germany cause Merkel in her infinite wisdom decided to close all nuclear plants and be totally dependent on Russia for energy.
:lol: In Lithuania we have built the LNG infrastructure and bought a terminal back in 2014 at a large cost to the tax payer mind you, but we have become completely independent energy wise from Russian threats (I think we still buy it there as it’s cheaper but Russia can no longer use it as a leverage). In Baltics we know all too well what Russia is all about to be as naive as Germans.
 
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This plus a total embargo should happen.

But then I'll freeze to death here in Germany cause Merkel in her infinite wisdom decided to close all nuclear plants and be totally dependent on Russia for energy.
They have B option. They can/will buy gas from US. But i read that it will cost Germany to 5 times more than gas from Russia. Not to mention about their investment in north pipeline.

From all Europe, Germany will be hit the most.
 

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They have B option. They can/will buy gas from US. But i read that it will cost Germany to 5 times more than gas from Russia. Not to mention about their investment in north pipeline.

From all Europe, Germany will be hit the most.
You have to pay for the stupidity as always.
 

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They have B option. They can/will buy gas from US. But i read that it will cost Germany to 5 times more than gas from Russia. Not to mention about their investment in north pipeline.

From all Europe, Germany will be hit the most.
There are always B options. But B options are extremely painful to be used in practice.

Germany fecked up with the closing of nuclear plants. Instead of opening more, they closed those that they had. As the strongest country in the EU, they will not hurt themselves by using EU to put massive sanctions over Russia.
 

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Never change UEFA, never. Fu** you and your non existing moral compass.
If this escalates, I can simply see no way in which that final is held on Russian soil. For a moment forget UEFA's moral compass: How in the world would you be able to hold an event with tens of thousands of fans from NATO countries attending?
 

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What the heck. This shit is actually happening?!?!
It's underway mate, there are Russia troops in sovereign Ukrainian territory. They've signed an agreement that Russia can build bases in the "separatist" regions and Lavrov has confirmed that Russia does not recognise Ukrainian sovereignty. The only part left is taking the capital.
 

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This shows how important is to have capable ruler and Zelenskiy is not that. Diplomacy is art. Ukraine have specific geographical position. As i keep saying, geopolitics doesn't work by the rules what is right or wrong. They should have balanced better between Russia and EU and be aware what Russia can do to them. Yes, i know and i repeat, on paper "they can do whatever they want" but in reality that doesn't go like that. Orange revolution fecked them up. That is where their fall starts and that is where they said; "feck off Russia, we want to be part of EU" which was red flag for Putin.

To avoid "angry" replies. Again i repeat, it was 100% their right to turn to west but it was wrong move.
That’s just nonsense. First of all Zelenskyi offered countless times that he’s willing to meet with Putin directly to discuss the matters but Russia wants none of that diplomacy you’re suggesting where Ukraine stands on its own without a Russian puppet in charge. Secondly, the president has been elected to represent the views of the population at large which voted him in, anyone who would try pivoting back to Russia wouldn’t survive a day in the office. Basically, what you’re saying is feck the will of people because your neighbor is Russia.
 

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It's underway mate, there are Russia troops in sovereign Ukrainian territory. They've signed an agreement that Russia can build bases in the "separatist" regions and Lavrov has confirmed that Russia does not recognise Ukrainian sovereignty. The only part left is taking the capital.
Jumping a few steps here surely!
 

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This shows how important is to have capable ruler and Zelenskiy is not that. Diplomacy is art. Ukraine have specific geographical position. As i keep saying, geopolitics doesn't work by the rules what is right or wrong. They should have balanced better between Russia and EU and be aware what Russia can do to them. Yes, i know and i repeat, on paper "they can do whatever they want" but in reality that doesn't go like that. Orange revolution fecked them up. That is where their fall starts and that is where they said; "feck off Russia, we want to be part of EU" which was red flag for Putin.

To avoid "angry" replies. Again i repeat, it was 100% their right to turn to west but it was wrong move.
In other words, the pathetic Ukrainian slugs should be thankful for Putin’s loving foot on their throat. With all due respect, this comment really suggests you have a misunderstanding about recent Ukrainian elections. The only people stoking anti-Russian sentiment and pushing Ukraine further and further away from Russia is Putin himself.

Zelenskyy ran on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption agenda, whilst also wanting to reduce antagonism between Ukrainian and Russian language groups and the two countries. Of the two candidates in the last election, he was the one who could be labelled the Russia-leaning candidate, given he is a mother-tongue Russian speaker and had big entertainment business interests in Russia. He ended up taking a majority in the whole country, except around the very-Western facing Lviv and surrounding areas. Poroshenko was very much the preferred candidate in the far west of Ukraine and Zelenskyy’s election was seen as a bit of a disappoint there post-Maidan and a stumble back towards the Russosphere.

If what you are arguing is that the only president Ukraine should have is a president that is happy to be a lapdog to Putin and that the country should pursue a path similar to Belarus, then that is no path at all. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the post-Soviet generations, and even final Soviet generation, would prefer to live in a modern, democratic country that is tackling corruption.
 
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This shows how important is to have capable ruler and Zelenskiy is not that. Diplomacy is art. Ukraine have specific geographical position. As i keep saying, geopolitics doesn't work by the rules what is right or wrong. They should have balanced better between Russia and EU and be aware what Russia can do to them. Yes, i know and i repeat, on paper "they can do whatever they want" but in reality that doesn't go like that. Orange revolution fecked them up. That is where their fall starts and that is where they said; "feck off Russia, we want to be part of EU" which was red flag for Putin.

To avoid "angry" replies. Again i repeat, it was 100% their right to turn to west but it was wrong move.
The last guy that tried to do that literally sparked riots in Ukraine and got exciled to Russia.
 

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I think it was obvious that Russia is recognizing those two 'countries' in the borders they declared (2/3 of which is not controlled by them, but by Ukraine). Doing so, essentially forces a war. Russian troops now will enter the regions controlled by Ukraine are declare that Ukraine is the aggressor for putting troops into other state territories, states that have asked Russia for help.

Now Ukraine either needs to withdraw from the land they control, or be forced into a war they don't want with Russia. The problem though is that even if they withdraw, it is hard to see Putin stopping here. As he made it clear yesterday and Lavrov repeated today, Russia does not recognise Ukraine's sovereignty.
 

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If they are indeed shutting it down, it is a serious blow to Russia's economy. They will have a miniscule stock market quite soon. Every penny spent on further war against Ukraine will bleed their budget. Need immediate severe sanctions from US, UK and EU, which is the only non-military leverage available at the moment. Let Putin realize that his war is going to cost not only lives but also billions of dollars which will kill their already struggling economy.
 

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If they are indeed shutting it down, it is a serious blow to Russia's economy. They will have a miniscule stock market quite soon. Every penny spent on further war against Ukraine will bleed their budget.
It's never been open. If Russia somehow ends up with all of Ukraine they don't need it anymore either. Why bypass your own region!?