This 'Rapid Response Brigrade' is apparently made up of a lot of volenteer veterens from NATO countries.
Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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This is why I think Ukraine isn't the only objective. Surely Putin has something else up his sleeve cause just Ukraine isn't worth the trouble.
Bald and Bankrupt in Ukraine, hope he'll be able to get out of dodge.
Also wonder why he chose to go there with the troop build up in recent months.
isnt he.. um.. pretty well known as being dodgy af?
humans are so worthless overall. Fighting over literally inconceivably small pieces of land when you consider the vastness of the universe and everything out there.
There are a few things he thought he was adequately prepared for and could mitigate, but his calculus looks to have been pretty wrong. He underestimated Ukrainian resolve to fight, as well as the strength of solidarity among NATO members. If anything, he has reaffirmed the need for collective security and the need for not only NATO to exist, but for it to be strengthened significantly to deal with future situations like this. He also appears to have underestimated domestic appetite for another foreign invasion. Even if he were to secure Ukraine within the next month or so, the insurgency and extra sanctions will eventually suffocate the Russian economy to where domestic pressure will result in a revolution.
Bit more difficult to get precious metals from the Milky Way though.
Why would Putin risk undermining Trump by invading Ukraine 2 years ago? Trump was doing everything Putin wanted to undermine and destroy NATO. There's no reason to invade Ukraine if Trump, as he told Mark Esper, was planning to leave NATO after the election if he won. Trump kissed Putin's ass in Helsinki and stated he trusted him more than the US intelligence community. Over the last month, the intelligence community has proven to be right about virtually everything it said was happening.
Trump was utterly predictable. He was just a moron.
Good on you but I am somewhat not amused by the prospect of the orange clown returning.
And in my defense, we had someone expressing this opinion seriously a page or two before, so who knows nowadays
It might make good press. But to Putin, even though it is his home city, it will mean nothing. And they will be rounded up and arrested.
Thanks! The amount of tags
There were more than 800 arrests in Moscow (this number would probably rise to 1000+, it’s always hard to keep track of) and more than 1500 throughout the entire Russia, but thankfully I’m okay.
Whilst we will always celebrate Ukrainian military victories, try not to forget that the Russian soldiers are mostly lads who've been told they're doing the right thing. That plane going down was full of young men who leave families behind.
Situation is awful, even for the Russians.
Well in fairness, depending on what mood Trump was in that day,.he could have nuked them.Good on you but I am somewhat not amused by the prospect of the orange clown returning.
And in my defense, we had someone expressing this opinion seriously a page or two before, so who knows nowadays
Either that or he'd join forces with them and take over all Europe.
Ukraine is not worth the trouble, adding extra issues is definetely not worth the trouble either. He seems to have a become a cruel aging psycopath. Look at his public speeches, does he even look like a psychologically stable person?
Oh for sure, not talking about morality at all.
Just that MBS has gone out of his way to antagonise Biden by refusing to adjust oil production multiple times now, and that Biden hasn't hit him personally (over Kashoggi) or his country/military (over Yemen) in a way that hurts.
Thank you.
Also weapons-grade plutonium doesn't come from energy reactors, rather from their own specific process. A country could make weapons-grade material without a civilian energy program.
It isn't my take, it's a summation of a series of financial times articles and EU planning documents.
https://www.ft.com/content/d06500e2-7fd2-4753-a54b-bc16f1faadd8
That's one of the oldest.
Yeah, almost certainly. Like when he chose to believe Putin over his own secret services about the election interference.
Some of the unverified numbers on Twitter are horrendous. 3000+ Russian soldiers dead in Kharkiv…someone in Russia needs to stop Putin.
He's a YouTuber who makes excellent alternative travel blogs in Eastern Europe.
I've heard that he's also into the cheap sex tourism in those parts of the world as well, but I've not read up on the details.
Oh yeah, sorry, I was just thinking out loud really.
Nice try Putin
I don't support invasion of any country on territory of another so I'm strongly against Russian invasion but...
how is this invasion different to what America is doing last 20+ years in middle east. How can they on one hand distrupt peace in all continents around the world in last 40 years mostly just because of their benefits and still act so stupid like they are saints against Russia. And other NATO countries including mine is in same water taking part in NATO missions and now acting like angels.
And all western media and citizens are playing this game. I like the outcry about Russian invasion because what are they done, even if heavily provoked, is not right, but why there are no outcry when USA and NATO is invading?
how is this invasion different to what America is doing last 20+ years in middle east. How can they on one hand distrupt peace in all continents around the world in last 40 years mostly just because of their benefits and still act so stupid like they are saints against Russia. And other NATO countries including mine is in same water taking part in NATO missions and now acting like angels.
And all western media and citizens are playing this game. I like the outcry about Russian invasion because what are they done, even if heavily provoked, is not right, but why there are no outcry when USA and NATO is invading?
Come on, this hasn't happened.
Short answer is none of the western countries are looking to add to their territory the way Russia is/has.
That’s great newsThanks! The amount of tags
There were more than 800 arrests in Moscow (this number would probably rise to 1000+, it’s always hard to keep track of) and more than 1500 throughout the entire Russia, but thankfully I’m okay.
apart from the arrests of course.Stay safe!
Yep, easy to forget that Russia’s actions don’t represent the motivations or will of the people. Nor are they for the benefit of Russia itself. It’s down to the maniacal neo-imperialism of the few.
Completely agree.
Someone needs to tell the UK of that because we are building 2 new nuclear plants in Hinkley in Somerset. And then at least another 2 more in Sizewell.
yeah but he’s been convicted hasn’t he? Like, abusive levels? See if I can find the link.
There are possibly some comparisons to Bush's war in Iraq, yes. i.e. false pretexts.
I would say that *some* action in Afghanistan was possibly justifiable to try and smash the Taliban and Al-Quaeda after 9/11. But we made a hell of a mess of it.
But don't forget, there was outrage when the UK/USA invaded Iraq. Not so much from other western governments, but domestically, we saw some of the biggest anti-war protests in history as a result.
Not to worry mate, climate change will get us soon enough and the planet will right itself in a blink of an eye on geological timescales (about 100,000-200,000 years) and life will move on without us.
Yes, but not a permanent member of the UN Security Council. I await your refutation.
Isn't this a topic for another day or maybe at least another thread?
Imagine being there, no chance to survive. What a fooking tragedy caused by one psycopath.
@harms what is going on brother, why would they want to detain you?
Please. I'm curious. What has NATO ever done that come close to what is happening now? I need to be educated and I don't want to research the answer myself.