Belarus people are a lost cause for Putin since 2020, majority in Belarus are anti-Russian now due to Putin’s support shown to Lukashenko. Russian OMON has been part of the brutal events in Minsk back in 2020 too.
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Great post.
I thought I was going crazy. I could find nothing to support any recent attack near Ivano Frankivsk.
The orca wouldn't be able to find it.
My wife’s grandparents were moved all over the Soviet Union for “work”.
Same reason City and Pool fans don't applaud United
#NotAllRussians!
Just the majority support the war. feck Russia and feck Putin.
Just the majority support the war. feck Russia and feck Putin.
Yeah im not entirely convinced by my own argument to be honest. I think part of the argument is that it could potentially have done a better job to turn Russia towards being a legitimate democracy but i dont really see how NATO is that relevant or an obstacle to it.
I didn't know orca's fed on plankton.
Russian ambassador to the UN.
The argument could be.
NATO’s expansion is used by Putin to gather people in solidarity against the “western enemy”. Thus solidifying his own grip on power and crushing democracy aspiration in the process.
Hypothetically, if Putin was somehow assassinated, would the war suddenly end? Or would they just put the next guy in the driving seat and carry on where he left?
These industrial sites, factories and plants that are being attacked by missiles. Surely you would want them available to you to use once youve taken control if that was the aim. Doesn't seem like it is, Putin just wants to obliterate Ukraine.
Although not about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the lyrics nonetheless are completely relevant.
Putin is the Zombie. Still clinging onto the Cold War trying to recreate the former and failed Soviet Union.
I challenge anyone to listen to the words and not be moved.
Has someone by any chance stumbled upon a translated version of this, or an article that gives an idea how reliable this poll is?
Avengers assemble!
I'm not an expert and only became interested in Russian power structure due to the war, so not really an educated opinion. But from what I've read, Putin's inner circle and the second most powerful institution in Russia are the siloviki. Former KGB officers like him who are also obsessed with reestablishing the glory of the Soviet Union. Apparently some of them contributed a lot to Putin's world view and are just as delusional as him. Thing is, this is seen primarily as Putin's war so they could possibly retreat without it looking like their personal defeat.
Personally I believe assassinating Putin is a really, really risky idea. It might unite Russia against the West again and could be understood as a declaration of war. It could as well lead to the system imploding because everything revolves around him and the siloviki alone possibly aren't strong enough to keep it all together. It's better to create tension, IMO. The sanctions will take their toll on Russia. Even without them Russia would have a hard time supplying the war but with them it'll be impossible. With increasing pressure, even the elites will turn on each other since they still have their own interests in mind. It's by no means a sustainable or robust way of running a state and now that it is really put to test, it will show.
I also believe a "death by a thousand stings", especially if those stings come from within, is less likely to escalate the war than an assassination.
Yes, really.
As I said, Russia does not have enough troops to even encircle the vast perimeter of Kyiv, far less take a city where, in an urban environment, the general rule is that attackers will die at six times the rate of of defenders.
Indeed, the latest reports suggest that, due to Ukrainian counter-attacks, the Russians have been pushed back further away from Kyiv and forced to dig in defensive positions. It may even be that this large Russian army in the north is stuck, not even able to retreat back to where they came from.
You seem to be unware of the scale of Russian losses. On even a conservative estimate, 30,000 troops are now out of action: dead, wounded, captured, surrendered or deserted.
Edit: The Russian invasion of Ukraine is "pretty demoralised, pretty stuck and pretty stalled," the former UK head of Defence Intelligence says.
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The invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq did need popular support in the US to get started, so yes the average american also bears that responsibility.
I wonder if there are examples in neighbouring countries they could look to? I wonder.
I would 100% hold the citizens of those countries responsible, even more so than Russian ones.
Not only did the wars go ahead from both of those countries, both of them then proceeded to re-elect the leaders who had taken them into war.
Also have found some of thr discourse around the Chechnyans slightly weird.
First of all being lumped in with Syrians. I appreciate that Kadyrov essentially leads his own kingdom there but they are still Russians. It's therefore not this uniquely strange thing that Russians are called up in a Russian war.
Secondly this building up of them into almost semi mythical figures. They're men, normal men. Perhaps more used to hard situations than the average man in Europe but men nontheless. We're not talking about 100 BC anymore, wars aren't fought based on strength and swords and Spears. You may not even see your enemy before they take you out.
First of all being lumped in with Syrians. I appreciate that Kadyrov essentially leads his own kingdom there but they are still Russians. It's therefore not this uniquely strange thing that Russians are called up in a Russian war.
Secondly this building up of them into almost semi mythical figures. They're men, normal men. Perhaps more used to hard situations than the average man in Europe but men nontheless. We're not talking about 100 BC anymore, wars aren't fought based on strength and swords and Spears. You may not even see your enemy before they take you out.
Why would he do that? If Putin knew he would need a full month to conquer Ukraine, he would never start the whole thing. It was a blunder, but now he can't just quit because everyone would want his head.
If Putin is eliminated, all Russians will blame everything on Putin and they will all swear that they never ever supported Putin, never ever liked Putin not even a little bit, never ever knew who Putin was, same as Stalin.
I guess a good number must buy into the propaganda or at least get behind their troops if they're at war.
Plenty are 100% believing every pro-Ukraine tweet, as if both sides don't misinform and distort during war. Some just believe what they want to I guess.
Agree here. Assuming that you can win a war on the idea that your men are culturally "tougher" has proven to be a folly every time at least in the 20th century. The distinction that most counts is motivated and then experienced/well trained. If the Chechens are that because of their experiences in the late 90s and maybe since, then they can make a bigger contribution than another average unit. Other than that, a bullet or shrapnel does the same thing to an elite soldier as it does to a fresh conscript.
Byelorussia will be the next nation to drop out of Russia's orbit and look westward.
When Ukraine joins the EU, more and more Byelorussian people will look at their neighbour and get ideas. At some point there will be an uprising, supported by Ukraine, and Russia will be so weakened militarily and economically by this current war and the ongoing sanctions that they won't be able to stop it.
When Ukraine joins the EU, more and more Byelorussian people will look at their neighbour and get ideas. At some point there will be an uprising, supported by Ukraine, and Russia will be so weakened militarily and economically by this current war and the ongoing sanctions that they won't be able to stop it.
Jippy, problem is Ukrainian misinformation is harmless essentially (mostly with the intention to rise awareness and not let some other stupid news to dominate in the west media), it does not stop the destruction and Ukrainian genocide which we’re seeing, they’re the ones getting occupied not Russia.
Ukrainians throwing this out there to create chaos in Putin's mind?
And you have clowns still thinking that’s something about Nato or chemical weapons.
Putin just couldn’t stand a flourishing Ukraine which pivoted to the west on its doorstep, it would basically expose him domestically even amongst the most stupid.Unless the new Putin were willing to hold an actual free election in the country and step down when the time comes, I don't think having yet another (younger) FSB guy in charge would make things any better. I think we ought to keep the sanctions up if that were the case really.
You wouldn't warn Putin if this was legit. You'd just hope it would happen behind the scenes. Therefore it's bullshit.
And you have clowns still thinking that’s something about Nato or chemical weapons.
The money that will pump in for the rebuild will let Ukraine thrive anyway in the coming years I should think.
Well said, this is spot on.
I heard they're like if Keanu Reeves had joined the avengers, all 1.4 million of them. Sobering thought ey.
I wonder to what degree Ukrainian agents inside Russia have penetrated the Russian security and intelligence services? Being able to more easily recruit agents who speak Russian like a native, and knowing the inside tracks on Russia probably better than any Western agents can, must be distinct advantages.