Russia Invades ukraine

[Steve Bullman]

31 minutes ago, Billhook said:

Living not far from a key UK air base and hearing and seeing an increase in activity with Euro fighters does concentrate the mind somewhat.

There was a huge increase of apache use at the base near us when it initially kicked off. Been pretty quiet as of late though 

[monkeybusiness]

I was in Lviv on Tuesday-Wednesday this week delivering aid and vehicles for a local charity. 
It’s well away from the front line but there were air raid sirens going off as we arrived in the city and fighter jets overhead (precautionary I’d imagine). Armed soldiers everywhere and all businesses running off generators as the electricity supply is limited (the area is split into zones with each zone having 4 hours on/4 hours off/4 hours maybe). 
It was otherwise business as usual with people going about their business as usual, schools open, bars/restaurants open, buskers in the square etc. You could have been in any big European city tbh!

 

[Mark Bolam]

Nice one Dan.

You weren’t with Liam were you?

[monkeybusiness]

25 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Nice one Dan.

You weren’t with Liam were you?

No mate, can’t stand that monkey-walking-nasal-voiced-thick-as-****************-Manc-twat tbh! 
 

[Mark Bolam]

I meant McGough!

[monkeybusiness]

7 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

I meant McGough!

Ha ha - still no though! 

[woodwizzard]

 

[Timbermcpherson]

On 07/02/2023 at 08:02, woodwizzard said:

 

He could easily have been raving about how the Battle of Britain was about increasing sales for Rolls Royce and blackout curtains.

However, this is the 6th invasion of Ukraine by Russia, following the same playbook as its invasion of Georgia. While his profitable view count gets close to the millions the Russians have oppressed and killed, he offers no solutions to the plight of Ukraine, but sure offers the kind of distraction that im sure Putin appreciates.

[richyrich]

I saw on YouTube a retired US general stating that Hitler should have been left to do his thing, etc. and it was the West's fault Putin invaded. 

In reality Putin uses NATO expansion as an excuse..

[Timbermcpherson]

It wasnt a retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor was it? Hes been incredibly Pro Putin and a pet of Russian media for a decade. 

 

Well blaming Nato is one of his many excuses. But Russia complaining about Nato is like a serial arsonist complaining that its the fire department and police who make him light fires around the neighborhood. 

 

Im not saying there isnt SOME legitimacy to it, but Nations like Estonia, Lithuania, Latvias right to protection after they have been invaded and viciously oppressed by Russia in living memory, outweighs Russias feeling it should be able to do what it wants. 

 

In 1998 I was working with 4 Ukrainian brothers. 3 of them were off the the US to work and very excited about it, but one was going back to Ukraine. I asked why. 

"I have to do military training, like my brothers have"

"oh its compulsory in Ukraine?" 

"No, I have to train because of the war with Russia"

"What, your having a war with Russia??"

"Not now, but eventually there is always war with Russia" he said it with simple but strong conviction.

At the time, I thought he was crazy. But as of a few months ago I heard 2 of his brothers are missing in action, their father who is well into his 70's had lied about his age and last time I heard was in a self propelled gun and in tears because he had run out of shells.