Will Putin declare the war over on an Aircraft Carrier?
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I think a train seeing as he seems to want to hark back to 1914 or 1946 borders or their superset.
Sophrosyne
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His aim appears to be to destabilize the west, topple the Ukrainian government and replace it with a puppet controlled by Moscow.
Putin has become very isolated - even in Russia - and surrounds himself only with sycophants.
Let's hope Russia will take some action to remove him.
Putin has become very isolated - even in Russia - and surrounds himself only with sycophants.
Let's hope Russia will take some action to remove him.
Reports of the first hospital hit - the Russians really are pathetic
www.theguardian.com
Russia invades Ukraine and advances on Kyiv – as it happened
US secretary of state says Russia plans widespread human rights abuses; Ukrainian spokesman condemns ‘totally pointless attack’
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Maybe he's happy to put up with sanctions until they inevitably ease, before taking the next chunk off the old USSR back into the fold?
Yea, but their army is far from pathetic.
Unfortunately, yes and with 150-160k of them lined up we could be in for a pretty sad few months.
Some protests starting to break out across at least 2 cities in Russia, I expect they'll be shut down quite quickly but if the oligarchs assets are seized and the public reaction, when the bodybags start coming in, turns against Putin, then he could run out of domestic allies quickly
Looking at the map of Europe, I think Ukraine is the only country bordering Russia that's not in NATO (apart from Belarus which is already in Putin's control), so you would imagine that if/when Ukraine is taken over, that will be it. But I honestly think Putin has a few screws loose..
It won't be it. They don't need force to destabilise countries. I don't think we can delude ourselves anymore. They want the USSR back. Nothing less. A line needs to be drawn in the sand. We need to stop pretending that States like Russia and China are anything but a blight on democracy.
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NATO forces are already on standby on its borders are being incrementally strengthened.
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Any country not in NATO is fair game. I'm glad that we...
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Moldova maybe... there is Transnistria issue so on Russian radar
The problem is that Ukraine supplies 10%of the world's grain and Russia another good chunk of it. If there are total sanctions it will disproportionately impact on the poorest countries in the world, particularly North African countries which are heavily reliant on that grain. Food makes up around 50% of their CPI basket and with countries like Sudan and Ethiopia already facing famines it would cause a much bigger disaster. Of course the solution is for Middle Eastern Oil Producers to give them money at 0% interest from their oil price bonanza but that's unlikely to happen.
Expelling Russia from the SWIFT banking system will cause them to turn off Europe's gas supply. Given that Ireland has no facility to receive Liquified Gas and we get most of our supply from a single pipeline from outside the EU we are particularly vulnerable.
I hears an analyst say that Russia will seek to impose a new Federal constitution on Ukraine which contains an explicit statement that they will not join NATO. If they do then the Tanks will roll again.
Northern Ireland is in NATO
