It’s kicking off

Russian police arrest over 1000 protesters

Alexei Navalny, has been poisoned and arrested and still had this documentary released 

His wife has been arrested as well. 

Some serious minerals on this chap 

Edited February 27, 20224 yr by Rudy

2 hours ago, Marc505 said:

I've seen a couple where they'll recreate or try to change then outcome of battles using simulators but nothing in the same style as Binkov. I need to not fall into the trap of watching them today I've far too much to do!

I really need to get this report done......

But what's this? A 30 minute breakdown of the likely consequences on a war between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan with a full scale naval assault on Baku only Turkmenistan have Britain's Navy from 1944!

This report will have to wait! 😁

6 minutes ago, kent_white said:

I really need to get this report done......

But what's this? A 30 minute breakdown of the likely consequences on a war between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan with a full scale naval assault on Baku only Turkmenistan have Britain's Navy from 1944!

This report will have to wait! 😁

 

😂 Why have sound on this Teams meeting switched on when I can be watching an analysis of an American amphibious assault on Scotland?!

3 hours ago, Marc505 said:

😂 Why have sound on this Teams meeting switched on when I can be watching an analysis of an American amphibious assault on Scotland?!

Because sooner or later they're going to ask you a question and all you will be able to talk about is decent amphibious landing sites 😁

Can't argue with the response of the NATO allies so far.

But it's all in vain. Vlad can't back down now.

Said it for ages, but Ukraine isn't his main prize.

Nothing to do with money either, pure Soviet land grab.

Course he can back down.

I still think he will. Just trying to look tough for the folk back at home. Do those same people really want a war that has no benefit to them?

More importantly, his nation will be more fucked economically, and that will harm his support amongst his people and possibly have his mates sharpening their knives, let alone his enemies. 

He is of course a loon, so none of that might matter, but I doubt there's much support for it in his country in reality.

15 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Course he can back down.

I still think he will. Just trying to look tough for the folk back at home. Do those same people really want a war that has no benefit to them?

More importantly, his nation will be more fucked economically, and that will harm his support amongst his people and possibly have his mates sharpening their knives, let alone his enemies. 

He is of course a loon, so none of that might matter, but I doubt there's much support for it in his country in reality.

He’s a loon.

With massive support.

Thats the problem.

9 minutes ago, Spider said:

He’s a loon.

With massive support.

Thats the problem.

What support?

He backs (controls) Belarus and has similar influence in other nations.

Do they really trust him, and genuinely "back him". I doubt it, but they're too scared to cross him, so let him crack on as it suits them.

Kleptocracies with little genuinely democracy. Always on a knife edge and needing to suppress opposition at home, which doesn't bode well for long term stability. 

Too much focus on the Ukraine may also destabilise other regions too, that may fancy having a go at freeing themselves.

China's leadership that he is reportedly courting aren't stupid. They've got economic influence the world over- do they want a destabilising conflict in a region that buys so much of their goods? Do they fuckery.

37 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Course he can back down.

I still think he will. Just trying to look tough for the folk back at home. Do those same people really want a war that has no benefit to them?

More importantly, his nation will be more fucked economically, and that will harm his support amongst his people and possibly have his mates sharpening their knives, let alone his enemies. 

He is of course a loon, so none of that might matter, but I doubt there's much support for it in his country in reality.

Some former foreign diplomat just more or less agreed with you , saying while it’s possible it gets less likely he will invade as each week passes, the key thing will be the diplomatic agreement that Putin can use as a “ see they are paying attention to us now and we scared them into agreement “ sort of a face saver that works for him and us

1 minute ago, fatolive said:

Some former foreign diplomat just more or less agreed with you , saying while it’s possible it gets less likely he will invade as each week passes, the key thing will be the diplomatic agreement that Putin can use as a “ see they are paying attention to us now and we scared them into agreement “ sort of a face saver that works for him and us

Absolutely. 

Important that the west remains steadfast too- he's a bully and will take a yard if offered an inch.

Macron supposedly didn't help matters, but I've not read about it yet.

In the end, an agreement that allows him to save face, keep power, and stay alive will work for him.

He has support in so far as he doesn’t have any threat of being toppled from within. Yet.

It’s not about money. He’s hardly skint.

China don’t give a shite, they’ve enough going on at their own borders.

He wants a legacy. He’s following the same old trope of his idols - show strength and recapture Mother Russia’s land.

 

Tick tock

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60351096

Nothing significant in terms of any change.

The longer those troops are stationed on the border, away from home in the cold, wet and snow, the less strong their morale. 

He's a pufter, he has sex with MEN. He has steroid bitch tits, he sucks off horses. Invade the Baltics my arse, he had a face-lift, I reckon he's going to get cancer soon not from uranium laced beetroot soup.

Trump would have been on his knees by now, asking Vlad if he wanted to take him deep enough for his balls to fit in.

Biden has stood firm.

That may be the only thing that stops an invasion.

But Biden doesn’t go on Twitter flashing his teeth every 2 minutes so it goes largely unreported.

49 minutes ago, Spider said:

Tick tock

Not long now?

Whens the Winter Olympics finish?

 

Fucks sake, a mate and I really wanted to go to Kiev and Pripyat a couple of years or so back.  Cancer (thankfully he's clear now) and covid put paid to that but we were hoping next year. No twatting chance of that if the Ruskies invade.

Putin doesn't give a fuck does he?

 

33 minutes ago, Spider said:

Trump would have been on his knees by now, asking Vlad if he wanted to take him deep enough for his balls to fit in.

Biden has stood firm.

That may be the only thing that stops an invasion.

But Biden doesn’t go on Twitter flashing his teeth every 2 minutes so it goes largely unreported.

he bombed that russian airfield when everyone were panicking about WW3. 

it stopped it somehow. 

crimea were given to them by obama (or whoever) not doing owt. 

so why wouldnt he (putin) try it on now ?

 

20 minutes ago, Cheese said:

 

If they believe this, it begs the question why wait to introduce the extreme sanctions?

Still not convinced, like a high stakes game of poker. 

5 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

If they believe this, it begs the question why wait to introduce the extreme sanctions?

Still not convinced, like a high stakes game of poker. 

Me neither. Classic disinformation campaigns going on.

Just now, Cheese said:

Me neither. Classic disinformation campaigns going on.

Oh aye, no doubt.

I just hope the west are consulting with Ukraine when doing this- they were trying to downplay the situation a bit a few days ago, and asking others not to ratchet up tensions.

I've no doubt that there will be agents/special forces out there from Nato countries too. Obviously nothing official. 

2 hours ago, Marc505 said:

Whens the Winter Olympics finish?

Some reckon he wont wont to upstage Jim Pong or whatever his name is.

Think a lot of people underestimate Chinas backing in all this. 

They're madder than the Ruskis. Stick em together and itll go fucking nuts.

Sure Russia thought Ukraine would haved by now. There's ways to win a war without firing a bullet.

Putin is mentle

Can’t emphasise enough just how much his legacy means to him. And he’s not got many years left at the top, so the clock is ticking.

He can’t lose face now.

On 10/02/2022 at 17:08, Spider said:

Can't argue with the response of the NATO allies so far.

But it's all in vain. Vlad can't back down now.

Said it for ages, but Ukraine isn't his main prize.

Nothing to do with money either, pure Soviet land grab.

NATO think sanctions will deter Putin? 
I can’t actually fault the actual nato response with regards to troop mobilisation however. 
What do you think the main objective of Vlads game are? Genuinely interested to hear as don’t really buy into the soviet land grab spiel. 

 

until next time. 
 

mutley