Meanwhile in Ukraine

[kent_white]

22 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I'd like to believe it, but there's been no shortage of stories re. Russia's imminent collapse since this war begun and they've always turned out to be wide of the mark

I'm sure it will stabilise after a day or two. But it's a good example of the West getting back on the front foot. 

[gonzo]

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-moscow-russia-putin-nuclear-kharkiv-frontline-sky-news-live-blog-12541713

 

Settling for the bits he's got....

 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

21 minutes ago, gonzo said:

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-moscow-russia-putin-nuclear-kharkiv-frontline-sky-news-live-blog-12541713

 

Settling for the bits he's got....

 

Sadly, it won't be a serious proposal

The article from Ivory Bennet in that link has it about right imo

[kent_white]

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-moscow-russia-putin-nuclear-kharkiv-frontline-sky-news-live-blog-12541713

 

Settling for the bits he's got....

 

Not a cat in hell's chance anyone is settling for that unless something significant changes.

[DirtySanchez]

1 hour ago, kent_white said:

Not a cat in hell's chance anyone is settling for that unless something significant changes.

Maybe so Putin, in his mind, is the good guy 

I said I would end it all but Ukraine and the West chose not to accept it 

Russian population laps it up and so he justifies carrying on 

Then says to the likes of North Korea, send us more missiles 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

23 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I'd like to believe it, but there's been no shortage of stories re. Russia's imminent collapse since this war begun and they've always turned out to be wide of the mark

I don't think there is an imminent collapse neither.

But possibly some game changing moves that will make Ukrainian chances of success higher.

I wonder at what point the Russian hierarchy would say enough is enough and pull out (or turn on Putin if he continues)

[Winchester White]

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I don't think there is an imminent collapse neither.

But possibly some game changing moves that will make Ukrainian chances of success higher.

I wonder at what point the Russian hierarchy would say enough is enough and pull out (or turn on Putin if he continues)

I am not so sure there is the same hierarchy that there once was, Putin seems to have seen to that.

I really hope he gets potted though the little druggy cunt.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

2 hours ago, Winchester White said:

I am not so sure there is the same hierarchy that there once was, Putin seems to have seen to that.

I really hope he gets potted though the little druggy cunt.

Yeah, I agree

There's no doubting Putin's the top dog and in absolute control of the country

[DirtySanchez]

40 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Yeah, I agree

There's no doubting Putin's the top dog and in absolute control of the country

Went to St Petersburg in 2019 

Putin is from there 

In shops you could buy t-shirts with those pics with him topless on a horse on them 

And little statues of him 

[Sweep]

16 hours ago, DirtySanchez said:

Went to St Petersburg in 2019 

Putin is from there 

In shops you could buy t-shirts with those pics with him topless on a horse on them 

And little statues of him 

How many did you buy? 

[Spider]

It’s nice war, innit

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Kinell.

Reckon he was asking for help too.

[Winchester White]

 

Keeping on here away from our politics. A different view on Putin Vs NATO.

[BobyBrno]

 

[royal white]

Morning 

 

 

[Spider]

37 minutes ago, royal white said:

Morning 

 

 

Why bother having soldiers when you can just build millions of drones?

 

[royal white]

3 minutes ago, Spider said:

Why bother having soldiers when you can just build millions of drones?

 

And just have a drone war? Sounds like something for the jockey Wilson Suite 

[Sweep]

2 hours ago, Spider said:

Why bother having soldiers when you can just build millions of drones?

 

the drones cost far more than the human life is worth

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Some poor bugger still has to launch the drones.

Those little buggers can't fly that far so need to be launched relatively close to the front. 

As an aside, all these videos show the land pock-marked by numerous explosions.

Whenever it ends, the fields are going to need a lot of clearing and restoration work, before the agricultural economy can fully get going again.

[kent_white]

3 hours ago, royal white said:

Morning 

 

 

He's literally pleading for his life at one stage. 

That's so grim.......

[DirtySanchez]

14 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Some poor bugger still has to launch the drones.

Those little buggers can't fly that far so need to be launched relatively close to the front. 

As an aside, all these videos show the land pock-marked by numerous explosions.

Whenever it ends, the fields are going to need a lot of clearing and restoration work, before the agricultural economy can fully get going again.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-drones-war-oil-b1156683.html

They can travel a fair bit. They're not ones you see flying around a local park 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

4 hours ago, DirtySanchez said:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-drones-war-oil-b1156683.html

They can travel a fair bit. They're not ones you see flying around a local park 

That is a very different type to the little pov things used close in on the battle field.

They are fairly small, and are relatively easy and cheap for the Ukrainians to use, especially as a kamikaze weapon.

There are a number of articles available describing how people there were switching their skills and making them. A bit like folk producing protective equipment for the nhs during covid.

The power requirements alone, and a decent sized payload change the required scale for such a long journey. 

[Zico]

10 hours ago, royal white said:

Morning 

 

 

Also on that account 

 

 

[Casino]

On 25/06/2024 at 17:25, Tonge moor green jacket said:

 A bit like folk producing protective equipment for the nhs during covid.

Hancock currently on a group call with his landlord and ukraine

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

I've got no idea how reliable this person is but I hope they know their opinions (to quote a phrase)