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arista
25-02-2022, 12:35 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/09/54635791-10550583-On_social_media_images_of_bridges_blown_up_by_Ukra inian_troops_w-m-56_1645781857135.jpg

Ukrainian defenders have blown up several bridges
leading into the capital in an attempt to
slow the Russian advance


Yes it will take 90mins or so to build a temp bridge
that can take tanks.

Alf
25-02-2022, 12:35 PM
Never go full Alf :smug:


Even more worrying, is that these UK bills aren't anything to do with covid, they're just doing them because they have the majority to ram them through. Ask pretty much anyone in the UK prior to the Ukraine invasion, and they would have all said Putin was a dictator ruling by fear etc, but exactly the same types of policies are being introduced here under cheers and flag waving. Europe is in for another dark couple of decades.The World would be a better place if they did go full Alf.

Even I haven't gone full Alf. I could give you my opinion of what I think is going on here, but I'm never going to, because it sounds so ridiculous that nobody would ever believe or accept it. I'll just continue to drop the odd hint every now and again, hopefully in comedic fashion.

user104658
25-02-2022, 12:38 PM
Never go full Alf :smug:


Even more worrying, is that these UK bills aren't anything to do with covid, they're just doing them because they have the majority to ram them through. Ask pretty much anyone in the UK prior to the Ukraine invasion, and they would have all said Putin was a dictator ruling by fear etc, but exactly the same types of policies are being introduced here under cheers and flag waving. Europe is in for another dark couple of decades.

That parallels are quite clear really - there has always been Russians heavily critical of Putin, but also Russians who idolize him, and underpinning it ... it being realistically simply not possible for him to be voted out democratically because the system is designed for that not to happen. In practice there's very little difference between a dictatorship built on fear and a single-party "democracy". I don't see any way out of the latter for the UK.

arista
25-02-2022, 12:40 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/07/54637367-10550583-image-a-38_1645774764944.jpg
[Ukrainian prisoners of war caught
by pro-Russian forces near Volnovakha, Donetsk]

The Slim Reaper
25-02-2022, 12:43 PM
The World would be a better place if they did go full Alf.

Even I haven't gone full Alf. I could give you my opinion of what I think is going on here, but I'm never going to, because it sounds so ridiculous that nobody would ever believe or accept it. I'll just continue to drop the odd hint every now and again, hopefully in comedic fashion.

Come on, Alf, don't kiss my neck and tickle the small of my back, then turn the TV on to watch the footie. You have to tell me now...

MTVN
25-02-2022, 01:01 PM
Sounds like Russia has taken control of the airport near Kyiv which Ukraine had regained last night, will allow them to start massing forces around the capital :worry:

Beso
25-02-2022, 01:09 PM
Never go full Alf :smug:


Even more worrying, is that these UK bills aren't anything to do with covid, they're just doing them because they have the majority to ram them through. Ask pretty much anyone in the UK prior to the Ukraine invasion, and they would have all said Putin was a dictator ruling by fear etc, but exactly the same types of policies are being introduced here under cheers and flag waving. Europe is in for another dark couple of decades.




I cant imagine anyone ****ting themselves at the sight of boris coming down the road on his bike.

The only flag wavers supporting Putin's rules are the commie left, and the likes of Dianne abbot.

The Slim Reaper
25-02-2022, 01:26 PM
I cant imagine anyone ****ting themselves at the sight of boris coming down the road on his bike.

The only flag wavers supporting Putin's rules are the commie left, and the likes of Dianne abbot.

Just factually inaccurate, unfortunately. There is no left wing coalition with Putin or Russia. The allies of the Kremlin reside pretty much solely on the right. There is absolutely nothing communistic about Putins regime, and Putin even came out a few days ago to criticize Lenin. Sorry.

You don't have to be scared of Boris to at least comprehend that he's implementing Putinesque policies in the UK.

Let's have a look at Tibbs and the RW's favourite news channel and see what's occurring

1496743538469580807


Projecting this kind of Russian funded propaganda into the homes of Brits is way more nefarious and has way more reach than an organisation who's sole aim is to prevent war.

Nicky91
25-02-2022, 01:28 PM
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/nato-should-have-taken-more-determined-step-turkiyes-president-on-ukraine-crisis/2514692

turkey leader Erdogan on Ukraine crisis


NATO should have taken a more determined step, Turkiye's president said on Friday, as the Russian military intervention in Ukraine unfolds.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the Western stance on the Russian attack on its neighbor, saying it still gives advices as it has offered "plenty of advice until today".

Speaking to reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul, the president said: "The European Union, as well as all the other Western conceptions, unfortunately, have not taken a serious and resolute stance at the moment (in Ukraine)."

On Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's remarks that they were left to fight "alone," Erdogan said that the West's advice and failure to show a determined stance "does not comply with friendship or solidarity."

Earlier Friday, Zelenskyy said in a video message shared on social media: "This morning we are defending our state alone ... The world's most powerful forces are watching from afar."

Later in the day, NATO will hold a virtual meeting of heads of state and government of the alliance to discuss consequences of Russia's attack on Ukraine, with the Turkish president set to attend.

"It should not turn to be into a mere array of condemnation, NATO should be more determined," Erdogan said, referring to the NATO summit.

Defying threats of sanctions by the West, Moscow officially recognized Ukraine's regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states earlier this week, followed by the start of a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday.

Tensions started escalating late last year when Ukraine, the US and its allies accused Russia of amassing tens of thousands of troops on the border with Ukraine.

They claimed that Russia was preparing to invade its western neighbor, allegations that were consistently rejected by Moscow.
.



when even Erdo**** shows his human side, you know even more how evil and rotten Putin is

bots
25-02-2022, 01:37 PM
i hope the president gets a chance to escape kyiv because i think his chances of survival are slim otherwise

Nicky91
25-02-2022, 01:38 PM
Erdogan making strong and valid points


NATO messed up big time, if they had the evidence like was said many times too, you'd think they go preparing for a invasion, and if you don't know when you don't have time to waste, which is what they did with trying to avoid this invasion with more talks, wasting time

Cherie
25-02-2022, 01:39 PM
Just factually inaccurate, unfortunately. There is no left wing coalition with Putin or Russia. The allies of the Kremlin reside pretty much solely on the right. There is absolutely nothing communistic about Putins regime, and Putin even came out a few days ago to criticize Lenin. Sorry.

You don't have to be scared of Boris to at least comprehend that he's implementing Putinesque policies in the UK.

Let's have a look at Tibbs and the RW's favourite news channel and see what's occurring

1496743538469580807


Projecting this kind of Russian funded propaganda into the homes of Brits is way more nefarious and has way more reach than an organisation who's sole aim is to prevent war.


TiBBs favorite channel? I can think of only 2 members that watch it

Welcome back btw, shame it took an invasion for you to return

MTVN
25-02-2022, 01:41 PM
Apparently over a thousand Russian troops have now been killed, pretty staggering in only 36 hours of fighting. Modern warfare is horrific

Cherie
25-02-2022, 01:41 PM
The World would be a better place if they did go full Alf.

Even I haven't gone full Alf. I could give you my opinion of what I think is going on here, but I'm never going to, because it sounds so ridiculous that nobody would ever believe or accept it. I'll just continue to drop the odd hint every now and again, hopefully in comedic fashion.

what a tease :oh:

you started a conspiracy thread post it in there!

Cherie
25-02-2022, 01:42 PM
Apparently over a thousand Russian troops have now been killed, pretty staggering in only 36 hours of fighting. Modern warfare is horrific

wow, I wonder how many of them actually supported this mission, just sent to their deaths by a dictator

bots
25-02-2022, 01:43 PM
ukraine have been equipped with all the latest american/uk tech so they are going to do damage. The russians may think they have cutting edge equipment but it's not in the same league

Beso
25-02-2022, 01:44 PM
Allies of russia lay on the right...apart from the 12 labour mps who signed a letter to NATO that was basically telling g them to do exactly the same as Putin wanted them to do...

But it's the right that's backing his policies...!

Cherie
25-02-2022, 01:46 PM
Even James O'Brien now conceded this morning the far left and the far right are much of a muchness

MTVN
25-02-2022, 01:47 PM
wow, I wonder how many of them actually supported this mission, just sent to their deaths by a dictator

Yep probably mainly kids and conscripts..

The Slim Reaper
25-02-2022, 01:47 PM
TiBBs favorite channel? I can think of only 2 members that watch it

Welcome back btw, shame it took an invasion for you to return

favourite news channel MTVN, Arista, and LT is at least 3, without even looking into the threads, and I'm not aware of any other ideological news service in the UK that has it's own thread.

Unless of course, Arista has made a thread about Morning Star in the meantime :laugh:

MTVN
25-02-2022, 01:48 PM
i hope the president gets a chance to escape kyiv because i think his chances of survival are slim otherwise

He's been incredibly brave and spoken really well throughout this

Only a few years ago he was just a professional comedian

MTVN
25-02-2022, 01:51 PM
MTVN, Arista, and LT is at least 3, without even looking into the threads, and I'm not aware of any other ideological news service in the UK that has it's own thread.

Unless of course, Arista has made a thread about Morning Star in the meantime :laugh:

I've posted 6 times in the GB News thread and only once in the past 8 months

You on the other hand have posted 28 times in there

UserSince2005
25-02-2022, 01:51 PM
Apparently over a thousand Russian troops have now been killed, pretty staggering in only 36 hours of fighting. Modern warfare is horrific

Well that would be some good news, Ukrainians are absolute brutes

arista
25-02-2022, 01:51 PM
Sounds like Russia has taken control of the airport near Kyiv which Ukraine had regained last night, will allow them to start massing forces around the capital :worry:


That won't last long
Live on CNN HD


Russian fighter Jets
are flying low
able to destroy any Ukraine defence.

Cherie
25-02-2022, 01:53 PM
I would consider Matts views right of centre, no way far right
:laugh:

Cherie
25-02-2022, 01:54 PM
He's been incredibly brave and spoken really well throughout this

Only a few years ago he was just a professional comedian

He will go down on the right side of history no doubt

bots
25-02-2022, 01:54 PM
on the news now, there is a guy that was making his way to the border and the army stopped him and he was conscripted into the army :dog:

arista
25-02-2022, 01:56 PM
Even James O'Brien now conceded this morning the far left and the far right are much of a muchness


Yes Extreme Right
and Extreme Left

Appear to like Putin.



Sign Of The Times.

arista
25-02-2022, 01:59 PM
on the news now, there is a guy that was making his way to the border and the army stopped him and he was conscripted into the army :dog:


Yes Bad luck
go back to Die

Beso
25-02-2022, 02:00 PM
Maybe its safer to say the american far right and the british far left support Putin.

arista
25-02-2022, 02:02 PM
Maybe its safer to say the american far right and the british far left support Putin.



More Complex than that

UserSince2005
25-02-2022, 02:04 PM
18,000 Ukrainian civilians have been armed with machine guns! epic! have fun lads.

Beso
25-02-2022, 02:04 PM
https://fb.watch/boCHuO5we7/

The Slim Reaper
25-02-2022, 02:07 PM
I've posted 6 times in the GB News thread and only once in the past 8 months

You on the other hand have posted 28 times in there

you used to post about things you'd watched on there - which suggests you watch it. Like I said - without looking up the threads.

I would consider Matts views right of centre, no way far right
:laugh:

No one has called matt far right though :laugh:

arista
25-02-2022, 02:09 PM
18,000 Ukrainian civilians have been armed with machine guns! epic! have fun lads.


How do they stop an Armed Russian Tank

glib
25-02-2022, 02:10 PM
i hope the president gets a chance to escape kyiv because i think his chances of survival are slim otherwise

Lol he will have been the first to leave

Just not disclosing where he is cos then it’ll be the country hes in getting invaded

bots
25-02-2022, 02:11 PM
Lol he will have been the first to leave

Just not disclosing where he is cos then it’ll be the country hes in getting invaded

there is no evidence that's true at all

MTVN
25-02-2022, 02:16 PM
you used to post about things you'd watched on there - which suggests you watch it. Like I said - without looking up the threads.



No one has called matt far right though :laugh:

My posts about watching it were all from the first month it was on air - eight months ago. I think I've barely given it a thought or a mention since then

UserSince2005
25-02-2022, 02:17 PM
The next couple of days are pivotal.
I am sure Putin thought this would be a cake walk.
If the Ukrainians keep showing him they mean business and hold him off for a couple more days then I think the bitch will order a retreat.

Nicky91
25-02-2022, 02:18 PM
Germany: very nice gesture to postpone a primetime show by 15 minutes

After a week's Corona break, Joachim Llambi is finally back in his regular seat on the "Let's Dance" jury. The 57-year-old juror is certain: "It's going to be great tonight." But as much as he is looking forward to the exciting hours of the live show, his thoughts are also on the frightening situation in Ukraine. "I find this very sad for everyone who is involved there and especially for our professional dancers, who have some relatives and friends in this region," says Llambi in the "Point 12" interview. However, the juror is sure that "Let's Dance" can also help in this difficult time. So why he is really looking forward to the evening, he explains above in the video.

Dancing should be in the foreground
A few hours before the live show, "Let's Dance" juror Joachim Llambi expresses his honest thoughts – and certainly from the soul of many fans: "It's a very depressing situation, you have to say that. We didn't expect all this in this form." But the 57-year-old is sure that the colorful distraction of "Let's Dance" can also help some in this difficult time – at least for a few hours: "I think we should continue in some form, that's what our dancers want too."

"Let's Dance" launch postponed by 15 minutes on February 25
How much the dance couples are happy about the return of the juror and for which celebrity the dream of the "Dancing Star" is dreamed up in the end, RTL will show on Friday, February 25 from 8:30 pm – and in parallel in the livestream on RTL+.


https://www.rtl.de/cms/krieg-in-der-ukraine-let-s-dance-juror-joachim-llambi-drueckt-mitgefuehl-aus-auch-fuer-die-profitaenzer-4925476.html

the week 1 show of let's dance germany postponed by 15 minutes, extra attention for the crisis in Ukraine, very nice words from Herr Llambi :love: especially since they there also have pro dancers from Russia, Ukraine taking part

arista
25-02-2022, 02:19 PM
The next couple of days are pivotal.
I am sure Putin thought this would be a cake walk.
If the Ukrainian keep showing him they mean business and hold him off for a couple more days then I think the bitch will order a retreat.


No too many Tanks drove into Ukraine this morning
and Fighter Jets are fast.

bots
25-02-2022, 02:21 PM
when it comes to fighting in cities. It can be very tricky. Do the russian troops just level everything without regard to to innocent bystanders or do they surround them and starve them out or do they fight street by street

arista
25-02-2022, 02:27 PM
when it comes to fighting in cities. It can be very tricky. Do the russian troops just level everything without regard to to innocent bystanders or do they surround them and starve them out or do they fight street by street


Yes, but Russia also has Fighter Jets
Able to Blow up so much
Super fast


Leaving the Troops to Follow after

bots
25-02-2022, 02:28 PM
that just kills innocent civillians. Its possible thats what they will do but highly unlikely

glib
25-02-2022, 02:32 PM
Germany: very nice gesture to postpone a primetime show by 15 minutes

the week 1 show of let's dance germany postponed by 15 minutes, extra attention for the crisis in Ukraine, very nice words from Herr Llambi :love: especially since they there also have pro dancers from Russia, Ukraine taking part

I can’t tell whether you’re being serious or not

arista
25-02-2022, 02:34 PM
that just kills innocent civillians. Its possible thats what they will do but highly unlikely


They can also Kill Ukraine Troops
like on that bridge
A fighter Jet can shoot them all super fast.

user104658
25-02-2022, 02:36 PM
that just kills innocent civillians. Its possible thats what they will do but highly unlikely

I think that would risk pushing the Russian civilian population too far to be honest, Putin does need some plausible deniability with them in having claims to being "justified and in the right". Not a huge amount, but some.

Cherie
25-02-2022, 02:40 PM
when it comes to fighting in cities. It can be very tricky. Do the russian troops just level everything without regard to to innocent bystanders or do they surround them and starve them out or do they fight street by street

I think starving is an option someone on a call in this morning said the Russians were shooting at any moving cars with no questions ...

Alf
25-02-2022, 02:40 PM
Is this real? (read the subtitles)

Is this from that bridge incident you mentioned Arista?


1497184087278292997

arista
25-02-2022, 02:42 PM
Russia bans British airlines from its airspace

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60505417


[British airlines have been banned from landing
at Russia's airports and from crossing its airspace,
the Russian civil aviation regulator has said.

Russia said the move was a response to
"the unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation authorities".]

UserSince2005
25-02-2022, 02:45 PM
At around 18:00, Ukrainian State Border Guards announced that Snake Island had come under attack from Russian ships, during the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] The cruiser Moskva and patrol ship Vasily Bykov were involved in the attack, using their deck guns.[4]

When the commander of the Russian cruiser instructed the Ukrainian soldiers stationed on the island to surrender, or else be fired upon, the reply was 'Go **** yourself' (Russian: 'иди нахуй' idi nahuj).[5][6]

At 22:00 (01:00 Moscow Time, UTC+2), the State Border Guard Service announced that Russian forces had captured the island following a naval and air bombardment that destroyed all infrastructure on the island.[7][8] Thirteen Ukrainian border guards, representing the entirety of the Ukrainian military presence on the island, were killed during the battle after refusing to surrender.[9][10] President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced they will all be awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Snake_Island

Yes Alf

bots
25-02-2022, 02:48 PM
I think starving is an option someone on a call in this morning said the Russians were shooting at any moving cars with no questions ...

it could be really brutal, something that russia has done before in chechnya for example.

Beso
25-02-2022, 02:51 PM
https://youtu.be/h42d4fBKeBE

arista
25-02-2022, 02:56 PM
(Is this from that bridge)


No Alf
I posted a Photo of Ukraine Troops on a Foot bridge spread across it.

Easy for a Russian Fighter jet to Shoot them, all fast

user104658
25-02-2022, 02:57 PM
https://youtu.be/h42d4fBKeBE

I'mnot 100% on what's happening here - it looks like a missile is fired overhead but it looks like a second stream of smoke heading towards the houses at the same time - can't see where it originates? The video is a little confusing in all honesty.

The bang I think is actually the sonic boom from the fired missile rather than an explosion (the plane is flying at subsonic speeds, so when the missile is fired forwards it breaks the sound barrier).

arista
25-02-2022, 02:58 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/11/article-10550583-54643309-574_964x588.jpg


This was the post
Alf.

arista
25-02-2022, 02:59 PM
https://youtu.be/h42d4fBKeBE


Yes these Deadly Fighter jets fly low

arista
25-02-2022, 03:04 PM
[Brave Ukrainian woman confronts armed Russian soldiers in occupied city]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPUF6k-TEMA

bots
25-02-2022, 03:08 PM
who in this thread would have the brass neck to lob a molotov cocktail at russian troops D:

Thats what the civilians are being asked to do

bots
25-02-2022, 03:26 PM
reported that there have been some russian desertions .... after 1 day!

Niamh.
25-02-2022, 03:34 PM
reported that there have been some russian desertions .... after 1 day!

Most of those poor ****ers don't want to be there at all I'd imagine

arista
25-02-2022, 03:44 PM
reported that there have been some russian desertions .... after 1 day!


Bound to happen.

Cherie
25-02-2022, 03:44 PM
Most of those poor ****ers don't want to be there at all I'd imagine

of course they don't, Putin should go in and fight himself in his bare chest

arista
25-02-2022, 03:47 PM
of course they don't, Putin should go in and fight himself in his bare chest


He would have a Flame Thrower

arista
25-02-2022, 04:00 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/15/54654283-10550583-image-a-146_1645804111094.jpg

Russians Moving in.

UserSince2005
25-02-2022, 04:02 PM
President Zelenskyy should put in his invoice to Putin now for the damage caused by this farce of an invasion. Russia will be paying for years to come.

arista
25-02-2022, 04:04 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/15/54651569-10550583-image-m-135_1645802555332.jpg
[A destroyed Ukrainian military convoy is seen
on the streets of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv,
after apparently being ambushed by
Russian special forces operating in the city]

arista
25-02-2022, 04:05 PM
President Zelenskyy should put in his invoice to Putin now for the damage caused by this farce of an invasion. Russia will be paying for years to come.



Dead or Alive
Russians are getting him soon

arista
25-02-2022, 04:07 PM
CNN HD is so much better than BBC news

CNN go live to the Capital
it is now Dark at 6:07PM



BBC news starts with a report recorded in the AM.
Out of Date.

Pathetic BBC./

glib
25-02-2022, 04:11 PM
Pathetic BBC./

Can you vote for me as tibb top poster of the month please

arista
25-02-2022, 04:16 PM
[Squad of Chechen special forces ‘hunters’ is unleashed
in Ukraine to detain - or kill - Kyiv officials
A squad of Chechen special forces 'hunters' has
been ordered to detain or kill specific
Ukrainian officials
The kill squad was pictured in a Ukrainian
forest as they took part in prayer rituals
ahead of potential fighting
It came after Ramzan Kadyrov, 45, the republic's leader
and a close Putin ally,
visited his forces in Ukraine]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10551327/Chechen-special-forces-hunters-unleashed-Ukraine-detain-kill-Kyiv-officials.html

arista
25-02-2022, 04:20 PM
Can you vote for me as tibb top poster of the month please

Off Topic.


And NO.


Can Staff Please Delete his post and this

Cherie
25-02-2022, 04:28 PM
[Squad of Chechen special forces ‘hunters’ is unleashed
in Ukraine to detain - or kill - Kyiv officials
A squad of Chechen special forces 'hunters' has
been ordered to detain or kill specific
Ukrainian officials
The kill squad was pictured in a Ukrainian
forest as they took part in prayer rituals
ahead of potential fighting
It came after Ramzan Kadyrov, 45, the republic's leader
and a close Putin ally,
visited his forces in Ukraine]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10551327/Chechen-special-forces-hunters-unleashed-Ukraine-detain-kill-Kyiv-officials.html

oh dear God

Zizu
25-02-2022, 04:30 PM
11 labour mps who were siding with the Russians....have backed down like the chicken livers they are

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/24/labour-mps-drop-backing-for-statement-criticising-nato-after-starmer-warning


How did I know Corbyn and bloody Diane Abbott would be involved

:)


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Zizu
25-02-2022, 04:31 PM
I saw on the news yesterday that Russian State TV have played down the invasion of Ukraine - many Russians have not seen the extent of the firepower they have brought against their neighbours. I don't know how restricted the Russian population is with regards to external news sources but the footage the Russians had been shown on their TV news was very different to what we are seeing.


Presumably the all have access to the internet / social media/ YouTube etc


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Zizu
25-02-2022, 04:32 PM
UK unleashes its secret weapon.

Imagine what she'd have done if Putin had have invaded Iceland?


1496943109384589315


We should send Diane Abbott over there


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user104658
25-02-2022, 04:44 PM
Presumably the all have access to the internet / social media/ YouTube etc

Yeah I said before, Russia aren't "cut off" from global news like China is and they will be well aware of the news online and on social media. However of course there will always be a large group of people who are more inclined to trust televised/printed state media than what they see online e.g. the number of people who take Fox / CNN (depending on leaning) as "the truth" and ignore all else. Many people, especially older generations, will trust what they're being shown on the TV news within Russia.

Zizu
25-02-2022, 04:45 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/11/article-10550583-54643309-574_964x588.jpg


You’d think they’d lie behind sandbags or something


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arista
25-02-2022, 04:51 PM
You’d think they’d lie behind sandbags or something




Yes wide open
Fast Russian Fighter jet
could kill them all fast.

Nicky91
25-02-2022, 04:59 PM
Russia banned from competing in eurovision song contest

https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/1497243831112122368



the boycotts paid off from Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Denmark

Cherie
25-02-2022, 05:04 PM
Why would the Ukraines go to Minsk to have talks with Russia :think:

bots
25-02-2022, 05:06 PM
Yeah I said before, Russia aren't "cut off" from global news like China is and they will be well aware of the news online and on social media. However of course there will always be a large group of people who are more inclined to trust televised/printed state media than what they see online e.g. the number of people who take Fox / CNN (depending on leaning) as "the truth" and ignore all else. Many people, especially older generations, will trust what they're being shown on the TV news within Russia.

i've spent quite a bit of time in russia and anyone under 60 knows the games putin is playing. They aren't a people that trust anything easily.

Even in the last 5 years it has become very difficult to openly voice dissent. Justice is very harsh and it's not unusual for the police to get their batons out and beat people within an inch of their lives. It's very very difficult there

Nicky91
25-02-2022, 05:09 PM
Why would the Ukraines go to Minsk to have talks with Russia :think:

no need for talks anymore


hopefully kill more russians next few days, weeks

and hold out bit longer, exhaust the russians long enough, and then bring the fight to russia itself and destroy russia entirely

arista
25-02-2022, 05:13 PM
Why would the Ukraines go to Minsk to have talks with Russia :think:


Waste of Time.


Putin has said the Ukrainian Army must take control
that would help him alot.


Ch5HDnews
Live in Westminster Protest
Sign with Stop Putin
like Ghostbusters

bots
25-02-2022, 05:15 PM
Why would the Ukraines go to Minsk to have talks with Russia :think:

they would get shot for sure if they went there

arista
25-02-2022, 05:16 PM
they would get shot for sure if they went there


Yes a trap

arista
25-02-2022, 05:17 PM
[Russia banned from competing in eurovision song contest]


No Rock Band
then?

UserSince2005
25-02-2022, 05:19 PM
Russia banned from competing in eurovision song contest

https://twitter.com/EBU_HQ/status/1497243831112122368



the boycotts paid off from Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Denmark

I know this hit putin hard.

arista
25-02-2022, 05:25 PM
All Men at the borders were sent back.

They have to fight the Russians
Sad, as many could be killed.

arista
25-02-2022, 05:27 PM
Typical


1496794608218812420

user104658
25-02-2022, 05:27 PM
[Russia banned from competing in eurovision song contest]


No Rock Band
then?

It's usually the Nordic countries (Finland etc.) that bring the metal to Eurovision, not Russia.

arista
25-02-2022, 05:33 PM
It's usually the Nordic countries (Finland etc.) that bring the metal to Eurovision, not Russia.


Jolly Good

Alf
25-02-2022, 05:34 PM
Alf's fact of the day...


Putin has a twitter account while the former sitting President of the United States had his taken down.

arista
25-02-2022, 05:37 PM
Is this real? (read the subtitles)




1497184087278292997



Yes, Sadly the Russian Warship
killed all 13 of the Ukrainians


Ref:CNN HD/ WION HD

MTVN
25-02-2022, 05:58 PM
Ukraine seem to be fighting very hard, Russia hasn't really taken control of any big city yet and has suffered massive losses. They probably expected it all to be wrapped up by now

jet
25-02-2022, 06:00 PM
That's like being obsessed with a young lady who married into a dysfunctional family, whilst the old man was selling titles to Saudi's and the uncle was paying off people that he'd never even met.

What have they got to do with Russia/Ukraine?? They aren't politicians.

But a few corrections for you:
The young lady is actually a middle aged grifter and proven compulsive liar.
There is currently no evidence that the old man himself sold titles to the Saudis.
The Uncle was forced to make a pay off because the inevitable news about a court case for months on end would disrupt and detract from the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.

And as I said none of that is anything whatsoever to do with Russia/Ukraine….and none of it makes Corbyn any less a Russian sympathiser and a terrorist hugging, anti - semite scumbag….but as he is irrelevant now anyway I’ll not waste anymore time on him and leave you to your passionate Jeremy obsession. :fan:

bots
25-02-2022, 06:00 PM
seems like the training really worked this time

AnnieK
25-02-2022, 06:00 PM
Presumably the all have access to the internet / social media/ YouTube etc


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I didn't know if they are like China where they control what the sites are. TS clarified that's not the case

MTVN
25-02-2022, 06:01 PM
1497233335285960719

jet
25-02-2022, 06:05 PM
Ukraine seem to be fighting very hard, Russia hasn't really taken control of any big city yet and has suffered massive losses. They probably expected it all to be wrapped up by now

Wonderful news. Those Ukrainians are made of stern stuff. :clap1:

bots
25-02-2022, 06:05 PM
i think they have performed way above expectation and that's whats important.

I watched a lady mp earlier today and she said she was going to take up arms against the russians to protect her family.

I have total respect for them. I used to view them as a bit of a joke in years gone by, not any more.

arista
25-02-2022, 06:13 PM
[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
has published a video from the streets of Kyiv
after rumours in the Russian media that
he had fled the capital.
"We are all here," he said, surrounded by key advisers
and his prime minister.
We are protecting our independence, our state.
And we will continue to do so." ]



He Posted on Facebook.


He would do better to leave
as he has a Price on his head

user104658
25-02-2022, 06:21 PM
Depends on how seriously he takes his duty to the country, arista. If he stays and is killed he becomes a martyr and an inspiration to the people of the country. If he flees then most likely its not long until everyone else starts putting down their guns and waving the white flag.

bots
25-02-2022, 06:25 PM
i think he is facing a pretty bleak outcome. They could easily ship him off to a prison in Siberia that no-one comes home from, or they shoot him

bots
25-02-2022, 06:26 PM
Big protest in petersburg tonight!

Alf
25-02-2022, 06:38 PM
1497270391038951429

Vanessa
25-02-2022, 06:40 PM
Wembley Stadium is lit with the colours of the Ukrainian flag :love:

glib
25-02-2022, 06:42 PM
I didn't know if they are like China where they control what the sites are. TS clarified that's not the case

Only Belarus and Russia do that

The Slim Reaper
25-02-2022, 06:46 PM
What have they got to do with Russia/Ukraine?? They aren't politicians.

But a few corrections for you:
The young lady is actually a middle aged grifter and proven compulsive liar.
There is currently no evidence that the old man himself sold titles to the Saudis.
The Uncle was forced to make a pay off because the inevitable news about a court case for months on end would disrupt and detract from the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.

And as I said none of that is anything whatsoever to do with Russia/Ukraine….and none of it makes Corbyn any less a Russian sympathiser and a terrorist hugging, anti - semite scumbag….but as he is irrelevant now anyway I’ll not waste anymore time on him and leave you to your passionate Jeremy obsession. :fan:

Massively surprised to see you and facts still having marital problems, but if I fell in love with my occupiers, I think that maybe that I would struggle to be coherent in a lot of instances, too.

Russia is a right wing endeavour - Corbyn is left wing and has no sympathies or allignment with a Putin regime, beyond not wanting war (how terrible). However, you may not remember this, and as another poster brought this up, it seems fair game, but during the poisoning scandal, NATO called an emergency summit to tackle Russia. Boris Johnson - who was home sec at the time, walked out of the conference, ditched his handlers, went to a Berlusconi partiy, where he hosted Russian oligarchs. The son of one of the attendees at that party was recently given a lifetime in the house of lords and collects his money from them to this day. So pray tell, who's the Russian sympathiser?

I hate to do this, but falsely throwing around anti-Semitism claims to use Jews to do your bidding really is anti Semitic, but have you ever read Boris' novel, by chance? Where he talks of curly haired jews with proud noses controlling the media. You should check it out.

Here's Boris showing how you really should treat terrorists, though...

https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--X-WVjvBW--/f_auto,t_content-image-full-desktop@1/v1618478930/theweek/Boris%20Johnson%20and%20Bin%20Salman.jpg

Here's the thing, diplomacy is essential part of being a country, so I don't see the big deal with talking to adversaries and people you disagree with, but unfortunately we're not playing by the same rules.

bots
25-02-2022, 06:46 PM
Only Belarus and Russia do that

no they don't

Russia is home to the most prolific hackers on the planet

Crimson Dynamo
25-02-2022, 07:00 PM
not corbyn

i mean wtaf :skull:

how is his brother doing?

:skull:

arista
25-02-2022, 07:03 PM
Russian Troops
are now near the Capital.

Could be a Bloodbath tonight, now sadly.


Ref: Ch4HDnews Live out there

Crimson Dynamo
25-02-2022, 07:13 PM
RT is hillarious

https://www.rt.com/on-air/

bots
25-02-2022, 07:24 PM
the propaganda is insane

arista
25-02-2022, 07:26 PM
Kyiv
now has Russian Troops inside the City outskirts.


SkyNewsHD/Ch4HDnews

arista
25-02-2022, 07:29 PM
[Furious Putin prepares to use
'father of all bombs' as brave Ukrainians
hold up advance:
West warns Russia could use terror weapon
that vaporizes bodies alongside a massive
Amphibious assault as invaders
run into fierce resistance in Kyiv]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10552743/Furious-Putin-prepares-use-father-bombs-brave-Ukrainians-hold-advance.html

MTVN
25-02-2022, 07:31 PM
A lot is going to happen tonight I fear, we might all wake up to some pretty awful news

bots
25-02-2022, 07:33 PM
A lot is going to happen tonight I fear, we might all wake up to some pretty awful news

the battle just changes shape to insurgency

arista
25-02-2022, 07:35 PM
Downing Street
has a massive Demo outside it on the Main Road.

Crimson Dynamo
25-02-2022, 07:36 PM
A lot is going to happen tonight I fear, we might all wake up to some pretty awful news

thing is its like Man City playing The Sidemen

Or Andre the Giant v Nigel Havers

Its not a fair fight

Its abject cowardly bullying

arista
25-02-2022, 07:37 PM
A lot is going to happen tonight I fear, we might all wake up to some pretty awful news



Yes Evil Putin
has planned all this.

arista
25-02-2022, 07:40 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/18/54640533-10552743-Russian_armour_is_now_advancing_on_Kyiv_from_the_n orth_and_east_-a-127_1645815526588.jpg


There is alot of Press in the City,

Denver
25-02-2022, 09:47 PM
So Russia has now threatened to attack Sweden and Finland should they dare join Nato which shows this is more then trying to reclaim the USSR, they want a full blown war which they don't have the means to win even if they drafted in the couple of allies they have, China will not defend Russia in a war as they are not stupid and know how much they rely on international trade

glib
25-02-2022, 09:51 PM
So Russia has now threatened to attack Sweden and Finland should they dare join Nato which shows this is more then trying to reclaim the USSR, they want a full blown war which they don't have the means to win even if they drafted in the couple of allies they have, China will not defend Russia in a war as they are not stupid and know how much they rely on international trade

Lol what a load of bollocks

bots
25-02-2022, 10:15 PM
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/2/25/68cd00f0-a119-44e8-8bf4-76b0d271afb1.jpg

For the second night in a row, thousands of Georgians have turned out in the capital Tblisi to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 to aid pro-Russia separatist forces. Experts have drawn many parallels between that conflict and the one currently unfurling in Ukraine.

Some members of the crowd - estimated at 30,000 - chanted slogans against the current Georgian government, after the ruling party said it would not join the Western sanctions on Russia.

“I want to state clearly and unambiguously, considering our national interests and interests of the people, Georgia does not plan to participate in the financial and economic sanctions, as this would only damage our country and populace more,” the country's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said earlier on Friday.

The protesters said the PM's move represented a cowardly abandonment of the Ukrainian people.

jet
25-02-2022, 11:40 PM
Massively surprised to see you and facts still having marital problems, but if I fell in love with my occupiers, I think that maybe that I would struggle to be coherent in a lot of instances, too.

Russia is a right wing endeavour - Corbyn is left wing and has no sympathies or allignment with a Putin regime, beyond not wanting war (how terrible). However, you may not remember this, and as another poster brought this up, it seems fair game, but during the poisoning scandal, NATO called an emergency summit to tackle Russia. Boris Johnson - who was home sec at the time, walked out of the conference, ditched his handlers, went to a Berlusconi partiy, where he hosted Russian oligarchs. The son of one of the attendees at that party was recently given a lifetime in the house of lords and collects his money from them to this day. So pray tell, who's the Russian sympathiser?

I hate to do this, but falsely throwing around anti-Semitism claims to use Jews to do your bidding really is anti Semitic, but have you ever read Boris' novel, by chance? Where he talks of curly haired jews with proud noses controlling the media. You should check it out.

Here's Boris showing how you really should treat terrorists, though...

https://mediacloud.theweek.co.uk/image/private/s--X-WVjvBW--/f_auto,t_content-image-full-desktop@1/v1618478930/theweek/Boris%20Johnson%20and%20Bin%20Salman.jpg

Here's the thing, diplomacy is essential part of being a country, so I don't see the big deal with talking to adversaries and people you disagree with, but unfortunately we're not playing by the same rules.

But...but...Boris Johnson. I haven't even mentioned Boris Johnson in my posts.

As I have said, I have no interest in wasting my time now on Corbyn or your ignorant, misguided cheerleading of his self proclaimed ‘peacemaking’. He’s irrelevant.

arista
25-02-2022, 11:40 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-169b35e5-688a-447d-8da6-fa715fb435cb.jpg?bypass-service-worker&

arista
25-02-2022, 11:41 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-273c1180-0c39-443f-b8d5-518dd5b270ad.jpg?bypass-service-worker&

arista
25-02-2022, 11:41 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-bb2a3367-daf5-4583-a876-0699934bf1d7.jpg?bypass-service-worker&

arista
25-02-2022, 11:42 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-69fa963a-86fa-4c77-8d00-62cf7f9434c0.jpg?bypass-service-worker&

arista
25-02-2022, 11:43 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-26b34735-7f2b-4055-b032-fdf9121f0e54.jpg?bypass-service-worker&

arista
25-02-2022, 11:43 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-fc14617f-b049-4512-b0dd-df19f601fcae.jpg?bypass-service-worker&

arista
25-02-2022, 11:44 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-fea9d6a4-d12e-4f7d-9e26-154cdb293864.jpg?bypass-service-worker&

Beso
26-02-2022, 01:23 AM
Just sitting here thinking, oh well at least there isn't mass slaughters...

Then I look up to see a tank swerve on a main road and run over a civilians car.

Luckily the old man inside survived.

Beso
26-02-2022, 01:26 AM
We should send Diane Abbott over there


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Shes probably house hunting already zizu.

UserSince2005
26-02-2022, 01:30 AM
praying for kyiv

Zizu
26-02-2022, 03:32 AM
praying for kyiv


... and Kiev


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Mystic Mock
26-02-2022, 04:36 AM
It’s a war crime surely?

Coward Russians just pressed a button. And for what? Some little island that posed no threat?

It is a war crime imo, it's just sadly certain countries are unofficially allowed to do that nowadays unfortunately.

Hopefully I'm wrong in this case though.

bots
26-02-2022, 05:05 AM
Ukraine shot down a troop transporter and are holding off the russians which is astonishing

Denver
26-02-2022, 05:16 AM
Ukraine shot down a troop transporter and are holding off the russians which is astonishing

They actually shot 2 down which can hold up to 150 troops each, most of the Kyiv citizens that stayed have been given guns and have been told to make petrol bombs something Russia wasn't expected and have been holding them off fine.

There is unconfirmed reports that the Russians have been sent with no clean clothes or food and are really struggling with a small percentage having deserted their post to cross the border for refugee status

Denver
26-02-2022, 05:23 AM
Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Moldova are seen as the most likely target next as Putin wants to reform the USSR, Moldova has an agreement of sorts with Nathan and is close to Romania who is part of Nato

Vanessa
26-02-2022, 05:24 AM
The Ukrainians will defend their land to the death. I think Putin has massively underestimated them.

Denver
26-02-2022, 05:33 AM
India are snakes basically supporting Russia

Denver
26-02-2022, 05:42 AM
Kyiv have held of Russia for now and the fighting has dyed down as soon as dawn hit, looking like Ukraine got some big victories over night

Denver
26-02-2022, 05:59 AM
The Ukrainian president was leading the front line against Russia, now that's what you call a leader and not one who cowards away.

A lot of the rich and famous also stayed in Ukraine to fight including the Klitscko brothers and the billionair former president

Cherie
26-02-2022, 06:09 AM
The Ukrainian president was leading the front line against Russia, now that's what you call a leader and not one who cowards away.

A lot of the rich and famous also stayed in Ukraine to fight including the Klitscko brothers and the billionair former president

Whilst coward Putin is sat behind a desk the size of a small country in case he catches covid

Denver
26-02-2022, 06:11 AM
The Ukrainian Military have said they have destroyed 14 planes, 8 Helicopters, 102 tanks, 536 armoured vehicles, 15 Artillery Systems and killed 3,500 Russian soldiers

Denver
26-02-2022, 06:14 AM
Reports in Japan are saying that Russia has hit a Japanese Cargo ship in Ukraine Waters and Japan are the first country who is set to impose full sanctions on Belarus

Alf
26-02-2022, 07:54 AM
This article is only for subscribers but you should be able to guess what the story is from the headline.



1497477046292955137

user104658
26-02-2022, 08:13 AM
Honestly the best case scenario is some sort of peace treaty that says Russia commits no further acts of aggression, and Ukraine can try to become a NATO member but that there will be no NATO base anywhere near the Russian border, perhaps even create a DMZ.

My fear if Russia ends up being kicked out of Ukraine having discovered it cannot secure that birder with traditional military force, and Ukraine ends up with NATO bases close to Russia, is that Russia will very quickly start to rattle the nuclear sabre.

Russia's forces are obviously massive in comparison to Ukraine but its starting to look like they have severe supply line problems.

Also it seems a lot like a large percentage of Russia's equipment is dated. They do for example have a small number of advanced fighter jets BUT the bulk of their quoted 1500+ are old. Ukraine doesn't have many but from what I've read, they're flying F-35's, and basically anything but Russia's newest jets aren't a match for them, which I guess would be why Russia needs to take out air bases fast... They don't seem to be comparing well in the air. Reports of ONE Ukrainian F-35 shooting down 6 Russian fighter jets in one encounter.

MTVN
26-02-2022, 08:13 AM
The Ukrainian president was leading the front line against Russia, now that's what you call a leader and not one who cowards away.

A lot of the rich and famous also stayed in Ukraine to fight including the Klitscko brothers and the billionair former president

He turned down an American offer to evacuate as well saying 'I need ammo not a ride'

user104658
26-02-2022, 08:19 AM
He turned down an American offer to evacuate as well saying 'I need ammo not a ride'If he leaves it would cripple the Ukrainian morale and it would likely be over quite quickly. Still... Most would be long gone. Boris would have been across the Atlantic before the first bullet was fired.

MTVN
26-02-2022, 08:32 AM
Yeah I agree, you can't really ask citizens to stay and fight when the government leaves. Still amazed by how well he speaks and conducts himself, must be getting almost no sleep with a lot of the military action taking place at night and then having to give speeches and speak to other leaders in the day

The capital seems to have just about held up last night, the longer it goes on Putin will either have to come to the negotiating table or take some big risks to end things quickly..

user104658
26-02-2022, 08:41 AM
The statements he comes out with are also pretty metal which I can only assume is entirely intentional - not only will it ramp up and inspire the Ukrainians, it's the sort of thing that will resonate with the Russian population too.

bots
26-02-2022, 08:42 AM
putin has already said that america told the ukrainians to position their defences in residential areas, which means the russians will just attack anything.

putin is a dirty lying b astard

bots
26-02-2022, 08:45 AM
also, poland has opened up their border and welcomed all refugees. Who saw that coming? :laugh:

They have said all are welcome, no documentation needed. They expect up to 5 million refugees

Cherie
26-02-2022, 08:57 AM
He turned down an American offer to evacuate as well saying 'I need ammo not a ride'

Contrast to

Ashraf Ghani revealed that when he woke up on 15 August he had "no inkling" it would be his last day in Afghanistan.
It was only when his plane left Kabul that he realised he was going, Mr Ghani said on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
He was heavily criticised and accused of abandoning the country at the time. He is now in the United Arab Emirates.
Mr Ghani made the comments in conversation with Gen Sir Nick Carter, the UK's former Chief of the Defence Staff, who was guest-editing the Today programme on Thursday.

Nicky91
26-02-2022, 08:57 AM
UN Security council have voted on resolution condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine:

Yes
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- Norway
- Ireland
- Albania
- Gabon
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Ghana
- Kenya

No
- Russia

Abstain
- China
- India
- United Arab Emirates



The resolution will also be voted on in the UN General Assembly.

Nicky91
26-02-2022, 08:59 AM
second night in a row, pro-ukraine protests in Tbilisi, Georgia against the russian invasion in ukraine, The crowd, estimated at 30,000, chanted slogans against the current Georgian government, after the ruling party said it would not join the Western sanctions on Russia. Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 to aid pro-Russia separatist forces. Experts have drawn parallels between that conflict and the one currently unfurling in Ukraine

https://i.imgur.com/85vpy5g.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1z67aNp.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/J6sjH1r.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/TkPQzzZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/LV5d8In.jpg

Nicky91
26-02-2022, 09:02 AM
Pope Francis posted a message on his twitter account https://twitter.com/Pontifex with a message in ukrainian, english, russian

https://i.imgur.com/FhQohHO.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MJ8OZKo.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/wMGcfTd.jpg

user104658
26-02-2022, 09:11 AM
UN Security council have voted on resolution condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine:

Yes
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- Norway
- Ireland
- Albania
- Gabon
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Ghana
- Kenya

No
- Russia

Abstain
- China
- India
- United Arab Emirates



The resolution will also be voted on in the UN General Assembly.

Interesting that Brazil is in the Yes column, there are economic implications there for Russia (there was interest from Brazil around nuclear energy) and it was reported that Putin was shaking hands with
Bolsonaro whilst being pointedly cold with most other world leaders. Strongly suggests Putin was hoping for BRIC support.

arista
26-02-2022, 09:14 AM
Of Course,
India has a Big Arms Contract buying from Russia.

user104658
26-02-2022, 09:15 AM
The Abstains are obvious but interesting too. For China I feel like it's a "No, but we don't want to actually say that or actively support them" and for India it's "Yes, but we don't want to burn any bridges". UAE's on the fence status is really all that could be expected because of the unpredictability in the Middle East, and also, the amount of Russian Oligarch $$$ floating around over there.

user104658
26-02-2022, 09:17 AM
Of Course,
India has a Big Arms Contract with Russia.

Indeed. I doubt they support the military action that's been taken but the economic links with Russia are too strong for them to condemn them. There's also the fact that, when it comes down to it, India would love to reclaim Pakistan...

Nicky91
26-02-2022, 09:18 AM
Interesting that Brazil is in the Yes column, there are economic implications there for Russia (there was interest from Brazil around nuclear energy) and it was reported that Putin was shaking hands with
Bolsonaro whilst being pointedly cold with most other world leaders. Strongly suggests Putin was hoping for BRIC support.

Bolsonaro having a soul after all

:laugh:

Nicky91
26-02-2022, 09:21 AM
Netherlands already have raised over than 1.5 million euro for emergency help to Ukraine with Giro999

https://nltimes.nl/2022/02/25/ukraine-rallies-continue-weekend-dutch-donate-eu15-million-aid

arista
26-02-2022, 09:24 AM
Indeed. I doubt they support the military action that's been taken but the economic links with Russia are too strong for them to condemn them. There's also the fact that, when it comes down to it, India would love to reclaim Pakistan...


Never happen
as Pakistan has it's Nukes

user104658
26-02-2022, 09:28 AM
Never happen
as Pakistan has it's Nukes

Yes that's what keeps it a permanent stalemate. But they would still like to so when it comes down to it, they are sympathetic to things like the former Soviet Union and the China/Taiwan situation. Another reason why China abstains, of course. They can't condemn without condemning their own probable future actions. Although, they would argue, it's different as they insist Taiwan is not an independent country, and thus their presence couldn't be an "invasion". Which is why other countries should steer clear of arguing againt that IMO. China has been quite happy to let Taiwan exist as a self-governing entity so long as it isn't legitimised.

arista
26-02-2022, 09:42 AM
[Labour MP Zarah Sultana receives death threat
describing her as 'Putin's W****'

Zarah Sultana was one of 11 current Labour MPs who
had previously signed a Stop the War statement
that criticised NATO expansionism.
On Thursday, these 11 MPs were written
to by the shadow chief whip and asked
to withdraw their signatures.
All of them are believed to have done so.]


https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-zarah-sultana-receives-death-threat-describing-her-as-putins-w-e-12551753

Alf
26-02-2022, 09:43 AM
I think some of you could be persuaded to go over and fight in this war. I think if the television told you so then you'd jump to it.

user104658
26-02-2022, 09:46 AM
I think some of you could be persuaded to go over and fight in this war. I think if the television told you so then you'd jump to it.

I think bees grow up to be cows. I think you just ate an entire turkey you had in the freezer from Christmas. I think Trump is secretly 7 badgers in a trenchcoat.

Alf
26-02-2022, 09:53 AM
I think bees grow up to be cows. I think you just ate an entire turkey you had in the freezer from Christmas. I think Trump is secretly 7 badgers in a trenchcoat.That just sounds like you're going mad.

Nicky91
26-02-2022, 09:55 AM
Netherlands: eredivisie football match between RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente both teams did a peace gesture before the match

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/ANP-444661632-756x422.jpg

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/ANP-444661593-1024x683.jpg


this young RKC fan combined carnaval and team colours to also honour Ukraine

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/Copyright-ProShots-15533741-1024x683.jpg



and also in the KeukenKampioenDivisie (first division) Almere City team captain Ramon Leeuwin had worn a special blue-yellow captain's band for Ukraine

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/Copyright-ProShots-15533744-1024x683.jpg


https://sportnieuws.nl/voetbal/binnenland/rkc-en-twente-maken-vredesgebaar-voor-oekraine-speciale-aanvoerdersband-almere/

arista
26-02-2022, 09:56 AM
[Russian forces kill 198 Ukrainian civilians
including three children and tower
block is ripped apart by MISSILE strike - as defiant
president Zelensky refuses to lay down weapons
in bloody Battle for Kyiv]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/26/08/54679767-10553451-image-a-63_1645862590305.jpg
[People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds,
near an apartment building damaged by
recent shelling in Kyiv]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10553451/They-storm-tonight-Zelensky-says-Putins-forces-launch-scale-assault-Kyiv.html

Nicky91
26-02-2022, 09:57 AM
I think some of you could be persuaded to go over and fight in this war. I think if the television told you so then you'd jump to it.

No thank you


i'm also happy to hear quite some dutch people have managed to get out safely of Ukraine towards Poland

Alf
26-02-2022, 09:57 AM
Netherlands: eredivisie football match between RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente both teams did a peace gesture before the match

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/ANP-444661632-756x422.jpg

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/ANP-444661593-1024x683.jpg


this young RKC fan combined carnaval and team colours to also honour Ukraine

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/Copyright-ProShots-15533741-1024x683.jpg



and also in the KeukenKampioenDivisie (first division) Almere City team captain Ramon Leeuwin had worn a special blue-yellow captain's band for Ukraine

https://sportnieuws.nl/app/uploads/2022/02/Copyright-ProShots-15533744-1024x683.jpg


https://sportnieuws.nl/voetbal/binnenland/rkc-en-twente-maken-vredesgebaar-voor-oekraine-speciale-aanvoerdersband-almere/This gesture is sure to finish Putin off once and for all.

arista
26-02-2022, 10:02 AM
1497262204424364035

arista
26-02-2022, 10:12 AM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/26/07/54679585-10553451-image-a-46_1645862059085.jpg

[Tower block with a hole covering at least five floors
blasted into the side and rubble strewn across
the street below]

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 10:33 AM
:think:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMg_zNzWUAUGU3q?format=jpg&name=large

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 10:39 AM
1497502615554379777

arista
26-02-2022, 10:44 AM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/26/08/54679595-10553451-image-a-59_1645862424499.jpg
[Ukrainian service members look for and collect
unexploded shells after a fighting with Russian
raiding group in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv]

Crimson Dynamo
26-02-2022, 10:45 AM
"Keep your friends close, but enemies closer."


Don Vito Corleone

arista
26-02-2022, 10:47 AM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/26/07/54672909-10553451-image-a-11_1645860372435.jpg

Cherie
26-02-2022, 10:50 AM
1497502615554379777

It’s a mistake not to take refugees, hopefully one that will be rectified

Denver
26-02-2022, 10:53 AM
It’s a mistake not to take refugees, hopefully one that will be rectified

I would have opened the doors to them between Europe, The US and Australia we could take a lot in but we are leaving it down to the poor European Countries to act and the Aussies

bots
26-02-2022, 11:07 AM
The International Committee of the Red Cross should remove the dead bodies of "thousands" of Russians killed in the invasion so far and return them to Russia, Ukraine says.

The country's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told a televised briefing "these are thousands of the occupiers' bodies. This is a humanitarian need.

"We ask that the bodies of the Russian occupiers leave the territory and go to the Russian Federation."

She asked the Red Cross directly: "Do what it takes to settle this humanitarian problem."

Earlier, the Ukrainian military said on Facebook that more than 3,500 Russian soldiers had been killed. Russia has so far not acknowledged any casualties.

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 11:15 AM
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/conservative-co-chairman-ben-elliot-boasted-of-helping-billionaires-in-capital-ddc93mdgm

Conservative co-chairman Ben Elliot boasted of helping billionaires in capital


The co-chairman of the Conservative Party once boasted about his company’s success helping Russian oligarchs to buy property in London and move their children to British public schools.

Ben Elliot, 46, is the co-founder of Quintessentially, a luxury concierge company that catered to the needs of Russia’s wealthy for the past 15 years.

arista
26-02-2022, 11:52 AM
120,000 have now left Ukraine
since Russia has invaded.
UN has reported

SkyNewsHD



Ch4HDnews tonight at 6PM
is extended until 7PM

bots
26-02-2022, 11:56 AM
russia have blocked twitter, lets see how long that lasts

arista
26-02-2022, 12:02 PM
Russia have blocked twitter, lets see how long that lasts


Yes also restricting use of Facebook

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60533083

arista
26-02-2022, 12:17 PM
Good on Poland
offering Free Covid-19 tests
as they enter.

arista
26-02-2022, 12:42 PM
Just sitting here thinking, oh well at least there isn't mass slaughters...

Then I look up to see a tank swerve on a main road and run over a civilians car.

Luckily the old man inside survived.


Yes in a War all kinds of Mishaps
and even Rape of women that remain,
could happen


One Ukraine Politician
Lady, very attractive, has gone on all UK news
as, she was given a loaded Machine Gun.
She is ready to kill Russian Troops

Cherie
26-02-2022, 12:56 PM
Hungary and Italy have now agreed to stop swift...only Germany blocking it now

Beso
26-02-2022, 12:57 PM
https://fb.watch/bpTjIvEY_-/

Beso
26-02-2022, 01:00 PM
We should have plenty of room for refugees from ukraine post brexit.

Or should have had if we wernt such a soft touch with the boat people.

arista
26-02-2022, 01:00 PM
Hungary and Italy have now agreed to stop swift...only Germany blocking it now


Yes it needs more than 2 nations

arista
26-02-2022, 01:07 PM
We should have plenty of room for refugees from ukraine post brexit.

Or should have had if we wernt such a soft touch with the boat people.


Yes the illegal migrants who travel by Criminal Gang Boat
our Government is now no longer publishing how many
illegals cross from France

arista
26-02-2022, 01:10 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMfjZWZXwAIu8jH?format=jpg&name=small

Children safe in basement area

glib
26-02-2022, 01:12 PM
120,000 have now left Ukraine
since Russia has invaded.
UN has reported

SkyNewsHD



Ch4HDnews tonight at 6PM
is extended until 7PM

Lol the number will be so much higher than that, probably millions
The focus is on helping the Ukrainians, not counting them

bots
26-02-2022, 01:24 PM
more countries are joining the ban on russian aircraft in their airspace. The directions of travel are becoming very limited

arista
26-02-2022, 01:49 PM
[Ukraine-Russia news live: Russian flag hangs
from city's police station
- as 'children among 198 Ukrainians dead'
Ukraine war latest news Ukrainian Health Ministry
reports 198 Ukrainians including
three children have been killed
in "Russian aggression"; Missile targets
apartment building in Kyiv;
Ministry of Defence says "bulk" of Russian troops
are 30km from Kyiv.]

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-live-latest-news-putin-kyiv-invasion-12541713

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 02:05 PM
We should have plenty of room for refugees from ukraine post brexit.

Or should have had if we wernt such a soft touch with the boat people.

Nearly a quarter of a million homes in England that have been empty for over 6 months.

We don't have an overcrowding problem, we have a congregation of wealth problem.

arista
26-02-2022, 02:50 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/25/16/54599963-10550799-image-a-8_1645805153356.jpg

arista
26-02-2022, 03:09 PM
Central London


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMhjyp_XsAAgCTj?format=jpg&name=900x900

arista
26-02-2022, 03:16 PM
Some Nice Left Wingers
Walthamstow Market East London today.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMhp1kjXEAEdH-E?format=jpg&name=small

Livia
26-02-2022, 03:18 PM
Some Nice Left Wingers
Walthamstow Market East London today.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMhp1kjXEAEdH-E?format=jpg&name=small

They are protesting about the UK potentially being dragged in. I don't see any condemnation of Russia.

arista
26-02-2022, 03:20 PM
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/26/09/54680875-10554269-image-a-22_1645866978618.jpg
[A Ukrainian servicemen walk by a damaged vehicle,
at the site of a fighting with Russian troops,
after Russia launched a massive military
operation against Ukraine, in Kyiv,
February 26, 2022]

arista
26-02-2022, 03:21 PM
They are protesting about the UK potentially being dragged in. I don't see any condemnation of Russia.


Yes, but the War
is from Russia.

arista
26-02-2022, 03:24 PM
The Former Ukraine President
just Live on CNN HD
is staying put in the capital.
He will Fight the Russians.
Even Die for his nation.
Brave man


[Holding a Kalashnikov on the streets of Kyiv,
ex-President Poroshenko
says Putin is "simply crazy"]

arista
26-02-2022, 03:28 PM
The Mayor of Kyiv
wants all Public off the Streets.

It's 5:28PM there, now

As they will assume they are Russian saboteurs

arista
26-02-2022, 03:33 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMgrGHOX0Ag6RVI?format=jpg&name=small
The current leader needs
to get off the streets


Russian troops are getting close
to his city.

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 03:34 PM
They are protesting about the UK potentially being dragged in. I don't see any condemnation of Russia.

Good to see folks from all political stripes united against war crimes, illegal invasions, and occupation.

arista
26-02-2022, 03:39 PM
In Kensington
London.
Eggs have been chucked, at the Russian embassy.


Times Radio DAB.

arista
26-02-2022, 03:53 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMiB3NeWYAIRWJw?format=jpg&name=small

Alf
26-02-2022, 03:55 PM
In Kensington
London.
Eggs have been chucked, at the Russian embassy.


Times Radio DAB.They could have had a nice omelette with those.

Crimson Dynamo
26-02-2022, 04:07 PM
Thank goodness the GBP saw sense and did not elect comrade Corbyn as PM, can you just imagine now??


Why does Jeremy Corbyn love Russia so much? It's not very nice

The Labour leader thinks he's defending the ideals of the Soviet Union

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/05/01/96766911_POTD_Corbyn_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqeo_i_u9APj8 RuoebjoAHt0k9u7HhRJvuo-ZLenGRumA.jpg?imwidth=680

Fifty years ago, when the current Labour leader was on the cusp of
adulthood, there was a logical explanation for why he loved Russia.


It was at the centre of a Communist empire called the Soviet Union,
providing for more than 200m people many of the ideals - state control of
the means of production, dislike of NATO, support of Castro's regime in Cub a
and a total loathing of what would go on to become the EU - which Jeremy
Corbyn has long held, and continues to profess today.


But what may have seemed reasonable in March 1968 no longer does. Today
the means of production are in the hands of a few oligarchs who arose out of
the post-Communist criminal underworld, its leaders have long abandoned
Communism in the interests of lining their own pockets, and it oppresses or
sidelines all of those groups which have fought long battles for equality -
homosexuals, people of colour, and the disabled to name just three.


In fact modern Russia makes Goldman Sachs, once dubbed the "vampire
squid" of financial services, look positively cuddly. Yet while he has long
argued for greater regulations, more taxation, and general ethical
crackdowns on corporate greed, Corbyn glosses over the fact that modern
Russia is more criminal, more malignant, and more inclined towards murder
than any evil corporation.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-corbyn-love-russia-much-12200223

Zizu
26-02-2022, 04:10 PM
I have been receiving loads of ‘Russian’ based jokes and cartoons but I’m wondering if it’s too soon !?

Thoughts ??

I kinda feel guilty about smiling at a few of them .. but I haven’t sent any onto anyone else in case I offend anyone


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 04:22 PM
LT - using weird Corbyn posts in threads I post in, is so last year. Haven't you learnt any new tricks while I've been away?

Oliver_W
26-02-2022, 04:25 PM
Again, who cares about Corbyn anymore? Even if he did become PM, wanting the Soviet Union back isn't the same as supporting Putin.

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 04:32 PM
Again, who cares about Corbyn anymore? Even if he did become PM, wanting the Soviet Union back isn't the same as supporting Putin.

Again - it's the righties that have either alluded to him or attempted to use him as bait. He doesn't even want the soviet union back, but lying about Corbyn has improved the job prospects of media and politicians alike.

Crimson Dynamo
26-02-2022, 04:36 PM
wjkoIYehqDU

bots
26-02-2022, 04:58 PM
women making Molotov cocktails

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/2/26/9efffdc6-bdf0-4f73-8cec-d1abd4d9a4b5.png

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 05:02 PM
women making Molotov cocktails

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/2/26/9efffdc6-bdf0-4f73-8cec-d1abd4d9a4b5.png

@Arista

That's it honey, blow the Russians up.

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 05:05 PM
When life gives you lemons....

1497382464213241857

Alf
26-02-2022, 05:50 PM
women making Molotov cocktails

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/2/26/9efffdc6-bdf0-4f73-8cec-d1abd4d9a4b5.pngI'd prefer a "sex on the beach"

Alf
26-02-2022, 05:51 PM
When life gives you lemons....

1497382464213241857Speaking of lemons. It's pancake day on Tuesday.

Cherie
26-02-2022, 06:08 PM
women making Molotov cocktails

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2022/2/26/9efffdc6-bdf0-4f73-8cec-d1abd4d9a4b5.png

Brave ladies

bots
26-02-2022, 06:25 PM
In the video, a man can be heard offering the apparently stranded soldiers "a tow back to Russia". :laugh:

1497485623225200640

Vanessa
26-02-2022, 06:39 PM
In the video, a man can be heard offering the apparently stranded soldiers "a tow back to Russia". :laugh:

1497485623225200640

:joker:

Crimson Dynamo
26-02-2022, 07:10 PM
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amazing moment at Goodison Park between Zinchenko and Mykolenko 🇺🇦 😢 ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/8cdozCocnw">pic.twitter.com/8cdozCocnw</a></p>&mdash; Arlo White 💙 (@arlowhite) <a href="https://twitter.com/arlowhite/status/1497618361613795330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

AnnieK
26-02-2022, 07:15 PM
Anonymous has declared war on Putin.

The Kremlin website is down and Russian TV is playing Ukranian songs.

Putin must be fuming...things are not going quite the way he thought

Zizu
26-02-2022, 07:20 PM
Speaking of lemons. It's pancake day on Tuesday.


Any day you fancy them surely :)


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Denver
26-02-2022, 07:21 PM
Anonymous has declared war on Putin.

The Kremlin website is down and Russian TV is playing Ukranian songs.

Putin must be fuming...things are not going quite the way he thought

All we need now is Ben Mitchell waving a Wrench in his face and telling him he needs slapping down

GoldHeart
26-02-2022, 07:32 PM
Anonymous has declared war on Putin.

The Kremlin website is down and Russian TV is playing Ukranian songs.

Putin must be fuming...things are not going quite the way he thought

Putin is a lunatic, what exactly did he want out of this apart from pain and suffering that's he's caused. When will he ever be satisfied ???. Hitler was probably his hero!.

Alf
26-02-2022, 07:43 PM
Anonymous has declared war on Putin.

The Kremlin website is down and Russian TV is playing Ukranian songs.

Putin must be fuming...things are not going quite the way he thoughtBuilding the narrative.

That means we're gonna have Internet and TV blackouts.

I did say last year that Internet and TV blackouts are coming. Watch this space.

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 08:27 PM
1497653455246303233

https://media0.giphy.com/media/9zoe1SFIBd8PPqz5cr/200w.gif?cid=82a1493bd9t605i541ludiip0fqqfew6w8v7k qe9tbqte0fj&rid=200w.gif&ct=g

Cherie
26-02-2022, 08:57 PM
1497653455246303233

https://media0.giphy.com/media/9zoe1SFIBd8PPqz5cr/200w.gif?cid=82a1493bd9t605i541ludiip0fqqfew6w8v7k qe9tbqte0fj&rid=200w.gif&ct=g

Shame on the UK

Cherie
26-02-2022, 08:58 PM
Building the narrative.

That means we're gonna have Internet and TV blackouts.

I did say last year that Internet and TV blackouts are coming. Watch this space.

wtf, building the narrative?

to what end?

covid is receding now and life is returning to normal, you said that would never happen

bots
26-02-2022, 09:10 PM
i have no problem taking ukranians into the uk, my only issue is with economic migrants

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 09:36 PM
i have no problem taking ukranians into the uk, my only issue is with economic migrants

Pritontheslide? :smug:

Alf
26-02-2022, 09:44 PM
If WWIII did kick off the vaxed would have to go and fight and the unvaxed would have to stay home because they can't travel.

Send us a postcard Arista.

Crimson Dynamo
26-02-2022, 09:53 PM
The Ukrainian people seek the first real shelter

IE real fleeing people

They are exposing the illegal boat illegals and the apologists who support them

Sad to see

The Slim Reaper
26-02-2022, 10:09 PM
First country has never been a thing, as already pointed out numerous times, and upheld in British courts.

thesheriff443
26-02-2022, 10:12 PM
If WWIII did kick off the vaxed would have to go and fight and the unvaxed would have to stay home because they can't travel.

Send us a postcard Arista.

you will find some people will fight and some people will do a lot of talking and we all know which one you are.

Alf
26-02-2022, 10:21 PM
you will find some people will fight and some people will do a lot of talking and we all know which one you are.Calm down Rambo.

thesheriff443
26-02-2022, 10:24 PM
Calm down Rambo.

As he says, in the film, don’t push me.

Cherie
26-02-2022, 10:28 PM
I didn’t realise Vladimir Klitschko’s brother was Mayor of Kyiv, come on out Putin instead of sending 20 year olds to do your bidding...

arista
26-02-2022, 10:43 PM
[Ukraine invasion: Western allies agree to cut select Russian banks
from global financial messaging system SWIFT

In a joint statement, EU leaders and
their counterparts in the UK, US and Canada
reiterated their condemnation of
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine,
describing it as "an assault on fundamental
international rules".]


https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-western-allies-agree-to-kick-select-russian-banks-out-of-swift-cutting-them-off-from-global-financial-network-12552905

bots
26-02-2022, 10:53 PM
this is a huge sanction

Kizzy
26-02-2022, 11:14 PM
LT - using weird Corbyn posts in threads I post in, is so last year. Haven't you learnt any new tricks while I've been away?

Ditto... nice to see you BTW :)