[Alf]

Originally Posted by parmnion

how weak does biden look and sound.

[Parmy]

People should be very very worried.

[bots]

the sanctions arent going to change putins mind. They need hit the powerful and the wealthy where it hurts so that they tell putin to stop or get rid of him

[Christmas Dynasnow]

im fed up every day hearing from the msm

omg Russia is about to invade

its been a month of this now

[michael21]

Is there going to be a war what thus all about

[Parmy]

Big mistake to block peoples access to cash and assets in the uk
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It opens London up to be a target, now that no russian can expect his nice house to be off limits.

[Parmy]

I pity any new mothers and fathers.

[Kizzy]

I blame Brexit. .. I know that's a typically leftie thing to say but it really has destabilised Europe and the west, I'd go as far as to say it was a plot to align closer with Russia.

[UserSince2005]

I blame trump. he should rigged the election and avoid this power vacuum situation we are in now.

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[Alf]

Why the silence over Biden's link with Ukraine?

[arista]

David Lammy Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary
wants Russia taken out of the Banking group Swift
(Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication).

[bots]

removing swift will cripple russia, but that will be a last resort sanction because it has the potential to escalate the conflict out of control

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

removing swift will cripple russia, but that will be a last resort sanction because it has the potential to escalate the conflict out of control

Does make you wonder how long all of this has been rumbling and how many recent global events are connected, though.

The reason they won't impose sanctions on SWIFT are that Russian oil and gas are critical to the economic function of Europe. However, as pointed out the other day, the UK itself is far less reliant on Russian natural resources than other European nations.

And "conveniently" ... the UK recently left the EU, putting up a massive wall of economic protection between ourselves and the EU We would obviously still be hugely affected, but FAR less than if we were still one of the EU lynch pins.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Does make you wonder how long all of this has been rumbling and how many recent global events are connected, though.

The reason they won't impose sanctions on SWIFT are that Russian oil and gas are critical to the economic function of Europe. However, as pointed out the other day, the UK itself is far less reliant on Russian natural resources than other European nations.

And "conveniently" ... the UK recently left the EU, putting up a massive wall of economic protection between ourselves and the EU We would obviously still be hugely affected, but FAR less than if we were still one of the EU lynch pins.

there is so much complexity in it. Going back to Tony Blairs labour, he welcomed the dodgy wealthy russians into the country and the tories just continued it. From that point forward, politicians actions and agenda has been compromised


The other thing with sanctions is timing. Blasting a load of sanctions won't stop him invading, but ukraine is unlikely to be like the afghan collapse. It's going to be a long bloody war. As the body bags mount up returning to russia, applying sanctions at that point can be much more effective

[Nicky91]

what was Russia then supposed to do, allow Zelensky to march into those regions and who knows how many deaths would've come from that


Biden just shut up i really can't hear another word from him anymore



the only ones who will make this escalate out of control are the US, UK, and the stupid NATO and the morons over at the EU



Russia hasn't invaded Zelensky's ukrainian territory, just the pro-russian regions, and since they are pro russia Putin has full rights to defend those regions when necessary, and since Zelensky has been so eager of wanting to take Donetsk, Lugansk (since some citizens were already fleeing into russia) well we cannot allow people's homes to get destroyed over there


but yeah Putin is the villain, always has been in the eyes of the west (so i am not surprised at all with all this finger pointing with their so called evidence)


like omg panzers are in those regions umm lol of course to make a decent line of defence, hard to penetrate by western forces



as if Putin wants to go to war