The Ukraine war thread
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wrote on 2 Apr 2025, 15:22 last edited by
Tease the ceasefire enough and people will come to want it more and be willing to surrender more to get it.
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wrote on 2 Apr 2025, 15:27 last edited by
I doubt very much the Kremlin will be willing to surrender any of its stated terms.
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wrote on 2 Apr 2025, 15:49 last edited by Mik 4 Feb 2025, 15:50
Exactly. We've added a carrot when we should have stuck with the stick. But the carrot is tempting the west, not Russia.
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wrote on 2 Apr 2025, 18:47 last edited by Renauda 4 Feb 2025, 23:16
The carrot is of the Trump Administration's own making and imagination. It holds little, if any, credibility outside of a few minds in Washington and Budapest. The Kremlin however immensely enjoys the black humour of the tragicomedy theatre it offers.
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wrote on 5 Apr 2025, 14:00 last edited by
While Russia is exempted from the current round of Trump tariffs, its stock market is crashing like every other bourse. The drop in oil prices must really hurt.
Despite all, don’t expect the Kremlin to become more accommodating or any less bellicose in pursuing its war against Ukraine.
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wrote on 5 Apr 2025, 14:00 last edited by
He does seem rather committed.
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wrote on 5 Apr 2025, 16:02 last edited by Jolly 4 May 2025, 16:03
The good news is that Germany looks like they may actually be getting serious about their defense forces.
Putin like to ponder on the glory days of the Soviet Union. Doubt it would come anywhere near that, but I wonder if he wishes to ponder on Operation Unthinkable?
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The good news is that Germany looks like they may actually be getting serious about their defense forces.
Putin like to ponder on the glory days of the Soviet Union. Doubt it would come anywhere near that, but I wonder if he wishes to ponder on Operation Unthinkable?
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wrote on 7 Apr 2025, 16:55 last edited by
Interesting take on Ukraine.
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wrote on 10 Apr 2025, 11:28 last edited by
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wrote on 10 Apr 2025, 14:15 last edited by
I’ll take it.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2025, 20:12 last edited by
Say thank you when we rob you...
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wrote on 12 Apr 2025, 20:45 last edited by Renauda 4 Dec 2025, 20:59
Extortion by military or economic means appears to be a foreign policy tactic shared by the Kremlin and current White House.
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wrote on 13 Apr 2025, 21:06 last edited by
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wrote on 13 Apr 2025, 21:08 last edited by
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wrote on 14 Apr 2025, 16:30 last edited by
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wrote on 14 Apr 2025, 16:37 last edited by
Everybody's to blame.
Everybody except Trump, presumably.
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wrote on 14 Apr 2025, 16:48 last edited by Renauda
Par for the Trump course.
He does not get it. Doubtful that he ever will either. Inept.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2025, 11:39 last edited by
What an odd comment "Biden could've stopped it. Zelenskyy could've stopped it."
Umm, yeah pretty sure if he coulda...he woulda.
That being said, the video clearly says Trump says Putin started it and I think his latter comment about "if you start a war" was a sloppy way of saying Zelenskyy essentially allowed the war to start. Which is a lazy summary of events.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2025, 12:46 last edited by
Lazy seems to be a defining characteristic.