The Ukraine war thread
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@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
50 years from now, Russia will be on its way to disappearing. They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out. And it is the most important generation for the economy.
wrote on 1 Jun 2024, 11:48 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in The Ukraine war thread:
Link to videoThey were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out.
The number of military-aged men is quite small.
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wrote on 1 Jun 2024, 23:08 last edited by
Wow! Seeing that movie shows that. I guess if you are guy who is looking to date, you are in a good position, but other than that........... not so good.
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wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 13:40 last edited by
Mirage to Ukraine...
https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-to-get-fighter-jets-from-france/
That's not as promising as it sounds. Ukraine is getting over 100 F-16 fighters, but only has 22 pilots trained to fly them and is begging for training slots at any nation that will take them. I suppose the same problem will exist with the Mirage fighters...
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wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 14:47 last edited by
Training us supposed to take 6 to 7 months, starting this summer...
Go figure
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wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 15:33 last edited by
Should have supplied them in 22.
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wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 18:17 last edited by
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Should have supplied them in 22.
You are right.
I'm not big on foreign wars, but if Ukraine needed the tools to stop Mr. Putin, they need the tools. Not in dribs and drabs, but in sufficient quantity to achieve the mission.
The Biden Administration has been very careful to never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time, to make a distinctive difference.
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Should have supplied them in 22.
You are right.
I'm not big on foreign wars, but if Ukraine needed the tools to stop Mr. Putin, they need the tools. Not in dribs and drabs, but in sufficient quantity to achieve the mission.
The Biden Administration has been very careful to never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time, to make a distinctive difference.
wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 18:50 last edited by@Jolly said in The Ukraine war thread:
never give the Ukranians quite enough at the right time,
Yeah, it's almost like he's a Russian agent. I wonder what dirt Putin has on him.
Wait, once again, that's from the wrong year.
Sorry.
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wrote on 9 Jun 2024, 12:36 last edited by
The ambiguity and emptiness of Putin’s red lines in Ukraine:
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wrote on 13 Jun 2024, 14:34 last edited by Axtremus
Biden, Zelensky to sign 10-year U.S.-Ukraine security deal at G-7 summit
Supposedly the agreement "will commit Washington to supply Kyiv with a wide range of military assistance." But unlike NATO, it does not require the U.S. to respond if Ukraine is attacked.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2024, 14:44 last edited by
An interesting piece on the possibility of going nuclear.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2024, 14:52 last edited by Wim
Russia hosts approx. 5900 nuclear arms. Assuming that a lot of them are out of use, Putin still has enough to make his threats believable.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2024, 21:51 last edited by Renauda
Putin offers compelling and generous terms:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday demanded Ukraine effectively surrender to Moscow if it wants to open peace talks, drawing anger and rebukes from Kyiv and the West.
In a combative speech in Moscow on the eve of a major Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, Putin said Russia would halt its offensive only if Ukraine fully withdraws its troops from the east and south and drops its bid for NATO membership.
I am confident that Putin is just emulating Trump and spitballing riffs that happen to pop into his mind.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2024, 21:53 last edited by
"We'll stop shooting at you (for now) if you give us everything we've taken."
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wrote on 14 Jun 2024, 21:56 last edited by Renauda
Something like that. Most Christian of Putin to be so magnanimous about it.
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wrote on 23 Jun 2024, 21:00 last edited by
Another headache for Putin:
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wrote on 4 Jul 2024, 20:58 last edited by George K 7 Apr 2024, 20:59
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wrote on 5 Jul 2024, 12:22 last edited by
@George: was that Luzhenovsky or his successor?
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wrote on 5 Jul 2024, 12:26 last edited by
Pavel Kandidov - here he is in 1905.
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wrote on 5 Jul 2024, 13:15 last edited by
That's some really nice log work...
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wrote on 5 Jul 2024, 13:17 last edited by
Pavel was the governor of the Tambov oblast. I’m told that he was friends with Leo Tolstoy. However, I don’t know anything beyond that.
