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[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)
- Thread starter vegster
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fly high
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Long watch but worth every second, thank you for that. Is it wrong to take so much pleasure seeing Russian civilians in a state of fear, loosing their homes & no help for them on the horizon. Bad me.
Bad me too.
Unlikely they'll have any revelation of what Ukrainians have been through for 30 months.
Ukraine war latest: Russia struggles to repel deep incursion by Ukraine on fourth day of cross-border attack
Residents of Russia's western Kursk region have been evacuated, as Ukraine also reportedly tells 20,000 people to leave border areas.
www.bbc.co.uk
fly high
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Or probably give a shit so go Ukraine, give it to them.
- Nov 11, 2009
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Multiple channels reporting a massive Russian troop convoy being rushed to the Kursk front has been obliterated by Ukraine overnight.
Up to 500 dead/wounded and one of the biggest single troop hits in the war.
Don't want to feel glee at young conscripts having their lives cut short, but f**k me, thats a big bloody hit.
Up to 500 dead/wounded and one of the biggest single troop hits in the war.
Don't want to feel glee at young conscripts having their lives cut short, but f**k me, thats a big bloody hit.
Algernon
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Excellent, but also terrible news.
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2,505
I deplore the loss of young lives, but find the current Russian state ultimately responsible.
I wonder if Ukraine can consolidate and hold this territory, I would, frankly be delighted if Putin had to come to the negotiating table to ask if he could please have Russia back.
I wonder if Ukraine can consolidate and hold this territory, I would, frankly be delighted if Putin had to come to the negotiating table to ask if he could please have Russia back.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 11,966
Last week Putin could've ordered all of his troops home and in an instant ended the "special military operation" and claim it a success (of course he wouldn't).
Today he can't even do that with Ukraine occupying an expanding swathe of Russian territory.
- Aug 24, 2020
- 6,557
I know what you mean.
You want to be triumphant but respectful at the same time. I'm reminded of when we sank the Belgrano in 1982. My mates around me were whooping it up, but I found it difficult to do that. Mixed feelings.
Flounce
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- Nov 15, 2006
- 3,453
As if!
That's brilliant news, have to say I'm very happy about it.
One of the suggestions in the two attachments to @peterward 's original post...was that this could be one aim of Ukraine... to get Russia to rush conveys to the area, then destroy them in the open.
The best news would be if Russia withdrew from this totally unnecessary war. Short of that, unfortunately we have to celebrate little victories like this. Dead Russian soldiers means fewer dead Ukrainian civilians and soldiers.
- Oct 20, 2022
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While it is a military win for Ukraine in terms of pushing back against incursions in other parts of Ukraine (and note with appreciation your qualifying comments about the dead) these scenes of piles of dead young Russian men are frankly tragic and breaks my humanitarian heart - Putin is an absolute **** for propagating the belief in these kids that the War on Ukraine is justified or if that fails, making them serve under the threat of execution if they don’t follow orders.
This war is exacting an extortionate cost on both sides
The terrible cost of Russia’s war is being felt far beyond the battlefield
From mental health and population decline to the economy and education, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a profoundly negative impact on Ukrainian society that will be felt for generations to come, writes Mark Temnycky.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
‘For Russia, beyond the attempts to benefit a small elite, the impact on its own military is appalling. Throughout April 2024, the pattern of Russian casualties followed the pattern we have seen so far throughout this year with an average loss of 899 soldiers per day, bringing Russian total casualties to over 465,000..., not only is this an act of aggression against a sovereign nation, it also is a testament to the contempt in which Putin regards his own people and the lengths to which he is prepared to go.’
Russia loses 899 soldiers a day in complete disregard for the lives of its own soldiers: UK statement to the OSCE
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia’s human wave attacks are a grotesque approach that demonstrates the depths to which Putin will go to prop up Russian elite.
Yeah but that was a powerful nation against an ill-equipped adversary who should never have been there in the first place, whereas today we're talking about a much larger power who are murdering many thousands of innocent people, in the name of grabbing land.
Agreed. ALL of these Russian deaths lie at the feet of Putin.While it is a military win for Ukraine in terms of pushing back against incursions in other parts of Ukraine (and note with appreciation your qualifying comments about the dead) these scenes of piles of dead young Russian men are frankly tragic and breaks my humanitarian heart - Putin is an absolute **** for propagating the belief in these kids that the War on Ukraine is justified or if that fails, making them serve under the threat of execution if they don’t follow orders.
This war is exacting an extortionate cost on both sides
The terrible cost of Russia’s war is being felt far beyond the battlefield
From mental health and population decline to the economy and education, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a profoundly negative impact on Ukrainian society that will be felt for generations to come, writes Mark Temnycky.
‘For Russia, beyond the attempts to benefit a small elite, the impact on its own military is appalling. Throughout April 2024, the pattern of Russian casualties followed the pattern we have seen so far throughout this year with an average loss of 899 soldiers per day, bringing Russian total casualties to over 465,000..., not only is this an act of aggression against a sovereign nation, it also is a testament to the contempt in which Putin regards his own people and the lengths to which he is prepared to go.’
Russia loses 899 soldiers a day in complete disregard for the lives of its own soldiers: UK statement to the OSCE
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia’s human wave attacks are a grotesque approach that demonstrates the depths to which Putin will go to prop up Russian elite.www.gov.uk
If the Russian people decided to fight Putinism at home they would have fewer deaths. Unlikely but...
papachris
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Well said!While it is a military win for Ukraine in terms of pushing back against incursions in other parts of Ukraine (and note with appreciation your qualifying comments about the dead) these scenes of piles of dead young Russian men are frankly tragic and breaks my humanitarian heart - Putin is an absolute **** for propagating the belief in these kids that the War on Ukraine is justified or if that fails, making them serve under the threat of execution if they don’t follow orders.
This war is exacting an extortionate cost on both sides
The terrible cost of Russia’s war is being felt far beyond the battlefield
From mental health and population decline to the economy and education, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a profoundly negative impact on Ukrainian society that will be felt for generations to come, writes Mark Temnycky.
‘For Russia, beyond the attempts to benefit a small elite, the impact on its own military is appalling. Throughout April 2024, the pattern of Russian casualties followed the pattern we have seen so far throughout this year with an average loss of 899 soldiers per day, bringing Russian total casualties to over 465,000..., not only is this an act of aggression against a sovereign nation, it also is a testament to the contempt in which Putin regards his own people and the lengths to which he is prepared to go.’
Russia loses 899 soldiers a day in complete disregard for the lives of its own soldiers: UK statement to the OSCE
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia’s human wave attacks are a grotesque approach that demonstrates the depths to which Putin will go to prop up Russian elite.
Deluded Putin thinks he's a modern day Stalin - a man who killed millions and, arguably, was more of a tyrant
than Hitler.